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New York Times:
Senate Republicans Warn White House Against Mexico Tariffs  —  WASHINGTON — Republican senators sent the White House a sharp message on Tuesday, warning that they were opposed to President Trump's plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, just hours after the president said lawmakers would be “foolish” to try to stop him.
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Use of emergency declaration to impose tariffs on Mexico is legally questionable, scholars say
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Republicans ready to quash Cuccinelli
Discussion: Mediaite
Politico:
Republicans threaten revolt, may block Trump's Mexico tariffs
Washington Post:
GOP lawmakers warn White House they'll try to block Trump's Mexico tariffs
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Will Senate Republicans defy Trump this time? Will it matter?
Discussion: Political Wire and New York Times
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Beto O'Rourke calls for term and donation limits in new voting rights plan  —  O'Rourke: Call to impeach Trump isn't a rushed decision  —  (CNN)Beto O'Rourke is proposing term limits for Supreme Court justices and members of Congress and far-reaching new restrictions on donations …
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Democrat O'Rourke unveils voting rights plan to get 35 million more to the polls
Discussion: Political Wire
David Siders / Politico:
O'Rourke proposes new term limits, electoral reforms
Discussion: Vox
Joe Perticone / Business Insider:
Joe Biden's climate plan appears to directly copy multiple lines from other organizations — but his campaign says it was a mistake … - Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a climate change proposal on Tuesday.  — In at least three instances …
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Washington Post:
Joe Biden's campaign acknowledges lifting language from other groups for its policy plans
Guillermo Contreras / ExpressNews.com:
Emails show Texas governor requested the voter purge that used flawed data  —  Electronic communications made public Tuesday show Gov. Greg Abbott's office was a driving force in the state's program to purge nearly 100,000 suspected non-U.S. citizens from Texas' voter rolls.
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RealClearInvestigations:
Policing Noncitizen Voting: What We Have Here Is a Failure of Data  —  The downfall of Texas Secretary of State David Whitley began in January with the blockbuster announcement that tens of thousands of noncitizens might have voted illegally in recent Texas elections.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Texas Governor Asked Officials To Hunt For Noncitizen Voter Records Before Botched Purge
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
House passes immigration bill to protect ‘dreamers,’ offer a path to citizenship  —  The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would offer a path to citizenship to more than 2 million undocumented immigrants, including “dreamers” who were brought to the United States as children.
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Democrat-led House passes Dreamers bill in rebuttal to Trump
Discussion: Fox News and Politics K-12
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
House passes latest DREAM Act, hoping to place millions of immigrants on path to citizenship
Discussion: The Week
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Russian trolls who interfered in 2016 U.S. election also made ad money, report says  —  Some accounts were set up months in advance.  And some trolls used fake accounts to make money, researchers found, with one perhaps generating $1 million.  —  WASHINGTON — The effort …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Tim Starks / Politico:
Russia's manipulation of Twitter was far vaster than believed  —  Russia's infamous troll farm conducted a campaign on Twitter before the 2016 elections that was larger, more coordinated and more effective than previously known, research from cybersecurity firm Symantec out Wednesday concluded.
Discussion: Symantec Blogs
Nick Statt / The Verge:
YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies  —  The company sides with edgy commentator Steven Crowder  —  YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive and controversial feud between Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza and conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A right-wing YouTuber hurled racist, homophobic taunts at a gay reporter.  The company did nothing.  —  Carlos Maza, a video producer for the news site Vox, said the harassment began about two years ago.  —  Steven Crowder, a right-wing commentator and comedian, had begun to call …
Detroit News:
Biden, Sanders other Democrats lead Trump in Michigan poll  —  Lansing — While most Michigan voters don't want Congress to impeach President Donald Trump, a majority said they would vote against him if the election were held today, according to a new statewide poll.  —  More:Potential Amash bid could hurt Biden in Michigan
Discussion: Washington Times
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Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Potential Amash bid could hurt Biden in Michigan
Discussion: Political Wire
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Marla Was Under Duress”: Revealed in His Marla Maples Prenup, Donald Trump's Draconian Art of the Marriage Deal  —  She only got $1 million.  Trump called himself a billionaire, but likely wasn't.  Child support would cease if Tiffany joined the Army or the Peace Corps.  And other secrets of the Trump-Marla prenup.
Lauren Chadwick / euronews:
Noa Pothoven: Raped girl, 17, dies by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands  —  A teenager who said she was raped by two men died by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands, it's emerged.  —  Noa Pothoven made a “sad last post” to social media last week in which she announced she would “die within 10 days”.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Chris York / HuffPost UK:
Trump Interview: 7 Takeaway Moments From Piers Morgan's ITV Sit-Down  —  From his controversial comments on the NHS and Meghan Markle to climate change, nothing was off limits on Good Morning Britain.  —  In what appears to now be a tradition, Donald Trump has given his only TV interview …
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Diane Smith / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Board votes to fire teacher over tweets, but she remains employed pending possible appeal  —  An English teacher whose Twitter posts against immigration sparked a backlash on social media was recommended for termination by the Fort Worth school board over her use of racially insensitive language.
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
F.B.I., Pushing to Stop Domestic Terrorists, Grapples With Limits on Its Power  —  EVERETT, Wash. — Dakota Reed's mind brimmed with thoughts of mass murder.  In November, he wrote on Facebook, “I am shooting for 30 Jews.”  —  The next month, he uploaded a video of himself in his bedroom …
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Joe Biden's long evolution on abortion rights still holds surprises  —  As a senator from Delaware, he once supported stripping exceptions for rape and incest from federal funding.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden's decadeslong evolution on abortion rights has in many ways mirrored …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Harry Reid changes opinion, says Pelosi-led House should open Trump impeachment inquiry  —  Impeaching a U.S. president might not be the be all end all for their career.  Not only can a president remain in office after impeachment, but even see higher approval ratings.  We explain.  —  CONNECT
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Censure rather than impeach?  Hell no, Democrats — that's inexcusable cowardice  —  There's a push to censure Trump instead of impeaching him.  Do Democrats actually want to look like waffling wimps?  —  The clamor to impeach Donald Trump is growing in the wake of the damning report …
Discussion: Hot Air, Pirate's Cove and The Hill
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
De Blasio says anti-Semitism is strictly a ‘right-wing movement’  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that anti-Semitism is a “right-wing movement” — while rejecting a claim that the left plays any role in discriminating against Jews.  —  “I think the ideological movement that is anti-Semitic …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
‘It was a political lynch mob’: Steve King pledges to fight GOP over his exile  —  Rep. Steve King, hellbent on making a congressional comeback, is vowing to fight the GOP and force his way back on to the committees from which he was exiled.  —  Still, King remained defiant and promised …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Judge OK without public release of Flynn-Kislyak transcript  —  A federal judge reversed course on Tuesday and absolved the Justice Department of a demand to make public transcripts of recorded phone calls between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and a Russian official.
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Phone poll pits lobbyist with Trump ties against Kansas congressman for Senate race  —  An anonymous telephone poll has been asking Kansas GOP voters whether they would back a prominent lobbyist with ties to President Donald Trump over a western Kansas congressman in next year's primary for an open Senate seat.
New York Times:
Cory Booker's Housing Plan Offers Tax Credit to Millions of Renters  —  Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey on Wednesday unveiled a plan to tackle affordable housing that would provide a tax credit for renters to ensure they would not spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent …
Discussion: Axios
Edward Fitzpatrick Globe / BostonGlobe.com:
Make that four political parties for Lincoln Chafee  —  T his story is part of the Globe's new initiative to enhance coverage of Rhode Island.  Sign up to receive a daily briefing in your inbox each morning.  Tell us your tips, thoughts, and ideas here.  —  PROVIDENCE — Lincoln D. Chafee …
Discussion: Splinter and Front Page Magazine
 
 
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
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