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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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Pence, GOP senators discuss offer to kill Trump emergency disapproval resolution
Pence, GOP senators discuss offer to kill Trump emergency disapproval resolution
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's winless first quarter
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's winless first quarter
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Task & Purpose
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Majority still opposes Trump emergency declaration
Poll: Majority still opposes Trump emergency declaration
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Washington Times, POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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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Associated Press:
Pilots have reported issues in US with new Boeing jet
Pilots have reported issues in US with new Boeing jet
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump budget guts White House drug control office — again
Power Up: Trump budget guts White House drug control office — again
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BBC, USA Today and Washington Press
Bob King / Politico:
Trump's FAA increasingly isolated as other countries ban Boeing jet
Trump's FAA increasingly isolated as other countries ban Boeing jet
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NPR, EASA, New York Times, One America News Network, The Week, TechCrunch, Axios and National Review
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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ProPublica, New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Week, Raw Story, Contemptor and Washington Post
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
‘Javanka’: New book describes perils of crossing a White House power couple
‘Javanka’: New book describes perils of crossing a White House power couple
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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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ABC News, Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Contemptor
Tim Arango / New York Times:
Gov. Gavin Newsom to Halt Carrying Out Death Penalty in California — LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce a moratorium on capital punishment on Wednesday, granting a temporary reprieve for the 737 inmates who wait on the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Splinter and Slate
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Sophia Bollag / Sacramento Bee:
Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop death penalty in California, giving reprieves to 737 death row inmates — Gov. Gavin Newsom is putting a moratorium on the death penalty in California, sparing the lives of more than 700 death-row inmates. — Newsom plans to sign an executive order Wednesday …
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NBC Southern California:
Governor Expected to Announce Executive Action to Reduce Use of Death Penalty
Governor Expected to Announce Executive Action to Reduce Use of Death Penalty
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The Daily Beast
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Newsom to sign moratorium on executions in California
Newsom to sign moratorium on executions in California
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The Daily Caller, One America News Network and Axios
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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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
All College Admissions Are a Pay-to-Play Scandal
All College Admissions Are a Pay-to-Play Scandal
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New York Times, The Atlantic and Vox
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Felicity Huffman awoke to FBI agents with guns drawn at her L.A. home in college cheating raid — When Felicity Huffman opened the door to her Los Angeles home at 6 a.m. Tuesday, she was met by FBI agents with their guns drawn, according a source familiar with the incident.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘Absolutely, dramatically different’: House Democrats struggle with breakneck pace of Trump era — House Democrats can't escape Trumpmania. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her colleagues are living under a harsh new reality fueled by the rise of Donald Trump — a scandal-driven climate …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Wacky Tale of Paul Manafort, Anne Hathaway's Fraudster Ex-Boyfriend, and a Vatican Land Scam — Manafort and his then-partner talked about their plans to do business with the Italian who lured in investors with phony claims about sweetheart deals on the church's real estate. — Betsy Woodruff
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders aide apologizes for questioning American Jews' ‘dual allegiance’ to Israel — A spokeswoman for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign apologized Tuesday after questioning whether the “American-Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel” — a comment condemned …
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Washington Post:
VA chief Robert Wilkie has pushed to be the next Pentagon chief — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, whose career has long gravitated to military matters, has promoted himself to the White House to be President Trump's next secretary of defense, according to people familiar with his efforts.
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Wall Street Journal:
DOJ Probes Whether Fugitive Financier Supplied Donation to Trump Re-Election Effort — The Justice Department is investigating whether $100,000 donated to a Trump-related political fundraising committee came from a fugitive Malaysian businessman alleged to be at the center of a global financial scandal.
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
New Pentagon transgender rule sets limits for troops — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department has approved a new policy that will largely bar transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex, and require most individuals to serve in their birth gender.
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Gigi Sukin / Axios:
Defense Department's new transgender policy outlines harsh limits for troops
Defense Department's new transgender policy outlines harsh limits for troops
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Allison Pecorin / ABC News:
Looking at 47 months in jail in Virginia case, Paul Manafort faces 2nd sentencing in DC case — Paul Manafort is expected to be sentenced in the District of Columbia Wednesday morning, marking the likely conclusion of the former Trump campaign chairman's year-and-a-half long legal battle.
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Mitt Romney Explains His Candle Technique | TMZ … We just got Mitt in D.C. who offered up an explanation as to why he plucked the candles off one by one — and it's a legit reason — dude just wanted to keep his staff healthy. — About TMZ: — TMZ has consistently been credited …
Washington Post:
THE FENTANYL FAILURE — Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say. — SCROLL DOWN — In May 2016, a group of national health experts issued an urgent plea in a private letter …
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Political Wire
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
No Hate Left Behind — Lethal partisanship is taking us into dangerous territory. — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. — A recent survey asked Republicans and Democrats whether they agreed with the statement that members …
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The American Conservative
Scott Bullock / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court Resuscitates the Eighth Amendment — Tyson Timbs's story starts, as so many stories do today, with opioids. Following a workplace injury in Ohio, Timbs developed a painkiller addiction, which led him to heroin. When his aunt in Indiana needed help due to illness …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Lisa Page transcripts reveal details of anti-Trump ‘insurance policy,’ concerns over full-blown probe — House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Tuesday released hundreds of pages of transcripts from last year's closed-door interview with ex-FBI attorney Lisa Page, revealing new details …
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Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Georgetown Rich Kid ‘Gloated’ After Allegedly Cheating SATs — Isabelle Henriquez is one of the only students accused of willingly participating in the fraud—and now her degree may be in jeopardy. — Scott Bixby — According to her LinkedIn page, Isabelle Henriquez is “a rapid learner” …
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Raw Story
Dan Merica / CNN:
John Hickenlooper didn't mean to forget who you are: How face blindness has affected his political career — How Hickenlooper grew from brewery owner to governor — Austin, Texas (CNN)John Hickenlooper knows he knows you from somewhere. The former Colorado governor just doesn't know if it's really you.
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