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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.
Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and POLITICUSUSA
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
‘There He Goes Again’?  Not Yet, as Biden Avoids Major Gaffes  —  LOS ANGELES — The mayor of Los Angeles was attempting to praise Joseph R. Biden Jr. to the press, but Mr. Biden's aides were more focused on shooing the press away.  —  At the end of a made-for-cameras lunch he shared …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Biden's entry into the Democratic race provides a jolt to the Sanders candidacy
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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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.
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
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
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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, Mediaite and CNN
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 …
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Buttigieg calls out Democrats for playing ‘identity politics’  —  In a risky speech to the Human Rights Campaign, a major LGBT rights group, Buttigieg warned of a “crisis of belonging in this country.”  —  LAS VEGAS — Pete Buttigieg sought to diffuse weeks of fraught questions about white privilege …
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘A dream ticket’: Black lawmakers pitch Biden-Harris to beat Trump  —  The Congressional Black Caucus may have found an answer to its Joe Biden dilemma: Vice President Kamala Harris.  —  Some black lawmakers are agonizing over whether to back Biden or two members of the close-knit caucus …
Discussion: Breitbart, IJR and Fox News
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.
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
North Carolina Blowback Intensifies on Richard Burr's Rogue Subpoena  —  The intense home state backlash against Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, for issuing a rogue subpoena of President Donald Trump's eldest son Donald Trump, Jr. …
Discussion: RedState, Mother Jones and USA Today
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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
McConnell tells Trump ‘not to worry’ about Trump Jr. subpoena
Discussion: Breitbart and Power Line
Washington Post:
Applying ‘maximum pressure,’ Trump faces burgeoning crises overseas  —  President Trump ran for office vowing to extricate the United States from entanglements abroad.  But his administration now finds itself juggling three national security crises overseas — with Iran, Venezuela and North Korea …
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New York Times:
Trump Said He Would Tame Rogue Nations. Now They Are Challenging Him.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Politico
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Your 5G Phone Won't Hurt You.  But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.  —  RT America, a network known for sowing disinformation, has a new alarm: the coming ‘5G Apocalypse.’  —  The cellphones known as 5G, or fifth generation, represent the vanguard of a wireless era rich in interconnected cars, factories and cities.
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
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 …
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.
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
New York Times:
Trump Tries to Bring Hungary's Orban in From the Cold  —  BUDAPEST — George W. Bush dodged it.  Barack Obama refused it.  But on Monday President Trump will grant Viktor Orban, Hungary's far-right prime minister, his first private audience with a president at the White House since he met Bill Clinton there in 1998.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Booker hits Warren over proposal to break up tech giants  —  Cory Booker swatted at his Senate colleague and fellow 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren for her calls to break up some of the country's most powerful technology companies — bashing the proposal as not befitting a president and sounding …
 
 
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Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Channeling maybe-yes, maybe-no Mueller: Speak, Bob, Speak!
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
John Paul Stevens looks back on nearly a century of life and law, but worries about the future
Discussion: Political Wire
DW.COM:
Turkish journalist beaten after TV appearance
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Polish nationalists protest US over Holocaust claims
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff: Trump's obstruction of Congress “does add weight to impeachment”
Discussion: Politico
Paul Waugh / HuffPost UK:
Trump To Be Denied Honour Of Addressing UK Parliament During State Visit In June
Peter Schweizer / New York Post:
The troubling reason why Biden is so soft on China
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
When It Comes to Republican Defectors, Current Crisis Is No Watergate
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Trump backers applaud Warren in heart of MAGA country
Reuters:
Venezuela's Guaido seeks U.S. Pentagon cooperation to solve political crisis
VICE News:
Democrats Are Training to Appear on Fox News: “Everyone Has a Fox News Horror Story”
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A group raised over $20 million to ‘build the wall.’ Now its supporters want answers.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Trump Has a Strong Economy to Proclaim. In Wisconsin, It Just Might Work.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Michael Oren Cuts Short a Conversation About Israel
 

 
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Financial Times:
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