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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Schiff and Nunes: Mueller ‘Must Brief’ Intel Committee—And Turn Over All His Materials  —  The intel committee's top Republican and top Democrat have been openly fighting for more than a year.  But there's one thing they agree on: They need to hear from Robert Mueller.  —  Betsy Woodruff
Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo and Axios
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Mueller report's release is expected Thursday, Justice Dept. says  —  The Justice Department expects to release on Thursday a redacted version of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report on President Trump, his associates and Russia's interference in the 2016 election …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
The Insiders' Guide To the Mueller Report  —  The 400-page Mueller report, expected to land this week, is the most anticipated political read since Ken Starr, Monica Lewinsky and the stained blue dress—and potentially even juicier.  But how do you wring that juice out of a behemoth of a legal document …
RealClearInvestigations:
GOP Fears Mueller's Collusion Bias Lives On in Final Report
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller report to be released on Thursday
Discussion: twitchy.com
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
What We Should Expect From The Release Of The Full Mueller Report
Discussion: New York Times and Slate
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
In Attacking Ilhan Omar, Trump Revives His Familiar Refrain Against Muslims  —  As long as President Trump has focused on what he said was the danger lurking at the southwestern border, he has also talked about the supposed threat from one specific group already in the country: Muslims.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Just say it: Trump's attacks on Ilhan Omar are designed to incite hatred
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump defiant amid backlash, security concerns over tweeted video of Rep. Ilhan Omar
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Don't Expect Trump to Stop Targeting Ilhan Omar. It Looks Like His Newest 2020 Strategy.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New York Times
Power Line:   How and why Hamas founded CAIR
Associated Press:
The Latest: French scholar describes losses at Notre Dame  —  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local):  —  French writer and historian Camille Pascal says a massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral has caused “the destruction of invaluable heritage” …
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Live updates: Flames cause ‘colossal damages’ to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris: Officials  —  The flames caused a spire to topple over.  —  A fire has broken out at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of the city's most iconic sights.  —  The fire began at 6:50 p.m. local time Monday, the Paris fire department said.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump attorneys warn accounting firm not to hand over financial records  —  President Donald Trump's attorneys are warning of potential legal action if an accounting firm turns over a decade of the president's financial records to the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Barr's Playbook: He Misled Congress When Omitting Parts of Justice Dep't Memo in 1989  —  On Friday the thirteenth October 1989, by happenstance the same day as the “Black Friday” market crash, news leaked of a legal memo authored by William Barr.  He was then serving as head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC).
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and Law & Crime
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Secret tapes linger over Buttigieg's meteoric rise  —  Pete Buttigieg's meteoric rise as a presidential candidate is putting a spotlight on his years as mayor of South Bend, Ind., including his demotion of an African American police chief.  —  An Indiana judge will rule soon on whether …
Discussion: Townhall, Hot Air and CNN
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Mueller time: Why is this report different from all other reports?
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Is that Katie Porter or Katie Hill? New California congresswomen keep getting mixed up
Discussion: The Guardian
CNN:
White House snubs to Congress leaves Republicans as well as Democrats aghast  —  (CNN)Republicans on Capitol Hill are raising alarms at the White House's resistance to congressional demands, fearing President Donald Trump is bolstering the power of his office at the expense of Congress.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
My plan for public lands  —  Bruce and I love to hike.  We've been all over, from Bryce Canyon in Utah to Alaska to the Cape Cod National Seashore in our backyard.  America's public lands are one of our greatest treasures.  They provide us with clean air and water, sustain our fish and wildlife …
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:   Elizabeth Warren Proposes Broad Plan to Protect Public Lands
Hamza Shaban / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quits Facebook, calls social media a ‘public health risk’  —  The New York Democrat said she stopped using her account personally, but her campaign still sponsors several active ads on Facebook.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose mastery of social media …
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘I Support Impeaching This President’
Discussion: Yahoo News, Salon and New York Post
New York Times:
Face It: You (Probably) Got a Tax Cut  —  Studies consistently find that the 2017 law cut taxes for most Americans.  Most of them don't buy it.  —  If you're an American taxpayer, you probably got a tax cut last year.  And there's a good chance you don't believe it.
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Ben White / Politico:
On Tax Day, Trump tax cuts remain deeply unpopular
Discussion: Fox News
Kim Guilfoyle / The Daily Caller:
This Tax Day, Let's Say Thanks For The Trump Economy
Discussion: Bloomberg
New York Times:
Trump Sees an Obstacle to Getting His Way on Immigration: His Own Officials  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen Miller was furious — again.  —  The architect of President Trump's immigration agenda, Mr. Miller was presiding last month over a meeting in the White House Situation Room when he demanded …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Just Security and Raw Story
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Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Ex-Obama Border Patrol chief supports idea of sending migrant detainees to sanctuary cities
Discussion: CNN and Breitbart
Kendra Pierre-Louis / New York Times:
Want to Escape Global Warming?  These Cities Promise Cool Relief  —  Want climate news in your inbox?  Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter.  —  DULUTH, Minn. — As the West burns, the South swelters and the East floods, some Americans are starting to reconsider where they choose to live.
Discussion: The Week and Althouse
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
U.S. Farmers Fear China Trade Deal Will Leave Them Worse Off  — Even after an agreement, agricultural levies could linger  — Economic strains weigh on farmers as commodity prices plunge  —  Some U.S. farm groups fear that President Donald Trump's terms for easing his trade war …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Bloomberg:
China to Consider U.S. Request to Shift Tariffs on Farm Goods
Discussion: Mother Jones and Econlib
Everett Piper / Washington Times:
Pete Buttigieg doesn't get to make up his own Christianity  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg, recently took to the national stage to attack Vice President Mike Pence and, by association, tens of millions of America's orthodox Christians.
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
ICE Now Aided by ‘Enhanced’ Spy Powers  —  DHS' intel chief says the immigration enforcement agency is now reaping the benefits of extra intelligence ‘collection’—and civil libertarians are concerned.  —  Betsy Woodruff  —  Under President Donald Trump, ICE—the law enforcement agency …
Politico:
Donald Trump to attend sumo match in Japan  —  This story is being published by POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post.  It originally appeared on scmp.com on April 15, 2019.  —  U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to attend the final …
Johnny Diaz / Sun-Sentinel:
Florida School Shooting At Stoneman Douglas High School  —  A new film by Bleacher Report follows Parkland shooting survivor Anthony Borges' recovery from his multiple gun shot wounds to his return to the soccer field.  “I like to play soccer every day.  (I) try hard to do my best,” …
 
 
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John Verhovek / ABC News:
President Trump's re-election campaign announces $30 million fundraising haul in first quarter of 2019
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
DNC Chair Takes a Torch to Fox News ‘Leadership’ While ON Fox News: You Don't ‘Trust Your Own’ Viewers
Discussion: IJR
HuffPost:
The Texas AG Says Voter Fraud Is A Big Problem. His Cases Suggest Otherwise.
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Cory Booker unveils plan to cut taxes for half the country
Discussion: CityLab
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Are There Any Limits to Illegal Immigration?
Daniel Howes / Detroit News:
Detroit News editor and publisher Jonathan Wolman dead at 68
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Mom vs. Dad on the Road to 2020
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Unions urge Democrats to focus on kitchen table economics
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump shouldn't complain about slow confirmations when he nominates people like this
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Harris building support in South Carolina
Discussion: Shakesville
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
The foreman of Watergate grand jury No. 1 has been watching the confrontations with another president
Discussion: Raw Story
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Where the war on weed still rages
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The Next George Bush Bet Everything on Trump
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Ohio swing voters crave Obama
Dallas Morning News:
No more prosecuting petty crimes: Does the Dallas County DA's plan for justice reform go too far?
Discussion: Trending Home
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Nancy Pelosi: The 2019 60 Minutes Interview
 

 
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New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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