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7:40 PM ET, May 8, 2019

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Axios:
Scoop: Senate Intel subpoenas Trump Jr. over Russia matters  —  The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. to answer questions about his previous testimony before Senate investigators in relation to the Russia investigation, sources with direct knowledge told Axios.
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CNN:
Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr.  —  Trump Jr. subpoenaed by GOP-controlled Senate committee  —  Washington (CNN)The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. for him to return and testify again, and the committee is now at a standoff …
Discussion: WPIX 11 New York
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Jr. Is Subpoenaed by Senate Committee in Russia Probe  —  Panel led by Republicans wants testimony about earlier responses to investigators  —  WASHINGTON—The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son …
Discussion: Washington Times
Washington Post:   Donald Trump Jr. subpoenaed by Senate Intelligence Committee for further testimony on Trump campaign's Russia contacts
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Senate Intel Committee subpoenas Donald Trump Jr.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Panel Approves Contempt for Barr After Trump Claims Privilege Over Full Mueller Report  —  WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to recommend the House hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over Robert S. Mueller III's unredacted report …
Paul Rosenzweig / USA Today:
Mueller didn't say it so we did: Trump would face felony charges if he weren't president
Discussion: NB Blog, Daily Kos and Bloomberg
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Executive Privilege Isn't a Magic Wand to Protect Trump
Discussion: Fortune, Daily Wire and The Root
Zachary Basu / Axios:
House Judiciary Committee votes to hold AG Bill Barr in contempt
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The White House revoked my press pass.  It's not just me — it's curtailing access for all journalists.  —  For the past 21 years, I have had the high privilege of holding a White House press pass, a magical ticket that gives the bearer a front-row seat to history.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain's Husband Ben Domenech Goes on Unhinged Homophobic Rant Against ‘Cuck’ Seth Meyers  —  The conservative writer and founder of The Federalist later deleted the tweets in which he called the ‘Late Night’ host a ‘piece of sh*t’ for grilling his wife.  —  Matt Wilstein
Discussion: Raw Story and Shakesville
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Everything Seth Meyers Said About Ilhan Omar Is Wrong
Discussion: Fox News, Instapundit and IJR
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Trump Faces Pressure From N.Y. Lawmakers Over His Tax Returns and Pardons  —  The State Senate passed bills to create a path to release Mr. Trump's state tax returns, and to curtail the impact of presidential pardons in New York.  —  Taking aim at President Trump, New York lawmakers voted …
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Dan M. Clark / New York Law Journal:   NY Senate Approves ‘Double Jeopardy’ Bill to Sidestep Possible Trump Pardons
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
By protecting Trump, Republicans risk limiting their ability to hold future Democratic presidents accountable
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
New York legislature advances bill that would allow release of Trump's state tax returns
Discussion: CNN, Slate, Fox News and Axios
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Only one 2020 Democrat fully grasps the threat Trump poses  —  Is President Trump an aberration whose defeat in 2020 would allow the nation to begin rebounding toward normalcy?  Or does his ascendance reflect long-running national pathologies and deeply ingrained structural economic …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Salon, Politico and Daily Kos
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Goes to Bat for His Pal Matt Schlapp's Casino Client  —  The two even used the same language to fight the legislation: tying it to Elizabeth Warren.  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday weighed in on an obscure piece of legislation granting rights to a Native American tribe seeking a casino in Massachusetts.
Washington Post:
Trump's tweet derails House bill opposed by lobbyist with close White House ties
Discussion: CNBC, CBS Boston and Power Line
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Robert Pear, a Mainstay Times Reporter in Washington, Dies at 69  —  Robert Pear, a reporter whose understated demeanor belied a tenacious pursuit of sources and scoops during his 40 years at The New York Times covering health care and other critical national issues, died on Tuesday in Rockville, Md. He was 69.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: The mood on the Hill: Dark, and getting darker
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Nearly half of white Republicans say it bothers them to hear people speaking foreign languages  —  A new survey finds white Republicans are far more likely to be put off by foreign language speakers than their Democratic counterparts.  —  According to Pew Research Center …
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Juliana Menasce Horowitz / Pew Research Center:
Americans See Advantages and Challenges in Country's Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity  —  Most value workplace diversity, but few want employers to consider race or ethnicity in hiring and promotion decisions  —  As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse …
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Further investigation into Matt Gaetz is needed for tweet at Michael Cohen, Florida Bar determines.  —  The Panhandle Republican faces discipline for a message he posted the day before Trump's former lawyer testified to Congress.  —  An investigation into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz will proceed …
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
McMaster blasts former colleagues as ‘danger to the Constitution’  —  Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster accused some of his former White House colleagues on Wednesday of being “a danger to the Constitution” because they are either trying to manipulate President Donald Trump to push …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:   Trump team claims unfamiliar position: Front-runner
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:   The Next President Should Not Be a Man
Sam Tabachnik / Denver Post:
Kendrick Castillo, killed in STEM School shooting, sacrificed himself to save others, his father says  —  18-year-old senior killed at school during Tuesday's shooting  —  A robotics aficionado.  A lover of fishing, hunting and automobiles.  And a hero whose father says threw himself at an armed student so his classmates could live.
Robert Griffin / Democracy Fund Voter Study Group:
Two Years In  —  How Americans' Views Have — and Have Not — Changed During Trump's Presidency  —  TABLE OF CONTENTS:  — Americans More Optimistic About Direction of the Country, Though Large Split Between Partisans  —  Key Findings  — President Trump's favorability ratings have been stable over his presidency.
Discussion: Raw Story
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
“All I'm Thinking Is, 'I'm Going to Die'”: Howard Stern Reveals Cancer Scare, Trump Regrets and Details of a Dishy New Book  —  After a health crisis that had him “scared  s***less,” the $90 million-a-year radio legend opens up about retirement, the one time he lied to his listeners …
Discussion: Daily Wire, Althouse, Fox News and Page Six
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Study: U.S. Fossil Fuel Subsidies Exceed Pentagon Spending  —  The world would be richer and healthier if the full costs of fossil fuels were paid, according to a new report from the International Monetary Fund  —  The United States has spent more subsidizing fossil fuels in recent years …
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.
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
From the border, more frustrating immigration numbers for President Trump  —  The number of border-crossers taken into U.S. custody topped 100,000 for the second consecutive month in April, U.S. border officials said Wednesday, deepening the crisis that has derailed President Trump's immigration agenda …
New York Times:
Kamala Harris Is Trying to Reset Her Campaign by Taking On Trump  —  DETROIT — Senator Kamala Harris of California structures her stump speech around two themes — “truth” and “justice” — meant to evoke her career as a barrier-breaking prosecutor and cultivate a reputation as a fearless public advocate.
Discussion: Big League Politics
Justin Ray / Columbia Journalism Review:
How one reporter got the Sandra Bland cell phone video  —  In June 2017, Brian Collister was a lead investigative reporter for KXAN, a Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate in Austin, Texas.  He had covered Sandra Bland's 2015 traffic stop in Waller County, an incident that sparked protests across …
New Jersey Online:
Powerful Democrat blasts Gov. Murphy and his wife.  'He thinks he's the King of England and Mrs. thinks she's the Queen of England.'  —  George Norcross III, the South Jersey Democratic power broker long at odds with the governor, has declared all-out war on Phil Murphy, calling him a “liar” and “politically incompetent.”
 
 
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
FBI to meet with Florida delegation to discuss Russian hacking
Discussion: CNN
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
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New Ohio Bill Would Ban Most Private Insurance Coverage Of Abortion
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Chicago Cubs Looking for Fan Who ‘Flashed White Power Sign’ Behind Doug Glanville
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David Jesse / Detroit Free Press:
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
The Democratic Counterrevolution Has a Self-Appointed Leader: Josh Gottheimer
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Sasha Watson / Washington Post:
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Electability Trap  —  Every four years, the party …
Mark I. Pinsky / Poynter:
THE APOLOGISTS  —  In January, the Orlando Sentinel posted …
The Daily Beast:
Howard Schultz Has Largely Stopped His Presidential Prep Work
Discussion: Splinter
T.J. Stiles / Washington Post:
America is losing its memory
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Clash Between Trump and House Democrats Poses Threat to Constitutional Order
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