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Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans. Here's how to respond. — Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. — Our election was corrupted, our democracy assaulted, our sovereignty and security violated. This is the definitive conclusion of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report.
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How Trump may be making his own impeachment more likely
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In Push for 2020 Election Security, Top Official Was Warned: Don't Tell Trump — WASHINGTON — In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities as homeland security secretary: preparing for new and different Russian forms …
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Trump Refuses to Defend the United States
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FACT CHECK: Russian Interference Went Far Beyond ‘Facebook Ads’ Kushner Described
FACT CHECK: Russian Interference Went Far Beyond ‘Facebook Ads’ Kushner Described
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Deutsche Bank begins process of providing Trump financial records to New York's attorney general — Trump sues to block Dems from his financial records — (CNN)Deutsche Bank has begun the process of providing financial records to New York state's attorney general in response to a subpoena …
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Michael Cohen, in Recorded Phone Call, Walks Back Parts of Guilty Plea — Trump's former lawyer, set to go to prison in weeks, told actor Tom Arnold he wasn't guilty of some crimes he pleaded guilty to — Michael Cohen has disavowed responsibility for some of the crimes to which he has pleaded guilty …
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How Pete Buttigieg's Meaningless Erudition Made Him the ‘Smart’ Candidate — Late this March, a Norwegian news outlet sprang a surprise question on Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and candidate for president. The previous week, the writer Anand Giridharadas …
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Franklin Graham Calls for Pete Buttigieg to Repent for Being Gay — Franklin Graham, one of the country's most influential evangelical Christians, has called on Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg to “repent” for being gay. Graham, the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association …
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Buttigieg gets first endorsement from member of Congress, Rep. Don Beyer of Va.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg and Beto O'Rourke Stake Out Similar Turf in a Crowded Field
Pete Buttigieg and Beto O'Rourke Stake Out Similar Turf in a Crowded Field
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Mueller Report Reveals Trump's Fixation on Using Law Enforcement to Target a Rival — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a tenuous hold on his job when President Trump called him at home in the middle of 2017. The president had already blamed him for recusing himself …
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Bill Weld calls on Trump to resign, calling him a ‘one-man crime wave’ — GOP presidential candidate Bill Weld is calling on President Trump to resign from office in the wake of Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference and obstruction of justice, calling him “a one-man crime wave.”
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Top Justice Department Official Will Defy Congress — An attorney for John Gore, who heads the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, said to testify Gore must have an attorney present—a condition Democrats have rejected. — Betsy Woodruff — John Gore, who heads …
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McCain family to support Biden in 2020 race in bid to defeat Trump — The late Sen. John McCain's family plans to support former Vice President Joe Biden's White House bid, backing the Democrat not only in his party's crowded primary race but also in a general election matchup with President Trump, the Washington Examiner has learned.

‘He knew that I would be an easy target’: ex-Chris Christie aide blames him for Bridgegate scandal — An ex-aide to Chris Christie convicted of helping cause massive traffic delays on the nation's busiest bridge to punish a political adversary attacked the former New Jersey governor ahead …
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Bernie Sanders in 1970s Senate race called millionaire senators ‘immoral’ — (CNN)Bernie Sanders harshly criticized the wealth of US senators during his first campaign for office in 1971, calling it “immoral” that half the members of the Senate were millionaires.
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Facebook Reports First Quarter 2019 Results — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. — “We had a good quarter and our business and community continue to grow,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
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Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by F.T.C. Over Privacy Issues
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Facebook expects $3B-$5B fine over Cambridge Analytica
Facebook expects $3B-$5B fine over Cambridge Analytica
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Trump Backed Libyan Strongman's Attack on Tripoli, U.S. Officials Say — President spoke with Haftar before assault on capital — White House stance marks dramatic turn from Pompeo position — President Donald Trump indicated in a phone call with Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar …
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Sizing Up Twitter Users — U.S. adult Twitter users are younger and more likely to be Democrats than the general public. Most users rarely tweet, but the most prolific 10% create 80% of tweets from adult U.S. users — Twitter is a modern public square where many voices discuss, debate and share their views.
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Twitter Is Not America — Twitter, as it turns out, is not a good model of the world.
Twitter Is Not America — Twitter, as it turns out, is not a good model of the world.
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Source: Feds Probe Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, First Lady For Property Tax Appeals On Gold Coast Mansion — Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, his wife and his brother-in-law are under federal criminal investigation for a dubious residential property tax appeal that dogged him during …

Suicide Bombers Included Two Sons of Sri Lanka Spice Tycoon — COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — He built his fortune on black pepper, white pepper, nutmeg, cloves and vanilla. His family lived in a beautiful white villa and traveled in a chauffeured BMW. He was feted by Sri Lanka's former president for …

Officers at scene of Beto O'Rourke's 1998 DWI crash say they believe he tried to flee — Until now, O'Rourke, who denies trying to flee the wreck, was the only person present at the scene of the collision to speak out publicly about what happened that night.
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A Giant Bird Killed Its Owner. Now It Could Be Yours. — There will be colorful macaws, lithe lemurs and cackling Kookaburras for sale at an event billed by organizers as “the dispersal of the animal estate of Marvin Hajos.” But the animal that is likely to get the most attention is the giant bird that killed Mr. Hajos this month.

Mad About Bari Weiss: The New York Times Provocateur the Left Loves to Hate — The Times op-ed writer is a Trump-loathing theater nerd who studied at a feminist yeshiva and used to date Kate McKinnon. She also led a controversial protest at Columbia, and popularized the “intellectual dark Web.”

Democratic hashtag goes viral seeking GOP support for impeachment — The Democratic Twitter campaign #RepublicansForImpeachment has gone viral. — The hashtag has been tweeted an average of once every 3.8 seconds for a total of 14 million impressions in 24 hours.

Don't Believe the Hype, Unless Someone Substantiates the Hype — As President Trump has — unsurprisingly — dramatically ramped up his refusal to comply with any congressional scrutiny and oversight, the impeachment debate has moved in a new direction. Or at least one part of the existing argument has become much more salient.

In apparent dismissal of two-state solution, Kushner says past efforts ‘failed’ — 'We've tried to do it a bit differently,' Trump's senior adviser says of imminent peace plan, which requires ‘tough compromises,’ aims to ‘make lives of Palestinians better’ — In a clear indication …

They worked in sweltering heat for Exxon, Shell and Walmart. They didn't get paid a dime — Constant work leaves little time for counseling or treatment, transforming rehab patients into a cheap, expendable labor pool for private companies. — A nationally renowned drug rehab program …

NSA Recommends Dropping Phone-Surveillance Program — The program, created after 9/11, has encountered compliance challenges and questions about its efficacy in recent years — The National Security Agency has recommended that the White House abandon a U.S. surveillance program …
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Car rams into 8 people at California intersection, possibly on purpose — A car plowed into eight pedestrians at a Sunnyvale, California, intersection Tuesday evening and it might have been intentional, authorities said. Some of those hit have serious injuries and all were brought to area hospitals …
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Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Foreign Agents — Defendant Admitted Receiving Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Benefits From Two Chinese Agents in Exchange for Internal State Department Documents — Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department …
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Joni Ernst suggests federal government spied on President Donald Trump for political reasons — The redacted version of the Mueller report is now available from the attorney general. Here are the key takeaways from it. — CONNECT — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst on Wednesday suggested …

Realistically, Trump Could Win in 2020 — Sabato Is Right. It Is Easy to See How Trump Can Win in 2020. — Larry Sabato greets Washington Post readers with a headline that many of them probably didn't expect to see or want to see: “It's easy to see how Trump can win reelection.” — Sabato: