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New York Times:
Alabama Lawmakers Vote to Effectively Ban Abortion in the State — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate approved a measure on Tuesday that would outlaw almost all abortions in the state, setting up a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, the case that recognized a woman's constitutional right to end a pregnancy.
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Washington Post:
Alabama Senate passes nation's most restrictive abortion ban, which makes no exceptions for victims of rape and incest — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers voted Tuesday to ban virtually all abortions in the state — including for victims of rape and incest — sending the strictest law …
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Boston Globe, Outside the Beltway and TheBlaze
Kate Smith / CBS News:
Alabama just passed a near-total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest — The Alabama State Senate just passed a near-total abortion ban in a 25 to 6 vote. The legislation provides no exceptions for rape or incest. — The bill now heads to Governor Kay Ivey, a Republican.
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Daily Wire, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
Every Anti-Abortion Move the GOP Has Made for Years Is Paying Off at Once
Every Anti-Abortion Move the GOP Has Made for Years Is Paying Off at Once
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The Guardian, VICE and SCOTUSblog
Kim Chandler / Associated Press:
Alabama ban on nearly all abortions in GOP governor's hands
Alabama ban on nearly all abortions in GOP governor's hands
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Talking Points Memo
Jeremy Gray / al.com:
Alabama abortion ban vote: Nation's strictest abortion law passes, no exceptions for rape, incest
Alabama abortion ban vote: Nation's strictest abortion law passes, no exceptions for rape, incest
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Breitbart, UPI, Slate, The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
Legislator Pushing Abortion Ban in Alabama Says He's Not ‘Smart Enough to Be Pregnant’
Legislator Pushing Abortion Ban in Alabama Says He's Not ‘Smart Enough to Be Pregnant’
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One America News Network
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
A Supreme Court Reporter Defines the Threat to Abortion Rights
A Supreme Court Reporter Defines the Threat to Abortion Rights
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SCOTUSblog, Mother Jones, The Daily Signal, New Republic and USA Today
New York Times:
Skeptical U.S. Allies Resist Trump's New Claims of Threats From Iran — WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration draws up war plans against Iran over what it says are threats to American troops and interests, a senior British military official told reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday …
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U.S. Embassy / U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Iraq:
Security Alert - U. S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq — Home الصفح ة الرئي سية | Security Alert - U. S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq — Event: The U.S. State Department has ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. Government employees …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Kremlin says Pompeo didn't ease Moscow concerns — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Persian Gulf region and elsewhere in Mideast amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local): — The Kremlin's spokesman says U.S. Secretary …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Accuses Bolton, MSNBC, CNN of Agitating War Against Iran: ‘It Is Chilling’ — Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested National Security Advisor John Bolton and news outlets like CNN and MSNBC are agitating the U.S. toward war with Iran, calling their actions amid …
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Politico
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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How would you explain the Democratic investigations to a Washington outsider?
POLITICO Playbook: How would you explain the Democratic investigations to a Washington outsider?
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Politico
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Yesterday Was a Dark Day for the Rule of Law
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
House panel opens inquiry into claims Trump legal team edited Michael Cohen's testimony
House panel opens inquiry into claims Trump legal team edited Michael Cohen's testimony
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The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Trump Can't Stop Attacking Biden. G.O.P. Strategists Wish He Would. — WASHINGTON — As President Trump has struggled to explain the difficulty of negotiating a trade agreement with China, he has embraced a side argument: A Democratic president would only agree to a worse deal.
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POLITICUSUSA
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NBC News:
Republicans seize on culture debates, but sometimes it backfires
Republicans seize on culture debates, but sometimes it backfires
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Washington Post and CNN
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris escalates gun control agenda
Kamala Harris escalates gun control agenda
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Fox News and twitchy.com
Washington Post:
Trump's prized Doral resort is in steep decline, according to company documents, showing his business problems are mounting — Late last year, in a Miami conference room, a consultant for President Trump's company said business at his prized 643-room Doral resort was in sharp decline.
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Axios, Daily Kos, Raw Story and HillReporter.com
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Michael Wolff finishes “Fire and Fury” sequel, “Siege” — Axios has learned that Michael Wolff — who enraged President Trump with his international bestseller “Fire and Fury,” about pandemonium in the first-year White House — will be out June 4 with a sequel, “Siege: Trump Under Fire.”
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Michael Wolff has written a Trump sequel. It's called ‘Siege’ and will be out on June 4
Michael Wolff has written a Trump sequel. It's called ‘Siege’ and will be out on June 4
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The Big Lead
Melinda Henneberger / USA Today:
Harvard ditched US values of due process and diverse opinion in Harvey Weinstein case — I'm glad Harvard students are anti-rape, but Weinstein must be defended all the same. Lawyers like Ronald Sullivan uphold a bedrock American right. — CONNECT — When I'm on the side of defending Harvey Weinstein, we are on all-new ground.
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Randall Kennedy / New York Times:
Harvard Betrays a Law Professor — and Itself
Harvard Betrays a Law Professor — and Itself
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Instapundit and PJ Media Home
Alan Dershowitz / Fox News:
McCarthyism comes to Harvard — Why this should alarm us all
McCarthyism comes to Harvard — Why this should alarm us all
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Daily Wire
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Ignoring Trump's Orders, Hoping He'll Forget — On March 29, during a weekend jaunt to Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump announced a major policy decision that surprised top-ranking officials within several government agencies. The United States was cutting off aid to Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the president said.
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Talking Points Memo and Axios
John Solomon / The Hill:
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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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Gowdy: FBI Cited Articles And Info From Clinton Ally To Corroborate Steele Dossier — Former Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy dropped a potential bombshell Tuesday regarding what information the FBI relied on to corroborate claims in the Steele dossier.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Rep. Jerry Nadler: We're ‘probably’ not headed for impeachment, but Trump is making it ‘increasingly difficult’ to avoid — Trump's impeachment would start with this man: Rep. Jerry Nadler — KEY POINTS — Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., sat down with CNBC's John Harwood to discuss …
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Washington Post
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump's not claiming executive power. He's going for divine right. — In 1787, the framers gave us a president, not a king. — On Tuesday, lawyers for President Trump gave a dissenting opinion. — In the first of many courtroom showdowns between Trump's executive branch and the legislative branch …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U. S. judge voices doubt on Trump bid to block House subpoena for financial records
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Signals Skepticism About Trump's Bid to Block Subpoena for Financial Records
Judge Signals Skepticism About Trump's Bid to Block Subpoena for Financial Records
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Balkinization
Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
William Barr Delivers Chilling Message to FBI for Trump — A third probe into the origins of the Russia investigation, even to pacify the paranoid president, may cause real harm. — If you come at the king, you best not miss. — That's the message Attorney General William Barr is sending to FBI agents …
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Breitbart and The Mahablog
Emily Mahoney / Tampa Bay Times:
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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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Russians Hacked Voter Systems in 2 Florida Counties. But Which Ones?
Russians Hacked Voter Systems in 2 Florida Counties. But Which Ones?
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Splinter, Talking Points Memo, Washington Free Beacon and Law & Crime
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
President Trump, Come to Willmar — This Minnesota town is a modern, successful American melting pot. — WILLMAR, Minn. — In 1949 my aunt and uncle moved from Minneapolis to this town in west-central Minnesota, where they started a small steel distribution company. I visited them regularly for 50 years.
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
At the N.R.A., a Cash Machine Sputtering — As the gun rights group lavished pay and perks on its leaders and partners, fueling infighting, it increasingly relied on its own charity for funds. Tax experts have questions. — The tantalizing leaks have spilled out in the weeks since …
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Raw Story, HuffPost, CNN, Fox News, Washington Free Beacon, ABC News and The Daily Caller
Abe Greenwald / Commentary:
The Rot Is Irreversible — Disease is reversible—rot isn't. Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib brought the disease of anti-Semitism into the upper echelons of the Democratic Party when they were elected in November. The party could have fought the disease. It chose instead to nurture it.
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The Federalist, Detroit Free Press, New York Post and IJR
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Now Defending War Crimes — It's not just bluster anymore. — During the March 3, 2016 Republican debate, Donald Trump proudly proclaimed something that he had only hinted at before: He endorsed war crimes. Bret Baier noted that “almost 100 foreign policy experts” …
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Washington Post
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Moot courts, job interviews and potluck parties: A look inside Mueller's office — The Weissmann calendar entries show a mix of the mundane with the legally complex. — Newly disclosed documents give fresh hints of what daily life was like inside special counsel Robert Mueller's office during …
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Talking Points Memo