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Inside Jerry Nadler's private push to open up impeachment inquiry — Nadler: Mueller clearly demonstrated that Trump is lying — (CNN)At a frank meeting this week, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler again lobbied to win Speaker Nancy Pelosi's support for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Backs Off Holding Barr in Contempt in New Resolution — WASHINGTON — After weeks of pledging to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and the former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II in contempt for defying subpoenas, House Democrats appear poised to pursue an alternative path to try to force them into sharing information.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
DOJ, Commerce reject Dem subpoenas for census docs
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Key figure that Mueller report linked to Russia was a State Department intel source — In a key finding of the Mueller report, Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Kilimnik, who worked for Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is tied to Russian intelligence. — But hundreds of pages …
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RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Joe Biden reverses course on Hyde abortion amendment — ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is reversing course and declaring that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Biden says he no longer supports the Hyde Amendment, reversing his long-held position — (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden says he now wants to throw out the Hyde Amendment, dropping his long-held support for the measure that blocks federal funds from being used for most abortions amid criticism from his 2020 Democratic rivals.
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Joe Biden reverses stance on Hyde Amendment
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
New Files From GOP Operative's Hard Drive Suggest N.C. Republicans Lied in Court to Maintain Racial Gerrymander — The latest bombshell from the formerly secret files of the GOP's top gerrymandering guru emerged on Thursday, and it's astounding: Voting rights advocates claim to have evidence …
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Mexico aims to avoid tariffs with potential deal limiting migrants going north, allowing U.S. to deport Central American asylum seekers — U.S. and Mexican officials are discussing the outlines of a deal that would dramatically increase Mexico's immigration enforcement efforts and give …
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Media Matters for America:
Two of Fox News' most vitriolic hosts just lost a major advertiser: Bayer — The multinational pharmaceutical company Bayer has dropped Tucker Carlson's and Laura Ingraham's Fox News prime-time shows, Judd Legum reported in his Popular Info newsletter. — Bayer's departure is a devastating blow …
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Promises $500 Million to Help End Coal — WASHINGTON — Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, will donate $500 million to a new campaign to close every coal-fired power plant in the United States and halt the growth of natural gas, his foundation said Thursday.
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Stacy Perman / Los Angeles Times:
No, Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was not misquoted in Nieman Lab — There is the word. And then there is Twitter. — An interview with Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg and executive editor Adrienne LaFrance in Nieman Lab about the 162-year-old publication's efforts to include …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Promoting based on potential: How The Atlantic is putting a lot more women in charge
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Renato Mariotti / Politico:
How Trump Could Be Prosecuted After the White House — With Congress enmeshed in a fraught debate over whether to impeach President Donald Trump, Robert Mueller's brief and dramatic news conference provided a sharp reminder that impeachment is not the only option for addressing the president's alleged misdeeds.
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Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Rudy Giuliani plans to leave Trump legal team — unless needed
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David French / National Review:
Social-Media Censorship Is the Product of Culture and Commerce — Free choice has created a challenge the law can't overcome. — If you pay any attention to conservative Twitter, you're aware of this week's incident in social-media censorship. YouTube has “demonetized” conservative comedian Steven Crowder's YouTube channel.
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Chrissy Clark / The Federalist:
YouTube Demonetizes Steven Crowder's Videos After Pressure Campaign By Gay Vox Writer
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Christian Schneider / The Bulwark:
Just Because You CAN Defend Steven Crowder Doesn't Mean You HAVE To
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Automakers Tell Trump His Pollution Rules Could Mean ‘Untenable’ Instability and Lower Profits — WASHINGTON — The world's largest automakers warned President Trump on Thursday that one of his most sweeping deregulatory efforts — his plan to weaken tailpipe pollution standards …
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Aiden Pink / The Forward:
DC Dyke March Bans Jewish Pride Flag — A gay pride parade in Washington, D.C. has been criticized by Jewish and LGBTQ groups for banning Jewish and Israeli symbols from its Friday event. — The D.C. Dyke March is designed to include people of diverse races, religions and gender identities …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Ilhan Omar violated campaign finance rules, investigation finds, as more questions about tax filings arise — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., repeatedly violated state rules when she used campaign funds to pay for personal out-of-state travel as well as help on her tax returns and must reimburse …
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Patrick Condon / Star Tribune:
Minnesota Campaign Board fines Rep. Ilhan Omar, says she must reimburse campaign
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Republicans Have Become the Except-When-Trump-Does-It Party — Before heading off for a break at his Trump-branded golf course in Ireland, President Trump this week attacked the mayor of London as a “stone cold loser,” called an American-born British princess “nasty” and then denied he said it …
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. commander says American forces face ‘imminent’ threat from Iran — Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie says he believes the Iranians or their proxies may orchestrate an attack at any moment. — BAGHDAD — The top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East says he believes the Iranians …
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Matt Dixon / Politico:
DeSantis staff shakeup prompts competing narratives — TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis has lost as many as seven aides in the past 24 hours, some of whom have been with him since the start of his campaign, according to a person with direct knowledge of the turnover.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
FBI agent: Russian official tried to arrange Trump-Putin call for day after inauguration — A top Russian official tried to set up a video teleconference between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia on the day after Trump's inauguration, according to a senior FBI agent's interview notes released on Thursday.
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Brady McCombs / HuffPost:
Trump Supporter Arrested After Allegedly Threatening To Kill Members of Congress — Scott Brian Haven of Utah is accused of making over 2,000 phone calls to the U.S. Capitol over a three-year period about Democrats threatening Trump's presidency. — SALT LAKE CITY (AP) …
Igor Derysh / Salon:
“Pro-choice” Susan Collins has voted to confirm 32 anti-abortion Trump judges — Collins still claims Brett Kavanaugh won't vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. She also thinks Maine will re-elect her — Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of just two Republican senators who claim to be pro-choice …
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
A Dutch Teenager's Death Was Wrongly Reported As “Legal Euthanasia” Across International Media. Here's How They All Got It Wrong. — Inaccurate stories claiming the 17-year-old had been “legally euthanised” travelled so widely across the internet that even the pope appeared to tweet about it.
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politics.theonion.com:
Media Urged Not To Release Names Of Any More Presidential Candidates In Effort To Prevent Copycats — WASHINGTON—Warning that the promise of publicity and notoriety is often exactly what motivates a run for the White House in the first place, media ethics groups called on news outlets Thursday …
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