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NBC News:
Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman among 40 charged in college entrance exam cheating plot  —  The scheme involved students who attended or were seeking to attend Georgetown University, Stanford University, UCLA, and other top colleges.  —  Hollywood figures among those charged in college exam cheating scheme
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among those charged in nationwide college admissions cheating scam  —  Hollywood actors, including Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, and a slew of chief executives are among 50 people charged in a nationwide college admissions cheating scam …
Washington Post:
FBI accuses wealthy parents, including celebrities, in college-entrance bribery scheme  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday charged more than 30 wealthy people — including two television stars — with being part of a long-running scheme to bribe and cheat to get their kids into big-name colleges and universities.
Madeline / Media Matters for America:
Unearthed audio shows Tucker Carlson using white nationalist rhetoric and making racist remarks … Carlson: Immigrants should be “hot” or “really smart” because people picking lettuce aren't going to build a stronger country.  —  TUCKER CARLSON: You got me going.
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Michael Anton / American Greatness:   Tucker Carlson Must Not Be Silenced
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
Conservatives Strike Back At Media Matters For Tucker Carlson Hit Job
New York Times:
New York Attorney General Opens Investigation of Trump Projects  —  The New York attorney general's office late on Monday issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank for records relating to the financing of four major Trump Organization projects and a failed effort to buy the Buffalo Bills …
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi on Impeaching Trump: 'He's Just Not Worth It'  —  Nancy Pelosi stands up in her spacious office in the U.S. Capitol, walks past an enormous window with a commanding view of the Mall and the Washington Monument, and picks up a small plaque from her desk.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Ryan says Trump can be beat in 2020, Pelosi on impeachment and the DCCC's big money night
Discussion: Washington Post, The Week and ABC News
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:   Ryan warns Trump could be beat in 2020
The Hill:
Exclusive: Biden to run for White House, says Dem lawmaker  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden will run for president in 2020, a senior Democratic lawmaker told The Hill on Tuesday, a move that will shake up the crowded Democratic primary field and make him the clear frontrunner for his party's nomination against President Trump.
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and KTLA
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Biden hints 2020 decision coming ‘in a few weeks’
Discussion: Washington Post
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for Facebook breakup  —  Facebook removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants.  —  But the social network later reversed course after POLITICO reported …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Warren took tech's money while ripping its biggest players  —  The presidential candidate took at least $90,000 from employees of Amazon, Google and Facebook between 2011 and 2018.  —  While Sen. Elizabeth Warren was railing against big tech companies, she was taking their money — plenty of it.
Nelson W. Cunningham / The Daily Beast:
Mueller May Drop Second Report That Can't Be Buried  —  The special counsel isn't only looking for crimes: he continues the counterintelligence investigation that started with suspicious Trump-Russia contacts in 2016.  —  Breathless media alerts notwithstanding, there is reason to be skeptical …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Mueller probe already financed through September: officials
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
MSNBC:
Fmr Fox News reporter asks Congress: subpoena me to override NDA  —  In an exclusive news-making interview, the lawyer for a former Fox reporter, Nancy Erika Smith, tells Ari Melber that Congress can lawfully override a Non-Disclosure Agreement preventing her client from speaking about reports …
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Washington Post:
Why can't Fox apologize? It won't back down even amid Pirro, Carlson controversies
New York Times:
'My Dad's Not a Racist': Book Describes Ivanka Trump's Defense After Charlottesville  —  WASHINGTON — When Gary D. Cohn was considering resigning as the top White House economic adviser after President Trump blamed “both sides” in a deadly white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Va. …
George Bennett / Palm Beach Post:
Ann Coulter rips ‘shallow, narcissistic conman’ Trump, ‘lying media’ at Forum Club  —  WEST PALM BEACH — Aside from the 600 or so people who came to hear her speak at the Kravis Center on Monday, conservative flamethrower Ann Coulter says it's hard to find people she can talk to now that she's directed …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Buttigieg feels momentum after CNN town hall, with $600K raised in 24 hours  —  (CNN)Pete Buttigieg had the single biggest fundraising day of his 2020 campaign on Monday, according to an aide to the South Bend, Indiana, mayor, receiving a significant boost after a widely heralded performance during a CNN town hall.
miamiherald:
Wanted in Russia, he partied at Mar-a-Lago - and invested in cheap South Florida homes  —  Last year, President Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club hosted a black-tie “Safari Night” fundraiser for a favorite charity of one of his older sisters.  The event included Chinese dancers …
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Lauded Farmers, Medicare and AIDS Programs.  Then He Unsheathed the Budget Knife.  —  WASHINGTON — On Friday, the White House announced that Karen Pence, the second lady, would lead a delegation to the United Arab Emirates in support of disabled American athletes at the Special Olympics.
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Washington Post:
Medicare-for-all v. Medicare-for-less: Trump's proposed cuts put health care at center of 2020 race
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
Konstantin Kakaes / MIT Technology Review:
A second 737 Max crash raises questions about airplane automation  —  As you read this, over a million people are in flight.  Close to a third of the commercial airplanes in the sky at any given moment are Boeing 737s: it is the best-selling jetliner in history.
Breitbart:
Exclusive - President Donald Trump: We're Thinking ‘Very Seriously’ About Designating Mexican Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations  —  President Donald Trump told Breitbart News on Monday that his administration is thinking “very seriously” about labeling violent Mexican drug cartels …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Nick Ochsner / WBTV-TV:
Federal investigators issue subpoenas in NC-9 investigation  —  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas for a federal grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.  —  The US Department …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Need a ‘safe’ place to wear your MAGA hat?  A new app will help conservatives find one.  —  Are you a conservative who is wary of dining out while wearing your red “Make America Great Again” hat?  Do you wish you knew where you could freely sport a “Trump 2020” shirt while out running errands?
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Power of Petty Personal Rage  —  Straw police, hamburger paranoia and the state of the right.  —  Today's column is about plastic straws, hamburgers and dishwashing detergent.  Also Captain Marvel.  —  No, I haven't lost my mind, or at least I don't think so.
Discussion: Raw Story and Hit & Run
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
GOP searches for way out of border fight with Trump  —  Senate Republicans are trying to head off a collision with President Donald Trump over the border wall this week, even as his new budget demands ensure the painful political battle will extend into the fall.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
The Artist Behind the 16-Foot-Wide Trump Painting Wants It in the Smithsonian  —  Trump superfan Julian Raven has been locked in a years-long battle to force the gallery to put up his work.  He thinks he might even get a hearing before the Supreme Court.  —  NEWSLETTERS  —  Right Richter
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Caygle / Politico:
House Dems to ditch budget and avoid new schism  —  Democrats are finally in charge of the House.  But they're likely to skip one of their most fundamental responsibilities: passing a budget.  —  Eager to steer clear of another public intraparty battle, House Democrats are expected to avoid …
Discussion: Breitbart
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Socialism and “The “Experts”  —  New York magazine has produced a list of the “best books to understand socialism” that is so stupefyingly inane that you wonder if this is intended as satire or a really big put on.  But no—they are quite earnest about this list, because it was curated by “experts.”
 
 
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu: Money to Hamas part of strategy to keep Palestinians divided
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
Scott Yenor / Public Discourse:
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Gillibrand defends office investigation into sexual harassment claims
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
'Who is real, and who isn't?' Pollsters struggle to measure huge 2020 field
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Roy Moore supporter takes 5th dozens of times under questioning about alleged bribery attempt
Matt Lewis:
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Roger Stone's lawyers tell judge: We didn't try to hide anything
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
A state Senate race in Iowa is drawing presidential hopefuls
Associated Press:
US withdrawing last of its embassy personnel from Venezuela
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Michael Northcott / Politico:
The case for no-deal Brexit
Press Herald:
LePage says Democratic Party's money mostly comes from Jewish people
Washington Post:
Former vice president Cheney challenges Pence at private retreat, compares Trump's foreign policy to Obama's approach
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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