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Barr's internal reviews and re-investigations feed resentment, suspicion inside Justice Dept. — The Justice Department in the Trump era has repeatedly tasked U.S. attorneys from far-flung offices to parachute into politically explosive cases in Washington, raising concerns among current …
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George Conway / Washington Post:
There is no one to stop Trump now — When the subject of Attorney General William P. Barr comes up these days, it's hard not to think of John S. McCain. Not the late senator, mind you, but the USS John S. McCain, the naval destroyer named after his father and grandfather.
New York Times:
Fearful of Trump's Attacks, Justice Dept. Lawyers Worry Barr Will Leave Them Exposed — After a week of tumult, some career prosecutors expressed concerns about political interference and the attorney general's response to the president weighing in on the prosecution of an associate.
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why D.C.'s Mayor Endorsed Michael Bloomberg — Michael Bloomberg, who will enter the Democratic Presidential primaries on Super Tuesday, on March 3rd, and has already spent more than three hundred million dollars on his campaign, has risen to third place in an average of national polls of Democratic primary voters.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Bloomberg should face a reckoning on his treatment of women — When it comes to dealing with race relations, former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg wants us to believe that he has grown and changed. — In November, just days before he officially made his late entry into the 2020 presidential race …
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Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
A new report raises more questions about Bloomberg's alleged sexism and sexual harassment
A new report raises more questions about Bloomberg's alleged sexism and sexual harassment
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Associated Press:
Sanders attacks moderate rivals as voting begins in Nevada — LAS VEGAS (AP) — Progressive firebrand Bernie Sanders jabbed his more moderate rivals on Saturday for taking campaign cash from billionaires as Democratic officials at some sites across Nevada were overwhelmed by long lines …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Democratic nomination contest doesn't look like any from the past — Halfway through the early state primaries and caucuses, Democrats are no closer to clarifying their nominating contest than they were at the turn of the New Year. In the coming two contests — Nevada's caucuses next Saturday …
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Garrett Haake / NBC News:
Klobuchar declines to set expectations for New Hampshire — EXETER, N.H. — Amy Klobuchar declined to set expectations for Tuesday's primary here, saying in an interview that it would be for “many others” to decide what constitutes success, adding that she has “kept meeting every single standard” set before her thus far.
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Fox News
Evan Semones / Politico:
Drudge floats the implausible: A Bloomberg-Clinton ticket — Matt Drudge, the famous news aggregator and internet provocateur, shattered the lull of an otherwise calm Saturday morning with a big-if-true bombshell: “EXCLUSIVE: BLOOMBERG CONSIDERS HILLARY RUNNING MATE.”
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden calls on Sanders to take accountability for supporters' threats — The message comes after the powerful Culinary Workers Union said supporters of the Vermont senator had “viciously attacked” its members. — LAS VEGAS — Joe Biden called on Bernie Sanders to accept greater accountability …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz once called Trump ‘utterly amoral’ and a ‘sniveling coward.’ Then he worked to save his presidency. — Donald Trump called him “Lyin' Ted” Cruz, mocked his wife's appearance and falsely suggested his father was involved in President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Killing of ISIS leader has not hurt group's operations, says Iraqi Kurdish prime minister — MUNICH — Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister says the U.S. killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has not affected the extremist group's ability to operate and is warning that the militants are resurgent.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Bloomberg Temptation — Will the Democrats try to replace Donald Trump with a power-hungry plutocrat? — For a long time the notion of a Michael Bloomberg presidential candidacy seemed like a Manhattan fancy, a conceit with elite appeal but no mass constituency, a fantasy for Acela riders …
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New York Times:
A Presidency Increasingly Guided by Suspicion and Distrust — Presidential paranoia is not a new phenomenon but Mr. Trump, burned by impeachment, seems to have elevated it to a governing philosophy of his White House. — WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested in recent days that he had …
Amy Qin / New York Times:
China's Leader, Under Fire, Says He Led Coronavirus Fight Early On — Xi Jinping was aware of the outbreak nearly two weeks before he first spoke publicly about it. It could draw him directly into questions about whether officials did too little, too late.
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