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Kris Schneider / ABC News:
Top House Intel committee Democrat says Trump and his business were ‘compromised’ — Rep. Adam Schiff, the leading Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said that there is now a witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen …
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 12-2-18: James Baker, Colin Powell, Rep. Adam Schiff and Roger Stone — A rush transcript of a special edition of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
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Politico, POLITICUSUSA and The Week
NBC News:
Russian spokesman says there were contacts on Trump Tower, but they ‘disappeared’ — The guilty plea by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen raised new questions about the pursuit of a Trump Tower in Moscow. — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A spokesman for Russia's government said Saturday …
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POLITICUSUSA, Reuters, Raw Story and Mediaite
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Cohen cooperation is proof of Russian ‘leverage’ over Trump, incoming House Judiciary chairman says — “The time that he can get away with lying to the American people all the time and evading accountability is coming to an end,” Rep. Nadler said. — WASHINGTON — New York Democrat Jerry Nadler …
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Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Blunt: Lying to Senate panel ‘a big mistake’ — Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) called lying to the Senate Intelligence Committee “a big mistake” Sunday, following an admission by President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer that he made false statements to Congress.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Comey Strikes Deal Regarding Congressional Testimony
Comey Strikes Deal Regarding Congressional Testimony
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CNBC, Bloomberg and Talking Points Memo
Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush had a love of sports and an affinity for at least one sportswriter — One day nearly 30 years ago, I got a call at home from the sports department of The Washington Post. — “You said not to give your home phone number to anybody,” a young news aide said. “But can I give it to the president?”
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Last WASP President — The world overflows with affection …
The Last WASP President — The world overflows with affection …
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Washington Post, twitchy.com and ThinkProgress
Roey Hadar / ABC News:
Colin Powell, James Baker remember former President George H.W. Bush
Colin Powell, James Baker remember former President George H.W. Bush
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Washington Post, Politico, FiveThirtyEight, The Gateway Pundit and Houston Chronicle
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
The memoir I wish George H.W. Bush had written
The memoir I wish George H.W. Bush had written
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Advocate
New York Times:
He's Built an Empire, With Detained Migrant Children as the Bricks — The founder of Southwest Key made millions off of housing migrant children. His nonprofit has stockpiled taxpayer dollars and possibly engaged in self-dealing with top executives. — Juan Sanchez grew up along …
Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Israeli police recommend indicting Netanyahu in telecom case — JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges related to a corruption case involving Israel's telecom giant, prompting immediate calls for his resignation.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Curtains for the Clintons — TORONTO — The snow is falling lightly. — My thoughts are racing darkly. — I'm feeling something foreign, something I've never felt before. It takes me a moment to identify it. — I'm feeling sorry for the Clintons.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump's new NAFTA faces uphill battle in Congress — President Trump's signing of a new trade pact with Canada and Mexico on Friday set the stage for a major fight next year with Democrats on Capitol Hill. — Democrats mulling presidential runs in 2020, as well as labor and environmental groups …
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Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Trump says he will withdraw from NAFTA, pressuring Congress to approve new trade deal
Trump says he will withdraw from NAFTA, pressuring Congress to approve new trade deal
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Splinter
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'He's going through a pretty rough time': Avenatti crashes and burns — Michael Avenatti's cable TV bookings have dwindled. He was uninvited from one prominent Democratic event and skipped out on another. Now his highest-profile client is bringing new allegations against him.
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Law & Crime
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Patrician President and the Reporterette: a Screwball Story — My faithful correspondent, Poppy Bush, scribbling and typing notes through decades of history. — Nobody understood our relationship — least of all us. — It was, admittedly, odd. — “I like you,” the first President Bush wrote …
Leslie McCrae Dowless / Popular Information:
Man at center of North Carolina election scandal was convicted of felony fraud — The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted unanimously to not certify the results of the congressional race between Republican Mark Harris and Democrat Dan McCready. The unofficial tally has Harris ahead by just 905 votes.
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
North Carolina Race Roiled by Claims Voter Fraud — But Not the Kind the GOP Worries About
North Carolina Race Roiled by Claims Voter Fraud — But Not the Kind the GOP Worries About
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Sasha Ingber / NPR:
Amid Fraud Allegations, State Election Board Won't Certify North Carolina House Race
Amid Fraud Allegations, State Election Board Won't Certify North Carolina House Race
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Political Wire and Washington Post
CBS News:
U.S. Navy admiral Scott Stearney found dead in apparent suicide — Vice Adm. Scott Stearney, who oversaw U.S. naval forces in the Middle East, was found dead Saturday in his residence in Bahrain, officials said. Defense officials told CBS News they are calling it an “apparent suicide.”
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Al Jazeera, AOL and Navy Times
Politico:
Trump assents to shutdown delay — ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump and congressional leaders are getting ready to punt on a major shutdown fight over Trump's border wall for at least a week. — The president said he would back a two-week delay of a government shutdown battle …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Congress, White House on the brink of another government shutdown
Congress, White House on the brink of another government shutdown
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Genie Gratto / NBC News:
Sen. Kamala Harris nears decision on 2020 presidential bid — “Over the holiday, I will make that decision with my family,” she told Mika Brzezinski at the Know Your Value conference in San Francisco on Saturday. — Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California announced on Saturday …
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Washington Post and Axios
William March / Tampa Bay Times:
Ross Spano acknowledges possible ‘violation’ of campaign finance law — The newly elected congressman made a news release Saturday. — Newly elected congressman Ross Spano has acknowledged that his campaign financing “may have been in violation” of federal law.
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed News:
We're Living Inside The Russia Investigation Fandom Wars — If you want to understand what the Russia investigation is doing to America, and to us all, think of it this way: The Russia investigation is a TV show, and we are the fans. But it's that second part — our fandom — that's important.
Washington Post:
Saudi crown prince exchanged messages with aide alleged to have overseen Khashoggi killing — In the hours before and after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a senior aide who allegedly oversaw …
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