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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
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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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
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.
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Higher Education Plan: Cancel Student Debt and Eliminate Tuition  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has structured her presidential campaign around a steady unveiling of disruptive policy ideas, on Monday proposed her biggest one yet: a $1.25 trillion plan …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Elizabeth Warren's list of proposals to be paid for by ultra-millionaires keeps expanding  —  When Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday proposed a sweeping plan to provide free college to Americans and also to cancel student loan debt, she said it could be easily paid for by ultramillionaires.
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Warren's plan to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it)
Discussion: VICE News
Washington Post:
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump sues in bid to block congressional subpoena of financial records  —  In a federal filing, the president claims the House Oversight Committee is abusing its powers to damage him politically.  — David A. Fahrenthold, Rachael Bade, John Wagner -  · - 54 minutes ago -  ·
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump sues to block House subpoena of financial records
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Breitbart
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:   Trump sues Cummings, says he's ignored “constitutional limits on Congress' power to investigate”
Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
What would Republicans do with a Mueller report? Build an impeachment case.
NBC News:
Trump Organization sues House Oversight chairman over subpoena for financial records
Discussion: Breitbart
CNN:
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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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump says he won't nominate Herman Cain for Fed seat
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNN and Bloomberg
Davis Richardson / The Bulwark:   Why Is Stephen Moore Hanging Out with the Alt-Right?
Washington Post:
Trump is accused of gross abuse of his office.  We're not talking about the Mueller report.  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP is accused of a gross abuse of his office, and his administration has not provided Congress the information it needs to reach the truth of the matter.
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:   Impeach or not impeach? Dems wrestle with Mueller report
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
What House Democrats should do now
Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:
Impeachment Is Not the Answer. At Least Not Yet.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court to take up LGBT job discrimination cases  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking on a major test of LGBT rights in cases that look at whether federal civil rights law bans job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Discussion: Power Line, Splinter and Axios
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
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.
Discussion: Mercury News
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Garrett M. Graff / Wired:   Mueller Makes It Clear: Trump Was Worse Than a ‘Useful Idiot’
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   Impeach Donald Trump?
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Seth Moulton, Massachusetts Congressman, Is Running for President  —  Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, a third-term congressman who has pushed for a “new generation of leadership” in Washington, declared his candidacy for president on Monday, becoming the 19th candidate to enter the Democratic primary field.
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
How Seth Moulton Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Rep. Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field
The Daily Beast:
Trump Calls Bernie Sanders Crazy, Praises Him in Private  —  The president tells confidants that the Vermont independent is a smart pol, with a formidable base and fundraising acumen.  But he still thinks he'll beat him.  —  To his rally-goers, Donald Trump openly craves a 2020 showdown …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump wins over big donors who snubbed him in 2016  —  Deep-pocketed Republicans who snubbed Donald Trump in 2016 are going all in for him in 2020, throwing their weight behind a newly created fundraising drive that's expected to dump tens of millions into his reelection coffers.
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Why Having a Gun in New Jersey Could Soon Cost 20 Times as Much  —  Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey wants to put the state at the forefront of a movement to raise fees on gun permits in order to expand efforts to tackle gun violence and reduce the flow of illegal firearms.
Sacha Pfeiffer / NPR:
Inside The Mueller Report, This Man Saw A Photo Of His Dad Being Used By Russians  —  When a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election was released to the public and Congress on Thursday, the effects of Russian influence efforts through social media became clearer.
Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times:
He got into a great college the old-fashioned way.  He dreamed big, worked hard  —  Eva Vazquez was at a bus stop on Wilshire Boulevard, on the way to work as a cashier at a discount store near MacArthur Park, when her phone rang.  —  “I knew it was probably him,” she said.  —  It was Thursday, March 28.
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
QUIZ: Democratic President Candidate or Total Rando?  —  The field of candidates running in the 2020 Democratic primary just keep growing.  It's getting hard to keep track of all the various challengers vying for second place and a coveted speaking slot at the convention in Milwaukee …
 
 
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
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Eric Geller / Politico:
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