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CNN:
Barr's appearance at House hearing still up in the air because of dispute with Democrats — (CNN)Attorney General William Barr has warned Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee he won't show up to this week's highly anticipated hearing if they stick to the format the chairman has proposed …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Bill Barr Doubles Down on the Coverup — Attorney General Bill Barr has dramatically escalated his Mueller Report coverup and effort to effectively end independent oversight of his Department by Congress. According to this report, he is refusing to show up to testify this week …
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Hullabaloo
Maya Parthasarathy / Politico:
Graham: 'I don't care' what happened between Trump and McGahn
Graham: 'I don't care' what happened between Trump and McGahn
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New York Post and Breitbart
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Barr spars with Nadler, threatens to skip testimony after dispute over hearing format
Barr spars with Nadler, threatens to skip testimony after dispute over hearing format
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One America News Network
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Barr's testimony to House on Mueller in doubt amid dispute
Barr's testimony to House on Mueller in doubt amid dispute
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ABC News
CBS News:
Sunday: Graham, Richmond, Parscale, Zarif
Sunday: Graham, Richmond, Parscale, Zarif
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The Hill, twitchy.com, Washington Times and IJR
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Repeats a False Claim That Doctors ‘Execute’ Newborns — The president has made “executing babies” part of his refrain on abortion, but the evidence does not back him up. — WHAT TRUMP SAID … President Trump revived on Saturday night what is fast becoming a standard, and inaccurate …
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ThinkProgress and Breitbart
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Trump: After Birth, Baby is “Wrapped in a Blanket” and Mother, Doctor “Decide Whether to Execute the Baby” — President Donald Trump skipped the White House Correspondents' dinner Saturday night and instead held a raucous rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he hit several familiar themes.
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Mother Jones and Hullabaloo
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Even Away From Correspondents' Dinner, Trump Makes Sure to Have His Say
Even Away From Correspondents' Dinner, Trump Makes Sure to Have His Say
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Associated Press
Washington Post:
Richard Lugar, six-term senator and leading voice on foreign policy, dies at 87 — Richard G. Lugar, a six-term Indiana senator who became one of the foremost voices on U.S. foreign policy — championing efforts to end apartheid in South Africa, oust Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos …
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David Cohen / Politico:
Richard Lugar, longtime GOP Senate stalwart, dies at 87 — Richard Lugar, the longest-serving U.S. senator in the history of Indiana and an ardent foe of nuclear proliferation, has died. He was 87. — The Lugar Center reported he “died peacefully on Sunday April 28 at 1:44 am …
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Axios
Robert Evans / bellingcat:
Ignore The Poway Synagogue Shooter's Manifesto: Pay Attention To 8chan's /pol/ Board — On April 27, 2019, at around 11:30 a.m. local time, a young man with a semi-automatic rifle walked into the Chabad of Poway Synagogue in Poway, California. He opened fire, killing one worshipper and wounding three others.
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Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Mass Shootings Have Become a Sickening Meme — Online messages from suspects in shootings at a California synagogue and a New Zealand mosque were similar. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — Hours before the shooting on Saturday at the Chabad of Poway synagogue outside San Diego …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Audrey Jacobs / Jewish Journal:
Mourning the Loss of Chabad Synagogue Congregant Lori Gilbert Kaye — Today an anti-Semitic hate crime shot and killed my friend Lori Gilbert Kaye z"l while she was praying in synagogue. Lori you were a jewel of our community a true Eshet Chayil, a Woman of Valor.
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Los Angeles Times, Breitbart and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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San Diego Union-Tribune:
One dead, three injured in Poway synagogue shooting
One dead, three injured in Poway synagogue shooting
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Fox News, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, CNN, Vox, Washington Post, New York Post, MSNBC, Slate, NPR, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
The Daily Beast:
If Trump Weren't President, He Would Already Be Charged — The Mueller Report contains a case against the president as strong as many we saw working as federal prosecutors. — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is 448 pages long, full of shocking conduct and detail …
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Raw Story
Carla Herreria / HuffPost:
Trump Calls Ex-FBI Officials ‘Scum,’ Takes Credit For ‘Sick’ Immigrant Plan At Rally — The president ranted for nearly 90 minutes in Wisconsin on the same night as the White House Correspondents' Dinner. — President Donald Trump disparaged former FBI and Justice Department officials …
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Rolling Stone and POLITICUSUSA
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
A Despicable Cartoon in The Times — The paper of record needs to reflect deeply on how it came to publish anti-Semitic propaganda. — As prejudices go, anti-Semitism can sometimes be hard to pin down, but on Thursday the opinion pages of The New York Times international edition provided a textbook illustration of it.
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Axios, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Townhall, more at Mediagazer »
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
The 2020 election isn't going to be close — The 2020 election isn't going to be close. — The first-quarter gross domestic product growth rate of 3.2 percent sets up the first reality that will be noted in November 2020 because it telegraphs where the economy will be then: not in recession.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden and Obama's ‘Odd Couple’ Relationship Aged Into Family Ties — Four years ago, Barack Obama gently discouraged him from running for president, but Joseph R. Biden Jr. is back and presenting himself as Mr. Obama's natural heir. — WASHINGTON — Barack Obama did not think Joseph R. Biden Jr …
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The Gateway Pundit
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Joe Biden On Anita Hill In 1998: ‘She Was Lying’ — It's true that Joe Biden did his best to help Anita Hill, including concealing witnesses who would have been a disaster under examination. But even he admitted to his colleague that Hill was lying. — Former vice president Joe Biden repeatedly …
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Associated Press:
Nominate a woman? Some Democratic women aren't so sure — TIPTON, Iowa (AP) — Iowa voters sent a record number of women to the Legislature during last year's midterms. Women won two of the state's most competitive U.S. House races, and a woman was elected governor for the first time.
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Washington Monthly
Rafael Carranza / Arizona Republic:
Border Patrol is now releasing migrant families directly in Tucson — TUCSON — Border Patrol officials have begun releasing migrant families in Tucson because they lack the space to detain them and immigration officials are unable to take them into custody.
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Townhall, RealClearPolitics and Big League Politics
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump: Dems have turned border into ‘Disneyland,’ says Perry Mason needed to win court fights
Trump: Dems have turned border into ‘Disneyland,’ says Perry Mason needed to win court fights
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Mother Jones and Politico
Washington Post:
Trump views the Supreme Court as an ally, sowing doubt about its independence among his critics — The morning after the Supreme Court reviewed his administration's most important case of the term, President Trump informed the justices he might have another task for them.
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Raw Story
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Sally Yates: If Trump weren't president, he would be indicted on obstruction — Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said on “Meet the Press” Sunday that if Trump were not president, he would likely be indicted for obstructing justice in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
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Breitbart
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Bolton confirms U.S. signed document to pay North Korea for Otto Warmbier — National security adviser John Bolton confirmed on “Fox News Sunday” that a Trump administration official signed a document pledging to pay North Korea a $2 million hospital bill to release Otto Warmbier, but that no money was ultimately transferred.
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Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and New York Post