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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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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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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 …
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Bill Clinton ‘knows nothing’ about financier Jeffrey Epstein's ‘terrible crimes,’ former president's spokesman says — Bill Clinton “knows nothing” about the “terrible crimes” linked to Jeffrey Epstein, the former president's spokesman said Monday, in Clinton's first statement …
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.
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The Daily Caller, Breitbart, New York Post and Florida Politics
Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
BREAKING: Bill Clinton Denies Knowing Anything About His Pedophile Friend Jeffery Epstein But Flight Logs Show Otherwise
BREAKING: Bill Clinton Denies Knowing Anything About His Pedophile Friend Jeffery Epstein But Flight Logs Show Otherwise
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Users On Wikipedia are Trying to Quietly Edit Out Democratic Connections In Epstein's Bio
Users On Wikipedia are Trying to Quietly Edit Out Democratic Connections In Epstein's Bio
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Summit News
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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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Why Trump will likely lose the census citizenship fight — President Donald Trump's fight to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census is one he seems likely to lose. — Eleven days after an unfavorable Supreme Court ruling, a new team of Justice Department attorneys must persuade …
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Daily Wire and The Hill
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Barr Says Legal Path to Census Citizenship Question Exists, but He Gives No Details — EDGEFIELD, S.C. — President Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr began working to find a way to place a citizenship question on the 2020 census just after the Supreme Court blocked its inclusion last month …
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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 …
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Axios, Splinter and POLITICUSUSA
Mike Balsamo / Associated Press:
Barr sees a way for census to legally ask about citizenship
Barr sees a way for census to legally ask about citizenship
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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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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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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Republicans — and some Dems — stand by Acosta amid Jeffrey Epstein charges — White House aides are wringing their hands over the prospect that Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta could be dethroned for his handling of previous accusations of abuse against billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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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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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why Isn't Trump Trying to Win the Center?
Why Isn't Trump Trying to Win the Center?
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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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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Obamacare Is Going Back On Trial, With Insurance For 20 Million At Stake — The Republican lawsuit hasn't gotten a lot of attention lately, but it should. — A federal appeals court is about to take up a Republican lawsuit that could wipe out the Affordable Care Act and, with it …
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Paul Demko / Politico:
Long-shot legal challenge could end Obamacare during the 2020 campaign
Long-shot legal challenge could end Obamacare during the 2020 campaign
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Splinter, The Incidental Economist and POLITICUSUSA
Aussie Dave / Israellycool:
US Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren Has Got a Problem. He's Called Max Berger — Recently, Max Berger, one of the founders of Israel-hating organization IfNotNow, announced on Twitter he had joined US Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren's team. — Warren has a serious problem on her hands now.
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Warren Staffer Draws Criticism for Anti-Israel Tweet
Warren Staffer Draws Criticism for Anti-Israel Tweet
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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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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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Townhall and The Daily Caller
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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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Pence rips AOC's ‘concentration camp’ remarks to pro-Israel group, says they're ‘slander of law enforcement’
Pence rips AOC's ‘concentration camp’ remarks to pro-Israel group, says they're ‘slander of law enforcement’
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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.
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Investigation Intensifies Into Top Trump Fund-raiser — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have intensified their wide-ranging federal investigation into Elliott Broidy, a top fund-raiser for President Trump, signaling the Justice Department's continued interest in questions about foreign influence on the administration.
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Washington Post:
White House blocks key Mueller witness from answering more than 200 questions from House investigators — House Democrats' hopes of making Annie Donaldson, the former chief of staff to ex-White House counsel Donald McGahn, a star witness in their investigations of President Trump were dashed …
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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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Daniella Greenbaum Davis / Spectator USA:
Where is the outrage from the right over Ben Garrison's White House invite? … The New York Times published an anti-Semitic cartoon depicting a blind Donald Trump being led by a canine Benjamin Netanyahu in its international edition earlier this year. Following near-universal condemnation …
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Amy Harmon / New York Times:
As Cameras Track Detroit's Residents, a Debate Ensues Over Racial Bias — Studies have shown that facial recognition software can return more false matches for African-Americans than for white people, a sign of what experts call “algorithmic bias.” — [For more coverage of race …
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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Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Rep. Eric Swalwell ends presidential bid
Rep. Eric Swalwell ends presidential bid
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Neil Munro / Breitbart:
100 GOP Reps Back Fast-Track Citizenship for Chinese Investors — The House will vote as early as Tuesday on a bill that would give wealthy Chinese lenders a fast-track to American green cards and citizenship. — Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren's bill — The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 …
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.
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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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Missouri governor's use of message-destroying app didn't violate state transparency laws, judge finds — A circuit court judge in Missouri ruled Monday that Republican former governor Eric Greitens did not violate the state's Sunshine Law — which guarantees “openness in government” …
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