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House Republicans criticize Rep. Tlaib over remarks on Holocaust, Israel — House Republican leaders took aim at Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday for a podcast interview in which she discussed her support for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Rashida Tlaib says thinking of the Holocaust provides her a ‘calming feeling,’ shockingly claims Palestinians created ‘safe haven’ for Jews — Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has made yet another shocking and historically ignorant claim: That thinking about the Holocaust gives her a “calming feeling” …
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Human Events, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, Fox News, RedState, Breitbart, TheBlaze, New York Post and The Gateway Pundit


Kudlow's admission about who pays tariffs contradicts Trump — WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House's top economic adviser has acknowledged that U.S. consumers and businesses pay the tariffs that the Trump administration has imposed on billions of dollars of Chinese goods …
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Trump aide Kudlow acknowledges U.S. consumers pay for tariffs, not China
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Reuters, Splinter, Sputnik International and New York Times

Kudlow acknowledges U.S. consumers, not China, pay for tariffs on imports
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New York Times, Quartz, Fox News, Slate, Vox, The Guardian and POLITICUSUSA


Democrats' fear: 2020 race killing chances to win Senate — Democrats have more than beating President Trump to fret in 2020: They face an uphill battle to win the Senate, and the possibility of losing House seats, too. — Reality check: The Senate looks tough to win back for Democrats …
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Democrats Don't Want to Run for the Senate—and It Will Screw Them — Democrats are reluctant to run for a seat in an institution controlled by the loathsome Mitch McConnell, who has stripped away much of what drew politicians to the Senate. — Eleanor Clift


Pentagon will pull money from ballistic missile and surveillance plane programs to fund border wall — The Pentagon will shift $1.5 billion for President Trump's border wall from programs that include the military's next nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile and a plane that provides surveillance …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week and Slate


Sweden Reopens Rape Case Against Julian Assange — The Swedish authorities announced on Monday that they would reopen an investigation into rape allegations against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, who is serving a prison term in Britain for jumping bail as the United States seeks …
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Political Wire


An Imperial Presidency? — President Trump's free rein from political norms puts the United States at risk. — We watch daily as the constitutional and conventional fabric of this country is clawed at and unraveled by Donald Trump, while those with any power to prevent or punish his actions …
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The Stanford Daily and Raw Story


Trump Backed Libyan Warlord After Saudi Arabia and Egypt Lobbied Him — The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Egypt successfully lobbied President Trump to reverse U.S. policy in Libya and support a rogue general leading an offensive on a government in Tripoli backed by the United Nations …
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Politico, Associated Press and The American Conservative


What Joe Biden Is Teaching Democrats About Democrats — Over the past five years, the Democratic Party has seemed to race leftward so fast that its recent standard-bearers are considered no longer qualified to lead it. Bill Clinton? An embarrassment not welcome on the campaign trail. Barack Obama?


Many Democrats fear Trump is laying an impeachment trap — (CNN)It seems a crazy idea that any president would actually want to be impeached. — But Donald Trump has so subverted Washington logic with his wild, norm-crushing presidency that there is now a serious conversation …
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Front Page Magazine


Iowa's Likely Outcome for 2020 Contenders: A Field of Broken Dreams — The nation's first presidential caucus is always important, but with more than 20 Democrats running this time, the need for a strong showing is far more urgent. — IOWA CITY — It may be nearly nine months until …


How a Newspaper War in New Orleans Ended: With a Baked Alaska and Layoffs — NEW ORLEANS — The announcement came via the baked alaska. — On May 2, senior staff members at The Advocate newspaper gathered in a room at Antoine's, one of the white-linen dining palaces in the French Quarter of New Orleans …

Inside Jared Kushner's two missions impossible — Brimming with self-confidence, the first son-in-law is attempting two of the heaviest lifts in politics. — As President Donald Trump launches his re-election bid, his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is waging dual campaigns of his own …


‘Get the money in early’: 2020 donor hunt ignites — Democratic presidential campaigns are pouring more effort into winning big donors to go with the widespread focus on online fundraising. — Elizabeth Warren has sworn off attending big-money private fundraisers.


Frustration, Miscalculation: Inside the U.S.-China Trade Impasse — The latest breakdown shows the two countries still haven't found a way to negotiate effectively. 'Sometimes you need to say “stop screwing me.”
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Washington Post and Raw Story


Suddenly conservative lawyers are condemning Trump for abuses of power … Washington seems to be barreling toward a constitutional crisis. — Democrats are barraging President Trump with demands for witnesses and documents. Trump has answered by stonewalling, vowing to fight “all the subpoenas.”
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The Moderate Voice


Keir Starmer: Brexit deal unlikely to pass without confirmatory poll — Exclusive: shadow Brexit secretary also warns Labour risks losing its remain voters — Keir Starmer has expressed doubts that any cross-party Brexit deal lacking a confirmatory referendum could pass parliament …
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Politico, Financial Times and Bloomberg
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'Who's going to take care of these people?' — As emergencies rise across rural America, a hospital fights for its life — The hospital had already transferred out most of its patients and lost half its staff when the CEO called a meeting to take inventory of what was left.


Trump's ‘Maximum Pressure’ Won't Make Iran Yield — A magnificent fresco adorns the main pavilion of the royal palace in the Iranian city of Isfahan, depicting the 16th-century Battle of Chaldiran, fought between the Turkish-Ottoman and Persian-Safavid empires.
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Al Jazeera and The American Conservative
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