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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.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Planned in Michael Cohen's Testimony: A Litany of Accusations Against Trump — WASHINGTON — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, is planning on portraying his onetime client in starkly negative terms when he testifies Wednesday before a House committee …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Cohen to present new evidence of alleged Trump “criminal conduct” — President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen is expected to present evidence of alleged “criminal conduct” by Trump to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that was “stumbled across ... within the last 48 hours,” …
Emily Saul / New York Post:
Michael Cohen has been disbarred — President Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen has been disbarred. — The decision, which follows his felony conviction for lying under oath, was announced in documents released Tuesday by Manhattan's Appellate Division, First Department and the Attorney Grievance Committee.
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USA Today:
Jordan & Meadows: Democrats put out welcome mat for a liar. We can't trust Michael Cohen.
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Cohen will present document to criminally implicate Trump
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Philip Ewing / NPR:
Get Caught Up On Michael Cohen, Trump's Ex-Lawyer, And His Big Week In D.C.
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Jason Chaffetz / Fox News:
Michael Cohen hearing's only purpose is to publicly flog Trump during meeting with Kim Jong Un
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Cohen Is Prepared to Say Who Signed His Stormy Daniels ‘Cover-up’ Checks
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller scores big win as court rejects challenge to his appointment — Special counsel Robert Mueller scored one of the biggest legal wins of his tenure on Tuesday, as a federal appeals court rejected claims that his appointment was unconstitutional. — In a unanimous ruling …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump's inner circle might escape Mueller charges — but still won't be safe — Even if special counsel Robert Mueller finishes his work without filing new charges, President Donald Trump and his associates won't be in the clear. — In recent weeks, several prominent figures close to Trump …
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Just Security:
Mueller's Findings: Why DOJ Non-Disclosure Policy and Grand Jury Secrecy May Not Apply
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Appeals Court Backs Mueller In Challenge Brought By Roger Stone Aide
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Federal court again rejects challenge to Mueller's legitimacy
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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 …
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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Robby Mook's new gig — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK ... ROBBY MOOK, campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential race, will become president of the HOUSE MAJORITY PAC, the House Democratic super PAC. This isn't Mook's first turn at House races.
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Washington Post:
In Hanoi, Kim Jong Un and a culture clash with the White House press corps — HANOI — What happens when the authoritarian ruler of North Korea checks into a hotel teeming with American journalists filing round-the-clock news reports? — The free press loses — or at least it did Tuesday …
Victor Garcia / Fox News:
Ivanka Trump challenges Ocasio-Cortez platform, says Americans don't want ‘guaranteed minimum’ — Ivanka Trump, President Trump's daughter and a White House senior adviser, lauded her father's economy and said the majority of Americans ideologically believe differently than Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Republican Lisa Murkowski Will Support Bill to Undo Trump Emergency Declaration
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Ivanka Trump goes after Ocasio Cortez over “guaranteed minimum” jobs policy
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders staff shake-up: Top strategists leave his presidential campaign — The chief strategist of the Vermont independent's 2016 campaign and two other aides cited creative differences as they parted ways. — WASHINGTON — In a major shake-up to Bernie Sanders' just-launched presidential bid …
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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. — Paul Heintz is a staff writer for and political editor of Seven Days, a Vermont newsweekly. — In the fall of 1988, Bernie Sanders charged up the stairs of a Montpelier bar to the Vermont offices …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Bob Menendez ‘surprised’ by Bernie Sanders' soft Maduro stance
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Gus Garcia-Roberts / USA Today:
This 21-year-old tweeted lies about Robert Mueller and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Now, he's eyeing the 2020 election — COSTA MESA, Calif. - A false claim bubbled up from the internet last month that Sen. Kamala Harris, the recently announced presidential candidate, wasn't eligible for election …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
Poll: How does the public think journalism happens? — For decades, we've known that Americans don't trust the press. What we haven't known is how people view the makings of journalism, from the use of fact checkers and anonymous sources to the question of whether money skews journalistic decision-making.
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Daily Wire
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
HHS docs show thousands of alleged incidents of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors in custody — Washington (CNN)The Department of Health and Human Services received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors from 2014-2018, according to internal agency …
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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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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
What the Failure of the Sasse Bill Says About Democrats — It's not good. — On Monday evening, nearly every Democrat in the Senate voted to block passage of Sen. Ben Sasse's Born Alive Infant Survivors Act. The bill's provisions were simple: In the event that an abortionist botched a late-term job …
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Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Senate Fails to Pass Born-Alive Bill
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Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
The popular vote could decide the 2020 presidential election, if these states get their way — Colorado is set to become the latest member of a group of states banding together to bypass the electoral college system. — The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact …
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Colorado governor will sign bill aimed at bypassing Electoral College
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Era of Limited Government Is Over — Why American conservatism after Trump may learn to like the state. — Since conservatism became a movement in the 1950s, the American right has understood itself to be defending not just the written American Constitution but an unwritten one as well …
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Nearly 40 percent of Sanders 2020 donors so far appear to be new supporters: report — Almost 40 percent of donors to Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign so far have used an email address that was never previously used to give to a Sanders campaign, The New York Times reported Monday.
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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 …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
You Can't Save the Climate by Shrinking Your Carbon Footprint — Last week, Mother Jones columnist Kevin Drum informed his readers that they do not really believe in climate change. His argument was simple (and specious): … This is the sort of reasoning one expects from libertarian undergrads, not progressive pundits.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Republicans of Gilead — A louche administration takes aim at reproductive rights. — In “The Handmaid's Tale,” Margaret Atwood's ever-resonant tale of misogynist dystopia, Christian fascism has a sordid, perverse underbelly. On the surface, the Republic of Gilead …
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