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White House will not sign on to Christchurch call to stamp out online extremism amid free speech concerns — The White House will not sign an international call to combat online extremism brokered between French and New Zealand officials and top social media companies, amid U.S. concerns …
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POLITICO Playbook PM: What George W. Bush's economist said about Trump behind closed doors — BEHIND THE SCENES ... LARRY LINDSEY, President George W. Bush's National Economic Council director, spoke Tuesday separately to both the elected House GOP leadership and top committee Republicans …
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Makini Brice / Reuters:
Trump will deliver immigration speech on Thursday: White House
Trump will deliver immigration speech on Thursday: White House
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Daily Caller News Foundation and Washington Post
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Barr asks Pelosi at event: ‘Did you bring your handcuffs?’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr tried out a little contempt humor on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with interesting results. — The setting was the National Peace Officers Memorial Day service Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol.
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Barr jokes with Pelosi: ‘Did you bring your handcuffs?’ — Attorney General William Barr joked with Speaker Nancy Pelosi about Democrats' calls for his arrest, asking the California Democrat whether she brought handcuffs to an event on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning.
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Political Wire and IJR
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Barr Trolls Pelosi at the Capitol: ‘Madam Speaker, Did You Bring Your Handcuffs?’
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Raw Story, Townhall and Washington Post
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John Bolton, Far Worse Than You Realize — Looking at the escalating (US-created) crisis with Iran, one thing I realize is that a lot of people do not quite know who John Bolton is. They assume - rightly - that anyone in the Trump orbit must be either a moral weakling, a crazy person or someone with one foot out the door.
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As Trump blunders into disaster, Adam Schiff sounds the alarm
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New York Times:
Skeptical U.S. Allies Resist Trump's New Claims of Threats From Iran
Skeptical U.S. Allies Resist Trump's New Claims of Threats From Iran
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
‘Close to inconceivable’: Trump's Iran rhetoric sparks warning of Iraq war redux
‘Close to inconceivable’: Trump's Iran rhetoric sparks warning of Iraq war redux
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Reuters, Defense One and Washington Post
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No ‘do-over’ on Mueller probe, White House lawyer tells House panel, saying demands for records, staff testimony will be refused — The letter rejects the committee's standing to investigate President Trump for possible obstruction of justice. — Carol D. Leonnig, Josh Dawsey - · - 1 hour ago -
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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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Every Anti-Abortion Move the GOP Has Made for Years Is Paying Off at Once — Stripping voter rights. Rigging the Supreme Court. Dull procedural tricks. It's all paying off at once. — The Supreme Court's Liberals Are Warning Us That Roe v. Wade Is in Mortal Danger
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Pat Robertson Calls Alabama Abortion Ban ‘An Extreme Law’
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
‘A typical male answer’: Only 3 women had a voice in Alabama Senate as 25 men passed abortion ban
‘A typical male answer’: Only 3 women had a voice in Alabama Senate as 25 men passed abortion ban
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Joe Biden plans first New York fundraising blitz as a 2020 candidate for president — KEY POINTS — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is likely to be invited and hedge fund manager Jim Chanos is set to attend. — During the 2016 presidential campaign cycle, donors throughout the state combined …
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Morning Call, Outside the Beltway and POLITICUSUSA
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Trump boasts that his looks and brain are better than Biden's
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Scoop: Kamala Harris/Fox News — Scoop: Sen. Kamala Harris Will Not Appear On Fox News For A Town Hall — Presidential candidate and California Sen. Kamala Harris will not appear on Fox News for a moderated town hall, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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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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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 in several government agencies. The United States was cutting off aid to Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the president said.
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Trump signs order to protect U.S. networks from foreign espionage, a move that appears to target China — Amid a deepening trade war with China, President Trump on Wednesday declared a “national emergency” to protect U.S. communications networks in a move that gives the federal government broad powers …
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Political Wire, more at Techmeme »
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Why Arizona Is Emerging as Top 2020 Battleground — If Democrats avoid the progressive temptation, they'll have a chance to turn the GOP-friendly state blue in next year's elections. — If there's one development that threatens to disrupt the best laid plans of Republicans …
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Fox News, National Review and New York Times
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Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Martha McSally says time cost her the Senate race. No, she lost because of Trump
Martha McSally says time cost her the Senate race. No, she lost because of Trump
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Roll Call
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Harvard Betrays a Law Professor — and Itself — Misguided students believe that defending Harvey Weinstein makes Ronald Sullivan unfit to be their dean. Apparently the university agrees. — Professor Kennedy teaches law at Harvard. — I have been a professor at Harvard University for 34 years.
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USA Today, Althouse, Instapundit and PJ Media Home
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West Michigan lawmaker: Abortion ‘should be painful’ — Alabama's legislature passed a near-total abortion ban. The bill now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey. — CONNECT — Do women who undergo late-term abortions suffer as much as God wants them to? — State Sen. Kim LaSata doesn't think so.
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POLITICUSUSA
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Trump Administration to LGBT Couples: Your ‘Out of Wedlock’ Kids Aren't Citizens — Children of U.S. citizens are falling victim to a policy that de-recognizes their parents' marriage—and strips them of their birthright citizenship. — Scott Bixby — No parent can ever be fully prepared for the arrival of a new baby.
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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.
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National Review and Daily Wire
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‘This is a war for our culture’: Sebastian Gorka anguished by gay wedding on ‘Arthur’ — Sebastian Gorka, the former Breitbart editor and White House aide, goes live every weekday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time on the Salem Radio Network. — On Tuesday, he provided a new raison d'etre for …
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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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U.S. military to build 6 tent cities near border for migrants — The tents will likely not be on military bases, and ICE, not the military, will be responsible for migrant detention and custodial support. — WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is going to provide and build tents to house 7,500 migrants at six locations near the border.
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Jeff Sessions's Grave Conflict of Interest — Last year, in March 2018, then Attorney General Jeff Sessions enlisted his subordinates to lie on his behalf that he did not know he was under federal investigation when he fired then Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe—an investigation initiated …
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Key Democrat to help Lipinski—despite primary threat — U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, a fellow Illinoisan and head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is slated to star at a fundraiser for the Southwest Side congressman. — By On Politics — As Southwest Side congressman Dan …
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Complaints grow that Trump staffers are campaigning for their boss — A Trump appointee displayed a “Make America Great Again” hat at her Housing and Urban Development office. — A top official at the Office of Management and Budget used his official Twitter account to promote President Donald Trump's campaign slogan.
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IJR
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President Trump to unveil new immigration plan in speech Thursday — President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new immigration plan in a speech Thursday afternoon, the latest attempt by the administration to follow through on a campaign promise to overhaul America's immigration system.
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Axios
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The Fight Over How Trump Fits in With the Other 44 Presidents — It's not just an academic question. The intense argument over where he belongs tells us a lot about where we're headed. — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.
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Balkinization
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Trump Interior chief not losing sleep over record CO2 levels — (Reuters) - U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt told a panel of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that he has not lost sleep over record amounts of carbon dioxide recorded in the Earth's atmosphere, which scientists warn are altering the global climate.
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Political Wire
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Senator Amy Klobuchar Isn't Afraid of Your Stories—Good, Bad, Salad Comb — Amy Klobuchar announced her run for president last February while standing outside in the middle of a snowstorm. It was a badge of honor for the third-term Minnesota senator and native of the state …
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Pence pays homage to Lugar, symbol of a pre-Trump era of GOP internationalism — INDIANAPOLIS — Vice President Pence, a fervent defender of President Trump's nationalistic foreign policy, delivered a eulogy Wednesday for the late former Indiana senator Richard G. Lugar …