memeorandum: Schiff: Trump's obstruction of Congress “does add weight to impeachment” (Zachary Basu/Axios)

Leaked Letters Reveal Details of NRA Chief's Alleged Spending — Wayne LaPierre expensed $39,000 in clothes in one day, $18,300 for car and driver, ad agency says; NRA says board has ‘full confidence’ in him — National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre billed the group's ad agency $39,000 …

Discussion: The Week, Axios and Raw Story

Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:

Leaked Documents: NRA Racked Up $24 Million in Legal Bills — The NRA has racked up huge legal bills over the last year that threaten to debilitate the organization, according to documents posted anonymously online that appear to be written by the group's ex-president Oliver North.

Discussion: HillReporter.com, Raw Story and Slate

David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:

Can Wharton Revoke Trump's Economics Degree Now? — His ideas are dumb and destructive. — Despite all the success enjoyed by 19th Century industrial magnate Joseph Wharton, the 21st Century has not been kind to his family's legacy. His great-great-great grandson, Josh Rosen …

Discussion: New York Times

Zachary Basu / Axios:

White House adviser Larry Kudlow contradicts Trump on who pays tariffs — White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow admitted to Fox News' Chris Wallace on Sunday that the Chinese do not directly pay tariffs on goods coming into the U.S., but argued that China will suffer GDP losses as a result of a diminishing export markets.

Discussion: One America News Network

Financial Times: China's Liu He denies backtracking on trade agreements with the US

HuffPost: Trump Trade War Just Raised Taxes On Consumers By Tens Of Billions of Dollars

Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Killing the Pax Americana

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story

Washington Post:

Trump and his allies are blocking more than 20 separate Democratic probes in an all-out war with Congress — President Trump and his allies are working to block more than 20 separate investigations by Democrats into his actions as president, his personal finances and his administration's policies …

Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and Mediaite

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Nadler squeezed with calls for ‘inherent contempt’ — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler is in a bind. — A growing number of Democratic committee members are pushing Nadler to take more aggressive steps to force President Donald Trump and top administration officials to comply with a host of congressional subpoenas.

Discussion: Raw Story

Jamie Raskin / Washington Post: Congress isn't just a co-equal branch. We're first among equals.

Dr. Casey Dominguez / demwritepress.com: Dear Chairman Nadler: It's Time to Fight Executive Overreach

Andy Shain / Post and Courier:

‘The safe choice:’ Biden widens SC lead in 2020 Democratic presidential primary — Now that he's formally entered the race, former Vice President Joe Biden widened his lead in South Carolina among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, according to a new poll.

Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:

A reporter declined to reveal his source. Then police showed up at his front door with guns. — Bryan Carmody, a freelance reporter in San Francisco, awoke Friday to the sounds of someone trying to break into his house. — About 10 officers from the San Francisco Police Department …

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Kate Taylor / New York Times:

Harvard Drops Harvey Weinstein Lawyer as a Faculty Dean — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard said on Saturday that a law professor who is representing Harvey Weinstein would not continue as faculty dean of an undergraduate house after his term ends on June 30, bowing to months of pressure from students.

Discussion: The Harvard Crimson, Outside the Beltway, The American Conservative and Law & Crime

Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:

Michael Oren Cuts Short a Conversation About Israel — Michael Oren, born Michael Bornstein in New York in 1955, emigrated to Israel forty years ago and served in the Israeli Defense Forces. After returning to the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Near Eastern studies from Princeton …

Zachary Basu / Axios:

Schiff: Trump's obstruction of Congress “does add weight to impeachment” — House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on ABC's “This Week” that President Trump's stonewalling of congressional oversight — which he considers further obstruction of justice …

Discussion: Politico

Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:

A group raised over $20 million to ‘build the wall.’ Now its supporters want answers. — A December fundraising campaign brought in more than $20 million over the course of a few weeks, its thousands of donors united by a common goal: the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, oft-promised by President Trump.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Axios and Daily Kos

Campbell Robertson / New York Times:

They Were Promised Coding Jobs in Appalachia. Now They Say It Was a Fraud. — Mined Minds came into West Virginia espousing a certain dogma, fostered in the world of start-ups and TED Talks. Students found an erratic operation. — BECKLEY, W.Va. — On a spring day in 2017 …

Peter Schweizer / New York Post:

The troubling reason why Biden is so soft on China — Why is Joe Biden so warm toward China? — Last week, Biden raised eyebrows when he shrugged off concerns over the China threat. “Come on, man,” Biden said. “I mean, you know, they're not bad folks, folks. But guess what, they're not competition for us.”

Mariam Khan / ABC News:

McConnell tells Trump ‘not to worry’ about Trump Jr. subpoena — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday urged President Donald Trump “not to worry” after the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.

Discussion: Breitbart and Power Line

Discussion: Breitbart, Mother Jones and HillReporter.com

New York Times:

Russia Is Targeting Europe's Elections. So Are Far-Right Copycats. — LONDON — Less than two weeks before pivotal elections for the European Parliament, a constellation of websites and social media accounts linked to Russia or far-right groups is spreading disinformation …

Discussion: The Daily Beast

Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:

A D.C. author shamed a Metro worker for eating on the train. Now her book deal is in jeopardy. — The backlash was swift, with many accusing the woman, Natasha Tynes, of trying to get the employee fired. — Author Natasha Tynes has ignited a firestorm on social media …

Discussion: Althouse, Raw Story and Slate

Maureen Groppe / USA Today:

Vice President Pence to graduates: Be prepared to be ridiculed for being Christian — WASHINGTON -The last time Vice President Mike Pence spoke at Liberty University, he used the backdrop of one of the world's largest Christian schools to vouch for candidate Donald Trump's faith credentials during the 2016 campaign.

Discussion: Washington Times and Fox News

Alex Thompson / Politico:

Trump backers applaud Warren in heart of MAGA country — KERMIT, W. Va. — It was a startling spectacle in the heart of Trump country: At least a dozen supporters of the president — some wearing MAGA stickers — nodding their heads, at times even clapping, for liberal firebrand Elizabeth Warren.

Discussion: HillReporter.com and The Guardian