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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
White House Asked McGahn to Declare Trump Never Obstructed Justice — WASHINGTON — White House officials asked at least twice in the past month for the key witness against President Trump in the Mueller report, Donald F. McGahn II, to say publicly that he never believed the president obstructed justice …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Don McGahn Rebuffed White House Request to Say Trump Didn't Obstruct Justice — After release of the Mueller report, the president sought to have the former White House counsel say that he didn't believe the president's push to dismiss the special counsel constituted a crime
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Joe Biden once said a fence was needed to stop ‘tons’ of drugs from Mexico — Biden bolts to the top of Democratic rankings — (CNN)Joe Biden once spoke about jailing employers who hire “illegals,” said sanctuary cities shouldn't be allowed to violate federal law, and argued a fence was needed stop …
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Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Exclusive: Presidential hopeful Biden looking for ‘middle ground’ climate policy — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is crafting a climate change policy he hopes will appeal to both environmentalists and the blue-collar voters that elected Donald Trump …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump is Pressuring Ukraine to Smear Clinton and Biden — In 2016, Donald Trump's campaign learned Russia was working to help him win, and many of its members actively sought to exploit that assistance. In 2020, now possessing the powers of the Executive Branch, it's pressuring …
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Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Biden's Climate Adviser Earned $1 Million From Natural Gas Company
Biden's Climate Adviser Earned $1 Million From Natural Gas Company
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ben Shapiro Storms Out of BBC Interview: 'I'm Popular and No One's Ever Heard of You' — Facts did not care about Ben Shapiro's feelings. — Right-wing commentator and “cool kids' philosopher” Ben Shapiro stormed out of a contentious BBC interview on Thursday after accusing the conservative host …
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Andrew Neil takes on US conservative Ben Shapiro — He has more than 2 million followers on Twitter, 600,000 YouTube subscribers and his videos on the Daily Wire channel rack up millions of views. — Ben Shapiro is a controversial figure but one of the US' leading conservative political commentators.
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Cockburn / Spectator USA:
WATCH VIDEO: Ben Shapiro has mega TANTRUM on the BBC — Ben Shapiro is the famous, fast-talking pundit who regularly ‘owns’ aggressive campus students with his quick wit and rapid repartee. — Alas, Shapiro isn't so ‘crazy smart’ when he comes up against difficult questions from a real interviewer.
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Ben Shapiro Storms Out of Confrontational BBC Interview: 'I'm Popular and No One Has Ever Heard of You'
Ben Shapiro Storms Out of Confrontational BBC Interview: 'I'm Popular and No One Has Ever Heard of You'
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Jack Crosbie / Splinter:
Please Enjoy Ben Shapiro Melting Down and Running Out of a BBC Interview
Please Enjoy Ben Shapiro Melting Down and Running Out of a BBC Interview
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Ways and Means Chairman Subpoenas Trump Tax Returns — WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee subpoenaed the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service on Friday, disregarding the Treasury secretary's refusal this week to hand over six years …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
House committee subpoenas Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig over Trump tax returns
House committee subpoenas Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig over Trump tax returns
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Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
Democrats subpoena Trump's tax returns in escalating fight with White House
Democrats subpoena Trump's tax returns in escalating fight with White House
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
House Ways and Means Committee subpoenas Trump's tax returns
House Ways and Means Committee subpoenas Trump's tax returns
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Nadler says Mueller will not testify next week — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y) said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller will not be testifying before his panel next week. — Nadler told reporters that the committee is still negotiating over his testimony …
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Congressman Eric Swalwell:
Nadler, Deutch, Swalwell Introduce Bill to Ensure Presidents Can be Held Accountable for Criminal Conduct
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House Intel Republicans offer rare praise for Adam Schiff
House Intel Republicans offer rare praise for Adam Schiff
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
House Judiciary introduces act to pause statute of limitations on presidential federal offenses
House Judiciary introduces act to pause statute of limitations on presidential federal offenses
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Politico:
‘I look at it like my race’: Biden's primary surge reminds Trump of 2016 — In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, the president predicted the former vice president would steamroll Democratic rivals who 'aren't registering.' — President Donald Trump sees parallels between Joe Biden's early surge …
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Oliver Carroll / The Independent:
Ukraine president-elect may refuse to meet Trump's lawyer when he flies into Kiev, sources say
Ukraine president-elect may refuse to meet Trump's lawyer when he flies into Kiev, sources say
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani Scores a New Client: an Authoritarian, Middle Eastern Regime
Giuliani Scores a New Client: an Authoritarian, Middle Eastern Regime
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Daily Mail:
Dorenko died after falling from his Triumph motorbike on Thursday evening shortly before 7pm — He was pronounced dead at the spot with reports in the official media rapidly stating he had suffered ‘major heart failure’ and died of ‘natural causes’ - even before any autopsy was conducted.
Jim Baker / Lawfare:
Why I Do Not Hate Donald Trump — Many people would probably believe me justified in hating Donald Trump. — While I was general counsel of the FBI, I watched the president fire my boss and friend, Jim Comey. I've read and heard the many false statements that the president and his supporters have made about him.
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Washington Post:
Trump takes over Fourth of July celebration, changing its location and inserting himself into the program — President Trump has effectively taken charge of the nation's premier Fourth of July celebration in Washington, moving the gargantuan fireworks display from its usual spot on the Mall …
Sean Illing / Vox:
How golf explains Trump. Seriously. — “This guy cheats like a mafia accountant.” — Have you ever won a tournament you never competed in? Have you ever stolen the ball from an opponent to gain a competitive advantage? — If the answer to either or both of those questions is no, then you're not cheating at the highest level.
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Pentagon shifting $1.5 billion to border wall construction — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is shifting $1.5 billion in funds originally targeted for support of the Afghan security forces and other projects to help pay for construction of 80 miles of wall at the U.S.-Mexican border, officials said Friday.
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Here's a Preview of America's 2020 Nightmare if Trump Loses — Foreign leaders have demanded do-overs of elections they've lost, and got them. Who seriously thinks it can't happen here? — Michael Tomasky — BEAST INSIDE — Donald Trump joked at his Florida rally about staying in the White House for “10 or 14” years.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Shocker! The GoFundMe Campaign to Build the Wall Is a Bust — And now, the donors to the effort are demanding answers. … Back in December, Washington state Trump supporter Joshua Greene donated a small amount of money to the crowdfunding effort to build a wall along the southern U.S. border.
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Abrams Warns of Russian Takeover in 2030 If Voter Suppression Not Addressed — Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams warned Friday that if voter suppression wasn't addressed properly in 2020, “we will be having a very different conversation, potentially in Russian, in 2030.”
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Amy Sherman / PolitiFact:
Notice … In a speech to the NAACP, Democratic presidential …
Notice … In a speech to the NAACP, Democratic presidential …
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
John Paul Stevens Worries About the Court — A retired Supreme Court justice wants his former colleagues to adhere to precedent and the president to comply with subpoenas — At 99, John Paul Stevens can remember a time when a Supreme Court nomination prompted minimal controversy …
Tim Mak / NPR:
Exclusive: Documents Detail Meetings Of Russians With Treasury, Federal Reserve — Newly obtained documents describe what happened when two now-infamous Russians took their outreach campaign into the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve in 2015. — Alexander Torshin …
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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Schedules show West Virginia governor largely absent in job — CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — He's a billionaire who owns mines, farms and the swankiest resort in all of West Virginia. But how Jim Justice spends his time as the state's 36th governor has largely been a mystery.
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
She Stopped to Help Migrants on a Texas Highway. Moments Later, She Was Arrested. — MCALLEN, Tex. — Teresa L. Todd pulled over one recent night on a dark West Texas highway to help three young Central American migrants who had flagged her down. Ms. Todd — an elected official …
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Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea's new missile — TOKYO (AP) — The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the Russian military …
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Tarpley Hitt / The Daily Beast:
Inside SALT: The Mooch's Hedge-Fund Festival Where MAGA Has-Beens Are Great Again — Anthony Scaramucci's annual hedge-fund conference featured speeches, steak, and a completely alternative reality. — LAS VEGAS—Wednesday afternoon, two thousand men in blue suits sat down to a lunch of well-done steak.
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