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Trump ordered hold on military aid days before calling Ukrainian president, officials say — President Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine at least a week before a phone call in which Trump is said to have pressured …
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Seven freshman Democrats: These allegations are a threat to all we have sworn to protect — Reps. Gil Cisneros of California, Jason Crow of Colorado, Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Elaine Luria of Virginia, Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia are all freshman Democrats.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Trump Has Finally Forced the House to Impeach Him — The anticlimactic denouement of the Mueller report produced a mixture of relief and gloating for Republicans. For President Trump it also produced something else: An almost intoxicating sense of impunity, a realization that his attempts …
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Washington Post:
Pelosi quietly sounding out House Democrats about whether to impeach Trump, officials say — Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been quietly sounding out top allies and lawmakers about whether the time has come to impeach President Trump, according to multiple Democratic officials …
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column: The most noxious part of Ukraine-Biden whistleblower affair is Team Trump thinks we're all idiots — What offends me most about the whistleblower-Ukraine-Biden story isn't the obvious corruption of it all. It's the way members of Team Trump assume we're all idiots who won't notice they've abruptly shifted their narrative.
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New York Times:
Trump Said to Have Frozen Aid to Ukraine Before Call With Its Leader — The revelation came as leading congressional Democrats demanded that the administration turn over documentation about the matter and calls for impeachment grew. — President Trump personally ordered his staff to freeze …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Instead of ‘No Collusion!’ Trump Now Seems to Be Saying, So What if I Did? — WASHINGTON — The last time he was accused of collaborating with a foreign power to influence an election, he denied it and traveled the country practically chanting, “No collusion!” This time, he is saying, in effect, so what if I did?
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Impeachment: House Dems Are Discussing a ‘Select Panel’ to Handle the Task — The idea is being pushed by some members. And it comes amid a more serious consideration of impeachment by party leadership. — As House Democrats find themselves once more navigating the tricky politics of impeachment …
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Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Stevens backs impeachment inquiry for Trump amid Ukraine controversy — Washington — Freshman Rep. Haley Stevens on Tuesday became the last of Michigan's seven House Democrats to join calls for an impeachment inquiry for President Donald Trump. — Stevens of Rochester Hills said in a statement …
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
We're Likely Headed for Impeachment — House Democrats are fed up with Donald Trump's lawlessness. Watergate offers a blueprint for what to do next. — Folks, I think the president of the United States is going to be impeached. — The signals are clear.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How the ground is shifting on impeachment
POLITICO Playbook: How the ground is shifting on impeachment
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
‘The dam could break’ on impeachment this week
‘The dam could break’ on impeachment this week
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David Vance / Common Cause:
DOJ & FEC Complaints Filed Against President Trump, Rudy Giuliani and Others for Illegal Solicitation …
DOJ & FEC Complaints Filed Against President Trump, Rudy Giuliani and Others for Illegal Solicitation …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘Seismic change’: Democratic hold-outs rush toward impeachment
‘Seismic change’: Democratic hold-outs rush toward impeachment
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Washington Post:
In Ukraine, Trump's allies are corrupt oligarchs and Russian stooges
In Ukraine, Trump's allies are corrupt oligarchs and Russian stooges
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David French / National Review:
The Ukraine Story Isn't a Story about the Media
The Ukraine Story Isn't a Story about the Media
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Pence Gave Ukraine the Message Too
Pence Gave Ukraine the Message Too
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Washington Post:
Britain's Supreme Court rules Prime Minister Boris Johnson suspended Parliament illegally — LONDON — Britain's highest court dealt a major blow on Tuesday to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ruling that his controversial decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, in a landmark judgment …
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BBC:
Live Reporting — Cabinet phone meeting expected today — ITV political editor tweets... He adds: “The PM is expected to fly home overnight tonight, a few hours earlier than planned, so that he can be in Parliament tomorrow.” — 'It's time we took things forward' - Johnson
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Boris Johnson's Suspension of Parliament Was Unlawful, U.K. Supreme Court Rules
Boris Johnson's Suspension of Parliament Was Unlawful, U.K. Supreme Court Rules
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The Daily Beast:
Supreme Court: Boris Johnson ‘Unlawfully’ Halted Democracy Over Brexit
Supreme Court: Boris Johnson ‘Unlawfully’ Halted Democracy Over Brexit
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Owen Bowcott / The Guardian:
Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament unlawful, supreme court rules
Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament unlawful, supreme court rules
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Proposes a Wealth Tax, Taking Aim at Billionaires — Mr. Sanders is embracing an idea at the center of Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign. His proposal goes further in who would be taxed and how much money would be raised. — WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Bernie Sanders plots a wealth tax of his own
Scoop: Bernie Sanders plots a wealth tax of his own
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John Howard / Capitol Weekly:
Warren takes California lead in new CA120 tracking poll
Warren takes California lead in new CA120 tracking poll
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A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
The Growing Threat to Journalism Around the World — In many countries, journalists are being targeted because of the role they play in ensuring a free and informed society. — Mr. Sulzberger is the publisher of The New York Times. — [This Op-Ed was originally delivered as a talk at Brown University on Monday.]
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Representative Haley Stevens:
Stevens Statement on Reports of Abuse of Power by President Trump — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Reps Haley Stevens (MI-11) released the following statement: — “Over the last several days, I have been deeply alarmed by reports of serious abuse of power by President Trump.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
This is my final column. I've been lucky. — I've been lucky. — In February 1968, I came down to Washington from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism to do some research, stopped up at The Post and walked out with a job. A week later, for reasons I never understood, I got a raise.
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Richard Cohen Leaves the Washington Post
Richard Cohen Leaves the Washington Post
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg's bus tour is no Straight Talk Express — WATERLOO, Iowa — Driving along a wide-open stretch of Iowa highway, Pete Buttigieg told a clutch of reporters that beef jerky was his favorite road snack, he misses his two dogs, Buddy and Truman, and that he packed four white …
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Ben Jacobs / Jewish Insider:
Pete Buttigieg: College football is ‘problematic’
Pete Buttigieg: College football is ‘problematic’
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The Daily Beast:
Not Just Ukraine: Rudy and Bannon Try a Whole New Way to Slime Biden — The president and his allies, from Peter Schweizer to Frank Gaffney, want to open a new front on the former VP's son even as their Ukraine gambit appears to have backfired. — The president's personal attorney …
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Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations:
How Many Spy Targets Were There in Russiagate? One ... or Four? — It has been more than a year since it was revealed that federal agents secured warrants to surveil onetime Trump presidential campaign adviser Carter Page both before and after the election.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump snubs Jared Kushner's signature accomplishment — When President Donald Trump huddled with campaign aides in the late spring to discuss his bid for reelection, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner told his father-in-law he should highlight last year's historic passage of the First Step Act …
Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Two of Trump's Republican challengers to debate without him — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Joe Walsh and Bill Weld, two of the three Republicans challenging President Donald Trump for their party's 2020 presidential nomination, are set to meet in a debate on Tuesday, hoping to bring attention to their long-shot candidacies.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The intelligence watchdog at the center of Ukraine firestorm — The intelligence community's chief watchdog, Michael Atkinson, is known to his peers and colleagues as a highly cautious “straight shooter” who tends to keep his head down. — So when he sounded the alarm to Congress earlier …
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Ricochet:
Climate Hysteria Is Harming Our Kids — Every week, the rhetoric is ramped up: “Surviving climate change means an end to burning fossil fuels. Prepare yourself for sacrifices,” the LA Times warns. The Guardian writes, “World ‘gravely’ unprepared for effects of climate crisis.”
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump Humiliates Himself At UN By Whining About Obama's Nobel Prize — Trump is using his time at the UN to whine that Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize and he has not. — Trump was asked about getting a Nobel Prize, and he answered, “I think I am going to get a Nobel prize for a lot of things.
Michael Wilner / Sacramento Bee:
Trump's EPA threatens California with highway funding cuts over ‘worst air quality’ — The Trump administration is ratcheting up its threats against California with a letter warning the state faces sanctions - including cuts in federal highway funding - over its “failure” …
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