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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, Now a Millionaire, Pledges to Release Tax Returns by Monday — WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders, whose $18 million fund-raising haul has solidified his status as a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Tuesday that he would release 10 years …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Mnuchin reveals White House lawyers consulted Treasury on Trump tax returns, despite law meant to limit political involvement — Treasury Department lawyers consulted with the White House general counsel's office about the potential release of President Trump's tax returns …
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Daniel Hemel / Slate:
How Democrats in Congress Could Easily—and Quickly—Get Their Hands on Trump's Taxes — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney confidently declared this weekend that congressional Democrats will “never” see President Donald Trump's tax returns. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal …
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ABC News:
As Democrats' deadline approaches for Trump's tax returns, Treasury secretary grilled on Capitol Hill
As Democrats' deadline approaches for Trump's tax returns, Treasury secretary grilled on Capitol Hill
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Slate, Washington Press, Splinter and Breitbart
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
They Say It's Bad Now But Republicans Disclosed Private Tax Returns In 2014
They Say It's Bad Now But Republicans Disclosed Private Tax Returns In 2014
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Vox, Daily Kos and Media Matters for America
Associated Press:
The Latest: Gantz declares victory over Netanyahu in Israel — JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on Israel's election (all times local): — The leader of Israel's Blue and White party has declared victory in parliamentary elections, despite mixed results in exit polls. — Addressing a raucous crowd of supporters.
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Haaretz:
Israel Election 2019: Gantz and Netanyahu Tied; No Clear Path to Premiership for Either — Exit Polls — Netanyahu's party places 1,200 hidden cameras in Arab polling sites ■ Gantz helps injured motorcyclist ■ 6.3 million people eligible to vote
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Foreign Policy, New York Post, Balloon Juice and Chicago Sun-Times
Washington Post:
Netanyahu and his chief rival both claim victory in squeaker of Israeli election
Netanyahu and his chief rival both claim victory in squeaker of Israeli election
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Bloomberg:
Barr Forms Team to Review FBI's Actions in Trump Probe — Inquiry comes as House GOP pushes claims of anti-Trump bias — Issue pursued as Democrats emphasize getting Mueller's report — Attorney General William Barr has assembled a team to review controversial counterintelligence decisions …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Comey memos contained far more sensitive info than previously known, FBI filing reveals — Trump vows to release full and unredacted FISA warrants, related documents used by FBI to probe his campaign — Former FBI Director James Comey included a slew of sensitive and classified information …
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RedState
NBC News:
Trump admin wants to make asylum harder by putting border agents in charge — The White House wants to make it harder for migrants to get asylum by putting border agents in charge of interviews. — WASHINGTON — The White House is working on plans to make it harder for immigrants at the border …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump's Immigration Crisis
Trump's Immigration Crisis
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Washington Post:
Twelve days of chaos: Inside the Trump White House's growing panic to contain the border crisis
Twelve days of chaos: Inside the Trump White House's growing panic to contain the border crisis
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Washington Press, Vanity Fair and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Homeland Security Purge Is Destined to Fail
Trump's Homeland Security Purge Is Destined to Fail
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Washington Post, Bipartisan Report and CNN
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Ex-FBI Official Says He Received Steele Dossier From Reporter — Former FBI general counsel James Baker told Congress in 2018 about his interactions with a liberal reporter who was “anxious” to provide the bureau with a copy of the infamous and unverified Steele dossier.
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The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Ex-FBI official says 2 Cabinet members were open to invoking 25th Amendment
Ex-FBI official says 2 Cabinet members were open to invoking 25th Amendment
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Law & Crime and Raw Story
Associated Press:
The Latest: Facebook, Google condemn hate crimes
The Latest: Facebook, Google condemn hate crimes
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YouTube, The Daily Beast, The Verge, Right Wing Watch, Splinter, Politico, Talking Points Memo and Vox, more at Mediagazer »
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Newly released testimony: Former top FBI lawyer says agency concerned Trump obstructed justice
Newly released testimony: Former top FBI lawyer says agency concerned Trump obstructed justice
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Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans press Trump to drop Herman Cain's Fed nomination — Herman Cain is in deep trouble. And he hasn't yet even been formally nominated to the Federal Reserve. — Senate Republicans are warning the White House that the 2012 presidential candidate will face one of the most difficult …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Former CBS News Reporter Lara Logan Joining Sinclair — The ‘60 Minutes’ journalist, who left the network last year, will be a special correspondent for the conservative media giant. — In late February, former CBS News foreign correspondent Lara Logan outlined her conditions …
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
What Barr Told Congress About the Mueller Report — The long-awaited Mueller report will be out “within a week,” Attorney General William Barr assured impatient lawmakers in a hearing on Tuesday. Exactly how much of the book-length document either the public or Congress will be able to see, however, remains a mystery.
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Politico, New York Times and LAW.com
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New York Times:
The Democratic Electorate on Twitter Is Not the Actual Democratic Electorate — A detailed look at the voters with the numbers to decide the 2020 Democratic nominee. — Democrats on social media — Progressive activists Other Democrats — The Democratic electorate off social media
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Slate, National Review, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Instapundit and Balloon Juice
J. Arthur Bloom / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Documents Detailing Google's ‘News Blacklist’ Show Manual Manipulation Of Special Search Results — Google does manipulate its search results manually, contrary to the company's official denials, documents obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller indicate.
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Trending Home, NB Blog and The Gateway Pundit
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
The Dump Trump Debate — Audience members gasped in horror at some of the arguments put forth as Kris Kobach and Liz Peek faced off against Bret Stephens and Jeff Flake in a public debate over what to do with the President. — Robert Rosenkranz, a financier and a philanthropist, believes in civility.
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Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
'We can't confirm him,' Pat Roberts warns of potential Kobach nomination for DHS
'We can't confirm him,' Pat Roberts warns of potential Kobach nomination for DHS
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Nielsen's allies trying to rehab her image for life after Trump — Kirstjen Nielsen's image makeover has already begun—but it may be a hard sell. — Just days after she announced plans to resign as Homeland Security secretary, Nielsen and her allies are working to rehabilitate her reputation …
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Brian Naylor / NPR:
FACT CHECK: Trump Wrongly States Obama Administration Had Child Separation Policy — President Trump repeated a false claim to reporters Tuesday, wrongly blaming the Obama administration for instituting a policy in which children were separated from their parents at the southern border.
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Jonathan Broder / Newsweek:
How Ilhan Omar Is Changing the Conversation About Israel—and Upending the 2020 Campaign — In late March, some 18,000 people crowded into a grand ballroom the size of a commercial airline hangar in downtown Washington, D.C., for the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee …
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Louder With Crowder and The Daily Caller
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
What Happened When Pete Buttigieg Tore Down Houses In Black And Latino South Bend — “Everyone wants to find a villain,” a South Bend politician said of the Mayor Pete Buttigieg's housing program. “This is just how economic development happens.” — Reporting From — South Bend, Indiana
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The American Conservative
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Twitter Gets #YachtCocaineProstitutes Trending to Mock Republican Devin Nunes After He Files Lawsuit — California Representative Devin Nunes is being mocked on Twitter after filing a $150 million lawsuit over a May 2018 story featuring the headline: “A yacht, cocaine, prostitutes …
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Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Congress Is About to Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing. Thank TurboTax. — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom based in New York. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.
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Catherine Clifford / CNBC:
Billionaire Jack Dorsey's 11 ‘wellness’ habits: From no food all weekend to ice baths — The ancient philosophy of Stoicism - which teaches to be satisfied with what you have and includes practices like self-denial — has become a trend among Silicon Valley elites.
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