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New York Times:
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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Axios, CNN, Law & Crime, The Week, Raw Story, Mediaite and The New Civil Rights Movement
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
LindseyGrahamResign trends on Twitter — Calls for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to resign began trending on Twitter Tuesday morning after the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman encouraged President Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., to plead the Fifth. — Graham on Monday said Trump Jr …
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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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Breitbart, Common Dreams and New York Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell defends Burr amid Trump Jr. subpoena fallout
McConnell defends Burr amid Trump Jr. subpoena fallout
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Raw Story
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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News+Opinion …, Politico, The State, Raw Story, Townhall, Washington Post, Law & Crime and The Daily Caller
Alex Thompson / Politico:
‘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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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
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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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
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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BuzzFeed News, The Week, The New Civil Rights Movement and Shareblue Media
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
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.
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Tlaib Blames ‘Racist Idiots’ for Criticizing Her Historical Illiteracy on Holocaust — Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) blamed “racist idiots” on Monday for criticizing her false historical narrative about Palestinian Arabs assisting Jews after the Holocaust.
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Benny Morris / The Atlantic:
Rashida Tlaib Has Her History Wrong
Rashida Tlaib Has Her History Wrong
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Hot Air, New York Post, Fathom and Tablet Magazine
Aaron Freedman / The Guardian:
The right is crying wolf on antisemitism. That's endangering Jews | Aaron Freedman
The right is crying wolf on antisemitism. That's endangering Jews | Aaron Freedman
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Politico
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
A ‘Calming Feeling,’ a Frenzy and a New Front in the War Over Anti-Semitism
A ‘Calming Feeling,’ a Frenzy and a New Front in the War Over Anti-Semitism
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The Nation, The Guardian, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, ThinkProgress, The Hill, Human Events, Townhall, Breitbart and NB Blog
Los Angeles Times:
It's John Bolton's world. Trump is just living in it — John Bolton, President Trump's national security advisor, is leading the United States in a dangerous direction. — In February, it was Bolton who reportedly pressed Trump to take an uncompromising line on denuclearization …
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The National Interest and Institute for Policy Studies
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Newsweek:
Trump administration prepares multiple military options for Iran, including airstrikes and setting up ground invasion
Trump administration prepares multiple military options for Iran, including airstrikes and setting up ground invasion
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The American Conservative, LobeLog, New York Times and ABC News
New York Times:
White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War
White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
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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Big League Politics and Raw Story
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Shahien Nasiripour / Bloomberg:
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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Washington Monthly, Splinter, Washington Times, Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair, Shareblue Media, The Week, Raw Story, HillReporter.com and The Root
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
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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ThinkProgress, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Daily Wire and The Week
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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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Shareblue Media, The Daily Caller and PJ Media Home
Stephanie Wilkinson / Washington Post:
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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Shareblue Media, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and TheBlaze
Washington Post:
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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Vox, CNN, Townhall, Shareblue Media, TheBlaze, Bloomberg, Breitbart, Daily Kos, NBC News and American Soybean Association
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's long trade war — Senior administration officials tell Axios that a trade deal with China isn't close and that the U.S. could be in for a long trade war. — The state of play: A senior administration official said the differences between the two sides are so profound that …
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Financial Times, POLITICUSUSA, ThinkProgress, One America News Network, Political Wire and Politico
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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Michael Woodel / Missoulian:
Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins announces 2020 bid for US Senate
Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins announces 2020 bid for US Senate
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ABC News
Allen West / The Old School Patriot:
Statement Regarding the NRA — It has become very apparent that I need to speak out about what is happening at the National Rifle Association. — I am in my second term as a Board member, and I am deeply concerned about the actions and statements being made.
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ABC News, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
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Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
NRA Board Members Say New President Lied About Disclosing Financial Troubles
NRA Board Members Say New President Lied About Disclosing Financial Troubles
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Big League Politics and The Trace
Geoff Ziezulewicz / Navy Times:
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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TheBlaze, Daily Kos, Gizmodo, Task & Purpose, The Gateway Pundit, VICE, Boing Boing and Althouse
CNN:
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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Shareblue Media and Talking Points Memo
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
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).
New York Times:
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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Spectator USA
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
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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Bloomberg Law, Politico, Raw Story and The Guardian
John Paul Stevens / The Atlantic:
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
Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
DeSantis: Russians accessed 2 Florida voting databases — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Russian hackers gained access to voter databases in two Florida counties ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference Tuesday.
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Emily Mahoney / Tampa Bay Times:
Ron DeSantis ‘not allowed’ to disclose which two Florida counties were hacked by Russians
Ron DeSantis ‘not allowed’ to disclose which two Florida counties were hacked by Russians
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Florida Politics
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Alice Rivlin, First Woman To Serve As Budget Director, Dies At Age 88 — Alice Rivlin, former President Bill Clinton's budget director who overcame sexism to become the first woman to serve in that role, has died of cancer, the Brookings Institution confirmed Tuesday. She was 88.