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9:45 AM ET, April 15, 2019

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
In Attacking Ilhan Omar, Trump Revives His Familiar Refrain Against Muslims  —  As long as President Trump has focused on what he said was the danger lurking at the southwestern border, he has also talked about the supposed threat from one specific group already in the country: Muslims.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   Demonizing Minority Women
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
‘This is endangering lives.  It has to stop’: Rep. Ilhan Omar says death threats spiked after Trump tweet
Christina Goldbaum / New York Times:   The New York Post Inspires Boycott With 9/11 Photo and Ilhan Omar Quote
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Rep. Ilhan Omar Says Death Threats Have Increased Since Trump's Attack
New York Times:
Trump Sees an Obstacle to Getting His Way on Immigration: His Own Officials  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen Miller was furious — again.  —  The architect of President Trump's immigration agenda, Mr. Miller was presiding last month over a meeting in the White House Situation Room when he demanded …
Discussion: Just Security and Raw Story
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CNN:
White House snubs to Congress leaves Republicans as well as Democrats aghast  —  (CNN)Republicans on Capitol Hill are raising alarms at the White House's resistance to congressional demands, fearing President Donald Trump is bolstering the power of his office at the expense of Congress.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
The Insiders' Guide To the Mueller Report  —  The 400-page Mueller report, expected to land this week, is the most anticipated political read since Ken Starr, Monica Lewinsky and the stained blue dress—and potentially even juicier.  But how do you wring that juice out of a behemoth of a legal document …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Five arguments the Mueller report won't settle  —  Attorney General William Barr has promised to release a redacted version of the Mueller report this week.  It will of course consume the political conversation for days, but even now it is clear that, as much as the report might be talked about …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes: The White House prepares for Mueller week
New York Times:
Face It: You (Probably) Got a Tax Cut  —  Studies consistently find that the 2017 law cut taxes for most Americans.  Most of them don't buy it.  —  If you're an American taxpayer, you probably got a tax cut last year.  And there's a good chance you don't believe it.
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Ben White / Politico:   On Tax Day, Trump tax cuts remain deeply unpopular
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Nancy Pelosi: The 2019 60 Minutes Interview  —  The speaker of the House tells Lesley Stahl what she thinks of the Mueller report, how she deals with President Trump and the current state of the Democratic Party  —  Nancy Pelosi is the most powerful woman in American political history.
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Pelosi: Progressive Dem wing represented by Ocasio-Cortez is ‘like five people’
Discussion: Power Line
Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
Pelosi rips AOC, says her posse in Congress is ‘like five people’
Discussion: American Greatness
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Secret tapes linger over Buttigieg's meteoric rise  —  Pete Buttigieg's meteoric rise as a presidential candidate is putting a spotlight on his years as mayor of South Bend, Ind., including his demotion of an African American police chief.  —  An Indiana judge will rule soon on whether …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Pete Buttigieg says he can beat Donald Trump in 2020
Discussion: Politico, Fox News and New York Times
CNN:
What's behind the surging interest in Pete Buttigieg
Discussion: ABC News
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Buttigieg slams Electoral College for overruling popular vote ‘twice in my lifetime’
Discussion: CNN, Splinter and Townhall
RealClearInvestigations:
GOP Fears Mueller's Collusion Bias Lives On in Final Report  —  Although Republicans were pleased that Special Counsel Robert Mueller said he was unable to establish a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, they fear his practice of distorting facts during his investigation …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Trump campaign to report $30 million haul  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's re-election campaign is set to report that it raised more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, edging out his top two Democratic rivals combined, according to figures it provided to The Associated Press.
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:   Julián Castro raises $1.1 million in first quarter for his presidential bid
Monica Alba / NBC News:   Trump campaign raises $30 million in first quarter
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Ex-SC Rep. Bakari Sellers endorses Kamala Harris in 2020 Democratic presidential primary  —  COLUMBIA — Bakari Sellers announced Monday that he is backing U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris in the 2020 presidential race, giving the California Democrat one of the most prominent endorsements yet …
Dallas Morning News:
No more prosecuting petty crimes: Does the Dallas County DA's plan for justice reform go too far?  —  We'd be the first to say that the criminal justice system in this county, this state and country is in need of serious reform.  Too often, people of color and poor defendants are unfairly penalized …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Ohio swing voters crave Obama  —  BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Ohio voters who have flipped between parties in past presidential elections and supported Donald Trump in 2016 now say their first choice in 2020 is ... Barack Obama.  —  Why it matters: Obama isn't running.
Discussion: Raw Story
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
The foreman of Watergate grand jury No. 1 has been watching the confrontations with another president  —  Like millions of Americans, Vladimir N. Pregelj has waited to learn more about the special counsel's report.  —  But as few others can, the foreman of Watergate grand jury No. 1 understands …
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
Exclusive: DHS is considering classifying fentanyl as a ‘weapon of mass destruction’  —  The Department of Homeland Security is considering designating the painkiller drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction “when certain criteria are met,” according to an internal memo obtained by Task & Purpose.
Eric Levenson / CNN:
Sarah Sanders says Congress wouldn't understand Trump's taxes.  But 10 members are accountants  —  Sanders: Congress not smart enough to review Trump's taxes  —  (CNN)In attacking the fight to obtain Trump's tax returns, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders argued that members of Congress …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and IJR
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell, Never a Grandstander, Learns to Play by Trump's Rules  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was walking through the Capitol corridors in February, en route to his State of the Union address, when he spied Mitch McConnell, the taciturn Senate majority leader, and rumbled over to deliver his signature verbal high-five.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
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Washington Times:
Lindsey Graham to introduce immigration package, toughen asylum standards
Discussion: IJR
 
 
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Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
Former Hillary Clinton aide behind lobbying efforts to get university to fire Kavanaugh
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
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Kendra Pierre-Louis / New York Times:
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Arab Exiles Sound Off Freely in Istanbul Even as Turkey Muffles Its Own Critics
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The Next George Bush
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
In Search for Leverage, Trump May Be Undercutting His Own Trade Deals
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Weighs Broader Immigration Curbs
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
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Seth J. Frantzman / Jerusalem Post:
The antisemitic tweets of murdered Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi
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