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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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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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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 …
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 Texas Tribune, SFist, TMZ.com and Deadspin
Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
Celebrities, wealthy parents charged by FBI in college admissions scheme — The FBI on Tuesday charged dozens of wealthy parents, including celebrities Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, in a major cheating and bribery scheme to get their children admitted into some of the nation's most elite colleges.
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among those charged in nationwide college admissions cheating scam — Hollywood actors, including Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, and a slew of chief executives are among 50 people charged in a nationwide college admissions cheating scam …
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National Review, USA Today, Slate and The Lid
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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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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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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The Week, Fox News, Political Wire and CNSNews
The Hill:
Exclusive: Biden to run for White House, says Dem lawmaker — Former Vice President Joe Biden will run for president in 2020, a senior Democratic lawmaker told The Hill on Tuesday, a move that will shake up the crowded Democratic primary field and make him the clear front-runner for his party's nomination against President Trump.
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Bob King / Politico:
Trump's FAA increasingly isolated as other countries ban Boeing jet — U.S. lawmakers of both parties called Tuesday for the Federal Aviation Administration to join a growing list of governments in grounding Boeing's beleaguered 737 MAX 8 jetliner — a step that would threaten major disruptions …
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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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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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Tim Mak / NPR:
Adam Schiff: Evidence Available Already Shows That Trump Should Be Indicted
Adam Schiff: Evidence Available Already Shows That Trump Should Be Indicted
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Real Clear Politics, The Gateway Pundit and POLITICUSUSA
Nelson W. Cunningham / The Daily Beast:
Mueller May Drop Second Report That Can't Be Buried
Mueller May Drop Second Report That Can't Be Buried
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Raw Story, Washington Press and POLITICUSUSA
Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
The Real Reason Pelosi Doesn't Want to Impeach Trump — It has very little to do with it being divisive to the country. — In a move that is sure to disappoint a #Resistance crowd that has been waiting impatiently—and with high expectations—for the conclusion of the Mueller investigation …
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Raw Story, Patterico's Pontifications and The Federalist
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Pelosi's right. Forget about impeachment. Unless...
Pelosi's right. Forget about impeachment. Unless...
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Roll Call and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi just blew it on impeachment. Here's how to get it right.
Nancy Pelosi just blew it on impeachment. Here's how to get it right.
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Booman Tribune, Fox News, Daily Kos, NBC News and Washington Monthly
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
The Democrats' Great Impeachment Abdication
The Democrats' Great Impeachment Abdication
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CNN, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway and Eschaton
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP, White House seek to avoid showdown on emergency declaration — Senate Republicans are in talks with the White House about a deal to amend the National Emergencies Act — a move that could lead GOP lawmakers to avoid a fight with President Trump over his emergency declaration to build a wall on the Mexican border.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
‘A Mistake’: GOP Rep Falsely Claimed He Opposed Trump's Emergency Declaration
‘A Mistake’: GOP Rep Falsely Claimed He Opposed Trump's Emergency Declaration
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Political Wire and Fauquier County …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
GOP searches for way out of border fight with Trump
GOP searches for way out of border fight with Trump
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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, Shareblue Media, Shakesville, Splinter and The Week
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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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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New York Times
New York Times:
New York Attorney General Opens Investigation of Trump Projects — The New York attorney general's office late on Monday issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank for records relating to the financing of four major Trump Organization projects and a failed effort to buy the Buffalo Bills …
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
New York attorney general investigates Trump business deals
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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Congressman Doug Collins, twitchy.com, The Gateway Pundit and IJR
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.
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
It's your move, EU tells UK after fresh Brexit defeat — EU leaders and senior officials were dismayed but hardly surprised as the U.K. parliament rejected the Brexit deal for a second time. — With U.K. politics in crisis and the course of Brexit highly uncertain, they quickly expressed …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Why a mass Jewish voter exodus from the Democratic Party is unlikely in 2020 — President Trump on Tuesday promoted a group called Jexodus, highlighting the argument that Jews should leave the Democratic Party as it becomes engulfed by anti-Semitism. — I've been chronicling how leading Democrats …
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Mark Hemingway / The Federalist:
Before Ilhan Omar, Barack Obama Mainstreamed Anti-Semitism In The Democratic Party
Before Ilhan Omar, Barack Obama Mainstreamed Anti-Semitism In The Democratic Party
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Daily Wire, CNSNews and Fox News
Seth Moulton / Washington Post:
Abolish the filibuster and the electoral college — Seth Moulton, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts's 6th District in the House of Representatives. — Amid the tragedies of the Iraq War, one bright spot always stuck with me: seeing Iraqis vote. They dipped their fingers in ink to prove they voted …
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Outside the Beltway
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Conservatives Strike Back At Media Matters For Tucker Carlson Hit Job — Conservatives struck back at Media Matters for America (MMFA) late Sunday and early Monday in response the organization's recent hit job on Fox News host Tucker Carlson. — Critics of MMFA noted the organization never …
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RedState and The American Spectator
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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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