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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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TMZ.com:
Felicity Huffman Arrested by FBI with Guns Drawn, Loughlin to Surrender Wed  —  Felicity Huffman — Arrested By FBI Agents with Guns Drawn ... Loughlin to Surrender Wednesday  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  7:58 PM PT — We just got Felicity and Mossimo after posting bail ... and it was clear they didn't want to talk.
Discussion: Page Six, The Daily Caller and KFOR-TV
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
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 …
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 …
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.
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Live Updates: Ringleader pleads guilty in $25 million nationwide college admissions cheating scam
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  —  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.
Tim Arango / New York Times:
After Soul Searching, Gov. Gavin Newsom Will Halt Executions 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.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Splinter and Slate
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NBC Southern California:
Governor Expected to Announce Executive Action to Reduce Use of Death Penalty
Discussion: The Daily Beast
San Francisco Chronicle:
Gov. Newsom to order halt to California's death penalty
Discussion: TheBlaze and Daily Kos
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Gavin Newsom to block California death row executions, close San Quentin execution chamber
Discussion: Fox News and CBS San Francisco
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Newsom to sign moratorium on executions in California
Discussion: Associated Press and Axios
Washington Post:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom to impose moratorium on death penalty
Discussion: The Guardian
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.
Discussion: The Week, Fox News, Daily Kos and CNSNews
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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 …
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
‘A Mistake’: GOP Rep Falsely Claimed He Opposed Trump's Emergency Declaration
Discussion: Fauquier County …
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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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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Reuters:
Mueller says former Trump adviser Flynn's cooperation ‘otherwise complete’
Discussion: Axios
YouTube:
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 …
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 …
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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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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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.
Discussion: Task & Purpose
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.
Discussion: miamiherald
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 …
Umair Irfan / Vox:
We need to talk about the ethics of having children in a warming world  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, nonprofits, and ethicists are now publicly addressing questions about procreation in the age of climate change.  —  In a recent Instagram live stream from her kitchen, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
Dick's Sporting Goods to Remove Guns From 125 Stores  —  Dick's Sporting Goods will stop selling firearms at 125 of its stores, further pulling back from the business after it decided last year to tighten policies on gun sales.
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
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Gigi Sukin / Axios:
Defense Department's new transgender policy outlines harsh limits for troops
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
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National Center for Transgender Equality:
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Federal grand jury issues subpoenas in N.C. election fraud investigation
Olivia Solon / NBC News:
Facial recognition's ‘dirty little secret’: Millions of online photos scraped without consent
Anthony G. Attrino / New Jersey Online:
Disgraced priest from N.J. who was ‘credibly accused’ of sexual misconduct found shot to death in Nevada
Discussion: Daily Wire
Seth Moulton / Washington Post:
Abolish the filibuster and the electoral college
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Alec MacGillis / New York Times:
The Tragedy of Baltimore  —  Since Freddie Gray's death in 2015 …
 

 
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Financial Times:
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