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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president, hundreds of former federal prosecutors assert — More than 370 former federal prosecutors who worked in Republican and Democratic administrations have signed on to a statement asserting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's findings …
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DOJ Alumni Statement:
STATEMENT BY FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTORS — We are former federal prosecutors. We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system: as line attorneys, supervisors, special prosecutors, United States Attorneys, and senior officials at the Department of Justice.
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BuzzFeed News:
A New Version Of The Mueller Report Has Been Released In Response To A BuzzFeed News Lawsuit — The Department of Justice on Monday released a new version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump's campaign …
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Barr just wrote a stunning Mueller Report letter that dares Dems to start impeachment — Attorney General Bill Barr just wrote a letter practically daring the House Judiciary Committee to start formal impeachment proceedings if they want to get a copy of the full Mueller Report and underlying grand jury evidence.
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Axios, New York Post and East Bay Times
House Judiciary Dems:
Chairman Nadler's Statement on DOJ Meeting Ahead of Scheduled Contempt Vote — Nadler has asked for a meeting with DOJ five times over the past six weeks — Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response …
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Axios
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Surprised advisers downplay Trump's tweet about Mueller testimony
Surprised advisers downplay Trump's tweet about Mueller testimony
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Political Wire, The Week and Washington Post
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Nadler and Barr steam toward clash over contempt
Nadler and Barr steam toward clash over contempt
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
AG Bill Barr believes special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to testify
AG Bill Barr believes special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to testify
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair, Common Dreams and Washington Post
House Judiciary Dems / House Committee …:
Wednesday: House Judiciary to Markup Contempt Report for AG Barr
Wednesday: House Judiciary to Markup Contempt Report for AG Barr
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Axios, Washington Press, New York Post, POLITICUSUSA, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, The Last Refuge and Shakesville
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Steven Mnuchin Refuses to Release Trump's Tax Returns to Congress — WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said on Monday that it would not release President Trump's tax returns to Congress, defying a request from House Democrats and setting up a legal battle likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court.
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Washington Post:
Mnuchin rejects Democrats' demand to hand over Trump's tax returns, all but ensuring legal battle — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday told House Democrats he would not furnish President Trump's tax returns despite their legal request, the latest move by Trump administration officials …
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The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Townhall, Raw Story and The Week
Victoria Albert / The Daily Beast:
New York Attorney General Sues Trump Treasury Department, IRS — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday that her office has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Treasury Department and its subsidiary, the Internal Revenue Service, for failing to respond to legally mandated records requests.
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The Week
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Treasury Department rejects Democrats' request for Trump tax returns
Treasury Department rejects Democrats' request for Trump tax returns
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Vanity Fair and TheBlaze
Gerrard Kaonga / Daily Express:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to choose UNUSUAL name for baby that UNIFIES the US and UK — MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry could be leaning towards a royal baby name that pays tribute to both US and UK history, according to royal expert Victoria Arbiter. — Meghan Markle is expected …
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John Blake / CNN:
Analysis: Don't use the royal birth to trot out a dangerous myth — (CNN)It's hard not to get excited. — It's like watching the unfolding of a modern-day fairy tale. — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, just gave birth to a boy.
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New York Times, The Daily Beast and Shakesville
Associated Press:
Trump pardons former US soldier who killed Iraqi prisoner — President Donald Trump has pardoned a former U.S. soldier convicted in 2009 of killing an Iraqi prisoner, the White House announced Monday. — Trump signed an executive grant of clemency, a full pardon, for former Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna …
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Reis Thebault / Washington Post:
Trump pardons former soldier who was convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner
Trump pardons former soldier who was convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner
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CNN and New York Post
HuffPost:
Congress Is Failing — So much for checks and balances. — WASHINGTON — As House Democrats dither over moving forward with impeachment in a divided government and Senate Republicans are satisfied confirming judges rather than passing legislation, a pressing question is emerging: What the hell is Congress good for, anyway?
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Washington Post, Salon and Raw Story
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump is trolling us again. Stop falling for it. — President Trump has a superpower. With just a few taps to the screen of his iPhone, he can transform his staunchest adversaries into . . . Donald Trump. — No one loves a good conspiracy theory as much as the man in the Oval Office.
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Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week, Fox News Insider, Washington Times, RedState and Breitbart
Alex Conant / FIREHOUSE Strategies:
BREAKING: New early state Democratic primary voter survey results — Key Findings: — The Biden Surge: We asked Democratic primary voters who they favored among the eight highest-profile Democrats who have already announced their candidacies. According to our survey …
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Florida Politics, Breitbart, Front Page Magazine, Axios and Political Wire
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Matthew Sheffield / The Hill:
Biden takes 32-point lead over Sanders in new 2020 poll
Biden takes 32-point lead over Sanders in new 2020 poll
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Daily Wire
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Harris unloads on pundits who say only a white man can beat Trump
Harris unloads on pundits who say only a white man can beat Trump
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Washington Post
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former FBI Linguist Arrested and Indicted on Obstruction Charges — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man who previously served as a linguist for the FBI was arrested Saturday night on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making multiple false statements to FBI officials.
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The Tennessean:
Rep. Glen Casada, Cade Cothren sent sexually explicit text messages about women — Update: Cade Cothren announced his resignation Monday night, following the publication of this story. — Editor's note: This story contains sexually explicit language. — House Speaker Glen Casada's top aide …
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Splinter
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
TN House Speaker's chief of staff admits past drug use, confirms text messages
TN House Speaker's chief of staff admits past drug use, confirms text messages
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The Tennessean and Raw Story
New York Times:
Inaugural Official Disputes White House Account of Her Departure — WASHINGTON — Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a leading contractor for President Trump's inaugural committee and a former adviser to the first lady, Melania Trump, has publicly disputed accounts of her departure from the White House last year …
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Raw Story
Davis Richardson / Observer:
Mike Pompeo Praises Climate Change in the Arctic as ‘New Opportunities for Trade’ — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Finland to discuss the United States' commitment to the Arctic region. While much of the secretary's speech addressed …
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Hullabaloo, Pacific Standard, VICE News and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Pompeo: Melting sea ice presents ‘new opportunities for trade’
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia mayor under fire for alleged remarks about black job candidate — The mayor of Hoschton, a nearly all-white community 50 miles northeast of Atlanta, allegedly withheld a job candidate from consideration for city administrator because he was black, an AJC investigation has found.
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Media Matters for America:
New NRA President Carolyn Meadows: Rep. Lucy McBath won her House race because she is a “minority female” — New National Rifle Association President Carolyn Meadows claimed that Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) won her 2018 election to the U.S. House not because of her support for gun violence prevention …
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The Root, Shareblue Media, Raw Story, Splinter and Talking Points Memo
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Jane Harper / Virginian-Pilot:
Former U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor campaign staffer indicted in petition forgery scandal — A former campaign staffer for ex-Congressman Scott Taylor was charged Monday with submitting forged signatures on a petition to get a third-party candidate on the ballot to siphon votes from his opponent.
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Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Former Congressman David Young will run to reclaim his old seat in Iowa's 3rd District — Former 3rd District Congressman David Young, who was ousted by Democrat Cindy Axne in 2018, will run to reclaim the seat in 2020, he told the Des Moines Register. — “I spent a lot of time with folks around …
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Political Wire
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time — When Alexa runs your home, Amazon tracks you in more ways than you might want. — Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, “Are you crazy?”
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Ryan P. Williams / The American Mind:
Algorithms of Suppression — Update: Google's Acting Director of Political and Stakeholder Outreach got in touch with the Claremont Institute to notify us that the labeling of The American Mind as a “racially oriented publication” was a mistake. Our re-marketing ad campaign to americanmind.org readers …
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Polls:
SOCIALISM vs. CAPITALISM? — Socialism not seen as compatible with American values, — but opinion is not overwhelmingly negative — West Long Branch, NJ - Most Americans say socialism is not compatible with American values, but only 4-in-10 hold a decidedly negative opinion of it.
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The Hill, Breitbart, Daily Wire and Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Kamala Harris Calls for Full Repeal of Trump's 2017 Tax Law — ‘Get rid of the whole thing,’ Democratic 2020 candidate says — Law is unpopular but includes some popular middle class breaks — Senator Kamala Harris said she'd seek to repeal all of President Donald Trump's 2017 tax overhaul …
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Axios
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump awards highest U.S. civilian honor to Tiger Woods — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Tiger Woods won the Masters on April 14, President Donald Trump declared he was going to award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and ordered his aides to schedule the event as soon as possible.
Paul Romer / New York Times:
A Tax That Could Fix Big Tech — Putting a levy on targeted ad revenue would give Facebook and Google a real incentive to change their dangerous business models. — Mr. Romer received a Nobel in economics in 2018. — It is the job of government to prevent a tragedy of the commons.
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The American Conservative
New York Times:
How Chinese Spies Got the N.S.A.'s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks — Chinese intelligence agents acquired National Security Agency hacking tools and repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies and private companies in Europe and Asia, a leading cybersecurity firm has discovered.