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Joe Biden Expresses Regret to Anita Hill, but She Says 'I'm Sorry' Is Not Enough — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called Anita Hill earlier this month to express his regret over “what she endured” testifying against Justice Clarence Thomas at the 1991 Supreme Court hearings …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump's Biden insults fueled by belief he can win — Hours after Joe Biden posted an online video announcing his 2020 White House bid, President Donald Trump responded on Twitter. “Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe,” Trump taunted the former vice president on Thursday.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Why Is Joe Biden the Only Democrat Who Wants to Talk About Donald Trump? — In the week since the release of the Mueller report, President Trump has gone to war against its findings, raged against advisers who coöperated with the special counsel's investigation, lied about what the report concluded …
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Trump's greatest threat has arrived — The front-runner has finally thrown his hat into the ring. Joe Biden starts the 2020 campaign not only as the favorite for the Democratic nomination but also probably as a slight favorite to win the presidency itself. — Biden's virtue in both contests is his relative moderation.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Joe Biden is the best candidate to beat Trump
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Jordan Schachtel / Conservative Review:
Biden wanted to establish a ‘Biden-Putin commission’ to cozy up to the Kremlin
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Joe Biden was in charge of the Anita Hill hearing. Even he says it wasn't fair.
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Washington Post:
Rosenstein fires back at critics over Mueller report — NEW YORK — Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein hit back hard against politicians and the press Thursday night, and warned that hacking and social media manipulation are “only the tip of the iceberg” …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein Delivers Remarks at the Armenian Bar Association's Public Servants Dinner — “Peri yerego.” Good evening. — Rick, I am grateful for your friendship and for your 20 years of exceptional service to the Department of Justice …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Executives Are Very Worried Fox & Friends Will Be Next”: After Taking Over Fox, Lachlan Murdoch Is in a Trump Trap — When advertisers rebelled at outrage anchors like Jeanine Pirro and Tucker Carlson, Trump called Lachlan's daddy, Rupert Murdoch, to keep them on the air.
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Hannity pondering bailing on Fox News because he no longer feels the network is loyal to Trump: report — A new Vanity Fair analysis behind the scenes of Fox News reveals an interesting new piece of information: longtime Fox megastar conservative commentator Sean Hannity has told friends …
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Trump: Russia investigations an attempted ‘coup’
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea issued $2 million bill for comatose Otto Warmbier's care — BEIJING — North Korea issued a $2 million bill for the hospital care of comatose American Otto Warmbier, insisting that a U.S. official sign a pledge to pay it before being allowed to fly the University of Virginia student from Pyongyang in 2017.
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Reuters:
Trump says U.S. paid no money to North Korea over Warmbier — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States did not pay any money to North Korea as it sought the release of Otto Warmbier, a day after a report said Trump had approved a $2 million bill from Pyongyang for the American student's care.
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Murray Waas / The New York Review of Books:
Mueller Prosecutors: Trump Did Obstruct Justice — Prosecutors working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded last year that they had sufficient evidence to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice over the president's alleged pressuring …
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
US economy grows by 3.2% in the first quarter, topping expectations — The U.S. economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the first quarter and posted its best growth to start a year in six years. — First-quarter GDP expanded by 3.2% in the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey called Rep. Ilhan Omar after Trump's tweet sparked a flood of death threats — Twitter did not take down the tweet, despite Omar's request, a source said. — Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey phoned Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday and stood by the company's decision …
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Elizabeth Drew / New York Times:
The Danger in Not Impeaching Trump — It may be risky politically, but Congress has a responsibility to act. — Ms. Drew is a journalist based in Washington who covered Watergate. — The decision facing the House Democrats over whether to proceed with an impeachment of President Trump …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump's top aide is trying to overhaul the West Wing snake pit — It may be Washington's most coveted happy hour invitation. On the patio outside the White House chief of staff's office, cozily enclosed by greenery, West Wing aides relax with beer and wine under a white pergola …
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump's Chief of Staff Says He's Having a Ball
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Fox News:
Strzok-Page texts suggested using post-election briefing to gather information on Trump team — Text messages between former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page indicate they discussed using briefings to the Trump team after the 2016 election to identify people they could …
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Baltimore Sun:
Attorney for Baltimore Mayor Pugh says she's not ‘lucid’ enough to make a decision about resigning — Mayor Catherine Pugh's lawyer Steve Silverman says that she “is not fit to make decisions today” about resigning. (Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun video) — Amid raids by the FBI and IRS …
Jed Handelsman Shugerman / New York Times:
The Trump Campaign Conspired With the Russians. Mueller Proved It. — By the standards of a potential impeachment inquiry, the evidence is clear. — Mr. Shugerman is a law professor at Fordham. — In his first letter after receiving the Mueller report, Attorney General William Barr accurately quoted …
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Raw Story
BuzzFeed News:
Trump Says Mar-A-Lago Can't Find US Workers To Hire. New Documents Show Dozens Applied. — Trump often says his resorts have no choice but to hire foreign guest workers — there just aren't any Americans to take the jobs. But government records show nearly 60 US residents applied for those jobs, and only one was hired.
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
How Do You Stop Facebook When $5 Billion Is Chump Change? — A trivial fine would mean the government isn't just deferential to Facebook, but that it doesn't truly understand its power. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — It's time for Facebook to pay up. Sort of.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Bob Woodward is considering another book on Trump — After his blockbuster “FEAR,” which comes out in paperback this fall, Bob Woodward tells me he's considering a second book on President Trump, perhaps before the election: “I'm not sure. Let's see what the story is.”
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Russians and the Dossier — Mueller should have investigated whether Moscow used Steele in its interference. — Politicians keep reminding us not to lose sight of special counsel Robert Mueller's broader assignment: to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
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Power Line
CNN:
Connolly threatens to jail Trump officials who won't comply with subpoenas — Washington (CNN)A Democratic lawmaker on Thursday ratcheted up warnings to the Trump administration amid a growing standoff over subpoenas and oversight requests the White House says it will resist.
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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Here's what happened inside The Markup — The Markup was one of the most highly anticipated media startups in recent memory. Julia Angwin, a former Wall Street Journal investigative reporter, teamed up with her ProPublica writing partner, data journalist Jeff Larson, and brought in Sue Gardner …
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Tim Teeman / The Daily Beast:
Heather Heyer's Mom Breaks Silence on Joe Biden Invoking Charlottesville for 2020 — 'I wasn't surprised,' Susan Bro told The Daily Beast. ‘Most people do that sort of thing. They capitalize on whatever situation is handy.’ — Tim Teeman — Joe Biden did not tell Susan Bro …
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Popular Information:
Facebook admits it ran hundreds of Trump campaign ads that violate Facebook rules — Facebook took them offline about 12 hours after Popular Information's report — Melania Trump's birthday is April 26. For weeks, the Trump campaign has used the First Lady's big day — she'll be 49 — to build their email list.
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Did Trump's Attempts to Obstruct Actually Work? — Let's go to the report. — Depending on which competing reality you have been frequenting, two narratives have dominated discussions of President Donald Trump's attempted obstruction of justice. The first (let's call it the Barr/Fox version) …
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