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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.
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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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
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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CNN:
Democrats look to courts as White House stonewalls on subpoenas — Top Dem: White House in ‘open defiance’ of subpoena — (CNN)Faced with all-out resistance from the White House, Democrats are turning to the courts as they grapple with a dilemma of limited options to enforce their subpoenas.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump could stiff-arm Democrats until after 2020 — President Donald Trump may successfully drag out many of his legal battles with Congress beyond 2020, denying Democratic investigators much, if any, political bounty before the next election. — With Democrats pressing on multiple fronts …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers
Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
President Trump, constitutional menace
President Trump, constitutional menace
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Washington Post:
House Democrats grapple with how to respond to Trump's refusal to cooperate with investigations
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
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.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
How Biden Plans to Steamroll the 2020 Democratic Field
Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Donna Brazile on Biden's expected campaign launch: ‘He is a proven leader’
Donna Brazile on Biden's expected campaign launch: ‘He is a proven leader’
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Cristina Alesci / CNN:
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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CNN:
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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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Bernie Sanders visibly frustrated as hecklers unload at She The People Forum for women of color
Bernie Sanders visibly frustrated as hecklers unload at She The People Forum for women of color
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Bernie Sanders draws mayoral pension while running for president …
Bernie Sanders draws mayoral pension while running for president …
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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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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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Rose Minutaglio / ELLE:
Gwyneth Paltrow Is Co-Hosting a Fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg — Pete Buttigieg is getting some major star support for his 2020 campaign. Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly throwing a fundraiser for the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who hopes to become the youngest U.S. president at just 38 years old on inauguration day.
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Jay Caspian Kang / New York Times:
How Pete Buttigieg's Meaningless Erudition Made Him the ‘Smart’ Candidate
How Pete Buttigieg's Meaningless Erudition Made Him the ‘Smart’ Candidate
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Buttigieg gets first endorsement from member of Congress, Rep. Don Beyer of Va.
Buttigieg gets first endorsement from member of Congress, Rep. Don Beyer of Va.
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Michael Rothfeld / Wall Street Journal:
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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Steve Helling / Yahoo:
Lori Loughlin and Husband 'Didn't Realize That What They Were Doing Was Illegal': Source — Mossimo Giannulli didn't fully grasp that their alleged bribery in the — college admissions scandal was illegal, a source familiar with the case tells PEOPLE. — “You read the complaint …
Defense One:
It's Getting Harder to Track US Progress in Afghanistan — Almost every metric “is now classified or nonexistent,” says the special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction. — It's getting harder and harder for the public to track the U.S. military's progress in its 17-year war in Afghanistan …
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David Zucchino / New York Times:
U.S. and Afghan Forces Killed More Civilians Than Taliban Did, Report Finds
U.S. and Afghan Forces Killed More Civilians Than Taliban Did, Report Finds
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by F.T.C. Over Privacy Issues — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Wednesday that it expected to be fined up to $5 billion by the Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations, in what would amount to a record penalty for a technology company by the agency.
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Trump administration prepares a rule civil rights groups worry may deny care to transgender patients — U.S. “has returned to its long-standing position” that sex discrimination does not include gender identity, a court filing says — Trump administration officials are working on a new rule …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
‘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 …
Bloomberg:
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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The Babylon Bee:
Ocasio-Cortez Calls For Boycott Of ‘Sesame Street’ After Discovering Show Is Sponsored By Numbers — WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has announced that she is leading a boycott against the popular show Sesame Street. — “I was watching it the other day,” …
New York Times:
Sri Lanka Suicide Bombers Included Two Sons of a 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 …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Will Trump and the Supreme Court tear our democracy apart? — Our nation faces a constitutional conflagration, and President Trump is not the only actor willing to put personal and partisan interests above the preservation of our system of self-rule. — Five conservative justices …
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Evgenia Peretz / Vanity Fair:
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.”
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
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.
The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden's Big 2020 Advantage: He Has the Obama Email List — It is the most coveted list in politics, but will its magic work a third time? — As Joe Biden gets ready to launch his third run for the presidency, he brings with him one of the most valuable pieces of infrastructure in all of politics …
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
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 …
Allison MacMunn / American Lung Association:
More than 4 in 10 Americans Live with Unhealthy Air; Eight Cities Suffered Most Polluted Air Ever Recorded — American Lung Association's 20th annual ‘State of the Air’ report sounds the alarm on worsened air quality driven by climate change, placing health and lives at risk
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Unions crank it up for Biden launch — His political operation is still taking shape. There are concerns about whether he'll be able to raise enough money to compete. He hasn't run his own campaign in over a decade. — What Joe Biden does have, however, are strong ties to organized labor.
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Michiko Kakutani / Columbia Journalism Review:
Don't rely on the coverage. Read the Mueller report. — The Mueller Report pulls together the facts of the Trump campaign and administration's dealings with Russia, provides a lucid picture of how “the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion …
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
President Trump is returning to the United Kingdom. So is the big fat orange diaper-wearing baby blimp. — LONDON — Remember the giant orange diaper-wearing baby blimp? It's expected to take to the skies once again in June — only this time it could be even bigger.
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Jerry Portwood / Rolling Stone:
The Press Will Learn Nothing From the Russiagate Fiasco — The inability to face the enormity of the last few years of errors will cost the news media its credibility, even with blue-state audiences — On February 15, 2016, the National Review took unprecedented action.
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Bill Weld / The Bulwark:
It's Time for Trump to Resign — No government can function effectively when there is a crisis of trust in the presidency. — If Donald Trump is an American patriot, he should resign from office. — In the 2016 campaign, Senator Ted Cruz described Trump as a “pathological liar.”
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