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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump announces end of fight to add citizenship question to census — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is backing down from his effort to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, and will instead take executive action that instructs the Commerce Department to obtain …
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Trump expected to announce executive action on adding citizenship question to census — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would have an announcement later in the day related to “the Census and Citizenship” and a senior administration official told ABC News the president was expected …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Has Backed Down On Adding A Citizenship Question To The 2020 Census
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Trump retreats on adding citizenship question to 2020 Census
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
House to vote next week on criminal contempt against Barr and Ross
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump expected to order citizenship question added to the census
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Biden, Warren top 2020 Democratic field — Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders round out the top four candidates in the first NBC/WSJ post-debate poll. — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., lead the Democratic presidential field …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden holds commanding lead among South Carolina Democrats — South Carolina Democratic primary voters, more than half of whom are expected to be African American, say former Vice President Joe Biden is the best candidate to handle racial issues.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Social Media Summit Mortifies White House, Enrages Far-Right Allies — No one who is invited to the summit has actually been banned from social platforms. — Donald Trump has invited personalities from across the right-wing internet to the White House on Thursday for a …
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Trump Says It's Not Free Speech to ‘Write Bad’ About ‘Something Good’: That's ‘Dangerous Speech’ — President Donald Trump had a lot to say at the White House Social Media Summit on Thursday, including offering his take on what does and does not constitute free speech.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Praises Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists at White House: ‘The Crap You Think of Is Unbelievable’ — The social media summit at the White House featured a who's who of the right wing fringe, but the president was the one who made it a truly bizarre affair.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Trump accuses social media companies of ‘terrible bias’ at White House summit decried by critics — President Trump assailed Facebook, Google and Twitter on Thursday for exhibiting “terrible bias” and silencing his supporters at a White House “social media summit” that critics chastised …
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Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Uncle Trump Wants You! (To Join His Troll Army)
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Democratic lawmaker unloads on Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff for ‘using the race card’ — Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) unloaded on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday for “using the race card” after Ocasio-Cortez accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of being racially insensitive.
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David Montgomery / Washington Post:
AOC's Chief of Change — Saikat Chakrabarti isn't just running her office. He's guiding a movement. — On a Wednesday morning in late May, emissaries of two of the strongest political voices on climate change convened at a coffee shop a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Democratic unity threatened as clash between Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez drags on
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The Hill:
Dems rush to support Pelosi amid fight with Ocasio-Cortez
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Pelosi defends handling of 4 House women as Democrats fume about Ocasio-Cortez's top aide
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Ocasio-Cortez: I Wonder Why Pelosi's Attacking “Women Of Color”? Update: War
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Miami Herald:
New victims come forward as Epstein asks to be released from jail to his Manhattan mansion — At least a dozen new victims have come forward to claim they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein even as the multimillionaire money manager tries to convince a federal judge to allow him to await …
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump moves into damage control mode (just like every other politician)
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
New book details how Republican leaders learned to stop worrying and love Trump — Few people have more power in President Trump's White House than Madeleine Westerhout, his executive assistant who controls access to the Oval Office, delivers the president's marker-scribbled messages …
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Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan said he wanted to ‘scold’ …
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Cassandra Sweetman / KFOR-TV:
Logan Co. man allegedly driving stolen vehicle filled with uranium, a rattlesnake, and Kentucky Deluxe — GUTHRIE, Okla. - Two people were arrested after a traffic stop of a stolen car revealed the two had a rattlesnake, radioactive uranium, and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe.
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Republican campaign committee darkened Colin Kaepernick's skin for a fundraising ad — WASHINGTON—Former NFL star Colin Kaepernick did not look like himself in a fundraising email that was sent by the National Republican Congressional Committee on Wednesday.
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New York Times:
Thousands Are Targeted as ICE Prepares to Raid Migrant Families — Nationwide raids to arrest thousands of members of undocumented families have been scheduled to begin Sunday, according to two current and one former homeland security officials, moving forward with a rapidly changing operation …
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren takes on Trump with immigration overhaul — Elizabeth Warren on Thursday unveiled her plan to reform the nation's immigration system amid a deepening crisis over detention at the southern border and a fraught debate across the country and within the Democratic Party on the way forward.
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A Fair and Welcoming Immigration System
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Mack Lamoureux / VICE:
People Tell Us How QAnon Destroyed Their Relationships — We spoke to people who told us how the QAnon conspiracy theory ruined their marriage, turned their parents into completely different people, and otherwise made their lives miserable. — One of the most disheartening signs …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Judiciary approves subpoenas for 12 key witnesses, including Jared Kushner — The House Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to authorize subpoenas for 12 crucial witnesses as part of House Democrats' ongoing investigations targeting President Donald Trump.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Alabama senator says Trump opposed to Sessions Senate bid — President Trump is not on board with a potential Senate bid by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, according to Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). — Shelby told The Hill on Thursday that he has discussed a potential Sessions candidacy …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP frets over nightmare scenario for Senate primaries
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
All Female Senators Ask U.S. Women's National Soccer Team To Meet — The 25 Democratic and GOP senators want to “discuss the challenges women face on and off the field.” Hmm, like equal pay? — WASHINGTON ― All 25 female senators on Wednesday invited the U.S. women's national soccer team …
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