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House Democratic leaders say no immediate plans to open impeachment proceedings against Trump — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told lawmakers Monday that there are no plans to immediately open impeachment proceedings against President Trump, rejecting calls from several Democrats to initiate steps to try to oust the president.
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Poll: Trump approval sinks 5 points after Mueller report, tying all-time low — President Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped 5 points, equaling his presidency's low-water mark, since last week's release of the special counsel report into the 2016 election, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Republican lawmaker sees less-redacted Mueller report
Republican lawmaker sees less-redacted Mueller report
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Constraints on presidency being redefined in Trump era, report fallout shows
Constraints on presidency being redefined in Trump era, report fallout shows
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House panel issues subpoena to former White House counsel Don McGahn
House panel issues subpoena to former White House counsel Don McGahn
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Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:
Impeachment Is Not the Answer. At Least Not Yet.
Impeachment Is Not the Answer. At Least Not Yet.
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Washington Post and Raw Story
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Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans — In the escalating battle of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to see who can offer the most free stuff, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. …
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I'm calling for something truly transformational: Universal free public college and cancellation of student loan debt — Growing up, my dream was to become a teacher. And I knew that if I wanted to teach, I had to get a college degree. — I managed to get a college scholarship, but then things turned upside down.
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Elizabeth Warren's Higher Education Plan: Cancel Student Debt and Eliminate Tuition
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Elizabeth Warren's list of proposals to be paid for by ultra-millionaires keeps expanding
Elizabeth Warren's list of proposals to be paid for by ultra-millionaires keeps expanding
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Politico
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Trump Fed pick Stephen Moore called it a ‘travesty’ that women ‘feel free’ to play sports with men — (CNN)One of President Donald Trump's picks to serve on the Federal Reserve Board has written that women should be banned from refereeing, announcing or beer vending at men's college basketball games …
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14 Mueller Report Takeaways You Might Have Missed — Robert Mueller's final 448-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election—and Donald Trump's apparent attempts to obstruct justice along the way—takes some time to read fully. On close examination, it turns …
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Vox
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Mueller Makes It Clear: Trump Was Worse Than a ‘Useful Idiot’ — BACK IN JANUARY, approximately 1,000 Robert Mueller news cycles ago, I argued that given the arc of the special counsel Russia probe, it'd be embarrassing for Donald Trump if he weren't an agent of the Russian intelligence:
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New York Times
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GOP senator says she doesn't think it's ‘necessary’ for Mueller to testify — How both parties will spin the Mueller report in 2020 — Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday she didn't think testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller …
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What would Republicans do with a Mueller report? Build an impeachment case.
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Kristine Phillips / USA Today:
After Mueller report, House panel subpoenas former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
House Judiciary chairman subpoenas ex-White House counsel Don McGahn
House Judiciary chairman subpoenas ex-White House counsel Don McGahn
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Christianity under attack? Sri Lanka church bombings stoke far-right anger in the West. — Sunday's bombings in Sri Lanka marked the country's deadliest violence in a decade, leaving 290 dead and more than 500 injured. But the attacks, which targeted a religious minority …
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Sri Lanka Shut Down Social Media. My First Thought Was ‘Good.’
Sri Lanka Shut Down Social Media. My First Thought Was ‘Good.’
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No bottom: Republicans show they'll defend just about anything Trump does — There's a pattern that Donald Trump has followed many times when accused of wrongdoing. First, deny it. Then, when irrefutable proof emerges that you did it and your denials were lies, insist that there was nothing wrong with it in the first place.
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There's a Bigger Prize Than Impeachment
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Raw Story and The Stranger
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The Mueller Report Really Didn't Change Much At All: Poll — The Trump-Russia investigation continues to spark lots of polarization and little consensus. — The Mueller report has bolstered President Donald Trump's critics in their conviction that the president committed wrongdoing …
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Sanders releases internal poll showing lead over Trump in PA, WI and MI — WASHINGTON—Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign is releasing new internal polling that shows him leading President Donald Trump in hypothetical matchups in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham Bewilders Ivanka Trump's Women's Conference With Terrorism Rant — As he spoke, confused attendees at the Women Entrepreneurship Finance Initiative could be heard asking each other in hushed tones what Graham was talking about. — While on a trip to Cote d'Ivoire …
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Raw Story
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The real reasons I withdrew from Fed consideration - direct from me, the only source you need — I was on the phone earlier explaining why I had decided to ask President Trump not to nominate me to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank. Shortly after I went through the detailed explanation of my reasons, I was informed:
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F.B.I. Was Told That Militia in New Mexico Planned to Kill Obama and Clinton — LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The imprisoned leader of a right-wing militia that detained migrant families in New Mexico first came under the scrutiny of federal authorities in 2017, after the F.B.I. received reports that his group was …
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Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
New Mexico Border Militia Leader Allegedly Said Group Planned to Assassinate Obama, Clinton
New Mexico Border Militia Leader Allegedly Said Group Planned to Assassinate Obama, Clinton
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What to do about Sarah Sanders? White House reporters have a few ideas. — Reporters have long approached White House press secretary Sarah Sanders with a trust-but-verify attitude, knowing full well that Sanders is tasked with spinning some of the more unspinnable statements made by her boss, President Trump.
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Is Braidy Industries of Kentucky getting in bed with Russian mobsters? — Kentucky might be going into business with the Russian mafia. — Not the rough-and-tumble “Godfather” crowd with the bent noses and such names like Tessio, Barzini and Luca Brasi. — If all goes according to plan …
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Trump and his business sue House Oversight chairman to block congressional subpoena of financial records — President Trump is seeking a court order to prevent his accounting firm from complying with what his lawyers say is an illegitimate use of congressional subpoena power by congressional Democrats.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump sues in bid to block congressional subpoena of financial records
Trump sues in bid to block congressional subpoena of financial records
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Pete Buttigieg Is The Only Top 2020 Democrat Taking Money From Washington Lobbyists — Steve Elmendorf, a high-profile lobbyist, is hosting a fundraiser for him next month. — It seems a fitting way to welcome Pete Buttigieg to the top tier of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.
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My former party's reaction to the Mueller report fills me with disgust — Having declared the Republican Party to be morally bankrupt last month — after 90 percent of GOP lawmakers voted to approve President Trump's unconstitutional state of emergency — I am not remotely surprised …
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Trump plausibly committed impeachable offenses. A leading expert explains how. — After botching their initial response to the Mueller report, top Democrats are now seriously engaging the debate over whether the shocking scale of corruption, wrongdoing, contempt for our democracy …
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Inside Biden's battle plan — Joe Biden has led nearly every Democratic primary poll without doing anything. Now, the former vice president's team is planning to solidify his frontrunner status with a wave of high-profile organizing, fundraising and endorsement news when he enters the race.