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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Calls Barr's Handling of Mueller Report ‘Distorted’ and ‘Misleading’ — The judge said the attorney general lacked credibility on the matter and said he would review the report to decide whether to make its redacted portions public. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Judge demands unredacted Mueller report, questions Barr's ‘credibility’ — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to hand over to him a copy of the unredacted Mueller report and accused Attorney General William Barr of misrepresenting its findings in the days before it was submitted to Congress last year.
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Washington Post:
Judge cites Barr's ‘misleading’ statements in ordering review of Mueller report redactions — A federal judge in D.C. sharply criticized Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday for a “lack of candor,” questioning the truthfulness of the nation's top law enforcement official in his handling …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Federal Judge Says He Needs to Review Every Mueller Report Redaction Because Barr Can't Be Trusted
Federal Judge Says He Needs to Review Every Mueller Report Redaction Because Barr Can't Be Trusted
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
A Federal Judge Slammed The Attorney General For Being Misleading About What Was Actually In The Mueller Report
TIME:
‘Doomed from the Start.’ Experts Say the Trump Administration's Coronavirus Response Was Never Going to Work — The Trump Administration's strategy to combat COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, began with a relatively simple focus: keep it out of the United States.
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Politico:
White House sidelines Azar from coronavirus response — There will be a notable omission when Vice President Mike Pence visits Washington state Thursday as part of the Trump administration's coronavirus response: health Secretary Alex Azar. — The White House on Wednesday also benched Azar …
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Talking Points Memo and C-SPAN.org
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Pence admits 'we don't have enough tests' to meet demands as delay in coronavirus testing persists — Washington (CNN)Confusion and delays appear to persist in testing Americans for coronavirus even after an outcry from state and local health authorities that the United States was behind in determining the extent of the outbreak.
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Washington Post:
Live updates: U.S. coronavirus death toll rises to 12; Maryland confirms its first positive cases
Live updates: U.S. coronavirus death toll rises to 12; Maryland confirms its first positive cases
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Trump falsely blames Obama admin for hurting rollout of coronavirus test kits: Fact Check
Trump falsely blames Obama admin for hurting rollout of coronavirus test kits: Fact Check
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Washington Post:
Maryland coronavirus: Hogan confirms three cases in Montgomery County
Maryland coronavirus: Hogan confirms three cases in Montgomery County
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
The Trump administration's greatest obstacle to sending a clear message on coronavirus may be Trump himself
The Trump administration's greatest obstacle to sending a clear message on coronavirus may be Trump himself
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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
As Bernie Sanders Pushed for Closer Ties, Soviet Union Spotted Opportunity — Previously unseen documents from a Soviet archive show how hard Mr. Sanders worked to find a sister city in Russia when he was a mayor in the 1980s. Moscow saw a chance for propaganda.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg plans new group to support Democratic nominee — Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to form a new independent expenditure campaign that will absorb hundreds of his presidential campaign staff in six swing states to work to elect the Democratic nominee this fall.
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Trump to take questions at 1st TV town hall of 2020 campaign — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will field questions at his first TV town hall of the 2020 election cycle Thursday in the city that helped to shape a would-be rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Latest poll of Florida primary shows Joe Biden with huge lead over Bernie Sanders
Latest poll of Florida primary shows Joe Biden with huge lead over Bernie Sanders
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Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Slotkin throws support behind Biden in Democratic primary
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race — Ms. Warren, a senator and former law professor, staked her campaign on fighting corruption and changing the rules of the economy. — BOSTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts plans to drop …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Elizabeth Warren's Campaign Fell Apart in the Fall, and It Never Recovered — Elizabeth Warren thought there was no real chance that Sen. Bernie Sanders would run for president. Throughout 2017 and 2018, she and her advisers believed that Sanders would survey the landscape and decide …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
The Amy Klobuchar Exit Interview
The Amy Klobuchar Exit Interview
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HuffPost, IJR and POLITICUSUSA
Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
America Punished Elizabeth Warren for Her Competence
America Punished Elizabeth Warren for Her Competence
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Was It Always Going to Be the Last Men Standing? — For Elizabeth Warren, the historic number of women in the 2020 field and the Democrats who supported them, the question will linger. — WASHINGTON — In the end, the pink wave carried two white men ashore.
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi cites ‘element of misogyny’ after Warren drops out — Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said there is an “element of misogyny” that undermines women like Sen. Elizabeth Warren in their bid for the White House. — “Every time I get introduced as the most powerful woman, I almost cry …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Romney could derail Republican subpoena targeting Bidens — A Republican effort to subpoena records about Joe Biden and his son Hunter could be derailed amid concerns from at least one GOP senator that the push appears politically motivated. — The Senate Homeland Security Committee is set …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Romney may vote against Trump again — this time with some bite — Mitt Romney became persona non grata in certain parts of the conservative movement last month by becoming the first senator of a president's own party to ever vote to remove them from office.
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ABC News:
Supreme Court denies stay, Nathaniel Woods' execution set to proceed again — Condemned man was scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday evening. — In a stunning reversal, the Supreme Court denied a temporary stay, issued only hours earlier, putting the execution of Nathaniel Woods back on late Thursday in an Alabama prison.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Cancels Mississippi Rally, Shifting Focus to Michigan — The decision suggests that the Sanders campaign is largely ceding another Southern state to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and going all-in on the Midwest instead. — BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders has canceled …
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Elizabeth Bruenig / New York Times:
How Bernie Sanders Can Still Win It All
How Bernie Sanders Can Still Win It All
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
GOP senators call for censuring Schumer over Supreme Court comments — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a resolution Thursday calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to be censured, following his fiery remarks directed toward Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Schumer denies threatening Supreme Court justices, but says, 'I shouldn't have used the words I did'
Schumer denies threatening Supreme Court justices, but says, 'I shouldn't have used the words I did'
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CNN:
Garry Kasparov: The danger of nominating Sanders — Garry Kasparov is the chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative and a former world chess champion. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN. — (CNN)In an election year …
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
Before Clearview Became a Police Tool, It Was a Secret Plaything of the Rich — Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public. — One Tuesday night in October 2018, John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner …
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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
The former President said that when he met Lewinsky, the pressure of the job was too much and he thought, 'There's something that will take your mind off it for a while' — Bill offers an apology to Lewinsky in the documentary that will premiere on Friday, and says he felt ‘terrible’ that her life was defined by their affair.
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Washington Post:
Newly obtained documents show $157,000 in additional payments by the Secret Service to Trump properties — President Trump's company charged the Secret Service $157,000 more than was previously known — billing taxpayers for rooms at his clubs at rates far higher than his company has claimed …
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Public Policy Polling:
Democrats lead by at least 4 in 4 GOP held Senate seats — New PPP polls find Sara Gideon leading Susan Collins 47-43 in the Maine Senate race and Mark Kelly leading Martha McSally 47-42 in the Arizona Senate race. Additionally a PPP poll for a private client last week found Cal Cunningham …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The U.S.-U.K. Alliance Could Soon Get Much Weaker — The possibility of Huawei equipment in the U.K.'s 5G network has prompted the U.S. to review its assets there. — When U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in January that he would allow China's largest telecom company …
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National Review
New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: 2,733 People Are Under Quarantines in City — The mayor revealed that figure as officials said 11 new cases had been identified in the state, bringing the total to 22. — The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in New York State doubled on Thursday to 22 …
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The Gateway Pundit
Ben Tobin / Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul votes against bill funding coronavirus emergency aid — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul voted against an emergency response coronavirus bill Thursday afternoon after his proposed amendment to the bill was turned down. — The bill had already received more than 60 affirmative votes …
Hannah Sampson / Washington Post:
Sick cruise passengers await coronavirus results at sea as officials debate quarantine — A Princess Cruises ship that recently carried people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus was still being kept off the coast of California Thursday as officials sent kits to test passengers …
Teta Alim / WTOP:
Gov. Hogan: Maryland has first positive cases of coronavirus … Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has declared a state of emergency as three Montgomery County residents have tested positive for coronavirus. — A Maryland state lab in Baltimore confirmed the first three positive cases of coronavirus in the state.