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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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CNN:
Trump and Putin spoke by phone, discussed Mueller report — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone Friday morning for “over an hour,” during which they briefly discussed special counsel Robert Mueller's report and other issues, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The 2019 governor's race that has Trump's team sweating — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is a presidential phone-buddy and White House regular who's become one of President Donald Trump's loudest surrogates. — He's also one of the most unpopular governors in the country, facing a treacherous reelection in November.
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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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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Putin Discuss Venezuela, Mueller Report
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump, Putin discussed Venezuela, Mueller during hour-long call
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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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House Judiciary Chairman Sends DOJ Detailed Counter Offer for Mueller Report Redactions and Underlying Evidence — Nadler Sets 9 a.m. Monday Deadline — Washington, D.C. — Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr …
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
For Fear of William Barr
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
William Barr's 2 strangest defenses of Trump haven't gotten enough attention
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Nadler delivers ultimatum to Barr before holding AG in contempt
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Adam Schiff / USA Today:
William Barr lied to Congress about the Mueller report. He should resign
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump, Wrecker of Reputations
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
House Judiciary chairman gives ultimatum to AG Barr, could move to contempt proceedings
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump is already set to use the government to destroy the Democratic nominee
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CNN:
READ: New Democratic letter to Barr on Mueller report
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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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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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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
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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
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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. — Dozens of children scurry on the screen across Ethan Allen Park in Burlington, Vermont, bobbing for apples and running three-legged races. It is a beaming July day, and they're at a summer camp …
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Matthew Cole / The Intercept:
How Erik Prince Used the Rise of Trump to Make an Improbable Comeback — When Erik Prince arrived at the Four Seasons resort in the Seychelles in January 2017 for his now-famous meetings with a Russian banker and UAE ruler Mohammed bin Zayed, he was in the middle of an unexpected comeback.
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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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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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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?”
Media Matters for America:
Study: Major media outlets' Twitter accounts amplify false Trump claims on average 19 times a day — Major media outlets failed to rebut President Donald Trump's misinformation 65% of the time in their tweets about his false or misleading comments, according to a Media Matters review.
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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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The New York Times Company:
Sarah Kliff of Vox to Join Investigations — Sarah Kliff, a versatile journalist who has used a variety of media to explain complex health legislation, will be based in Washington. Read more in this note from Rebecca Corbett, Dean Murphy and Carolyn Ryan.
Associated Press:
Cohen's prison reality: ‘The Situation’ and Shabbat services — NEW YORK (AP) — “The Situation” and the Fyre Festival fraudster are already there. President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is up next. — It's not reality TV. It's a federal prison 70 miles …
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