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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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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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CNN:
Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, new poll shows — (CNN)A surging Sen. Elizabeth Warren is challenging Joe Biden's dominance in the race for the Democratic nomination, standing at 22% to the former vice president's 20% in a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Impeachment watch: Schiff says ‘we need an answer’ — DRIVING THE DAY — SIREN ... HOUSE INTEL CHAIRMAN ADAM SCHIFF to JAKE TAPPER on CNN'S “STATE OF THE UNION”: “I have been very reluctant to go down the path of impeachment ... but if the president …
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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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, Des Moines Register, BuzzFeed News and NPR
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, Des Moines Register, The Gateway Pundit, 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
New York Times:
Warren Leads in New Iowa Poll With Biden Second
Warren Leads in New Iowa Poll With Biden Second
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Des Moines Register, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Axios
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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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 that the president …
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Serhiy Leshchenko / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani accused me of exposing Paul Manafort's Ukraine deals to help U.S. Democrats. That's a lie. — Serhiy Leshchenko is a Ukrainian journalist and political activist. — On Aug. 19, 2016, I convened a news conference in Kiev at which I revealed previously secret records of payments …
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Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit and CNN
Washington Post:
Trump's Ukraine call reveals a president convinced of his own invincibility — When the July 24 congressional testimony of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III deflated the impeachment hopes of Democrats, President Trump crowed “no collusion” and claimed vindication from accusations …
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Salon, Althouse, Wall Street Journal and Vox
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Another Pseudo-Scandal — Spin the magic wheel: click, click, click, click, click—click—click: Ukraine! We're all going to Ukraine! — Another week, another pseudo-scandal fomented by anonymous anti-Trump actors in the “intelligence community” and fanned into attention-grabbing headlines by an impatient, irresponsible press.
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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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Political Wire
Washington Post:
Ukrainian leaders feel trapped between warring Washington factions
Ukrainian leaders feel trapped between warring Washington factions
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Fox News, The Week, Center for American … and Power Line
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff: Impeachment may be the only remedy if Trump pressured Ukraine on Biden
Schiff: Impeachment may be the only remedy if Trump pressured Ukraine on Biden
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Washington Post, Breitbart, Politico and Mother Jones
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump says he would have ‘no problem’ with Giuliani testifying before Congress
New York Times:
Ukraine and Whistle-Blower Issues Emerge as Major Flashpoints in Presidential Race
Ukraine and Whistle-Blower Issues Emerge as Major Flashpoints in Presidential Race
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JustOneMinute, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Occupy Democrats, Financial Times, American Thinker, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and Slate
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
President Trump and the warping of democratic governance
President Trump and the warping of democratic governance
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Mother Jones and U.S. Political News …
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.
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
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Legal showdown looms over Trump deposition order — A lawsuit brought by protesters who contend they were roughed up by security personnel outside Trump Tower in 2015 has become an urgent problem for President Donald Trump's legal team after a New York judge ruled Friday that Trump must submit to a videotaped deposition in the case.
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Raw Story
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
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.
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.
New York Times:
An Abrupt Move That Stunned Aides: Inside Trump's Aborted Attack on Iran — WASHINGTON — By the time President Trump met with congressional leaders on the afternoon of June 20, he had already decided to retaliate against Iran for shooting down an American surveillance drone.
Bernie Sanders / Houston Chronicle:
As Trump meets with India's Modi, a reminder to put human rights at center of U.S. foreign policy [Opinion] — When President Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Houston, we will hear much about the friendship between the American and Indian peoples.
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Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Yemeni Rebels Warn Iran Plans Another Strike Soon — The information has been passed along to the Saudis and the U.S., according to people briefed on the warnings — BEIRUT—Houthi militants in Yemen have warned foreign diplomats that Iran is preparing a follow-up strike to the missile …
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