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Trump told Russian officials in 2017 he wasn't concerned about Moscow's interference in U.S. election — President Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow's interference in the U.S. election because the United States did the same …
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New York Times:
N.R.A.'s LaPierre Asks Trump to ‘Stop the Games’ Over Gun Legislation in Discussion About Its Support — President Trump met in the White House on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, and discussed prospective gun legislation and whether the N.R …
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CNN:
White House restricted access to Trump's calls with Putin and Saudi crown prince — Washington (CNN)White House efforts to limit access to President Donald Trump's conversations with foreign leaders extended to phone calls with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian leader Vladimir Putin …
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Los Angeles Times:
Trump, caught off guard, struggles to fight impeachment storm — As soon as President Trump learned he was facing an impeachment investigation on Tuesday, he upended his meetings with world leaders near the United Nations and rushed to his soaring skyscraper a few blocks away in midtown Manhattan.
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump's Ukraine call sparks new questions over intelligence chief's firing — The president removed Dan Coats days after his conversation with Zelenskiy and insisted that Coats's deputy not get the job — Three days after his now infamous phone conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy …
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Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
The NRA asked Trump to “stop the games” over gun reform in exchange for their “support”
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Andrew Howard / The Arizona State Press:
McCain Institute head Kurt Volker steps down as US diplomat — Volker's resignation comes amid reports that he was involved in the Trump-Ukraine investigation
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Kurt Volker, Trump's Envoy for Ukraine, Resigns — WASHINGTON — Kurt D. Volker, the State Department's special envoy for Ukraine, who got caught in the middle of the pressure campaign by President Trump and his lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, to find damaging information about Democrats, resigned his post on Friday.
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The Week
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Ukraine Scandal Is a Fitting Symbol of Trump's Presidency. It May Finally Be His Downfall.
Ari Fleischer / Fox News:
Dem drive to impeach Trump over Ukraine call is hysterical, hyperbolic and hypocritical
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Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
The dam is breaking: Trump's true character is revealed, more fully than ever
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Slate
CNN:
Sources: Special envoy to Ukraine resigns one day after whistleblower report released
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The Boston Globe:
Forget impeachment. Donald Trump needs to resign — THE VISCERAL REACTION I had to the summary of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was that he should resign the presidency. So obvious and brazen was the abuse of presidential power …
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Palmer Report
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Hearst Connecticut / Connecticut Post:
President Trump needs to step down — Even given the incredibly fast pace of news in the Trump era, the speed with which the Ukraine scandal has moved from vague complaint to impeachable offense has been stunning. Though we're still at the beginning of the process, there is already a mountain …
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Mediaite
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Lindsey Graham loudly blabs about whistleblower controversy on commercial flight — Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday gave a commercial flight a private preview of his appearance on CBS's “Face the Nation,” a source told Page Six, including calling the whistleblower controversy “Kavanaugh on steroids!”
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: 'Don't overthink it' — DRIVING THE DAY — “DON'T OVERTHINK IT.” That's the mantra we keep hearing from many Democrats in D.C. So many members of the House majority are befuddled by the hyperventilating over messaging, confused at the pretzels some lawmakers twist themselves …
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Miami Herald:
Prosecutors: Army official at Mar-a-Lago uploaded suspected child porn to Russian website — A military official formerly in charge of all White House communications for the U.S. Army at Mar-a-Lago was sentenced to three years of probation on Friday after he made false statements …
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Jane Musgrave / Palm Beach Post:
Military officer at Mar-a-Lago disciplined for lying during child porn investigation
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Fox News
Jeremy Hobson / WBUR:
Former Sen. Jeff Flake On The Trump Impeachment Inquiry 05:54 … Play — Following a whistleblower complaint about a phone call between President Trump and his counterpart in Ukraine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she supports an impeachment inquiry. — Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake …
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Mark Amodei Is First House Republican to Support Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Public opinion polls show shift toward impeaching Trump
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Reuters
Humberto Sanchez / The Nevada Independent:
Amodei on Trump impeachment inquiry: 'Let's put it through the process and see what happens'
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Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Support for Trump impeachment rises 12 points in new poll
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Bud Kennedy / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
11,000 college votes in '18 turned Tarrant County purple. Now campus voting may end — More than 11,000 votes were cast on local college campuses like UT Arlington and TCU last year — many for Democrats. — Now, county officials have no plans to offer college voting sites for the 2020 election.
Ivana Kottasová / CNN:
Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman — (CNN)British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman when he was mayor of London.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
At Fox News, Trump Impeachment Inquiry Brings On-Air Sniping — Fox News personalities are facing heckles, insults and criticism for their coverage this week of President Trump and the impeachment inquiry. — And that's just from their own colleagues. — In an unusual airing …
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MSNBC:
‘Total panic’ as ‘shell-shocked’ White House struggles to find impeachment footing — NBC News reports that panic has now set in at the White House, where according to one source, aides are “increasingly wary” that “the president could respond erratically and become ‘unmanageable.’”
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Republicans Block FEC From Publishing Rule On Foreign Election Interference — FEC Chair Ellen L Weintraub had to tweet out the entire FEC weekly digest after Republicans blocked her from publishing it because it contained a draft rule banning foreign election interference.
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