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9:00 PM ET, May 19, 2019

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David Enrich / New York Times:
Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald J. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
A whistleblower just revealed Deutsche Bank covered up 2016 Kushner money transfers with Russia  —  A whistleblower has revealed that the brass of the only major bank willing to do business with President Trump covered up credible suspicious activity reports (SARs) about him and Jared Kushner.
Discussion: New York Times
Bo Emerson / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
JUST IN: Morehouse commencement speaker to pay off Class of 2019's student loans  —  Billionaire Robert F. Smith, who received an honorary doctorate at Morehouse College's Sunday morning graduation exercises, had already announced a $1.5 million gift to the school.
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Emily S. Rueb / New York Times:
Morehouse Class of '19, Congratulations: Your Student Loans Will Be Paid Off
Discussion: NPR
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
‘They Were Conned’: How Reckless Loans Devastated a Generation of Taxi Drivers  —  The phone call that ruined Mohammed Hoque's life came in April 2014 as he began another long day driving a New York City taxi, a job he had held since emigrating from Bangladesh nine years earlier.
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Post
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Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:   As Thousands of Taxi Drivers Were Trapped in Loans, Top Officials Counted the Money
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Trump says war will mean ‘official end of Iran,’ warns ‘never threaten the United States again’  —  President Trump fired a social media broadside at the Iranian regime Sunday afternoon, vowing that war between Washington and Tehran would result in “the official end of Iran” before warning, “[n]ever threaten the United States again!”
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Washington Post:
Rocket lands near U.S. Embassy inside Baghdad's Green Zone  —  BAGHDAD — A rocket landed inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, which houses the sprawling U.S. Embassy, Iraqi security officials said Sunday, in an apparent warning shot to the United States amid escalating tensions with Iran.
Carlo Muñoz / Washington Times:
Rocket attack targets U.S. embassy in Iraq
Discussion: Townhall and CNBC
Washington Post:   Congress can seek justice for Jamal Khashoggi's murder. It's clear Trump won't.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why Justin Amash stands alone  —  Staunch libertarian Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Saturday said — or rather, tweeted — what no other Republican member of Congress has yet had the nerve to utter: President Trump committed impeachable acts that Attorney General William P. Barr tried …
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David Beavers / Politico:
Romney: GOP congressman's call for impeachment ‘a courageous statement’  —  Sen. Mitt Romney on Sunday called a GOP congressman's call for impeaching President Donald Trump “a courageous statement” while maintaining that impeachment is not warranted based on the special counsel's report.
Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times:
He voted for Trump.  Now he and his wife raise their son from opposite sides of the border  —  She is there when he wakes up, telling him she loves him and helping him coax their son, Ashton, to finish his Honey Nut Cheerios before the school bus whisks him to kindergarten.
Al Jazeera Media Network:
Al Jazeera takes disciplinary action and suspends two of its journalists over violation of its editorial guidelines  —  Al Jazeera stated today, that it has taken disciplinary action and suspended two of its journalists over video content produced on the Holocaust.
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Haaretz:
Al Jazeera Pulls Video Claiming Holocaust Was ‘Different From How the Jews Tell It’
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Pete Buttigieg wants Thomas Jefferson events and buildings renamed  —  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg called for everything honoring Thomas Jefferson to be renamed.  —  “Yeah, we're doing that in Indiana.  I think it's the right thing to do,” Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend …
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
AP sources: Former CIA chief Brennan to brief Dems on Iran  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats will hear from former CIA Director John Brennan about the situation in Iran, inviting him to speak next week amid heightened concerns over the Trump administration's sudden moves in the region.
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Axios:
Democrats' next oversight move: The power of the purse
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
Emails show ICE nominee lashed out after losing Border Patrol job  —  President Trump's pick for director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going to be working with the same official who fired him as head of the Border Patrol in 2017 — and internal emails obtained …
Discussion: Raw Story
Angela Moon / Reuters:
Exclusive: Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist - source  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware and software products except those covered by open source licenses …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Mitch McConnell embraces his dark side  —  Call him “Cocaine Mitch,” “Nuclear Mitch” or the steward of the “legislative graveyard.”  Mitch McConnell says he's the “Grim Reaper” anyway, so he's loving every minute of it.  —  While his critics have tried to make the Kentucky Republican public enemy No. 1 …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump administration to release part of its Middle East peace plan in June  —  The Trump administration will unveil economic proposals for development in Palestinian territories next month as part of an Arab-Israeli peace package, it announced Sunday, but will hold back crucial details …
Discussion: Politico
Karoli Kuns / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Marcy Wheeler: Trump Tried To Shut Down The Russia Investigation  —  During a discussion on All In with Chris Hayes, Marcy Wheeler explains just now determined Trump was to shut down the entire investigation into the 2016 election.  What is he afraid of, exactly?  —  Views:
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Gillian Edevane / Newsweek:
Students and Faculty Walk Out of Vice President Mike Pence's Commencement Address at Taylor University  —  As Vice President Mike Pence gave the Saturday morning commencement address at Taylor University — a Christian school in Pence's home state of Indiana — dozens of graduating seniors and faculty walked out in protest.
Discussion: Friendly Atheist, Axios and Fox News
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
DNA tests reveal 30% of suspected fraudulent migrant families were unrelated  —  Some of the migrant families arrested at the southern border weren't actually families.  —  In a pilot program, approximately 30% of rapid DNA tests of immigrant adults who were suspected of arriving …
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Trump: Fox News ‘wasting airtime on Mayor Pete’  —  President Donald Trump took another swipe at Fox News on Sunday, saying ahead of its scheduled town hall with Pete Buttigieg that his favorite network was “wasting airtime” on the Democratic presidential candidate.
 
 
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Trey Gowdy: FBI withheld ‘game changer’ transcript material from FISA Court
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Notes on the Great Realignment
Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
When The Far Right Took Over Brazil, Its Only LGBTQ Congressman Fled For His Life
New York Times:
San Francisco Banned Facial Recognition. New York Isn't Even Close.
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Klobuchar goes off on restrictive abortion laws: ‘This is dangerous’
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
2020 candidate, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard presses that US must not go to war with Iran
Discussion: Breitbart
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Why the Crowded Primary Field Boosts Biden
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Jimmy Carter finds a renaissance in 2020 Democratic scramble
Discussion: Axios
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Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it's learned may be crucial to Western democracy
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Skip Hollandsworth / Texas Monthly:
Faith, Friendship, and Tragedy at Santa Fe High
Jon Stone / The Independent:
Nigel Farage facing investigation by EU authorities over lavish gifts from millionaire tycoon
Discussion: Politico and Channel 4 News
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
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Bloomberg:
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