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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
William Barr's Choices — Since Barr became Attorney General, he has narrowed the range of information about the Mueller report that he says he will allow the public to see. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the intellectual polymath who represented New York in the United States Senate for twenty-four years …
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Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Nunes sending eight criminal referrals to Attorney General William Barr — (CNN)California Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday he was planning to send eight criminal referrals to Attorney General William Barr as soon as this week.
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Raw Story
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Scrutiny and suspicion as Mueller report undergoes redaction — The escalating political battle over special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report centers on redactions — a lawyerly editing process that has angered distrustful Democrats eager to see the all evidence and conclusions …
Paula Reid / CBS News:
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen expected to resign, officials say — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is expected to offer her resignation at a meeting at the White House on Sunday, U.S. officials familiar with the matter say. Nielsen was set to meet with President Trump at 5 p.m., the officials said.
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New York Daily News, Raw Story, New York Post and Washington Times
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Victoria Albert / The Daily Beast:
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to Resign Immediately: Report
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Mulvaney: Democrats will ‘never’ see Trump's tax returns — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that Democrats will “never” see President Trump's tax returns. — “Nor should they. That's an issue that was already litigated during the election.
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Politico, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story and Breitbart
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow accuses Democrats of playing politics, 'The president has not asked for Nancy Pelosi's tax returns' — Trump legal team member Jay Sekulow is interviewed exclusively on “This Week.” — As the White House faces pressure from congressional Democrats on several fronts …
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, CNN and IJR
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Mulvaney vows Dems will ‘never’ see Trump's tax returns, despite renewed push
Mulvaney vows Dems will ‘never’ see Trump's tax returns, despite renewed push
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Reuters, Slate, Splinter and The Daily Caller
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mick Mulvaney says Democrats will never get Trump's tax returns
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump's lawyer: Tax returns request oversteps Congress bounds
Trump's lawyer: Tax returns request oversteps Congress bounds
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Breitbart
emptywheel:
The Carr Correction and the Barr Pseudo Exoneration — Last week, Buzzfeed released part of a package of materials that Michael Cohen's lawyers provided to Congress in what appears a last minute bid to stay out of prison. While it still represents just Cohen's self-interested view …
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Hullabaloo
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Giuliani: Let Congress see the Mueller report
Giuliani: Let Congress see the Mueller report
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Washington Press, The Root, Splinter, The Guardian and Breitbart
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Congress Waits as Barr Blacks Out Parts of Mueller Report
Congress Waits as Barr Blacks Out Parts of Mueller Report
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Daily Kos, New York Post, Lawfare and Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump Republicans plan big-money play for the Jewish vote in 2020 — LAS VEGAS — Republicans are planning a multimillion-dollar offensive aimed at fracturing the Democratic Party's decadeslong stranglehold on the Jewish vote. — Spearheading the push is the Republican Jewish Coalition …
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Axios, Vox, Slate and Washington Post
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Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
Republican Jewish Coalition Has to Remind Trump: We Didn't Support Obama
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Netanyahu Vows to Start Annexing West Bank, in Bid to Rally the Right
Netanyahu Vows to Start Annexing West Bank, in Bid to Rally the Right
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New York Post, Slate and The Daily Caller
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Democratic Campaign Arm Nears War With Liberals Over Primary Fights — WASHINGTON — The House Democratic campaign arm is on the verge of open warfare with the party's rising liberal wing as political operatives close to Speaker Nancy Pelosi try to shut down primary challenges …
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Political Wire
Annabel Murphy / The Sun:
Rhino poacher trampled to death by elephants then eaten by lions at Kruger National Park in South Africa — A POACHER hunting rhinos in the Kruger National Park met a gruesome end after being trampled to death by an elephant and then eaten by a pride of hungry lions.
Rick Reilly / The Atlantic:
Whatever Trump Is Playing, It Isn't Golf — More than any wife, more than any party, more than any opinion, President Donald Trump has remained fiercely loyal to golf. But I've played golf my entire life. Years ago, I even played with Trump once. Whatever sport he's playing, it isn't golf.
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez violate the Constitution with her latest action on Twitter? — On Friday, the Daily Wire's Ryan Saavedra broke the news that Ocasio-Cortez had seemingly changed her accent while speaking to a predominantly black crowd at Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
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Rolling Stone, IJR, Slate and The Daily Caller
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
How regulators, Republicans and big banks fought for a big increase in lucrative but risky corporate loans — Actions by federal regulators and Republicans in Congress over the past two years have paved the way for banks and other financial companies to issue more than $1 trillion in risky corporate loans …
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POLITICUSUSA and Politico
Gregory Wallace / CNN:
Aviation world faces moment of reckoning after 737 MAX crashes — (CNN)It was a moment the aviation world had been waiting for since a second deadly crash grounded the 737 MAX fleet: Boeing gathered hundreds of pilots, airline executives, and regulators to unveil a fix that would return the jetliner to the sky.
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Trump says some asylum seekers look like they're ‘fighting for the UFC’ — President Trump said on Saturday that some asylum seekers should be “fighting for the UFC,” calling the process a “scam.” — Speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Trump said some asylum seekers are …
John Solomon / The Hill:
Ukrainian to US prosecutors: Why don't you want our evidence on Democrats? — Ukrainian law enforcement officials believe they have evidence of wrongdoing by American Democrats and their allies in Kiev, ranging from 2016 election interference to obstructing criminal probes.
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Sara A. Carter
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Nunes to send eight criminal referrals to DOJ concerning leaks, conspiracy amid Russia probe — Rep. Devin Nunes announces he will send eight criminal referrals to Justice Dept concerning leaks, conspiracy amid Russia probe. — House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes …
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Trending Home, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Is the U.S. a Democracy? A Social Studies Battle Turns on the Nation's Values — Michigan spent five years debating how to teach American history. One of the biggest questions was how to describe the nation's government. — LANSING, Mich. — Bruising political fights are usual business …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Reality Check for 2020 Democrats — This week offered more evidence that moderation is the key for the party to win back the blue-wall states that Trump carried in 2016. — This week offered a wake-up call to Democrats convinced that any presidential candidate, no matter how liberal …
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twitchy.com
Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Removes Troops From Libya Amid Fighting in Capital — American military leaves as country stands on precipice of civil war, battle for Tripoli continues with airstrikes — CAIRO—The U.S. military said it pulled a small contingent of American forces from Libya as the country teetered …
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Geller Report