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The Daily Beast:
Trump Got Tons of Campaign Cash Before Handing Out Pardon — “I watched his wife on television,” Trump said of his decision to pardon Blago after seeing his spouse on Fox. The network seems to have influenced several of Tuesday's pardons. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted clemency …
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
I Covered Blago's Trial From Start To Finish. Trump's Commutation Isn't Crazy. — CHICAGO - The day of Rod Blagojevich's sentencing in late 2011, I was a federal courts reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. I was also extremely pregnant, days from my due date.
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Associated Press:
President Trump goes on clemency spree, and the list is long — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump went on a clemency blitz Tuesday, commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence and pardoning former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others.
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Trouble with Donald Trump's Clemencies and Pardons
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New York Daily News:
Trump grants clemency to Rod Blagojevich, ex-NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik and financier Michael Milken
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times:
Trump grants clemency to 11, including former junk bond king Michael Milken
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump pardons Michael Milken, face of 1980s insider trading scandals
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Washington Post:
Barr has told those close to Trump he is considering quitting over the president's tweets about Justice Dept. investigations — Attorney General William P. Barr has told people close to President Trump — both inside and outside the White House — that he is considering quitting over Trump's tweets …
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Associated Press:
AP source: Barr tells people he might quit over Trump tweets — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he's considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn't heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told The Associated Press.
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ABC News:
Barr mulls resigning over Trump's tweets: Sources — Barr previously said that Trump's tweets make it “impossible” to do his job. — Just hours after President Donald Trump openly defied his public pleas to stop tweeting about criminal matters in the Justice Department …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/WSJ poll: Sanders opens up double-digit national lead in primary race — The Vermont senator's lead in the Democratic race comes as former Vice President Joe Biden's standing has dropped by 11 points since January. — LAS VEGAS — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has jumped …
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Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed News:
Mike Bloomberg Once Again Called Transgender People “It” And “Some Guy Wearing A Dress” — Bloomberg suggested transgender rights would sink Democratic campaigns in comments recorded last year in New York. He's tried to distance himself from similar comments he made in 2016.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Has to Debate Without a Net — Candidates are not permitted to haul field organizers or canapés or record-reframing ad campaigns onstage with them. So the former mayor will stand on his own. — For months, he has muscled into the Democratic primary …
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Gary He / Eater:
The Lavish Spreads of Mike Bloomberg's Food-Filled Campaign
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders takes wide lead in California primary, new poll finds — Bernie Sanders has opened a wide lead in California's Democratic presidential primary, and four rivals are virtually tied for a distant second place, according to a poll released Tuesday.
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Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Why Elizabeth Warren Got Dropped From A Poll Question About General Election Matchups
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Susan Collins Faces Tough Re-Election Race in Maine, Poll Suggests — Survey shows her slightly behind expected Democratic rival in November race — WASHINGTON—The polarized political climate is taking a toll on Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine), who is facing a competitive race …
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Immoderate Susan Collins After a long career voting across the aisle, why did the Maine …
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Wall Street Journal:
China Expels Three Wall Street Journal Reporters — China's Foreign Ministry says move was punishment for a recent opinion piece published by the Journal — China revoked the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters based in Beijing, the first time in the post-Mao era …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Buttigieg, Sanders separated by thousandths of a point after Iowa recanvass — Pete Buttigieg's already narrow state delegate equivalent lead over Bernie Sanders has reduced further, to less than a hundredth of a percentage point, after the Iowa Democratic Party announced the results …
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Bloomberg has barbs at the ready, rivals see vulnerabilities
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Harry Reid Tells Candidates Hoping to Stop Sanders to ‘Speak Up’ — Harry Reid has a message for the Democratic candidates desperate to stop Bernie Sanders from winning the nomination. “If you don't like what Bernie's doing,” he told me, “speak up.” — With the Nevada caucus looming on Saturday …
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Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump Backers Want Extra $1 Billion to Blunt Bloomberg Spending
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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Bloomberg Campaign Says It's a Two-Man Race for the Nomination
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Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Mexican accused of being Russian agent after photographing U.S. informant's car in Miami — As he stood in Miami federal court, Hector Cabrera Fuentes didn't exactly look like an “international man of mystery.” — But Cabrera, a short and stocky Mexican citizen, was charged Tuesday with being an …
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Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
Bloomberg would sell business interests if elected president — Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a campaign rally at the Buffalo Soldier Museum in Houston, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner stands at right.
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The Hill:
Limbaugh: Trump advised me to ‘never apologize’ for Buttigieg remarks — Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said President Trump advised him to “never apologize” for his comments on Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's sexuality. — Limbaugh said on his Monday show …
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Leta Hong Fincher / The Intercept:
When Bloomberg News's Reporting on China Was Challenged, Bloomberg Tried to Ruin Me for Speaking Out — I am one of the many women Mike Bloomberg's company tried to silence through nondisclosure agreements. The funny thing is, I never even worked for Bloomberg.
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Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
Another court blocks NC voter ID law, citing ‘racially discriminatory intent’ — North Carolina's new voter ID law appears to have been enacted with racially discriminatory intent and will be at least temporarily blocked during the 2020 elections, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
State appeals court temporarily blocks voter ID law in North Carolina
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ABC News:
Democrat Pete Buttigieg overstated pledges of support from black leaders, public figures — Polls show he faces an ongoing challenge finding support from voters of color — When Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg touted support from African American comedian and actor Keegan-Michael Key …
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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.
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Michael Rezendes / Associated Press:
After learning of Whitey Bulger LSD tests, juror has regrets — EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — One of the jurors who convicted notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger says she regrets her decision after learning that he was an unwitting participant in a covert CIA experiment with LSD.
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