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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
House Intel Will Call Trump Org Moneyman Allen Weisselberg To Testify — The intelligence committee has indicated for months it intends to follow Trump's money. Allen Weisselberg keeps the Trump Organization's receipts. — The House intelligence community intends to call …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
After Cohen's hearing, the BuzzFeed bombshell that Mueller disputed looks better — and worse — In mid-January, a BuzzFeed News report hit the news cycle like a mile-wide asteroid landing on Earth. — Its assertion was stunning: that President Trump had directed his fixer, Michael Cohen …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Oversight seeks interviews with Ivanka Trump, Don Jr. — The House Oversight Committee will pursue interviews with some of President Donald Trump's children and closest allies who were implicated in Michael Cohen's bombshell testimony before the panel, Chairman Elijah Cummings said Thursday.
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Videos of Mark Meadows saying ‘send Obama home to Kenya’ resurface hours after he's accused of racist stunt — The most emotionally fraught moment during the Michael Cohen hearing had nothing directly to do with President Trump's former lawyer but was a tense exchange after one lawmaker accused another …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Cummings: House Oversight will seek interviews with Trump Jr., Ivanka
Cummings: House Oversight will seek interviews with Trump Jr., Ivanka
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Tlaib: Lawmakers ‘gasped’ when Meadows brought up black Trump employee
Tlaib: Lawmakers ‘gasped’ when Meadows brought up black Trump employee
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NBC News:
Trump Org's Weisselberg not cooperating with feds, sources say
Trump Org's Weisselberg not cooperating with feds, sources say
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
After Michael Cohen's testimony, The Trump Organization can expect a wave of renewed scrutiny
After Michael Cohen's testimony, The Trump Organization can expect a wave of renewed scrutiny
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Joyce White Vance / Washington Post:
Yes, Michael Cohen's a liar and a criminal. So how come you believed him?
Yes, Michael Cohen's a liar and a criminal. So how come you believed him?
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump's Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse, and Both Sides Point Fingers — HANOI, Vietnam — President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting on Thursday after talks collapsed with the two leaders failing to agree on any steps toward nuclear disarmament …
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Washington Post:
North Korea's foreign minister says country seeks only partial sanctions relief, contradicting Trump
North Korea's foreign minister says country seeks only partial sanctions relief, contradicting Trump
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NBC News:
U.S. drops demand for full accounting of N. Korea nuclear program ahead of talks
U.S. drops demand for full accounting of N. Korea nuclear program ahead of talks
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
'He tells me he didn't know': Trump defends Kim Jong Un over death of Otto Warmbier
'He tells me he didn't know': Trump defends Kim Jong Un over death of Otto Warmbier
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Why Trump bailed on North Korea
‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Why Trump bailed on North Korea
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
No, the North Korea summit was not a loss for Trump
No, the North Korea summit was not a loss for Trump
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Samantha Vinograd / The Daily Beast:
Hanoi Summit Failed Because Trump Refuses to Prep
Hanoi Summit Failed Because Trump Refuses to Prep
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Bloomberg:
North Korea Disputes Trump Claim Kim Sought to End All Sanctions
North Korea Disputes Trump Claim Kim Sought to End All Sanctions
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘This is not a day at the beach’: Pelosi tells moderate Dems to stop voting with GOP — House Democrats held an emotional debate behind closed doors Thursday over how to stop losing embarrassing procedural battles with Republicans — a clash that exposed the divide between moderates and progressives.
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Caroline Fredrickson / New York Times:
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won the Cohen Hearing — Too many representatives chose to bloviate instead of interrogate — except for one. — Ms. Fredrickson is the president of the American Constitution Society. — On Wednesday, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's one-time personal lawyer and …
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Why the answers Michael Cohen gave to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's questions mattered
Why the answers Michael Cohen gave to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's questions mattered
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NBC News:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on bribe and fraud charges — The indictment marks the first time in Israeli history that a sitting prime minister has been charged with a crime. — Israel's attorney general announced Thursday that his office had indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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Raoul Wootliff / The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu to stand trial for bribery and breach of trust, pending hearing — AG's decision is legal bombshell ahead of April 9 elections, marks first time in Israel's history that serving PM is told he faces criminal charges; premier to speak at 8 p.m. — In a move that drastically shakes …
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Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The 2020 Electoral College: Our First Look — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Our initial Electoral College ratings reflect a 2020 presidential election that starts as a Toss-up. — We start with 248 electoral votes at least leaning Republican, 244 at least leaning Democratic, and 46 votes in the Toss-up category.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Unrepentant Ilhan Omar suggests Jews who criticize her anti-Semitic statements are doing so because she's Muslim, revives dual-loyalty smear — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D.-Minn., who earlier this month was forced into a hostage tape style fake apology for anti-Semitic tweets, is unrepentant.
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Laura Kelly / Jewish Insider:
Reps. Omar and Tlaib: Anti-Semitism charges shut down criticism of Israel
Reps. Omar and Tlaib: Anti-Semitism charges shut down criticism of Israel
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP nightmare as Alabama's Roy Moore signals he might run again — Roy Moore, a conservative lightening rod who cost the Republican party a Senate seat in deep-red Alabama, is signaling fresh interest in mounting another campaign in 2020, sparking alarm on the right that Democratic Sen. Doug Jones …
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Washington Post:
Justice Thomas working behind the scenes to boost Trump's court nominee — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is working behind the scenes to boost the prospects of his former law clerk, Neomi Rao, to serve on a powerful federal appeals court in Washington — speaking privately with at least …
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Marcy Wheeler / New York Times:
Did Cohen Give a Peek at the Mueller Report? — The special counsel is still hiding events that lie at the core of his investigation — events that involve the president directly. — Ms. Wheeler writes about national security at the website Emptywheel. — Even before Michael Cohen appeared …
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Cuomo Speaks With Bezos, Furiously Trying to Win Back Amazon — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who was staggered by Amazon's decision to pull out of its plans to come to New York City, is furiously working behind …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: A new conservative media company — Jonah Goldberg is leaving National Review in the coming months to start a new conservative media company with Steve Hayes, who was editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard when its owner shut it down in December. — Details: Goldberg and Hayes tell …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump and GOP promised economic growth much better than Obama's. That's not what happened — Throughout the 2016 campaign and since, the president and his party have vowed to kick-start tepid Obama-era economic growth. — New government data show that Trump, too …
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USA Today:
Andrew Wheeler, who's been leading Trump deregulatory charge, confirmed by Senate as EPA chief — WASHINGTON - Andrew Wheeler is no longer the acting director of the EPA following the Senate's vote Thursday to make him the official head of the environmental regulatory agency.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans pressure Trump to back down on border emergency — Senate Republicans are offering a choice to President Donald Trump: Withdraw your national emergency declaration at the border or face a potential rebellion from the GOP. — The message was delivered clearly on Thursday by Sen. Lamar Alexander …
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