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New York Times:
On Eve of Michael Cohen's Testimony, Republican Threatens to Reveal Compromising Information  —  WASHINGTON — In an atmosphere of high drama and low tactics, Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, prepared for his potentially explosive public testimony about the president …
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Rep. Matt Gaetz Insists He's Not Threatening Michael Cohen, Just ‘Witness Testing’  —  Gaetz told The Daily Beast that he was simply ‘challenging the veracity and character of a witness,’ and not trying to intimidate a witness.  —  One day before Michael Cohen appears …
Wall Street Journal:
Cohen to Testify That Trump Engaged in Criminal Conduct While in Office  —  Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, will for the first time publicly accuse the president of criminal conduct while in office related to a hush-money payment to a porn star, a person familiar with his planned testimony before Congress said.
Jason Chaffetz / Fox News:   Michael Cohen hearing's only purpose is to publicly flog Trump during meeting with Kim Jong Un
NBC News:
Cohen will tell Congress of alleged Trump criminal conduct, source says
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
New Michael Cohen testimony may undermine Trump's spin on Mueller
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Mediaite
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP unloads border angst on Pence  —  Vice President Mike Pence faced a wall of resistance from Senate Republicans on Tuesday as he tried to sell President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration on the southern border, according to multiple GOP sources.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP leader unsure on legality of Trump's emergency declaration  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says he has yet to determine whether President Trump's emergency declaration to build border barriers is legal.  —  Asked for his legal opinion after meeting with a Department …
Washington Post:
House passes resolution to nullify Trump's national emergency declaration  —  The House on Tuesday passed a resolution to overturn President Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the southern border, as majority Democrats painted an apocalyptic portrait of a lawless chief executive out to gut the Constitution.
Gregg Re / Fox News:
House rejects Trump emergency declaration, setting up potential veto showdown  —  Democrats on Tuesday pushed unprecedented legislation through the House to block President Trump's national emergency declaration to steer billions of extra dollars to his southern border wall …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:   The Humiliation of the Freedom Caucus
Philip Bump / Washington Post:   After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job
Melanie Zanona / Politico:   Lawmakers seek to limit president's national emergency authority
NBC News:
Twitter suspends conservative activist Jacob Wohl after he admits to making fake accounts  —  “It is not illegal, unethical, or untoward for Americans to steer an American election,” he said.  “I'm an American.”  —  Jacob Wohl, a conservative activist who infamously attempted …
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CNN:
Trump bets it all on friendship with Kim  —  Trump: Kim Jong Un and I see eye to eye  —  Hanoi (CNN)President Donald Trump was looking to flatter his new friend in Singapore when he struck upon an unusual compliment.  —  He had known plenty of people who had grown up wealthy and whose families …
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Congressman Ro Khanna:
RELEASE: Reps. Ro Khanna, Barbara Lee and Andy Kim Introduce Resolution Calling for Formal End to Korean War
Discussion: HuffPost and Breitbart
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. Cyber Command operation disrupted Internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms  —  The U.S. military blocked Internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials said …
Terrell Jermaine Starr / The Root:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris Calls for Decriminalization of Sex Work, Unequivocally Calls Trump a Racist and Wants Reparations (Sort of)  —  U.S Sen. Kamala Harris, a frontrunner in the burgeoning 2020 race for the Democratic nomination for president, is addressing criticisms of her criminal justice record and …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
For Kamala Harris, a Strong Start, but With Some Notable Stumbles
Discussion: CNN and theGrio
Associated Press:   Biden: ‘The most important people in my life want me to run’
Washington Post:
Sanders parts ways with top strategists  —  A trio of political consultants who helped Sen. Bernie Sanders craft his unexpectedly successful message in 2016 is severing ties with him as he embarks on a second run for president, both sides said Tuesday, injecting an element of turmoil into his campaign after it got off to a fast start.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Paul Heintz / Washington Post:   I've reported on Bernie Sanders for years. A free press won't give him what he wants.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders staff shake-up: Top strategists leave his presidential campaign
Discussion: Daily Wire, CNN, TheBlaze and Axios
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House sours on Kris Kobach for Senate, Cabinet  —  Republican hardliner Kris Kobach's inner circle is hinting that he has President Donald Trump's support for either a Senate run or Cabinet position.  —  They're wrong.  —  White House officials have grown frustrated enough …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Whitaker Agrees to Request to Return to House to Clarify Testimony  —  Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has agreed to meet a second time with House lawmakers to clarify public testimony he gave earlier this month, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said.
Discussion: Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
CNN Assures Dems: Sarah Isgur Won't Have Editorial Control in Any 2020 Coverage  —  The cable channel continues damage control over hiring a long-time Republican operative for a high-ranking editorial gig.  —  Officials at CNN have told the Democratic National Committee that their new politics editor …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Two GOP senators said to express concerns over Trump's nominee for appeals court  —  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is privately raising questions about Neomi Rao, President Trump's nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and how she would potentially rule …
John Kruzel / PunditFact:
Three questions that could entangle Jared Kushner's security clearance  —  Jared Kushner's security clearance is getting an audit in the press.  —  This year alone, MSNBC and CNN have mentioned Kushner's clearance more than four dozen times.  Democrats who have pressed for his clearance …
Washington Post:
North Carolina Republican in congressional race tainted by ballot fraud says he will not run in new election  —  Mark Harris, the Republican nominee in a North Carolina congressional race tainted by ballot fraud, announced Tuesday that he will not run in the new election for the seat.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell finds a novel villain after North Carolina's fraud-riddled election: Democrats
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Calls grow for Acosta to resign as Epstein's sex abuse victims demand justice  —  Lawyers for victims who were sexually abused as minors by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein have formally demanded that the government vacate Epstein's plea deal, void his federal immunity and reopen …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
US general says no military threat on southern border  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pointed questioning from senators, the top U.S. general for homeland defense said Tuesday that he sees no military threat coming from the southern border with Mexico, but his focus is on “very real” threats from China and Russia.
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Md. lawmaker apologizes for allegedly using n-word with her colleagues  —  A white lawmaker from Har­ford County apologized to the leaders of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland for using a racial slur to describe a legislative district in Prince George's County …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Doug Jones taunts Roy Moore to run: 'Let's just do it again'  —  Sen. Doug Jones is all but daring Roy Moore for a rematch in the Alabama Senate race.  —  Moore, who was defeated in 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations, said this year that he believes the election was “stolen” …
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
A Harvard Law Professor Is Representing Harvey Weinstein.  Students Say This Makes Them Unsafe, Demand His Resignation.  —  Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. is a law professor at Harvard University and faculty dean of Winthrop House, one of the college's 12 residential houses.
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Undermines Top Trade Adviser as He Pushes for China Deal  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump tries to settle a dispute with China that has rattled global financial markets and American businesses, he is increasingly undercutting his own trade adviser.
Discussion: AAF and Vox
 
 
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