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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 …
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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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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 …
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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.
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Week and Raw Story
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 …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ defends releasing initial summary of Mueller report
DOJ defends releasing initial summary of Mueller report
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Axios and Shareblue Media
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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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.
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Trump's security clearance meddling is much bigger scandal than Benghazi or ‘her emails’
Trump's security clearance meddling is much bigger scandal than Benghazi or ‘her emails’
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Washington Post
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner identified as senior White House official whose security clearance was denied by career officials
Jared Kushner identified as senior White House official whose security clearance was denied by career officials
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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, bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump's foreign policy.
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Washington Post:
House joins Senate in passing measure to end U.S. military involvement in Yemen, a move …
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
House joins Senate in passing measure to end U.S. involvement in Yemen, setting up a Trump veto
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
U.S. Role in Yemen War Will End Unless Trump Issues Second Veto
U.S. Role in Yemen War Will End Unless Trump Issues Second Veto
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Common Dreams and The American Conservative
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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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Trump hit with ‘accidental’ 1-day investigative assault
Trump hit with ‘accidental’ 1-day investigative assault
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Just Security, Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, Trending Home, PJ Media Home, NBC News and IJR
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump backs off threat to close southern border immediately, says he'll give Mexico ‘one-year warning’ on drugs, migrants — President Trump on Thursday backed down from his threat to close the southern border immediately, telling reporters at the White House that he is giving Mexico a “one-year warning” before taking action.
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Politico, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
FBI director says white supremacy is a ‘persistent, pervasive threat’ to the US
FBI director says white supremacy is a ‘persistent, pervasive threat’ to the US
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Joe.My.God.
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.
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Center for Public Integrity and Hullabaloo
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 …
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Reuters, Splinter, Raw Story and Shareblue Media
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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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Abrams praises Biden amid controversy: ‘We cannot have perfection as a litmus test’
Abrams praises Biden amid controversy: ‘We cannot have perfection as a litmus test’
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Breitbart, Young Conservatives and Washington Free Beacon
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
House Expands Domestic Violence Gun Controls in Rebuke to N.R.A. — WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday rebuffed a furious lobbying campaign by the National Rifle Association and approved a revamped Violence Against Women Act that would expand law enforcement's ability to restrict gun purchases by convicted domestic abusers.
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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.”
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National Review and Outside the Beltway
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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Politico, Washington Post and One America News Network
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Will Steakin / ABC News:
On ‘The View’: Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan announces 2020 run
On ‘The View’: Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan announces 2020 run
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Politico and twitchy.com
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.
Trista Kelley / Business Insider:
Trump's tax cuts added $3.7 billion to JPMorgan's profits — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon praised President Donald Trump's tax cuts in an annual investor letter. — The law gave a boost to earnings to the tune of $3.7 billion. And the bank posted record earnings “even without the impact of tax reform.”
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The Guardian
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
A Supreme Court race in Wisconsin becomes a good omen for Trump — Republicans received an unexpected piece of good news on Tuesday night. Conservative Brian Hagedorn's apparent narrow victory in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race underscores how close the Badger State is likely to be in 2020 …
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Washington Monthly and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Wisconsin, Ground Zero for 2020 Politics, Looks Like a Tossup Again
Wisconsin, Ground Zero for 2020 Politics, Looks Like a Tossup Again
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Althouse, National Review, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and How Appealing
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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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 …
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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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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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 …
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Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
They Had It Coming — Sweet Christ, vindication! — How long has it been? Years? No, decades. If hope is the thing with feathers, I was a plucked bird. Long ago, I surrendered myself to the fact that the horrible, horrible private-school parents of Los Angeles would get away with their nastiness forever.
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Mother Jones