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11:40 AM ET, March 6, 2019

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New York Times:
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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CNN:
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and RedState
Anita Kumar / Politico:
White House launches fire-breathing campaign to attack House Dem probes  —  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 …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
GOP Senator: Trump Paid Off Stormy Daniels While in Office Because ‘The President Loves his Family’  —  Sen. Mike Rounds had a curious answer to why President Donald Trump allegedly signed off what has been widely reported as hush money payoffs to adult film star Stormy Daniels, while in office.
Discussion: Political Wire and Splinter
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump signals White House won't comply with Democratic probes
Discussion: Shakesville and Mediaite
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 …
Doug Palmer / Politico:
U.S. trade gap with China reaches all-time high under Trump
Discussion: CNN, U.S. Bureau … and POLITICUSUSA
Axios:   U.S. trade deficit grows to 10-year high under Trump
Shawn Donnan / Bloomberg:   Tariff-Man Trump to Preside Over $100 Billion Jump in Trade Gap
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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Media Matters for America:   CNN commentator Ben Ferguson's Facebook page is a cesspool of bigotry, false info, and fabricated quotes
Jerusalem Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez retweets terror organization sympathizer
Discussion: New York Post and Breitbart
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” …
Discussion: USA Today and Shareblue Media
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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 …
Discussion: Axios
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.
Discussion: Florida Politics and POLITICUSUSA
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Poll: Biden, Sanders lead 2020 Dem field followed by Harris
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:   Bernie Sanders's Staffers Want Him to Be Less Grumpy
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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J Street:
Statement on the Current Debate Over Anti-Semitism and Criticism of Israel
Discussion: Splinter and The Intercept
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The dishonest smearing of Ilhan Omar
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Plan to Grill Kirstjen Nielsen on Perjury Allegations  —  According to staffers, Nielsen should expect harsh questioning on child deaths in detention, Trump's emergency declaration, and the veracity of her own past statements to Congress.  —  Scott Bixby
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and Breitbart
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
60 false claims in 2 hours: Trump's CPAC speech was by far his most-dishonest single event as president  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump made 60 false claims in his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, shattering his old record for false claims in a single speech.
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell preps new nuclear option to speed Trump judges  —  President Donald Trump's stream of judges is about to become a torrent.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his GOP caucus have long prioritized confirming conservative judges to lifetime appointments.
Discussion: SARAH PALIN, Common Dreams and Splinter
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Caleb Melby / Bloomberg:
Trump Fussed Over Tablecloths and Rockettes for the Inauguration  —  It was Christmas Day 2016, and President-elect Donald Trump had the Rockettes on his mind.  —  A few days earlier, James Dolan, chief executive officer of Madison Square Garden, had announced that the famous New York dance troupe …
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Biden nabs big-name Latino operative in latest sign he's running  —  In the latest sign that Joe Biden will run for president, his team has brought on Cristóbal Alex, the head of the influential Latino Victory Fund, according to a source familiar with the move.
Discussion: Political Wire
The Hill:
Dem campaign chief: Medicare for All price tag ‘a little scary’  —  The House Democrats' new campaign chief on Tuesday poured cold water on the progressive Medicare for All plan, dismissing it as just “one idea” out there and warning that its estimated $33 trillion price tag was “a little scary.”
Discussion: Common Dreams and IJR
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Chuck Raasch / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Gephardt says focus on Ocasio-Cortez overshadowing important stories
Discussion: Politico
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
Prominent Democratic super PAC says Ohio isn't a top priority in 2020  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - One of the most prominent Democratic super PACs in the country does not have Ohio high on its list of targets for the 2020 presidential election, further eroding the state's status as a presidential battleground.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Howard Schultz hopes to benefit from Michael Bloomberg's decision not to run for president  —  THE BIG IDEA: In Dallas last night, Howard Schultz seized on fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg's decision not to run for president as a fresh rationale for his own likely bid.
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 …
Discussion: Althouse and Hit & Run
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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‘Vengeful’ Trump Is Blackballing Disloyal Conservative Operatives Like Rick Tyler
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ABC7:
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Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
House Dems delay vote on resolution rebuking Omar over Israel remarks
Discussion: The Daily Beast
ICE:
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Discussion: Daily Wire
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