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Washington Post:
Clashes erupt in Venezuela as opposition leader Juan Guaidó, with troops, announces ‘final phase’ against President Maduro  —  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared Tuesday with troops at a Caracas military base to announce a “final phase” to remove President Nicolás Maduro from office.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
There Is No Coup in Venezuela  —  The uprising in Caracas is an attempt to restore the government's legitimacy, not overthrow it.  —  It's unclear what will unfold in Venezuela now that interim president Juan Guaido has called for the military and citizens to take to the streets.
Discussion: Associated Press
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Schiff Hires Ex-Chief of FBI Financial Crimes Section as House Intel Probes Trump's Finances  —  Patrick Fallon jumps from the upper echelon of the bureau to Congress as Democrats ramp up investigations of president's finances.  —  Betsy Woodruff  —  Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Adam Schiff to make criminal referral for Erik Prince to Justice Department  —  House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told the Washington Post on Tuesday that his committee will make a criminal referral for informal Trump campaign adviser Erik Prince to the Justice Department.
U.S. House of Representatives Permanent …:   House Intelligence Committee Sends Criminal Referral on Erik Prince to DOJ
CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden solidifies front-runner status with post-announcement bump  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden's announcement of a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination earned him an 11-point polling bounce, leaving him head and shoulders above the rest of the Democratic candidates.
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Michael Burke / The Hill:
47 percent of black women say they'd back Biden: poll
Washington Post:
Democrats offer Trump an infrastructure deal that isn't going to happen  —  On Tuesday, Democratic leaders traveled to the White House to talk to President Trump about infrastructure, and came away with something that sounds a lot like an agreement — or at least it would if you haven't paid attention …
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Schumer says Trump and Democrats agreed to $2 trillion figure on infrastructure  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said President Trump and Democrats agreed to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure over 25 years in a “constructive” White House meeting, and will meet again in three weeks on how to pay for it.
New York Times:
Trump Pushes to Designate Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, bringing the weight of American sanctions against a storied …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Infrastructure meeting was ‘productive,’ and Mulvaney says there will be no renegotiating USMCA
Washington Post:
What was Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale doing in Romania?  —  BRUSSELS — The day before special counsel Robert S. Mueller III submitted his report to the Justice Department last month, Washington was abuzz with what revelations it might contain about contacts between the 2016 Trump campaign and foreign officials.
David Enrich / New York Times:
Why Trump Wants to Block Deutsche Bank From Sharing His Financial Records  —  Over two decades, Deutsche Bank lent Donald J. Trump billions of dollars, even as his tarnished financial record put him off limits for most of Wall Street.  —  “You are a great friend,” Mr. Trump wrote to his Deutsche Bank contact in 1998.
Discussion: The Week
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New York Times:
Trump Sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One to Block Compliance With Subpoenas
Washington Post:
At Trump golf course, undocumented employees said they were sometimes told to work extra hours without pay  —  HILLSDALE, N.Y. — His bosses at the Trump country club called it “side work.”  —  On some nights, after the club's Grille Room closed, head waiter Jose Gabriel Juarez …
Discussion: Axios and America's Voice
CNN:
Trump Fed pick Stephen Moore has a 25-year track record of criticizing gender advancement  —  Trump Fed pick: Critics are ‘pulling a Kavanaugh’ on me  —  (CNN)Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump's pick to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, once dismissed the Violence Against Women Act as the …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump feeds his voters one of his most ridiculous scams yet  —  As we've seen, there's no end to the ugly, corrupt, destructive, and bigoted things that President Trump will do in part to please his base — from separating migrant families, to pardoning racist sheriff Joe Arpaio …
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New York Times:
Asylum Seekers Face New Restraints Under Latest Trump Orders
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Beto O'Rourke is losing donors to Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg  —  Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg are now among the top fundraisers in the Democratic presidential field — thanks in part to their success in stealing supporters from Beto O'Rourke.  —  According to a McClatchy analysis …
Discussion: The Week
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BuzzFeed News:   Almost Two Months In, Beto 2020 Is Still In Flux. Staffers Know They're Behind.
Courier-Journal:
Kentucky's 2019 teacher of the year shuns White House visit in protest of Trump  —  Kentucky's 2019 teacher of the year skipped a formal ceremony at the White House on Monday — a snub Jessica Dueñas said was in protest of the Trump administration's embrace of school-choice policies.
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Patrick Condon / Star Tribune:   Minnesota Teacher of the Year boycotts White House visit
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Oprah Talks Apple Plans, ‘60 Minutes’ Exit, ‘Leaving Neverland’ Backlash and Mayor Pete “Buttabeep, Buttaboop”  —  What's left for the media empress and icon of inspiration?  In a wide ranging interview, Winfrey explains her streaming strategy (including a possible interview series) …
Financial Times:
Trump drops cyber theft demands in bid for swift trade deal with China  —  Donald Trump has dropped a central demand from trade negotiations with China that it halt alleged instances of commercial cyber theft, in order to end a long-running tariff dispute.  —  Mr Trump has softened …
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Bloomberg:   White House Says It's Ready to Walk If No China Trade Deal Soon
Netflix Media Center:
HIGHER GROUND ANNOUNCES UPCOMING SLATE OF PROJECTS EXCLUSIVE TO NETFLIX  —  Academy Award®-nominated Filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's documentary AMERICAN FACTORY to be the first release  —  Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis, co-heads of Higher Ground Productions …
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Barack and Michelle Obama Set Expansive Film and TV Slate at Netflix
Discussion: Breitbart, Daily Wire and Althouse
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Rod Rosenstein is leaving as a diminished man and shamed lawyer  —  The Post reports on Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein's resignation letter submitted Monday, effective May 11: … No one in the saga of the Mueller report has gone through so many shifts in public perception …
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Gabriel Roth / Slate:
Announcing Slow Burn Season 3  —  Slow Burn, Slate's critically acclaimed narrative podcast, will return for a third season this year.  Once again Slow Burn will retell the story of one of the biggest crimes of the 20th century.  But this time we're turning our attention away from political scandal …
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Mayor Pete Assault Accuser: This Was All a ‘Despicable’ Set-Up  —  Michigan college student Hunter Kelly says smear merchants Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tricked him into being part of a hoax.  —  The young man who accused Mayor Pete Buttigieg of sexually assaulting him fully recanted …
CNN:
The Mueller report: A catalog of 77 Trump team lies and falsehoods  —  Washington (CNN)The Mueller report documents at least 77 specific instances where President Donald Trump's campaign staff, administration officials and family members, Republican backers and his associates lied or made false assertions …
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Reich / Newsweek:
Congress Should Be Ready to Arrest Attorney General William Barr If He Defies Subpoena |  Opinion  —  , NEWSWEEK COLUMNIST AND CHANCELLOR'S PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY  —  On Sunday, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee threatened …
Discussion: Mediaite
Patti Davis / Washington Post:
Dear Republicans: Stop using my father, Ronald Reagan, to justify your silence on Trump  —  Patti Davis is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Wrong Side of Night” and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.  —  Dear Republican Party,  —  I have never been part of you, but you have been part of my family for decades.
Windsor Mann / The Week:
What all of President Trump's ‘jokes’ have in common  —  The day the Mueller report was released, President Trump said he might stay in the Oval Office “at least for 10 or 14 years.”  Trump, fearing “bedlam” over this remark, said it was a “joke,” similar to the one he made last year …
 
 
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
Japan's popular emperor abdicates in short ceremony at Imperial Palace
C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:
Chicago Impounds Innocent People's Cars and Soaks Them in Fines. Now It's Getting Sued
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin / Reuters:
Iran designates as terrorists all U.S. troops in Middle East
Peter Kiefer / Hollywood Reporter:
Cory Booker Sets L.A. Fundraiser With Ben Affleck and Jeffrey Katzenberg as Hosts (Exclusive)
Discussion: Breitbart
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Advances Bill That Could Let Missouri Exclude Non-Citizens From Redistricting
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Roger Stone appears in court for first time since Mueller report released
Discussion: Politico
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
NSA Reports 75% Increase in Unmasking U.S. Identities Under Foreign Surveillance Law in 2018
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
In a Switch, Some Republicans Start Citing Climate Change as Driving Their Policies
 Earlier Items: 
Audra D. S. Burch / New York Times:
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
Bernie Sanders / USA Today:
Everyone deserves to vote, even felons like Paul Manafort & Michael Cohen
Discussion: CNN, Washington Free Beacon and Axios
PBS NewsHour:
How Cory Booker sees himself standing out from the crowded 2020 field
Discussion: The Daily Dot
Joe Biden / YouTube:
America: Anything Is Possible
Discussion: CBS News, Politico and CNN
HuffPost:
Poll: 30% Of Conservatives, 15% Of GOP Say They Won't Vote For Trump
Discussion: Reason
Emily Shugerman / The Daily Beast:
‘Bizarre, Dangerous, and Insulting’: Baby Nurses Fed Up With Trump's Bogus Abortion Rants
Discussion: Raw Story
Angelo Codevilla / American Greatness:
Why Are Clapper and Brennan Not in Jail?