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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
House Republicans criticize Rep. Tlaib over remarks on Holocaust, Israel  —  House Republican leaders took aim at Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday for a podcast interview in which she discussed her support for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Rashida Tlaib says thinking of the Holocaust provides her a ‘calming feeling,’ shockingly claims Palestinians created ‘safe haven’ for Jews  —  Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has made yet another shocking and historically ignorant claim: That thinking about the Holocaust gives her a “calming feeling” …
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Kudlow's admission about who pays tariffs contradicts Trump  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House's top economic adviser has acknowledged that U.S. consumers and businesses pay the tariffs that the Trump administration has imposed on billions of dollars of Chinese goods …
Discussion: HillReporter.com
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Washington Post:   Trump's go-it-alone approach on trade, immigration poses economic risks
Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats' fear: 2020 race killing chances to win Senate  —  Democrats have more than beating President Trump to fret in 2020: They face an uphill battle to win the Senate, and the possibility of losing House seats, too.  —  Reality check: The Senate looks tough to win back for Democrats …
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Don't Want to Run for the Senate—and It Will Screw Them  —  Democrats are reluctant to run for a seat in an institution controlled by the loathsome Mitch McConnell, who has stripped away much of what drew politicians to the Senate.  —  Eleanor Clift
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon will pull money from ballistic missile and surveillance plane programs to fund border wall  —  The Pentagon will shift $1.5 billion for President Trump's border wall from programs that include the military's next nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile and a plane that provides surveillance …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Week and Slate
Megan Specia / New York Times:
Sweden Reopens Rape Case Against Julian Assange  —  The Swedish authorities announced on Monday that they would reopen an investigation into rape allegations against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, who is serving a prison term in Britain for jumping bail as the United States seeks …
Discussion: Political Wire
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
An Imperial Presidency?  —  President Trump's free rein from political norms puts the United States at risk.  —  We watch daily as the constitutional and conventional fabric of this country is clawed at and unraveled by Donald Trump, while those with any power to prevent or punish his actions …
Discussion: The Stanford Daily and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Backed Libyan Warlord After Saudi Arabia and Egypt Lobbied Him  —  The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Egypt successfully lobbied President Trump to reverse U.S. policy in Libya and support a rogue general leading an offensive on a government in Tripoli backed by the United Nations …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
What Joe Biden Is Teaching Democrats About Democrats  —  Over the past five years, the Democratic Party has seemed to race leftward so fast that its recent standard-bearers are considered no longer qualified to lead it.  Bill Clinton?  An embarrassment not welcome on the campaign trail.  Barack Obama?
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Many Democrats fear Trump is laying an impeachment trap  —  (CNN)It seems a crazy idea that any president would actually want to be impeached.  —  But Donald Trump has so subverted Washington logic with his wild, norm-crushing presidency that there is now a serious conversation …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Iowa's Likely Outcome for 2020 Contenders: A Field of Broken Dreams  —  The nation's first presidential caucus is always important, but with more than 20 Democrats running this time, the need for a strong showing is far more urgent.  —  IOWA CITY — It may be nearly nine months until …
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
How a Newspaper War in New Orleans Ended: With a Baked Alaska and Layoffs  —  NEW ORLEANS — The announcement came via the baked alaska.  —  On May 2, senior staff members at The Advocate newspaper gathered in a room at Antoine's, one of the white-linen dining palaces in the French Quarter of New Orleans …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Inside Jared Kushner's two missions impossible  —  Brimming with self-confidence, the first son-in-law is attempting two of the heaviest lifts in politics.  —  As President Donald Trump launches his re-election bid, his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is waging dual campaigns of his own …
Maggie Severns / Politico:
‘Get the money in early’: 2020 donor hunt ignites  —  Democratic presidential campaigns are pouring more effort into winning big donors to go with the widespread focus on online fundraising.  —  Elizabeth Warren has sworn off attending big-money private fundraisers.
Wall Street Journal:
Frustration, Miscalculation: Inside the U.S.-China Trade Impasse  —  The latest breakdown shows the two countries still haven't found a way to negotiate effectively.  'Sometimes you need to say “stop screwing me.”
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Suddenly conservative lawyers are condemning Trump for abuses of power … Washington seems to be barreling toward a constitutional crisis.  —  Democrats are barraging President Trump with demands for witnesses and documents.  Trump has answered by stonewalling, vowing to fight “all the subpoenas.”
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
Keir Starmer: Brexit deal unlikely to pass without confirmatory poll  —  Exclusive: shadow Brexit secretary also warns Labour risks losing its remain voters  —  Keir Starmer has expressed doubts that any cross-party Brexit deal lacking a confirmatory referendum could pass parliament …
Discussion: Politico, Financial Times and Bloomberg
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Washington Post:
'Who's going to take care of these people?'  —  As emergencies rise across rural America, a hospital fights for its life  —  The hospital had already transferred out most of its patients and lost half its staff when the CEO called a meeting to take inventory of what was left.
Ali Vaez / The Atlantic:
Trump's ‘Maximum Pressure’ Won't Make Iran Yield  —  A magnificent fresco adorns the main pavilion of the royal palace in the Iranian city of Isfahan, depicting the 16th-century Battle of Chaldiran, fought between the Turkish-Ottoman and Persian-Safavid empires.
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Washington Post:   Applying ‘maximum pressure,’ Trump faces burgeoning crises overseas
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:   As Trump fights with China over trade, U.S.-China economic relationship already being redefined
 
 
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Janet Maslin / New York Times:
Howard Stern Can Talk. This Book Shows He's Also a Good Listener.
Discussion: Althouse
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Trans Powerlifter Stripped Of Titles In Women's Championships
Bloomberg:
China's Latest Crackdown Target Is Liberal Economists
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Chamber of Commerce courts Trump, comparing him to Reagan
Discussion: Raw Story
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
On the scene: The Pentagon commits to the border crisis
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The “Year Five Plan”: Team Trump's post-election dream
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
McCarthy says Democrats are “more interested in subpoenas than solutions”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Florida Republicans warn that Trump's Venezuela policy is at risk of backfiring
Discussion: Raw Story
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Buttigieg takes shot at social conservatives, describes coming out during Vegas LGBTQ gala
Discussion: Breitbart
Debra J. Saunders / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Father of daughter murdered at Parkland speaks out on protecting kids
Discussion: Breitbart
Mattha Busby / The Guardian:
Andrew Neil: questions to Ben Shapiro were legitimate
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
‘There He Goes Again’? Not Yet, as Biden Avoids Major Gaffes
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Week
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Your 5G Phone Won't Hurt You. But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.