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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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CNN:
Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr. — Trump Jr. subpoenaed by GOP-controlled Senate committee — Washington (CNN)The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. for him to return and testify again, and the committee is now at a standoff …
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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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Vanity Fair, Common Dreams and New York Times
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
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Senate Intel Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr.
Senate Intel Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr.
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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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The American Conservative and Political Wire
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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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The Daily Beast, Raw Story and The Week
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report — WASHINGTON — President Trump asserted executive privilege on Wednesday in an effort to shield hidden portions of Robert S. Mueller III's unredacted report and the evidence he collected from Congress.
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Panel Approves Contempt for Barr After Trump Claims Privilege Over Full Mueller Report
House Panel Approves Contempt for Barr After Trump Claims Privilege Over Full Mueller Report
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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Executive Privilege Isn't a Magic Wand to Protect Trump
Executive Privilege Isn't a Magic Wand to Protect Trump
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Fortune, Daily Wire and The Root
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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Contemptor, NB Blog and Daily Kos
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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Politico, Slate, The Week, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Breitbart
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Robert Pear, a Mainstay Times Reporter in Washington, Dies at 69 — Robert Pear, a reporter whose understated demeanor belied a tenacious pursuit of sources and scoops during his 40 years at The New York Times covering health care and other critical national issues, died on Tuesday in Rockville, Md. He was 69.
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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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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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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Everything Seth Meyers Said About Ilhan Omar Is Wrong
Everything Seth Meyers Said About Ilhan Omar Is Wrong
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Seth Meyers Grills Meghan McCain: Your Rep. Ilhan Omar Comments Are ‘Dangerous’
Seth Meyers Grills Meghan McCain: Your Rep. Ilhan Omar Comments Are ‘Dangerous’
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Contemptor, Mediaite and Washington Press
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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CNN, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story and Hullabaloo
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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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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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Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Trump Faces Pressure From N.Y. Lawmakers Over Tax Returns — The State Senate passed bills to create a path to release Mr. Trump's state tax returns, and to curtail the impact of presidential pardons in New York. — Taking aim at President Trump, New York lawmakers voted on Wednesday …
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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, Salon and Politico
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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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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Daily Wire, Boston Globe, New York Times, The Week, CNN and Fortune
The Daily Beast:
Trump Goes to Bat for His Pal Matt Schlapp's Casino Client — The two even used the same language to fight the legislation: tying it to Elizabeth Warren. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday weighed in on an obscure piece of legislation granting rights to a Native American tribe seeking a casino in Massachusetts.
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Politico, Boston Globe, Shareblue Media and Washington Post
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Sam Tabachnik / Denver Post:
Kendrick Castillo, killed in STEM School shooting, sacrificed himself to save others, his father says — 18-year-old senior killed at school during Tuesday's shooting — A robotics aficionado. A lover of fishing, hunting and automobiles. And a hero whose father says threw himself at an armed student so his classmates could live.
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
“All I'm Thinking Is, 'I'm Going to Die'”: Howard Stern Reveals Cancer Scare, Trump Regrets and Details of a Dishy New Book — After a health crisis that had him “scared s***less,” the $90 million-a-year radio legend opens up about retirement, the one time he lied to his listeners …
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Daily Wire, Althouse, Fox News and Page Six
Robert Griffin / Democracy Fund Voter Study Group:
Two Years In — How Americans' Views Have — and Have Not — Changed During Trump's Presidency — TABLE OF CONTENTS: — Americans More Optimistic About Direction of the Country, Though Large Split Between Partisans — Key Findings — President Trump's favorability ratings have been stable over his presidency.
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Raw Story
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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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.
The Daily Beast:
Howard Schultz Has Largely Stopped His Presidential Prep Work — Back surgery has sidelined the former Starbucks CEO. But even his social-media presence is virtually gone. — When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz first declared that he was entertaining the idea of running for president …
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Splinter
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 …