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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Mueller drew up obstruction indictment against Trump, Michael Wolff book says — 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 …
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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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg scorches Clarence Thomas in abortion ruling footnotes — Supreme Court justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas took shots at one another in dueling footnotes to a ruling on a pair of Indiana abortion laws. — The court declined to take up a ban on so-called …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
We just got the first Supreme Court abortion opinion of the Kavanaugh era
We just got the first Supreme Court abortion opinion of the Kavanaugh era
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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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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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Christopher Donato / ABC News:
Biden campaign: Trump's ‘comments are beneath the dignity of the office’
Biden campaign: Trump's ‘comments are beneath the dignity of the office’
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Joe Biden is the front-runner by every measure — except big crowds
Joe Biden is the front-runner by every measure — except big crowds
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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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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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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.
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Ashley Rodriguez / Business Insider:
Netflix says it would rethink its ‘entire investment in Georgia’ if an anti-abortion law is adopted
Netflix says it would rethink its ‘entire investment in Georgia’ if an anti-abortion law is adopted
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Variety:
Netflix the Only Hollywood Studio to Speak Out in Attack Against Abortion Rights (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix the Only Hollywood Studio to Speak Out in Attack Against Abortion Rights (EXCLUSIVE)
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Netflix considers boycotting Georgia over “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban
Netflix considers boycotting Georgia over “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban
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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 …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
What do you do with a problem like Al Franken? — Storm clouds blotted out the afternoon sun, turning the day into night. On Capitol Hill, in downtown restaurants and Metro cars, phones blared an emergency alert in unison: Seek shelter. Avoid windows. Office workers crowded …
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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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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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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Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair:
Trump's Campaign Manager Has a Plan to Punish Twitter — Brad Parscale is reportedly nudging his boss to join Twitter competitor and far-right hub Parler. — Donald Trump's beef with social-media giants is well-documented—just last month, he brought Twitter C.E.O. Jack Dorsey to the White House …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Amid censorship fears, Trump campaign ‘checking out’ alternative social network
Amid censorship fears, Trump campaign ‘checking out’ alternative social network
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Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Ocasio-Cortez featured among America's ‘enemies of freedom’ in baseball team's Memorial Day video — Among the “enemies of freedom” portrayed in a Memorial Day tribute video at a minor league baseball game: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, former Cuban president Fidel Castro and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
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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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Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP candidate expects Roy Moore to announce Senate bid in June — Roy Moore hasn't jumped into the 2020 Alabama Senate contest yet, but one potential GOP rival is already welcoming him into the race. — Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.), who launched his Senate campaign in February …
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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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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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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 training his attacks on the president's potential 2020 campaign rivals. Giuliani plans to meet with the president …
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Washington Post:
Amash accuses Barr of deliberately misrepresenting Mueller's report to protect Trump — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Rep. Justin Amash, the sole congressional Republican to call for President Trump's impeachment, took aim at Attorney General William P. Barr on Tuesday, saying that he had deliberately …
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
It's the middle of the night. Do you know who your iPhone is talking to? — Apple says, “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.” Our privacy experiment showed 5,400 hidden app trackers guzzled our data — in a single week. — It's 3 a.m. Do you know what your iPhone is doing?
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Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Junior Offender — How did the Harvard-bound Kyle Kashuv, a former leader of the young-conservative organization Turning Point, react when his racial slurs and hate speech surfaced online? — Bill Nye, the climate-change activist and science educator, appeared on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” recently.
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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CNN:
How Joe Biden worked with and praised a longtime opponent of civil rights — (CNN)In August 1985, 42-year-old Delaware Sen. Joe Biden was preparing for his first presidential bid. Courting southern support, Biden traveled to Mississippi to honor the 84th birthday of Democratic Sen. John Stennis …
The Local:
French Senate says Notre-Dame must be restored exactly how it was — french Senators have stipulated that Notre-Dame cathedral must be restored exactly how it was before the devastating fire that tore through the Paris landmark. — On Monday evening, the French Senate approved …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Character Ratings Improved, but Still a Weakness — WASHINGTON, D.C. — More Americans today (40%) than two years ago (33%) believe President Donald Trump has the personality and leadership qualities a president should have, although that still represents a minority of the public.
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Bloomberg Law:
Mulvaney Tightens Grip on Labor Chief After Trump Allies Grumble — President Donald Trump's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, has seized power over the Labor Department's rulemaking process out of frustration with the pace of deregulation under Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Of Course Trump Hates Maggie Haberman. Why Does the Left? — Last weekend, New York Times White House reporter Maggie Haberman wrote about the dilemma faced by former communications director Hope Hicks. Facing a subpoena to testify to the House, she wrote, Hicks must choose between ignoring …
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Elizabeth Van Brocklin / The Trace:
Washington State Debuts Unique Tool to Reduce Gun Suicides — An innovative prevention measure gives people the power to suspend their own gun rights. For the law professor who developed the concept, it's deeply personal. — Fredrick Vars remembers the moment when the idea for voluntary gun control came to him.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders backs 2 policies to dramatically shift corporate power to U.S. workers — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will push new policies aimed at giving workers a greater ownership stake in companies, moves the 2020 presidential candidate is pitching as a dramatic transfer of power in the U.S. economy.