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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Attorney Says Cohen Directed His Lawyer to Seek Trump Pardon, Contradicting Testimony — Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for President Trump, directed his attorney last spring to inquire about the possibility of a presidential pardon, weeks after federal agents raided his properties, Mr. Cohen's lawyer said Wednesday.
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New York Times:
Giuliani Says Lawyers Have Sought Trump Pardons for Their Clients — WASHINGTON — President Trump's lead lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, said Wednesday that lawyers for several people facing scrutiny from the Justice Department in the investigations into the Trump campaign and presidency …
Eliana Larramendia / ABC News:
Lawyers claiming ties to Rudy Giuliani approached Michael Cohen after FBI raids; investigators looking at contacts — In the weeks following the federal raids on former Michael Cohen's law office and residences last April, President Donald Trump's former lawyer and confidant was contacted …
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Hullabaloo, Raw Story and Salon
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen discussed pardons with a second Trump lawyer, he tells Congress
Michael Cohen discussed pardons with a second Trump lawyer, he tells Congress
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Associated Press, The Moderate Voice and Hullabaloo
Victor Morton / Washington Times:
Lanny Davis says Michael Cohen had previous lawyer pursue Trump pardon, contradicting testimony
Lanny Davis says Michael Cohen had previous lawyer pursue Trump pardon, contradicting testimony
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Townhall
KNSD-TV:
Source: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Through a Secret Database — The documents detail an intelligence-gathering effort by the United States and Mexican authorities, targeting more than 50 people including journalists, an attorney, and immigration advocates
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
U.S. officials made list of reporters, lawyers, activists to question at border — Several people on the list told NBC News they were questioned at the border as part of what U.S. border agents called a “national security investigation.” — WASHINGTON — Customs and Border Protection …
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Slate, New York Post and Townhall
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Ilhan Omar Knows Exactly What She Is Doing — The Minnesota Democrat is bringing Corbynism to the Democratic Party. — There's an old joke about upper-class British anti-Semitism: It means someone who hates Jews more than is strictly necessary. Ilhan Omar, the freshman representative from Minnesota …
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New York Times:
Democrats Put Off Anti-Semitism Resolution After Fierce Backlash — WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders have put off a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and bigotry after a backlash from rank-and-file lawmakers who said Representative Ilhan Omar, whose comments gave rise to the measure, was being unfairly singled out.
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The Daily Beast:
Democrats Plan to Condemn ‘All Hate’ After Backlash Over Planned Ilhan Omar Rebuke
Democrats Plan to Condemn ‘All Hate’ After Backlash Over Planned Ilhan Omar Rebuke
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The Forward, Daily Wire, Breitbart, Hot Air and The Hill
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Jim Clyburn's defense: Ilhan Omar's experience is ‘more personal’ than Jews who had parents in the Holocaust
Jim Clyburn's defense: Ilhan Omar's experience is ‘more personal’ than Jews who had parents in the Holocaust
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The Hill
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
2020 Democrats normalize anti-Semitism by defending Ilhan Omar
2020 Democrats normalize anti-Semitism by defending Ilhan Omar
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Daily Wire
Rahm Emanuel / The Atlantic:
I've Faced the Charge of Dual Loyalty
Politico:
Omar uproar swamps Pelosi
Omar uproar swamps Pelosi
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Talking Points Memo, Shadowproof, Shareblue Media and Hot Air
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris Condemn Effort To Rebuke Ilhan Omar
Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris Condemn Effort To Rebuke Ilhan Omar
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
Democrats Struggle To Find A Way Out Of The Ilhan Omar Mess
Democrats Struggle To Find A Way Out Of The Ilhan Omar Mess
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Fox News, ABC News and The Daily Caller
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
John Kelly differs with Trump on immigration, mum on security clearances — At Duke University, Trump's former chief of staff dodged questions about security clearances for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. — DURHAM, N.C. — Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said he disagreed …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
House Democrats poised to take the baton from Mueller, move toward impeachment — Analysis: Democrats are divided over whether — and how fast — to impeach the president. That hasn't stopped them from launching down that path. — WASHINGTON — This city is waiting with bated breath …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘It gets real personal, real fast’: Dems fear targeting Trump kids could backfire
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House tries to charm Democrats on new NAFTA
Betsy Klein / CNN:
What does Ivanka Trump do?
What does Ivanka Trump do?
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Raw Story, IJR, Vanity Fair, Outside the Beltway and Shareblue Media
New York Times:
Questions For and About Jared Kushner
Questions For and About Jared Kushner
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Raw Story, ABC News, The Wrap, Vox and Just Security
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein, Alan Dershowitz, and Pals Accused of Sex-Trafficking Ring — A lawyer for one of Epstein's victims claims he was trafficking girls to Dershowitz and others—but the Harvard attorney says sealed documents will prove his innocence. — Kate Briquelet
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Fresh court battle could expose more details in Acosta's controversial Epstein plea deal
Fresh court battle could expose more details in Acosta's controversial Epstein plea deal
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The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
That Time Trump Got $18.3 Million in Palm Beach — Scrutiny of his business dealings is just the start of a long and possibly harrowing experience for the president and his entourage. — A series of hurricanes tore through Florida in 2005, and Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's business …
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Raw Story, VICE News and Washington Monthly
New York Times:
Biden's 2020 Plan is Almost Complete. Democrats Are Impatient. — WASHINGTON — The pieces for a Joseph R. Biden Jr. presidential campaign are falling into place: His nucleus of advisers has begun offering campaign positions to seasoned Democratic strategists.
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The Daily Beast:
How Little Known Andrew Yang May End Up on the 2020 Debate Stage by Gaming the System — You've probably never heard of him. And yet, he's about to bust through the DNC's debate entry threshold. — Some presidential candidates build their campaigns on grassroots support. Others on personal wealth.
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Washington Post:
‘Not my fault’: Trump struggles to defend his record amid setbacks on immigration, trade, North Korea — President Trump proclaimed in a freewheeling speech to a conference of conservatives last weekend that “America is winning again.” But his administration has been on a pronounced losing streak over the past week.
Axios:
The biggest political scandal in American history — Even without seeing Robert Mueller's report, or knowing what prosecutors with the Southern District of New York have unearthed, or what congressional investigators will find, we already have witnessed the biggest political scandal in American history.
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Raw Story
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Democratic National Committee rejects Fox News for debates, citing New Yorker article — The Democratic National Committee has decided to exclude Fox News Channel from televising any of its candidate debates during the 2019-2020 cycle as a result of published revelations detailing …
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J.T. Smith II / New York Times:
What if the Mueller Report Demands Bold Action? — If Mueller's findings compel legal action, the attorney general should reconsider the policy against indictment of a sitting president. — Mr. Smith served as executive assistant to Attorney General Elliot Richardson in 1973.
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Erica Orden / CNN:
DOJ appoints ex-Mueller prosecutor to run foreign influence unit — New Orleans (CNN)The Justice Department will boost its pursuit of foreign influence operations, in part by appointing a prosecutor who worked on special counsel Robert Mueller's team to lead a revamped unit that will crack …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Aaron Schock won't rule out another run after settling corruption case — Former Rep. Aaron Schock said Wednesday that he would not rule out a return to politics after striking a deal with federal prosecutors to have corruption charges dropped with no admission of wrongdoing if he pays restitution and back taxes.
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Associated Press:
Ahead of court ruling, Census Bureau seeks citizenship data — As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether the Trump administration can ask people if they are citizens on the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau is quietly seeking comprehensive information about the legal status of millions of immigrants.
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Washington Post:
Trump is covering up for MBS. The Senate must push for accountability. — IT HAS been a month since the Trump administration flouted a legal requirement to report to the Senate on the responsibility of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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