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New York Times:
Raising Prospect of Impeaching Trump, House Seeks Mueller's Grand Jury Secrets — In a petition to the court that oversaw the special counsel's grand jury investigation, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee say they need the information to weigh potential impeachment articles.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
It's time for impeachment hearings on Trump. Here's how Democrats may proceed. — No matter how hard some observers work to minimize the importance of Robert S. Mueller III's testimony, here's the truth: It has increased the pressure inside the House Democratic caucus for launching an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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The Atlantic, Politico and The Guardian
Nicole Goodkind / Newsweek:
Trump's former FBI head says it's time to start impeachment hearings — Former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe said Thursday morning that the previous day's Congressional testimony by former special counsel Robert Mueller had convinced him the time was right to begin an impeachment inquiry for President Donald Trump.
The Daily Beast:
‘There Is Constant Battling’: Nadler and Pelosi Are on a Collision Course
‘There Is Constant Battling’: Nadler and Pelosi Are on a Collision Course
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Breitbart, Washington Post, Splinter and CBS Boston
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Nadler says he's going to court today and next week to enforce Mueller-related subpoenas
Nadler says he's going to court today and next week to enforce Mueller-related subpoenas
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Hot Air, One America News Network, Daily Wire, Pirate's Cove, The First Street Journal and Political Wire
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
'This isn't endless:' Pelosi denies slow-walking impeachment push
'This isn't endless:' Pelosi denies slow-walking impeachment push
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Breitbart and Talking Points Memo
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judiciary Committee asks a judge to share Mueller's secret grand jury evidence
Judiciary Committee asks a judge to share Mueller's secret grand jury evidence
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The Daily Beast
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Mueller's Skepticism of Trump's Truthfulness Heightens Impeachment Debate
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Resistance Inc. — Column: Why impeachment isn't going away
Resistance Inc. — Column: Why impeachment isn't going away
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New York Times
Rich Miller / Bloomberg:
Trump's 3% Growth Feat in 2018 Undone by Annual Data Revisions — Update shows U.S. economy expanded 2.5% last year — Revisions also boost savings rate, lower cellphone prices — President Donald Trump failed to achieve his much-ballyhooed 3% target for economic growth in 2018 after all.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2019 (Advance Estimate) and Annual Update — Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2019 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Politico, UPI, Mother Jones, CNBC, Outside the Beltway and Quartz
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Grew by an Annual Rate of 2.1% in Second Quarter
U.S. Economy Grew by an Annual Rate of 2.1% in Second Quarter
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Daily Herald and The Week
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
DOJ's Russia probe review focusing on ‘smoking gun’ tapes of meeting with Trump aide: sources — CIA, FBI and DNI work with Attorney General Bill Barr to determine the origins of the Trump-Russia probe — The Justice Department's internal review of the Russia investigation is zeroing …
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The Gateway Pundit
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
What Mueller Was Trying to Hide
What Mueller Was Trying to Hide
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RedState and Power Line
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Mueller Moments You Might Have Missed
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Scarborough calls McConnell ‘Moscow Mitch,’ says lack of action on Russian meddling is ‘un-American’ — MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Friday lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling him “Moscow Mitch” over his inaction on legislation to address Russian election interference.
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Vanity Fair, Chicks On The Right, Mediaite, Breitbart, Washington Post and UPI
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New York Times:
Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds — WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump knocks Fox News after poll shows him losing to Biden by 10 points — President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on Fox News on Friday, complaining that the network's pollsters aren't favorable enough to him after claiming the news organization had been “Proud Warriors” for him in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
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Washington Post and Fox News
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Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Warren Fellowship Applicants: Campaign Program Was a ‘Great Scam’ — Two men accepted into the 2020 candidate's volunteer fellowship program described the process for entry as deceptive and at times exploitative. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has built much of her political career …
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The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Pols Took Your Cash. They Used It to Help the Saudis and the Qataris. — The contributions “add another dimension to the familiar but ever-expanding story of money, influence, and access in Washington,” the Campaign Legal Center wrote in its report. — In the summer of 2018 …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Settles with T-Mobile and Sprint in Their Proposed Merger by Requiring a Package of Divestitures to Dish — Divestiture Will Enable DISH's Entry as a Fourth Nationwide Facilities-Based Wireless Competitor and Expedite Deployment of High-Quality 5G for American Consumers
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNBC, VICE, Common Dreams, UPI, TheStreet, The Wrap, Engadget, Shareblue Media, The Week and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
Justice Department clears T-Mobile-Sprint mega-merger against competition criticisms
Justice Department clears T-Mobile-Sprint mega-merger against competition criticisms
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One America News Network
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
The Extraordinary Humbling of John Hickenlooper — HANOVER, N.H. — Can John Hickenlooper interest you in a joke? — “What's the opposite of woe?” Mr. Hickenlooper, the former Colorado governor and still-presidential-candidate, asked inside a hotel reception room last week …
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Is ‘Doing the Right Thing’ Worth Increasing the Risk of a Second Trump Term? — A new argument for impeaching President Trump has gained attention in the wake of Robert Mueller's testimony in the House on Wednesday, during which the special counsel confirmed his understanding that Trump …
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Washington Post
Zach Dorfman / Yahoo News:
Shadow force: The secret history of the U.S. intelligence community's battle with Iran's Revolutionary Guard — The hackers pretended to be professors, appealing to Achilles' heel of academics: their egos. Posing as admiring colleagues from other universities, they emailed their targets …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi: There was never ‘any hatchet’ to bury with Ocasio-Cortez — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there was never “any hatchet” to bury with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, praising the high-profile freshman after the two met privately Friday to move past their feud that erupted earlier this month.
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New York Times:
How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women — In May 1997, Alicia Arden, a model in California, was introduced to a man who identified himself as a talent scout for Victoria's Secret. He invited her to his Santa Monica hotel room to audition for the brand's catalog.
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Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime, The Stranger, The Sun, Mercury News, The Daily Beast and Washington Post
Obed Manuel / Dallas Morning News:
A Border Patrol chief testifies that Francisco Galicia never claimed U.S. citizenship, but document says otherwise — A U.S. Border Patrol chief on Thursday testified before the House Judiciary Committee that 18-year-old Francisco Erwin Galicia never claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he was in Border Patrol custody for 23 days.
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Reason, USA Today, Washington Times, Fox News, KFOR-TV, CNN, Talking Points Memo and TheBlaze
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
A Border Patrol chief in a racist Facebook group says she didn't realize it was racist
A Border Patrol chief in a racist Facebook group says she didn't realize it was racist
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Shareblue Media
Windsor Mann / The Week:
How Pat Buchanan made President Trump possible — In 1991, television personality Pat Buchanan launched his first campaign for president. Twenty-five years later, he won. — “We will put America first,” Buchanan said in 1991. The previous year, he penned an essay for the National Interest titled …
YouTube:
Krystal Ball: How much damage has MSNBC done to the Left? … Krystal Ball's radar takes a look at the reaction to Mueller's 7-hour testimony from MSNBC. — About Rising: — Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside …
Josephine Wolff / Slate:
You Have a Moral Obligation to Claim Your $125 From Equifax — Help make sure that companies pay the consequences for data breaches. — Go claim your $125 from Equifax. Right now. Even if $125 isn't a sum of money that matters to you, even if you don't feel you were really directly affected by the breach.
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CBS Dallas, New York Post and The Verge
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Ilhan Omar SPLITS with her husband and moves into luxury penthouse as she heads for SECOND divorce with father of her three children — Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and her husband Ahmed Hirsi - the father of her three children - have split, DailyMail.com has learned exclusively
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The American System Is Already Failing — The Mueller hearings told us almost nothing that we didn't know already. We knew that the president welcomed assistance from a foreign power in order to win an election, and has fawned over his political patron in this endeavor, Vladimir Putin, since he became president.
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Cruz: ‘Top Gun’ Censorship for China Proves ‘Hollywood is Afraid to Stand Up for Free Speech’ — 'It's incredibly disappointing to see Hollywood elites appease the Chinese Communist Party' — The Paramount film studio's recent decision to censor portions of its remake of the classic film Top Gun …