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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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Mike Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr sees a way for census to legally ask about citizenship — EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he sees a legal path to adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, despite a Supreme Court ruling that blocked its inclusion, at least temporarily.
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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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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Barr says Trump administration can legally add citizenship question to census — Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he believes the Trump administration can legally add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, though the Supreme Court ruled against its inclusion last month.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's corruption is getting worse. He has a hidden enabler.
Trump's corruption is getting worse. He has a hidden enabler.
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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 …
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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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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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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Inside Epstein's $56 Million Mansion: Photos of Bill Clinton, Woody Allen and Saudi Crown Prince — The townhouse where the financier Jeffrey Epstein is accused of abusing girls is one of the largest private homes in Manhattan. — The townhouse where the financier Jeffrey Epstein is accused …
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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.
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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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Associated Press:
US Rep. Swalwell ends presidential bid, will seek reelection
US Rep. Swalwell ends presidential bid, will seek reelection
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
CNN will hold live draw for 2020 Democratic debate lineup
CNN will hold live draw for 2020 Democratic debate lineup
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Mediaite, CBS News, Politico and Shakesville
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
Warren reports $19.1 million in 2nd-quarter donations
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Politico, Breitbart, Axios, Common Dreams and The Guardian
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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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.
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump team held back dirt on Kavanaugh accuser, new book says
Trump team held back dirt on Kavanaugh accuser, new book says
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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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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.
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
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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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Trump says ‘We only have one planet’ as administration continues to roll back regs
Trump says ‘We only have one planet’ as administration continues to roll back regs
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Politico, Rolling Stone, Common Dreams and The Daily Caller
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Justin Amash resigns from House committee after dumping GOP — Newly declared independent Rep. Justin Amash has formally left the GOP Conference and resigned from the House Oversight Committee, according to a letter he sent to Republican leaders on Monday. — “Please accept this letter …
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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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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 …
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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The American Conservative
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.
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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CNN:
Breitbart's White House correspondent expected to join White House — New York (CNN Business)Breitbart's former White House correspondent is expected to join the Trump administration, people familiar with the matter told CNN. — Michelle Moons, the correspondent, is slated to take a job …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump says he will hold another military celebration next Fourth of July — Days after presiding over a Fourth of July military celebration on the Mall in Washington, President Trump said Monday that he plans to hold a similar extravaganza next year. — “It was a wonderful day for all Americans …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Crushed Joe Biden on Busing at the Debate. Here's Why She's Walking It Back. — School segregation is a great blot on America. Revisiting the unpopular politics of the 1970s is now a way for the party to clean that mess up. — BEAST INSIDE
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.
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