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Jessica Holdman / Post and Courier:
Attorney General Barr tells SC reporters he's found a legal recourse on Census question … Attorney General William Barr walks with South Carolina Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott for a press conference at FCI Edgefield on Monday, Jan. 8, 2019.  Barr said ti expect an announcement …
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr: Mueller's Hill testimony will be ‘public spectacle’  —  EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) — Attorney General William Barr says Democrats are trying to create a “public spectacle” by subpoenaing Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress about the Russia investigation.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Splinter
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Dems to pursue criminal contempt for William Barr, Wilbur Ross over census  —  House Democratic leaders plan to move forward with criminal contempt proceedings against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for defying congressional subpoenas for documents related to the 2020 census …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Barr says Trump administration can legally add citizenship question to census
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Bloomberg:
Mystery Around Jeffrey Epstein's Fortune and How He Made It  — He managed money for Victoria's Secret founder Les Wexner  — Prosecutors say Manhattan mansion worth more than $77 million  —  In a neighborhood of millionaires and billionaires, close to New York's famous Museum Mile …
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein: Seizure of Photos of Nude Girls Deepens Questions About Earlier Deal  —  The new indictment of the financier could prompt a reckoning for the Justice Department, which has been accused of mishandling the 2008 case.  —  A trove of lewd photographs of girls …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic congresswoman unlikely to return contribution from accused child molester Jeffrey Epstein  —  KEY POINTS  — Jeffrey Epstein, who owns an entire private island in the Virgin Islands called Little Saint James, contributed funds to Rep. Stacey Plaskett, according to a Federal Election Commission record.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Epstein Arrest Is a Worry for Donald Trump  —  The man facing accusations of sex-trafficking and pedophilia has been associated with many high-profile figures, including the U.S. president.  —  At some point in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday, Jeffrey Epstein, a prominent money manager …
Washington Post:
Financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with federal sex trafficking crimes involving minors
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Sen. Mitch McConnell's great-great-grandfathers owned 14 slaves, bringing reparations issue close to home  —  McConnell has opposed paying reparations to descendants of slaves, though census records show his family, like many others, benefited from their labor.
Los Angeles Times:
Eric Swalwell is expected to withdraw from presidential race, Tom Steyer to enter  —  Rep. Eric Swalwell is expected to abandon his uphill run for president Monday and announce that he will instead seek a fifth term in the House.  —  Swalwell's plans were confirmed by a Capitol Hill source with knowledge of his intentions.
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New York Times:
Billionaire Tom Steyer May Enter the 2020 Field as Rep. Eric Swalwell Bows Out
Associated Press:
US Rep. Swalwell ends presidential bid, will seek reelection
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Washington Post
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump has referred to his Wharton degree as ‘super genius stuff.’ An admissions officer recalls it differently.  —  PHILADELPHIA — James Nolan was working in the University of Pennsylvania's admissions office in 1966 when he got a phone call from one of his closest friends …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Exclusive excerpt: Justice Kennedy's secret meeting with Trump  —  A new book by the Judicial Crisis Network's Carrie Severino and The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway has some colorful, behind-the-scenes details about the secret White House meeting where former Justice Anthony Kennedy told President Trump he was planning to retire.
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Fox News
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Washington Post:
White House blocks key Mueller witness from answering more than 200 questions from House investigators
Discussion: Axios
Associated Press:
Trump ramping up criticisms of Fox, usually a friendly venue  —  NEW YORK (AP) — During a live segment on a cable news network, from a sports bar in France where patrons were celebrating the United States women's World Cup Championship, a profane chant about President Donald Trump broke out.
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Washington Post:
Trump says U.S. ‘will no longer deal’ with British ambassador who called White House ‘inept’  —  LONDON — President Trump said Monday that the United States would “no longer deal” with the British ambassador who disparaged his administration.  —  In a cache of diplomatic cables leaked …
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Áine Cain / Business Insider:
Furious Home Depot shoppers say they're boycotting the store and cutting up their cards after one of the home-improvement retailer's founders said he'd donate some of his fortune to Trump's reelection campaign  — Home Depot's cofounder Bernie Marcus plans to donate to President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection bid.
New York Times:
Trump Talks Up 'America's Environmental Leadership' in Climate Speech  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the international Paris climate change accord, sought to roll back or weaken over 80 environmental regulations and punted on global environmental leadership.
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Jessica Pressler / The Cut:
The Battle of Grace Church What happened when Brooklyn's oldest nursery school decided to become less old-fashioned?  A riot among the one percent.  —  When you buy a home in Brooklyn Heights, you aren't just purchasing real estate, you're purchasing a lifestyle.
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Felix Sater to testify after missing previously scheduled appearance  —  Felix Sater, a former business associate of President Donald Trump who was the chief negotiator for the defunct Trump Tower Moscow project, will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday morning, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Discussion: CNN
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why Isn't Trump Trying to Win the Center?  —  In theory, that's what he should be doing.  In practice, forget it.  —  What is President Trump going to do to win the voters who rejected him in 2016?  —  It's a serious question.  Roughly 137 million people voted in the last presidential election.
Associated Press:
AP: Federal grand jury probing GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee to drum up business deals …
Zach Carter / HuffPost:
Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Know Who The Democratic Party Is Anymore  —  She's undermining her own caucus.  —  On Saturday, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd published an interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that reads like an excerpt from The Great Gatsby reimagined for the 21st century.
Discussion: RedState, CNN, USA Today and The Independent
Anna Peele / Washington Post:
The Ignoring of Kirsten Gillibrand  —  In 2019, it's unforgivable for a presidential candidate to be boring.  Maybe that's our loss.  —  Honey, switch to the 10-pounders," says Kirsten Gillibrand.  This directive is made in a dreary, windowless gym on the fourth floor of a Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Waterloo, Iowa.
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
The ‘Texas Miracle’ Missed Most of Texas  —  LONGVIEW, Tex. — On the eastern plains of Texas, local leaders are trying to stop the bleeding of talent to the bright lights of Dallas and Austin.  They are sprucing up downtown, completing 10 miles of walking trails, investing in parks and schools …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Warren Staffer Draws Criticism for Anti-Israel Tweet  —  A staffer for Democrat Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign has come under scrutiny for a recently deleted tweet stating he “would totally be friends with Hamas,” the Middle Eastern terror group that routinely murders Israeli citizens.
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Fund-Raising: $19.1 Million in 3 Months, Outpacing Sanders  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts raised $19.1 million in the past three months, her campaign said on Monday, a total that places her firmly in the top echelon of the Democratic money race …
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Poll: Plurality backs criminal prosecutions for illegal border crossings  —  More Americans say they favor criminal prosecutions for people who illegally cross the border than punishing them with civil fines, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll.  —  The survey, released Monday …
Discussion: TheBlaze and Breitbart
The Intercept:
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Move to Strip Reformist Prosecutor Larry Krasner of Authority  —  Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have quietly muscled power away from reformist District Attorney Larry Krasner, passing new legislation giving authority to the state's attorney general to prosecute certain firearms violations …
Discussion: Inquirer.com and Splinter
 
 
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Breitbart and Splinter
Steven A. Cook / Foreign Policy:
The Middle East Is Now Split Between Red States and Blue States
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
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