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House Panel Investigates Obstruction Claims Against Trump Lawyers — WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee is investigating whether lawyers tied to President Trump and his family helped obstruct the panel's inquiry into Russian election interference by shaping false testimony …
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Donald Trump Jr. Strikes Deal for ‘Limited’ Interview With Intelligence Committee — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. and the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee reached a deal on Tuesday for the president's eldest son to sit for a private interview with senators in the coming weeks …
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Donald Trump Jr. has agreed to appear for closed door session with Senate Intel committee — Donald Trump Jr has agreed to meet with the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence committee for another interview, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Political Wire and Raw Story
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Don Jr. agrees to appear before Senate panel after GOP flare-up
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One America News Network, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
LindseyGrahamResign trends on Twitter
LindseyGrahamResign trends on Twitter
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HuffPost, Associated Press, Washington Press, IJR and Washington Times
Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
LindseyGrahamResign Demands Flood Twitter Amid Bipartisan Backlash Against Donald Trump Jr. Subpoena Advice
LindseyGrahamResign Demands Flood Twitter Amid Bipartisan Backlash Against Donald Trump Jr. Subpoena Advice
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Common Dreams, Breitbart and New York Times
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Trump Jr. reaches deal to testify with Senate Intelligence
Trump Jr. reaches deal to testify with Senate Intelligence
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Law & Crime and Washington Times
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Graham encourages Donald Trump Jr. to plead the Fifth
Graham encourages Donald Trump Jr. to plead the Fifth
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‘A hate-for-profit racket’: Warren refuses Fox town hall invite — Elizabeth Warren turned down a Fox News invitation Tuesday for a televised town hall and denounced the cable network as a “hate-for-profit racket that gives a megaphone to racists and conspiracists.”
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Poll: Sanders support among young voters drops sharply — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has seen his support drop sharply among the young voters that have powered his rise in Democratic politics, according to a new poll. — The survey from Morning Consult finds that Sanders's support among people between …
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Politico, IJR and twitchy.com
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I asked Democratic candidates if they'd restore press briefings. Here's what they said.
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ABC News
Katie Galioto / Politico:
Trump on Beto: ‘What the hell happened?’
Trump on Beto: ‘What the hell happened?’
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Washington Post, RedState, Breitbart, Axios and Fox News
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump mocks rivals at official event
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Trump's lawyers question Congress' power to investigate him, battle House over demand for financial records — WASHINGTON - Lawyers for President Donald Trump and the House clashed Tuesday in federal court over the extent of Congress' power to investigate him in the first legal test …
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Judge grills Trump attorney in subpoena case — A federal judge raised pointed doubts Tuesday about arguments by President Donald Trump's legal team that a Democratic effort to subpoena Trump's financial records was an invalid exercise of congressional power.
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CIA, FBI, Director of National Intelligence working with Attorney General Barr to review Russia probe origins — Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr is working closely with the CIA to review the origins of the Russia investigation and surveillance issues surrounding Donald Trump's …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Banal Complicity of Rod Rosenstein
The Banal Complicity of Rod Rosenstein
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Romney rejects Trump judicial pick who smeared Obama — Mitt Romney was the only Republican senator to vote against one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees on Tuesday. And he did so in part to defend former President Barack Obama. — Romney cast the lone GOP “no” …
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Rashida Tlaib Has Her History Wrong — On Friday, Representative Rashida Tlaib was attacked by President Donald Trump for a “horrible and highly insensitive statement on the Holocaust” and for having “tremendous hatred of ... the Jewish people.” Trump's off-base attack distracted …
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I own the Red Hen restaurant that asked Sarah Sanders to leave. Resistance isn't futile. — Stephanie Wilkinson is the co-owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Va. — “Hello Intolerant, intellectually-challenged, psychotic, socialists! — Your so-called business is in jeopardy.
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Trump Tower Is Now One of NYC's Least-Desirable Luxury Buildings — Most condo owners who sold since 2016 have recorded a loss — ‘No one wants in that building,’ says one former owner — Trump Tower, once the crown jewel in Donald Trump's property empire, now ranks …
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Splinter, Washington Monthly, Washington Times, Vanity Fair, Shareblue Media, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, HillReporter.com and The Root
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Ron DeSantis ‘not allowed’ to disclose which two Florida counties were hacked by Russians — Gov. Ron DeSantis said two counties had their elections information accessed, but the hackers weren't able to change or “manipulate” any data. — TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis met with the FBI …
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White House explores new farmer bailout plan as U.S.-China trade war heats up — White House officials are scrambling to come up with a new bailout plan to placate furious farmers after President Trump's initial idea of donating unused crops to poor countries came under scrutiny, people briefed on the planning said.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's long trade war
Trump's long trade war
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It was 84 degrees near the Arctic Ocean this weekend as carbon dioxide hit its highest level in human history — Over the weekend, the climate system sounded simultaneous alarms. Near the entrance to the Arctic Ocean in northwest Russia, the temperature surged to 84 degrees Fahrenheit (29 Celsius).
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Before Ethiopian Crash, Boeing Resisted Pilots' Calls for Aggressive Steps on 737 Max — Weeks after the first fatal crash of the 737 Max, pilots from American Airlines pressed Boeing executives to work urgently on a fix. In a closed-door meeting, they even argued that Boeing should push authorities …
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NRA Board Members Say New President Lied About Disclosing Financial Troubles — Leaked documents reveal the National Rifle Association is drowning in legal fees. Board members say they didn't know. — The National Rifle Association continues to implode amidst accusations of financial mismanagement by its highest-ranking officials.
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Big League Politics
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Allen West / The Old School Patriot:
Statement Regarding the NRA
Statement Regarding the NRA
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State Department's red flag on Steele went to a senior FBI man well before FISA warrant — In all Washington investigations, the essential questions become who knew it and when did they know it. — In the case of FBI informant Christopher Steele and the credibility of his now-disproven …
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Kushner struggles to answer GOP senators' questions on his immigration plan — President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner struggled to answer questions about his plan to overhaul the legal immigration system in a closed-door meeting with Republican senators Tuesday, according to GOP officials, winning little support for the proposal.
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The Supreme Court's Worst Decision of My Tenure — District of Columbia v. Heller, which recognized an individual right to possess a firearm under the Constitution, is unquestionably the most clearly incorrect decision that the Supreme Court announced during my tenure on the bench.
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The Daily Caller
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The Navy's probe into sky penis — It prompted viral guffaws from some and online outrage from others. — There are shot glasses commemorating the event and it birthed memes ahead of the annual Army-Navy game. — But the inside story of how an EA-18G Growler jet crew drew a penis across …
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Exclusive photos reveal children sleeping on the ground at Border Patrol station — (CNN)Photos obtained exclusively by CNN show migrants at the McAllen, Texas, Border Patrol station over the weekend, many of whom are children, sleeping on the ground on rocks and covered by Mylar blankets.
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Scoop: Top aide to Labor Secretary to depart after clash with White House — The top aide to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is leaving the Trump administration after a clash with White House officials who regarded him as personally difficult and an impediment to President Trump's deregulatory agenda …
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This Gen X Mess — The tech, music, style, books, trends, rules, films and pills that made Gen X ... so so-so. — Like many things considered “cool,” Gen X is pretty exclusive. You had to be born between 1965 and 1980 to get in to this gloomy, goofy club of forgotten middle children, and only about 65 million of us were.
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Kemp postpones film event in LA amid ‘heartbeat’ bill fallout — Gov. Brian Kemp postponed an annual trip to Los Angeles to promote Georgia's film industry on Tuesday as a growing number of movie executives and celebrities criticized his decision to sign the anti-abortion “heartbeat” bill into law.
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CNN and Political Wire