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New York Times:
Barr Installs Outside Prosecutor to Review Case Against Michael Flynn, Ex-Trump Adviser — Amid turmoil in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, the attorney general has also sent outside prosecutors to review other politically sensitive cases. — WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr …
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Washington Post:
Roger Stone asks for new trial in sealed motion, one day after Trump accused jury forewoman of bias — Defense attorneys for Roger Stone demanded a new trial Friday, one day after President Trump suggested that the forewoman in his friend's case had “significant bias.”
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. won't charge Andrew McCabe, the former FBI official who authorized the investigation of President Trump — The Justice Department will not bring charges against former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe for lying to investigators about a media disclosure, according to people familiar …
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Andrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case — The decision to decline charges appears to be a move to distance the Justice Department from President Trump, who has long attacked Mr. McCabe. — WASHINGTON — Andrew G. McCabe, the former deputy F.B.I. director …
The Daily Beast:
‘Disturbing’: Federal Judge Blasted DOJ for Leaving McCabe in ‘Limbo’ — “I think as a government and as a society we're going to pay a price at some point for this,” Judge Reggie Barnett Walton told DOJ attorneys. — Justice Department attorneys struggled with mounting frustration …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Ethics Complaint Against AG Barr Filed with DOJ Inspector General — Attorney General William Barr has been named in a formal complaint with both the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Justice Department opens inquiry into FBI interview at heart of Flynn's guilty plea
Justice Department opens inquiry into FBI interview at heart of Flynn's guilty plea
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Sally Yates / Washington Post:
Trump thinks the Justice Department is his personal grudge squad
Trump thinks the Justice Department is his personal grudge squad
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Associated Press:
Trump ignores AG Barr's request to stop tweeting about DOJ
Trump ignores AG Barr's request to stop tweeting about DOJ
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Washington Post:
Trump-Barr divide worsens as the president bucks a request to stop tweeting, and the Justice …
Trump-Barr divide worsens as the president bucks a request to stop tweeting, and the Justice …
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CNN:
Barr privately ordered re-examination of Michael Flynn's case, US officials say
Barr privately ordered re-examination of Michael Flynn's case, US officials say
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Right's Big Lie About Roger Stone
The Right's Big Lie About Roger Stone
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Please stop tweeting, Mr. President. It's making it much more difficult for me to do your bidding!
Please stop tweeting, Mr. President. It's making it much more difficult for me to do your bidding!
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Barr's ABC News interview is deeply damning. Here's what must come next.
Barr's ABC News interview is deeply damning. Here's what must come next.
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New York Times:
Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities — Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country. — The Trump administration is deploying law enforcement tactical units …
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Rory Appleton / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sanders holds lead heading into Nevada's Democratic caucuses, poll finds — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads the presidential field by a solid margin among likely Democratic caucusgoers heading into Nevada's four-day early voting period, but all six of the candidates actively campaigning …
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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Bernie Sanders leaps to first among Texas Democrats in latest UT/TT Poll
Bernie Sanders leaps to first among Texas Democrats in latest UT/TT Poll
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows Sanders's strength going head-to-head with rivals
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows Sanders's strength going head-to-head with rivals
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is leading the 2 most important states on Super Tuesday
Bernie Sanders is leading the 2 most important states on Super Tuesday
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NBC News:
Michael Avenatti guilty on all counts in Nike extortion case — Avenatti was arrested in March, about 15 minutes after tweeting that he had scheduled a press conference to “disclose a major high school/college basketball scandal perpetrated by @Nike.” — Lawyer Michael Avenatti …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti found guilty in Nike extortion trial — Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti was convicted of all three charges related to his efforts to extort up to $25 million from athletic apparel giant Nike. — The verdict in Manhattan federal court came two years …
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New York Times:
Bill de Blasio Endorses Bernie Sanders — The New York City mayor, who was briefly a presidential candidate himself, is scheduled to campaign with Mr. Sanders in Nevada ahead of the caucuses there next week. — Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, whose brief presidential campaign failed …
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio to endorse Bernie Sanders
De Blasio to endorse Bernie Sanders
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Washington Post:
As impeachment trial ended, federal prosecutors took new steps in probe related to Giuliani, according to people familiar with case — As the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump drew to a close in Washington earlier this month, federal prosecutors in New York contacted witnesses …
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Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico:
Army won't investigate Vindman over impeachment testimony, top leader says — The Army will not investigate Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council staffer who testified in the president's impeachment investigation, the service's top civilian said Friday.
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Nancy Scola / Politico:
Bloomberg's meme spree prompts changes in Facebook, Instagram rules — Presidential contender Mike Bloomberg's spree of often-surreal social media memes is having one concrete impact — it prompted Facebook to make another change Friday in its rules for paid political content.
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New York Times:
We Checked the Iowa Caucus Math. Here's Where It Didn't Add Up. — Caucus volunteers tally the final round votes. Then they divide the county delegates among the viable candidates based on their vote shares. — They must round down or up to the nearest whole number to award the delegates.
Washington Post:
She pushed Trump to exit the Paris climate agreement and roll back environmental rules. And she's returning to EPA as chief of staff. — One of EPA's first Trump appointees, Mandy Gunasekara has run a ‘pro-Trump nonprofit’ since leaving the agency a year ago.
Vivian Ho / The Guardian:
Queer activists disrupt Pete Buttigieg event in San Francisco: ‘We deserve better’ — Fundraiser highlights division as growing number of LGBTQ+ voters say his views don't represent them — Play Video — At the center of San Francisco's National LGBTQ Center for the Arts …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump just got bad news from Neil Gorsuch's mentor in a big Medicaid case — Judge David B. Sentelle testified at the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the future of the Independent Counsel Act in 1999. Douglas Graham/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images — When you've lost David Sentelle ...
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Federal court strikes down Trump administration's Medicaid work requirements
Federal court strikes down Trump administration's Medicaid work requirements
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Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Culinary Union officials face profanity-laced attacks after scorecard says Sanders would ‘end’ their health care — Geoconda Arguello-Kline, left, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Union announced that the culinary will not endorse a Democratic presidential candidate in the primary.
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Adam Bienkov / Business Insider:
Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to the White House after Trump slammed the phone down on him in a moment of ‘apoplectic’ fury — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned trip to meet Donald Trump next month after a furious row between the two men.
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Mercury News:
Amy Klobuchar will change the tone of national politics — U.S. senator from Minnesota provides best opportunity for California Democrats who want to win back the presidency — The United States needs a president who can heal the nation's deep political divide — who can work with …
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Ruy Teixeira / Washington Post:
No, radical policies won't drive election-winning turnout — No myth is stronger in progressive circles than the magical, wonderworking powers of voter turnout. It's become a sort of pixie dust that you sprinkle over your strenuously progressive positions to ward off any suggestion that they might turn off voters.