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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.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's corruption is getting worse. He has a hidden enabler. — Extraordinary new details are emerging about President Trump's efforts to rig the census to benefit the Republican Party — and those details provide an occasion to take stock of William P. Barr's role as hidden enabler of the president's deepening corruption.
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JM Rieger / Washington Post:
The Trump administration has changed its story on the census citizenship question at least 10 times in four months
The Trump administration has changed its story on the census citizenship question at least 10 times in four months
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Tom Hals / Reuters:
In losing legal battles over census, Trump may win political war
In losing legal battles over census, Trump may win political war
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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 …
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New York Times:
Nude Photos of Girls Seized From Jeffrey Epstein Mansion — The prosecutors are seeking to detain the financier while he awaits trial on sexual trafficking charges, saying he is a flight risk. — Investigators seized nude photographs of young women from the Manhattan townhouse of Jeffrey Epstein …
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The Daily Beast:
Fox News Hasn't Asked Dershowitz About His Pedophile Client Jeffrey Epstein — The attorney has appeared on Fox News 27 times since major news broke about the illegal plea deal Epstein's lawyers negotiated. Fox has not asked Dershowitz about it even once.
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Mimi Rocah / The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein Shouldn't Expect to Wriggle Free Again
Jeffrey Epstein Shouldn't Expect to Wriggle Free Again
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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case ‘shocks the conscience,’ U.S. attorney says
Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case ‘shocks the conscience,’ U.S. attorney says
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Washington Post:
Financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with federal sex trafficking crimes involving minors
Financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with federal sex trafficking crimes involving minors
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Erica Orden / CNN:
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein accused of paying girls as young as 14 for sex
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein accused of paying girls as young as 14 for sex
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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.
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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 …
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Warren reports $19.1 million in 2nd-quarter donations — Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign said Monday that she had raised $19.1 million in the past three months, the vast majority from first-time donors, drawing a significant haul despite putting herself at a disadvantage by pledging not to court wealthy donors.
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren puts Sanders on notice with $19 million fundraising haul
Warren puts Sanders on notice with $19 million fundraising haul
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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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The Hill:
Swalwell to become first Democrat to drop out of presidential primary
Swalwell to become first Democrat to drop out of presidential primary
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New York Times:
Billionaire Tom Steyer May Enter the 2020 Field as Rep. Eric Swalwell Bows Out
Billionaire Tom Steyer May Enter the 2020 Field as Rep. Eric Swalwell Bows Out
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
BREAKING: Eric Swalwell To Announce He Ran for President
BREAKING: Eric Swalwell To Announce He Ran for President
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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 …
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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 …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Signs a Bill to Allow Release of Trump's State Tax Returns — State tax officials will be required to release the returns for any ‘specified and legitimate legislative purpose’ to three congressional committees. — As the battle over President Trump's federal taxes intensifies in Washington …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Congressional Dems Don't Seem Eager For Trump's New York Tax Returns
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.
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Jay Caruso / The Independent:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shouldn't insult Nancy Pelosi. She should learn from her
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shouldn't insult Nancy Pelosi. She should learn from her
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David Marcus / The Federalist:
Vulgar Anti-Trump American Fans In France Is How You Get Trump — We were enjoying a lovely brunch down the shore yesterday when the crowd at the bar erupted. Glancing up at the big screen, I saw the U.S. Women's National Team had just been awarded a penalty kick.
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Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
‘War on Soccer’: Ann Coulter Rebukes Women's Soccer Team With Tweets Vowing to Ruin 'Soccer …
‘War on Soccer’: Ann Coulter Rebukes Women's Soccer Team With Tweets Vowing to Ruin 'Soccer …
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Women's Soccer Sucks. Yay USA.
Women's Soccer Sucks. Yay USA.
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump team held back dirt on Kavanaugh accuser, new book says — At the height of the furor over Christine Blasey Ford's accusations against Brett Kavanaugh, the media were filled with speculation that the Supreme Court nominee might withdraw from the nomination battle.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Exclusive excerpt: Justice Kennedy's secret meeting with Trump
Exclusive excerpt: Justice Kennedy's secret meeting with Trump
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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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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
British ambassador's leaked cables are far from ‘bombshells’
British ambassador's leaked cables are far from ‘bombshells’
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Trump officials tell one court Obamacare is failing and another it's thriving … As they push a federal court to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump administration lawyers are arguing the law is no longer workable because Congress eliminated a penalty on people who don't have health insurance.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Justin Amash expected to lose Oversight Committee seat — Newly independent Rep. Justin Amash is expected to be kicked out of the GOP conference and lose his committee assignment this week, according to multiple Republican sources familiar with the matter. — The House GOP will likely move …
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Steven A. Cook / Foreign Policy:
The Middle East Is Now Split Between Red States and Blue States — The region has been carved up into Republican and Democratic countries, to the detriment of the United States. — Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the late 1940s …
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
CNN will hold live draw for 2020 Democratic debate lineup — New CNN poll shows Harris and Warren rise after debates — (CNN)CNN will conduct a live draw to determine which night each candidate will appear in the highly anticipated Democratic presidential primary debates airing later this month on the network.
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
If I Had Five Minutes to Question Robert Mueller — Here's a puzzle: Imagine that you are a member of Congress who, under rules seemingly designed to preclude effective questioning, had exactly five minutes to interview Robert Mueller on national television. What would you ask him?
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