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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Sanders Leads The Field, Bloomberg Qualifies For His 1st Debate — Toggle more options — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened up a double-digit lead in the Democratic nominating contest, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. — Sanders has 31% support nationally …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Only 1 In 4 Voters Firm About Choice — Bloomberg, Sanders, and Biden lead field — West Long Branch, NJ - Mike Bloomberg, Bernie Sanders, and Joe Biden top the field in Virginia, one of the states that holds their Democratic presidential primary on Super Tuesday.
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NBC News:
Here's what Michael Bloomberg joining the debate stage means for Wednesday night
Here's what Michael Bloomberg joining the debate stage means for Wednesday night
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Surges in Poll and Qualifies for Democratic Debate in Las Vegas
Michael Bloomberg Surges in Poll and Qualifies for Democratic Debate in Las Vegas
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Bloomberg has barbs at the ready for his first 2020 debate
Bloomberg has barbs at the ready for his first 2020 debate
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump pardons Michael Milken, face of 1980s insider trading scandals — President Donald Trump pardoned Michael Milken, the former junk bond king who was a face of the insider trading scandals of the 1980s. — Trump cited the “incredible job” that Milken has done supporting cancer research …
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Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
Trump pardons ex-San Francisco 49ers owner DeBartolo Jr. — President Donald Trump has pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr. …
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New York Times:
Trump Commutes Corruption Sentence of Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois — The president also pardoned Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, and Edward DeBartolo, a former owner of the San Francisco 49ers. — WASHINGTON — President Trump commuted the 14-year prison sentence …
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New York Times:
Trump Pardons Former 49ers Owner Edward DeBartolo Jr.
Trump Pardons Former 49ers Owner Edward DeBartolo Jr.
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CNBC:
Trump commutes sentence of ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, pardons ex-NY police commissioner Kerik …
Trump commutes sentence of ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, pardons ex-NY police commissioner Kerik …
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Mairead McArdle / National Review:
Trump Pardons Former 49ers Owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. in Gambling Fraud Case
ABC News:
Trump says he's commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — Blagojevich was expected to be released in 2024. — President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. — Blagojevich, a Democrat, was convicted in 2011 by a federal jury …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump expected to grant clemency to former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, ex-NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik — Blagojevich was sentenced in 2011 to 14 years in federal prison on corruption charges related to his solicitation of bribes in an attempt to “sell” Barack Obama's open Senate seat.
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump commutes sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
James B. Comey / Washington Post:
Justice is supposed to be blind. Bill Barr can't see that. — James B. Comey is a former director of the FBI and former deputy attorney general. — Recent events have prompted a lot of talk about the Justice Department and threats to its credibility. Many alumni of the department believe …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump threatens lawsuits over Mueller probe
Trump threatens lawsuits over Mueller probe
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Just Security:
Three Dozen Questions for Congress (and News Media) to Ask Attorney General Barr
Three Dozen Questions for Congress (and News Media) to Ask Attorney General Barr
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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Imagine If a Democrat Behaved Like Bill Barr
Imagine If a Democrat Behaved Like Bill Barr
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Senator Chris Murphy:
Behind the Scenes of My Trip to Ukraine and Munich — I just got back from a return trip to visit President Zelensky in Ukraine and a stop at the important Munich Security Conference in Germany. As is my habit, on the long plane ride home I wrote a candid, behind-the-scenes summary of my trip.
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Pompeo Slams Democrats for Secret Meeting With Top Iranian Official
Pompeo Slams Democrats for Secret Meeting With Top Iranian Official
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Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Sanders was ridiculously naive about the Soviet Union. The Trump ads write themselves. — Sanders was amazed at the open ‘self-criticism’ of his Soviet hosts, but they were playing him. I hope I'm not forced to vote for him to oust Trump. — Sen. Bernie Sanders and I don't have a lot in common.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Top intel office lawyer who handled Ukraine whistleblower complaint resigning — The top lawyer for the intelligence community, whose decision to block a whistleblower's complaint about President Donald Trump and Ukraine from reaching Congress helped jumpstart the impeachment inquiry, is resigning from his post, officials confirmed.
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Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Immoderate Susan Collins After a long career voting across the aisle, why did the Maine senator gamble her legacy on Trump? — Photo: Rod Lamkey Jr./SIPA USA/AP Images — Last fall, Erik Mercer, a Maine social worker and psychotherapist, saw one of his senators, the Republican Susan Collins …
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Tom Kludt / Vanity Fair:
Fox Has Been “More Fair”: Why Bernie's Team Has Had It With MSNBC — The liberal network's talk of “digital brown shirts” and Fidel Castro admiration has Sandersworld seeing red. (More like “MSDNC,” says Glenn Greenwald). The blowback is classic Sanders-campaign ref-working—and a sign of a deepening Democratic divide.
David Crary / Associated Press:
Boy Scouts' future uncertain after bankruptcy filing — Barraged with sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on.
Michelle Lee / Washington Post:
Buttigieg and super PAC improperly coordinated on Nevada ads, watchdog group says — A campaign-finance watchdog group has filed a complaint alleging the presidential campaign of Pete Buttigieg improperly coordinated with VoteVets, a super PAC supporting the campaign of the former mayor of South Bend, Ind.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Judge refuses to delay Stone sentencing — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to delay Roger Stone's sentencing amid the fallout over the Trump administration's decision to intervene in the case against the president's longtime ally. — The sentencing will move forward on Thursday …
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Trump maintains online criticism of Roger Stone case, despite AG Barr's plea to stop
Trump maintains online criticism of Roger Stone case, despite AG Barr's plea to stop
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Clare Sibthorpe / Sky News:
NHS staff can refuse to treat racist or sexist patients under new rules — The NHS will soon bar discriminatory patients from non-critical care - powers that currently only cover aggression or violence. — Created with Sketch. — Sexist and racist patients could be barred from non-emergency care …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Does Sanders Have A Ceiling? Maybe. Can He Win Anyway? Yes. — The Bernie Sanders rally that I attended on the evening before the New Hampshire primary drew a reported 7,500 people — about twice as many as his actual 3,867-vote margin of victory in the primary the next day.
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Jan Ransom / New York Times:
Weinstein's Lawyer Wrote an Article Addressing Jurors. The Judge Is Livid. — The film producer's lawyer urged jurors to do “what they know is right,” prompting the prosecution to complain of jury tampering. — Over the weekend, just days before jurors in the Harvey Weinstein case …
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump claims he knows identity of anonymous administration official who penned scathing tell-all — President Trump on Tuesday claimed he knows the identity of the anonymous administration official who penned a scathing tell-all about his White House but said he won't reveal the name publicly.
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
MSNBC Panelist to NeverTrumper: If You Can't Vote Sanders, Trump Isn't ‘Emergency’ You Say He Is — An MSNBC panelist called out NeverTrumper Steve Schmidt Tuesday for declaring President Donald Trump an “emergency” but expressing strong criticism for 2020 Democratic frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.).
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Keeps Rudy Giuliani On-Air Despite Internal ‘Disinformation’ Docs — Fox's own research team accused Giuliani and John Solomon of trafficking in “disinformation,” The Daily Beast revealed. And yet the news channel keeps booking them. — Even though internal Fox News documents caution …
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall — SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. — The Department of Homeland Security said waiving procurement regulations …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Conservative intellectuals launch a new group to challenge free-market ‘fundamentalism’ on the right — Oren Cass believes conservatives have blundered by outsourcing GOP economic policymaking to libertarian “fundamentalists” who see the free market as an end unto itself …
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