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3:15 PM ET, May 7, 2019

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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House instructs former counsel Don McGahn not to comply with congressional subpoena  —  The White House has instructed former White House counsel Donald McGahn not to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats for documents related to the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation …
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Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Issues Impeachment Warning as White House Escalates Fight  — White House tells former counsel McGahn not to answer subpoena  — Ignoring subpoenas ‘could be’ impeachable, House speaker says  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that the Trump administration's defiance …
Discussion: CNBC, Political Wire, Axios and The Week
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
It's time to start impeachment hearings.  Today.  —  If Donald Trump weren't president, he'd probably be in jail.  —  That's the view of a bipartisan group of hundreds of former federal prosecutors, who have signed an open letter stating that Trump's conduct would warrant criminal obstruction …
Discussion: Raw Story and TheBlaze
New York Times:
White House Signals Fight Over McGahn's Records With Congress  —  WASHINGTON — The White House stepped in on Tuesday to stop Donald F. McGahn II, the former White House counsel, from handing over documents subpoenaed by House investigators because President Trump may want to assert executive privilege over them.
Discussion: USA Today
ProPublica:
What Happened to All the Jobs Trump Promised?
Discussion: Shareblue Media
CNN:   Nancy Pelosi: ‘Trump is goading us to impeach him’
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Pelosi: Trump ‘is goading us to impeach him’
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:   Democrats Won't Do the Right Thing Unless We Make Them
Washington Post:
White House tells Congress that if it wants documents from former counsel Donald McGahn …
Discussion: Political Wire
Orion Rummler / Axios:
White House instructs Don McGahn not to comply with House subpoena
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
White House instructs McGahn not to comply with Democrats' subpoena
Discussion: Breitbart
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The nightmare scenario for Democrats on Trump's corruption  —  The administration's categorical refusal to release President Trump's tax returns heightens the difficult question Democrats face, and raises the prospect of a nightmare scenario — both in political and substantive terms.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Why Mnuchin Doesn't Want You to See Trump's Tax Returns  —  If it wasn't clear before, then it's clear now: The White House is waging a war on the principles of transparency and oversight.  —  Surprising absolutely no one, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin thumbed his nose at the House …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trump is literally asking courts to hold that the Constitution doesn't apply to liberals  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin formally denied a request by House Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal on Monday — Neal asked the Treasury Department to turn over several years of President Trump's tax forms.
Discussion: Washington Post, Vox and The Atlantic
Kevin R. Brock / The Hill:
James Comey is in trouble and he knows it  —  James Comey's planet is getting noticeably warmer.  Attorney General William Barr's emissions are the suspected cause.  —  Barr has made plain that he intends to examine carefully how and why Comey, as FBI director, decided that the bureau …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Putin Accomplice Mitch McConnell Says Case Closed  —  During the 2016 election, CIA director John Brennan informed congressional leaders that Russian intelligence was interfering in the election in an effort to help Donald Trump win.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed the conclusion, and depicted it as a frame-up.
Discussion: Vox and Washington Monthly
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
FBI chief Wray says spying didn't occur on Trump campaign, refuting AG Barr
Discussion: Political Wire
David Shortell / CNN:
FBI Director Wray distances himself from Barr's use of ‘spying’ on Trump campaign
Discussion: Raw Story
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:   FBI director tells Congress he has no evidence of ‘spying’ on Trump campaign
David Montgomery / New York Times:
Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confrontation Herself  —  AUSTIN, Tex. — As Trooper Brian Encinia angrily threatened her with a stun gun from just outside her car window, Sandra Bland recorded the encounter on her cellphone, shown in a newly-released, 39-second video …
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WFAA-TV:
Sandra Bland recorded her own arrest.  Watch her cellphone video from the 2015 traffic stop  —  The family of Sandra Bland — who died in a Waller County jail cell — is calling for a re-opening of the criminal investigation into Bland's arrest and death after seeing footage for the first time.
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Trump Pardons Ex-Army Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi Man  —  President Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to a former Army lieutenant who previously served five years in prison for fatally shooting an Iraqi man in American custody.  —  During a deployment in Iraq in 2008 …
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David French / National Review:
The First Rule of Social-Media Censorship Is That There Are No Rules  —  Twitter, Facebook, et al. need transparent, viewpoint-neutral, First Amendment-based content policies.  —  Yesterday, my colleague and podcast co-host Alexandra DeSanctis wrote a piece describing a confrontation between …
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Corinne Weaver / NB Blog:   Twitter Removes Account Mocking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“This Is Do-or-Die”: Joe Biden's “Electability” Argument Is How Democrats Lose Elections  —  When Democrats play it safe and “fall in line,” the results are devastating—as Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry made plain.  If Biden wins the nomination next year, it will be because Democrats went with their heads, not their bleeding hearts.
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Biden, Stressing Obama Ties, Has Support From Older Black Voters.  Is It Enough?  —  WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — In most respects it was typical first Sunday at Brookland Baptist Church.  The minister delivered a raucous sermon, communion was distributed and the choir closed the service with the gospel classic …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Dan Merica / CNN:
Pete Buttigieg: God doesn't belong to a political party, but 'I can't imagine' God would be a Republican  —  Washington (CNN)South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has made clear throughout his upstart 2020 presidential bid that he believes Democrats should embrace religion and decry those who try …
Reuters:
Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed from prison: witnesses  —  YANGON (Reuters) - Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars, witnesses said.
NBC News:
The Fox effect: Trump's base bolsters his standing  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — “Hung jury” is how Democratic pollster Peter Hart described …
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
State Department Continues Fight to Strip Gay Couple's Two-Year-Old Son of Birthright Citizenship  —  The State Department has demanded that one of the couple's twin sons have a DNA test to prove he's the biological son of a U.S. citizen.  —  Scott Bixby  —  Ever since twins Aiden …
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Jill Biden Says 'It's Time To Move On' From Anita Hill Controversy  —  Jill Biden is accomplished in her own right — she holds two master's degrees and a doctoral degree.  But then, her husband is the former vice president and a top contender for the Democratic presidential nomination for 2020.
Rossella Tercatin / Jerusalem Post:
Islamic Jihad admits baby, pregnant woman killed by their own rockets  —  The report was published in a Telegram account related to Hamas.  —  The Islamic Jihad, one of the terror organizations responsible for the recent wave of attacks against Israel, admitted that the baby that was killed …
Ryan McCrimmon / Politico:
Economists flee Agriculture Dept. after feeling punished under Trump  —  Economists in the Agriculture Department's research branch say the Trump administration is retaliating against them for publishing reports that shed negative light on White House policies, spurring an exodus that included six …
Associated Press:
In marriage market, Pakistani Christian girls lured to China  —  GUJRANWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Muqadas Ashraf was just 16 when her parents married her off to a Chinese man who had come to Pakistan looking for a bride.  Less than five months later, Muqadas is back in her home country …
The Guardian:
CIA warns Arab activist of potential threat from Saudi Arabia  —  Pro-democracy campaigner Iyad el-Baghdadi has been vocal critic of Saudi crown prince  —  The CIA has warned Norway that a prominent Arab activist who is living in the country under asylum protection is facing a potential threat …
Baltimore Sun:
Plenty of athletes are refusing to stand with Trump - not Tiger Woods.  —  President Donald Trump presents US golfer Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2019.  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)
Discussion: Fox News, Fox News Insider and Townhall
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
More Women Donated To Trump Campaign In First Quarter Than Any 2020 Democrat  —  More women donated to President Donald Trump's reelection campaign than any of the Democratic 2020 presidential candidates, according to FEC data.  —  10,375 women have donated to Trump in the first quarter of 2020 …
Haylye Plaster / OH Predictive Insights:
Biden Bumps Trump to Take the Lead in Arizona  —  ● Biden currently leads Trump by 5-points in Arizona, 49% to 44% in early General election matchup  — OHPI tested the top-six potential Democratic nominees against Trump, with the exception of Biden, they all trail between 5 to 9 points
 
 
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VICE:
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Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Proof of election fraud in US House race in Va.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans pray for Bernie as Democratic nominee
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