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New York Times:
Barr Assigns U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to Review Origins of Russia Inquiry — WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr has assigned the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut to examine the origins of the Russia investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter …
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
AP source: Prosecutor to examine Russia probe origins — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,” …
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Daily Wire and Axios
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why was FBI so wrong in Trump-Russia wiretap warrant?
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Fox News, JustOneMinute and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War — WASHINGTON — At a meeting of President Trump's top national security aides last Thursday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops …
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The American Conservative, Contemptor, Air Force Times, The Guardian, The Week, Daily Wire and New York Post
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Is Trump Yet Another U.S. President Provoking a War?
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International Policy Digest, VodkaPundit and Politico
Washington Post:
Before Trump's purge at DHS, top officials challenged plan for mass family arrests — In the weeks before they were ousted last month, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and top immigration enforcement official Ronald Vitiello challenged a secret White House plan to arrest thousands …
Washington Post:
Judiciary chairman says Trump Jr. should plead the Fifth to Intelligence panel — The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee encouraged Donald Trump Jr. to invoke his right against self-incrimination and refuse to answer questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee if he complies …
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CNN and The Daily Caller
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr.'s No-Shows Led to Subpoena, Republican Senator Says — WASHINGTON — Allies of Donald Trump Jr. may have stirred up a firestorm among Republicans over a subpoena to recall the president's eldest son to the Senate Intelligence Committee, but the panel's Republican chairman …
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Raw Story
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham advises Donald Trump Jr. to ignore Senate subpoena
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Mediaite and twitchy.com
CNN:
How Donald Trump Jr. and Richard Burr hit an impasse
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Bloomberg, Politico, Raw Story, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA and Contemptor
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Rosenstein criticizes Jim Comey as ‘partisan pundit,’ defends handling of Mueller probe — Former deputy attorney general Rod J. Rosenstein on Monday defended his role in the firing of James B. Comey from the FBI and criticized the bureau's former director as a “partisan pundit” …
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Vanity Fair, Slate, The Week, Mediaite and The Guardian
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Rosenstein unloads on Comey, says he broke ‘bright lines that should never be crossed’
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RedState, Axios and New York Post
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Rod Rosenstein defends Russia investigation handling, hits back at James Comey
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The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
YouTube's Newest Far-Right, Foul-Mouthed, Red-Pilling Star Is A 14-Year-Old Girl — “Soph” has nearly a million followers on the giant video platform. Its executives only have themselves to blame. — What does a 14-year-old girl dressed in a chador have to say on YouTube to amass more than 800,000 followers?
Carliss Chatman / CNN:
What's behind the absurd gamble on women's rights and health — Companies halt production in Georgia over abortion law — Carliss Chatman is an assistant professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law and writes about corporate personhood, corporate governance, and ethics.
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Washington Post
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Leah Litman / New York Times:
Is Roe in Danger? Liberal Justices Seem to Think So — Conservative justices took a step in laying the foundation for the reversal of Roe v. Wade. — Ms. Litman is an assistant professor of law at the University of California, Irvine. — The Supreme Court made clear on Monday …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Republicans surrender to Trump's China tariffs — The GOP is starting to give up on thwarting President Donald Trump's trade agenda. — Senate Republicans acknowledge that the president's latest tariff increase on Chinese imports are harming farm state economies, their own constituents and some of Trump's most reliable voters.
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Breitbart
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's China grudge match may be spinning out of control
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One America News Network, Breitbart, ABC News, Outside the Beltway and Associated Press
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock enters the 2020 race as Democrat from a Trump state — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, the 22nd Democratic presidential hopeful, announced his decision Tuesday morning to join the vast field of 2020 candidates vying for voters' attention. And he claims he'll fill a role no one else does.
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Axios, Washington Post and Politico
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Steve Bullock / YouTube:
Fair Shot — About a hundred years ago, this was “the richest hill on earth.” — The men who owned it were called kings. — With their money, they bought politicians; attacked unions, exploited workers, and left us all with a toxic reminder of what happens when our democracy is put up for sale.
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Fox News, Axios, NPR and New York Times
Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times:
WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones — A vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp has allowed attackers to inject commercial Israeli spyware on to phones, the company and a spyware technology dealer said. — WhatsApp, which is used by 1.5bn people worldwide …
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CNN, New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Verge, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Engadget and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Lahav Harkov / New York Post:
Fake history: Rashida Tlaib's grotesque distortion of the making of Israel — Everyone's heard of Holocaust denial, but there's a related phenomenon, Holocaust distortion, that involves taking undue credit for rescuing Jews, claims often made by nations that played a role in the genocide of the Jewish people.
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Fox News, Informed Comment and American Greatness
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Beto, Kamala plotting a media ‘reintroduction’ as Biden surges — When you're relaunching, you're losing. — A few short months after the Democratic presidential race got underway, some in the single-digit crowd are struggling — to the point that they're trying to get the media to give them a second look.
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Politico, New York Times and The Week
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Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
U.S. Rejects Top Palestinian Official Hanan Ashrawi's Visa Request — Ashrawi, who in the past met with U.S. presidents and senior officials, says no reason was given for refusal ■ State Department says it does not refuse visas based solely on political views if they are ‘lawful in the United States’
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Joyce Karam / The National:
US denies visa to senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi
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Associated Press, Splinter, CNN, Al Jazeera and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Allison Pecorin / ABC News:
Trump Organization and House Democrats square off over subpoenas — The first judicial square-off over subpoenas between President Donald Trump and House Democrats is expected to take place in D.C. District court Tuesday where a judge is set to hear arguments on a lawsuit brought …
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Washington Post and Politico
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump targets Pell Grant money for NASA's budget boost — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants to shift money for Pell Grants for college education to fund new spending, including a $1.6 billion bump for NASA to return American astronauts to the moon by 2024.
Discussion:
One America News Network and Axios
Washington Post:
Senior arms control official resigns from State Department — A top U.S. arms control official and prominent Iran hawk has resigned from the State Department after serving just over a year in the position, said U.S. officials and congressional aides familiar with the decision.
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump comes out against Equality Act — With a vote on the Equality Act in the U.S. House expected on Friday, a senior administration official indicated exclusively to the Washington Blade that President Trump opposes the bill. — “The Trump administration absolutely opposes discrimination …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Conservatism has become a racket, and Trump is the grifter in chief — “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” -Eric Hoffer — You can debate when the conservative movement became a racket — I nominate 1996 …
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Raw Story, The Trace, ABC News and Talking Points Memo
Anna Flagg / New York Times:
Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime? — It's a widely held perception, but a new analysis finds no evidence to support it. — A lot of research has shown that there's no causal connection between immigration and crime in the United States.
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POLITICUSUSA, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Splinter, ImmigrationProf Blog and twitchy.com
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