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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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Martin Gould / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Crazy, Dumb, Paranoid, Liar’ - these things have been said about my boss...NONE of it is true!'  Inside Michael Cohen's ‘$750,000’ book deal and how he pitched the proposal praising Trump just weeks before the FBI raided his office  — Michael Cohen has turned on Trump now …
Associated Press:
Fordham confirms that Trump team threatened the school if his grades became public  —  Fordham University is confirming it received a letter from Donald Trump's then-lawyer threatening legal action if Trump's academic records became public.  —  Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen has testified …
Discussion: Chalkbeat
Axios:
House Democrats plan to turn their Trump investigations into a ongoing public spectacle  —  Even before Robert Mueller has delivered his final communiqué, Democrats have activated a new phase in the Trump-Russia wars that ultimately could prove more damaging to the president than the special counsel's investigation.
Alex Wagner / The Atlantic:
Michael Cohen's Made-for-TV Mea Culpa
New York Times:
Michael Cohen's Testimony Opens New Phase of Political Turbulence for Trump
John Solomon / The Hill:
Michael Cohen's perjury problem: Witnesses refute testimony about not wanting White House job
Discussion: KBZK, NB Blog and Boston Globe
New York Times:   After Cohen Testimony, Top Democrats Shy From Impeachment
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   Donald Trump Went to Vietnam, and Michael Cohen Made It Hell
New York Times:
Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered his chief of staff to grant his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, a top-secret security clearance last year, overruling concerns flagged by intelligence officials …
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Washington Post:
Trump demanded top-secret security clearance for Jared Kushner last year despite concerns …
Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Officials say Trump overstated Kim's demand on sanctions  —  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that North Korea's delegation called …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:   Trump learns the limits of personal power, at home and beyond
USA Today:   At North Korea summit, flattery got Trump nowhere
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump got played by Kim Jong Un — again
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Forget Hanoi. Trump has already done irreparable damage to America's reputation.
Discussion: Esquire
HuffPost:
Behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Masterful Interrogation Of Michael Cohen  —  The questions that won the New York congresswoman praise were the combined product of committee staff expertise, collaboration and oratory skills.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) went viral again yesterday.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House Democrats explode in recriminations as liberals lash out at moderates  —  House Democrats exploded in recriminations Thursday over moderates bucking the party, with liberal Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatening to put those voting with Republicans “on a list” for a primary challenge.
Discussion: Daily Wire, Pirate's Cove and Axios
John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘This is not a day at the beach’: Pelosi tells moderate Dems to stop voting with GOP
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Washington Post:
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee joins 2020 Democratic presidential field  —  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday became the latest Democrat to launch a 2020 presidential bid, asserting in a video that he is the only candidate who will make combating climate change the nation's top priority.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
‘Climate warrior’ readies 2020 run
Discussion: ABC News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ilhan Omar Accuses Israel Hawks of ‘Allegiance to a Foreign Country’  —  Earlier this month, Representative Ilhan Omar tweeted, “It's all about the Benjamins, baby!” in response to a report about AIPAC, a pro-Israel organization.  Omar's tweet echoed a longstanding anti-Semitic trope …
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Emily Larsen / checkyourfact.com:   FACT CHECK: Ilhan Omar Says It's A ‘Myth’ That Trans Women Have A ‘Direct Competitive Advantage’ In Powerlifting
John F. Harris / Politico:
What's So Funny About Amy Klobuchar's Bad Temper?  —  Amy Klobuchar, by some accounts, is a tyrannical boss, prone to paroxysms of anger and frustration that have her hurling insults and even physical objects toward staff — a management style that has left a trail of shaken and humiliated former employees.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
A family couldn't pay the bills, so the city took their dog and sold it on eBay  —  The family could not pay its debts, so their German town council went looking for assets to seize.  —  Officials, armed with a search warrant, found a laptop, a coffee machine and the wheelchair of one family member …
Discussion: USA Today and NPR
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Ilhan Omar says she does not recognize Venezuelan interim president, defying Dem leadership, Western governments  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is under fire for previously attending a travel delegation sponsored by ‘Witness for Peace’  —  Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar said she does …
Discussion: The Intercept
Page Six:
Brian Williams may score top time slot after late-night rating success … Brian Williams could come back from TV news exile, Page Six is told.  —  The anchor was booted from the “NBC Nightly News” in 2015 after it was revealed that he'd embellished some stories with fictional details …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
GOP opposition to emergency declaration grows as Trump warns lawmakers  —  GOP opposition to President Trump's emergency declaration at the border grewin the Senate Thursday, even as Trump warned that fellow Republicans who vote to overturn it are putting themselves “at great jeopardy” politically.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans pressure Trump to back down on border emergency
Discussion: TheBlaze, Talking Points Memo and Axios
Bloomberg Law:
Labor Dept. Official Represented Steel Co. in Court While on Job  —  A Labor Department official continued to represent a business in a private lawsuit against a worker union after joining the Trump administration, raising concerns about whether he used the power of his office for leverage, Bloomberg Law has learned.
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
An 11-year-old pleaded for an abortion after she was raped.  She was forced to give birth.  —  An 11-year-old rape victim gave birth in Argentina on Tuesday after she was apparently denied an abortion by authorities, infuriating women's rights advocates in the country who have fought to legalize the procedure.
Discussion: The Guardian
 
 
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HHS demands apology from House Ethics chair for comments on abuse of migrant children
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Disclosing Subpoena for Testimony, Chelsea Manning Vows to Fight
Roque Planas / HuffPost:
Border Patrol Fed Pork To Muslim Detainee For Six Days
Discussion: America's Voice
Kendra Pierre-Louis / New York Times:
The World Is Losing Fish to Eat as Oceans Warm, Study Finds
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump campaign recruitment failure raises alarms over 2020
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Greta Van Susteren Joins Gray Television As Political Analyst
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
How a Private Israeli Intelligence Firm Spied on Pro-Palestinian Activists in the U.S.
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Why Renewables Can't Save the Planet
Nick Cumming-Bruce / New York Times:
Israelis May Have Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza Protests, U.N. Says
Washington Post:
Justice Thomas working behind the scenes to boost Trump's court nominee
Discussion: Raw Story, Hot Air and Daily Wire
Amber A'Lee Frost / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why the Left Can't Stand The New York Times
Raoul Wootliff / The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu to stand trial for bribery and breach of trust, pending hearing
 

 
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