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Joe Biden / YouTube:
America Is An Idea — It's time for respected leadership on the world stage—and dignified leadership at home. It's time for equal opportunity, equal rights, and equal justice. It's time for an economy that rewards those who actually do the work. It's time for a president who will stand up for all of us.
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Steve Israel / The Hill:
This is the Joe Biden you rarely see — This week, Joe Biden is set to announce his candidacy for president. Forgive me for getting ahead of the punditry clutter with this story. — Meetings in the Oval Office with President Obama and Vice President Biden to discuss Democratic House races were always thrilling.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The U.S. Chamber wants to disentangle its brand from the GOP and hopes to rebuild the center — THE BIG IDEA: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, navigating dramatic cultural change that's transforming the worlds of politics and business, plans to become less aligned with the Republican Party than it has been for decades.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden sounds fundraising alarm in conference call — On the eve of announcing his presidential bid, former Vice President Joe Biden raised the alarm about fundraising in a Wednesday conference call with top donors and supporters. — “The money's important.
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
How Biden Plans to Steamroll the 2020 Democratic Field
How Biden Plans to Steamroll the 2020 Democratic Field
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The Guardian
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Biden serves notice: This is all about Trump
Biden serves notice: This is all about Trump
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Vox and The Economist
Hillary Clinton / Washington Post:
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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Axios:
A reality of congressional oversight: Democrats can only do so much if Trump just says no — President Trump's White House appears to have figured out the secret of congressional oversight: there's not much Democrats can do if they say no to everything. — The big picture …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
White House says Stephen Miller won't testify on immigration to House Oversight — Nadler: Miller should testify on sanctuary city plan — (CNN)The White House has informed the House Oversight Committee that Stephen Miller will not testify before the panel about his role …
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Washington Post and Axios
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration escalated its defiance of Congress on Wednesday, as the Justice Department refused to let an official testify on Capitol Hill and President Trump vowed to fight what he called a …
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Washington Post:
Sorry, Mr. President. Congress has every right to investigate you. — “THERE IS no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress,” President Trump told Post reporters Tuesday, explaining why he was preparing to stonewall congressional requests for administration documents and testimony …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump could stiff-arm Democrats until after 2020
Trump could stiff-arm Democrats until after 2020
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Trump's high-stakes subpoena battle with House Democrats, explained
Trump's high-stakes subpoena battle with House Democrats, explained
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Politico, Rolling Stone and Washington Post
Ian Duncan / Baltimore Sun:
FBI raids Baltimore City Hall, home of Mayor Catherine Pugh, offices of job training center — FBI and IRS agents are raiding Baltimore's City Hall and the home of Mayor Catherine Pugh. — Dave Fitz, an FBI spokesman, confirmed agents from the Washington field office were executing search warrants …
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David Shortell / CNN:
Feds search locations tied to Baltimore's mayor in connection with book scandal
Feds search locations tied to Baltimore's mayor in connection with book scandal
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Axios
Washington Post:
Federal agents search Baltimore City Hall and the mayor's home
Federal agents search Baltimore City Hall and the mayor's home
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Townhall
Jayne Miller / WBAL:
FBI, IRS execute search warrants on Pugh's home, City Hall, more
FBI, IRS execute search warrants on Pugh's home, City Hall, more
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CBS Baltimore and Daily Wire
Associated Press:
Biden hires strategist Symone Sanders, adds diversity to bid — WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has hired Symone Sanders, a prominent African American political strategist, as a senior adviser to his newly launched presidential campaign. — The move adds a younger, diverse voice to Biden's cadre …
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Andrew Napolitano / Fox News:
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Did President Trump obstruct justice? — When the Department of Justice designated Robert Mueller as special counsel to take over the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign in May 2017, Mueller's initial task was to determine if there had been a conspiracy …
NBC News:
Mueller report shows Trump campaign left itself wide open to Russians, officials say — “The Russians found a group of people who were not intelligence savvy” and didn't listen to U.S. intel officials, said a CIA veteran. — WASHINGTON — The Mueller report's narrative of secret meetings between members …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Bernie Sanders draws mayoral pension while running for president — his campaign co-chair Rep. Ro Khanna once blasted such ‘double-dipping’ — Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, for years has drawn a pension for having once …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Victor or Victim? Trump's Changing Response to Mueller Report
Victor or Victim? Trump's Changing Response to Mueller Report
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The Root, Daily Caller News Foundation and Joe.My.God.
USA Today:
We found 85,000 cops who've been investigated for misconduct. Now you can read their records. — USA TODAY is leading a national effort to obtain and publish disciplinary and misconduct records for thousands of police officers. — At least 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA …
Washington Post:
How Trump has changed white evangelicals' views about morality — So what if Mayor Pete Buttigieg calls him a “porn star president”? — Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has been criticizing religious conservatives — especially Vice President Pence …
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Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
FBI Questions Elliott Broidy's One-Time Partner — Federal scrutiny of the Republican fundraiser and Trumpworld associate appears to be growing. — A former business associate of Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy has spoken with FBI agents about his business dealings, The Daily Beast has learned.
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Raw Story
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Dems plan to teach 2020 candidates how to talk to a Trump voter — Former Democratic Sens. Heidi Heitkamp and Joe Donnelly, who both lost their 2018 re-election races in North Dakota and Indiana, respectively, are launching the One Country Project to help their party win back rural voters ahead of the 2020 cycle.
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Vulnerable Dems find refuge outside Mueller-obsessed Beltway — MINERAL, Va. — The Mueller report may be consuming Washington — but it barely registers for vulnerable Democrats meeting voters outside the Beltway. — In a half-dozen town halls from California to Connecticut this week …
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Andrew Ferguson / The Atlantic:
A Republic Too Fractured to Be Funny — Ron Chernow, the best-selling biographer and historian, has agreed to deliver the after-dinner speech at this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, to be held Saturday night at the Washington Hilton. If we were to list the potential victims …
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
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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