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NBC News:
Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman among 40 charged in college entrance exam cheating plot — The scheme involved students who attended or were seeking to attend Georgetown University, Stanford University, UCLA, and other top colleges. — Hollywood figures among those charged in college exam cheating scheme
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New York Times:
College Admissions Scandal: Actresses, Business Leaders and Other Wealthy Parents Charged — Federal prosecutors charged dozens of people on Tuesday in a major college admission scandal that involved wealthy parents, including Hollywood celebrities and prominent business leaders …
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The Atlantic, The Stanford Daily, Slate, The Texas Tribune, Page Six, TMZ.com, Recode, SFist, TechCrunch and Deadspin
Washington Post:
FBI accuses wealthy parents, including celebrities, in college-entrance bribery scheme — The Justice Department on Tuesday charged more than 30 wealthy people — including two television stars — with being part of a long-running scheme to bribe and cheat to get their kids into big-name colleges and universities.
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BuzzFeed News, New York Times, Mercury News, The American Conservative, The Daily Caller, Vanity Fair, The Mary Sue and The Week
Adam K. Raymond / New York Magazine:
Jared Kushner Shows There's a Shady-Yet-Legal Way to Get Rich Kids Into College — Today's news of a massive college admissions scam that has ensnared at least 40 people, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, has a lot of people asking the same question …
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Washington Post and Mother Jones
New York Times:
Lori Loughlin's Daughter Is Caught Up in College Admissions Scandal — Ms. Giannulli, an influencer with big audiences on YouTube and Instagram, posted sponsored content about being a student. — Olivia Jade Giannulli, whose parents are two of the dozens of people accused of cheating …
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New York Post, Page Six, WINK NEWS, The Guardian and Althouse
TMZ.com:
Felicity Huffman Arrested by FBI with Guns Drawn, Loughlin to Surrender Wed
Felicity Huffman Arrested by FBI with Guns Drawn, Loughlin to Surrender Wed
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The Daily Caller, Page Six, KFOR-TV, Mercury News and New York Post
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Live Updates: Ringleader pleads guilty in $25 million nationwide college admissions cheating scam
Live Updates: Ringleader pleads guilty in $25 million nationwide college admissions cheating scam
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Fox News, Justice News, CNN, Associated Press, The Stranger, ABC7, The Daily Caller, IJR, Raw Story and The Week
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are a case study in why nepotism is problematic
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are a case study in why nepotism is problematic
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Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller and Washington Press
Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
Celebrities, wealthy parents charged by FBI in college admissions scheme
Celebrities, wealthy parents charged by FBI in college admissions scheme
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among those charged in nationwide college admissions cheating scam
Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among those charged in nationwide college admissions cheating scam
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Variety, Slate, The Lid and National Review
Cary Aspinwall / Dallas Morning News:
Boeing 737 Max 8 pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw — Pilots repeatedly voiced safety concerns about the Boeing 737 Max 8 to federal authorities, with one captain calling the flight manual “inadequate and almost criminally insufficient” several months …
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Politico, Slate, Fox News, MediaRoom and New York Times
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Associated Press:
Pilots have reported issues in US with new Boeing jet — Airline pilots on at least two flights have reported that an automated system seemed to cause their Boeing planes to tilt down suddenly, the same problem suspected of contributing to a deadly crash in Indonesia.
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Fortune and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
Bob King / Politico:
Trump's FAA increasingly isolated as other countries ban Boeing jet — The Federal Aviation Administration refused again Tuesday evening to ground Boeing's beleaguered 737 MAX 8 jetliner, despite pleas from lawmakers of both parties who said the U.S. should join a growing list of governments …
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NPR, EASA, Bloomberg, Axios, New York Times, One America News Network, TechCrunch, National Review and The Week
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
2 charts refuting Trump's claim that “airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly”
2 charts refuting Trump's claim that “airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly”
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Politico, Washington Post, GZERO and NBC News
Konstantin Kakaes / MIT Technology Review:
A second 737 Max crash raises questions about airplane automation
A second 737 Max crash raises questions about airplane automation
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Washington Post, Vox, Associated Press, Pacific Standard, USA Today, VICE News, Politico and Raw Story
Susan Davis / NPR:
Speaker Pelosi Revokes Vice President Pence's House Office Space — The speaker giveth, and the speaker taketh away. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has reclaimed office space her predecessor, Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., awarded to Vice President Pence.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Pence, GOP senators discuss offer to kill Trump emergency disapproval resolution — Vice President Pence is discussing an offer with Republican senators that could lead to the defeat of a Democratic resolution overturning President Trump's emergency declaration to build a wall on the Mexican border …
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ABC News, Defense One, Washington Post, Splinter, Daily Kos and Raw Story
The Hill:
Exclusive: Biden to run for White House, says Dem lawmaker
Exclusive: Biden to run for White House, says Dem lawmaker
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Politico, Vanity Fair, RedState, The Root, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA, Hit & Run, Mediaite, New York Post, Spectator USA and KTLA
Joshua Caplan / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan: Trump Will Lose in 2020 if Campaign About His ‘Personality’
Paul Ryan: Trump Will Lose in 2020 if Campaign About His ‘Personality’
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TCPalm.com, Hot Air and Fox News
New York Times:
Mueller Report Has Washington Spinning (and It's Not Even Filed) — WASHINGTON — Television crews have been positioned outside the offices of the special counsel, the federal courthouse and, at least before they were asked to leave, the McLean, Va., home of the new attorney general, William P. Barr.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Nancy Pelosi has a two-track strategy on impeachment — Analysis: No, the speaker won't move to impeach the president if she doesn't have the votes — but her committees are doing the work right now. — WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would be publicly calling …
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Raw Story
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Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
The Real Reason Pelosi Doesn't Want to Impeach Trump
The Real Reason Pelosi Doesn't Want to Impeach Trump
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Washington Post, Viking Pundit, The Federalist and Raw Story
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
The Democrats' Great Impeachment Abdication
The Democrats' Great Impeachment Abdication
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Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, CNN and Eschaton
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Hasn't Asked Dershowitz About His Pedophile Client Jeffrey Epstein — The attorney has appeared on Fox News 27 times since major news broke about the illegal plea deal Epstein's lawyers negotiated. Fox has not asked Dershowitz about it even once.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Tucker Carlson Vows ‘We Will Never Bow to the Mob,’ But Some Big Advertisers Have
Tucker Carlson Vows ‘We Will Never Bow to the Mob,’ But Some Big Advertisers Have
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Women in the World, VICE News, Fox News, Vox, Media Matters for America and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
Navy, Industry Partners Are ‘Under Cyber Siege’ by Chinese Hackers, Review Asserts — The Navy and its contractors are “under cyber siege” by Chinese hackers who have stolen national security secrets in recent years, an internal review concluded.
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Task & Purpose
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Appeals court rules Ohio can defund Planned Parenthood — A majority of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Ohio can cut state funding to Planned Parenthood because the organization performs abortions, overturning a lower court ruling that blocked the state from stripping …
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Splinter, Slate, RedState, LifeNews.com and Daily Wire
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Read the ‘testicular bill of rights,’ one lawmaker's answer to antiabortion legislation
Read the ‘testicular bill of rights,’ one lawmaker's answer to antiabortion legislation
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Common Dreams, The Mary Sue, Raw Story, Faithwire, Mother Jones and The Daily Caller
NBC Southern California:
Governor Expected to Announce Executive Action to Reduce Use of Death Penalty — Colorado Man Arrested in 1973 Newport Beach Killing — Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to announce he is taking executive action to try to eliminate the use of the death penalty in California.
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Lisa Page said FBI discussed charging Hillary Clinton with ‘gross negligence’ in 2016, and DOJ told them no — Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page testified last year that officials in the bureau, including then-FBI Director James Comey, discussed Espionage Act charges against Hillary Clinton …
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RedState, Congressman Doug Collins, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com and IJR
Washington Post:
Trump administration preparing to close international immigration offices — The Trump administration is preparing to shutter all 21 international offices of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a move that could slow the processing of family visa applications, foreign adoptions …
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New York Times, NPR, The Week, Politico, Shareblue Media, Splinter and Shakesville
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump vowed to eliminate the debt in 8 years. He's on track to leave it at least 50 percent higher. — In March 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump told The Washington Post he could eliminate the entire U.S. debt in eight years. Now that he's president, Trump is doing the exact opposite.
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The Democrats, East Bay Times and ThinkProgress
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Analysis: Just a tenth of Trump's proposed Medicare cuts directly affect seniors
Analysis: Just a tenth of Trump's proposed Medicare cuts directly affect seniors
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Axios, IJR and The Daily Caller
miamiherald:
Wanted in Russia, he partied at Mar-a-Lago - and invested in cheap South Florida homes — Last year, President Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club hosted a black-tie “Safari Night” fundraiser for a favorite charity of one of his older sisters. The event included Chinese dancers …
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POLITICUSUSA, Shakesville, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump-Linked Massage Parlor Owner Hawked ‘Golden Visas’
Trump-Linked Massage Parlor Owner Hawked ‘Golden Visas’
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Mother Jones
National Center for Transgender Equality:
Trump Administration Announces Beginning of Transgender Military Ban on April 12 — In a tragic reversal of a historic step forward for the United States, the Trump administration today instructed the Armed Serves to begin discharging transgender service members effective April 12.
Alec MacGillis / New York Times:
The Tragedy of Baltimore — Since Freddie Gray's death in 2015, violent crime has spiked to levels unseen for a quarter century. Inside the crackup of an American city. … On April 27, 2015, Shantay Guy was driving her 13-year-old son home across Baltimore from a doctor's appointment when something …