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Axios:
Scoop: Senate Intel subpoenas Trump Jr. over Russia matters — The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. to answer questions about his previous testimony before Senate investigators in relation to the Russia investigation, sources with direct knowledge told Axios.
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Jr. Is Subpoenaed by Senate Committee in Russia Probe — Panel led by Republicans wants testimony about earlier responses to investigators — WASHINGTON—The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son …
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U.S. House of Representatives Permanent …:
House Intelligence Committee Issues Subpoena for Counterintelligence and Foreign Intelligence Materials in Mueller Investigation, Including Report and Underlying Evidence — f t # e — Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence …
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. subpoenaed by Senate panel for further testimony on campaign's Russia contacts
Zachary Basu / Axios:
House Judiciary Committee votes to hold AG Bill Barr in contempt
House Judiciary Committee votes to hold AG Bill Barr in contempt
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Maddow wants to know why Trump Jr. is being brought into ‘clarify’ testimony when others were prosecuted
CNN:
Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr.
Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Schiff: The case for impeachment hearings is getting stronger
Schiff: The case for impeachment hearings is getting stronger
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Paul Rosenzweig / USA Today:
Mueller didn't say it so we did: Trump would face felony charges if he weren't president
Mueller didn't say it so we did: Trump would face felony charges if he weren't president
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NB Blog, Daily Kos, Boing Boing and Contemptor
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. subpoenaed by Senate Intelligence Committee for further testimony on Trump campaign's Russia contacts
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Schiff subpoenas DOJ for unredacted Mueller report and counterintel info
Schiff subpoenas DOJ for unredacted Mueller report and counterintel info
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TheBlaze
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The White House revoked my press pass. It's not just me — it's curtailing access for all journalists. — For the past 21 years, I have had the high privilege of holding a White House press pass, a magical ticket that gives the bearer a front-row seat to history.
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Washington Post:
A frustrated Trump questions his administration's Venezuela strategy — President Trump is questioning his administration's aggressive strategy in Venezuela following the failure of a U.S.-backed effort to oust President Nicolás Maduro, complaining he was misled about how easy …
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Wesley Morgan / Politico:
McMaster blasts former colleagues as ‘danger to the Constitution’ — Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster accused some of his former White House colleagues on Wednesday of being “a danger to the Constitution” because they are either trying to manipulate President Donald Trump to push …
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Kyle Rempfer / Military Times:
H.R. McMaster says the public is fed a ‘war-weariness’ narrative that hurts US strategy — War in Afghanistan can be sustained, but the narrative of a war-weary American public is hurting that effort, former National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster said Wednesday.
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
This Is What It Sounds Like Hiding In A Dark Classroom During A School Shooting — “Attention please. Lockdown. Block lights. Out of sight. Attention please. Lockdown. Block lights. Out of sight. Attention please. Lockdown. Block lights. Out of sight.”
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Bloomberg:
Trump to Ask Supreme Court to Prevent Nationwide Injunctions — Administration has previously attemped to curb injunctions — High court hasn't ruled on question because policies upheld — Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court …
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Associated Press:
Pence slams district court rulings against Trump policies — WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue rulings blocking nationwide policies, arguing that such injunctions …
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Axios
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain's Husband Ben Domenech Goes on Unhinged Homophobic Rant Against ‘Cuck’ Seth Meyers — The conservative writer and founder of The Federalist later deleted the tweets in which he called the ‘Late Night’ host a ‘piece of sh*t’ for grilling his wife. — Matt Wilstein
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Darrell Smith / Sacramento Bee:
The Twitter conspiracy that sabotaged a small-town California festival: 'It's pretty nutty' — Organizers say a knot of online conspiracy theories that their tiny Northern California charter school's fundraiser would be the target of a terror plot forced them to cancel their annual festival this weekend out of safety concerns.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Mysteries of Kamala Harris — No Vanity Fair or Time magazine covers for her. Why is that? — There's nothing terribly surprising about how Elizabeth Warren's campaign is playing out. She's scoring big points for her seriousness, reflected in a raft of detailed policy proposals.
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Kaya Yurieff / CNN:
Instagram still doesn't have vaccine misinformation under control — New York (CNN Business)Two months after Facebook pledged to fight vaccine misinformation on its platforms, and in the midst of a measles outbreak in New York City, Instagram is still serving up posts from anti-vaccination accounts …
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Maeve Kennedy McKean / Politico:
RFK Jr. Is Our Brother and Uncle. He's Tragically Wrong About Vaccines.
RFK Jr. Is Our Brother and Uncle. He's Tragically Wrong About Vaccines.
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Washington Post:
Trump's tweet derails House bill opposed by lobbyist with close White House ties — President Trump on Wednesday helped derail a bipartisan casino bill opposed by a key White House ally after tying the measure to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a leading Democratic candidate vying to challenge him in 2020.
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Nearly half of white Republicans say it bothers them to hear people speaking foreign languages — A new survey finds white Republicans are far more likely to be put off by foreign language speakers than their Democratic counterparts. — According to Pew Research Center …
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Juliana Menasce Horowitz / Pew Research Center:
Americans See Advantages and Challenges in Country's Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity
Americans See Advantages and Challenges in Country's Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity
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Talking Points Memo, courthousenews.com, Raw Story and Front Page Magazine
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Only one 2020 Democrat fully grasps the threat Trump poses — Is President Trump an aberration whose defeat in 2020 would allow the nation to begin rebounding toward normalcy? Or does his ascendance reflect long-running national pathologies and deeply ingrained structural economic …
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Hullabaloo and Salon
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
California overhauls sex education guidance for teachers — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has overhauled its sex education guidance for public school teachers, encouraging them to talk about gender identity with kindergartners and giving advice to help LGBT teenagers navigate relationships and practice safe sex.
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Associated Press:
Pompeo cancels stop in Greenland — LONDON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has canceled a visit to Greenland to return to Washington amid an escalation of tensions with Iran. — Pompeo had been due to wrap up a trip to Europe on Thursday with a stop in Greenland aimed at promoting the Trump administration's Arctic policies.
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
From the border, more frustrating immigration numbers for President Trump — The number of border-crossers taken into U.S. custody topped 100,000 for the second consecutive month in April, U.S. border officials said Wednesday, deepening the crisis that has derailed President Trump's immigration agenda …
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Border Patrol arrested nearly 99,000 migrants in April
Border Patrol arrested nearly 99,000 migrants in April
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Jon Murray / Denver Post:
Denver first in U.S. to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms — Psilocybin possession would remain illegal but would become police's “lowest law-enforcement priority” — Denver is poised to become the first city in the nation to effectively decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms.
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Ann Schmidt / Fox News:
Amy Klobuchar's Fox News town hall: 4 takeaways to know — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., spoke at a Fox News town hall in Milwaukee, Wis., on Wednesday evening. — The 58-year-old presidential hopeful discussed her campaign and her reputation as a moderate Democrat and how she plans to stand out in the crowded Democratic field.
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Further investigation into Matt Gaetz is needed for tweet at Michael Cohen, Florida Bar determines. — The Panhandle Republican faces discipline for a message he posted the day before Trump's former lawyer testified to Congress. — An investigation into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz will proceed …
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David Siders / Politico:
Biden: Democratic field will shrink rapidly early next year — LOS ANGELES — Joe Biden predicted Wednesday that the field of Democratic presidential candidates would be “winnowed out pretty quickly” next year, dismissing concerns that a lengthy and contentious primary could weaken the party's nominee.
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Campaign Hires Nine Regional Directors for 2020 Election — Re-election team plans to more than double number of communications staff from 2016 — WASHINGTON—President Trump's re-election team is building out its political infrastructure with a round of hires that underscores …
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Justin Ray / Columbia Journalism Review:
How one reporter got the Sandra Bland cell phone video — In June 2017, Brian Collister was a lead investigative reporter for KXAN, a Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate in Austin, Texas. He had covered Sandra Bland's 2015 traffic stop in Waller County, an incident that sparked protests across …