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Mueller complained that Barr's letter did not capture ‘context’ of Trump probe — Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III wrote a letter in late March complaining to Attorney General William P. Barr that a four-page memo to Congress describing the principal conclusions of the investigation into President Trump …
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Mueller Objected to Barr's Description of Russia Investigation's Findings on Trump — WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, wrote a letter in late March to Attorney General William P. Barr objecting to his early description of the Russia investigation's conclusions …
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The Daily Beast:
Mueller's Willing to Testify, but Trump DOJ Is Holding It Up: Dems — The special counsel has indicated he's fine going up the Hill. But the Trump administration is getting in the way, Dems say. — House Democrats tell The Daily Beast they've been told Special Counsel Robert Mueller …
House Judiciary Dems:
Chairman Nadler's Statement on Mueller's Letter to the Attorney General — Washington, D.C. — Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler released a statement in response to reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller wrote to Attorney General William Barr last month …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller complained to Barr about Russia report memo — Special counsel Robert Mueller wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr last month complaining that a four-page memo Barr wrote characterizing Mueller's findings “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” …
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Frank Bowman / Slate:
William Barr Is Cowering at the Prospect of a Proper Cross-Examination — This piece first appeared on the blog Impeachable Offenses. — This weekend brought a subtle, but important, bit of good news for those interested in effective congressional investigations of the Trump administration.
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Just 2 lawmakers have seen less-redacted Mueller report — On the eve of Attorney General William Barr's testimony on a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, only two lawmakers have set eyes on secret information that Barr withheld from public view.
Robert Reich / Newsweek:
Congress Should Be Ready to Arrest Attorney General William Barr If He Defies Subpoena | Opinion
Congress Should Be Ready to Arrest Attorney General William Barr If He Defies Subpoena | Opinion
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump's Justice Department is holding up Mueller from testifying to Congress: report
Trump's Justice Department is holding up Mueller from testifying to Congress: report
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Jen Kirby / Vox:
William Barr will testify about the Mueller report this week. Here's what you should know.
William Barr will testify about the Mueller report this week. Here's what you should know.
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Washington Post:
Clashes erupt in Venezuela as opposition leader Juan Guaidó, with troops, announces ‘final phase’ against President Maduro — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared Tuesday with troops at a Caracas military base to announce a “final phase” to remove President Nicolás Maduro from office.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Head of Venezuela secret police chastises Maduro
The Latest: Head of Venezuela secret police chastises Maduro
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
There Is No Coup in Venezuela
There Is No Coup in Venezuela
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Andrew Kugle / Washington Free Beacon:
MSNBC Report on Venezuela Makes Case for Second Amendment
MSNBC Report on Venezuela Makes Case for Second Amendment
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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
We Asked All Of The 2020 Presidential Candidates Their Thoughts On Vaccines. Here's What They Said. — Measles, an extremely contagious and potentially dangerous disease, continues to spread in the US, with more than 700 cases so far this year in outbreaks that public health officials …
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New York Times:
A Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism — By publishing a bigoted cartoon, The Times ignored the lessons of history, including its own. — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
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Alan M. Dershowitz / Gatestone Institute:
What if the New York Times Cartoon had depicted a Muslim, a Lesbian, an African American or a Mexican as a Dog?
What if the New York Times Cartoon had depicted a Muslim, a Lesbian, an African American or a Mexican as a Dog?
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
GOP support for Stephen Moore falls apart, leaving Trump's Fed pick with slim chance of confirmation — One GOP senator has come out against him and predicted Moore wouldn't get confirmed. — President Trump's plan to put ally Stephen Moore on the Federal Reserve Board appeared on the edge …
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CNN:
Trump Fed pick Stephen Moore has a 25-year track record of criticizing gender advancement — Trump Fed pick: Critics are ‘pulling a Kavanaugh’ on me — (CNN)Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump's pick to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, once dismissed the Violence Against Women Act as the …
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump and Democrats prepared for a fight — but a truce broke out instead — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — Even if only for 90 minutes, Washington had declared a truce. — In a freewheeling discussion initially scheduled to talk …
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Schumer says Trump and Democrats agreed to $2 trillion figure on infrastructure
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Behind the 1-day cease fire between Donald, Chuck and Nancy
Behind the 1-day cease fire between Donald, Chuck and Nancy
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Washington Post:
At Trump golf course, undocumented employees said they were sometimes told to work extra hours without pay — HILLSDALE, N.Y. — His bosses at the Trump country club called it “side work.” — On some nights, after the club's Grille Room closed, head waiter Jose Gabriel Juarez …
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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
The hiring spreadsheet and the clash at The Markup — There are things about the recent implosion of The Markup that make it unique—in particular, that it raised $23 million with nothing but a trio of co-founders and a brief description of the product they wanted to create.
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Congressional Democrats' emoluments lawsuit targeting President Trump's private business can proceed, judge says — The decision sets the stage for lawmakers to possibly begin seeking documents and depositions from the Trump Organization. — Jonathan O'Connell, Ann E. Marimow, Carol D. Leonnig -
David Enrich / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Block Deutsche Bank From Sharing His Financial Records — Over two decades, Deutsche Bank lent Donald J. Trump billions of dollars, even as his tarnished financial record put him off limits for most of Wall Street. — “You are a great friend,” Mr. Trump wrote to his Deutsche Bank contact in 1998.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Claims He Can Ignore Subpoenas Because Congress Is Mean
Trump Claims He Can Ignore Subpoenas Because Congress Is Mean
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Michael Burke / The Hill:
47 percent of black women say they'd back Biden: poll — Nearly half of black women say they would support former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary, according to a new Morning Consult poll. — Forty-seven percent of black women surveyed for the poll said Biden …
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Biden takes aim at Trump as he enters Iowa the Democratic front-runner
Biden takes aim at Trump as he enters Iowa the Democratic front-runner
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Gabriel Roth / Slate:
Announcing Slow Burn Season 3 — Slow Burn, Slate's critically acclaimed narrative podcast, will return for a third season this year. Once again Slow Burn will retell the story of one of the biggest crimes of the 20th century. But this time we're turning our attention away from political scandal …
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
The Anti-Trump Resistance Has a New Plan to Combat Gerrymandering — Three grassroots groups are teaming up to restore election fairness in districts rigged in favor of the GOP — WASHINGTON — Call it the Resistance 2.0. — Three liberal groups that launched in the chaotic aftermath …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Schiff Hires Ex-Chief of FBI Financial Crimes Section as House Intel Probes Trump's Finances — Patrick Fallon jumps from the upper echelon of the bureau to Congress as Democrats ramp up investigations of president's finances. — Betsy Woodruff — Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman …
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Ashley Balcerzak / Center for Public Integrity:
The secret saga of Trump's tax cuts — On a balmy April day in 2017, a sandy-haired, square-jawed New York tax lawyer named Dana Trier was heading to Washington, D.C., for a graduate-level economics class at Johns Hopkins. Trier, a tax policy official in the Ronald Reagan …
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Sydney Morning Herald:
‘That notorious homosexual’: Liberal candidate in attack on Tim Wilson — Another Victorian Liberal candidate is embroiled in an extremism row, publicly endorsing an attack on his party colleague, Goldstein MP Tim Wilson, as a “notorious homosexual”. — The party's candidate for the seat of Wills …
Patti Davis / Washington Post:
Dear Republicans: Stop using my father, Ronald Reagan, to justify your silence on Trump — Patti Davis is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Wrong Side of Night” and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. — Dear Republican Party, — I have never been part of you, but you have been part of my family for decades.
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Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Can Washington rethink Iran? — During the Obama administration, critics of the president's engagement policy with Iran constantly complained that journalists and analysts with little knowledge of Iran were parroting the White House line. I can't speak to that, since during that time I was reporting …
Page Six:
Hunter Biden splits from brother Beau's widow Hallie — Hunter Biden has allegedly split from Hallie Biden — the widow of his late brother, Beau — Page Six has exclusively learned. The breakup comes two years after we first reported that the former in-laws were dating in 2017.
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Instagram: Wounded Veteran ‘Violated Community Standards’ by Posing with Trump Jr. — Facebook-owned site Instagram removed a post by wounded Army veteran Omar Avila featuring a picture of Avila with Donald Trump Jr. for allegedly violating the social media platform's guidelines.