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New York Times:
White House Knew of Whistle-Blower's Allegations Soon After Trump's Call With Ukraine Leader — The whistle-blower, a C.I.A. officer detailed to the White House at one point, first expressed his concerns anonymously to the agency's top lawyer. — WASHINGTON — The White House learned …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Ukraine Phone Call, Alarmed Aides Saw Trouble — WASHINGTON — No one bothered to put special limits on the number of people allowed to sit in the “listening room” in the White House to monitor the phone call because it was expected to be routine. By the time the call was over 30 minutes later …
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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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Washington Post:
Effort to shield Trump's call with Ukrainian leader was part of broader secrecy effort — The White House has taken extraordinary steps over the past two years to block details of President Trump's phone calls with foreign leaders from becoming public, following embarrassing disclosures early …
Bloomberg:
Trump's Attack on Whistle-Blower in Private Meeting Was Caught on Video — President Donald Trump used a closed-door gathering with U.S. diplomats to the United Nations to attack Democratic rival Joe Biden and disparage a whistle-blower complaint over his controversial call …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Just How Corrupt Is Bill Barr? — Trump's attorney general is implicated in the Ukraine scandal, but refuses to recuse. — By now you have probably read the opening of the whistle-blower complaint filed by a member of the intelligence community accusing Donald Trump of manipulating American foreign policy for political gain.
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Politico
New York Times:
Trump Said His Ukraine Envoy Would ‘Go Through Some Things.’ She Has Already. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's words about Marie L. Yovanovitch, his former ambassador to Ukraine, were ominous. In a telephone conversation that has set off a political crisis for Mr. Trump, he told Volodymyr Zelensky …
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Politico
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.
New York Times:
Why the Trump Impeachment Inquiry Is the Only Option — THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER of presidential power through free and fair elections is the crowning glory of American democracy. It concretizes the people's will, conferring legitimacy, assuring stability. President Trump may have finished second …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Whistleblower painstakingly gathered material and almost single-handedly set impeachment in motion
Whistleblower painstakingly gathered material and almost single-handedly set impeachment in motion
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RedState and Outside the Beltway
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
A Nonsense QAnon Conspiracy Theory Ended Up In Donald Trump's Call To the Ukrainian President …
A Nonsense QAnon Conspiracy Theory Ended Up In Donald Trump's Call To the Ukrainian President …
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American Greatness and Washington Post
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Attacks Whistle-Blower's Sources and Alludes to Punishment for Spies
Trump Attacks Whistle-Blower's Sources and Alludes to Punishment for Spies
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Phil Scott Is First G.O.P. Governor to Back Impeachment Inquiry
Phil Scott Is First G.O.P. Governor to Back Impeachment Inquiry
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Washington Post:
Trump writes the GOP impeachment playbook: Scorched earth. But will it work?
Trump writes the GOP impeachment playbook: Scorched earth. But will it work?
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Politico, Political Wire, The Week, Shareblue Media, Vox and Slate
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Whistle-Blower Is Not a Traitor, Mr. President
The Whistle-Blower Is Not a Traitor, Mr. President
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National Review, New York Times, Rolling Stone, HuffPost, The Atlantic, Mashable and Washington Post
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Ukraine scandal: Trump's new impeachable offense is threatening the life of a CIA officer
Ukraine scandal: Trump's new impeachable offense is threatening the life of a CIA officer
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New York Times, Fox News, HuffPost and ABC News
New York Times:
Why The Times Published Details of the Whistle-Blower's Identity
Why The Times Published Details of the Whistle-Blower's Identity
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New York Times:
‘Spies and Treason’: Read a Transcript of Trump's Remarks Related to the Whistle-Blower
‘Spies and Treason’: Read a Transcript of Trump's Remarks Related to the Whistle-Blower
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Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
Trump Ponders Violent Retribution as the White House Projects Impeachment Calm
Trump Ponders Violent Retribution as the White House Projects Impeachment Calm
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Axios, Washington Post, Bloomberg and Fox News
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Double Standards on Ukraine
Double Standards on Ukraine
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Bookworm Room and Washington Times
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 …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Fox News in ‘management bedlam’ as top brass fights and frets over Trump's future: report
Fox News in ‘management bedlam’ as top brass fights and frets over Trump's future: report
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Slate and POLITICUSUSA
John Solomon / The Hill:
These once-secret memos cast doubt on Joe Biden's Ukraine story — Former Vice President Joe Biden, now a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, has locked into a specific story about the controversy in Ukraine. — He insists that, in spring 2016, he strong-armed Ukraine to fire …
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American Greatness and Breitbart
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HuffPost:
Democrats Show Unity On Impeachment; Republicans Show Fractures — The loudest GOP voices are trashing the whistleblower, but some Republicans aren't so sure. — WASHINGTON ― It's been one week since most of Capitol Hill heard the first reports of a whistleblower …
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Washington Post, New Republic, The Guardian and Axios
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
More than 300 former officials call Trump's actions concerning Ukraine ‘profound national security concern’ — More than 300 former U.S. national security and foreign policy officials have signed a statement warning that President Trump's actions regarding Ukraine are a “profound national security concern” …
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Raw Story
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Everyone In Washington Is Reading the Whistleblower Complaint — Except Senate Republicans
Everyone In Washington Is Reading the Whistleblower Complaint — Except Senate Republicans
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CNSNews
Carol Hunter / Des Moines Register:
We hear you. You're angry. Here's what we are doing about it. — We took appropriate action because there is nothing more important in journalism than having readers' trust. — CONNECT — The Des Moines Register staff has heard from hundreds of people in the past few days upset …
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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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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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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Support for impeachment jumps in new poll
Support for impeachment jumps in new poll
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Justice Department knew about whistleblower complaint involving Trump more than a week before referral — Schiff: Trump admin implicitly threatened witnesses — (CNN)Justice Department national security lawyers were first alerted to the whistleblower complaint regarding President Donald …
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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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Rolling Stone, New York Times, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
David Brooks / New York Times:
Yes, Trump Is Guilty, but Impeachment Is a Mistake — This political brawl will leave Trump victorious. — Donald Trump committed an impeachable offense on that call with the Ukrainian president. But that doesn't mean Democrats are right to start an impeachment process.
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The Federalist, The American Conservative and The National Interest
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Jeff Flake says ‘at least 35’ Republican senators would privately vote to impeach Trump — Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake made a bold claim on Thursday when he said “at least 35” GOP senators would privately vote for President Trump's impeachment. — Appearing at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival …
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Mediaite
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Trump is on track for a level of defeat in California not seen since the Civil War — President Trump lost overwhelmingly in California in 2016, and 2020 could be even worse, putting him on track for the poorest showing by a Republican presidential candidate in the state since the Civil War, a new poll finds.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Republicans Face Impeachment Dilemma, Romney Is a Lonely Voice of Concern — With most Republicans rushing to defend President Trump against an impeachment push, a “deeply troubled” Mitt Romney stands apart. — WASHINGTON — As House Democrats push forward with an impeachment inquiry …