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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.
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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, and John Wagner - · - 12 minutes ago - ·
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
What House Democrats should do now — It may not have been his intention, but special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has forced a momentous choice on the Democrats who control the House of Representatives. How they navigate the next several months will matter not only to politics but …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump sues to block House subpoena of financial records — President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit against House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings to block a subpoena of the president's financial records from an accounting firm, escalating tensions between …
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Shareblue Media and Breitbart
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump pushes back on impeachment talk: ‘Tables are finally turning on the Witch Hunt!’
Trump pushes back on impeachment talk: ‘Tables are finally turning on the Witch Hunt!’
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Politico, Vox, JONATHAN TURLEY, Vanity Fair, New York Post, Joe.My.God., Breitbart and Political Wire
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.
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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. …
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 …
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The Nation
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Warren's plan to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it)
Warren's plan to wipe out student debt (and how she'd pay for it)
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VICE News
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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Politico:
Trump says he won't nominate Herman Cain for Fed seat
Trump says he won't nominate Herman Cain for Fed seat
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One America News Network
Davis Richardson / The Bulwark:
Why Is Stephen Moore Hanging Out with the Alt-Right?
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to decide if anti-discrimination employment laws protect on basis of sexual orientation and gender identity — The Supreme Court on Monday added what could be landmark issues to its docket for next term: whether federal anti-discrimination laws protect on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court to take up LGBT job discrimination cases
Supreme Court to take up LGBT job discrimination cases
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Power Line and Axios
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Bias Law Covers Gay and Transgender Workers
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Bias Law Covers Gay and Transgender Workers
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court to take up cases on gay and transgender rights in the workplace
Supreme Court to take up cases on gay and transgender rights in the workplace
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SCOTUSblog, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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.
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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
How Seth Moulton Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary
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ABC News, New York Times, The Guardian and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Rep. Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field
Rep. Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field
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Bloomberg, CNBC, New York Times and Joe.My.God.
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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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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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.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Impeach Donald Trump? — Obstruction of justice is a crime. The decision is clear. — The Mueller report has been released, with redactions of course, and it is a damning document. Not only does it detail Russian efforts to attack our election to help the Trump campaign …
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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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Pete Buttigieg compares Bernie Sanders supporters to Trump fans
Pete Buttigieg compares Bernie Sanders supporters to Trump fans
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Seth Masket / FiveThirtyEight:
We Asked Democratic Activists Who They're Backing — And Who They'd Hate To See Win — We're still months away from the first nominating contest in Iowa, but I'm still regularly checking in with early-state Democratic Party activists to see what the party's most engaged members think about the pre-primary race so far.
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The Daily Caller
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New York Times:
To Defend Against a Mercurial Boss, Trump Aides Wield the Pen as Shield — WASHINGTON — President Trump glanced around the room and noticed Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, then his national security adviser, with his head bent over a notebook, scribbling something down.
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Russian 'Collusion's' Greatest Hits — From late 2015 until April 2019, the media, the Left, and the Obama administrative state hierarchy warned us nonstop that candidate, president-elect, and inaugurated President Trump “colluded” with Russia to defeat Hillary Clinton, to assemble a suspect cabinet …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
For some Dems, breaking up with dossier is hard to do
For some Dems, breaking up with dossier is hard to do
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Townhall, The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
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.
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 …