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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Months before evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr.'s game-changing presidential endorsement of Donald Trump in 2016, Falwell asked Trump fixer Michael Cohen for a personal favor, Cohen said in a recorded conversation reviewed by Reuters.
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
House Democrats threaten salaries of Trump officials who block interviews  —  House Democrats are threatening the salaries of Interior, Commerce and Justice Department staff if they block ongoing committee investigations.  —  House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House instructs former counsel Don McGahn not to comply with congressional subpoena  —  The White House has instructed former White House counsel Donald McGahn not to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats for documents related to the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Nadler moving forward with Barr contempt vote amid DOJ talks  —  House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that the committee is “still scheduled” to vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress on Wednesday, amid negotiations with the Justice Department …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos and ABC News
Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg:
Pelosi Issues Impeachment Warning as White House Escalates Fight  — White House tells former counsel McGahn not to answer subpoena  — Ignoring subpoenas ‘could be’ impeachable, House speaker says  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that the Trump administration's defiance …
Discussion: CNBC, Axios, Political Wire and The Week
CNN:
Nancy Pelosi: ‘Trump is goading us to impeach him’
Washington Post:
White House tells Congress that if it wants documents from former counsel Donald McGahn …
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
White House invokes executive privilege to bar former counsel from turning over documents to Congress
New York Times:
Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses  —  Newly obtained tax information reveals that from 1985 to 1994, Donald J. Trump's businesses were in far bleaker condition than was previously known.  —  By the time his master-of-the-universe memoir “Trump …
Discussion: Vox
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The nightmare scenario for Democrats on Trump's corruption  —  The administration's categorical refusal to release President Trump's tax returns heightens the difficult question Democrats face, and raises the prospect of a nightmare scenario — both in political and substantive terms.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Guardian
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
N.Y. Lawmakers Move Closer to Allowing Release of Trump's State Tax Returns  —  As a standoff builds in Washington over the president's federal tax returns, New York's Legislature is moving quickly to allow the release of Mr. Trump's state returns.  —  ALBANY — As the standoff …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Trump is literally asking courts to hold that the Constitution doesn't apply to liberals  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin formally denied a request by House Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal on Monday — Neal asked the Treasury Department to turn over several years of President Trump's tax forms.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:   Why Mnuchin Doesn't Want You to See Trump's Tax Returns
David Montgomery / New York Times:
Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confrontation Herself  —  AUSTIN, Tex. — As Trooper Brian Encinia angrily threatened her with a stun gun from just outside her car window, Sandra Bland recorded the encounter on her cellphone, shown in a newly-released, 39-second video …
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WFAA-TV:
Sandra Bland recorded her own arrest.  Watch her cellphone video from the 2015 traffic stop  —  The family of Sandra Bland — who died in a Waller County jail cell — is calling for a re-opening of the criminal investigation into Bland's arrest and death after seeing footage for the first time.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Putin Accomplice Mitch McConnell Says Case Closed  —  During the 2016 election, CIA director John Brennan informed congressional leaders that Russian intelligence was interfering in the election in an effort to help Donald Trump win.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed the conclusion, and depicted it as a frame-up.
Discussion: Vox and Washington Monthly
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Durbin: McConnell ignored election security because GOP benefited from Russians
Discussion: Breitbart
CNN:
Pompeo abruptly cancels trip to Germany  —  Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo abruptly canceled a scheduled trip to Germany, where he was planning to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel “due to pressing issues,” the State Department said early Tuesday.  —  No specific reason was given for the cancellation.
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Kevin Baron / Defense One:
How Not to Announce a Ship Deployment
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Iran moving ballistic missiles by boat, US officials say
Discussion: Breitbart
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US Secretary of State Pompeo makes unannounced trip to Iraq
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Dan Merica / CNN:
Pete Buttigieg: God doesn't belong to a political party, but 'I can't imagine' God would be a Republican  —  Washington (CNN)South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has made clear throughout his upstart 2020 presidential bid that he believes Democrats should embrace religion and decry those who try …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Wire
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Theodore Schleifer / Vox:   How Pete Buttigieg became the new toast of Silicon Valley's wealthiest donors
Kevin R. Brock / The Hill:
James Comey is in trouble and he knows it  —  James Comey's planet is getting noticeably warmer.  Attorney General William Barr's emissions are the suspected cause.  —  Barr has made plain that he intends to examine carefully how and why Comey, as FBI director, decided that the bureau …
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Furious With Ally David Bossie Over His Reported Self-Dealing  —  The president even instructed top officials on his campaign to retaliate against his former deputy campaign manager.  But as of Tuesday, nothing had come.  —  On Monday morning, Donald Trump was incensed over a report …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
FBI chief Wray says spying didn't occur on Trump campaign, refuting AG Barr  —  “I don't think I personally have any evidence of that sort,” Wray said when asked if illegal surveillance had occurred on the Trump campaign.  —  FBI Director Chris Wray said Tuesday that he would not describe …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:   FBI director tells Congress he has no evidence of ‘spying’ on Trump campaign
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller fought release of Comey memos to prevent Trump and others from changing stories  —  Comey on release of Trump memos: Fine by me  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors didn't want former FBI Director James Comey's memos released because they feared …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   A letter to William Barr
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 …
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Larry Siems / Just Security:   Intelligence, Ethics and Bureaucracy: The Duty to Warn Jamal Khashoggi
Justin Duckham / Mediaite:
Anti-Jacob Wohl Protest Tied to Jacob Wohl's Email Address  —  Conservative activist Jack Burkman tweeted Tuesday morning that he's expecting “hundreds of leftist protestors” to gather outside an upcoming press conference he'll be holding with fellow far-right troll Jacob Wohl.
Axios:
U.S. removes climate change references at Arctic Council, says melting sea ice will open trade  —  The Arctic Council ministerial in Rovaniemi, Finland ended on Tuesday without a ministerial declaration, due to U.S. objections over referencing climate change and the Paris Climate Agreement.
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
State Department Continues Fight to Strip Gay Couple's Two-Year-Old Son of Birthright Citizenship  —  The State Department has demanded that one of the couple's twin sons have a DNA test to prove he's the biological son of a U.S. citizen.  —  Scott Bixby  —  Ever since twins Aiden …
Discussion: Splinter
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“This Is Do-or-Die”: Joe Biden's “Electability” Argument Is How Democrats Lose Elections  —  When Democrats play it safe and “fall in line,” the results are devastating—as Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry made plain.  If Biden wins the nomination next year, it will be because Democrats went with their heads, not their bleeding hearts.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is recalled after becoming a political target  —  The Trump administration has recalled the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine abruptly and ahead of her scheduled departure, after she became a target of political attacks by conservative media outlets and Donald Trump Jr. Democrats …
Discussion: Axios, Bloomberg, Contemptor and Daily Kos
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Trump Pardons Ex-Army Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi Man  —  President Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to a former Army lieutenant who previously served five years in prison for fatally shooting an Iraqi man in American custody.  —  During a deployment in Iraq in 2008 …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump's steel tariffs cost U.S. consumers $900,000 for every job created, experts say  —  Pressure is growing on Trump to remove steel and aluminum tariffs.  —  President Trump has shown little interest in removing the steel and aluminum tariffs he imposed more than a year ago despite growing …
Discussion: Axios
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Jill Biden Says 'It's Time To Move On' From Anita Hill Controversy  —  Jill Biden is accomplished in her own right — she holds two master's degrees and a doctoral degree.  But then, her husband is the former vice president and a top contender for the Democratic presidential nomination for 2020.
John Gage / Washington Examiner:
Twitter suspends AOC ‘Press Release’ parody account  —  Twitter suspended the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Press Release (parody) account, which poked fun at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.  —  Conservative and right-wing Twitter users pointed out the account, which had tens of thousands …
BuzzFeed News:
Vulnerable Groups Could Be Targeted And Silenced Online Ahead Of 2020 Election, Researchers Warn  —  Members of vulnerable groups such as the Latino, Muslim, and Jewish communities are being disproportionately targeted online with disinformation, harassment, and computational propaganda …
TMZ.com:
Kim Kardashian Quietly Helped Free 17 Inmates in 90 Days  —  Kim Kardashian is helping free inmates at an amazingly high rate, and she's been doing it rather quietly ... until now.  —  We've learned Kim and her legal team helped 17 prisoners gain freedom over the last 3 months or so …
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller, Daily Wire and Axios
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Governing by Grievance  —  It was a meeting about maritime shipping, but President Donald Trump had other things on his mind.  As he spoke privately with Republican lawmakers in the White House's Roosevelt Room, Attorney General William Barr was all over TV testifying to a Senate committee about the Russia investigation.
 
 
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
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Associated Press:
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Ryan McCrimmon / Politico:
Economists flee Agriculture Dept. after feeling punished under Trump
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