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6:00 PM ET, May 30, 2019

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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist's Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question  —  WASHINGTON — Thomas B. Hofeller achieved near-mythic status in the Republican Party as the Michelangelo of gerrymandering, the architect of partisan political maps that cemented the party's dominance across the country.
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Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
Despite Trump administration denials, new evidence suggests census citizenship question was crafted to benefit white Republicans  —  Just weeks before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census …
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: Memo Shows Trump Officials Trying to Rig Elections for Whites
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Barr says Mueller “could've reached a decision” on whether Trump obstructed justice  —  Tune in to “CBS This Morning” on Friday, May 31, for the full interview with Attorney General William Barr.  —  Attorney General William Barr said he believes special counsel Robert Mueller could have reached …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservatives Stunned by Mueller Suggesting Trump Is Not Innocent  —  Robert Mueller's brief, eight-minute remarks on Wednesday about his investigation left the non-conservatives who closely follow his work fairly nonplussed.  Mueller was simply reiterating things he had already written in his report.
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Republican group to hand-deliver Mueller report to every GOP lawmaker
Discussion: Splinter and Washington Post
David Frum / The Atlantic:   The Wisest Remedy Is Not Impeachment
Washington Post:
Trump prepares to threaten Mexico with new tariffs in attempt to force migrant crackdown  —  President Trump is preparing to threaten Mexico with new tariffs as part of an attempt to force the country to crack down on a surge of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Trump to trigger process that could accelerate congressional vote on North America trade deal, in direct challenge to Pelosi  —  The White House plans to trigger a process Thursday that would allow President Trump to submit his new trade deal with Canada and Mexico to Congress within 30 days …
Discussion: CNBC
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
House Republicans block $19.1 billion nationwide disaster aid bill for third time  —  House conservatives blocked a bipartisan $19.1 billion disaster aid bill for the third time Thursday, once again thwarting Democrats' efforts to pass the long-delayed legislation that is supported by President Trump.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Admits to Russia ‘Helping Me to Get Elected’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday acknowledged for the first time that Russia helped “me to get elected,” and then quickly retracted the idea.  —  “No, Russia did not help me get elected,” Mr. Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for Colorado Springs.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Helping Russia help Trump is precisely what Trump did
Discussion: New York Times and The Atlantic
Washington Post:
Hundreds of minors held at U.S. border facilities are there beyond legal time limits  —  MCALLEN, Tex. — Many of the nearly 2,000 unaccompanied migrant children being held in overcrowded U.S. Border Patrol facilities have been there beyond legally allowed time limits, including some who are 12 or younger …
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Federal subpoena demands records on Andrew Gillum and his campaign for governor  —  A recent federal probe sought information related to the Florida Democrat and people in his orbit, signaling a shift in the Tallahassee FBI investigation  —  Andrew Gillum is a focal point …
NBC News:
Full list: 50 House members who favor starting Trump impeachment inquiry  —  It includes 11 members of the House Judiciary Committee as well as chairs of various House committees.  —  Here are the members of the House of Representatives who favor starting an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
Sanders calls for an impeachment inquiry
Discussion: Political Wire
Michelle Rindels / The Nevada Independent:
Sisolak vetoes bill that would pledge Nevada's support to winner of national popular vote, reject Electoral College  —  Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued his first veto out of the 2019 legislative session, rejecting a proposal that would have pledged Nevada's six electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote for the presidency.
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WMTW-TV:
Maine House rejects proposal to award presidential electoral votes to popular vote winner
Discussion: Political Wire
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
NYU Cancels Former New Yorker Fact-Checker Talia Lavin's Journalism Class  —  New York University has canceled an undergraduate journalism class that former New Yorker fact-checker Talia Lavin was scheduled to teach this fall after only two students signed up.
The Daily Beast:
George W. Bush, Kobe Bryant, Jordan Peterson Promote Shady Multilevel Marketing Company  —  What is bringing together a former president, NBA star, and celebrity Canadian professor?  Insurance!  —  Former President George W. Bush, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and right-wing Canadian professor …
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Bill O'Reilly: Trump Told Me Mueller Hates Him Because He Refused to Refund $15k Country Club Deposit  —  Bill O'Reilly said President Donald Trump called him the night of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's statement on his report to complain that Mueller doesn't like him because Trump once refused …
Katherine Krueger / Splinter:
Editor in Chief of Major News Website Just Learned How the U.S. Government Works  —  Imagine, if you can, becoming the GLOBAL EDITOR IN CHIEF of Business Insider (and INSIDER, a venture I still couldn't define for you) without knowing one of the most basic facts about how American government works.
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Extreme weather is pummeling the Midwest, and farmers are in deep trouble  —  In Kendell Culp's corner of northwest Indiana, relentless rain began falling on his farm months ago, saturating the ground his family has nurtured for generations and delaying the start of their planting season by more than a week.
Jay Greene / Washington Post:
Tech giant brings software to a gun fight  —  Business-software giant Salesforce instituted a new policy barring retail customers from using its technology to sell semiautomatic weapons and some other firearms.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — On its website, Salesforce.com touts retailer Camping World …
New York Times:
Unhappy With Findings, Agriculture Department Plans to Move Its Economists Out of Town  —  WASHINGTON — For years, economists at the Agriculture Department have churned out studies that forecast the effects of food trends, environmental changes and trade policy on rural America.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Confused about what Mueller meant?  Right-wing media — and Donald Trump — heard him loud and clear  —  Donald Trump and Fox News understood Mueller's message clearly.  He wants impeachment, and they're pissed  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's Wednesday statement about his investigation …
The City:
What's at Stake in New York's Rent Wars  —  With the both houses of the state Legislature firmly in Democratic control, tenants are rallying for reversal of provisions in state rent laws that let landlords increase rents above the hikes on renewed leases permitted by the city Rent Guidelines Board.
Alex Kotch / Sludge:
Koch Network Alums Are Going Full-On White Nationalist  —  Two young men with links to Charles Koch-funded academic and political operations were recently outed as members of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa.  —  Jared Holt, Right Wing Watch
Washington Post:
A MASSACRE, ERASED … In the spring of 1989, Chinese pro-democracy activists filled Beijing's Tiananmen Square.  For weeks, the protesters, led by students, stood in unprecedented defiance of the Communist regime.  They called for respect for human rights and greater political participation amid …
Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Buttigieg brother-in-law accuses 2020 candidate of lying about his family for political gain  —  CLIO, Michigan — Pete Buttigieg's brother-in-law is accusing the gay Democratic presidential hopeful of hijacking his family's history for political advantage by crafting a bogus backstory of poverty, homelessness, and homophobia.
Todd C. Frankel / Washington Post:
Fisher-Price invented a popular baby sleeper without medical safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died  —  Fisher-Price thought it had a hit on its hands.  —  It was 2009, and a small team of engineers at the toy company outside Buffalo seemed to have solved one of the most vexing problems …
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
2016 intel briefing didn't warn of Russian outreach to Trump campaign or investigation of aides  —  A mid-August 2016 counterintelligence briefing for the Trump campaign did not specifically warn officials about Russian outreach to the Trump team, nor did it warn that two campaign aides …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump fixates on IQ as a measure of self-worth  —  It was January 2004 and Donald Trump was on the “Today Show” to promote a new reality TV series called “The Apprentice.”  —  Almost immediately after the interview began, Trump started bragging about the unparalleled intellect of the contestants …
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
$19 billion disaster bill once again blocked in House by a lone Republican lawmaker  —  The House failed for the third time to approve a $19.1 billion disaster aid bill after another GOP congressman dissented - delaying the passage of the bill until next week.
Vox:
How charitable donations remade our courts  —  The Olin Foundation funded the Federalist Society, seminars for judges, and much more.  —  John M. Olin isn't exactly a household name.  Neither is the Olin Corporation, the gunpowder and chemical company he inherited from his father.
 
 
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Trump's Metals Tariffs Raised Consumer Prices, Added Some Jobs
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
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Discussion: Federal Register
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
To Make Headway on Climate Change, Let's Change the Subject
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Trade War Starts Changing Manufacturers in Hard-to-Reverse Ways
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
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Rob Schenck / New York Times:
I Was an Anti-Abortion Crusader. Now I Support Roe v. Wade.
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Bernie Becker / Politico:
Wyden threatens to hold nominees over Trump tax return defiance
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Spies / The Trace:
The NRA Made Unreported Donations to a Charity Led by Wayne LaPierre's Wife
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Ari Fleischer, a prominent TV pundit, has a financial connection that Fox News hasn't mentioned
GQ:
The Democratic Party Is Waging a War Against its Very Own Base
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
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