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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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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Ex-mob prosecutor says Trump's talk with Putin was a ‘get your stories straight call’ like she used to hear on wiretaps — The former chief of the organized crime and racketeering unit at the U.S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York explained on MSNBC Friday …
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Asha Rangappa / TIME:
What Happens Next with the Mueller Report? The Answer May Lie in the Footnotes
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Says He Discussed the ‘Russian Hoax’ in a Phone Call With Putin
Trump Says He Discussed the ‘Russian Hoax’ in a Phone Call With Putin
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The White House's latest attack on Mueller reveals an ugly truth about Trump
The White House's latest attack on Mueller reveals an ugly truth about Trump
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CNN
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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Vox
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Launches Short-Range Projectiles, South Says — The move is likely to raise tensions as denuclearization talks with the United States remain stalled. — The South Korean military has used the term “projectile” when it was too soon to determine exactly what kind of missile had been deployed.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Mother of Otto Warmbier calls U.S. diplomacy with North Korea a ‘charade’
Mother of Otto Warmbier calls U.S. diplomacy with North Korea a ‘charade’
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One America News Network, New York Times and Raw Story
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
The Economy That Wasn't Supposed to Happen: Booming Jobs, Low Inflation
The Economy That Wasn't Supposed to Happen: Booming Jobs, Low Inflation
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NPR, NB Blog, Marginal REVOLUTION, New York Post, Outside the Beltway and The Week
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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Harry Siegel / The Daily Beast:
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Unites the Nation: No One Wants Him to Run for President — Blame it—and everything—on Anthony Weiner. — To become mayor, he defeated a Republican who vowed to kill kittens to keep the trains running. — After complaining that New Yorkers didn't appreciate …
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Justin Caruso / Breitbart:
James Woods Banned from Twitter Amid Silicon Valley's Conservative Blacklisting Campaign — James Woods, one of the few conservative stars in Hollywood, has been locked out of his Twitter account for over a week now for “abusive behavior,” once again demonstrating the double standard …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Florida's Republican Legislature Votes to Nullify Popular Ballot Initiative Enfranchising Former Felons — In 2018, a supermajority of Floridians voted for a ballot initiative to restore former felons' voting rights. Florida's Republican legislature has voted to effectively nullify that vote …
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Floridians Gave Ex-Felons the Right to Vote. Lawmakers Just Put a Big Obstacle in Their Way.
Floridians Gave Ex-Felons the Right to Vote. Lawmakers Just Put a Big Obstacle in Their Way.
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Miami Herald and Politico
P.R. Lockhart / Vox:
Florida Legislature approves bill requiring former felons to pay fines and fees before voting
Florida Legislature approves bill requiring former felons to pay fines and fees before voting
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Washington Post, CNN and Orlando Sentinel
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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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 …
Fox News:
Nunes casts doubt on Mueller's findings about Papadopoulos tipster's Moscow links — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is scrutinizing the findings in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report about Joseph Mifsud — the mysterious professor from Malta who helped ignite …
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CNN:
Trump urges caution as Bolton and Pompeo tease a military intervention in Venezuela — Washington (CNN)After US expectations were dashed this week for a transition of power in Venezuela, President Donald Trump is urging caution among senior advisers moving forward and expressing frustration …
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New York Times and Politico
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Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US missed chance to woo Venezuela generals
Washington Post:
Trump's bipartisan infrastructure plan already imperiled as Mulvaney, GOP lawmakers object to cost — A $2 trillion infrastructure deal outlined this week by President Trump and top Democrats is already losing momentum, as the president's own chief of staff is telling people inside and outside …
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Political Wire
David Siders / Politico:
Democrats preview post-Trump plan: Executive orders — Presidential candidates once boasted about their ability to bridge Washington's partisan divide, and to accomplish great things by bringing together different factions. — But with Republicans likely to maintain control of the Senate in 2020 …
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Political Wire
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.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Prosecutors: No need to prove Russian conspiracy to charge Stone with obstruction — Federal prosecutors argued Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller did not need to prove conspiracy between the Russian government and the Trump campaign to show that longtime Trump ally Roger Stone obstructed Congress' investigation of the matter.
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John Sipher / The Atlantic:
The Russia Investigation Will Continue — Counterintelligence agencies must find it hard to believe the cupboard is already bare. — Although Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe is over, and although President Trump on Friday again described the probe as a “Witch Hunt,” …
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Vanity Fair, Mercury News and IJR
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Exclusive: Army Investigating Soldier's Alleged Leadership In Neo-Nazi Terror Group — The Army private is allegedly a recent leader of the Atomwaffen Division, a violent white supremacist group. — An active-duty soldier in the U.S. Army is under investigation for his alleged leadership role …
Madison Malone Kircher / New York Magazine:
This Is Billy McFarland's Fyre Festival Comeback Plan — Josh Raab didn't find Billy McFarland; Billy McFarland found him. Or, rather, his girlfriend did. In late February, Raab — a freelance editor who has worked with Al Gore and Garth Brooks, among other celebrities — received an editing query from a stranger named Ana.
New York Times:
A Mueller Investigator Moves On (but Stays Mum) — Greg D. Andres was the first member of the special counsel's team to speak publicly since the report came out, but said little. — In the span of his 22-month investigation into President Trump, Robert S. Mueller III never held a news conference.