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Graham Kates / CBS News:
John Kelly joins board of company operating largest shelter for unaccompanied migrant children — In April, protesters outside the nation's largest facility for unaccompanied migrant children noticed a familiar face enter the massive, fenced site in Homestead, Florida: former White House chief of staff John Kelly.
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump, Putin discussed Mueller report and agreed no collusion, White House says — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the two leaders spoke by phone for an hour on Friday. — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday and both agreed …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Says He Discussed the ‘Russian Hoax’ in Phone Call With Putin — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Friday that he discussed the “Russian Hoax” with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, in their first conversation since the release of the special counsel's report, which found that …
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CNN:
Trump says he spoke with Putin about ‘Russian hoax,’ didn't warn him against Russian meddling
Trump says he spoke with Putin about ‘Russian hoax,’ didn't warn him against Russian meddling
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Putin Discuss Venezuela, Mueller Report
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Sanders' dubious claim: Trump admin ‘takes election meddling seriously’
Sanders' dubious claim: Trump admin ‘takes election meddling seriously’
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
This nation is at the mercy of a criminal administration — Imagine that you live in a town that has been taken over by gangsters. The mayor is a crook and so are the district attorney and police chief. You can't fight city hall. But at least you know you can turn for help to the state or federal government.
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CNN:
Nadler threatens to hold Barr in contempt if DOJ doesn't comply with new Democratic offer on Mueller report — Sarah Sanders: Nadler ‘incapable’ of asking Barr questions — Washington (CNN)House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Friday sent his latest offer Attorney General William Barr …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Nadler delivers ultimatum to Barr before holding AG in contempt — House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler is making what he calls a final “counter offer” to Attorney General William Barr's refusal to grant immediate access to the underlying evidence in special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
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Adam Schiff / USA Today:
William Barr lied to Congress about the Mueller report. He should resign
William Barr lied to Congress about the Mueller report. He should resign
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House Judiciary Dems / House Committee …:
House Judiciary Chairman Sends DOJ Detailed Counter Offer for Mueller Report Redactions and Underlying Evidence
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
William Barr's 2 strangest defenses of Trump haven't gotten enough attention
William Barr's 2 strangest defenses of Trump haven't gotten enough attention
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Politico, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Sarah Longwell / USA Today:
Robert Mueller told us everything we need to know
Anna Sanders / New York Daily News:
De Blasio expected to announce 2020 presidential run next week: sources — Mayor de Blasio is expected to announce he's running for president next week, according to three sources with knowledge of the plans. — The 2020 announcement could come as early as de Blasio's birthday on Wednesday, when he'll turn 58, said one source.
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Barbara Allen / Poynter:
Letter from the Editor — Dear readers: — On Tuesday, April 30, Poynter posted a list of 515 “unreliable” news websites, built from pre-existing databases compiled by journalists, fact-checkers and researchers around the country. Our aim was to provide a useful tool for readers to gauge …
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Liam Quinn / Fox News:
Poynter forced to scrap ‘unreliable news’ list targeting conservative outlets after outcry
Poynter forced to scrap ‘unreliable news’ list targeting conservative outlets after outcry
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Dan Sewell / Associated Press:
Judges declare Ohio's congressional map unconstitutional — CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal court ruled Friday that Ohio's congressional map is unconstitutional and ordered a new one be drawn for the 2020 elections. — A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Cincinnati ruled unanimously …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Ohio congressional map tossed out for partisan gerrymandering
Ohio congressional map tossed out for partisan gerrymandering
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Gabe Rosenberg / NPR:
Federal Court Throws Out Ohio's Congressional Map
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside Bernie Sanders's 1988 10-day ‘honeymoon’ in the Soviet Union — Bernie Sanders was bare-chested, towel-draped, sitting at a table lined with vodka bottles, as he sang “This Land Is Your Land” to his hosts in the Soviet Union in the spring of 1988. — The just-married socialist mayor …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘Anyone Ever Seen Cocaine?’ What We Found in the Archives of Bernie Sanders's Long-Lost TV Show.
‘Anyone Ever Seen Cocaine?’ What We Found in the Archives of Bernie Sanders's Long-Lost TV Show.
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Reason, Instapundit, Mediaite, Washington Post, Fox News, Splinter, VICE, The Week, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Spying on the Trump Campaign Isn't a Conspiracy Theory Anymore
Spying on the Trump Campaign Isn't a Conspiracy Theory Anymore
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The Daily Caller, RedState, Townhall and New York Times
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Erik Prince Set Up Intel Training for Project Veritas, James O'Keefe: Report — Blackwater founder Erik Prince arranged for political activist James O'Keefe's conservative group Project Veritas to receive more than one round of “training in intelligence and elicitation techniques,” The Intercept reports.
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Fedor Indutny / BostonGlobe.com:
Remarkably unremarkable: Pete Buttigieg rises in the polls as the first major openly gay candidate for president — SOMERVILLE — It was both a remarkable and entirely unremarkable sight: Pete Buttigieg's husband shaking hands with voters who had lined up outside the Somerville Theatre to hear …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Pete Buttigieg Is Exposing Tensions In The LGBTQ Movement
Pete Buttigieg Is Exposing Tensions In The LGBTQ Movement
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Jobs surge in April, unemployment rate falls to the lowest since 1969 — KEY POINTS — US added 263,000 jobs in April, vs 190,000 expected — The U.S. jobs machine kept humming along in April, adding a robust 263,000 new hires while the unemployment rate fell to 3.6%, the lowest in a generation …
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
‘Lock her up’ redux? Biden's son becomes the right's new target — President Donald Trump's political allies and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have begun mobilizing to cast a legal cloud over Joe Biden and demanding that the Justice Department should open an investigation that could ensnare …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Mike Pence accuses centrist Joe Biden of ‘advocating a socialist agenda’ like other 2020 Democrats
Mike Pence accuses centrist Joe Biden of ‘advocating a socialist agenda’ like other 2020 Democrats
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Joe.My.God. and The Week
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Why Joe Biden Might Be the Best Bet to Beat Trump — If you've been reading the liberal media and Left Twitter the past couple of months, you'd be certain of one thing: Joe Biden is hopelessly out of touch — too old, too white, too male, too handsy, too racist, too misogynist, too unwoke …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Watergate had the Nixon tapes. Mueller had Annie Donaldson's notes. — The notes, scribbled rapidly on a legal pad, captured the fear inside the White House when President Trump raged over the Russia investigation and decreed he was firing the FBI director who led it: “Is this the beginning of the end?”
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Teach Schmidt a Lesson”: Did the Department of Justice Give the Mueller Letter to the Post to Screw the Times? — The Times's Michael Schmidt and Mark Mazzetti thought they had a scoop—until it turned up in their biggest competitor. And D.O.J. contacts told Times reporters it had been done to punish them.
Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US missed chance to woo Venezuela generals — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Around May 2017, an unusual request from a prominent Venezuelan general made its way to the White House: Gen. Ivan Hernández, head of both the presidential guard and military counterintelligence …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
William Barr Made A Major Disclosure In His Senate Hearing That Hardly Anyone Noticed — Attorney General William Barr revealed during his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that former Australian diplomat Alexander Downer was an FBI source for information about George Papadopoulos.
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Winfree Under Consideration for Federal Reserve — The former domestic policy aide in the Trump White House now oversees economic policy at The Heritage Foundation — WASHINGTON—President Trump's next nominee to the Federal Reserve board may be one of his former domestic policy aides …
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