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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Pelosi accuses Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress, blasting him in a closed-door meeting and later at a news conference.  —  “We saw [Barr] commit a crime …
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The Daily Beast:
The Trump White House Is Loving Itself Some Bill Barr: He ‘Dismembered’ Democrats  —  He may not be the president's Roy Cohn.  But the attorney general is certainly winning plaudits from Trumpland.  —  Shortly after Attorney General William Barr's Senate testimony ended on Wednesday …
Discussion: Politico, Just Security, IJR and The Week
Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
The Catastrophic Performance of Bill Barr  —  I was willing to give Bill Barr a chance.  Consider me burned.  —  When Barr was nominated, I wrote a cautious piece for this magazine declining to give him “a character reference” and acknowledging “legitimate reasons to be concerned about …
Wall Street Journal:
A Real Attorney General  —  Bill Barr gets smeared for refusing to duck and cover like Loretta Lynch.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Washington pile-ons are never pretty, but this week's political setup of Attorney General William Barr is disreputable even by Beltway standards.
Discussion: Instapundit
National Review:
The Incredibly Dumb Bill Barr Scandal
Discussion: Althouse and New York Times
emptywheel:   One Man's Declination Decision Is Another Man's Criminal Suspect Failson
CNN:   White House complained to Barr that Mueller should have decided on obstruction
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton: Barr is acting as Trump's ‘defense lawyer’
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Empty chair and a prop chicken: Barr skips Mueller hearing
Discussion: Axios and Bangor Daily News
NBC News:
After Barr's testimony, what will Democrats do next?
Discussion: Politico, The Week and Spectator USA
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Trump is saying behind closed doors about the Democratic field  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TIGER COMING TO TOWN ... Trump administration sources tell us that TIGER WOODS is coming to the White House on Monday for a ceremony to celebrate his Masters win.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and The Week
Politico:
Trump attacks Biden despite Kushner directive to lay off Dem field
Angela Wright-Shannon / Washington Post:   Joe Biden doesn't owe me an apology. Clarence Thomas does.
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:   Trump's Biden Plan? It Could Get Dirty.
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Moore Withdraws as Trump's Federal Reserve Board Pick After Anti-Women Remarks Unearthed  —  The former Trump campaign advisor's views on women and other subjects sparked criticism from lawmakers, including Republicans.  —  Stephen Moore withdrew himself from consideration to sit …
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Stephen Moore, Trump's Fed pick, underpaid ex-wife's alimony for years
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Authorities: Alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave and seeking Norwegians' devotion  —  BERLIN — An alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave a Norwegian port city, in what appears to be a high-profile defection after a week of global attention on the unnamed beluga.
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Chasten Buttigieg has been a homeless community-college student and a Starbucks barista.  Now, he could be ‘first gentleman.’  —  “Are you going to write about my meal?”  Chasten Buttigieg asks, scanning the breakfast menu of a Manhattan cafe last month.  —  He had oatmeal with a side of fresh fruit.
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Beast
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign  —  As Pete Buttigieg addressed supporters off a back porch in Marshalltown, Iowa, the Devil was whispering his name.  “Pete,” the Devil hissed into a microphone.  “You're sooo smart, Pete.”
Discussion: Fox News, Joe.My.God. and Daily Wire
New York Times:
F.B.I. Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet With Trump Aide in 2016  —  WASHINGTON — The conversation at a London bar in September 2016 took a strange turn when the woman sitting across from George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, asked a direct question: Was the Trump campaign working with Russia?
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
A Former Alt-Right Member's Message: Get Out While You Still Can  —  If you remember Katie McHugh, it's probably because of the tweets.  —  A short selection: “British settlers built the USA.  ‘Slaves’ built the country much as cows ‘built’ McDonald's.  Amateur...”
Julia Harte / Reuters:
Exclusive: Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress …
Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
Beto O'Rourke Blew It  —  Reacting to losing to Ted Cruz by running for president is like failing to land a role in a community theater production and deciding to take your talents to Broadway.  —  Margaret Carlson  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  Beto O'Rourke has flamed out.  It's not just me saying it.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Top House Republican says he agrees Trump was subject to a ‘coup’ attempt  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Thursday that he agrees with President Trump's assessment that he was the subject of an attempted “coup” during the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: 'China, if you're listening, why don't you get Trump's tax returns?'
Washington Post:
Trump administration pushed to strip mention of climate change from Arctic policy statement  —  The Trump administration sought to remove references to climate change from an international statement on Arctic policy that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to endorse next week …
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Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Michael Bennet, Senator From Colorado, Is Running for President  —  DENVER — Michael Bennet, the moderate, studious Democratic senator from Colorado known for his work on education and immigration reform, announced his candidacy for president on Thursday.  —  He joins a field so packed …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Sen. Michael F. Bennet of Colorado becomes the latest Democratic presidential candidate
Max Boot / Washington Post:
How conservatives rationalize their surrender to Trump  —  Former FBI director James Comey has published in the New York Times the most insightful analysis I have read of how President Trump corrupts those who work for him — such as Attorney General William P. Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Health insurance deductibles soar, leaving Americans with unaffordable bills … Soaring deductibles and medical bills are pushing millions of American families to the breaking point, fueling an affordability crisis that is pulling in middle-class households with health insurance as well as the poor and uninsured.
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Did House Speaker's office attempt to frame activist?  DA asks for special prosecutor to investigate  —  Casada's chief of staff: ‘Black people are idiots’  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Did Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada's office try to frame a young activist who had challenged …
Discussion: THE TENNESSEE HOLLER and Splinter
Associated Press:
Trump defends clinicians' right to refuse to do abortions  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday moved to protect the rights of clinicians who object to participating in abortions with a regulation intended to safeguard those with religious and moral objections.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Washington's Biggest Lobbyist, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Gets Shut Out  —  Chilly relations with both the White House and congressional Democrats leaves the chief advocacy group for American corporations struggling to adapt  —  A month before his inauguration, and shortly after he had finished …
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  May 2, 2019 - U.S. Voters Still Say 2-1 Trump Committed Crime, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Voters Oppose Impeachment 2-1  —  American voters say 57 - 28 percent that Donald Trump committed crimes before he became president, according to a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
2021 Could Be a Nightmare for Democrats — Even If Trump Loses  —  Winter has come.  The air stings your skin as you shuffle toward the National Mall.  But there are scattered patches of blue in the sky, and sunlight peeking out from behind a cloud.  And the crowd that now surrounds you is alive with good cheer.
 
 
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John Siciliano / Washington Examiner:
US natural gas exports to Europe surge nearly 300%
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Tiger Woods to Visit White House
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Timothy Puko / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Makes Offshore Drilling Safety Rules Friendlier to Industry
Discussion: Axios
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Medicare-for-all plans get a reality check
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Democratic Candidates Are Preparing For A Contested Convention — By Courting Superdelegates
Dara Lind / Vox:
Exclusive: Civil servants say they're being used as pawns in a dangerous asylum program
Courier-Journal:
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