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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Choose Milwaukee for 2020 National Convention — The Democratic Party has selected Milwaukee to hold its 2020 national convention, choosing to nominate its challenger to President Trump in the key battleground state of Wisconsin.
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Democrats turn to blue-collar Milwaukee for 2020 convention — Democrats selected Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention Monday, setting up the party's 2020 standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White House.
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miamiherald:
Why Miami won't be hosting the 2020 Democratic convention (and Milwaukee will)
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Milwaukee to host Democrats' 2020 convention
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Democratic congressman says DNC is wrong to not hold primary debates on Fox News
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Madeline / Media Matters for America:
In unearthed audio, Tucker Carlson makes numerous misogynistic and perverted comments — During interviews on Bubba The Love Sponge, Carlson said he “love[s]” the idea of young girls sexually experimenting, used sexist terms to refer to a number of women, and defended statutory rape
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Fox News under fire — Fox News has enjoyed record ratings over the past two years, but its close ties to the president and its commitment to right-wing opinion coverage is putting the network on the brink. — Driving the news: A series of damning reports over the past week has forced Fox News …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Tucker Carlson refuses to apologize for his misogynistic remarks
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Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Calls Women ‘Extremely Primitive’ in Unearthed Audio
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Washington Post:
Trump proposes $4.7 trillion budget with domestic cuts, $8.6 billion in new funding for border wall — President Trump is releasing a $4.7 trillion budget plan Monday that stands as a sharp challenge to Congress and the Democrats trying to unseat him, the first act in a multi-front struggle …
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Russ Vought / Fox News:
OMB Acting Director Russ Vought: Spending addiction threatens American economic resurgence
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Melissa Quinn / Washington Examiner:
Trump's 2020 budget calls for $2.7T in spending cuts, promises to erase deficit in 15 years
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Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Pentagon Eyes Windfall as Trump Seeks $750 Billion Defense Budget
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Former Gillibrand aide resigned in protest over handling of sex harassment claims — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), one of the most outspoken advocates of the #MeToo movement who has made fighting sexual misconduct a centerpiece of her presidential campaign, spent last summer pressing legislators …
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Tom Llamas / ABC News:
'He's not taking me to Washington?' Michael Cohen furious at snub: Stormy Daniels' former lawyer — Keith Davidson, the former attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, detailed his role in negotiating hush-money deals to keep both women quiet …
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Tom Llamas / ABC News:
Fox News reporter had details of alleged Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels affair before election: Lawyer
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Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Cummings seeks testimony from two more Trump attorneys about Cohen payments
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Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
‘Wonder Woman’ takes on Netanyahu with anti-racism post on Instagram — JERUSALEM — It looks like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might have gone and upset Wonder Woman. — With less than a month to go before Israelis head to the polls on April 9, the long-serving leader …
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Netanyahu-Trump Partnership Is Stronger Than Ever. Are These Its Final Days?
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
RIVLIN: CAMPAIGN RHETORIC REGARDING ISRAELI ARABS ‘COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE’
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Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
The Six Wings Of The Democratic Party — There's a lot of news right now about conflicts within the Democratic Party, and similar stories will likely continue to pop up for the next two years. Much of this is normal and unsurprising. The American political system has only two major parties …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News “Strongly” Condemns Host Jeanine Pirro's Comments About Muslim Congresswoman — “They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly,” the network said on Sunday night. — In a rare rebuke of a high-profile host, Fox News on Sunday night came …
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David Goldman / CNN:
Fox News rebukes Jeanine Pirro after she questioned Ilhan Omar's hijab
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Jaspreet Singh Boparai / Quillette:
The French Genocide That Has Been Air-Brushed From History — On March 4 2011, the French historian Reynald Secher discovered documents in the National Archives in Paris confirming what he had known since the early 1980s: there had been a genocide during the French Revolution.1 Historians …
New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Moves Toward a 2020 Race He Could Upend, Ready or Not — Beto O'Rourke has driven alone across the plains, straining to find his emotional bearings — or at least a Pancake House in Liberal, Kan. He has collected an “El Pasoan of the Year” award, before a modest audience …
Alex Ward / Vox:
A top US diplomat just laid out the new approach to North Korea. It's doomed. — Stephen Biegun told a Washington audience that “we are not going to do denuclearization incrementally.” — The top US diplomat tasked with negotiating with North Korea just laid out a denuclearization plan that's destined to fail.
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
US-North Korea tensions approach boiling point
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
In Leaked Chats, Nebraska GOP Gov's Field Director Pushed White Nationalist — Bennett Bressman has “more compassion for small dogs than illegals” and claims his “whole political ideology revolves around harming journalists.” He uses the n-word freely and cracks jokes about the Holocaust.
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Osita Nwanevu / New Yorker:
Democrats Push to Make Washington, D.C., the Fifty-first State — In the coming days, the House will vote on, and likely pass, H.R. 51, a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the fifty-first state. The bill, which has two hundred co-sponsors, was introduced by Eleanor Holmes Norton …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
If Liberals Won't Enforce Borders, Fascists Will — I. The Wave That's Still Building — Through much of the 20th century, the United States received comparatively few immigrants. In the 60 years from 1915 until 1975, nearly a human lifetime, the United States admitted fewer immigrants than arrived …
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CNN:
White House rejects Cummings' request to interview former official — Cummings: Want more info on Ivanka's security clearance after CNN report — (CNN)The White House is rejecting House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings' request to interview a former White House official who now represents …
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
‘F—ing insane’: De Blasio allies warn against 2020 run — NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may be thinking of running for president, but many of those closest to him aren't on board. — As de Blasio touted his liberal record in Iowa and South Carolina in recent weeks …
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Michael Bamberger / Golf.com:
President Trump won a 2018 club championship — without actually playing in it! — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump takes great pride in his golf game. Shinzo Abe and Tiger Woods and countless others can tell you about that. He once tweeted “I don't cheat at golf” …
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Where Incendiary N.R.A. Videos Are Finding New Critics: Inside the N.R.A. — The flash point was Thomas the Tank Engine. — Last September, the National Rifle Association's famously combative spokeswoman, Dana Loesch, provoked widespread outrage when she took to the gun group's streaming service …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
The week that could reveal Mueller's end-game — Buckle up: The next five days could reveal how the Mueller probe will play out. — Paul Manafort will know how long he'll be serving in prison, closing the book on special counsel Robert Mueller's most visible legal fight.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
‘Court packing’ ideas get attention from Democrats — The once-remote idea of adding more justices to the Supreme Court to change its ideological bent is prompting growing discussion within the Democratic Party, creating a new frontier for presidential candidates looking to display their liberal credentials.
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