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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani Plans Ukraine Trip to Push for Inquiries That Could Help Trump — WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, is encouraging Ukraine to wade further into sensitive political issues in the United States, seeking to push the incoming government in Kiev …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump is Pressuring Ukraine to Smear Clinton and Biden — In 2016, Donald Trump's campaign learned Russia was working to help him win, and many of its members actively sought to exploit that assistance. In 2020, now possessing the powers of the Executive Branch, it's pressuring …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff on Giuliani's Ukraine trip: “It just takes your breath away” — House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told Axios' Mike Allen Friday that Rudy Giuliani's trip to Ukraine to ask Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate opponents of President Trump is an example of the …
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BBC:
Andrew Neil takes on US conservative Ben Shapiro — He has more than 2 million followers on Twitter, 600,000 YouTube subscribers and his videos on the Daily Wire channel rack up millions of views. — Ben Shapiro is a controversial figure but one of the US' leading conservative political commentators.
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Cockburn / Spectator USA:
WATCH VIDEO: Ben Shapiro has mega TANTRUM on the BBC — Ben Shapiro is the famous, fast-talking pundit who regularly ‘owns’ aggressive campus students with his quick wit and rapid repartee. — Alas, Shapiro isn't so ‘crazy smart’ when he comes up against difficult questions from a real interviewer.
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Jack Crosbie / Splinter:
Please Enjoy Ben Shapiro Melting Down and Running Out of a BBC Interview — Ben Shapiro, the right-wing “thinker,” baby Hitler-defender and former toothbrush startup-endorser, rose to fame thanks to his combative, shrill interview style that promised TOTAL DESTRUCTION of any liberal talking point or talking head he encountered.
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Politico:
House Intel Republicans offer rare praise for Adam Schiff — Republicans once called for Schiff's resignation. Now they credit him with bringing the committee together. — President Donald Trump and Republicans have harangued House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff …
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New York Times:
Allies of Trump's Son Declare War on G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel After Subpoena
Allies of Trump's Son Declare War on G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel After Subpoena
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: McConnell holds reins in GOP's Don Jr. fight
Power Up: McConnell holds reins in GOP's Don Jr. fight
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Trump shouldn't worry about Trump Jr. subpoena
McConnell: Trump shouldn't worry about Trump Jr. subpoena
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Donald Trump Jr.'s endgame
Scoop: Donald Trump Jr.'s endgame
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
If This Is a Constitutional Crisis, Act Like It — Democrats in Congress need to deploy all their powers, including impeachment. — In their best-selling 2018 book “How Democracies Die,” the Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt wrote about the concept of “constitutional hardball …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Here's why Democrats may rethink impeaching Trump
Here's why Democrats may rethink impeaching Trump
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New York Times:
A Strategy Emerges to Counter House Democrats: Dare Them to Impeach
A Strategy Emerges to Counter House Democrats: Dare Them to Impeach
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
What Nadler Really Wants — His strategy clearly aims …
What Nadler Really Wants — His strategy clearly aims …
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Trump Drops the Fig Leaf on Trade — Contra his advisers, the president does not see tariffs as a means to an end, but as an end. — There has always been a massive contradiction at the heart of the Trump administration's trade policy. For two years, the president has pursued …
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Karen Yeung / South China Morning Post:
Will China use its US$1.2 trillion of US debt to fight the trade war?
Will China use its US$1.2 trillion of US debt to fight the trade war?
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Derek Wallbank / Bloomberg:
Trump Baffles With ‘No Rush’ China Trade Tweet, Delete, Retweet
Trump Baffles With ‘No Rush’ China Trade Tweet, Delete, Retweet
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Joe McDonald / Associated Press:
US hikes tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing vows retaliation
US hikes tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing vows retaliation
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Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea's new missile — TOKYO (AP) — The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the Russian military …
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Jim Baker / Lawfare:
Why I Do Not Hate Donald Trump — Many people would probably believe me justified in hating Donald Trump. — While I was general counsel of the FBI, I watched the president fire my boss and friend, Jim Comey. I've read and heard the many false statements that the president and his supporters have made about him.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff considers fining Trump officials held in contempt $25,000 a day — House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told Axios' Mike Allen Friday that the House is considering reviving its “inherent contempt” power, which would allow Congress to enforce subpoenas through coercive measures like fines.
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Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
HUD says 55,000 children could be displaced under Trump plan to evict undocumented immigrants — The Department of Housing and Urban Development acknowledged that a Trump administration plan to purge undocumented immigrants from public housing could displace more than 55,000 children, all of whom are legal U.S. residents or citizens.
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Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Immigrant children in US custody soaring back toward record levels
Immigrant children in US custody soaring back toward record levels
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Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Exclusive: Presidential hopeful Biden looking for ‘middle ground’ climate policy — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is crafting a climate change policy he hopes will appeal to both environmentalists and the blue-collar voters that elected Donald Trump …
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Sean Illing / Vox:
How golf explains Trump. Seriously. — “This guy cheats like a mafia accountant.” — Have you ever won a tournament you never competed in? Have you ever stolen the ball from an opponent to gain a competitive advantage? — If the answer to either or both of those questions is no, then you're not cheating at the highest level.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Shocker! The GoFundMe Campaign to Build the Wall Is a Bust — And now, the donors to the effort are demanding answers. … Back in December, Washington state Trump supporter Joshua Greene donated a small amount of money to the crowdfunding effort to build a wall along the southern U.S. border.
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Tim Mak / NPR:
Exclusive: Documents Detail Meetings Of Russians With Treasury, Federal Reserve — Newly obtained documents describe what happened when two now-infamous Russians took their outreach campaign into the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve in 2015. — Alexander Torshin …
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
Beto's Long History of Failing Upward — AMES, Iowa—The presidential run of Beto O'Rourke is a profoundly personality-driven exercise, his charisma and Kennedy-esque demeanor the topic of one profile after another, so it's surprising to listen to his speeches on the stump in which he doesn't talk a whole lot about himself.
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
John Paul Stevens Worries About the Court — A retired Supreme Court justice wants his former colleagues to adhere to precedent and the president to comply with subpoenas — At 99, John Paul Stevens can remember a time when a Supreme Court nomination prompted minimal controversy …
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David Emery / Snopes.com:
Did U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Say ‘If Israel Is So Innocent, Then Why Do They Insist on Being Jews?’ — Support the fact checking and investigative journalism you rely on at Snopes.com. — Give with PayPal — Origin — In early May 2019, social media users began sharing posts alleging …
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Jordan Schachtel / TheBlaze:
Another anti-Semitic Democrat? Valerie Plame announces congressional run
Another anti-Semitic Democrat? Valerie Plame announces congressional run
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Chelsia Rose Marcius / The Daily Beast:
Three Major Production Companies Refuse to Film in Georgia Over New Abortion Law — Three big production companies say they will no longer shoot in Georgia because of a new law banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Bryn Elise Sandberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Three Production Companies Say They Won't Film in Georgia Over Abortion Law
Three Production Companies Say They Won't Film in Georgia Over Abortion Law
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