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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Trump's Popularity Unchanged After Completion of Mueller Probe — President got no bounce with the voters after attorney general said he was cleared of collusion — President Donald Trump told reporters at the Capitol that the Mueller report “could not have been better.” (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
The Critical Part of Mueller's Report That Barr Didn't Mention — On Sunday afternoon, Attorney General Bill Barr presented a summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's conclusions that contained a few sentences from Mueller's final report, one of which directly addressed the question …
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Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:
The White House will get the Mueller report before the public does in case it wants to make redactions, Barr says — Attorney General William Barr will send the special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation to the White House before the public sees it, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Tuesday.
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Shareblue Media and Raw Story
David Brooks / New York Times:
We've All Just Made Fools of Ourselves — Again — The awful corruption of scandal politics. — “You have a president who, in my opinion, beyond a shadow of a doubt, sought to, however ham-handedly, collude with the Russian government, a foreign power, to undermine and influence our elections.”
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Mueller Did His Investigation for a World We Don't Inhabit — His report was predicated on caring about facts. Our world is about who can claim victory the quickest. — Someday, when we're sitting around the electronic campfires we've lit to pretend-warm the huts in our Mars colonies …
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The Bulwark, Dallas Morning News and Washington Press
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judiciary Committee seeks obstruction of justice probe records from DOJ
Judiciary Committee seeks obstruction of justice probe records from DOJ
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Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos disavows Mueller plea deal
Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos disavows Mueller plea deal
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Axios, Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair, Law & Crime, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Obstruction, not collusion, worried Trump's legal team
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Buoyant Carter Page roams Capitol Hill after Mueller wraps up
Buoyant Carter Page roams Capitol Hill after Mueller wraps up
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Chicago Sun-Times:
Emanuel calls dropping charges against Jussie Smollett a ‘whitewash of justice’ — In a highly unusual decision, prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett that accused him of staging a hate-crime attack against himself — a move that Mayor Rahm Emanuel later called a “whitewash of justice.”
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‘Whitewash of justice’: Mayor lashes out after Smollett charges dropped — “I have been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one.” — In a stunning move, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett on Tuesday despite acknowleging Smollet fabricated …
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Associated Press:
Jussie Smollett's attorneys say all criminal charges dropped — CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett said Tuesday that charges alleging he lied to police about a racist and homophobic attack have been dropped. — Smollett attorneys Tina Glandian and Patricia Brown Holmes …
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
George Soros Spent $408k on Kim Foxx, Prosecutor in Jussie Smollett Case
George Soros Spent $408k on Kim Foxx, Prosecutor in Jussie Smollett Case
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The Gateway Pundit, TMZ.com and Contemptor
Chicago Tribune:
After charges dropped, ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett says he has ‘been truthful and consistent from day one’
After charges dropped, ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett says he has ‘been truthful and consistent from day one’
Jessica Sager / Fox News:
Chicago PD Superintendent Eddie Johnson, Rahm Emanuel call Jussie Smollett charges being dropped ‘whitewash of justice’
Chicago PD Superintendent Eddie Johnson, Rahm Emanuel call Jussie Smollett charges being dropped ‘whitewash of justice’
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TMZ.com:
Jussie Smollett Charges Dropped, Mayor Calls it a ‘Whitewash of Justice’
Jussie Smollett Charges Dropped, Mayor Calls it a ‘Whitewash of Justice’
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Conservative Twitter outraged after Smollett charges dropped: ‘Leftist privilege’
Conservative Twitter outraged after Smollett charges dropped: ‘Leftist privilege’
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Bloomberg:
Trump Tried to Undo North Korea Penalty, Contrary to U.S. Account — President tweeted that he withdrew North Korea sanctions — U.S. officials talked Trump out of move, devised cover story — President Donald Trump last week intended to reverse sanctions imposed …
John Hickenlooper / Washington Post:
The Green New Deal sets us up for failure. We need a better approach. — John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, is former governor of Colorado and is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. — Climate change is a defining challenge of our time, and yet we have a president who is taking us in the wrong direction.
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Axios, Washington Free Beacon, New York Times and Splinter
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CNN:
Trump administration now says entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down — (CNN)The Trump administration on Monday said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down, in a dramatic reversal. — In a filing with a federal appeals court, the Justice Department said it agreed …
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
New York Suburb to Declare Measles Emergency, Barring Unvaccinated Children From Public — Rockland County, a suburb of New York City, will declare a state of emergency and bar minors who are unvaccinated against measles from being in public places, the latest effort to fight New York State's worst measles outbreak in decades.
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
New York's Rockland County declares measles state of emergency, bans unvaccinated minors from public spaces
New York's Rockland County declares measles state of emergency, bans unvaccinated minors from public spaces
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The Guardian and FOX40
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Interior Nominee Intervened to Block Report on Endangered Species — WASHINGTON — After years of effort, scientists at the Fish and Wildlife Service had a moment of celebration as they wrapped up a comprehensive analysis of the threat that three widely used pesticides present to hundreds …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
GOP congressman quotes Hitler's ‘Mein Kampf’ to slam Trump's adversaries as liars — Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) took to the House floor on Monday to portray President Trump's detractors as Nazis, but ended up slurring them using an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory drawn verbatim from Adolf Hitler's writings.
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Molly Ball / TIME:
These Ordinary Americans Discussed the Mueller Investigation. Here's Their Surprising Consensus — As Washington waited with bated breath for the results of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, a group of Iowa voters tried to figure out what they thought of it all.
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Hullabaloo
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Betsy DeVos: Deep cuts to Special Olympics, student programs are warranted — WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday defended deep cuts to programs meant to help students and others, including eliminating $18 million to support Special Olympics, while urging Congress to spend millions more on charter schools.
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Washington Post:
Why NASA's historic all-female spacewalk isn't happening — NASA has aborted its mission for its first all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station because there are not enough spacesuits of the best size to fit both female astronauts, the agency said.
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
House fails to override Trump veto on southern border emergency — President Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border survived a critical vote in the House on Tuesday, as Democrats failed to muster the necessary two-thirds majority to override his veto.
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Peter Kiefer / Hollywood Reporter:
Commentator Andrew Sullivan Jeered at Hollywood Inclusion Event — Attendees at the morning panel included actresses Amy Landecker, Michaela Watkins and Sophia Bush, plus showrunners Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and Jenji Kohan. — At an event billed as 'A Day of Unreasonable Conversation …
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Splinter, Breitbart and The American Conservative
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Obama: Say, Some Of These Liberal Plans Look Kind Of Expensive — I've been seeing all sorts of fun and games on social media about how this is the week for owning the libs. Perhaps so, but they probably weren't expecting to be getting it from Barack Obama.
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
House Armed Services chair rejects Pentagon bid to shift $1B toward border wall — House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith on Tuesday rejected a Pentagon move to shift $1 billion in funding for more Southern border barriers, and warned Pentagon leaders of stiff budget consequences if it unilaterally shifts the money.
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Axios
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Dominique Mosbergen / HuffPost:
Pentagon Transfers $1 Billion In Funding For Trump's Border Wall
Pentagon Transfers $1 Billion In Funding For Trump's Border Wall
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The Hill, CNN, New York Times and Shareblue Media
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
MSNBC Panel Admits Mueller Report ‘Undercuts Almost Everything’ In Steele Dossier — The two journalists most closely linked to the Steele dossier acknowledged Monday that the Democrat-funded document was debunked by the Mueller investigation, which found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
After Mueller Report, News Media Leaders Defend Their Work
After Mueller Report, News Media Leaders Defend Their Work
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Former Mattis aide penning ‘shocking’ book that details Mattis-Trump relationship — The book will tell how ex-Defense Secretary James Mattis “slow-rolled some of Trump's most controversial measures, with no intention of following through.” — WASHINGTON — A close adviser …
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NBC News:
Mike Pence talked Dan Coats out of quitting the Trump administration — Whenever Trump is souring on Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, whom he calls “Mister Rogers,” Pence encourages him to stick with Coats. — WASHINGTON — The country's intelligence chief was on the verge …
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Agence France-Presse:
Maduro blames ‘terrorists’ as new blackout grips Venezuela — The sun sets in Caracas during a partial power cut on March 25, 2019 — Caracas (AFP) - President Nicolas Maduro blamed “terrorists” for a new, near-nationwide blackout that gripped Venezuela Tuesday, two weeks after a similar outage caused deaths and chaos.
New York Times:
‘I, Too, Was a Survivor’: Senator McSally Ends Years of Silence — Martha McSally became the first American woman to fly in combat. But years before, she had been attacked by one of her own. — WASHINGTON — The Air Force of three decades ago was a challenging place for women …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Beto O'Rourke is getting all the attention, but Elizabeth Warren's economic policy proposals are leading the 2020 pack — Warren's plans represent what many financially squeezed voters say they want: a clear and comprehensive accounting of how a would-be president would reduce their burdens.
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Washington Post