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9:40 PM ET, April 10, 2019

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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Pelosi: 'I don't trust Barr; I trust Mueller'  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she doesn't trust Attorney General William Barr and suggested his statements alleging President Donald Trump's campaign was spied on undermine Barr's independence as the nation's top law enforcement officer.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Adam Schiff just issued a stark warning about William Barr  —  As you've heard, on Wednesday morning, Attorney General William P. Barr made the remarkable claim that the Trump campaign might have been the target of “spying” by law enforcement during the 2016 campaign.
CNN:
Barr says spying on Trump campaign ‘did occur,’ but provides no evidence  —  (CNN)Attorney General William Barr told lawmakers Wednesday that he will be looking into the “genesis” of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation that began in 2016 of potential ties between members …
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:   William Barr Sends Troubling Signals Ahead of Mueller Report Release
Wall Street Journal:
WASHINGTON—Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig expects to be indicted in the coming days on charges stemming from work he performed for Ukraine in 2012, Mr. Craig's legal team said.  —  Mr. Craig has refused to accept a plea deal, and the matter could be presented to a grand jury …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
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Washington Post:
Gregory Craig, ex-Obama White House counsel, expects to be charged in relation to Ukrainian work with Manafort, his lawyers say  —  The expected indictment — which his attorneys called “a misguided abuse of prosecutorial discretion” — stems from work Craig did with GOP lobbyist Paul Manafort …
Discussion: Washington Times
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Ex-Obama Counsel Expects to Be Charged Soon in Mueller-Related Case  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Gregory B. Craig, a White House counsel in the Obama administration, expect him to be indicted in the coming days on charges related to his work for the Russia-aligned government of Ukraine.
Discussion: Splinter and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Retiring as a Judge, Trump's Sister Ends Court Inquiry Into Her Role in Tax Dodges  —  President Trump's older sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, has retired as a federal appellate judge, ending an investigation into whether she violated judicial conduct rules by participating in fraudulent tax schemes with her siblings.
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios and Political Wire
Washington Post:
National Enquirer expected to be sold imminently as parent company faces pressure  —  American Media Inc. is actively seeking to sell off the National Enquirer, according to three people familiar with the process who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
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New York Times:   The National Enquirer Is for Sale, and a Deal Seems Near
CNN:
Exclusive: Jeff Bezos to meet with federal prosecutors on extortion and hacking claims
Discussion: The Daily Beast and New York Post
Washington Post:
Treasury denies Democrats' request to hand over Trump's tax returns by the end of Wednesday, says it will confer with Justice  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin denied House Democrats' demand to release six years of President Trump's tax returns, saying the department could not complete …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Treasury says it will miss Democrats' deadline for turning over Trump tax returns, casts skepticism over request
Discussion: RedState, Reuters, The Mahablog and The Week
Bloomberg:
Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa  —  Tens of millions of people use smart speakers and their voice software to play games, find music or trawl for trivia.  Millions more are reluctant to invite the devices and their powerful microphones into their homes out of concern that someone might be listening.
Discussion: CNBC and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Grossbart / E! Online:
Broken Friendships, Family Fights and Prison Sentence Anguish: How Lori Loughlin Is Coping With Her New Normal  —  Whatever happened to the woman who once declared her family wasn't interesting enough for prime time TV?  —  “We've been asked to do a reality show a couple times,” …
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Hush Money Probe ‘Gathered Evidence From Hope Hicks’ and Others Close to President
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg, Gay and Christian, Challenges Religious Right on Their Own Turf  —  WASHINGTON — As a religious gay man who believes his party has ceded discussion of religion and spirituality to Republicans, Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic candidate for president, is talking about God and sexuality …
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Mike Pence, facing criticism from 2020 Democratic hopeful Pete Buttigieg over his record …
Discussion: Axios
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
A Texas bill would make it possible to put women to death for having abortions  —  Men and women, young and old, native Texans and immigrants, they rose to ask lawmakers to protect life, describing a “genocide” and foreseeing the arrival of “God's wrath.”  —  The act of public atonement …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Is This the Dumbest Moment in Congressional History?  —  A Kentucky congressman's impossibly daft line of questioning left John Kerry flabbergasted  —  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) may have studied robotics at MIT, but he is now responsible for one of the most asinine moments in congressional history.
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:
DHS, FBI say election systems in all 50 states were targeted in 2016  —  Joint Intelligence Bulletin issued in March says Russian hacking efforts were wide-ranging.  —  A joint intelligence bulletin (JIB) has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon  —  President Donald Trump had some advice for George Washington.  —  During a guided tour of Mount Vernon last April with French president Emmanuel Macron, Trump learned that Washington was one of the major real-estate speculators of his era.
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Netanyahu win would complicate prognosis for peace plan, analysts say  —  The apparent victory of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in Israeli elections clouds prospects for the Trump administration's yet-to-be-released peace plan and could further undermine bipartisan support for Israel in Congress, according to analysts.
Discussion: Haaretz and Political Wire
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Israel's Lesson for the Democrats in 2020
Discussion: CNN and Mother Jones
Mediaite:
Kirsten Gillibrand's CNN Town Hall Pulls in Rock Bottom Ratings  —  CNN has hosted a series of 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidates for town halls.  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, California Sen. Kamala Harris, New Jersey Senator Corey Booker, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar have all participated.
Discussion: Big League Politics and RedState
Washington Post:
European leaders offer a long Brexit delay, avoiding chaotic exit on Friday  —  BREAKING NEWS: Although British Prime Minister Theresa May had asked for an extension until the end of June, E.U. leaders are tired of emergency Brexit summits and skeptical of what she can accomplish in less than three months.
Discussion: The Guardian and Political Wire
Trisha Thadani / San Francisco Chronicle:
SF supervisors reject housing complex that would cast shadow on SoMa park  —  The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously rejected a 63-unit apartment complex, including 15 below-market-rate units, because it would cast an evening shadow on a South of Market park.
Noa Landau / Haaretz:
Shane Croucher / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Jr. Praises Candace Owens for Defending Her Hitler Comments After Ted Lieu Airs Clip in Congress  —  Donald Trump Jr. has praised right-wing activist Candace Owens for her appearance on Capitol Hill, during which she defended her comments about nationalism and Adolf Hitler.
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
234 House Democrats, Two Republicans Co-Sponsor Bill Forcing Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete On Girls' Sports Teams  —  Every House Democrat but one has co-sponsored a bill requiring schools to allow male athletes who identify as transgender girls to compete on female sports teams.
CNN:
Tiny bees found in woman's eye, feeding off tears  —  (CNN)Doctors treating a Taiwanese woman for a swollen eye were shocked to find four tiny bees living under her left eyelid.  —  The miniscule insects, known as sweat bees, are 3 to 4 millimeters (0.12-0.16 inches) in length, according to CNN affiliate CTS.
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
What the President May Now Fear Most in Mueller Report  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report is predicated, as far as we know, on a potentially explosive assumption.  —  Consider a head scratching set of conclusions.  The Special Counsel wrote that “the evidence does not establish …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
The U.S. Immigration System May Have Reached a Breaking Point  —  For years, there have been warnings that America's immigration system was going to fail.  That time may be now. … SAN YSIDRO, Calif. — It was never like this before.  —  The migrants come now in the middle of the night or in the bright light of day.
Discussion: Breitbart
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House eyeing former head of anti-immigration group for DHS job  —  The White House is considering nominating the former head of an anti-immigration group to lead U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to a White House official and three people briefed on the deliberations …
 
 
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Josie Duffy Rice / New Yorker:
Jussie Smollett and the Impulse to Punish
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
By claiming ‘total exoneration,’ does Trump risk a ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment?
Discussion: Raw Story and Vox
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Pentagon Pulls Funding for Team of Academics Who Work on the Most Difficult Scientific Problems
Discussion: Science
CNN:
Supreme Court may get to decide fate of Obamacare before 2020 election
Discussion: Political Wire
Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
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 Earlier Items: 
Daily Mail:
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Discussion: Daily Wire
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
A QAnon Believer Is Running for Congress and Is Currently Unopposed in His Republican Primary
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Post
Jonathan Van Meter / Vogue:
The Awakening of Kim Kardashian West
Sophie Lewis / CBS News:
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Look at the Forest, Not the Trees: What We Do and Don't Know About 2020
Washington Post:
If Trump has his way, this major federal agency is on the way out
Discussion: CNN, Daily Wire, TheBlaze and Axios
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Inside the (semi-)secret society for young Trump staffers