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Michael Conway / NBC News:
If William Barr continues to defy subpoenas, Watergate offers House Democrats several options — In this fight, not acting to preserve its powers as a co-equal branch of government could relegate Congress to subservience in perpetuity. — The House Judiciary Committee grappled 45 years ago …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Pelosi Warns Democrats: Stay in the Center or Trump May Contest Election Results — WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not believe President Trump can be removed through impeachment — the only way to do it, she said this week, is to defeat him in 2020 by a margin so “big” …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
‘Hung jury’: Public remains divided over Mueller probe in new NBC/WSJ poll — Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has been dishonest in the Russia investigation, but it's a mixed bag on impeachment hearings. — WASHINGTON — Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump …
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Ruth Graham / Slate:
Rachel Held Evans, the Hugely Popular Christian Writer Who Challenged the Evangelical Establishment, Is Dead at 37 — Rachel Held Evans, an influential progressive Christian writer and speaker who cheerfully challenged American evangelical culture, died on Saturday at a hospital in Nashville.
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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Rachel Held Evans, progressive Christian author who challenged evangelicals, dies at 37
Rachel Held Evans, progressive Christian author who challenged evangelicals, dies at 37
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Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service:
Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer of honesty and humor, dies at age 37
Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer of honesty and humor, dies at age 37
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Liberal mega-donors plan $100 million swing-state blitz to beat Trump — The country's most powerful liberal donor club is reshaping its spending for the 2020 election, playing down longtime relationships with groups in Washington and instead preparing to pour $100 million into key states to help defeat President Donald Trump.
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Associated Press:
Let's make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition — British Prime Minister Theresa May says her Conservative government and the opposition Labour Party have a duty to strike a compromise Brexit agreement to end months of political deadlock over Britain's exit from the European Union.
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Katie Jennings / Politico:
May to Corbyn: 'Let's do a deal' on Brexit
May to Corbyn: 'Let's do a deal' on Brexit
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Jack Goldsmith / Lawfare:
Thoughts on Barr and the Mueller Report — I've been in a cave for several weeks crashing to complete my new book, and am only now emerging to read Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report and the commentary on it. I'll hopefully have more to say on the report, especially on its legal analysis …
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
‘Investigate the investigators’ is new Trump rallying cry to counter Mueller report
‘Investigate the investigators’ is new Trump rallying cry to counter Mueller report
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden gives Trump a nickname: ‘Clown’ — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden on Saturday referred to President Donald Trump as a “clown” after a supporter asked the former vice president whether he would return Trump's insults. — Biden, who is on the first swing of his 2020 campaign …
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Medieval Scholars Joust With White Nationalists. And One Another. — Each May, some 3,000 people descend on Kalamazoo, Mich., for the International Congress on Medieval Studies, which brings together academics and enthusiasts for four days of scholarly panels, performances and after-hours mead drinking.
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Salt Lake Tribune:
Tribune Editorial: Ambition must be made to counteract ambition — By The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board … — James Madison, Federalist No. 51 — Mr. Madison's plan for the survival of popular government was nowhere to be seen last week, as Republican members of Congress put …
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Washington Post:
Trump wants ‘toughness’ to deter migration, but physical measures keep failing — Frustrated that his administration's border control measures are not working, President Trump has been musing lately about the kinds of tactics he thinks would really get results.
Sung-Yoon Lee / New York Times:
Kim Jong-un Shot a Rocket? He Wants to Talk — President Trump should deny him the privilege. — Mr. Lee is a professor of Korean Studies. — The North Korean government wants to talk. On Saturday morning, displaying its signature defiance and smokescreen strategy …
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Omarosa claims White House destroyed 5 boxes of documents — that should have been turned over to Mueller — President Donald Trump's White House likely destroyed five boxes of emails, a top former advisor explained on MSNBC. — Omarosa Manigault Newman worked for the White House …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Please Explain How This Entire Presidency* Isn't a National-Security Crisis — President Trump and President Putin are on the same page. Why aren't the rest of us? … They have to be kidding now. From the — Washington Post … All “checking in with the home office” japery aside …
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Ticket prices plunge for Bill and Hillary Clinton's speaking tour — SEE ALSO — Tickets to the latest stop on Bill and Hillary Clinton's speaking tour were going for as little as $20 on the secondary market as their 13-city adventure continued to struggle to find an audience.
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Nick Reynolds / Casper Star-Tribune:
After 22 years in office, Sen. Mike Enzi says he will retire in 2020 — Sen. Mike Enzi speaks at a press conference Saturday in Gillette. He announced he will retire from politics next year. — Sen. Mike Enzi speaks at a press conference Saturday in Gillette. He announced he will retire from politics next year.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi won't run for reelection
Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi won't run for reelection
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Axios and The Daily Caller