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If it's Biden v. Bernie, buckle up

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Trump says no money paid to North Korea to have Otto Warmbier returned

The president tweeted about the case after the Washington Post reported North Korea had issued a $2 million bill to the U.S. for medical care.

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Everything Trump has said about the 2020 field — insults and all

More than 280 days before the Iowa caucuses, Trump has already coined, or reprised, derogatory nicknames for most of the Democratic presidential field.

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Biden spoke with Anita Hill, shared 'regret for what she endured'

Biden presided over the Senate Judiciary Committee when Hill accused future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.

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Stephen Miller won't testify to Congress on immigration policies, White House says

Rep. Elijah Cummings had requested Miller testify before his panel about President Donald Trump's immigration agenda.

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Biden bets big on fear of Trump

Analysis: Jumping into the race, the former vice president reflects a Democratic Party anxious to stop Trump from winning another term.

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Report clears Shanahan of pushing Boeing fighter jets on Air Force, Marines

A Pentagon probe cleared Shanahan of favoring his ex-employer and he is now likely to be nominated as Defense Secretary, say officials.

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Trump claims he never told McGahn to fire Mueller, but McGahn and Mueller say otherwise

In an interview with Mueller, McGahn recalled Trump telling him "Mueller has to go" and "call me back when you" tell the deputy attorney general.

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U.S. incarceration rate drops 10 percent over decade to hit lowest level in 20 years

Department of Justice statistics also showed that "noncitizens made up roughly the same portion of the U.S. prison population, 7.6 percent, as of the total U.S. population."

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Biden puts Trump at the center of his message

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Joe Biden launches 2020 presidential run

The former vice president enters the race polling ahead of all 19 other candidates in the Democratic field, but will it last?

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Mueller report shows Trump campaign left itself wide open to Russians, officials say

"The Russians found a group of people who were not intelligence savvy" and didn't listen to U.S. intel officials, said a CIA veteran.

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Trump goes to war for power over Congress

Analysis: Critics say the president is abusing his authority so badly that he could be impeached for actions that having nothing to do with Russia

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Michael Cohen tries to walk back parts of guilty plea in recorded phone call, report says

In a private phone conversation with comedian Tom Arnold, Cohen reportedly claimed he was innocent of some of the charges he pleaded to, The Wall Street Journal said.

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Trump campaign won't commit to staying away from hacked material

The campaign's refusal to rule out using hacked information is a contrast to a Democratic presidential field who have promised not to.

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Trump on opioid crisis: 'We are holding Big Pharma accountable'

Trump pointed to drug-trafficking charges that federal prosecutors in New York filed against one of the largest drug distribution companies in the U.S.

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Trump blasts House oversight probes, says White House is 'fighting all the subpoenas'

Trump called himself the "most transparent president ever" amid blocking officials from appearing before Congress and suing to keep financial documents secret.

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GOP Rep. Steve King compares his rebuke to Jesus' suffering

King was rebuked by the House and stripped of his committee assignments by his own party for racist remarks.

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Report: Mulvaney told Nielsen not to elevate concerns about future Russian meddling to Trump

Trump still equated talk of Russian meddling with the legitimacy of his own election, The New York Times reported.

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Biden has VP history working against him in 2020

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