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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Trump told CBP head he'd pardon him if he were sent to jail for violating immigration law  —  Washington (CNN)During President Donald Trump's visit to the border at Calexico, California, a week ago, where he told border agents to block asylum seekers from entering the US contrary to US law …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
The first picture of a black hole made Katie Bouman an overnight celebrity.  Then internet trolls descended.  —  The situation highlighted the vitriol that women continue to face on the internet, and the continued vulnerability of major internet platforms to trolling campaigns.
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Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Trolls hijacked a scientist's image to attack Katie Bouman.  They picked the wrong astrophysicist.  —  As the world stared in wonder this week at the first image of a black hole, a new star was born here on Earth: Katherine Bouman, a 29-year-old postdoctoral researcher who developed an algorithm …
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Washington Post:
Trump says he is giving ‘strong considerations’ to releasing immigrant detainees in ‘sanctuary cities’
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
This is what passes for ‘political analysis’ on CNN
Discussion: Mercury News, TheBlaze and Observer
Ileana Najarro / Houston Chronicle:
Eleven-year-old ordered deported without her family  —  Dora Alvarado felt something was off when she arrived at immigration court in Houston March 12 with her two daughters.  A court translator told her that she and her 15-year-old, Adamaris Alvarado, were listed on the docket that day.
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Inside Ivanka's Dreamworld  —  You could tell by his eyes, the way they popped and gleamed and fixed on someone behind me.  Only one person gets that kind of look from Donald Trump.  “Oh!” the president said.  “Ivanka!”  —  Ivanka Trump lifted her hands, astonished.
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VICE News:
Jared Kushner wasn't a Republican until 2018
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
CNN:
Trump's Fed pick Stephen Moore is a self-described ‘radical’ who said he's not a ‘big believer in democracy’  —  Moore defends his qualifications for Fed nomination  —  (CNN)Stephen Moore, who President Donald Trump announced last month as his nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors …
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and IJR
Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Roger Stone's woes: He's broke.  Donald Trump doesn't call.  And his wife broke her ankle.  —  In a wide ranging interview with SiriusXM's “Jim Norton & Sam Roberts” Roger Stone said his living situation has plummeted, his savings are gone and his car was impounded.  —  South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Roger Stone connected to matters still under investigation, Justice Dept. says
Discussion: Political Wire
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Rosenstein Says Mueller Report Will Outline Russian Cybercrimes
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Michael Weiss / The Atlantic:
Julian Assange Got What He Deserved  —  In the end, the man who reportedly smeared feces on the walls of his lodgings, mistreated his kitten, and variously blamed the ills of the world on feminists and bespectacled Jewish writers was pulled from the Ecuadorian embassy looking every inch …
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Alan Dershowitz / The Hill:
Is Julian Assange another Pentagon Papers case?
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Catherine Garcia / The Week:   Sean Hannity seems to have deleted all references to Julian Assange, WikiLeaks on his Twitter
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Pence says Buttigieg bringing ‘attacks on my Christian faith’
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents  —  A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal information of thousands of federal agents and law enforcement officers, TechCrunch has learned.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
House Oversight chair plans to subpoena for 10 years of Trump financial records: report  —  House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), plans to issue a subpoena for 10 years of President Trump's financial records, according to a memo obtained by Politico.
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
READ: Cummings Moves To Subpoena Trump Accountant For Financial Info
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Over 3 A.M. Dissent, Supreme Court Says Alabama Execution May Proceed  —  WASHINGTON — A bitterly divided Supreme Court ruled early Friday morning that the execution of an Alabama death row inmate could proceed.  The vote was 5 to 4.  —  Justice Stephen G. Breyer's anguished dissent …
Discussion: Mother Jones, al.com and Politico
Erin Murphy / Quad City Times:
Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020  —  Dave Loebsack is retiring from Congress.  —  A Democrat from Iowa City who has represented eastern Iowa's 2nd Congressional district since 2007, Loebsack made the announcement Friday afternoon.  —  Loebsack will retire from Congress …
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Congressman Dave Loebsack:   Loebsack Announces He Will Retire at End of 116th Congress
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020
Discussion: Axios
John Harwood / CNBC:
2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg on taxing the rich and the future of American capitalism  — CNBC's John Harwood sat down with 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg to discuss his approach to economic change.  — Here's what he has to say about the future of American capitalism, a wealth tax, economic inequality, climate change and more.
Tori Bedford / wgbh.org:
Shirley Leung: Globe Owners Pulled Controversial Op-Ed Piece That ‘Really Crossed The Line’  —  Writer Luke O'Neil's controversial opinion piece, published in the Boston Globe Apr. 10, was edited several times and ultimately removed from the newspaper's website after review from Globe ownership …
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
IG Report: Some members of Congress sexually harassed night-shift custodians  —  Members of Congress allegedly sexually harassed night shift custodial staff while they cleaned their offices.  Sexual harassment prevention training went off the rails.  And the Architect of the Capitol …
Victor Garcia / Fox News:
Geraldo on ‘The Five’: Give Rep. Omar ‘a break’  —  On “The Five” on Friday, co-hosts Jesse Watters and Geraldo Rivera debated comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., regarding 9/11 and her progressive colleagues defending her.  —  “I don't think she's a hero.  I also don't think she's a victim.
Discussion: Axios
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Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
Company led by Trump nominee was rife with harassment, including groping and kissing, report says  —  A federal workplace investigation found rampant sexual harassment and retaliation at AccuWeather, a federal contractor, including groping, touching and kissing of subordinates without consent.
Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
Georgetown Students Agree to Create Reparations Fund  —  Students at Georgetown University voted on Thursday to increase their tuition to benefit descendants of the 272 enslaved Africans that the Jesuits who ran the school sold nearly two centuries ago to secure its financial future.
Sasha Savitsky / Fox News:
Anna Wintour overlooks Melania Trump in CNN interview about first ladies  —  Melania Trump has “more important” things to do than worry about her next Vogue cover.  —  The first lady's rep told Fox News that being on the cover of the fashion magazine “doesn't define” her after its editor-in-chief …
Foreign Policy:
The Revolutionary Guards Are Ready to Strike Back  —  The Trump administration has labeled Iran's most powerful military branch a terrorist organization—and put Americans around the world in danger.  —  On Monday, in an unprecedented move, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration …
Renato Mariotti / Politico:
What Will Really Matter in the Mueller Report  —  After years of waiting, we will finally get to read the Mueller report—or at least as much of it as Attorney General William Barr is willing to let the American public read.  The redacted version of the report may tell us more about Barr …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Senate Democrats ask DOJ for findings of probe into Acosta's conduct in Epstein case  —  The request reflects concerns among Democrats that the administration might try to quash the findings of Acosta's handling of the controversial case.  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are demanding …
Discussion: Raw Story
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
W. Samuel Patten sentenced to probation after steering Ukrainian money to Trump inaugural  —  An American political consultant whose guilty plea marked the first confirmation that illegal foreign money was used to help fund Donald Trump's inaugural committee was sentenced to probation Friday …
Discussion: Axios, The Week and Bloomberg
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Foxconn says empty buildings in Wisconsin are not empty  —  While announcing another empty building  —  Well, here we are again.  —  Earlier this week, The Verge published a lengthy investigation into the many “innovation centers” Foxconn has announced in Wisconsin as part of its deal …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Federal Judge Compared Trump's Criticism Of The Courts To The KKK And Segregationists  —  WASHINGTON — In a highly unusual public rebuke against President Donald Trump by a sitting member of the federal judiciary, US District Judge Carlton Reeves delivered a speech Thursday calling …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Jonah Kaplan / ABC11:
Video shows rapper's performance of anti-Semitic song at UNC event … CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — “I cannot be anti-Semitic alone.”  —  That's the declaration captured on video of a performer at last month's Conflict Over Gaza conference, an event held at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill …
Kriston Capps / CityLab:
The Hidden Horror of Hudson Yards Is How It Was Financed  —  Since its official unveiling last month, critics have been teeing off on Hudson Yards, the $25 billion office-and-apartment megaproject on Manhattan's West Side.  The Guardian's Oliver Wainwright calls it “bargain-basement building …
 
 
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Karol Markowicz / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence's nonexistent homophobia
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Nancy Pelosi says Trump's tweets “cheapened the presidency” — and the media encourages him
Cathy Young / Arc Digital:
Candace Owens Plays the Victim Card
Discussion: @politifact
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Irish cultural pride gives this cosmopolitan second thoughts
Marissa Brostoff / Post45:
The Double's Allegiance: Philip Roth and the Question of Zion
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The key to glorifying a questionable diet? Be a tech bro and call it ‘biohacking.’
Discussion: Page Six
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Miami Herald:
No espionage charge in indictment against Chinese intruder arrested at Mar-a-Lago
Lulu Ramadan / Palm Beach Post:
Undisclosed cash flowed at Trump inaugural ball with ties to China, embattled Saipan casino
Luke O'Neil / The Guardian:
‘Fox News brain’: meet the families torn apart by toxic cable news
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
FBI Man's Testimony Points to Wrongdoing Well Beyond Spying
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Barr Brings Accountability
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside the Russian effort to target Sanders supporters — and help elect Trump