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CNN:
CNN Poll: Majority says Trump not exonerated of collusion after Barr's summary — WASHINGTON (CNN)Though President Donald Trump has claimed “complete and total exoneration” based on Attorney General William Barr's summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference …
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YouGov, Hot Air, Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, Shareblue Media, Washington Times, TheBlaze, Opinion Today, Talking Points Memo, Axios and Morning Consult
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Judge Napolitano: ‘There Is Something There’ on Conspiracy in Mueller Report — ‘There is something there, but it is not enough to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,’ the Fox News senior judicial analyst said Wednesday. — Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano …
Associated Press:
Mueller's evidence is likely a massive amount of material — WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say they want “all of the underlying evidence” in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. But what is all of that evidence? — Mueller's team issued more than 2,800 subpoenas …
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Axios
CBS News:
Mueller report: Majorities across party lines want full report released says CBS News poll
Mueller report: Majorities across party lines want full report released says CBS News poll
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Mediaite
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Comey: Mueller findings show Trump lied about FBI, his attempt to destroy the agency failed
Comey: Mueller findings show Trump lied about FBI, his attempt to destroy the agency failed
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The Daily Caller and The Week
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Comey calls Mueller's position on Trump obstruction charges “confusing”
Comey calls Mueller's position on Trump obstruction charges “confusing”
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Politico, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, ABC News, Breitbart and New York Post
CNN:
Prominent Democratic lawyer Greg Craig close to being charged in case stemming from Mueller probe — (CNN)Federal prosecutors are close to bringing charges against Greg Craig, a prominent Democratic lawyer and former White House counsel in the Obama administration, in a case that originated …
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Political Wire
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell blocks resolution calling for release of Mueller report for second time
McConnell blocks resolution calling for release of Mueller report for second time
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Raw Story, Hit & Run and Towleroad Gay News
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Exclusive: NRA Official Sought Sandy Hook Hoaxer To Question Parkland Shooting, Emails Show — NRA official Mark Richardson emailed a day after the Parkland shooting to say the shooter “was not alone.” — An official with the National Rifle Association corresponded with a prominent Sandy …
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Talking Points Memo, Splinter, HillReporter.com and Florida Politics
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The what's-going-on presidency — DRIVING THE DAY — THE WHAT'S-GOING-ON PRESIDENCY ... OVER THE LAST WEEK, the TRUMP ADMINISTRATION has taken several tactical and political steps that would be seen, in any other administration, as such massively stupid political blunders …
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Political Wire, KVIA-TV, The Guardian and BuzzFeed News
New York Times:
In Divided White House, Trump Sided With Mulvaney in Push for Nullifying Health Act — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's surprise decision to press for a court-ordered demolition of the Affordable Care Act came after a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Monday …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Michael Cohen testified Trump submitted false insurance claim for bathroom ceiling fresco
Power Up: Michael Cohen testified Trump submitted false insurance claim for bathroom ceiling fresco
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Tennessee Star, New York Times and Washington Press
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump vows to release FISA docs now that Mueller probe is concluded, slams ‘treasonous’ FBI — President Trump, in an exclusive wide-ranging interview Wednesday night with Fox News' “Hannity,” vowed to release the full and unredacted Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Adviser and allies warning Trump against issuing pardons — NEW YORK (AP) — The end of the special counsel's investigation sparked fresh speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon some of those charged in the probe. It's also spawned a don't-go-there chorus from some of Trump's closest advisers and GOP allies.
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Axios
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Thursday it is charging Facebook with housing discrimination, alleging its targeted advertising platform violates the Fair Housing Act by “encouraging, enabling, and causing” …
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination over ad practices
HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination over ad practices
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One America News Network
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Jerry Falwell's Liberty University Landed Pentagon Contract Months After Trump's Election — Falwell has used Liberty-owned Freedom Aviation for personal, business, and political travel. Now it's selling jet fuel to the Pentagon. — BEAST INSIDE
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Raw Story
Amy for America:
Amy's Plan to Build America's Infrastructure — Amy is proposing a bold, trillion-dollar plan to rebuild America's infrastructure, invest in our future, and create millions of good-paying American jobs. — President Trump is asking Congress for $200 billion for infrastructure …
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Gives OK to Sell Nuclear Tech to Saudis — Want to help the erratic, murderous Saudi regime develop nuclear technology? That's OK with the Department of Energy. — The U.S. Department of Energy has approved six authorizations for U.S. companies seeking to conduct nuclear related work …
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Just Security, Al Jazeera, Gizmodo and Splinter
Bryan Lowry / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump's pick for Federal Reserve had hand in creation of Brownback tax ‘experiment’ — President Trump's likely nominee for the Federal Reserve's board of governors helped shape the deep tax cuts that were blamed for years of budget shortfalls under former Gov. Sam Brownback.
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Christopher Wilson / Yahoo News:
Stacey Abrams nixes Biden-Abrams ticket trial balloon: 'You don't run for second place' — An idea floated by advisers of Joe Biden to designate Stacey Abrams of Georgia as his running mate before the primaries was dismissed Wednesday by Abrams herself. — According to
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Washington Monthly, Vanity Fair, Mediaite, Washington Post, National Review and Axios
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed News:
Why The Joe Biden-Stacey Abrams Rumors Won't Go Away
Why The Joe Biden-Stacey Abrams Rumors Won't Go Away
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Breitbart, CBS News and ThinkProgress
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Ex-con Grimm could create the wildest House race of 2020 — STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Michael Grimm is trying to come back from the dead — again. — The former Republican congressman and tax felon told POLITICO in an interview that he's very close to launching the second bid for his old seat in as many years.
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Talking Points Memo
Harry Enten / CNN:
Pete Buttigieg just got his best national poll so far — Buttigieg discusses a possible presidential first 03:02 — (CNN) — The Mayor Pete Buttigieg mini-boomlet has officially arrived. — Buttigieg just scored his highest Democratic primary national poll number to date at 4% of Democrats …
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POLITICUSUSA, FiveThirtyEight, Politico and The Bulwark
Mark Pulliam / City Journal:
Blacklisting Chick-fil-A — In San Antonio, a popular fast-food chain becomes the target of a progressive crusade. — Texas — The Social Order — No one is surprised when cities like San Francisco, New York City, and Seattle enact policies driven by the latest progressive imperatives.
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Mercury News
Dylan Scott / Vox:
6 key moments from Cory Booker's CNN town hall — Booker said he would “absolutely” consider issuing mass commutations and pardons for federal marijuana offenses. — Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has struggled to break through in the crowded 2020 Democratic primary.
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
And the winner of The Post's Mueller Madness bracket is... SEE ALSO — We have a national champion . . . of lousy “collusion” punditry. — It was a tough bracket, featuring some of the biggest names in the prestige press, late-night comedians, C- and D-list celebs …
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New Republic and IJR
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
Huawei Security ‘Defects’ Are Found by British Authorities — LONDON — A British review of Huawei found “significant” security problems with the Chinese company's telecommunications equipment, a conclusion that supports a United States effort to ban it from next-generation wireless networks.
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EU Press Room and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »
U.S. Department of Justice:
Multi-Agency Investigation Results in Charges Against 18 Members and Associates of Violent White Supremacist Gang — Charges Include Murder in Aid of Racketeering, Kidnapping, Assault and Firearms Offenses — Multiple members and associates of a white supremacist gang known as the 1488s …
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Splinter
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
2020 candidate Kamala Harris picks up endorsements from five SC Democrats — COLUMBIA — Five prominent South Carolina Democrats, including three state lawmakers, are getting behind U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris in her presidential bid, offering an early boost to the California Democrat in a critical early-voting primary state.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
To Barbara Bush, Donald Trump Represented ‘Greed, Selfishness’ — WASHINGTON — For decades, she was the grande dame of the Grand Old Party, the white-haired, pearl-wearing, tart-tongued Republican matriarch and, in the words of one eulogist, the first lady of the Greatest Generation.
Molly Redden / HuffPost:
The Human Costs Of Kamala Harris' War On Truancy — The “progressive prosecutor” wanted to transform how California responded to students missing school. Parents like Cheree Peoples wound up paying the price. — On the morning of April 18, 2013, in the Los Angeles suburb of Buena Park …
Voice of America:
US to Redraw Maps to Show Golan Heights as Israeli Territory — The Trump administration says it will update U.S. government maps to reflect President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. — In a Wednesday email responding to questions from VOA Persian …