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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Trump told CBP head he'd pardon him if he were sent to jail for violating immigration law — Washington (CNN)During President Donald Trump's visit to the border at Calexico, California, a week ago, where he told border agents to block asylum seekers from entering the US contrary to US law …
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New York Times:
Trump Urged Homeland Security Official to Close Border Despite an Earlier Promise of a Delay — President Trump last week privately urged Kevin McAleenan, the border enforcement official he was about to name as acting secretary of homeland security, to close the southwestern border …
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Fox News, twitchy.com, The Atlantic, NY State of Politics, CNBC, Law & Crime and VICE News
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
This is what passes for ‘political analysis’ on CNN — On Friday morning, CNN had no major developments in the Russia probe to chew on. No dramatic White House resignation. No national disaster, no poop cruise, no deus ex machina. — So why not plow ahead with some mindless political analysis, courtesy of host S.E. Cupp.
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The Rush Limbaugh Show, Mercury News and Splinter
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump thinks sending migrants to immigrant-heavy, immigrant-friendly cities is a punishment — The subtext to The Washington Post's report that President Trump and his administration wanted to drop migrants entering the United States into “sanctuary cities” isn't subtle: The intent was punishment …
Bonchie / RedState:
Why Are Democrats Upset at Illegal Aliens Being Sent to Their Sanctuary Cities?
Why Are Democrats Upset at Illegal Aliens Being Sent to Their Sanctuary Cities?
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CNN, PJ Media Home, twitchy.com and The Root
Washington Post:
Trump says he is giving ‘strong considerations’ to releasing immigrant detainees in ‘sanctuary cities’
Trump says he is giving ‘strong considerations’ to releasing immigrant detainees in ‘sanctuary cities’
Ben Collins / NBC News:
The first picture of a black hole made Katie Bouman an overnight celebrity. Then internet trolls descended. — The situation highlighted the vitriol that women continue to face on the internet, and the continued vulnerability of major internet platforms to trolling campaigns.
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Big League Politics, New York Times and Katie Bouman
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Trolls hijacked a scientist's image to attack Katie Bouman. They picked the wrong astrophysicist. — As the world stared in wonder this week at the first image of a black hole, a new star was born here on Earth: Katherine Bouman, a 29-year-old postdoctoral researcher who developed an algorithm …
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CNN, Mashable, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Boston Globe and FiveThirtyEight
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents — A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal information of thousands of federal agents and law enforcement officers, TechCrunch has learned.
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Axios, Raw Story and The Daily Beast, more at Techmeme »
CNN:
Trump's Fed pick Stephen Moore is a self-described ‘radical’ who said he's not a ‘big believer in democracy’ — Moore defends his qualifications for Fed nomination — (CNN)Stephen Moore, who President Donald Trump announced last month as his nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors …
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Ileana Najarro / Houston Chronicle:
Eleven-year-old ordered deported without her family — Dora Alvarado felt something was off when she arrived at immigration court in Houston March 12 with her two daughters. A court translator told her that she and her 15-year-old, Adamaris Alvarado, were listed on the docket that day.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Roger Stone connected to matters still under investigation, Justice Dept. says — Washington (CNN)Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone is connected to investigations Robert Mueller sent to other prosecutors and that continue despite the special counsel having finished his work …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Roger Stone's woes: He's broke. Donald Trump doesn't call. And his wife broke her ankle.
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Rosenstein Says Mueller Report Will Outline Russian Cybercrimes
Rosenstein Says Mueller Report Will Outline Russian Cybercrimes
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The Last Refuge
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Over 3 A.M. Dissent, Supreme Court Says Alabama Execution May Proceed — WASHINGTON — A bitterly divided Supreme Court ruled early Friday morning that the execution of an Alabama death row inmate could proceed. The vote was 5 to 4. — Justice Stephen G. Breyer's anguished dissent …
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al.com, Mother Jones and Politico
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
House Oversight chair plans to subpoena for 10 years of Trump financial records: report — House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), plans to issue a subpoena for 10 years of President Trump's financial records, according to a memo obtained by Politico.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Cummings moves to subpoena Trump financial records
Cummings moves to subpoena Trump financial records
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Washington Post, Axios and Liberty Unyielding
Victor Garcia / Fox News:
Geraldo on ‘The Five’: Give Rep. Omar ‘a break’ — On “The Five” on Friday, co-hosts Jesse Watters and Geraldo Rivera debated comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., regarding 9/11 and her progressive colleagues defending her. — “I don't think she's a hero. I also don't think she's a victim.
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Axios
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Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
Company led by Trump nominee was rife with harassment, including groping and kissing, report says — A federal workplace investigation found rampant sexual harassment and retaliation at AccuWeather, a federal contractor, including groping, touching and kissing of subordinates without consent.
Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Is Julian Assange another Pentagon Papers case? — Before WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gained asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012, he and his British legal team asked me to fly to London to provide legal advice about United States law relating to espionage and press freedom.
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Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
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Tori Bedford / wgbh.org:
Shirley Leung: Globe Owners Pulled Controversial Op-Ed Piece That ‘Really Crossed The Line’ — Writer Luke O'Neil's controversial opinion piece, published in the Boston Globe Apr. 10, was edited several times and ultimately removed from the newspaper's website after review from Globe ownership …
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Washington Post, Mediaite, The Week and Common Dreams, more at Mediagazer »
Mark Joyella / Forbes:
MSNBC Cements Its Lead Over CNN: 'We Couldn't Be More Proud' — Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. — Share to facebook — Share to twitter — Share to linkedin — For decades, when news broke during the day, CNN was there to dominate the story.
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
IG Report: Some members of Congress sexually harassed night-shift custodians — Members of Congress allegedly sexually harassed night shift custodial staff while they cleaned their offices. Sexual harassment prevention training went off the rails. And the Architect of the Capitol …
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Washington Post, Fox News, Raw Story and Bipartisan Report
Erin Murphy / Quad City Times:
Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020 — Dave Loebsack is retiring from Congress. — A Democrat from Iowa City who has represented eastern Iowa's 2nd Congressional district since 2007, Loebsack made the announcement Friday afternoon. — Loebsack will retire from Congress …
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020
Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020
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Congressman Dave Loebsack and Axios
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Inside Ivanka's Dreamworld — You could tell by his eyes, the way they popped and gleamed and fixed on someone behind me. Only one person gets that kind of look from Donald Trump. “Oh!” the president said. “Ivanka!” — Ivanka Trump lifted her hands, astonished.
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Fox News, Mercury News, Bipartisan Report, The Daily Caller, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, The Root, Jezebel, IJR, Vox, Washington Post, Mediaite, New York Post, Page Six, Bloomberg, The Week, Splinter, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Raw Story
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Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
In Bill Barr, Trump Has Finally Found His New Fixer — Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture. Today, Bill Barr's cover-up in plain sight, Joe Biden's fitness for office, and Pete Buttigieg's sprint up the polls.
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The Outline
Foreign Policy:
The Revolutionary Guards Are Ready to Strike Back — The Trump administration has labeled Iran's most powerful military branch a terrorist organization—and put Americans around the world in danger. — On Monday, in an unprecedented move, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration …
John Harwood / CNBC:
2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg on taxing the rich and the future of American capitalism — CNBC's John Harwood sat down with 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg to discuss his approach to economic change. — Here's what he has to say about the future of American capitalism, a wealth tax, economic inequality, climate change and more.
Sasha Savitsky / Fox News:
Anna Wintour overlooks Melania Trump in CNN interview about first ladies — Melania Trump has “more important” things to do than worry about her next Vogue cover. — The first lady's rep told Fox News that being on the cover of the fashion magazine “doesn't define” her after its editor-in-chief …
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RedState, Daily Wire, Breitbart, IJR and The Daily Caller
Karol Markowicz / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence's nonexistent homophobia — Does Vice President Mike Pence care about your sexuality? And will the Left and the media ever get over it if the answer is no? — During a speech a few days ago to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said “If me being gay was a choice …
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The Daily Caller
Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
Georgetown Students Agree to Create Reparations Fund — Students at Georgetown University voted on Thursday to increase their tuition to benefit descendants of the 272 enslaved Africans that the Jesuits who ran the school sold nearly two centuries ago to secure its financial future.
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ABC News, Georgetown University, thehoya.com, Daily Wire, Breitbart, ThinkProgress and VICE News
Renato Mariotti / Politico:
What Will Really Matter in the Mueller Report — After years of waiting, we will finally get to read the Mueller report—or at least as much of it as Attorney General William Barr is willing to let the American public read. The redacted version of the report may tell us more about Barr …
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Raw Story
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Federal Judge Compared Trump's Criticism Of The Courts To The KKK And Segregationists — WASHINGTON — In a highly unusual public rebuke against President Donald Trump by a sitting member of the federal judiciary, US District Judge Carlton Reeves delivered a speech Thursday calling …
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Washington Times and Raw Story
Lulu Ramadan / Palm Beach Post:
Undisclosed cash flowed at Trump inaugural ball with ties to China, embattled Saipan casino — Thousands of dollars in donations flowed to an undisclosed source at a Trump inaugural ball with links to China and dubious donors, but no financial records. — In the decked-out ballroom …
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Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Bipartisan Report
Jonah Kaplan / ABC11:
Video shows rapper's performance of anti-Semitic song at UNC event … CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — “I cannot be anti-Semitic alone.” — That's the declaration captured on video of a performer at last month's Conflict Over Gaza conference, an event held at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill …
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Algemeiner.com, Front Page Magazine, Townhall and Daily Wire
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Foxconn says empty buildings in Wisconsin are not empty — While announcing another empty building — Well, here we are again. — Earlier this week, The Verge published a lengthy investigation into the many “innovation centers” Foxconn has announced in Wisconsin as part of its deal …