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An Awkward Kiss Changed How I Saw Joe Biden — In 2014, I was the 35-year-old Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in Nevada. The landscape wasn't looking good for my party that year. There were no high-profile national races to help boost turnout, and after the top candidate bowed …
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Joe Biden Isn't the Answer — It's still three months before the first Democratic debate, nearly a year before Super Tuesday, and he hasn't even declared yet, but poll after presidential poll continues to show 76-year-old former vice-president Joe Biden leading an enormous, diverse, and talented Democratic field.
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We Got Alex Jones' Deposition Video. It Was A Predictable Disaster For Him. — For all his dangerous talk about the Sandy Hook school shooting, Alex Jones couldn't even recall the date it happened. — Infowars host Alex Jones was questioned earlier this month for three hours by the lawyer …
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How Alex Jones and Infowars Helped a Florida Man Stalk Sandy Hook Families — In the world of conspiracy theorists, Alex Jones and Wolfgang Halbig fueled each other's darkest tendencies. — Soon after the Dec. 14, 2012, mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. …
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In Sandy Hook deposition, Alex Jones blames ‘a form of psychosis’ for thinking everything is staged — Alex Jones, the Austin-based provocateur embroiled in several lawsuits filed by parents of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, said in a deposition released Friday …
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Justice Dept. expects to release Mueller report to Congress by ‘mid-April, if not sooner’ — Washington (CNN)The Justice Department will have special counsel Robert Mueller's report ready to release by “mid-April, if not sooner,” Attorney General Bill Barr said Friday.
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Mueller report will be delivered by ‘mid-April, if not sooner,’ attorney general tells Congress — Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report detailing his investigation of President Trump and Russia's election interference will be delivered to Congress by mid-April …
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The New Civil Rights Movement, Slate and Political Wire


Our President of the Perpetual Grievance — “The Russian hoax is finally dead,” President Trump declared on Thursday night, at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “The collusion delusion is over.” Trump, though, was not over it, and he was definitely not moving on.
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New Barr letter: Mueller report will be sent to Congress by mid-April
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AP says the percentage sign now OK when used with a numeral (that's shift+5) — Brace yourselves. — The AP Stylebook says the percentage sign is now acceptable when paired with a numeral in most cases. — On Friday, Stylebook Editor Paula Froke announced the latest round of changes …
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Trump's Inaccurate Claims on Mueller, Health Care and the Great Lakes — At a rally in Michigan, President Trump misstated the findings of the special counsel investigation, misleadingly promised to protect patients with pre-existing conditions and falsely described funding for a restoration program for the Great Lakes.
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GOP Sees Political Peril as Party Scrambles for Health-Care Plan
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President Donald Trump reverses course on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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The Daily 202: What Trump's reversal on the Special Olympics reveals about his presidency
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I Broke Up With Her Because She's White — When it comes to dating, I'd rather not think about race. But that's been hard to avoid. — O.K., let me just get to it. I think I broke up with my last girlfriend because she's white. Actually, no, I definitely broke up with her because she's white.


Former Trump Family Driver Has Been in ICE Custody for 8 Months — When Donald Trump's children and campaign staff arrived in South Florida during the 2016 presidential campaign, they were often greeted at the airport by Zoltan Tamas in a black Cadillac Escalade.
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NY State of Politics, Splinter and Political Wire


Most Americans Agree On One Thing About The Mueller Report — A slew of new polls show little consensus on the report's findings, but a lot of support for its full release. — Americans' first reactions to the end of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation are mixed …
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Poll: After Barr Letter, Overwhelming Majority Wants Full Mueller Report Released
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How the mysteries of Khashoggi's murder have rocked the U.S.-Saudi partnership — It has been nearly six months since Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, but the aftershocks continue. The U.S.-Saudi defense and intelligence partnership has been rocked.
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Pompeo meets Saudi prince who lured Jamal Khashoggi to his death
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Talking Points Memo and Vanity Fair


The share of Americans not having sex has reached a record high — You can blame young people for this dry spell, data show — The share of U.S. adults reporting no sex in the past year reached an all-time high in 2018, underscoring a three-decade trend line marked by an aging population and higher numbers of unattached people.
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Trump's latest comments about the border indicate he doesn't understand how trade works — It's supposedly his signature issue! — During a brief news conference he held at Mar-a-Lago on Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump claimed that closing the border with Mexico would be a …
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Trump's threats to close the US-Mexico border, explained
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TIMELINE OF BUSH'S DECADE-LONG AFFAIR WITH JENNIFER FITZGERALD — Early 1970s — Bush is introduced to Jennifer by a mutual friend. They have flirtatious calls that lead to a romance that carries on for at least 12 years. — 1974 — President Gerald Ford appoints Bush to Chief of the Liaison Office in China.
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Nominee For No. 3 At Justice Department Withdraws After Backlash From GOP Senators — Updated at 10: 17 a.m. — President Trump's pick to serve as third in command at the Justice Department, overseeing health care and immigration cases, withdrew her name from consideration Thursday evening amid backlash …
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Linda McMahon to leave Cabinet for Trump 2020 PAC — Linda McMahon is stepping down as head of Small Business Administration to chair the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action, according to three people familiar with the move. — Trump allies have spent weeks searching for someone …
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Restricting Gun Sales Cost Dick's $150 Million Last Year — Last February, when Dick's Sporting Goods boss Ed Stack announced he was restricting gun sales at the country's largest sports retailer, he knew it'd be costly. — At the time, Dick's was a major seller of firearms.
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Trump's health care agenda is a legal disaster — The federal courts are slamming the Trump administration for pursuing unlawful health care policies. — President Donald Trump's health care agenda keeps running aground, again and again, in the courts. — Unable to pass a health care bill …
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‘Clearly an end-run’: Federal judge rejects Trump's health care plan to go around Obamacare
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Is Theresa May the Worst Politician Ever? — The British prime minister's deal has failed. Again. — This Op-Ed has been updated to reflect news developments. — LONDON — My first attempt to charm Theresa May was eight years ago, in the grand surroundings of the State Dining Room in Downing Street …
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May hopes to hold fourth vote on Brexit deal
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Larry Kudlow wants the Fed to cut rates — White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Friday told Axios that he wants the Federal Reserve to “immediately” cut interest rates by 50 basis points. — Why it matters: This mirrors comments by Stephen Moore, who President Trump is expected …
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Here's the Real Trump-Russia Hoax — It's Trump defenders and lefty Russiagate skeptics claiming there is no scandal. — There has been much crowing from Trumpsters on the right and Russiagate skeptics on the left about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report.


Outed CIA spy Valerie Plame set for Senate run as Democrat — Valerie Plame, the former CIA officer who shot to fame when she was outed during George W. Bush's presidency, is poised to run for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. — The ex-spy told the Washington Examiner Friday that she would run …
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Flake: Better for a Dem to win in 2020 than Trump — Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that he would rather see a Democrat win in 2020 than have President Trump elected to a second term. — Flake made his comments at a debate in New York hosted by the nonprofit Intelligence Squared.
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