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Political reporter for The Guardian. Ben.Jacobs@theguardian.com

Washington, DC
Joined November 2010

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    . now taking crowd questions. Estimated 500 people here in all — inside and outside — according to campaign.

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  2. This is smart analysis on Warren in early states

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    Senior White House staff are going to Camp David this weekend for a retreat, per people familiar. A Mulvaney move after taking over as Chief.

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  4. So she's not talking about how she's going to fire George?

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    Several former Weekly Standard staffers have a new home at The Bulwark, a conservative site that and plan to "turn into a full-fledged opinion news website." Neighborhood of $1 million in funding has been secured. My story:

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    NEW from me - an 2020 campaign would mean running LA while running around the country, a unique situation as a big city mayor trying to be president. Here’s how Garcetti &his team thinks it would work - and how his critics think it wouldn’t.

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    I’m not even sure what means. Please advise. 😅

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    First on CNN: Hundreds of TSA screeners, working without pay, calling out sick at major airports, and report:

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    Since we’re all talking about politicians dancing, here’s a reminder that this happened

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    I always note when the White House is dodging the media and not being transparent. That was not the case today. The president held a lengthy press conference. That's always a good thing.

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    Elizabeth Warren is paying for Spanish-language Facebook ads highlighting her appearance tomorrow in Storm Lake, Iowa, which has a large Latino immigrant population -->

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  14. A spokesman for former President Clinton tells me that Clinton has never said any such thing to Trump and that the two have not spoken since the inauguration.

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    BIG MUELLER NEWS: The federal grand jury in DC that Mueller has been using was just extended for another six months, per my colleague . The original 18-month term was set to expire but the chief judge of the DC District Court has extended the grand jury's mandate.

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    Per - Amb James Jeffrey is now taking over as the new US envoy for the anti-ISIS coalition. This comes after the frmr envoy quit when Trump shockingly reversed what he thought was the planned policy and decided to initiate an immediate exit from Syria.

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    Warning of a federal land grab along the border was one way Beto attacked the wall issue in the Texas Senate race.

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    News: Elizabeth Warren has hired Joe Rospars, who was Obama’s chief digital strategy in 2008 and 2012, to help lead her emerging 2020 presidential campaign.

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    Person familiar with meeting today says Trump referred to the shutdown as a “strike,” and also blamed Pelosi for Tlaib’s comments about impeachment

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