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New York Times:
Mueller Testimony Deepens Democratic Divide on Impeachment — WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III's long-awaited testimony has inflamed divisions among Democrats over impeachment, with some senior lawmakers pushing on Thursday to begin formal impeachment hearings soon, and vulnerable moderates pleading …
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Politico:
Pro-impeachment Dems not backing down after Mueller
Pro-impeachment Dems not backing down after Mueller
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Press, Breitbart and Common Dreams
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony
Neal Katyal Has One More Question for Robert Mueller After His Testimony
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Common Dreams, NBC News and Washington Post
The Daily Beast:
‘There Is Constant Battling’: Nadler and Pelosi Are on a Collision Course
‘There Is Constant Battling’: Nadler and Pelosi Are on a Collision Course
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Vox
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Resistance Inc. — Column: Why impeachment isn't going away
Resistance Inc. — Column: Why impeachment isn't going away
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New York Times
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
The investigators need to be investigated
Congresswoman Katherine Clark:
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark Calls for Impeachment Inquiry
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark Calls for Impeachment Inquiry
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Washington Post and CBS Boston
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Mueller? Mueller? Special Counsel's Testimony Falls Short in TV Ratings
Mueller? Mueller? Special Counsel's Testimony Falls Short in TV Ratings
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Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds — WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time …
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Washington Post:
Russians probably targeted election systems in all 50 states, Senate panel's report says — The Senate Intelligence Committee, in a new report on Russia's interference in the 2016 election, said Thursday that systems in all 50 states were probably targeted in some manner …
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Associated Press, The Week and Vox
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell blocks two election security bills
McConnell blocks two election security bills
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Vanity Fair, TechCrunch, CNN, Washington Post, UPI and Daily Kos
New York Times:
How Jeffrey Epstein Used the Billionaire Behind Victoria's Secret for Wealth and Women — In May 1997, Alicia Arden, a model in California, was introduced to a man who identified himself as a talent scout for Victoria's Secret. He invited her to his Santa Monica hotel room to audition for the brand's catalog.
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast and Fox News
CNN:
Treasury pick Monica Crowley spread Obama smears: ‘Can he be both loyal to Islam and loyal to the United States?’ — Trump security pick plagiarized in 2012 book — (CNN)President Donald Trump's pick for the top spokeswoman job at the Treasury Department repeatedly spread conspiracy theories …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Press, Vanity Fair and Little Green Footballs
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
CNN Photo Editor Resigns From Network Over Vicious Anti-Semitic Tweets on Deaths of ‘Jewish Pigs’ — A CNN photo editor resigned from the network Thursday after his past, vicious tweets about Jews and Israel, including posts apparently celebrating the deaths of “Jewish pigs,” were unearthed.
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Breitbart, Instapundit, NB Blog, Washington Free Beacon and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Rich Miller / Bloomberg:
Trump's 3% Growth Feat in 2018 Undone by Annual Data Revisions — Update shows U.S. economy expanded 2.5% last year — Revisions also boost savings rate, lower cellphone prices — President Donald Trump failed to achieve his much-ballyhooed 3% target for economic growth in 2018 after all.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden holds commanding lead for Democratic nomination — Joe Biden is the lone top tier candidate in the Democratic nomination race, according to the latest Fox News Poll. — The former vice president captures 33 percent support among Democratic primary voters (up one point since June).
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Democrats get ready to rumble in next week's debates
Washington Post:
Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump — Charles Leazott hadn't thought about the seal in months. — The 46-year-old graphic designer threw it together after the 2016 presidential election — it was one part joke, one part catharsis.
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Obed Manuel / Dallas Morning News:
A Border Patrol chief testifies that Francisco Galicia never claimed U.S. citizenship, but document says otherwise — A U.S. Border Patrol chief on Thursday testified before the House Judiciary Committee that 18-year-old Francisco Erwin Galicia never claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he was in Border Patrol custody for 23 days.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Wealthy Republicans fearing socialists provide hope GOP can retake the House — Wealthy Republican donors frightened of a socialist takeover in Washington have boosted support for House Republicans despite concerns about the party's direction, providing a ray of hope for recapturing the majority in 2020.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Rolls Out More Farm Aid as Soy Growers Urge Trade Cease-Fire — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled details of a $16 billion aid package to help farmers hurt by President Trump's trade war with China, as soybean growers from around the country converged on Washington …
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Pro-Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft — Exclusive: Danielle Stella, reported to support baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, held twice this year over alleged shoplifting — A pro-Trump Republican candidate for Congress who is aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar …
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RedState, Talking Points Memo, Big League Politics, The Week, Shot in the Dark and Mediaite
NBC News:
Active-duty U.S. troops are now just feet away from migrants in Texas — The troops “monitor” migrants at a Texas facility. One congressman said they shouldn't be prison guards, and are close to breaking the posse comitatus law. — WASHINGTON — Active-duty U.S. troops are now stationed inside …
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Axios
Associated Press:
2020 tests if Dems can win enough black voters without Obama — DETROIT (AP) — When Barack Obama was on the ballot in 2008 and 2012, there was no question that Terrance Holmes would vote for the first black president. But as he helped fix cars this week at a repair shop on Detroit's west side …
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Jerry Mitchell / ProPublica:
We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial. Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation. — OXFORD, Miss. — Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their fraternity house and face possible investigation …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox's Napolitano Says Trump Has Changed: He Has ‘Unleashed a Torrent of Hatred’ — Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano lamented that President Donald Trump is a changed man in a new op-ed accusing his old friend of unleashing a “torrent of hatred.” — “I have known President Trump personally since 1986.
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Elizabeth Warren to announce crossing 1 million donations threshold — Warren tries to win over voters hit by housing crisis — (CNN)Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign is set to announce on Friday that it has received more than 1 million donations this election, according to a forthcoming email to supporters shared with CNN.
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Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
A Prince's $500 Billion Desert Dream: Flying Cars, Robot Dinosaurs and a Giant Artificial Moon — Saudi Arabia's crown prince turned to U.S. consultants for help imagining a massive new city-state in a barren section of his kingdom. What emerged was a Jetsons-style world of automation. — TEXT
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The Verge
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Mueller's Skepticism of Trump's Truthfulness Heightens Impeachment Debate — The president's written testimony contradicted other evidence and has provided fodder to Democrats' debate over an impeachment inquiry. — WASHINGTON — In late summer 2016, after WikiLeaks had published …
Financial Times:
How Trump is democratising toxic stress — A few days ago a psychologist friend told me something that was at once startling and unsurprising; she is seeing far more patients than before Donald Trump was elected — and they tend to be suffering from deeper anxiety.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump-Kim DMZ Diplomacy Fails to Bridge Denuclearization Divide — Pyongyang is focusing its anger at a coming U.S.-South Korean military exercise, throwing doubt on prospects for any resumption of talks. — SEOUL—The day after President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Unshook hands …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Susan Collins might back out of 2020 election as her approval rating plummets — It's been one week to the day since Sen. Susan Collins' (R-ME) public job approval ratings showed she was in trouble. As a result, she may be rethinking running at all in 2020.
USA Today:
'I'm looking forward to it': Pelosi minimizes tensions with Ocasio-Cortez ahead of meeting — WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are scheduled to meet face-to-face Friday after weeks of public friction between the two high-profile Democrats.
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