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The Fix •  Analysis Robert Mueller and Co. are playing hardball Republicans have sought to intimidate Mueller and Rosenstein. Both appear uncowed. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » Opinion Fox News’s Sean Hannity busted again by Fox News Bonus: 49 'questions' from Hannity to Trump. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   ‘Setup & trap’: Trump lashes out at investigation into obstruction of justice In a defiant morning tweet, the president again assailed the special counsel’s probe. By John Wagner  •  Read more »   Morning Mix Georgia governor candidate aims gun at teen in campaign ad. ‘Get over it,’ he tells critics. The campaign ad for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp portrays a protective, gun-wielding father vetting a potential suitor for his teenage daughter. By Samantha Schmidt  •  Read more »   Morning Mix Harold Bornstein: Exiled from Trumpland, doctor now ‘frightened and sad’ Loose talk to the press — about the president's hair — soured the doctor's relationship with Trump, he claims. By Kyle Swenson  •  Read more »

Mueller raised possibility of presidential subpoena in meeting with Trump’s legal team The tense March encounter kicked off turmoil among Trump’s lawyers and led to the development of a list of questions the president’s team expects he would be asked. By Carol D. Leonnig  •  Read more »   Kanye West called slavery a choice. TMZ’s Van Lathan gave a forceful — and thoughtful — rebuke. After Kanye West tells TMZ that slavery was a “choice,” one of the men on the show replied, “You have morphed into something, to me, that’s not real.” By Marwa Eltagouri  •  Read more »   PostEverything • Perspective Mike Pence’s peculiar sense of morality During a visit to Arizona, the vice president praised former sheriff Joe Arpaio, convicted of criminal contempt last summer, for championing “the rule of law.” By Daniel W. Drezner  •  Read more »   ‘The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted’: Rosenstein responds to impeachment threat President Trump’s conservative allies in the House have drafted articles of impeachment for the Justice Department’s No. 2 official. By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more »   White supremacist is guilty in Charlottesville parking garage beating of black man A jury found Jacob Scott Goodwin, who wore a military helmet and brandished a shield, guilty of malicious wounding in the August beating of DeAndre Harris. By Ian Shapira  •  Read more »   Also Popular in Politics   PowerPost • Analysis The Daily 202: Trump's big gambit has paid off — at least for him. Democrats need to bring something to the table. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   Analysis | ‘Cocaine Mitch’: This West Virginia Senate GOP candidate takes anti-establishment politics off the rails Analysis | President Trump’s repeated claim that Comey ‘leaked classified information’ Analysis | The crazy ‘raid’ of Trump’s former doctor Analysis | President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far Also Popular in Opinions   President Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech An exclusive preview. By Dana Milbank  •  Read more »   The Alfie Evans case shows liberal individualism has gone too far When the state condemns a disabled child to death We know Iran’s nuclear secrets now. Let’s make the most of them. Mueller’s questions for Trump have leaked. Here are three big takeaways. Also Popular in Local   Texas, six other states sue Trump administration to force an end to DACA Lawsuit aims to restore President Trump’s initial plan to phase out the Obama-era program, could speed issue to Supreme Court. By Maria Sacchetti  •  Read more »   To find alleged Golden State Killer, investigators first found his great-great-great-grandparents Biotech engineer found dead in sensory deprivation tank in D.C. A city in Pakistan may have just endured the hottest April temperature ever observed on Earth Reaching for his cellphone, an FBI agent crashed his car. Then came a swerving Honda and a devastating tragedy.

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