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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
New York Charges Manafort With 16 Crimes.  If He's Convicted, Trump Can't Pardon Him.  —  [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  Paul J. Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, has been charged in New York with mortgage fraud …
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Bailey Stonecipher / Manhattan District …:
District Attorney Vance Announces Indictment of Paul Manafort  —  Manhattan Grand Jury Charges Manafort with Residential Mortgage Fraud, Other New York State Crimes, Amid D.A. Investigation Commenced in March 2017  —  Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. today announced the indictment …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
The Wacky Tale of Paul Manafort, Anne Hathaway's Fraudster Ex-Boyfriend, and a Vatican Land Scam  —  Manafort and his then-partner talked about their plans to do business with the Italian who lured in investors with phony claims about sweetheart deals on the church's real estate.  —  Betsy Woodruff
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Paul Manafort indicted by Manhattan prosecutors in mortgage fraud scheme
Discussion: Political Wire
Chiara Sottile / NBC News:
Twitter reveals big changes to conversations and new camera features  —  The changes are meant to make good on the company's promise to promote “healthy conversation.”  —  Twitter is teasing some of the biggest changes to its social media service since it first launched in 2006 …
CNN:
Exclusive: Lawyer said Michael Cohen could ‘sleep well tonight’ after speaking to Rudy Giuliani  —  Washington (CNN)An attorney who said he was speaking with President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani reassured Michael Cohen in an April 2018 email that Cohen could “sleep well tonight” …
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
House Oversight chairman declines further investigation of Michael Cohen — ‘at least at this time’
Discussion: Politico
Ashley Turner / CNBC:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she has ‘zero’ sympathy for parents caught in college admissions scam  — Sen. Elizabeth Warren told MSNBC that she has “zero” sympathy for the dozens of parents charged in what the Justice Department says is the biggest college admissions scandal it's ever prosecuted.
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Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
The College Admissions Scandal Is About More Than Just Bribery
Discussion: Vox
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Celebrity College-Admissions Scheme and Today's Expectations of Students
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Media Matters President Wrote Blog Posts About ‘Japs,’ ‘Jewry’ And ‘Trannies’  —  Media Matters President Angelo Carusone is currently leading a boycott campaign against Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a co-founder of The Daily Caller News Foundation, in an attempt to get him fired.
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New York Times:
Trump Announces Ban of Boeing 737 Max Flights  —  President Trump announced that the United States was grounding Boeing's 737 Max aircraft, reversing an earlier decision by American regulators to keep the jets flying in the wake of a second deadly crash involving one of the jets in Ethiopia.
Discussion: RedState, Breitbart, Townhall and Vox
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Alleged perils of crossing White House power couple, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, detailed in new book  —  When Mark Corallo, then the spokesman for President Donald Trump's legal team, declined an offer to take over as the White House communications director in the summer of 2017 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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David Wasserman / New York Times:
Why a Long Democratic Primary Slugfest Might Help Re-elect Trump  —  The party's crowded field and messy rules could lead to months of infighting and an ugly convention.  —  Mr. Wasserman is the House editor at The Cook Political Report.  —  Donald Trump's low approval ratings have attracted …
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Philippe Reines / New York Times:
Why Impeaching Trump Is ‘Worth It’
Discussion: Power Line
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Georgetown Rich Kid ‘Gloated’ After Allegedly Cheating SATs  —  Isabelle Henriquez is one of the only students accused of willingly participating in the fraud—and now her degree may be in jeopardy.  —  Scott Bixby  —  According to her LinkedIn page, Isabelle Henriquez is “a rapid learner” …
United States Senator Mike Lee:
Sen. Lee Introduces ARTICLE ONE Act to Reclaim Congressional Power  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the ARTICLE ONE Act today, a bill that would take back significant legislative powers given to the executive branch by the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
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New York Times:
Inside the Shadowy, Totally Legal World of High-Priced College Consultants  —  For prices up to $1.5 million, parents can buy a five-year, full-service package of college admissions consulting from a company in New York City called Ivy Coach.  —  The service begins as early as eighth grade …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders aide apologizes for questioning American Jews' ‘dual allegiance’ to Israel  —  A spokeswoman for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign apologized Tuesday after questioning whether the “American-Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel” — a comment condemned …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Bernie Sanders staffer's dual loyalty smear shows liberal anti-Semitism goes well beyond Ilhan Omar
Discussion: Townhall and Politico
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Faked Death Threats Against Himself  —  One came from a phony account the wingnut provocateur created and ran just before he was banned from Twitter. … Right-wing personality Jacob Wohl appears to have faked death threats against himself.  —  Wohl and fellow provocateur Laura Loomer went …
Discussion: Contemptor and Raw Story
Shayna Jacobs / New York Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani and wife Judith Nathan ripped by judge for making divorce trial ‘unpleasant’  —  It's getting ugly.  —  A Manhattan divorce judge said Wednesday that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his estranged wife Judith Nathan are headed toward a bitter matrimonial trial.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Lisa Page transcripts reveal details of anti-Trump ‘insurance policy,’ concerns over full-blown probe  —  House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Tuesday released hundreds of pages of transcripts from last year's closed-door interview with ex-FBI attorney Lisa Page, revealing new details …
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Reuters:
U.S. says China's treatment of Muslim minority worst abuses ‘since the 1930s’  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its Muslim minorities had not been seen “since the 1930s.”
Discussion: Axios
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:   US cites journalist murder as a rights abuse by Saudi Arabia
Max Boot / Washington Post:
It's time to retire the ‘neocon’ label  —  Years pass, administrations change, the fortunes of the Nationals wax and wane (mainly wane), but one intellectual fad never seems to go out of style in Washington: rooting out the influence of the dread “neoconservatives.”
Tim Arango / New York Times:
California Death Penalty Suspended; 737 Inmates Get Stay of Execution  —  LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce a moratorium on capital punishment on Wednesday, granting a temporary reprieve for the 737 inmates who wait on the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.
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Washington Post:
THE FENTANYL FAILURE  —  Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say.  —  SCROLL DOWN  —  In May 2016, a group of national health experts issued an urgent plea in a private letter …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP megadonor Mercer family donated to nonprofit conservative group that focuses on historic values of ‘English-speaking peoples’  — The Republican megadonor family led by billionaire Robert and daughter Rebekah Mercer once donated to the Anglosphere Society, a group of conservative activists that promotes …
 
 
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Contributor Salaries Revealed In Financial Disclosures
CNN:
ICE supervisors sometimes skip required review of detention warrants, emails show
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
GOP House candidate blamed marriage equality for rising crime rates
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Merica / CNN:
Little-known Florida mayor to announce 2020 exploratory committee
Discussion: Axios and The Miami Times
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Senate confirms controversial Trump judicial pick to replace Kavanaugh
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and Breitbart
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Theresa May confirms she will vote to rule out a no-deal Brexit
Axios:
Exclusive: Excerpt from “Kushner Inc” details Comey firing
Wall Street Journal:
DOJ Probes Whether Fugitive Financier Supplied Donation to Trump Re-Election Effort
Discussion: CNBC and Fortune
Scott Bullock / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court Resuscitates the Eighth Amendment
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
No Hate Left Behind
John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘Absolutely, dramatically different’: House Democrats struggle with breakneck pace of Trump era
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