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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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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, TheBlaze, Washington Times, Opinion Today, Talking Points Memo, Axios and Morning Consult
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller swiftly closes up shop — The docket sheet hanging outside a federal courtroom on Wednesday morning still listed Robert Mueller's prosecutors. But they were nowhere to be found at the hearing. — Welcome to the post-Mueller world. — In a matter of days the special counsel …
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Law & Crime, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Judge Napolitano: ‘There Is Something There’ on Conspiracy in Mueller Report
Fox's Judge Napolitano: ‘There Is Something There’ on Conspiracy in Mueller Report
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Washington Post, Politico, New York Post, POLITICUSUSA, Contemptor, New York Times, Sara A. Carter, The Daily Signal, Vanity Fair, Shakesville and Daily Kos
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
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Nancy Pelosi: 'We Don't Expect to Accept' AG Barr's ‘Interpretation’ of the Mueller Report
Nancy Pelosi: 'We Don't Expect to Accept' AG Barr's ‘Interpretation’ of the Mueller Report
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Talking Points Memo
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, Liberty Unyielding, Hit & Run and Towleroad Gay News
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Release the Mueller report now
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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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Rand Paul: Former Obama CIA chief promoted ‘dossier,’ demands investigation of Obama team — Sen. Rand Paul escalated his demand for an investigation into former Obama officials who “concocted” the anti-Trump Russia scandal, revealing that former CIA Director John Brennan was the key figure …
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, Liberty Unyielding and twitchy.com
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump vows to release FISA docs now that Mueller probe is concluded, slams ‘treasonous’ FBI
Trump vows to release FISA docs now that Mueller probe is concluded, slams ‘treasonous’ FBI
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RedState, CNN, Conservative News Today, The Week, Townhall 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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The Daily Caller and The Week
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Maddow, other MSNBC hosts see ratings drop, Fox up
Maddow, other MSNBC hosts see ratings drop, Fox up
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Politico, The Wrap, Fox News, Conservative News Today, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Sara A. Carter and Washington Post
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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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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KVIA-TV, Political Wire, The Guardian and BuzzFeed News
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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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Michael Cohen testified Trump submitted false insurance claim for bathroom ceiling fresco — Aloha Power People and welcome to Thursday. Tips, comments, recipes? Reach out and sign up. Thanks for waking up with us. — The Investigations — THE FRESCO: President Trump …
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Tennessee Star, New York Times and Washington Press
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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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The Week, POLITICUSUSA, Politico and FiveThirtyEight
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 …
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
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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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Twitter is considering labeling Trump tweets that violate its rules — London (CNN Business)Twitter is considering labeling tweets that violate its rules but should remain on the platform because they're in the public interest. — Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's head of legal …
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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One America News Network, Just Security, Gizmodo, Splinter and Al Jazeera
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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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed News:
Why The Joe Biden-Stacey Abrams Rumors Won't Go Away — What is Stacey Abrams going to do next? — It didn't take long, after Abrams' work to expand Georgia's Democratic electorate translated to a near-miss campaign in the state's gubernatorial election, for that question to loom …
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Christopher Wilson / Yahoo News:
Stacey Abrams nixes Biden-Abrams ticket trial balloon: 'You don't run for second place'
Stacey Abrams nixes Biden-Abrams ticket trial balloon: 'You don't run for second place'
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Washington Monthly, Vanity Fair, Mediaite, Washington Post, National Review and Axios
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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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.
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
The Southern Poverty Law Center Is Both a Terrible Place to Work and a Place That Does Terrible Work — Controversy has struck the Southern Poverty Law Center, the formidable progressive law firm best known for tracking hate groups in the U.S. Co-founder Morris Dees, President Richard Cohen …
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New York Post and The Daily Caller
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 …
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 …