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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
John Ratcliffe: AG William Barr will deliver justice to any Obama officials who committed crimes — A top Republican investigator said accountability is coming for any of those individuals who may have committed crimes during the Trump-Russia investigation.
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New York Times:
Dan Coats to Step Down as Intelligence Chief; Trump Picks Loyalist for Job — WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Sunday that Dan Coats would step down as director of national intelligence after a fraught tenure marked by tension with the Oval Office, and he tapped one of his staunch defenders …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump to nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as DNI — President Trump announced on Twitter Sunday that he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence, confirming Axios' earlier reporting that Ratcliffe was favored for the job.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is leaving office after clashing with Trump on national security
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is leaving office after clashing with Trump on national security
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The Atlantic, POLITICUSUSA and Vox
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
With Sunday surge, nearly half of House Democrats back impeachment inquiry — Four more rank-and-file Democrats called for opening an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Sunday, inching lawmakers closer to a significant symbolic milestone: a majority of all House Democrats.
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RedState, Common Dreams, Mediaite and Axios
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Laurence H. Tribe / USA Today:
We are finally on the path to Trump impeachment and saving what our Founders gave us — Nancy Pelosi spared moderate Democrats a floor vote on impeachment, but she has unleashed her committee chairs to do exactly what needs to be done. — CONNECT — Don't let anybody fool you …
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Washington Post and ABC News
New York Times:
Gilroy Festival Shooting in California Kills at Least 3 — At least three people were killed and 15 more were injured in a shooting at a garlic festival in Gilroy, Calif., on Sunday, the authorities said. — A suspect carrying an assault-style rifle was fatally shot by the Gilroy police …
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NBC Bay Area, Mercury News, CBS San Francisco, CBS News and Splinter
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Justin Doom / ABC News:
At least 3 killed, including 6-year-old, in shooting at garlic festival in California
At least 3 killed, including 6-year-old, in shooting at garlic festival in California
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Patrick Reevell / ABC News:
Vladimir Putin critic Alexey Navalny hospitalized with suspected poisoning, doctor says — A doctor for Russia's most prominent opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, has suggested the activist has been poisoned after he was hospitalized Sunday after falling mysteriously ill in a Moscow jail.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Balloon Juice
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Nataliya Vasilyeva / Associated Press:
Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade
Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade
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Foreign Policy, New York Times, Splinter, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Week and BBC
Kevin M. Kruse / New York Times:
The Real Problem With Trump's Rallies — There are a lot of similarities between the president and George Wallace of Alabama. But there's also one big difference. — Mr. Kruse is a professor of history at Princeton. — President Trump's political rallies are certainly a spectacle, but a spectacle we've seen before.
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Hot Air:
Tapper To Rashida Tlaib: Why Do You Only Want To Boycott Israel And Not, Say, Egypt Or Pakistan Or Saudi Arabia? — I would happily boycott Egypt or Saudi Arabia for human rights violations, Tlaib insists, responding to Tapper's question. — Okay, he says. Then why don't you?
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris' new health plan: Medicare for all — with private insurers — Sen. Kamala Harris on Monday unveiled a plan to achieve universal coverage by growing Medicare with the help of private insurers, an effort that splits the difference with her chief Democratic presidential rivals …
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Washington Post and CNN
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Accuses Black Congressman and Allies of Being Racist, Deepening Feud — WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated his attack on an African-American congressman on Sunday by accusing the lawmaker and his allies of being the racist ones as an acrimonious debate with Democrats in Congress hit a new and increasingly divisive stage.
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Washington Post, Axios, The Week, Baltimore Sun and The Daily Beast
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
CNN's Stelter Bashes Fox News Over Trump's Cummings Attacks: Fueling POTUS's Racism With ‘Distorted View of the Country’
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fox's Chris Wallace Calls Out Mulvaney for Saying Trump's Baltimore Tweets Have ‘Zero to Do With Race’
Fox's Chris Wallace Calls Out Mulvaney for Saying Trump's Baltimore Tweets Have ‘Zero to Do With Race’
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Townhall, Daily Wire and BizPac Review
Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Bernie Sanders blasted Baltimore as ‘Third World country’ and ‘disgrace’ in past comments
Bernie Sanders blasted Baltimore as ‘Third World country’ and ‘disgrace’ in past comments
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Townhall, Front Page Magazine, Axios, Breitbart, NB Blog, Washington Times, Sara A. Carter and The Daily Caller
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘He realizes now that he screwed up’: Biden scrambles to recover from debate flop — Not long after his anemic performance in the first presidential debate, as his poll numbers began to slide, Joe Biden had conversations with nervous donors and personally assured them his campaign was on track.
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New York Times:
Federal Inquiry of Trump Friend Focused on Foreign Lobbying — WASHINGTON — As Donald J. Trump was preparing to deliver an address on energy policy in May 2016, Paul Manafort, his campaign chairman, had a question about the speech's contents for Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a top campaign fund-raiser and close friend of Mr. Trump.
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The Daily Beast
Rebecca Tan / Washington Post:
Kushner owns lots of Baltimore-area apartments. Some are infested with mice. — In a now-viral tweetstorm on Saturday, President Trump characterized Rep. Elijah E. Cummings's Baltimore-based congressional district as a “rodent infested mess” where “no human” would want to live.
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Talking Points Memo
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
When Epstein Was Cosmo's Bachelor of the Month — In July 1980, the predatory financier was featured as the magazine's “Bachelor of the Month” seeking a “cute Texas girl.” — Long before Jeffrey Epstein boasted of his billionaires-only client list—and long before his arrests …
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Law & Crime, Instapundit and Front Page Magazine
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Robert Mueller shielded Trump's budget deal — Before President Trump agreed to support a 2-year budget deal that would inflate the national debt and allow $320 billion in new spending, he monitored Fox News for signs of rebellion. But instead of bringing up fiscal responsibility and the national debt …
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Politico:
DCCC in ‘complete chaos’ as uproar over diversity intensifies — Cheri Bustos, chairwoman of the campaign arm, is set to make a surprise return to D.C. on Monday in an attempt to calm protests. — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is in full-blown turmoil.
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