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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: A record share of voters dislike Trump personally, but Democrats face challenges of their own — Voters overall also have doubts about Democrats' most progressive policy proposals. And many worry Joe Biden isn't up for the job. — WASHINGTON — As Democratic candidates compete …
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Axios
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Elizabeth Warren leads Register's Iowa Poll for the first time, besting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders — Elizabeth Warren has surged in Iowa, narrowly overtaking Joe Biden and distancing herself from fellow progressive Bernie Sanders, the latest Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
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Fox News, Vox, Slate, Common Dreams, Bleeding Heartland, Splinter, Rolling Stone, The Week, Axios, The Big Picture, Breitbart, Mediaite, Political Wire, Washington Post, The Daily Beast and Politico, more at Techmeme »
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Iowa Dems to Trump: You're Helping Biden With Ukraine Claims
Iowa Dems to Trump: You're Helping Biden With Ukraine Claims
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Daily Wire, The Guardian, Des Moines Register and Daily Kos
Nick Coltrain / Des Moines Register:
Bernie Sanders slides to third in Iowa Poll as fewer respondents view him favorably
Bernie Sanders slides to third in Iowa Poll as fewer respondents view him favorably
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U.S. Political News … and Raw Story
CNN:
Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, new poll shows
Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, new poll shows
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The Guardian, Outside the Beltway, The Week and New York Post
CBS News:
“We will rise”: 2020 Democratic candidates attend Iowa Steak Fry
“We will rise”: 2020 Democratic candidates attend Iowa Steak Fry
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Townhall, Daily Wire, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Des Moines Register, twitchy.com and Iowa Starting Line
David Siders / Politico:
Warren on pace with Biden in Iowa
Warren on pace with Biden in Iowa
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Des Moines Register and Splinter
Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox:
An exchange at an LGBTQ forum reopens questions about Joe Biden's treatment of women
An exchange at an LGBTQ forum reopens questions about Joe Biden's treatment of women
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Breitbart, Rolling Stone, twitchy.com, USA Today, Fox News, New York Times and Mediaite
Renato Mariotti / Politico:
Trump Didn't Bribe Ukraine. It's Actually Worse Than That. — Reports that President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has prompted a flurry of speculation Trump, by withholding military aid, has committed bribery or extortion.
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Washington Post and Bleeding Heartland
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New York Times:
Trump, Biden and a Whistle-Blower Complaint: Here Are the Basics — WASHINGTON — President Trump is under intense scrutiny over a classified whistle-blower complaint about his behavior, which at least partly involves his dealings with Ukraine's new president and Mr. Trump's call …
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Raw Story, The Daily Caller, American Thinker and twitchy.com
Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests He Discussed Biden With Ukraine's Zelenskiy — President says intelligence whistle-blower made ‘false alarms’ — July 25 call is subject of congressional investigation — Donald Trump appeared to acknowledge on Sunday that he had discussed former Vice President Joe Biden …
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Political Wire, Fox News, The Daily Caller and en.hromadske.ua
Serhiy Leshchenko / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani accused me of exposing Paul Manafort's Ukraine deals to help U.S. Democrats. That's a lie.
Rudy Giuliani accused me of exposing Paul Manafort's Ukraine deals to help U.S. Democrats. That's a lie.
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Raw Story, Outside the Beltway and The Gateway Pundit
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Another Pseudo-Scandal — Spin the magic wheel: click, click …
Another Pseudo-Scandal — Spin the magic wheel: click, click …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, New York Times, NPR and USA Today
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Pompeo: 'It wouldn't be appropriate' to release transcript of Trump conversation with Ukrainian president
Pompeo: 'It wouldn't be appropriate' to release transcript of Trump conversation with Ukrainian president
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Occupy Democrats and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Ukrainian leaders feel trapped between warring Washington factions
Ukrainian leaders feel trapped between warring Washington factions
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NBC News, CANNONFIRE, Financial Times, The Week and Center for American …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump says he would have ‘no problem’ with Giuliani testifying before Congress
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
Trump's newest, worst Watergate: Can scared Pelosi, Dems, media finally find their inner 1974? — It was near the end of a long hot summer of American scandal. The nation was already exhausted from two years of shocking, nonstop headlines and the president's angry insistence that he was not a crook …
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Al Jazeera, New York Sun, Rolling Stone and Mediaite
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Washington Post:
'We've been very weak': House Democrats decry their oversight of Trump, push Pelosi on impeachment — Democrats' frustration with Speaker Nancy Pelosi's unwillingness to impeach President Trump is reaching a fever pitch following reports that Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate a political rival …
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Mother Jones and Raw Story
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff: Impeachment may be the only remedy if Trump pressured Ukraine on Biden — House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that if the allegations that President Trump pressured the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden are true …
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Washington Post and Breitbart
Charles Sykes / NBC News:
Trump critic and rising GOP star Ben Sasse is now a Trump apologist. How sadly predictable. — Sasse could have been a thought leader of post-Trumpian conservativism. What is he now? — In the end, Ben Sasse got the Trump tweet he gave up so much to get.
Ayman Odeh / New York Times:
We Are Ending Netanyahu's Grip on Israel — The leader of the Arab Joint List explains why it will use its power to help make Benny Gantz prime minister of Israel. — Mr. Odeh leads the Joint List, the third-largest bloc in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, and is chairman of the Hadash Party.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Mike Baker / New York Times:
She Quit Her Job. He Got Night Goggles. They Searched 57 Days for Their Dog. — A couple combed a rural Montana community for their Border collie, Katie. — After a late night at a stock-car race, Carole and Verne King returned to their dog-friendly hotel in Kalispell, Mont., and made a devastating discovery.
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Daily Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO — SoftBank officials are among those expected to push for Neumann ouster — A bloc of WeWork directors is planning to push Adam Neumann to step down as chief executive after a tumultuous week in which his eccentric behavior …
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Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Alaska Republican Party cancels 2020 primary — The Alaska GOP became the latest state Republican party to cancel its Republican Primary in support of President Trump. — The Party's State Central Committee said in a statement to The Associated Press that a primary “would serve no useful purpose” because Trump is the president.
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James Brooks / Anchorage Daily News:
In support of Trump, Alaska Republicans cancel presidential primary
In support of Trump, Alaska Republicans cancel presidential primary
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Talking Points Memo and Axios
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
M.I.T. Media Lab, Already Rattled by the Epstein Scandal, Has a New Worry — The M.I.T. Media Lab, an unconventional research center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been under scrutiny since August, when its financial ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became public.
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
VP Pence arrives on Mackinac Island with eight-vehicle motorcade — Vice President Mike Pence leaves the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in an eight-vehicle motorcade Saturday. It's the first automobile motorcade on the island, where cars are generally banned. — CONNECT
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The Daily Caller