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DOJ Alumni Statement:
STATEMENT BY FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTORS  —  We are former federal prosecutors.  We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system: as line attorneys, supervisors, special prosecutors, United States Attorneys, and senior officials at the Department of Justice.
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president, hundreds of former federal prosecutors assert  —  More than 370 former federal prosecutors who worked in Republican and Democratic administrations have signed on to a statement asserting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's findings …
BuzzFeed News:
A New Version Of The Mueller Report Has Been Released In Response To A BuzzFeed News Lawsuit  —  The Department of Justice on Monday released a new version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump's campaign …
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Barr just wrote a stunning Mueller Report letter that dares Dems to start impeachment  —  Attorney General Bill Barr just wrote a letter practically daring the House Judiciary Committee to start formal impeachment proceedings if they want to get a copy of the full Mueller Report and underlying grand jury evidence.
Discussion: Bloomberg, TheBlaze and POLITICUSUSA
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Surprised advisers downplay Trump's tweet about Mueller testimony  —  When President Donald Trump contradicted his own attorney general and declared on Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller “should not testify” before Congress, he caught his inner circle by surprise.
House Judiciary Dems:
Chairman Nadler's Statement on DOJ Meeting Ahead of Scheduled Contempt Vote
Discussion: Axios
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
With Mueller on Justice staff, Barr has sway over testimony
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Reuters:
Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed from prison: witnesses  —  YANGON (Reuters) - Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars, witnesses said.
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Russell Goldman / New York Times:
Myanmar Releases Reuters Journalists Jailed for Reporting on Rohingya Crackdown  —  HONG KONG — Two prizewinning journalists were released from prison in Yangon, Myanmar, on Tuesday after more than a year in detention for covering the country's deadly crackdown on the Rohingya minority group, the Reuters news agency reported.
Discussion: Reuters and twitchy.com
Shibani Mahtani / Washington Post:
Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporters freed from prison in Myanmar
Discussion: The Week
Associated Press:
Trump pardons former US soldier who killed Iraqi prisoner  —  President Donald Trump has pardoned a former U.S. soldier convicted in 2009 of killing an Iraqi prisoner, the White House announced Monday.  —  Trump signed an executive grant of clemency, a full pardon, for former Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna …
Discussion: Breitbart, Splinter and Axios
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Reis Thebault / Washington Post:
Trump pardons former soldier who was convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner  —  President Trump has pardoned Michael Behenna, a former Army lieutenant who served five years in prison for the murder of an Iraqi prisoner in 2008.  —  Behenna, who was an Army Ranger in the 101st Airborne Division …
Discussion: New York Post
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:   Trump Pardons Ex-Army Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi Man
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Pardons Ex-Army Officer Convicted of Killing Iraqi
New York Times:
How Chinese Spies Got the N.S.A.'s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks  —  Chinese intelligence agents acquired National Security Agency hacking tools and repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies and private companies in Europe and Asia, a leading cybersecurity firm has discovered.
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New York Times:
Inaugural Official Disputes White House Account of Her Departure  —  WASHINGTON — Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a leading contractor for President Trump's inaugural committee and a former adviser to the first lady, Melania Trump, has publicly disputed accounts of her departure from the White House last year …
HuffPost:
Congress Is Failing  —  So much for checks and balances.  —  WASHINGTON — As House Democrats dither over moving forward with impeachment in a divided government and Senate Republicans are satisfied confirming judges rather than passing legislation, a pressing question is emerging: What the hell is Congress good for, anyway?
Discussion: Raw Story, Salon and Washington Post
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Two more years? Trump's retweet sets off a furor over the idea of bonus time.
Discussion: CNN, Common Dreams and Washington Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans pray for Bernie as Democratic nominee  —  Some GOP lawmakers would like nothing more than a democratic socialist to be the opposition's presidential nominee.  —  Republicans like their chances of keeping the Senate in 2020.  But there's one thing they think would all but seal the deal …
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Continues Post-Launch Surge, Grows Lead Among Likely Democratic Voters
Discussion: The Resurgent
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Harris unloads on pundits who say only a white man can beat Trump
Discussion: Washington Post
Gerrard Kaonga / Daily Express:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to choose UNUSUAL name for baby that UNIFIES the US and UK  —  MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry could be leaning towards a royal baby name that pays tribute to both US and UK history, according to royal expert Victoria Arbiter.  —  Meghan Markle is expected …
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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Pompeo: Melting sea ice presents ‘new opportunities for trade’  —  (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday praised the Arctic region — and its rapidly shrinking levels of sea ice — for its economic opportunities, despite continued warnings about the catastrophic effects of climate change.
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Harris launches national organizing program  —  Kamala Harris's presidential campaign is quietly building out its national footprint.  —  The California Democrat has taken a more methodical approach than some rivals in amassing ground troops.  On Tuesday, Harris' team will take another step …
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Bloomberg:
Kamala Harris Calls for Full Repeal of Trump's 2017 Tax Law
Discussion: Axios
The Guardian:
CIA warns Arab activist of potential threat from Saudi Arabia  —  Pro-democracy campaigner Iyad el-Baghdadi has been vocal critic of Saudi crown prince  —  The CIA has warned Norway that a prominent Arab activist who is living in the country under asylum protection is facing a potential threat …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump awards highest U.S. civilian honor to Tiger Woods  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Tiger Woods won the Masters on April 14, President Donald Trump declared he was going to award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and ordered his aides to schedule the event as soon as possible.
Discussion: twitchy.com
The Tennessean:
Rep. Glen Casada, Cade Cothren sent sexually explicit text messages about women  —  Update: Cade Cothren announced his resignation Monday night, following the publication of this story.  —  Editor's note: This story contains sexually explicit language.  —  House Speaker Glen Casada's top aide …
Discussion: Splinter and WTVF-TV
Amanda Prestigiacomo / Daily Wire:
WATCH: Dem Rep. Brian Sims Tries To Dox 3 Pro-Life Teen Girls, Offers $100 For Identities  —  In video first reported by Live Action News on Sunday, Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims, a Democrat and self-styled LGBT activist, harassed an elderly pro-life sidewalk counselor outside a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic.
Discussion: RedState
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Jane Harper / Virginian-Pilot:
Former U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor campaign staffer indicted in petition forgery scandal  —  A former campaign staffer for ex-Congressman Scott Taylor was charged Monday with submitting forged signatures on a petition to get a third-party candidate on the ballot to siphon votes from his opponent.
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Paul Romer / New York Times:
A Tax That Could Fix Big Tech  —  Putting a levy on targeted ad revenue would give Facebook and Google a real incentive to change their dangerous business models.  —  Mr. Romer received a Nobel in economics in 2018.  —  It is the job of government to prevent a tragedy of the commons.
Victoria Albert / The Daily Beast:
New York Attorney General Sues Trump Treasury Department, IRS  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday that her office has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Treasury Department and its subsidiary, the Internal Revenue Service, for failing to respond to legally mandated records requests.
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Robby Soave / Reason:
Poynter Institute's Retracted List of Fake News Sites Was Written by SPLC Podcast Producer
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. Readies New Sanctions on Cuba, Russia for Backing Maduro in Venezuela
Axios:
George Will set to release his first book in 5 years
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
The smoke-filled rooms have burned down
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Russian Efforts to Exploit Racial Divisions in 2016 Found Firm Ground in U.S., Report Says
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Crowd erupts into chants of ‘PowerPoint’ after Yang pledges to use PowerPoint at SOTU
 Earlier Items: 
Brookings:
Trump counties may be winning a bit more, but their prognosis remains dim
Discussion: CNN and Bloomberg
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ex-House general counsels back House's border wall suit
Discussion: Axios
Saagar Enjeti / The Hill:
Former CIA official on FBI's 2016 actions: 'I'd call that spying'
Ken Klippenstein / TYT Network:
‘Put Them All in a Gas Chamber,’ Said Border Militia Member: Report
Discussion: Splinter
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Former Congressman David Young will run to reclaim his old seat in Iowa's 3rd District
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Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time
 

 
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OpenAI unveils GPT-4o, a new flagship generative AI model that is faster and natively multimodal, rolling out for free to all ChatGPT users in the coming weeks

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
Sources: the EU is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns of undermining Teams competitors, despite the company offering concessions

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple releases iOS 17.5 with cross-platform detection of unwanted tracking devices, EU app downloads from websites, Apple News+ features like offline mode, more

 
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