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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
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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Political Wire
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
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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CNN:
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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twitchy.com and Fortune
David Corn / Mother Jones:
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.
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: After Barr Letter, Overwhelming Majority Wants Full Mueller Report Released
Poll: After Barr Letter, Overwhelming Majority Wants Full Mueller Report Released
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Talking Points Memo, Fox News, Shareblue Media, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, The Week and PBS NewsHour
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
‘Lock them up’? Trump's attention turns to his enemies list
‘Lock them up’? Trump's attention turns to his enemies list
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Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Media Matters for America, New York Times, The Week and Law & Crime
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
New Barr letter: Mueller report will be sent to Congress by mid-April
New Barr letter: Mueller report will be sent to Congress by mid-April
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Politico
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
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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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
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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The Trace, Daily Kos, Boing Boing, YouTube and Media Matters for America
Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
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 …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
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 …
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
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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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
'It'll happen fast': Trump creates problems and then rushes in to solve them
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
GOP Sees Political Peril as Party Scrambles for Health-Care Plan
GOP Sees Political Peril as Party Scrambles for Health-Care Plan
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Political Wire
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
President Donald Trump reverses course on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
President Donald Trump reverses course on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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IJR, Rolling Stone, Vox and Toledo Blade
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: What Trump's reversal on the Special Olympics reveals about his presidency
The Daily 202: What Trump's reversal on the Special Olympics reveals about his presidency
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The Hill, Mother Jones, The Root and Politico
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
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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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
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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Political Wire
Lucy Flores / The Cut:
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 …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The blue state Trump thinks he can flip in 2020 — President Donald Trump is muscling into a blue state where Democrats are reeling: Virginia. — With a tenuous grip on states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the president is looking for opportunities to expand his electoral playing field.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Flake: Better for a Dem to win in 2020 than Trump
Flake: Better for a Dem to win in 2020 than Trump
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Washington Post
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
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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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Pompeo meets Saudi prince who lured Jamal Khashoggi to his death
Pompeo meets Saudi prince who lured Jamal Khashoggi to his death
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Talking Points Memo and Vanity Fair
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
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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Althouse
Eric Zorn / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Kim Foxx will and should lose her job over the Jussie Smollett case — Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and her team needed to demonstrate that they take seriously the social damage caused by invented hate crimes. They failed spectacularly. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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Hot Air and Daily Wire
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Lee Roupas / ilpba.org:
IPBA Statement on Jussie Smollett Case Dismissal
IPBA Statement on Jussie Smollett Case Dismissal
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Dion Rabouin / Axios:
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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Christopher Condon / Bloomberg:
White House's Kudlow Urges Half-Point Fed Cut, Echoing Moore
Eben Novy-Williams / Bloomberg:
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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RedState, The Daily Caller and Front Page Magazine
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
‘Clearly an end-run’: Federal judge rejects Trump's health care plan to go around Obamacare — A federal judge in Washington ruled late Thursday that the Trump administration's push to make health insurance plans available outside the Affordable Care Act that avoid the requirements …
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ThinkProgress, Politico, POLITICUSUSA and The Week
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Nominee For No. 3 At Justice Department Withdraws After Backlash From GOP Senators — 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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Washington Monthly, New York Times, Washington Post, Law & Crime, RedState, Fox News, U.S. Department of Justice and Splinter
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Exclusive: Key Trump health official spends millions on GOP-connected consultants — The Trump appointee who oversees Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare quietly directed millions of taxpayer dollars in contracts to Republican communications consultants during her tenure atop the agency …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Maria Butina Seeks Speedy Deportation Back to Russia — Maria Butina says she does not fear torture or persecution in Russia, even though she made a deal to cooperate with the FBI. — Betsy Woodruff — Maria Butina has waived her right to try to stay in the United States after serving her sentence, according to new court filings.
miamiherald:
Trump Tourism: How Charlottesville enabled Cindy Yang to market Mar-a-Lago in China — A group of newcomers dressed in black tie with leopard print accents — a dress code dubbed “safari chic” — joined Palm Beach high society at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 26, 2018.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's North American trade deal at risk of stalling in Congress — President Trump's effort to rework a major trade deal with Canada and Mexico is showing signs of faltering on Capitol Hill, straining under a variety of angry complaints from lawmakers of both parties who won't commit to backing the plan.