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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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Joshua Matz / Washington Post:
The House has already opened an impeachment investigation against Trump — Forget the political optics. As a matter of law, the Judiciary Committee's actions are clear. — Has the House of Representatives opened an impeachment inquiry? That question is starkly presented by a petition …
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Talking Points Memo and ThinkProgress
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Dems move closer to impeachment in strategy shakeup — House Democrats on Friday took a major step forward in their legal fight against President Donald Trump — one that looks much like the beginning of impeachment, even as Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to resist a formal inquiry.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
It's time for impeachment hearings on Trump. Here's how Democrats may proceed.
It's time for impeachment hearings on Trump. Here's how Democrats may proceed.
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Washington Post:
Nadler says he's going to court to enforce Mueller-related subpoenas, a step toward possible impeachment
Nadler says he's going to court to enforce Mueller-related subpoenas, a step toward possible impeachment
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Axios, Hot Air, Little Green Footballs, One America News Network, Daily Wire and The First Street Journal
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 and Splinter
Nicole Goodkind / Newsweek:
Trump's former FBI head says it's time to start impeachment hearings
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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One America News Network, Splinter, Washington Post, Breitbart and CBS Boston
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
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Dems launch ‘impeachment investigation’ with bid for grand jury info, insist Mueller delivered
Dems launch ‘impeachment investigation’ with bid for grand jury info, insist Mueller delivered
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NBC News, Breitbart, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Guardian
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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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.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
GDP slows to 2.1% in second quarter but beats expectations thanks to strong consumer
GDP slows to 2.1% in second quarter but beats expectations thanks to strong consumer
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The Gateway Pundit
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Slowed in 2nd Quarter, but Consumer Spending Was Strong
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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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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RedState, Hullabaloo and 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, Power Line and MARK HALPERIN'S WIDE WORLD …
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Mueller's Ignorance Of Fusion GPS Proves His Investigation Was A Sham
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
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Power Line, Big League Politics, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
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, The Verge and Greensburg Tribune-Review
NBC News:
What happened to the Republican outrage on Russia? — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — Two and a half years ago, it was easy to find Republicans who were outraged …
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Fox News, The Hill, Washington Post, ThinkProgress and Politico
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump knocks Fox News after poll shows him losing to Biden by 10 points
Trump knocks Fox News after poll shows him losing to Biden by 10 points
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Townhall and Washington Post
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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Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Alabama GOP Rep. Martha Roby not running for reelection — Republican Rep. Martha Roby, who criticized Donald Trump in 2016 and faced a primary challenge because of it in 2018, announced Friday that she will not seek a sixth term in her southeast Alabama district.
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Townhall and Political Wire
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth — Alan Duffy was confused. On Thursday, the astronomer's phone was suddenly flooded with calls from reporters wanting to know about a large asteroid that had just whizzed past Earth, and he couldn't figure out “why everyone was so alarmed.”
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USA Today, Pacific Standard and CNN
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Lil Nas X Shuts Down Mayor Pete Buttigieg ‘Old Town Road’ Collaboration — The 2020 candidate was set to recite the lyrics to the chart-topping megahit for a BuzzFeed event, but the singer nixed the idea, leading to the mayor's exit. — Lil Nas X has collaborated with the likes of Billy Ray Cyrus, Keith Urban, BTS, and Young Thug.
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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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
What Were Robespierre's Pronouns? — The French Revolution was led by sociopaths who politicized language, much like today's Jacobins. — We often make historical parallels here. History doesn't repeat itself but it does rhyme, as clever people say. And sometimes it hiccups. Here is a hiccup.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Charlottesville Lawyers Dump Nazi Clients — These two ‘Unite the Right’ white supremacists are so loathsome, their own lawyers are giving them the boot. — One won't pay his legal bills and keeps threatening attorneys. The other is on the run. These two white supremacists are so awful, their own lawyers are dumping them.
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
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 …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Congressmen 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.
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Mueller Moments You Might Have Missed — Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not want to make a splash on Wednesday. He didn't want to be testifying on Capitol Hill at all. His reluctance to be in the spotlight was apparent as he delivered most of his answers with as few words as possible and zero dramatic flair.
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 …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Fox News
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Gillibrand Accuses Unnamed Democratic Rivals of Not Supporting Women Working ‘Outside the Home’ — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York accused some of her fellow Democratic candidates for president of not supporting women who work outside the home on Thursday, her most aggressive attempt yet …
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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Times, Iowa Starting Line and New York Post
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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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 …