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President pressured staff to grant security clearance to Ivanka Trump — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump pressured his then-chief of staff John Kelly and White House counsel Don McGahn to grant his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump a security clearance against their recommendations …
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In the Middle of His Official Business, Trump Took the Time to Send Checks to Michael Cohen — WASHINGTON — On a busy day at the White House, President Trump hosted senators to talk about tax cuts, accused a Democratic congresswoman of distorting his condolence call to a soldier's widow …
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Michael Cohen returns to Hill on day he was supposed to report to prison — (CNN)Michael Cohen was supposed to report to prison Wednesday to begin serving a three-year sentence for tax crimes, tax evasion and lying to Congress. Instead, President Donald Trump's former lawyer …
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Washington Post:
Former Trump adviser says he does not plan to cooperate with House Judiciary inquiry — A former campaign aide for President Trump, one of 81 people to receive a request for documents this week from the House Judiciary Committee, has already informed the committee that he has no records responsive …
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump officials already stonewalling House Democratic requests — President Donald Trump's strategy on congressional investigations has amounted to a two-pronged strategy: dodge requests — and attack, attack, attack. — The White House launched a fire-breathing public relations response …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump signals White House won't comply with Democratic probes
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North Korea rebuilding long-range rocket site, photos show — Photos taken just 2 days after the Trump-Kim Hanoi summit show rebuilding at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, North Korea's operational space launch facility. — WASHINGTON — North Korea is pursuing the “rapid rebuilding” …
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Has Started Rebuilding Key Missile-Test Facilities, Analysts Say — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has started rebuilding the facilities it uses to launch satellites into orbit and test engines and other technologies for its intercontinental ballistic missile program …
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Washington Post:
‘I think you mean that, too’: Trump's aides struggle to defend, explain his foreign policy statements — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo grew testy in a recent newspaper interview when asked to explain why President Trump would take North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “at his word” …
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Beyond Parallel:
After Hanoi Summit: Rebuilding of Sohae Launch Facility
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Blames Dems, Cheers Kim Jong Un After Trump's Korea Summit Fail
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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Trump promised to shrink the trade deficit. Instead it exploded. — BREAKING NEWS: U.S. posted record-breaking $891.2 billion merchandise trade deficit in 2018, despite Trump's ‘America First’ policies — President Trump's tariffs and tough policies have failed to shrink a trade gap …
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Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
U.S. Trade Gap Surged to $621 Billion in 2018, Highest in Decade — Goods deficits with China, Mexico, EU widen to records — Trump has said big deficit is sign of poor trade policies — The U.S. trade deficit widened in 2018 to a 10-year high of $621 billion …
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Our Highest Office, My Deepest Obligation — I'm not running for president, but I am launching a new campaign: Beyond Carbon. — I've never made any secret of my belief that Donald Trump is a threat to our country. At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, I said: “New Yorkers know a con when we see one.”
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump in trouble in Florida poll — Donald Trump is in trouble in Florida, a state that's crucial to his reelection hopes. — Just 40 percent of Florida voters said they believed the president should be reelected, while 53 percent were opposed to a second term, according to a new Bendixen & Amandi International poll.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Poll: Biden, Sanders lead 2020 Dem field followed by Harris
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Will Not Run for President in 2020
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Payments to corporation owned by Ocasio-Cortez aide come under scrutiny — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)'s chief of staff helped establish two political action committees that paid a corporation he ran more than $1 million in 2016 and 2017, federal campaign finance records show.
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Chuck Raasch / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Gephardt says focus on Ocasio-Cortez overshadowing important stories
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
The Green New Deal and ‘Socialist’ Democrats Are Normalizing Trump
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans, but Not Liberal Democrats, Mostly Pro-Israel — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The majority of Americans remain partial toward Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with 59% saying they sympathize more with the Israelis whereas 21% sympathize more with the Palestinians.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate Confirms 37-Year-Old To Lifetime Seat On U.S. Circuit Court — Every Democrat opposed Trump nominee Allison Jones Rushing, who is going to be a federal judge for a long, long time. — WASHINGTON The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Allison Jones Rushing, 37, to the U.S. Court …
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The Daily Beast:
Fox News Quietly Ditched Trump-Loving Sheriff David Clarke — The infamous firebrand hasn't appeared on Fox in more than a year and he no longer works for the pro-Trump super PAC that hired him to do media. — For years, Sheriff David A. Clarke was a fixture on Fox News …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
The Mueller report no one's talking about — Most people don't know it, but there's another Mueller report coming. — Around the same time the special counsel sends his Russia investigation findings to the Justice Department, Attorney General William Barr must give Congress an account …
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Trump nominates Jessie Liu for Justice Dept.'s No. 3 spot
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New York Times:
Trump Organization's Insurance Policies Under Scrutiny in New York — New York State regulators have issued an expansive subpoena to the Trump Organization's longtime insurance broker, the first step in an investigation of insurance policies and claims involving President Trump's family business …
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
‘Grab that record’: How Trump's high school transcript was hidden — In 2011, days after Donald Trump challenged President Barack Obama to “show his records” to prove that he hadn't been a “terrible student,” the headmaster at New York Military Academy got an order from his boss: Find Trump's academic records and help bury them.
Bloomberg:
China Won't Make Big Concessions on Trade Deal, Ex-Minister Says — China won't make big concessions to the U.S. in order to seal a trade deal, former finance minister Lou Jiwei said in Beijing on Wednesday, calling some U.S. demands for change “unreasonable.”
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CBS News:
R. Kelly breaks his silence on sexual abuse claims: “I have been assassinated” — In an explosive interview, R. Kelly is breaking his silence about the sexual abuse charges that landed him in jail last month. The embattled R&B singer spoke with “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King for nearly 80 minutes Tuesday.
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Washington Post:
Michael Cohen alleges pardon was dangled. Others say his lawyer broached the idea. — Michael Cohen had always made problems go away for President Trump. But after the FBI raided Cohen's home in April, the fixer himself became the issue. — Cohen, who had been in a joint defense agreement with Trump …
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Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Border at ‘Breaking Point’ as More than 76,000 Migrants Cross in a Month — For the fourth time in five months, the number of migrant families crossing the southwest border has broken records, border enforcement authorities said Tuesday, warning that government facilities are full and agents are overwhelmed.
ABC7:
Shakeup possible in federal case against ex-congressman Aaron Schock … Aaron Schock, a Peoria Republican, has been fighting federal corruption charges since leaving office four years ago. — WLS — CHICAGO (WLS) — There is a mystery concerning the corruption case against former downstate Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock.
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
House Dems delay vote on resolution rebuking Omar over Israel remarks — House Democratic leaders are delaying a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism that had been slated to take place on Wednesday, according to a Democratic aide. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Does John Hickenlooper Have a Secret Weapon? — Maybe nice guys finish Trump. — John Hickenlooper's boots weren't made for hiking. — Were they even boots? We couldn't decide. They occupied some limbo between boots and shoes and were all wrong for the trek that our group of six was taking …
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