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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94 — George Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs but was denied a second term after support for his presidency collapsed under the weight …
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Bill Clinton / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush's Oval Office note to me revealed the heart of who he was — Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States. — On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president. As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘Where Are We Going?’: George Bush's Final Days — BUENOS AIRES — George Bush had been fading in the last few days. He had not gotten out of bed, he had stopped eating and he was mostly sleeping. For a man who had defied death multiple times over the years, it seemed that the moment might finally be arriving.
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
'Wouldn't be prudent': George H.W. Bush's unlikely friendship with Dana Carvey — In early December 1992, a month after Bill Clinton had whipped him in the election, President George H.W. Bush held a holiday party for his deflated staffers. — They were in for a big surprise.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, dies at 94 — George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, was a steadfast force on the international stage for decades, from his stint as an envoy to Beijing to his eight years as vice president …
Susan Page / USA Today:
An appreciation for George H.W. Bush, one of politics' most ‘courteous’ people
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
George H.W. Bush, embodiment of an older Republican Party, is dead. RIP.
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Clinton Foundation:
Statement by President Clinton and Secretary Clinton on the Passing of President George H.W. Bush
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Michael Graczyk / Associated Press:
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
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Mary Kate Cary / USA Today:
George H.W. Bush was an ‘American great’ committed to unity, diversity and generosity
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump to name Dec. 5 a national day of mourning for George H.W. Bush
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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Mueller Exposes the Culture of Lying That Surrounds Trump — WASHINGTON — When Michael D. Cohen admitted this past week to lying to Congress about a Russian business deal, he said he had testified falsely out of loyalty to President Trump. When he admitted this summer to lying …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cohen claims ‘regular contact’ with Trump legal team when crafting false statement to Congress — President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Friday he was in “close and regular contact” with Trump's White House staff and legal team when he prepared a statement …
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CNN:
Cohen believed Trump would pardon him, but then things changed — Washington (CNN)Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for President Donald Trump who is now a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, was under the impression Trump would offer him a pardon …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Scent of the Russians — There's a connection between Cohen's guilty plea and Ukraine's desperate plight. — Garry Kasparov, the chess champion and chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative (with which I'm associated), has an excellent suggestion for how to respond immediately …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Cohen seeks ‘time served’ prison sentence, says again his crimes were meant to protect Trump — Lawyers for former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen argued Friday that their client should not go to prison for the criminal charges to which he has pleaded guilty, and unequivocally linked …
Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Cohen: Trump Knew I Called Kremlin for Help With Trump Tower Moscow
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Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Targeted Khashoggi — Conclusion that Mohammad ‘probably ordered’ killing relies in part on 11 messages he sent to adviser who oversaw hit squad around time it killed journalist — WASHINGTON—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent …
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Washington Post:
'We don't want him here': Saudi crown prince is a protected pariah at G-20 summit — BUENOS AIRES — The legions of protesters demonstrating at a leaders summit here have unfurled a sea of standard-issue signs, ranging from “No to Imperialism” to “Yankees Go Home.”
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
‘I am worried’: Macron's chat with Saudi prince captured at G20
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Inside the GOP's California nightmare — Rep. Steve Knight's (R-Calif.) campaign went into election night thinking another tough victory was at hand. — Knight grinded out a win in 2016, in a district President Donald Trump lost, despite relentless Democratic attacks linking Knight and his party's leader.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Fund-Raiser Received Laundered Foreign Money, Prosecutors Say — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors cited the involvement of a onetime top fund-raiser to President Trump on Friday in a scheme to launder millions of dollars into the country to help a flamboyant Malaysian financier end a Justice Department investigation.
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Trump, Russia and lessons from the mob: Did ‘godfathers’ steer collusion probe? — Back in the mafia's heyday, FBI and IRS agents had a set of surveillance rules. — If one mobster showed up in town, pay notice. If two arrived, be suspicious. If three or four were in the same vicinity, something was going down.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
GOP seeks to limit Wisconsin early voting, strip powers from Tony Evers and Josh Kaul in lame-duck session — MADISON - Republican lawmakers are seeking to limit voter turnout and want to take away key powers from the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general before GOP Gov. Scott Walker leaves office in January.
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
Fox Is Investigating Neil DeGrasse Tyson After Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct — Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson after three women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct.
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