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3:25 PM ET, September 26, 2019

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New York Times:
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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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 …
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: The Independent
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 …
New York Times:
Whistle-Blower Is Said to Allege Concerns About White House Handling of Ukraine Call  —  New details have emerged about the intelligence officer who raised alarms about the president's pressure on Ukraine to open inquiries that could benefit him politically.
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire and Just Security
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Splinter, The Week and Mediaite
New York Times:
Phone Call Showed Only a Slice of Trump's Obsession With Ukraine  —  Since the 2016 campaign, the president has had an intense fixation on the country, which he believes is tied up in the origins of the special counsel's investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — It was not a country that would naturally …
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Complaint From So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Is Riddled With Gossip, Blatant Falsehoods  —  The complaint from an anti-Trump “whistleblower,” released Thursday, is a mix of gossip, hearsay, and misstatements of fact contradicted by publicly available evidence.  —  The formal complaint from an anti-Trump …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ron Johnson troubled by whistleblower allegation of records ‘lock down’  —  Sen. Ron Johnson has no issues with President Trump's call with Volodymyr Zelensky.  But he does have a problem with the allegation that records of the call were restricted.  —  In an interview, the Wisconsin Republican …
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story, Vanity Fair and Politico
NBC News:
Kurt Volker, Trump's part-time Ukraine envoy, played role in Giuliani outreach
Discussion: Palmer Report and POLITICUSUSA
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:   Giuliani Won't Say if He Has a Security Clearance
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Acting DNI Joseph Maguire: Whistleblower “did the right thing”
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Whistleblower Says White House Took Unusual Steps to Limit Access to Ukraine Call Record
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Read: the whistleblower complaint about Trump and Ukraine
Washington Post:
Seven days: Inside Trump's frenetic response to the whistleblower complaint and the battle over impeachment
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Dems Worry Rudy Would Send Impeachment Hearing Off the Rails
NBC News:
Whistleblower complaint says White House officials acted to ‘lock down’ record of Trump-Ukraine call
Discussion: The Stranger, Townhall and Politico
Talking Points Memo:
READ: WH Moved To ‘Lock Down’ Records Of Ukraine Call, Whistleblower Said
Discussion: USA Today and Hullabaloo
Patrick Reevell / ABC News:
Ukrainians understood Biden probe was condition for Trump-Zelenskiy phone call: Ukrainian official
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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U.S. House of Representatives Permanent …:
House Intelligence Committee Releases Whistleblower Complaint  —  f t # e  —  Washington, DC - Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the declassified whistleblower complaint.  The complaint can be viewed here, and the Intelligence Community Inspector General letter regarding …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What did they all know about the whistleblower complaint, and when they know it?
Discussion: The Guardian
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.
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
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 …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Immigrant Population Growth in the U.S. Slows to a Trickle  —  The U.S. population gained immigrants last year at the slowest pace since 2008.  President Trump's approach to immigration is seen as the likely cause.  —  The United States population gained immigrants at the slowest pace …
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Do Us a Favor”: The Forty-eight Hours That Sealed Trump's Impeachment  —  President Trump began Wednesday in a dark place.  “There has been no President in the history of our Country who has been treated so badly as I have,” he lamented on Twitter, before 8 a.m. The night before …
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Molly Ball / TIME:
How Donald Trump Triggered an Unprecedented Impeachment Fight
Discussion: HuffPost
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Biden's brother touted Biden Cancer Initiative ties in investment pitch  —  James Biden suggested the former vice president's anti-cancer efforts could benefit potential investors, a litigant says.  His spokesman denies it.  —  James Biden is accused of telling executives at a healthcare firm …
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
The Pee Tape Is Real, but It's Fake  —  There's a video going around that no one's really talking about.  What makes it most unreal is how believable it is.  —  There exists a video online that, considering the subject matter, astoundingly few people have seen.
Discussion: Jezebel
 
 
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Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
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Jessica Campisi / The Hill:
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

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