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Whistle-Blower Is a C.I.A. Officer Who Was Detailed to the White House — His complaint suggested he was an analyst by training with an understanding of Ukrainian politics. — WASHINGTON — The whistle-blower who revealed that President Trump sought foreign help for his re-election …
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times:
Trump at private breakfast: 'Who gave the whistleblower the information? Because that's close to a spy' — President Trump expressed disgust Thursday morning with the explosive whistleblower complaint, slamming the intelligence officer and the White House aides who helped him or her as “almost a spy” and suggested it was treason.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Attacks Whistle-Blower's Sources and Alludes to Punishment for Spies — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday morning told a crowd of staff from the United States Mission to the United Nations that he wants to know who provided information to a whistle-blower about his phone call …
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Rudy Giuliani: ‘You Should Be Happy for Your Country That I Uncovered This’ — When I last saw Rudy Giuliani for lunch, at the Trump International Hotel in Washington four weeks ago, his most pressing concern was that he had been locked out of his Instagram account.
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YouTube:
Listen: Trump slams whistleblower at private event — In this audio clip excerpt, President Trump expressed disgust Thursday morning with the explosive whistleblower complaint, slamming the intelligence officer ...
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Michael Warren / CNN:
Giuliani denies charges in whistleblower complaint, says details are ‘total nonsense’ — Dana Bash: The allegation is that this is a coverup — Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani tells CNN he has “no knowledge of any of that crap” in the newly released complaint from an American intelligence community whistleblower.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
$50,000 reward offered to out Trump whistleblower — Two Trump supporters are offering a $50,000 reward for information about the national security whistleblower at the center of the Ukraine phone affair. — Controversial conservatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said they would pay the money for …
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New York Times:
Full Document: The Whistle-Blower Complaint — The President also praised Ukraine's Prosecutor General, Mr. Yuriy Lutsenko, and suggested that Mr. Zelenskyy might want to keep him in his position. (Note: Starting in March 2019, Mr. Lutsenko made a series of public allegations …
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CNN:
Lewandowski may lead White House impeachment team — (CNN)Corey Lewandowski, the political operative who helped elect Donald Trump, has had conversations with White House officials in recent days about potentially taking a position inside the administration to help the President confront a looming impeachment fight.
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Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
Critics blast New York Times for outing whistleblower as CIA officer and giving clues to his identity
Critics blast New York Times for outing whistleblower as CIA officer and giving clues to his identity
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Barr and Giuliani's Excellent Trump Adventure
Barr and Giuliani's Excellent Trump Adventure
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual
White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Complaint From So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Is Riddled With Gossip, Blatant Falsehoods
Complaint From So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Is Riddled With Gossip, Blatant Falsehoods
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Republicans twist as Trump's Ukraine storm rages
Republicans twist as Trump's Ukraine storm rages
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Dmytro Vlasov / Associated Press:
Ukrainian leader bristles at release of Trump transcript
Ukrainian leader bristles at release of Trump transcript
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Voter Support for Impeachment Grows Amid Ukraine Scandal — Backing for impeachment increases by 13 net points since the weekend — President Donald Trump pauses during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25 in New York City.
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Associated Press:
A first: Vermont GOP governor backs Trump impeachment probe — ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — Vermont's governor has become the first Republican chief executive to support impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump but cautions that he wants to know more before any further actions are taken.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Support for impeachment jumps in new poll — Voters are now evenly split on whether Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, a marked increase in support for impeachment, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Public Support For Impeachment Grows After Nancy Pelosi Backs Inquiry
Public Support For Impeachment Grows After Nancy Pelosi Backs Inquiry
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Republican governor throws weight behind Trump impeachment inquiry, becomes first to do so
Republican governor throws weight behind Trump impeachment inquiry, becomes first to do so
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Democrats, Please Don't Mess This Up. Impeach Trump for All His Crimes, Not Just for Ukraine.
Democrats, Please Don't Mess This Up. Impeach Trump for All His Crimes, Not Just for Ukraine.
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Arren Kimbel-Sannit / Politico:
Cory Booker optimistic impeachment will get bipartisan support
Cory Booker optimistic impeachment will get bipartisan support
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Polls show support for impeachment rising amid Trump-Ukraine scandal
Polls show support for impeachment rising amid Trump-Ukraine scandal
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Americans Split on House Impeachment Inquiry
Washington Post:
Trump's other Ukraine problem: New concern about his business — Zelensky recounted his stay at the president's N.Y. hotel in call with Trump. — Buried in the controversy over President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was an effort by the Ukrainian leader …
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Washington Post:
Former Ukraine prosecutor says Hunter Biden ‘did not violate anything’
Former Ukraine prosecutor says Hunter Biden ‘did not violate anything’
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Jessica Campisi / The Hill:
Hacker changes Seattle road sign to say ‘Impeach the bastard’
Hacker changes Seattle road sign to say ‘Impeach the bastard’
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
ABC's Bombshell Ukraine Story Falls Apart
ABC's Bombshell Ukraine Story Falls Apart
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Molly Ball / TIME:
How Donald Trump Triggered an Unprecedented Impeachment Fight
How Donald Trump Triggered an Unprecedented Impeachment Fight
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Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
Everything Bad About the Trump-Zelensky Call That Had Nothing to Do with Biden
Everything Bad About the Trump-Zelensky Call That Had Nothing to Do with Biden
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Wall Street Democratic donors warn the party: We'll sit out, or back Trump, if you nominate Elizabeth Warren — In recent interviews of several big-money Democratic donors and fundraisers in the business community, CNBC has found that this opinion is becoming widely shared as Warren surges against Joe Biden.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Slashes Refugee Cap to 18,000, Curtailing U.S. Role as Haven — WASHINGTON — President Trump has decided to slash the American refugee program by almost half, deeply cutting the United States' role in accepting persecuted refugees from most parts of the world, the State Department announced Thursday.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Immigrant Population Growth in the U.S. Slows to a Trickle
Immigrant Population Growth in the U.S. Slows to a Trickle
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Quinn Owen / ABC News:
ICE arrests dropped in past year as Trump admin focused on families at the border
ICE arrests dropped in past year as Trump admin focused on families at the border
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Theodore Olson, Conservative Stalwart, to Represent ‘Dreamers’ in Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — The young immigrants known as “Dreamers” have gained an unlikely ally in the Supreme Court. — Theodore B. Olson, who argued for robust executive power in senior Justice Department posts under …
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The Boston Globe:
The limits of Trump's ‘so what if I did?’ strategy — WASHINGTON — As news that he asked a foreign leader to investigate his political rivals rocked Washington, President Trump turned to a tried-and-true strategy: Embrace it.Trump took the unusual step of releasing a rough transcript Wednesday …
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Matt Mackowiak / Washington Times:
After failing on Russia, Democrats try a new hoax — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — Sequels are rarely better than the original. — If we have learned anything over the last six days, as the feeding frenzy over the whistleblower has overtaken official Washington, it is this …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani Won't Say if He Has a Security Clearance
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“It's Management Bedlam”: Madness at Fox News as Trump Faces Impeachment — The Republicans mounting primary challenges to __Donald Trump__ are not exactly the Never Trump movement's top draft picks. With little hope of defeating an incumbent president dependably popular inside his party …
Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
Income inequality in America is the highest it's been since census started tracking it, data shows — In the midst of the nation's longest economic expansion, the separation between rich and poor is at a five-decade high — Last year, income inequality in the United States reached …
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