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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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Detroit News, Axios and Talking Points Memo
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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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RedState and The Gateway Pundit
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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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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National Review, Daily Wire and Chicks On The Right
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller scrambles hearing by tapping top deputy as counsel — Robert Mueller's top deputy will appear alongside him for his highly anticipated testimony on Wednesday, according to congressional aides familiar with the preparations, a last-minute curveball that came despite the Justice Department's demand …
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New York Times:
Fireworks, Maybe, but Will Mueller Hearing Be a Turning Point? — WASHINGTON — After all the swearing at, finally comes the swearing in. When Robert S. Mueller III takes the oath on Wednesday morning in the wood-paneled Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building …
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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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Washington Post, JONATHAN TURLEY, Common Dreams and Fox News
Washington Post:
The administration's last-minute attempt to bully Mueller is offensive
The administration's last-minute attempt to bully Mueller is offensive
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The Daily Beast, Vox and The Guardian
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
6 key takeaways from Robert Mueller's testimony
6 key takeaways from Robert Mueller's testimony
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National Review, Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
‘A lack of urgency’: Democrats frustrated as House investigators struggle to unearth major revelations about Trump
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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Politico, PJ Media Home, Townhall and Breitbart
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller refutes Trump's ‘no collusion, no obstruction’ line
Mueller refutes Trump's ‘no collusion, no obstruction’ line
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CNN, ABC News and Associated Press
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
LIVE UPDATES: Mueller contradicts Trump, says report did not exonerate him, can be charged …
LIVE UPDATES: Mueller contradicts Trump, says report did not exonerate him, can be charged …
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National Review, Mother Jones, The Week, CBS News, Breitbart and Politico
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Key Aide Will Appear Alongside Mueller During Hearings
Key Aide Will Appear Alongside Mueller During Hearings
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Inquirer.com, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, VICE, Rolling Stone, The Week, Slate, RedState, Vox, Washington Post, CNN, The National Interest and Mediaite
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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The Week
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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Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
The House Voted To Condemn The Boycott Israel Movement Over Protests From Reps. Ilhan Omar And Rashida Tlaib — The measure to formally condemn the BDS movement passed the House overwhelmingly Tuesday night. “Dissent is how we nurture democracy,” Tlaib said. — Reporting From — Washington, DC
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The Resurgent, JNS.org, Breitbart, New York Times, Washington Free Beacon, Townhall and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
CNN:
House approves resolution opposing Israel boycott movement in divisive vote
House approves resolution opposing Israel boycott movement in divisive vote
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RedState, Pirate's Cove, The Daily Caller, Jewish Insider, Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart and CNSNews
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
House condemns Israel boycott over liberal objections
House condemns Israel boycott over liberal objections
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Common Dreams
Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
Theresa May says Brexit ‘can be new beginning’ for UK as she steps down as PM — The Theresa May premiership was swamped by Brexit. But she failed to deliver it. — LONDON — Theresa May said a successful Brexit could be a “new beginning” for the U.K. as she stepped down as prime minister.
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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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Politico
Toby Young / Quillette:
Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man: A Profile of Boris Johnson
Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man: A Profile of Boris Johnson
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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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Slate, Axios, Washington Press, The Week, ThinkProgress and The Independent
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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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Reason and Political Wire
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
Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
How Americans view Mueller and impeachment, in five charts
How Americans view Mueller and impeachment, in five charts
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Politico, Pew Research Center and The Week
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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New York Post and Fox News
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 — Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview that he didn't believe anyone thought during the 2016 presidential election that President Trump would be as divisive as he turned out to be.
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The Daily Caller, Breitbart, Washington Examiner and IJR
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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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Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
ICE releases US citizen, 18, wrongfully detained near border — HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S.-born 18-year-old was released from immigration custody Tuesday after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. — Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pearsall, Texas, on Tuesday.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
We Jailed An American Citizen for Having Brown Skin
We Jailed An American Citizen for Having Brown Skin
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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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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 …
Anna Bauman / Detroit Free Press:
Dearborn burger franchise founded in Israel delays opening after backlash, threats — A franchisee has delayed the scheduled opening of his Burgerim restaurant in Dearborn amid backlash from the Arab-American community over the popular burger company's Israeli roots.
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New York Sun:
Senator Franken Regrets — Al Franken's regrets over resigning from the Senate add up to a tragedy for our times. They are relayed by Jane Mayer in an illuminating scoop in the New Yorker. It's a long, reported dispatch to which it's hard to do justice in a short editorial.