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Joe Biden / YouTube:
America Is An Idea  —  It's time for respected leadership on the world stage—and dignified leadership at home.  It's time for equal opportunity, equal rights, and equal justice.  It's time for an economy that rewards those who actually do the work.  It's time for a president who will stand up for all of us.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden sounds fundraising alarm in conference call  —  On the eve of announcing his presidential bid, former Vice President Joe Biden raised the alarm about fundraising in a Wednesday conference call with top donors and supporters.  —  “The money's important.
Steve Israel / The Hill:
This is the Joe Biden you rarely see  —  This week, Joe Biden is set to announce his candidacy for president.  Forgive me for getting ahead of the punditry clutter with this story.  —  Meetings in the Oval Office with President Obama and Vice President Biden to discuss Democratic House races were always thrilling.
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Joe Biden says he's running for president, in video announcing bid  —  Ending months of speculation, former Vice President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is launching his third presidential campaign, instantly joining the race as an early frontrunner among more than a dozen major Democratic candidates seeking …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
HuffPost:
Joe Biden Is Running For President In 2020  —  The former vice president has said he's “the most qualified person” to take on Donald Trump.  —  WASHINGTON ― Ending months of speculation, former Vice President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he's running for president in 2020 …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Townhall and Bloomberg
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
How Biden Plans to Steamroll the 2020 Democratic Field
Discussion: The Guardian
The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden's Big 2020 Advantage: He Has the Obama Email List
Discussion: Politico
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
McCain family to support Biden in 2020 race in bid to defeat Trump
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Unions crank it up for Biden launch
Discussion: CNN, VICE News, The Week and Washington Post
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden jumps in, finally
Discussion: Variety
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Former vice president Joe Biden jumps into White House race
Discussion: The Economist and CNN
Mike Elk / Payday Report:
Union-Busting Lawyer to Host Biden's 1st Fundraiser Thursday
Discussion: Breitbart
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Joe Biden Is the Front-Runner — Over Democrats, and Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton / Washington Post:
Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans.  Here's how to respond.  —  Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president.  —  Our election was corrupted, our democracy assaulted, our sovereignty and security violated.  This is the definitive conclusion of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
White House says Stephen Miller won't testify on immigration to House Oversight  —  Nadler: Miller should testify on sanctuary city plan  —  (CNN)The White House has informed the House Oversight Committee that Stephen Miller will not testify before the panel about his role …
Discussion: Axios
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Vows Stonewall of ‘All’ House Subpoenas, Setting Up Fight Over Powers  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration escalated its defiance of Congress on Wednesday, as the Justice Department refused to let an official testify on Capitol Hill and President Trump vowed to fight what he called a …
Discussion: NBC News, ABC News and Vanity Fair
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump could stiff-arm Democrats until after 2020  —  President Donald Trump may successfully drag out many of his legal battles with Congress beyond 2020, denying Democratic investigators much, if any, political bounty before the next election.  —  With Democrats pressing on multiple fronts …
Washington Post:
Sorry, Mr. President.  Congress has every right to investigate you.  —  “THERE IS no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress,” President Trump told Post reporters Tuesday, explaining why he was preparing to stonewall congressional requests for administration documents and testimony …
CNN:
Democrats look to courts as White House stonewalls on subpoenas
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
White House rejects Democrats' call for Stephen Miller to testify on immigration
Washington Post:
House Democrats grapple with how to respond to Trump's refusal to cooperate with investigations
Ian Duncan / Baltimore Sun:
FBI raids Baltimore City Hall, home of Mayor Catherine Pugh, offices of job training center  —  FBI and IRS agents are raiding Baltimore's City Hall and the home of Mayor Catherine Pugh.  —  Dave Fitz, an FBI spokesman, confirmed agents from the Washington field office were executing search warrants …
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David Shortell / CNN:   FBI executing search warrant at Baltimore mayor's home, city hall
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Mueller Report Reveals Trump's Fixation on Using Law Enforcement to Target a Rival  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a tenuous hold on his job when President Trump called him at home in the middle of 2017.  The president had already blamed him for recusing himself …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Bernie Sanders visibly frustrated as hecklers unload at She The People Forum for women of color
Discussion: Washington Post
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Bernie Sanders draws mayoral pension while running for president …
Discussion: Breitbart
Cristina Alesci / CNN:
Deutsche Bank begins process of providing Trump financial records to New York's attorney general  —  Trump sues to block Dems from his financial records  —  (CNN)Deutsche Bank has begun the process of providing financial records to New York state's attorney general in response to a subpoena …
Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
Franklin Graham Calls for Pete Buttigieg to Repent for Being Gay  —  Franklin Graham, one of the country's most influential evangelical Christians, has called on Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg to “repent” for being gay.  Graham, the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association …
Steve Helling / Yahoo:
Lori Loughlin and Husband 'Didn't Realize That What They Were Doing Was Illegal': Source  —  Mossimo Giannulli didn't fully grasp that their alleged bribery in the  —  college admissions scandal was illegal, a source familiar with the case tells PEOPLE.  —  “You read the complaint …
New York Times:
What Price Profit in Saudi Arabia?  —  The kingdom this week executed 37 “terrorists” after torture and sham trials.  Corporations and governments should demand an end to the kingdom's egregious violations of human rights.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and CNBC
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Rhode Island Man Threatened to ‘Eradicate’ All Democrats, Eat Pro-Choice Professor: Feds  —  ‘I will kill every Democrat in the world,’ Matthew Haviland, 30, allegedly wrote in one message.  A friend says he has grown angry over how the media treats Trump.  —  A Donald Trump supporter …
USA Today:
We found 85,000 cops who've been investigated for misconduct.  Now you can read their records.  —  USA TODAY is leading a national effort to obtain and publish disciplinary and misconduct records for thousands of police officers.  —  At least 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA …
Washington Post:
How Trump has changed white evangelicals' views about morality  —  So what if Mayor Pete Buttigieg calls him a “porn star president”?  —  Recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has been criticizing religious conservatives — especially Vice President Pence …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Will Trump and the Supreme Court tear our democracy apart?  —  Our nation faces a constitutional conflagration, and President Trump is not the only actor willing to put personal and partisan interests above the preservation of our system of self-rule.  —  Five conservative justices …
Discussion: Reason, New York Times and New Republic
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by F.T.C. Over Privacy Issues  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Wednesday that it expected to be fined up to $5 billion by the Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations, in what would amount to a record penalty for a technology company by the agency.
CNN:
How a convicted terrorist became a US citizen  —  (CNN)A one-time Islamic jihadist who spent years in an Israeli prison for attempting to bomb a bus was granted US citizenship and allowed to remain in the country for nearly a decade as federal authorities investigated his background, CNN has learned.
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
In Russia, Political Criticism Is a 4-Letter Word (and a $470 Fine)  —  MOSCOW — Be careful what you write online in Russia: A judge might not wash your mouth out with soap, but a fine is now a possibility.  —  A Russian court this week for the first time applied a law forbidding the use …
 
 
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Dems plan to teach 2020 candidates how to talk to a Trump voter
Andrew Ferguson / The Atlantic:
The Death of Humor  —  Ron Chernow, the best-selling biographer …
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
President Trump is returning to the United Kingdom.  So is the big fat orange diaper-wearing baby blimp.
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Trump administration prepares a rule civil rights groups worry may deny care to transgender patients
Discussion: Politico, Splinter and Axios
Michiko Kakutani / Columbia Journalism Review:
Don't rely on the coverage. Read the Mueller report.
The Babylon Bee:
Ocasio-Cortez Calls For Boycott Of ‘Sesame Street’ After Discovering Show Is Sponsored By Numbers
Defense One:
It's Getting Harder to Track US Progress in Afghanistan
 Earlier Items: 
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Booker's tax returns: Speaking fees and royalties drive income
Rose Minutaglio / ELLE:
Gwyneth Paltrow Is Co-Hosting a Fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and Variety
Allison MacMunn / American Lung Association:
More than 4 in 10 Americans Live with Unhealthy Air; Eight Cities Suffered Most Polluted Air Ever Recorded
Discussion: Gizmodo
New York Times:
Sri Lanka Suicide Bombers Included Two Sons of a Spice Tycoon
Discussion: The Week
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
‘He knew that I would be an easy target’: ex-Chris Christie aide blames him for Bridgegate scandal
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Democratic hashtag goes viral seeking GOP support for impeachment
Michael Rothfeld / Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen, in Recorded Phone Call, Walks Back Parts of Guilty Plea