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New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Death: 2 Guards Slept Through Checks and Falsified Records — The guards did not check on him for three hours, officials said. The disclosures came as the guards and the warden at the jail were removed. — The two guards who were in the jail unit where Jeffrey Epstein …
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Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News:
Epstein's Death Was On 4Chan Before Officials Announced It — Now Authorities Are Investigating — The New York City Fire Department is investigating whether a first responder posted about Jeffrey Epstein's death on a notorious internet message board prior to officials announcing it to the public, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
DOJ reassigns warden after Epstein's apparent suicide — Attorney General William Barr has ordered the Bureau of Prisons to temporarily reassign the warden at the New York federal prison where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead over the weekend pending federal investigations into his apparent suicide.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Epstein guards suspected of falsifying logs
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Ken White / The Atlantic:
Thirty-Two Short Stories About Death in Prison
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Simon Shuster / TIME:
A Kremlin-Linked Firm Invested Millions in Kentucky. Were They After More Than Money? — Last summer, it looked like things were finally about to change for Ashland, Ky. For two decades, the jobs that once supported this Appalachian outpost of 20,000 people on a bend in the Ohio River …
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Washington Post:
How a McConnell-backed effort to lift Russian sanctions boosted a Kentucky project — In January, as the Senate debated whether to permit the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Russia's largest aluminum producer, two men with millions of dollars riding on the outcome met for dinner at a restaurant in Zurich.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Behind the scenes of Trump's new gun talks — DRIVING THE DAY — BEHIND THE SCENES ... QUIET GUN TALKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE ... We were hoping to save this news for this morning, but the NYT beat us to the punch on a few details Tuesday night toward the middle of their gun story.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Top Pence aide will move to Pentagon as new spokeswoman
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
John Hickenlooper Mulling Ending Presidential Bid to Run for Senate — CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado is in discussions about ending his presidential bid and entering the race for his state's Republican-held Senate seat, potentially giving Democrats a strong candidate …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
New York Times demotes editor who sparked fury — New York (CNN Business)Jonathan Weisman, the deputy Washington editor for The New York Times (NYT), has been demoted after a pair of incidents in which he ignited controversy on Twitter (TWTR), the newspaper said Tuesday.
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Ethan Brown / The Appeal:
A No-Holds-Barred Assault on Prosecutors — Attorney General William Barr pushed back against reforms by progressive prosecutors—but perhaps his greatest vitriol was reserved for the Boston DA's attempt to rein in police. — U.S. Attorney General William Barr lashed out at progressive prosecutors …
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Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
Respect for Fredo, a Character Who Is So Much More Than a Political Insult — For a quick lesson in how political insults are born, look no further than Fredo. On Monday night, the name was trending on Twitter, thanks to a viral video showing an altercation between the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
How Fredo, the tragic ‘Godfather’ character, became an insult wielded by Trump
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Stacey Abrams Says She's Open to Being Vice President for Any Democratic Nominee — Ms. Abrams, who announced this week that she would not run for president, told The Times she would be ‘honored to be considered.’ — Stacey Abrams made it official this week that she would not seek …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Waning of American Power? Trump Struggles With an Asia in Crisis — The Trump administration has taken a hands-off approach to conflicts — from Kashmir to Hong Kong to the rivalry between Japan and South Korea — as Asian officials escalate the battles. — 阅读.体 …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Over 70,000 people sign petition to rename Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower after Obama — More than 70,000 people have signed onto a petition that seeks to rename the portion of Fifth Avenue in front of the Trump Tower in Manhattan after former President Obama.
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Exclusive—Watch: Leftists Threaten Contractor in Fla; Day Before ICE Facility Shot at in Texas — A group of open borders activists threatened employees of a government contractor in Florida that provides facility space for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Man Sues CNN's Don Lemon for Alleged Assault at Sag Harbor Bar — A man is suing Don Lemon, claiming the CNN host attacked him at a Hamptons bar last summer. The suit, obtained by Mediaite, was filed Sunday and seeks unspecified damages for “emotional pain and suffering.”
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump says he's losing as much as $5B being president — During a visit to a Pennsylvania factory, the president claimed without evidence that he was losing money while in office. — MONACA, Pa. — President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that being president will personally cost him billions of dollars …
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Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
Biden keeps large lead in SC's 2020 Democratic presidential primary — COLUMBIA — Despite two shaky debates and some recent misstatements, South Carolina Democratic voters still prefer former Vice President Joe Biden in the South's first presidential primary.
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Laura Curtis / Bloomberg:
Stocks Slide, Bonds Flash Warning After Weak Data: Markets Wrap — U.S. 30-year yield hits record, 10- and two-year yields invert — Data from China and Germany sours mood after tariff reprieve — Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day.
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Users' Audio Chats — Social network says it paused human review of conversations — Apple, Amazon, Google have been scrutinized for similar work — Facebook Inc. has been paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio …
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Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost:
Ken Cuccinelli: Statue Of Liberty Poem About ‘People Coming From Europe’ — Trump's citizenship and immigration chief followed up his earlier comments about the famous Emma Lazarus poem with a racist clarification. — Ken Cuccinelli, the Trump administration's acting head of U.S. Citizenship …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
No One Attacked Trump More in 2016 Than His Fellow Republicans. The Lesson: It Didn't Work. — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has called President Trump an “existential threat” to the nation. — Senator Kamala Harris has warned on the campaign trail that the president is a racist.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden camp jumped into damage control after upsetting Latino leaders — Joe Biden's presidential campaign is quietly playing cleanup with dozens of immigration activists and Latino leaders — weeks after upsetting them by using what they considered loaded language to describe his views on immigration policy.
CNN:
Trump appears to back off plans to commute Blagojevich's sentence after pushback from Illinois Republicans — (CNN)President Donald Trump was on the cusp of commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's sentence late last week, multiple sources said. But then Republican members …
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John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
AOC Pwns Barstool Sports Creator For Threatening Employees Over Unionizing — Dave Portnoy really ought to know better than this, but apparently testosterone trumps brains. — Dave Portnoy, the creator of Barstool Sports, threatened he would fire all his employees if they responded …
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David Siders / Politico:
Beto O'Rourke resumes campaign amid calls for his exit — Ever since the mass shooting in his home town, the media has become intrigued — once again — by Beto O'Rourke. — The question now is whether voters will give him a second look. — Initial signs for O'Rourke aren't especially promising …
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
Ocasio-Cortez's Known Donors From Her Own District Are Nearly Non-Existent, FEC Records Show — Only 10 people who live within Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's congressional district have been recorded making donations to her reelection campaign in 2019, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP Sen. Martha McSally drafts bill making domestic terrorism a federal crime — Sen. Martha McSally is seeking to make domestic terrorism a distinct federal crime, the latest sign that Republicans are increasingly serious about crafting a legislative response to recent mass shootings in Texas, Ohio and California.
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos Are Scheduled to Speak at a Conference Organized by a QAnon Supporter — Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos, two former Trump foreign policy aides who both agreed in late 2017 to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation …
New York Times:
Venezuela's Maduro Cracks Down on His Own Military in Bid to Retain Power — MARACAY, Venezuela — A week after Venezuela's intelligence forces detained a retired navy captain, he appeared in a military tribunal a broken man, in a wheelchair and showing signs of torture. — “Help me,” he mouthed to his lawyer.
Apple Podcasts:
Matt Bruenig's case for single-payer health care — The Democratic primary has been unexpectedly dominated by a single question: Will you abolish private health insurance? Wrapped in that question are dozens more. Why, if private health insurance is such a mess, do polls show most Americans want to keep it?
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