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Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Prosecutors Offer to Drop Charges Against Patriots Owner Robert Kraft — Florida prosecutors have offered to drop charges against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and a number of other men charged with soliciting prostitution.
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Washington Post:
The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court — Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration at least 63 times over the past two years, an extraordinary record of legal defeat that has stymied large parts of the president's agenda on the environment, immigration and other matters.
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Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Supreme Court rules for Trump on detaining immigrants
Supreme Court rules for Trump on detaining immigrants
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Vox, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Post
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court says government can detain immigrants with past criminal records even years …
Supreme Court says government can detain immigrants with past criminal records even years …
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Shakesville, Fortune, Daily Kos and Axios
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump rules out expanding Supreme Court in a dig at 2020 Dems
Trump rules out expanding Supreme Court in a dig at 2020 Dems
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Washington Examiner, Townhall, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and Fox News Insider
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court hands Trump a victory on immigration detention
U.S. Supreme Court hands Trump a victory on immigration detention
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Bloomberg, Hit & Run, Joe.My.God. and Daily Wire
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The Politics of Beto and Amy O'Rourke's Marriage — Beto O'Rourke plonked down on his living room sofa beside his wife, Amy, and promptly removed his shoes and socks. It was a late February morning, weeks before announcing his candidacy for president, and Beto had just returned from his favorite hike in the nearby Franklin Mountains.
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CNN:
Beto O'Rourke in 2012 said the US had an ‘extravagant government’ that needed ‘significant’ spending cuts — (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke campaigned during his 2012 congressional race on a platform that called for “significant” spending cuts and tax increases to balance …
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Hit & Run, Washington Post and Mediaite
Amy Spiro / Jerusalem Post:
Kushner's peace plan ‘includes land swaps with Saudi Arabia,’ book claims — A draft of the plan included an oil pipeline from Saudi Arabia to Gaza, according to newly released ‘Kushner, Inc.’ — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner's Middle East peace plan at one point included Jordan giving land …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Who Do Jared and Ivanka Think They Are? — A new book probes …
Who Do Jared and Ivanka Think They Are? — A new book probes …
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Shifting hopes as Republicans, Democrats wait for Mueller — WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a witch hunt, a vendetta, the worst presidential harassment in history. — That's what President Donald Trump has shouted for two years about the special counsel's Russia probe.
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump officials prepared to stonewall Democratic oversight demands — House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler wrote to the White House last month demanding information about President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to fund the construction of a southern border wall.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP: Few targets met House deadline on Trump corruption probe docs
GOP: Few targets met House deadline on Trump corruption probe docs
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Axios, Breitbart, CNN and Shareblue Media
Diana Stancy Correll / Washington Examiner:
Mark Meadows: US ambassadors conspired with DOJ to take down Trump
Mark Meadows: US ambassadors conspired with DOJ to take down Trump
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Bernie Sanders Just Hired His Twitter Attack Dog — Shortly before he gave speeches launching his 2020 campaign earlier this month, Bernie Sanders emailed his supporters, urging them to “do our very best to engage respectfully with our Democratic opponents—talking about the issues we are fighting for …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The ridiculousness of Devin Nunes suing ‘Devin Nunes’ cow' — and what it really signals — There is a Twitter account called “Devin Nunes' cow” that has tweeted nasty things about Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.). Evidently, the account is not actually run by a cow belonging to Nunes.
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
‘Devin Nunes’ Cow' reacts to lawsuit: 'I'm not quitting my day job'
‘Devin Nunes’ Cow' reacts to lawsuit: 'I'm not quitting my day job'
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Mashable and Raw Story
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Schiff: Real question is if Trump is under the influence of a foreign power — Whether Mueller will answer that question is unclear. But House Intel Chair Adam Schiff said he is steering his probe in a new direction to focus on it. — WASHINGTON — Nearly two years into his investigation …
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
President Trump Has Some Stories to Tell About Deutsche Bank
President Trump Has Some Stories to Tell About Deutsche Bank
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New York Times, Washington Post and Vanity Fair
CNN:
Her son died. And then anti-vaxers attacked her — (CNN)Not long ago, a 4-year-old boy died of the flu. His mother, under doctor's orders, watched his two little brothers like a hawk, terrified they might get sick and die, too. — Grieving and frightened, just days after her son's death …
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Raw Story and Daily Wire
Washington Post:
‘A total loser!’: Trump lashes out at George Conway, who has been questioning his mental health — President Trump on Tuesday ratcheted up a remarkable public spat with the husband of one of his top advisers, attacking Kellyanne Conway's husband as a “total loser” on Twitter in response …
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New York Times:
Michael Cohen's Emails Were Sought by Special Counsel in July 2017, Documents Show — Federal authorities began investigating the email accounts of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, as early as July 2017, only months after Mr. Trump took office, according to documents unsealed on Tuesday.
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Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
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Associated Press:
Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid
Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid
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CNN, Shakesville, Daily Wire and POLITICUSUSA
Blake Hounshell / Politico:
Preet Bharara Expects a ‘Lengthy, Detailed’ Mueller Report
Preet Bharara Expects a ‘Lengthy, Detailed’ Mueller Report
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The Daily Beast
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Mysterious Buyer Pumps $2.9 Million Into President Trump's Coffers — President Trump sold a $2.9 million New York City condo to a mysterious buyer March 8, in a previously unreported deal laid out in public documents. — Officially, the buyer was an entity named Koctagon LLC.
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Raw Story
Jan Wolfe / Reuters:
Judges lean toward Trump in hotel ‘emoluments’ case — (Reuters) - A three-judge U.S. appeals court panel signaled sympathy toward President Donald Trump on Tuesday in his appeal in a Democratic-backed lawsuit that accuses him of violating anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution with his Washington hotel.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris climbs in the Democratic race, as enthusiasm starts high for both parties — (CNN)An 8-point jump in support for California Sen. Kamala Harris stands out in a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS that shows a field of four in double digits in the race for the Democratic nomination for president.
NBC News:
California con man set up bogus websites for Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke to defraud donors, prosecutors say — Instead of passing along the cash to the candidates, John Pierre Dupont used it to pay his rent and buy a $25,300 Mercedes-Benz sedan, the complaint says.
Donald Trump Jr / Telegraph:
Theresa May should have taken my father's advice on Brexit — Follow the author of this article Follow the topics within this article — Next Friday, March 29, is supposed to be the British people's Independence Day. But because the elites control London from Brussels, the will of the people is likely to be ignored.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The demobilization of the resistance is a dangerous mistake — Remember when protest was the new brunch? — The Women's Marches over-awed Donald Trump's Inauguration. Protesters at airports checked the initial version of Trump's travel bans. Ordinary Americans' phone calls …
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Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog and Eschaton
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Streaming Hosts Diamond & Silk Appear in Trump Campaign Video — The duo are not shy about their support for the president, but it's unusual for a cable news company's hosts to appear in a campaign video. — Diamond & Silk, who host a weekly show on the Fox News streaming platform Fox Nation …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Trump's campaign secret weapon: Facebook — Data: Adapted from a Bully Pulpit interactive chart; Chart: Axios Visuals — While Democrats' campaign launches have sucked up national attention, President Trump's re-election campaign has quietly spent nearly twice as much as the entire …
Li Zhou / Vox:
How the US could actually get rid of the Electoral College — Sen. Elizabeth Warren floated the idea during a town hall this week. — During Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) town hall event on Monday night, she floated a seemingly radical idea to make voting more equitable: abolishing the Electoral College.
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Breitbart
Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
House committee passes Amendment 4 bill along party lines — “It's blatantly unconstitutional as a poll tax,” one Democrat said. — A Florida House committee approved a bill addressing the rollout of Amendment 4 despite concerns that it would limit the number of former felons who could have their voting rights restored.
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Mother Jones, ACLU of Florida, The Root and Orlando Sentinel
Libby Watson / Splinter:
Look at These Absolutely Ordinary Americans Who Hate Medicare for All — The Partnership for America's Health Care Future is a lobbying group dedicated to fighting single payer and even public option health plans, formed by the biggest players in the health insurance industry …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Ben Sasse Became the One Thing a Trump-Era Pol Should Never Be: Weak — With that pro-Trump emergency vote, the Nebraska senator threw away his credibility and showed he doesn't get the core lesson of Trumpism. — Matt Lewis — BEAST INSIDE — Fresh off of voting to uphold Trump's …
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Raw Story
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Mulvaney on cusp of permanent status upgrade — 'He has stayed out of a lot of people's way,' said one senior administration official. 'No one is saying he is killing it but staying out of people's way has helped.' — The White House plans to drop the word “acting” from Mick Mulvaney's title …
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Jerusalem Post:
Ariel terrorist killed by IDF forces after fire exchange — The terrorist, identified as Omar Abu Lila, stole a vehicle and drove to the nearby Gitai Avishar junction on Sunday, where he started shooting. — The IDF has killed the Palestinian terrorist who carried out the shooting spree near …