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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pelosi tells Dems she'll reject highly classified briefing on Mueller findings — Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democrats on Saturday she'll rebuff any efforts by the Justice Department to reveal details of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings in a highly classified setting …
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Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Atty. Gen. William Barr not ready to share Mueller's ‘principal conclusions’ in Russia probe with Congress … It looks like Washington will have to hold its breath a little longer. Atty. Gen. William Barr apparently decided he was not ready to provide Congress with a summary of the …
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New York Times:
As Mueller Report Lands, Prosecutorial Focus Moves to New York — Even as the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, submitted his confidential report to the Justice Department on Friday, federal and state prosecutors are pursuing about a dozen other investigations that largely grew out of his work …
New York Times:
At Democratic Campaign Events, Mueller Report Is Barely Mentioned — RYE, N.H. — For Democratic presidential candidates on Saturday, it wasn't quite campaigning as usual after the delivery of a long-awaited report from the special counsel roiled Washington over the weekend. But it was pretty close.
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
AG Barr aims to release Mueller report ‘top-line’ conclusions Saturday night, won't ‘parse words, play games,’ source says — Attorney General William Barr is pushing to reveal the principal conclusions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report as early as Saturday night …
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
‘There needs to be a reckoning’ for those who spread Russia collusion narrative: Mollie Hemingway — Those who spent the last two years pushing the narrative that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election need to be held accountable, the Federalist senior editor Mollie Hemingway argued Friday.
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New York Times:
Mueller's Findings Will Remain Confidential at Least Another Day — WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr and his team on Saturday pored over the highly anticipated report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, a senior Justice Department official said …
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Washington Post:
‘If you took it all in in one day, it would kill you’: What Mueller's investigation has already revealed — He pulled back the curtain on a sophisticated Kremlin hacking operation — identifying by name the 12 Russian military officers who he said sought to sway a U.S. election.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Congress won't get Mueller findings today
Congress won't get Mueller findings today
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Associated Press:
Barr scours Trump-Russia report to see how much to open
Barr scours Trump-Russia report to see how much to open
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Caroline Fredrickson / New York Times:
We Don't Need to Read the Mueller Report
We Don't Need to Read the Mueller Report
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Mike Allen / Axios:
With Mueller report submitted, Trump's legal team feels “cautious optimism”
With Mueller report submitted, Trump's legal team feels “cautious optimism”
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Neal Kumar Katyal / Washington Post:
I wrote the special counsel rules. The attorney general can — and should — release the Mueller report.
I wrote the special counsel rules. The attorney general can — and should — release the Mueller report.
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Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Robert Mueller's Report Is ‘Just the Beginning’ of Donald Trump's Legal Troubles, Experts Say
Robert Mueller's Report Is ‘Just the Beginning’ of Donald Trump's Legal Troubles, Experts Say
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Five things that didn't happen in the Mueller investigation
Five things that didn't happen in the Mueller investigation
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BBC:
Brexit march: Hundreds of thousands join referendum protest — Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in central London calling for another EU referendum, as MPs search for a way out of the Brexit impasse. — Organisers of the “Put It To The People” campaign say more than a million people joined …
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Theresa May isn't the adult in the room. She's part of the problem.
Theresa May isn't the adult in the room. She's part of the problem.
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The Guardian and Towleroad Gay News
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Graham delivers laughs — and loyalty — at Mar-a-Lago dinner — PALM BEACH, Florida — Sen. Lindsey Graham delivered a rousing speech behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, joking about the prospect of President Donald Trump opening a hotel in Jerusalem and asking the crowd whether …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Democrats are conspiring to reelect Trump — Watch in slow motion as Democrats, goaded by the media, conspire to reelect President Trump: — Voters care about the economy and making education and health care affordable. And so Democrats are talking about . . . abolishing the electoral college?
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump Has Slapped His Brand On Images Of The White House To Sell At His Trump Store — President blurs the line again between his business and government. — President Donald Trump has emblazoned the “Trump” brand name on images of the White House to sell in his Trump Store and at the Trump International Hotel in the capital.
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Lance Williams / Politico:
Recording Reveals Oil Industry Execs Laughing at Trump Access — Gathered for a private meeting at a beachside Ritz-Carlton in Southern California, the oil executives were celebrating a colleague's sudden rise. David Bernhardt, their former lawyer, had been appointed by President Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
The Islamic State's caliphate has been defeated, U.S.-backed forces say — BEIRUT — U.S.-backed forces declared the final defeat of the Islamic State's caliphate on Saturday, bringing to an end the group's brutal experiment in state building that had lured foot soldiers from around the world …
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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
ISIS Caliphate Crumbles as Last Village in Syria Falls
ISIS Caliphate Crumbles as Last Village in Syria Falls
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Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Memo to Senate: Just Say No — A couple of weeks ago, I gave a talk at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. I said that, although I am not a fan of President Trump, I have to give him credit for making good appointments to the Fed. I was thinking about people like Jay Powell, Rich Clarida, and Randy Quarles.
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Gina Salamone / New York Daily News:
Barbra Streisand says Michael Jackson's accusers were ‘thrilled to be there’ and his ‘sexual needs were his sexual needs’ — Barbra Streisand is under fire for comments she made about two men accusing Michael Jackson of sexually assaulting them as children.
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