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Trump: It would be 'appropriate' for me to talk to DOJ about investigating Biden | TheHill

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MORE. Trump told Politico in an interview Friday that he hasn’t talked with Barr about investigating Biden and his family's business dealings but said "certainly it would be an appropriate thing" to bring up with the attorney general.  "Certainly it is a very big issue and we’ll see what happens. I have not spoken to him about it. Would I speak to him about it? I haven’t thought of that.

Trump Jr. subpoena spotlights GOP split over Russia probes | TheHill

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The Senate Intelligence Committee’s decision to subpoena MORE is putting a spotlight on a split within the GOP conference between it and another key panel investigating the 2016 election — the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Intelligence Committee has long been seen as the last bipartisan investigation into the 2016 election on Capitol Hill. Chairman MORE (Va.), have worked closely together and generally avoided partisan fights. News of the Trump Jr.

Co-founder's call to break up Facebook energizes its critics | TheHill

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A call to break up Facebook from one of the company's co-founders is bringing new momentum to the movement targeting Silicon Valley's giants. Chris Hughes published an op-ed in The New York Times on Thursday arguing that the company that he helped build as a college student at Harvard had grown too large and unaccountable. The article was a stunning rebuke from a former insider and made waves in the political world and across social media. “I think that blew open the conversation in an incredibly meaningful way,” said Sarah Miller, the deputy director of the Open Markets Institute, which has h

Trump seeks to limit judges' powers on injunctions after legal blows | TheHill

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MORE is looking to stop lower courts from being able to issue wide-ranging injunctions in a move that could dramatically limit the authority of judges. The plan comes as groups opposed to Trump have been able to get several of his policies, including those seeking to limit immigration, put on hold by nationwide orders issued by lower courts in battles that were eventually decided by the Supreme Court. Advocacy groups that have pushed judges to issue nationwide injunctions say they are necessary to protect people from policies they see as harmful, and some legal expert

Miller: Richard Burr Is Being a Wimp Here, Getting Rolled by Mark Warner

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“I am fired up and mad as hell about what’s going on on Capitol Hill right now. This continual harassment of President Trump and his family has got to stop,” Miller told Breitbart News Washington Political Editor Matthew Boyle. “The Mueller report has completely cleared the president, the campaign, his family, every single American of any sort of collusion or obstruction,” Miller stated. “To now have this type of harassment on Don.

'Red Line Issue': Don Jr Spokesman Calls Burr a Democrat

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“You know why there has been serious backlash?” Surabian said when asked about the near-universal backlash against Burr from across the GOP, including by several of his own committee membe, in response to the subpoena issued in contravention of the Senate Majority Leader’s statement that the investigation is case closed. “Because Republicans don’t like seeing their Senate Intel chair mimicking Adam Schiff.

North Carolina Blowback Intensifies on Richard Burr's Rogue Subpoena

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“The people of North Carolina are very upset about this,” Wayne King, the deputy chief of staff to Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and former vice chairman of the North Carolina GOP, said on Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM 125 the Patriot Channel. “They’re very upset about the attack on the president’s family and the attack on the president, and you can’t call it anything else but that–it’s an attack on the president and the first family.

David Price retweets post highlighting racial divide in Red Sox’ White House visit, calls it ‘insensitive’ - The Boston Globe

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Red Sox pitcher David Price retweeted a post from Athletic writer Steve Buckley highlighting a racial divide among the Red Sox players who have said they will or won’t attend this week’s White House visit. And although some read the tweet as Price supporting Buckley’s statement, it was actually the opposite. Buckley tweeted on Monday that “basically it’s the white Sox who’ll be going” to the event featuring President Trump on Thursday.

Some question motives as Trump awards medal to Tiger Woods - The Boston Globe

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WASHINGTON — If there were a Mount Rushmore for golfers, Tiger Woods would probably be on it. But President Donald Trump’s decision to award the nation’s highest civilian honor to Woods has raised questions about whether the president should be boosting the profile of a business associate of The Trump Organization. Trump planned to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Woods during a White House ceremony Monday evening.