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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
With Jeffrey Epstein locked up, these are nervous times for his friends, enablers  —  Jeffrey Epstein spent a second night in a New York jail cell Sunday, with a federal indictment expected to be unsealed Monday, charging him with sex offenses involving underage girls he and others allegedly trafficked …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Why the Trump White House Is Caught Up in the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal  —  In the years since Mr. Epstein was first accused of sexually abusing minors, one of Mr. Trump's Cabinet officials has been accused of letting him off easy.  —  By the time Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier and felon …
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Is Accused of Luring Girls to His Manhattan Mansion and Abusing Them  —  The billionaire financier is charged with running a sex-trafficking operation that brought dozens of girls as young as 14 to his opulent Upper East Side home.  —  Federal prosecutors appear to have resurrected …
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Christine Pelosi warns it's ‘quite likely that some of our faves are implicated’ in ‘horrific’ Epstein case  —  Christine Pelosi, a Democratic National Committee official and daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warned conspicuously on Saturday evening that it is “quite likely …
Mimi Rocah / The Daily Beast:
Jeffrey Epstein Shouldn't Expect to Wriggle Free Again
Alexander Kacala / Newsweek:
Miami Herald Investigative Reporter: ‘Quite A Few Powerful, Important People’ May Be Named in Jeffrey Epstein Case
Discussion: Bloomberg, twitchy.com and RedState
Politico:   POLITICO Playbook: New swing-district polling illustrates impeachment peril
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department changing lawyers on census case  —  The Justice Department is swapping out the lawyers who had been representing the administration in its legal battle to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, possibly signaling career attorneys' legal or ethical concerns …
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Tom Hals / Reuters:
In losing legal battles over census, Trump may win political war
Discussion: Political Wire
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
A New Team of Government Lawyers Will Take Over Census Fight
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and Axios
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   Census farce: Trump, Barr and the Justice Department make a mockery of the law
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Census Citizenship Question Re-do?  Part I: Moment of Truth (and Integrity) for the Office of the Solicitor General
Discussion: Washington Post
Associated Press:
AP: Federal grand jury probing GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee to drum up business deals …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:   Federal Grand Jury Probing Top GOP Donor Elliott Broidy Over Trump Inauguration
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Tom Steyer Is Telling Allies He's Running for President  —  The presidential-campaign announcements may not be over yet—with the latest potentially coming from a person who ruled out a run just a few months ago.  —  The billionaire investor Tom Steyer, who in the past decade …
Discussion: CNN, Axios, The Resurgent and Splinter
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Politico:
Tom Steyer reconsiders 2020 and plans to enter the race  —  The billionaire environmentalist who has poured millions into an effort to impeach President Trump had decided against a run in January.  —  Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmental activist who toyed with a 2020 presidential run …
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
CNN will hold live draw for 2020 Democratic debate lineup  —  New CNN poll shows Harris and Warren rise after debates  —  (CNN)CNN will conduct a live draw to determine which night each candidate will appear in the highly anticipated Democratic presidential primary debates airing later this month on the network.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Adam Brewster / CBS News:
Hickenlooper vows to stay in Democratic presidential race, says Senate bid isn't “his calling”
Discussion: Washington Times
Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
Melania Trump reportedly told Donald that Christine Blasey Ford was ‘lying’  —  A new book says that first lady Melania Trump told her husband she thought Christine Blasey Ford was lying when she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Discussion: RedState, Breitbart and Townhall
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump team held back dirt on Kavanaugh accuser, new book says
Discussion: Althouse and Daily Wire
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
If I Had Five Minutes to Question Robert Mueller  —  Here's a puzzle: Imagine that you are a member of Congress who, under rules seemingly designed to preclude effective questioning, had exactly five minutes to interview Robert Mueller on national television.  What would you ask him?
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
In surprise move, admiral tapped to lead U.S. Navy declines job, retires instead  —  Bill Moran said he turned down the job of Chief of Naval Operations because of a probe of his ties to an officer investigated for inappropriate conduct.  —  WASHINGTON — The man set to take over as the head …
Discussion: USNI News, Wall Street Journal and UPI
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Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Beto O'Rourke Struggles to Break Out of Crowded Democratic Field  —  As the presidential candidate crisscrosses Iowa, his backers say there is still time for a reboot  —  INDEPENDENCE, Iowa—Beto O'Rourke is trying to revive his barely four-month-old presidential campaign—again.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:   Democratic field readies for the big shrink
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
MIRIAM ADELSON: A time of miracles  —  Miriam Adelson, a Las Vegas philanthropist, researcher, physician and expert in drug addiction, owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Israel Hayom newspapers with her husband, Sheldon Adelson.  —  Cherishing, promoting and safeguarding the U.S.-Israeli alliance …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The Purell presidency: Trump aides learn the president's real red line  —  He asks visitors if they'd like to wash their hands in a bathroom near the Oval Office.  —  He'll send a military doctor to help an aide caught coughing on Air Force One.  —  And the first thing he often tells …
Discussion: Political Wire
Penelope Green / New York Times:
Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning?  —  Summer's great indoor-temperature debate rages on.  —  Modernity was born 116 years, 11 months, two weeks and two days ago, at a printing plant in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, when a junior engineer named Willis Carrier devised a contraption …
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Women's Soccer Sucks.  Yay USA.  —  Want some grade school quality sporting with a side of virtue signaling?  Watch women's soccer.  Good for Team USA.  They won the Women's World Cup.  They did so complaining the whole way there and after.  The women's team made Colin Kaepernick seem mute.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Dominic Green / Spectator USA:
Here comes political soccer
Discussion: The Other McCain
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
ICE Used Facial Recognition to Mine State Driver's License Databases  —  WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have mined state driver's license databases using facial recognition technology, analyzing millions of motorists' photos without their knowledge.
Discussion: VICE
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Kelsey Gee / Wall Street Journal:
Sunday Night Is the New Monday Morning, and Workers Are Miserable  —  Some employers are banning weekend and late-night emails to prevent employee burnout  —  Like many bosses, Chris Mullen found the final hours of the weekend ideal for decluttering an unruly inbox, sharing stray thoughts …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump wants to talk.  Iran isn't interested.  —  When it comes to nuclear negotiations, Iran is not North Korea.  —  President Donald Trump wants to sit down with Iranian leaders — but they don't share his eagerness to talk, revealing the limits of the president's personal diplomatic overtures.
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:   Reports: Iran enriching uranium to 4.5%, breaking deal limit
 
 
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CNN:
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Discussion: New York Post
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