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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Welcome to our live analysis! 👋 — As former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before Congress, watch our livestream, and follow POLITICO reporters Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein, Natasha Bertrand, Blake Hounshell and Eliana Johnson's latest analysis.
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Washington Post:
Live: ‘The president was not exculpated for the acts that he allegedly committed,’ Mueller tells House Judiciary Committee — This live story is being reported by Matt Zapotosky, Karoun Demirjian, Rachael Bade, Rosalind S. Helderman, Tom Hamburger, Shane Harris, Devlin Barrett, John Wagner and Rachel Weiner.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How to think about today's Mueller extravaganza — DRIVING THE DAY — THERE'S NO WAY to adequately encapsulate the gravity of today's pair of hearings with ROBERT MUELLER. They're absolutely huge politically, substantively and optically.
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
LIVE UPDATES: Mueller contradicts Trump, says report did not exonerate him, could be charged with obstruction once he leaves office — Former special counsel Robert Mueller is on Capitol Hill for historic testimony before lawmakers in back-to-back House hearings on his probe into Russian interference …
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
How Bill Barr Ran Circles Around Bob Mueller — The special counsel is likely to wind up as just another person with good intentions who got body-slammed by a savvier political operative wearing a sheriff's badge. — Robert Mueller, an unusually honorable and admirable law-enforcement official …
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Robert Mueller soon may be exposed as the ‘magician of omission’ on Russia — While most of the political world focused its attention elsewhere, special prosecutor John Durham's team quietly reached out this summer to a lawyer representing European academic Joseph Mifsud …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller refutes Trump's ‘no collusion, no obstruction’ line — Former special counsel Robert Mueller pushed back against President Donald Trump's characterizations of his 22-month investigation, telling lawmakers on Wednesday that he did not evaluate “collusion” with the Russian government …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
7 key takeaways from Robert Mueller's testimony — (CNN)The big day is underway. After months of legal wrangling — and more than 100 days after the release of his report detailing Russia's attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election — former special counsel Robert Mueller …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Mueller's team indicates to Democrats he will not read report's text if asked — Former special counsel Robert Mueller's team indicated to House Democrats ahead of his testimony Wednesday that he would not read the text of his report if asked. — Two congressional sources familiar …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Confused performance by Mueller raises questions about handling of investigation
Confused performance by Mueller raises questions about handling of investigation
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Daily Wire
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Mueller says he is ‘not familiar’ with Fusion GPS, the firm behind the Steele dossier
Mueller says he is ‘not familiar’ with Fusion GPS, the firm behind the Steele dossier
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New York Times:
Robert Mueller Testimony to Congress: Live Updates
Robert Mueller Testimony to Congress: Live Updates
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NBC News:
How many times has Robert Mueller deflected, declined or deferred a question? Live tracker
How many times has Robert Mueller deflected, declined or deferred a question? Live tracker
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller scrambles hearing by tapping top deputy as counsel
Mueller scrambles hearing by tapping top deputy as counsel
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Trump blasts decision to let counsel accompany Mueller to testimony: ‘VERY UNFAIR’
Trump blasts decision to let counsel accompany Mueller to testimony: ‘VERY UNFAIR’
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Justice Ginsburg: ‘I Am Very Much Alive’ — Toggle more options — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview Tuesday that she does not favor proposals put forth by some Democratic presidential candidates who have advocated changing the number of Supreme Court justices if the Democrats win the presidency.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Former Justice John Paul Stevens traveled to Portugal at age 99, Ginsburg reveals at his funeral
Former Justice John Paul Stevens traveled to Portugal at age 99, Ginsburg reveals at his funeral
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Live Analysis of Mueller's Congressional Hearing — Mueller's Congressional Hearing — Former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III is testifying before Congress after two years of near-total silence. Our reporters are providing instant context and analysis.
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Chase Madar / BuzzFeed News:
Ilhan Omar's Anti-Semitism Is Becoming A Load-Bearing Myth For American Politics — When House Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about the Israel lobby took over the news cycle earlier this year, they struck some as innocuously accurate, others as impolitic, while for others they were outrageous and inflammatory.
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Toby Young / Quillette:
Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man: A Profile of Boris Johnson — I first set eyes on Boris Johnson in the autumn of 1983 when we went up to Oxford at the same time. I knew who he was since my uncle Christopher was an ex-boyfriend of his mother's and he had told me to keep an eye out for him …
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Scott Wolford / Washington Post:
With Boris Johnson in charge, will the U.K. face escalating international crises?
With Boris Johnson in charge, will the U.K. face escalating international crises?
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Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
Theresa May says Brexit ‘can be new beginning’ for UK as she steps down as PM
Theresa May says Brexit ‘can be new beginning’ for UK as she steps down as PM
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Project Veritas:
Current Sr. Google Engineer Goes Public on Camera: Tech is “dangerous,” “taking sides” — Insider: “It's time to decide, do we run the technology, or does the technology run us?” — “I really don't buy the idea that big tech is politically neutral.” — “Are we going to just let the …
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Elizabeth Spiers / New Republic:
Beyond Pelosi — Every time I see Nancy Pelosi patiently spell out the higher political wisdom of refraining from impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, I think of Alan Greenspan. That's obviously not because the speaker of the House and the famously tight-lipped former Fed chair …
New York Times:
Neil Armstrong's Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6 Million Settlement — When Neil Armstrong died in a Cincinnati hospital two weeks after undergoing heart surgery in 2012, his family released a touching tribute addressing the astronaut's millions of admirers around the globe.
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Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
While bemoaning Mueller probe, Trump falsely says the Constitution gives him ‘the right to do whatever I want’ — President Trump believes the Constitution gives him a wide breadth of power. That's the message he delivered ― not for the first time — on Tuesday while addressing a crowd …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Democrats worry Mueller will be a ‘snooze fest,’ while Trump claims falsely he can ‘do whatever I want’
Power Up: Democrats worry Mueller will be a ‘snooze fest,’ while Trump claims falsely he can ‘do whatever I want’
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
In Remarks to Young Supporters, Trump Falsely Calls Elections a ‘Rigged Deal’
In Remarks to Young Supporters, Trump Falsely Calls Elections a ‘Rigged Deal’
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The Daily Caller and New York Post
Joe Biden for President:
Justice - Joe Biden for President — The Biden Plan for Strengthening America's Commitment to Justice Equality, equity, justice - these ideas form the American creed. We have never lived up to it and we haven't always gotten it right, but we've never stopped trying.
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Business Insider:
Joe Biden says he didn't think anyone thought Trump ‘would be as bad as he is’ during the 2016 presidential election
Joe Biden says he didn't think anyone thought Trump ‘would be as bad as he is’ during the 2016 presidential election
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CNN:
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is expected to resign today, source says — (CNN)Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is expected to resign Wednesday after more than a week of protests that rocked the island's capital city, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.
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Steven Overly / Politico:
FTC strikes $5B Facebook settlement against fierce Democratic objections — The FTC on Wednesday officially unveiled its $5 billion data privacy settlement with Facebook — adding to the outrage of Democratic lawmakers and regulators who called the provisions far too mild to hold …
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