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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Supreme Court hands Virginia Democrats a win in gerrymandering case  —  The Supreme Court has ruled against the Virginia House of Delegates in a racial gerrymandering case that represents a victory for Democrats in the state.  —  In the 5-4 ruling, the justices found that the House …
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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court upholds ‘double jeopardy’ standard that could blunt impact of potential Trump pardons  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court upheld Monday the ability of federal and state governments to prosecute defendants twice for the same crime - a form of double jeopardy that could come into play …
Discussion: CNN
Graham Moomaw / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
U.S. Supreme Court dismisses Va. House GOP's appeal in racial gerrymandering case
Discussion: Politico, CNN and UPI
Associated Press:
High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding case
Discussion: Washington Post
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Pete Buttigieg raised staggering $7 million in April alone  —  Pete Buttigieg's campaign jolted its top donors with big news on a conference call last month: The upstart mayor had raised $7 million in the month of April alone, as much as Buttigieg had in his entire eye-catching first quarter in the presidential race.
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Alex Ward / Vox:
Pete Buttigieg calls Israel a “strong ally” and says he'd keep the US embassy in Jerusalem
Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Post and Axios
Mike Allen / Axios:
“I don't think he cares if it gets better”: Pete Buttigieg talks Trump's border policy
Discussion: Townhall and The American Mirror
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Inside Trump's plan to battle the 15 investigations facing him  —  President Donald Trump is facing a hurdle no other president has — an unprecedented onslaught of investigations into almost every recent organization he has led.  —  In California, investigators are examining …
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:   GOP mutters, gently, as Trump sidesteps Senate for top aides
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:   Will Donald Trump and Steve Bannon reunite for 2020?
Heather Cox Richardson / The Guardian:   The historical argument for impeaching Trump
Politico:
White House, congressional leaders will try again to reach spending deal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Aaron David Miller / USA Today:
Why are we headed for a blowup with Iran?  It began when Trump scrapped the nuclear deal  —  At minimum, Iran and America badly need a hotline to deconflict their military forces and avert a serious escalation.  But that has been rejected before.  —  CONNECT
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Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:   Bolton: America Willing to Talk to Iran But Ready to Retaliate
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Trump's ‘maximum pressure’ Iran strategy stokes war fears
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Dems investigating Trump have a new tactic to break his blockade  —  Democrats investigating Donald Trump for obstruction of justice are eyeing a new strategy to break the president's all-out oversight blockade: calling witnesses who never worked in the White House.
William Langewiesche / The Atlantic:
What Really Happened to Malaysia's Missing Airplane  —  1. The Disappearance  —  At 12:42 a.m. on the quiet, moonlit night of March 8, 2014, a Boeing 777-200ER operated by Malaysia Airlines took off from Kuala Lumpur and turned toward Beijing, climbing to its assigned cruising altitude of 35,000 feet.
Discussion: Fox News
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Alan Brinkley, Leading Historian of 20th-Century America, Dies at 70  —  Alan Brinkley, one of the pre-eminent historians of his generation, with a specialty in 20th-century American political history, died on Sunday night at his home in Manhattan.  He was 70.
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Undocumented immigrants fired from Trump golf clubs to crash his 2020 campaign kickoff in Florida  —  Undocumented immigrants canned from President Trump's ritzy golf clubs in New York and New Jersey are crashing his 2020 campaign kickoff in Florida to shed light on what they consider his …
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Trump's reelection support is 50-50 in Texas, Biden and O'Rourke lead the Democrats, UT/TT Poll says  —  Texas voters are split when asked about reelecting the president, and Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke are their favorites for the Democratic nomination to challenge him, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Discussion: Politico
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
As price of insulin soars, Americans caravan to Canada for lifesaving medicine  —  As their minivan rolled north, they felt their nerves kick in — but they kept on driving.  —  At the wheel: Lija Greenseid, a rule-abiding Minnesota mom steering her Mazda5 on a cross-border drug run.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trumpworld is trying to tell the president his 2020 reelection bid will be a slog  —  Welcome back, Power friends.  Reach out, sign up, and have a wonderful week.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  Breaking 🚨: “Iran has threatened to increase its uranium stockpile limit set …
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Evan Siegfried / NBC News:
Trump's biggest risk in 2020 isn't losing young people.  It's losing their grandparents.  —  The president may still win the majority of seniors but, if he does so by a significantly smaller margin, that spells problems in swing states.  —  The Trump era has seen seismic shifts away …
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux / FiveThirtyEight:
The Citizenship Question Could Cost California And Texas A Seat In Congress  —  In a matter of days, the Supreme Court may dramatically change the census.  The court is slated to rule on whether the Trump administration can add a question about citizenship to the 2020 form.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Poll: AOC disliked, distrusted, unwanted in her own NY district  —  She's a star on the national political stage, but Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is viewed skeptically back in her Queens and Bronx 14th Congressional District, according to a new door-to-door survey.
Robby Soave / Reason:
Harvard University Cancels Kyle Kashuv  —  A social media mob successfully persuades Harvard to rescind the admission of a conservative Parkland survivor.  —  Harvard University has rescinded its offer of admission to Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland survivor and conservative teen activist due …
Discussion: Daily Wire and TheBlaze
The Guardian:
Where does your plastic go?  Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret  —  Where does your plastic go?  Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret  —  A Guardian report from 11 countries tracks how US waste makes its way across the world - and overwhelms the poorest nations
Discussion: Politico
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Is Completely Serious  —  About income inequality.  About corporate power.  About corrupt politics.  And about being America's next president.  —  The first time I met Elizabeth Warren, she had just come home from a walk with her husband and her dog at Fresh Pond …
Discussion: Observer
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why Bernie Sanders Isn't Afraid of ‘Socialism’  —  His economic project and his political project are indistinguishable.  —  After watching Bernie Sanders try, for at least the second time, to defend himself as a “democratic socialist” by defining “democratic socialism” …
 
 
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Joe Cunningham / RedState:
It Is Really, Really Stupid To Assume Trump Will Lose In 2020
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
House Leadership Is Looking Flakey
Discussion: Axios
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
California's Newsom takes aim: GOP destined for ‘waste bin of history’
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