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New York Times:
Some on Mueller's Team See Their Findings as More Damaging for Trump Than Barr Revealed  —  WASHINGTON — Some of Robert S. Mueller III's investigators have told associates that Attorney General William P. Barr failed to adequately portray the findings of their inquiry and that they were more troubling …
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Washington Post:
Limited information Barr has shared about Russia investigation frustrated some on Mueller's team  —  Members of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's team have told associates they are frustrated with the limited information Attorney General William P. Barr has provided about their nearly …
NBC News:
Some on Mueller team say evidence against Trump stronger than Barr disclosed  —  Three officials say a dispute within Mueller's office was one reason he didn't make a call on the question of whether Trump had obstructed justice.  —  Some members of special counsel Robert Mueller's team …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Eric Swalwell Is Running for President on Gun Safety  —  There are more long-shot Democrats running for president this year than there have been total candidates in previous campaigns—and next week, Eric Swalwell is joining the pack.  The California congressman and frequent cable-news guest …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ defends releasing initial summary of Mueller report  —  The Department of Justice on Thursday defended releasing an initial summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian collusion, saying it couldn't disclose the full report because it contained protected grand jury information.
Discussion: Axios and Shareblue Media
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
William Barr Seems to Be Covering Up Something Bad for Trump  —  Last evening, the Wall Street Journal editorialized that reporters and House Democrats were smearing Attorney General William Barr by implying that his summary of the Mueller report was anything other than completely faithful and representative.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Prepare yourself — the Mueller redaction wars are coming
Discussion: Axios, IJR and The Daily Beast
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
‘Dozens’ of Whistle-Blowers Are Secretly Cooperating With House Democrats  —  Tricia Newbold set an important mark when she became the first official currently serving in the Trump White House to take accusations of wrongdoing to Congress—and to put her name publicly behind them.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Trump's security clearance meddling is much bigger scandal than Benghazi or ‘her emails’
Discussion: Washington Post
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner identified as senior White House official whose security clearance was denied by career officials
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House rebukes Trump with vote ending U.S. support for Yemen war  —  The House on Thursday approved a measure to cut off U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's bloody civil war, in yet another harsh rebuke of President Donald Trump's foreign policy.
Discussion: Axios
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Washington Post:   House joins Senate in passing measure to end U.S. military involvement in Yemen, a move …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
U.S. Role in Yemen War Will End Unless Trump Issues Second Veto
Axios:
Scoop: Trump expected to name Herman Cain to Federal Reserve board  —  President Trump has told confidants he wants Herman Cain on the Federal Reserve board, but will wait until his background check is completed before making the formal announcement, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the decision.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
I've Seen Trump's Tax Returns and You Still Haven't  —  Congress finally tries to force the president to show them the money.  —  Remember back in early 2016 when Donald Trump, who was still regarded as something of a long shot for the presidency, promised he would disclose his tax returns publicly …
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Lauren Fox / CNN:
First on CNN: Key House Democrat requests Trump's tax returns from IRS
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump's Pick for Interior Dept. Continued Lobbying After Officially Vowing to Stop, New Files Indicate  —  WASHINGTON — A previously unreleased invoice indicates that David Bernhardt, President Trump's choice to lead the Interior Department, continued to lobby for a major client several months …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Raw Story
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Ellen Knickmeyer / ABC News:   Senate panel backs Interior pick despite conflict allegation
Washington Post:
Three more women accuse Biden of unwanted affection, say apology video doesn't quell concerns  —  Former vice president Joe Biden promised on Wednesday to adjust his physical behavior toward women, an effort to quell controversy over whether his intimate style is appropriate in the era of the #MeToo movement.
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Biden Sort-Of Lovefest
Discussion: Althouse
Mike Littwin / The Colorado Independent:
Michael Bennet has prostate cancer, but he still intends to run for president  —  When Michael Bennet's office called to say he had a big announcement to make, I assumed he would be confirming what everyone already knew — that the Colorado senator would be joining John Hickenlooper and the rest …
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David Pitt / Associated Press:
Iowa Sen. Grassley: Trump wind turbine comments ‘idiotic’  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Republican senator is expressing irritation at what he calls “idiotic” comments by President Donald Trump about wind energy.  —  Trump, at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual …
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Donald Trump said wind turbines cause cancer. Chuck Grassley called that ‘idiotic.’
New York Times:
Malware Arrest Exposes Security Gaps at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club  —  WASHINGTON — The arrest of a Chinese woman who carried a malware-laced device into Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's Florida resort, has exposed porous security at the private club and escalating tensions between Secret Service agents …
Discussion: Slate and The Verge
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Washington Post:
‘You pay and you get in’: At Trump's beach retreat, hundreds of customers — and growing security concerns
Discussion: Observer and Defense One
miamiherald:
Counterintelligence probe of Chinese activity focuses on Mar-a-Lago, Cindy Yang, intruder
USA Today:
You elected them to write new laws.  They're letting corporations do it instead.  —  An investigation by USA TODAY, The Arizona Republic and the Center for Public Integrity  —  Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, industry groups and think tanks.
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan announces 2020 bid  —  Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who unsuccessfully tried to knock House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi from her leadership post in 2016, announced his bid for a 2020 presidency online during an appearance on ABC's “The View. ”
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Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan throws his name into growing 2020 field
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Democrats plan multi-million-dollar effort to unseat Cornyn  —  The state party is launching an early, aggressive campaign to “define Cornyn before he defines himself.” … Texas Democrats are launching a multi-million-dollar initiative to help take down U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas …
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Assessing Trump's Chances: Forecasting the 2020 Presidential Election  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The author's “time for change” presidential forecasting model has a successful track record of projecting presidential elections.  In 2016, it showed Donald Trump as a favorite to win the national popular vote.
James LaPorta / Newsweek:
Top Marine General Let Emails Leak Amid Border Funding Fight so Service Families Would Not Be Forgotten: Sources  —  The Marines' top general allowed internal memos to leak out of the Pentagon to bring attention to service families living among hurricane-ravaged military installations …
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Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Shanahan's Bid for Top Pentagon Job on Hold
Discussion: Raw Story
Sean Wilentz / New York Times:
The Electoral College Was Not a Pro-Slavery Ploy  —  There is a lot wrong with how we choose the president.  But the framers did not put it into the Constitution to protect the South.  —  Mr. Wilentz is the author, most recently, of “No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding.”
Discussion: National Review
KERA News:
ICE Arrests 280 Workers In Allen In Largest Workplace Immigration Raid In A Decade  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday arrested 280 employees at a technology repair company in a Dallas suburb on charges of working in the United States illegally.
 
 
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Ryan Lizza / Esquire:
Donald Trump's Legal Problems Are Far From Over. Just Look at What's Happening in New York.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey Prescott / Kansas City Star:
To defend democracy around the world, we must first fix it at home
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
From former Trump lawyer, candid talk about Mueller, Manafort, Sessions, Rosenstein, collusion …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Law & Crime
Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:
Kittens Over Kids  —  Four Democratic senators who voted …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
King Trump? Fox & Friends Host Refers to Trump's Presidency as ‘His Reign’
Discussion: Arizona Republic
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Yoav Gonen / The City:
No Relief as Pricey Park Bathrooms Put Pressure on Taxpayers
HuffPost:
‘Unspoken Sexism’ Dampens Fundraising For Women Running In 2020
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Saudi Arabia's first nuclear reactor nearly finished, sparking fears over safeguards
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Post
Yashar's Newsletter:
New Details On Trump/McConnell/McCain  —  Welcome to the fourth edition of my newsletter!
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:
Trump got no bounce from Mueller. That leaves him a narrow path back to the Oval Office.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
She Survived a Slave Ship, the Civil War and the Depression. Her Name Was Redoshi.
Discussion: theGrio
 

 
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast plans to announce Wednesday that it will be spinning off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Economist, The Week, ITV News, and others have joined Bluesky in the past week, while Politico, Semafor, Tortoise have resumed their activity on the site

Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai testifies for the first time in his years-long national security trial; he is already serving a jail term for a fraud conviction

 
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