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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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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 …
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Giuliani: Let Congress see the Mueller report — Rudy Giuliani wants the full Mueller report to go to Congress — because “believe me, there was nothing there.” — Appearing on CBS' “Face the Nation” Sunday, the former New York mayor who is one of President Donald Trump's personal lawyers …
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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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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow accuses Democrats of playing politics, 'The president has not asked …
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow accuses Democrats of playing politics, 'The president has not asked …
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ThinkProgress and IJR
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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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mick Mulvaney says Democrats will never get Trump's tax returns
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.
Jill Filipovic / New York Times:
How Old Is 37? Depends on Your Gender — Kirsten Gillibrand, Pete Buttigieg and the fresh-face fallacy. — As the Democratic field for 2020 gets more crowded, several fresh young faces have begun to emerge. There's Beto O'Rourke, 46, a Texas congressman who lost his Senate race against Ted Cruz last year.
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Kevin Hardy / Des Moines Register:
In Iowa, Bernie Sanders says states should allow felons to vote from behind bars
In Iowa, Bernie Sanders says states should allow felons to vote from behind bars
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Daily Wire, Outside the Beltway and Front Page Magazine
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
Bernie Sanders: Soviet socialism ‘not my thing’ but ‘Denmark and Sweden do very well’
Bernie Sanders: Soviet socialism ‘not my thing’ but ‘Denmark and Sweden do very well’
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IJR
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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Politico and POLITICUSUSA
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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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 …
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 decades-long stranglehold on the Jewish vote. — Spearheading the push is the Republican Jewish Coalition …
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Washington Post:
Trump's recommendation of Herman Cain is utterly reckless — IT CAN take years, or decades, to establish a good reputation — but only minutes to destroy one. To consider the importance, and fragility, of reputation generally, and then to consider how vital is the Federal Reserve's reputation …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Herman Cain says he faces ‘cumbersome’ vetting for Fed board seat
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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Rick Reilly / The Atlantic:
Whatever Trump Is Playing, It Isn't Golf — More than to any wife, more than to any party, more than to 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.
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.
Washington Post:
Cory Booker raised more than $5 million in first quarter, campaign says — Sen. Cory Booker has raised more than $5 million in the two months since he announced his 2020 plans, the presidential candidate's campaign said Sunday. — Booker's haul, while competitive, puts him behind …
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