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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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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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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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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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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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DOJ defends releasing initial summary of Mueller report
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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.
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House joins Senate in passing measure to end U.S. involvement in Yemen, setting up a Trump veto — The House voted Thursday to end U.S. participation in Yemen's civil war, denouncing a Saudi-led bombing campaign that has been blamed for worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis and sending …


U.S. Role in Yemen War Will End Unless Trump Issues Second Veto
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Common Dreams and The American Conservative


‘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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Trump's security clearance meddling is much bigger scandal than Benghazi or ‘her emails’
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Jared Kushner identified as senior White House official whose security clearance was denied by career officials
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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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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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Trump hit with ‘accidental’ 1-day investigative assault
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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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FBI director says white supremacy is a ‘persistent, pervasive threat’ to the US
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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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Senate panel approves Trump's pick for Interior Dept.
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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


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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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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Abrams praises Biden amid controversy: ‘We cannot have perfection as a litmus test’
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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


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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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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Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan throws his name into growing 2020 field
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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.


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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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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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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Wisconsin, Ground Zero for 2020 Politics, Looks Like a Tossup Again
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Althouse, National Review, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and How Appealing

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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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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