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9:15 AM ET, April 4, 2019

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New York Times:
Some on Mueller's Team See Their Findings as More Damaging for Trump Than Barr Revealed  —  WASHINGTON — Some of Robert S. Mueller III's investigators have told associates that Attorney General William P. Barr failed to adequately portray the findings of their inquiry and that they were more troubling …
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Washington Post:
Limited information Barr has shared about Russia investigation frustrated some on Mueller's team  —  Members of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's team have told associates they are frustrated with the limited information Attorney General William P. Barr has provided about their nearly …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Prepare yourself — the Mueller redaction wars are coming  —  Next up in the fight over Robert Mueller's final report: the redaction wars.  —  House Democrats want to see everything related to the special counsel's nearly two-year-old investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Mike Littwin / The Colorado Independent:
Michael Bennet has prostate cancer, but he still intends to run for president  —  When Michael Bennet's office called to say he had a big announcement to make, I assumed he would be confirming what everyone already knew — that the Colorado senator would be joining John Hickenlooper and the rest …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Senate Democrat Apologizes for Putting Too Little Trust in Mitch McConnell  —  Senate Republicans went “nuclear” Wednesday: In a party-line vote, Mitch McConnell's caucus changed the upper chamber's rules, so as to maximize the number of judges Donald Trump will get to appoint …
Yashar's Newsletter:
New Details On Trump/McConnell/McCain  —  Welcome to the fourth edition of my newsletter!
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Republicans Blow Up Senate Rules To Confirm More Trump Judges
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
New book details Trump's topsy-turvy relationship with Congress
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Times:
Malware Arrest Exposes Security Gaps at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club  —  WASHINGTON — The arrest of a Chinese woman who carried a malware-laced device into Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's Florida resort, has exposed porous security at the private club and escalating tensions between Secret Service agents …
Discussion: Slate, The Verge and Shareblue Media
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miamiherald:
Counterintelligence probe of Chinese activity focuses on Mar-a-Lago, Cindy Yang, intruder  —  Federal authorities are investigating possible Chinese intelligence operations targeting President Donald Trump and his private Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago, sources familiar with the never …
Washington Post:
‘You pay and you get in’: At Trump's beach retreat, hundreds of customers — and growing security concerns
Discussion: Observer and Defense One
Washington Post:
Democrats demand Mar-a-Lago security review after Secret Service arrests Chinese woman
Discussion: Mother Jones
David Pitt / Associated Press:
Iowa Sen. Grassley: Trump wind turbine comments ‘idiotic’  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Republican senator is expressing irritation at what he calls “idiotic” comments by President Donald Trump about wind energy.  —  Trump, at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Contemptor, Axios and Mediaite
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner identified as senior White House official whose security clearance was denied by career officials  —  The senior White House official whose security clearance was denied last year because of concerns about foreign influence, private business interests and personal conduct …
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:   Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump under fresh scrutiny after whistleblower's account on security clearances
Lauren Fox / CNN:
First on CNN: Key House Democrat requests Trump's tax returns from IRS  —  (CNN)House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal has formally requested President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service, likely launching a battle with the administration that could stretch months …
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Ways and Means Committee:
Neal Statement on Requesting President Trump's Tax Returns
Discussion: KTLA, Breitbart and Vox
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump's Pick for Interior Dept. Continued Lobbying After Officially Vowing to Stop, New Files Indicate  —  WASHINGTON — A previously unreleased invoice indicates that David Bernhardt, President Trump's choice to lead the Interior Department, continued to lobby for a major client several months …
Washington Post:
Biden says he'll adjust his physical behavior as three more women come forward  —  Former vice president Joe Biden promised on Wednesday to adjust his physical behavior toward women, an effort to quell controversy over whether his intimate style is appropriate in the era of the #MeToo movement.
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Biden Sort-Of Lovefest  —  If you don't want to vote for him, at least buy a mug.  —  One of the great political themes of the Democratic presidential campaign is how much everybody loves Joe Biden.  —  Really.  Just Google “I love Joe Biden.”  Go past the T-shirts and memorial coffee cups and you'll see a ton of stuff.
Discussion: Althouse
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Biden's Problem Is His Ego
Discussion: Breitbart
Frank Bruni / New York Times:   Mayor Pete Is Plenty Gay
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Shanahan's Bid for Top Pentagon Job on Hold  —  The White House seems to have cooled on the acting defense secretary, but he might get the post by default.  —  Patrick Shanahan's nomination as U.S. defense secretary, once considered a lock, now could be slipping away.
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James LaPorta / Newsweek:
Top Marine General Let Emails Leak Amid Border Funding Fight so Service Families Would Not Be Forgotten: Sources
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:
You elected them to write new laws.  They're letting corporations do it instead.  —  An investigation by USA TODAY, The Arizona Republic and the Center for Public Integrity  —  Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, industry groups and think tanks.
New York Times:
Attacks by White Extremists Are Growing.  So Are Their Connections.  —  U.K.  —  AUSTRALIA … U.S. … FRANCE  —  White extremist attacks, 2011-17  —  NEW  —  North America  —  Europe  —  Oceania  —  CANADA  —  RUSSIA  —  U.K.  —  AUSTRALIA … U.S.  —  White extremist attacks, 2011-17
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Buttigieg draws huge crowd at Northeastern U.  —  BOSTON — Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and a nascent presidential candidate, riled up a crowd of more than 1,000 college students at Northeastern University on Wednesday.  Part of his appeal, the students said, was that Buttigieg wasn't trying to appeal to them.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Beto O'Rourke Paid His And His Wife's Company $110,000 In Campaign Funds  —  EL PASO, Texas — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke paid roughly $110,000 in campaign funds to a web development company while either he or his wife owned it, public records show.
ABC News:
Sensor damaged by a foreign object on Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX triggered fatal crash: Sources  —  The preliminary crash findings are expected to be released on Thursday.  —  The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX, which crashed in March and killed 157 people, suffered a damaged angle …
ABC News:
Trump's economic advisers want to exempt commercial trade if he closes border  —  Trump has said border security is more important than trade.  —  President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision about closing the southern border, the head of the National Economic Council said on Wednesday …
Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
She Survived a Slave Ship, the Civil War and the Depression.  Her Name Was Redoshi.  —  It has long been believed that a man named Cudjo Lewis was the last living survivor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the United States.  Now a researcher at Newcastle University in Britain …
Discussion: theGrio
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
Tim Ryan Is Expected To Announce A Presidential Campaign This Week  —  Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio is expected to announce a presidential campaign this week, several sources who have been informed of the Democrat's plans told BuzzFeed News.  —  Ryan is scheduled to appear Thursday on The View …
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Saudi Arabia's first nuclear reactor nearly finished, sparking fears over safeguards  —  Riyadh has so far resisted international watchdog's requests to accept a strict inspection regime  —  Saudi Arabia is within months of completing its first nuclear reactor, new satellite images show …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Post
 
 
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Progressive Dems attempt to fend off moderate push on minimum wage
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Democratic Party Is Radicalizing
Alan I. Abramowitz / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Assessing Trump's Chances: Forecasting the 2020 Presidential Election
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:
Trump got no bounce from Mueller. That leaves him a narrow path back to the Oval Office.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Even After a Trade Deal, Be Wary of China
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Georgia GOP lawmakers want to open the door to more regulations on the press
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Josh Hawley Calls for Third-Party Audit of Twitter
Discussion: Power Line, Daily Wire, NB Blog and Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Alabama's Gruesome Prisons: Report Finds Rape and Murder at All Hours
Discussion: NPR and Splinter
Jessica Glenza / The Guardian:
Donald Trump wrongly claims his father was born in Germany - again
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Monthly
CNN:
Pompeo names Morgan Ortagus as State Department spokeswoman
Discussion: Washington Times
Jennifer Wright / Harper's BAZAAR:
The U.S. Is Tracking Migrant Girls' Periods to Stop Them From Getting Abortions
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Hacker Eva Galperin Has a Plan to Eradicate Stalkerware
Discussion: Boing Boing and Motherboard
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Senate hopeful Mark Kelly raised $4 million in first fundraising haul
 

 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google announces a new Platforms and Devices team overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, Photos, and more, to integrate AI across its products, led by Rick Osterloh

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

 
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