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10:30 PM ET, April 4, 2019

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rand Paul blocks resolution calling for release of Mueller report  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked a resolution calling for special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia probe be made public, marking the fifth time Republicans have blocked the House-passed measure.
Discussion: RedState, Hullabaloo and Law & Crime
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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 …
John Solomon / The Hill:
Note to Team Mueller: If you don't indict, you can't incite  —  View Latest Opinions >>  —  I've covered the Justice Department for three decades, and seldom have I seen a story like the one published in the New York Times this week under the headline, “Some on Mueller's Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed.”
Discussion: Paste, Raw Story and RedState
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
One of America's top Republican Senators just demanded the public release of the Mueller Report  —  A top Republican Senator just became the first to break ranks with his party and demand the release of the Mueller Report.  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is one of the more influential members …
Washington Post:
Potentially damaging information in Mueller report ushers in new political fight  —  Revelations that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's still-confidential report may contain damaging information about President Trump ignited a fresh round of political fighting on Thursday …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Barr's legacy on the line as Mueller team fumes  —  William Barr is just seven weeks into his new job and he's already in the middle of a gathering political storm over special counsel Robert Mueller's 400-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election.  —  His career legacy could be on the line.
New York Times:
Some on Mueller's Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed
New York Times:
Trump Asked That Confirmation of I.R.S. Counsel Be a Priority  —  President Trump earlier this year asked Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, to prioritize a confirmation vote for his nominee to be the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, indicating that it was a higher priority …
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Ted Barrett / CNN:   Bernie Sanders declines to say when he will release tax returns
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
I've Seen Trump's Tax Returns and You Still Haven't
Discussion: Raw Story, Paste and Washington Post
CNN:
Fact-checking Trump's claims he's under audit
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and Daily Wire
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
In bid to remain out of jail, Michael Cohen tells Congress he has more to add  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is offering House Democrats new information in a bid to stay out of jail while he cooperates with Congress.
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Gigi Sukin / Axios:
Michael Cohen's attorney says testimony spurred more investigations  —  In a statement on Thursday evening in response to letters sent by members of the House Oversight and Intelligence Committees, Michael Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis indicated that Cohen “has recently obtained a hard drive …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Cohen offers Democrats more help, in bid to stay out of prison
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Michael Cohen's Lawyers Say He Could Aid Trump Inquiries, if Only He Had More Time Out of Prison
Discussion: Mediaite
Joshua Miller / BostonGlobe.com:
He bought the fencing coach's house.  Then his son got into Harvard  —  NEEDHAM — It was a modest house by this town's standards, a center-entrance colonial, three bedrooms and a two-car garage on a quarter-acre lot.  The inside hadn't welcomed a renovator in many, many years, and the outside didn't wear its age particularly well.
Discussion: New York Post and Slate
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.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Dems ask Capital One for docs on Trump's sprawling businesses  —  Three powerful House committee chairs asked Capital One for documents last month related to President Donald Trump's business empire — and the financial giant said it was already preserving documents but needs a subpoena …
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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 Donald Trump's White House to take accusations of wrongdoing to Congress—and to put her name publicly behind them.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Top Dems Demand Capital One Turn Over Trump Records, Kept Republicans In The Dark
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Trump loyalist Gaetz eyes Senate bid in Alabama  —  Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Trump's most devoted loyalists on Capitol Hill who represents the Florida Panhandle, has told GOP colleagues he is considering moving across the state line to run for the Senate in Alabama in 2020, several House lawmakers told The Hill.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Barrage of setbacks spoils Trump's post-Mueller reset  —  It was just last week that President Donald Trump and his allies euphorically celebrated what they called Trump's exoneration after special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.  The apparent absence of proof that Trump's 2016 campaign conspired …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Trump backs off threat to close border, says he'll give Mexico ‘one-year warning’ on drugs, migrants
Discussion: The Guardian, Joe.My.God. and TheBlaze
Pete Buttigieg / Vulture:
Pete Buttigieg's 10 Favorite Books  —  Bookseller One Grand Books has asked celebrities to name the ten titles they'd take to a desert island, and they've shared the results with Vulture.  Below is South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's list.
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Donald Trump reacts to Barbara Bush quotes  —  President Trump said he was not surprised by former first lady Barbara Bush's attacks on him, as posthumously quoted in a new biography.  —  “I have heard that she was nasty to me, but she should be.  Look what I did to her sons,” …
Discussion: Mediaite
Jeannie Etchart:
In Defense of Joe Biden: A Hug When I Needed One  —  At age 33, I had been a life-long Republican.  I worked for, what many might describe as the “dark side and/or Darth Vaders of politics”, including George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Sarah Palin.  I was conservative in my upbringing, values, and beliefs.
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Clarence Thomas on Joe Biden's handling of his confirmation hearings  —  As he moves toward a presidential run, Joe Biden has been under fire from the Left for his treatment of Anita Hill, but in his 2007 memoir, Clarence Thomas offered a different perspective on Biden's performance during his confirmation hearings.
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.”
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Guardian's nifty old-article trick is a reminder of how news organizations can use metadata to limit misinformation  —  This is a great idea: In order to reduce the number of its old stories that get recirculated as new, The Guardian is making a story's age more prominent …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Ethics Office Declines to Certify Mnuchin's Financial Disclosure  —  WASHINGTON — The top federal ethics watchdog said on Thursday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's sale of his stake in a film production business to his wife did not comply with federal ethics rules …
Washington Post:
Jeff Bezos, in divorce settlement, retains 75 percent of the Amazon stock he held with his now ex-wife MacKenzie  —  MacKenzie Bezos's stake will be worth roughly $36 billion, making her one of the wealthiest women in the world  —  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos …
Discussion: Slate
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
White Nationalists Adopt Clowns as Their Next Racist Symbol (Yes, Seriously)  —  Online personalities in far-right and white nationalist online circles are attempting to attribute racism and anti-Semitism to an image of cartoon character Pepe the Frog depicted poorly drawn and as a clown …
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Over 750,000 people could lose food stamps under Trump administration proposal  —  More than 750,000 people, many among the nation's poorest, would likely lose their food stamps this year under a new rule proposed by the Trump administration.  —  The proposed rule aims to make more able-bodied adults work …
Discussion: KFOR-TV and Common Dreams
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
De Blasio Wouldn't Say Who's Hosting His Boston Fund-Raiser.  We Found Out.  —  The invitation was sent to a select group of well-heeled potential donors, who were asked to attend a Friday morning fund-raiser at a construction firm in Boston.  Donations of up to $5,000 were expected.
Discussion: New York Post
Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Paul Gosar Omitted Dinner with Far-Right Nationalists in Travel Report  —  A new documentary on Steve Bannon reveals that the Arizona congressman dined with European far-right nationalists in London last year.  —  EDITED BY  —  When Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar filed his travel report …
CNBC:
Jamie Dimon weighed a 2020 presidential run, sources say.  Here's why he decided against it  — Dimon, 63, spent much of last year mulling a 2020 presidential run, sources said.  He ultimately decided that he couldn't win either party's nomination.  — He is now focusing on ways …
Discussion: Dealbreaker
 
 
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Pew Research Center:
Growing Partisan Divide Over Fairness of the Nation's Tax System
Discussion: Washington Post
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Formal and casual White House photos show distance between Trump and increasingly diverse nation
Discussion: Raw Story
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: Mother Jones
USA Today:
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