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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Mueller drew up obstruction indictment against Trump, Michael Wolff book claims — A new book from Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff says special counsel Robert Mueller drew up a three-count obstruction of justice indictment against Donald Trump before deciding to shelve it …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court compromise on Indiana abortion law keeps issue off its docket — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to a compromise on a restrictive Indiana abortion law that keeps the issue off its docket for now. — The court said a part of the law dealing with disposal of the “remains” of an abortion could go into effect.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
We just got the first Supreme Court abortion opinion of the Kavanaugh era — In 2016, while serving as the governor of Indiana, Vice President Mike Pence signed an anti-abortion law that appears designed to troll liberals and give late night fodder to Fox News.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court leaves intact block on Indiana abortion restriction, but allows fetal burial to go into effect
Supreme Court leaves intact block on Indiana abortion restriction, but allows fetal burial to go into effect
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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Supreme Court won't hear case on transgender school bathroom policy
Supreme Court won't hear case on transgender school bathroom policy
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Kate Smith / CBS News:
Missouri's last abortion clinic says it may lose its license this week — St. Louis, Missouri — The last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri says it expects to be shut down this week, effectively ending legal abortion in the state. — In a statement to be released later Tuesday …
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Missouri Set To Become First State Since Roe v. Wade With No Abortion Clinic
Leah C. Stokes / Washington Post:
Alabama state legislators are wrong about their voters' opinions on abortion.
Alabama state legislators are wrong about their voters' opinions on abortion.
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Wall Street Journal:
Transportation Secretary Still Owns Stock She Pledged to Divest — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has retained shares in a construction-materials company more than a year after the date she promised to relinquish them, federal disclosure forms show.
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Texas secretary of state resigns after leading botched voter purge that questioned the citizenship of almost 100,000 people — Texas's acting secretary of state David Whitley (R) resigned Monday just months after leading the botched voter purge of nearly 100,000 suspected noncitizens …
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Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
David Whitley resigns as end-of-session deadline nears
David Whitley resigns as end-of-session deadline nears
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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Gains Ground in 2020 Field, One Plan at a Time — NEWTON, Iowa — To the crowd of Iowans gathered in a school gym on Saturday night, Senator Elizabeth Warren made a request: They should pose a question to the other presidential candidates who come to Iowa seeking their vote.
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Ex-defense secretary Jim Mattis has book coming this summer — NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has a book coming out this summer, but he warns that it will not be a “tell-all” about President Donald Trump. — “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead” will be published July 16, Random House announced Tuesday.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Japan Rolled Out the Red Carpet. Trump Veered Off Into Personal Fixations. — TOKYO — It was just after 6 a.m. on the final day of a state visit to Japan designed to flatter and entertain him, and President Trump was in his comfort space: Twitter. — Hours earlier, he had been the honored guest …
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Kevin M. Kruse / USA Today:
Democrats need to get past impeachment jitters. It's not 1998 and Trump is no Clinton. — If Democrats think Trump committed impeachable acts, launch the process and stop assuming it will be a political loser. That misreads history. — CONNECT — As House Democrats consider impeaching …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie's Pro-Sandinista Past Is a Problem, and His Response Is Not Good — A week ago, the New York Times reported on Bernie Sanders's 1980s-vintage foreign-policy stands, which at times crossed over from mere opposition to American policy to outright support for communist governments.
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Associated Press:
Knife-wielding man attacks schoolgirls in Japan, killing 2 — KAWASAKI, Japan (AP) — A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you!” attacked a group of schoolgirls near a school bus parked at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
‘My Rudy’: Trump's lawyer wants to be the campaign's No. 1 hatchet man — Get ready for more Rudy. — Done sparring with Robert Mueller, Donald Trump's personal attorney is now training his attacks on the president's reelection rivals. Giuliani plans to meet with the president …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP vows to quickly quash any impeachment charges — GOP senators say that if the House passes articles of impeachment against President Trump they will quickly quash them in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has broad authority to set the parameters of a trial.
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Ivana Kottasová / CNN:
MacKenzie Bezos, worth nearly $37 billion, will give half her fortune to charity … The newly minted billionaire has signed the Giving Pledge, which encourages the world's richest people to dedicate a majority of their wealth to charitable causes, either during their lifetimes or in their wills.
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science — WASHINGTON — President Trump has rolled back environmental regulations, pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, brushed aside dire predictions about the effects of climate change, and turned the term “global warming” …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Beto O'Rourke Apologizes to Campaign Staff for Being a ‘Giant Asshole’ — In a revealing exclusive clip from the HBO doc ‘Running With Beto,’ which premieres May 28, the Texas Senate candidate apologizes to his staffers for his domineering behavior. — 05.28.195:17 AM ET
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CNN:
A private group says it's started building its own border wall using millions donated in GoFundMe campaign — Sunland Park, New Mexico (CNN)A group that raised millions of dollars in a GoFundMe campaign says it has broken ground on a project to build its own stretch of border wall on private property.
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Associated Press:
Sanders 2020 looks like Sanders 2016, challenges and all — WASHINGTON (AP) — It was supposed to be different this time. — But three months into his second presidential campaign, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is struggling with some of the same challenges that sank his last bid …
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Netflix says it will rethink its investment in Georgia if ‘heartbeat’ abortion law goes into effect — KEY POINTS — After Georgia earlier this month passed a law to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, some in the entertainment industry are speaking out.
Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
AOC returning to her bartending roots to advocate for raising minimum wage for restaurant employees and other tipped workers — ALBANY — AOC will be waiting tables once again. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is returning to her restaurant roots this week to show support for the federal Raise …
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Joe Biden is the front-runner by every measure — except big crowds — He's dominating in the polls, his fundraising is going gangbusters and he's showing broad support from key political players in the early presidential states. — So where are the big energetic crowds, the lines around the block to get into Joe Biden's events?
Rowena Mason / The Guardian:
Equality body launches investigation of Labour antisemitism claims — Equality and Human Rights Commission to carry out formal inquiry into party — Labour has been placed under formal investigation by the equalities watchdog over whether the party has unlawfully discriminated against …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Embraces Right-Wing One America News Network to Make Fox News Jealous — The network praises the president, courts him in public, and has even tried to hire his former aides. It's finally getting his attention. — One evening last week, Neil McCabe, a Breitbart veteran who now works …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's narrative is nonsense. So why is the media buying it? — Yes, Democrats can walk and chew gum at the same time. The problem right now is that all anyone ever asks about is the gum-chewing. — President Trump is steadily advancing a narrative that Democrats are unable to focus …
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Daniel Moritz-Rabson / Newsweek:
Trump HUD official Lynne Patton says she doesn't care if she broke the law — A Regional Housing and Urban Development official wrote on Wednesday that she did not care if she had broken a federal law intended to stop government officials from acting in a partisan manner.
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