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Raising Prospect of Impeaching Trump, House Seeks Mueller's Grand Jury Secrets — In a petition to the court that oversaw the special counsel's grand jury investigation, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee say they need the information to weigh potential impeachment articles.
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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 …


Nadler says he's going to court today and next week to enforce Mueller-related subpoenas
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Political Wire, Pirate's Cove and The First Street Journal

‘There Is Constant Battling’: Nadler and Pelosi Are on a Collision Course
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Splinter, Washington Post and CBS Boston

It's time for impeachment hearings on Trump. Here's how Democrats may proceed.
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The Atlantic, Splinter and The Guardian

Resistance Inc. — Column: Why impeachment isn't going away
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New York Times




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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Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2019 (Advance Estimate) and Annual Update — Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2019 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Politico, Mother Jones, UPI, CNBC and Quartz


U.S. Economy Grew by an Annual Rate of 2.1% in Second Quarter
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The Week

Economic Growth Didn't Hit 3% Mark Last Year, Revised Data Show
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Vanity Fair


Trump knocks Fox News after poll shows him losing to Biden by 10 points — President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on Fox News on Friday, complaining that the network's pollsters aren't favorable enough to him after claiming the news organization had been “Proud Warriors” for him in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
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Washington Post and Fox News
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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).


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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Scarborough calls McConnell ‘Moscow Mitch,’ says lack of action on Russian meddling is ‘un-American’ — MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Friday lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling him “Moscow Mitch” over his inaction on legislation to address Russian election interference.
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Vanity Fair, Chicks On The Right, Mediaite, Breitbart, Washington Post, UPI and Daily Kos


DOJ's Russia probe review focusing on ‘smoking gun’ tapes of meeting with Trump aide: sources — CIA, FBI and DNI work with Attorney General Bill Barr to determine the origins of the Trump-Russia probe — The Justice Department's internal review of the Russia investigation is zeroing …
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The Gateway Pundit
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What Mueller Was Trying to Hide
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RedState and Power Line


Is ‘Doing the Right Thing’ Worth Increasing the Risk of a Second Trump Term? — A new argument for impeaching President Trump has gained attention in the wake of Robert Mueller's testimony in the House on Wednesday, during which the special counsel confirmed his understanding that Trump …
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Washington Post
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Trump's former FBI head says it's time to start impeachment hearings — Former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe said Thursday morning that the previous day's Congressional testimony by former special counsel Robert Mueller had convinced him the time was right to begin an impeachment inquiry for President Donald Trump.


UPDATED: CNN editor praised murder of ‘Jewish pigs’ in terrorist attack on Israeli bus — Social media posts from years ago by a CNN photo editor and writer reveal that he called Jews “pigs” and praised their deaths. — In a 2011 tweet, Mohammed Elshamy, 25, wrote, “More than 4 jewish pigs killed …
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The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Townhall
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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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Talking Points Memo, The Stranger, Law & Crime, The Sun, Mercury News, The Daily Beast and Washington Post
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Warren Fellowship Applicants: Campaign Program Was a ‘Great Scam’ — Two men accepted into the 2020 candidate's volunteer fellowship program described the process for entry as deceptive and at times exploitative. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has built much of her political career …
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TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
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Ex-Pols Took Your Cash. They Used It to Help the Saudis and the Qataris. — The contributions “add another dimension to the familiar but ever-expanding story of money, influence, and access in Washington,” the Campaign Legal Center wrote in its report. — In the summer of 2018 …


The Extraordinary Humbling of John Hickenlooper — HANOVER, N.H. — Can John Hickenlooper interest you in a joke? — “What's the opposite of woe?” Mr. Hickenlooper, the former Colorado governor and still-presidential-candidate, asked inside a hotel reception room last week …


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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USA Today, Washington Times, Fox News, KFOR-TV, CNN, Talking Points Memo, TheBlaze and Daily Kos
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A Border Patrol chief in a racist Facebook group says she didn't realize it was racist
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Shareblue Media


How Pat Buchanan made President Trump possible — In 1991, television personality Pat Buchanan launched his first campaign for president. Twenty-five years later, he won. — “We will put America first,” Buchanan said in 1991. The previous year, he penned an essay for the National Interest titled …


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 …


Under US Sanctions, Iran Regional Influence Grows — All US secondary sanctions on Iran's core economic sectors were re-imposed by the Trump administration in November 2018 as a direct consequence of its withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Arab Gulf States Institute … and Spectator USA


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


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.