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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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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 …
CBS News:
Mueller report: Majorities across party lines want full report released says CBS News poll — More than 3 in 4 Americans, including majorities of both Republicans and Democrats, think the full Mueller report should be released to the public. But the partisan splits that have long marked …
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Mediaite
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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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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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
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Nadler: Barr Won't Commit To Releasing Unredacted Mueller Report And Evidence
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller grand jury ‘continuing robustly,’ prosecutor says
Mueller grand jury ‘continuing robustly,’ prosecutor says
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Law & Crime, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, HillReporter.com and Raw Story
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
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
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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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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New York Times, Washington Press and The Mahablog
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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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
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 …
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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Politico, FiveThirtyEight, POLITICUSUSA and The Bulwark
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
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.
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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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
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
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
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination over ad practices — HUD Thursday charged Facebook with violating fair housing laws by enabling housing discrimination on its advertising platform. — “Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live,” HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in a statement.
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CNN:
Terry McAuliffe leaning toward jumping into 2020 race — (CNN)Terry McAuliffe is moving closer to a 2020 presidential run, Democrats close to the former Virginia governor tell CNN. — McAuliffe has been telling Democratic allies that he is leaning toward jumping into the Democratic …
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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.
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 …
Scientific American:
Why Losing Our Newspapers Is Breaking Our Politics — Study finds newspaper closures are linked to partisanship — Last month, staffers at The Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado, experienced the latest low point in the American newspaper business: days after mourning the loss of their editor …
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.