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Trump Defends Conversation With Ukraine Leader — U.S. president didn't mention foreign aid on July call with Volodymyr Zelensky — President Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden 's son …
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Trump pressed Ukrainian leader to investigate Biden's son, according to people familiar with the matter — President Trump pressed the leader of Ukraine to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden in a call between the two leaders that is at the center of an extraordinary …


Ukrainian Official: Trump Wants Dirt ‘To Discredit Biden’ — Ukraine officials see no indication Biden or his son broke their laws. If Trump wants them investigated in Kyiv, his government will need to say why and what for. — KYIV—Ukraine is ready to investigate the connections Joe Biden's son Hunter …
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Trump's Ukraine Scandal Is Hiding in Plain Sight — Appearing last night on CNN, Rudy Giuliani created a furor by openly confessing that he had pressured Ukraine's government to investigate Joe Biden. The apparent revelation was enhanced by Giuliani initially denying the charge before conceding it.
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As whistleblower scandal deepens, Trump bets on the coverup working — President Trump and his minions went to great lengths in 2016 to coordinate with a foreign power's interference in our election on his behalf. Then Trump engaged in extensive corruption and lawlessness to try to prevent it from coming to light.
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How Long Will Republicans Tolerate Trump's Lawlessness? — There's only so much Democrats can do about the president's increasingly bold misconduct. — I was going to write today about how House Democrats are handling the impeachment question. But the truth is, it's largely irrelevant.
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What did Trump tell Ukraine's president?
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House Panels Investigate Trump Pressure on Ukraine
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Trump Pressed Ukraine's Leader as Giuliani Pushed for Biden Inquiry
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POLITICO Playbook PM: The president vs. the whistleblower
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Why Ukraine being the focus of Trump's whistleblower complaint is particularly ominous
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Pelosi Says Congress Should Pass New Laws So Sitting Presidents Can Be Indicted — In an exclusive interview with NPR, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has not changed her mind on pursuing impeachment but she is ready to change the law to restrain presidential power and to make it clear …
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Pelosi Statement on Whistleblower Complaint — Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after reports of a whistleblower complaint filed by a member of the Intelligence Community, which is being withheld from Congress in violation of federal law:
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The U.S. has no rules for when the president is a national security threat
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‘Urgent Concern’ About the President
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Everything You Need to Know About the DNI, the IG, and the Whistleblower Report
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Why I'm ending my 2020 presidential campaign — and what I promise to do next — My presidential campaign may be over, but I am going to keep fighting for working people — and ensuring that New York City remains the vanguard of progressivism. — There is a framed picture hanging …
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 bid
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Why did Jeffrey Epstein's private jet fly to Riyadh on the eve of the 2016 election? — Insider previously reported that Jeffrey Epstein's private jet flew from Paris to somewhere over the Arabian Peninsula on November 7, 2016. The jet returned to Paris 48 hours later.
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Young Black Voters to Their Biden-Supporting Parents: ‘Is This Your King?’ — An organic effort by black millennials and Gen Z-ers to influence older family members against Mr. Biden may be important in the Democratic primary. — HOUSTON — A groan erupted at a debate watch party …
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Kavanaugh and the Crisis of Legitimacy — It is impossible to separate the latest attack on Justice Brett Kavanaugh from the political strategy of the Democratic Party. On September 16, two days after the New York Times “Sunday Review” section told of another allegation …
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Why They'll Never Stop Targeting Kavanaugh
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Why Republicans Play Dirty — They fear that if they stick to the rules, they will lose everything. Their behavior is a threat to democratic stability. — Mr. Levitsky and Mr. Ziblatt are political scientists and the authors of “How Democracies Die.” — The greatest threat …


GOP Senate candidate Jason Lewis said Republicans have ‘dual loyalties’ to Israel, ‘Jewish lobby’ controls the party — GOP rep. defends prior comments on ‘slut’ women — (CNN)Jason Lewis, a Republican running for US Senate in Minnesota, once said Republicans had “dual loyalties” to Israel …
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Nikki Haley moves back to SC, fuels political speculation — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is moving back to her native South Carolina, re-establishing a home base and also fueling speculation that a return to politics is next on her to-do list.


Iowa Dems pitch out-of-state caucuses — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Iowa Democrats could hold some of their 2020 primary caucuses outside of the state — perhaps as far away as Arizona and Florida — to accommodate “snow birds” or college students who are Iowa residents.
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APNewsBreak: US, El Salvador to sign asylum deal — NEW YORK (AP) — The United States planned to sign an agreement on Friday to help make one of Central America's most violent countries, El Salvador, a haven for migrants seeking asylum, according to a senior Trump administration official.
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Topless women win big as Colorado city drops ban — Officials in Fort Collins decided it's not worth the money to fight for its ordinance banning women from appearing topless in public. — Fort Collins, Colorado has decided it's not worth the money to fight for its ordinance banning women from appearing topless in public.
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GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw Tries to Hide in Elevator While Confronted by Combat Veterans Over His Support for Trump: ‘Do Your Duty’ — Republican congressman Dan Crenshaw unsuccessfully tried to lose two combat veterans by ducking into a private elevator as they confronted him about his support …
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Two U.S. Swing States Lost the Most Factory Jobs in Past Year — Pennsylvania, Wisconsin payrolls fall amid gains elsewhere — The states' voters are key for 2020 election as race heats up — As the U.S. presidential campaign heats up, Democratic candidates may want to look …
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An Update on Our App Developer Investigation — We wanted to provide an update on our ongoing App Developer Investigation, which we began in March of 2018 as part of our response to the episode involving Cambridge Analytica. — We promised then that we would review all of the apps …
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Charlie Rose Faces New Harassment Allegations From Makeup Artist — A longtime makeup artist for Charlie Rose, who worked with the talk-show host for 22 years on his eponymous PBS show, is suing him and Bloomberg LP, describing “a toxic work environment suffused with sexual harassment and gender-based abuse”.
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Leftists, liberals, and neoliberals share a problem: Congress — President Barack Obama stands with his 2010 economic team. Mark Wilson/Getty Images — Congress, not neoliberalism, hamstrung Obama's presidency. — What are we talking about when we talk about neoliberalism?
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DHS Is Finally Going After White Supremacists. It's Not Going to Be Simple. — Kevin McAleenan took the El Paso shooting personally. The acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security had visited the city more than a dozen times. He recalled in an interview yesterday that among …