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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.
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.
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Inside Joe Biden's decision to run one more time — Joe Biden spent a hot August day at his lakefront Delaware home watching hatred on display in Charlottesville, Virginia, where, days earlier, torch-wielding white supremacists had marched through town. A counter-protester advocating racial equality …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Biden serves notice: This is all about Trump
Biden serves notice: This is all about Trump
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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
HuffPost:
Joe Biden Is Running For President In 2020
Joe Biden Is Running For President In 2020
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Former vice president Joe Biden jumps into White House race
Former vice president Joe Biden jumps into White House race
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Joe Biden says he's running for president, in video announcing bid
Joe Biden says he's running for president, in video announcing bid
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden jumps in, finally
POLITICO Playbook: Biden jumps in, finally
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Unions crank it up for Biden launch
Unions crank it up for Biden launch
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Mike Elk / Payday Report:
Union-Busting Lawyer to Host Biden's 1st Fundraiser Thursday
Union-Busting Lawyer to Host Biden's 1st Fundraiser Thursday
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Breitbart
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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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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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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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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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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Washington Post:
Sorry, Mr. President. Congress has every right to investigate you.
Sorry, Mr. President. Congress has every right to investigate you.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
President Trump, constitutional menace
President Trump, constitutional menace
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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, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
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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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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David Shortell / CNN:
FBI executing search warrant at Baltimore mayor's home, city hall
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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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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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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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
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 …
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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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 …
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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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 …
Dan Diamond / Politico:
HHS nearing plan to roll back transgender protections — The Trump administration is preparing to roll back protections for transgender patients while empowering health care workers to refuse care based on religious objections, according to three officials with knowledge of the pending regulations.
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Trump administration prepares a rule civil rights groups worry may deny care to transgender patients
Trump administration prepares a rule civil rights groups worry may deny care to transgender patients
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Axios
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Rhode Island Man Threatened to ‘Eradicate’ All Democrats, Eat Pro-Choice Professor: Feds — ‘I will kill every Democrat in the world,’ Matthew Haviland, 30, allegedly wrote in one message. A friend says he has grown angry over how the media treats Trump. — A Donald Trump supporter …
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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 …