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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.
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: Political Wire and Splinter
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.
CNN:   Congressional Democrats subpoena Trump organization
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:   Trump officials tell one court Obamacare is failing and another it's thriving
John Bresnahan / Politico:   Dems to pursue criminal contempt for William Barr, Wilbur Ross over census
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Associated Press:
US Rep. Swalwell ends presidential bid, will seek reelection
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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 …
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 …
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 …
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:
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.
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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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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 …
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?
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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 …
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.
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Poll: Plurality backs criminal prosecutions for illegal border crossings
Discussion: Breitbart
Andrew Feinberg / Beltway Breakfast:
White House Social Media Summit Invite List Includes GOP Operative Who Questioned Kamala Harris …
The Intercept:
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Move to Strip Reformist Prosecutor Larry Krasner of Authority
Ryan Browne / CNN:
DHS requests 1,000 more National Guard for Texas border
Discussion: The Daily Caller and FOX31 Denver
Washington Post:
Treasury could breach debt ceiling in first half of September, much sooner than previously thought
ProPublica:
ProPublica Is Expanding Its Local Reporting Network to Youngstown, Ohio
Anna Peele / Washington Post:
The Ignoring of Kirsten Gillibrand
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Obamacare faces a death panel on Tuesday
Discussion: USA Today
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
De Blasio shouts that he ‘hates’ charter schools at campaign event
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Kris Kobach Enters U.S. Senate Race, Misspells Own First Name
Discussion: Breitbart and Splinter
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump goes after Fox News in late-night Twitter rant
Kelsey Gee / Wall Street Journal:
Sunday Night Is the New Monday Morning, and Workers Are Miserable
 

 
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John Hendel / Politico:
Trump names FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to chair the agency; Carr can immediately assume control once Trump is inaugurated as he is already on the commission

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit, giving WBD access to NBA content and rights in parts of N. Europe and LatAm; TNT will license Inside the NBA to ESPN

Colin Kellaher / Wall Street Journal:
Florida billionaire David Hoffmann, who holds an 8.7% stake in Lee Enterprises and 5% in DallasNews, says he aims to make the second-largest US newspaper group

 
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