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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani fires back at former White House aide who accused him of spreading ‘completely false’ theory — Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, defended himself Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” from accusations lodged by a former White House official …
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Chris Francescani / ABC News:
President Trump's former national security advisor ‘deeply disturbed’ by Ukraine scandal: ‘Whole world is watching’ — President Donald Trump's first Homeland Security and counterterrorism advisor, who resigned after a year in the office, said on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” …
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Trump blurs lines between personal lawyer, attorney general — WASHINGTON (AP) — As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in President Donald Trump's outreach to Ukraine …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Ex-Trump adviser: The best way to self-impeach is to hire Rudy Giuliani — Former Trump homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said on ABC's “This Week” that the conspiracy theory that Ukraine hacked the Democratic National Committee in 2016 has been “debunked,” and he condemned Rudy Giuliani …
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Giuliani was not working alone in Biden Ukraine probe
Giuliani was not working alone in Biden Ukraine probe
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CNN:
Volker plans to appear before congressional committees next week
Volker plans to appear before congressional committees next week
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New York Times:
How a Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine Prompted an Impeachment Inquiry
How a Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine Prompted an Impeachment Inquiry
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
AG Bill Barr reportedly “surprised and angry” at Trump-Ukraine phone call
AG Bill Barr reportedly “surprised and angry” at Trump-Ukraine phone call
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CBS News:
CBS News poll: Majority of Americans and Democrats approve of Trump impeachment inquiry — More than half of Americans — and an overwhelming number of Democrats — say they approve of the fact that Congress has opened an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Only 17% of Americans surprised by Trump's actions tied to Ukraine: POLL — Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Donald Trump's encouragement of a foreign leader to investigate Trump's political rival and his family is a serious problem, but only 17% said they were surprised …
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Washington Post:
State Dept. intensifies email probe of Hillary Clinton's former aides — The Trump administration is investigating the email records of dozens of current and former senior State Department officials who sent messages to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Democrats knotted in Nevada while Biden leads South Carolina — Washington (CNN)Joe Biden holds a wide lead in South Carolina, while the former vice president, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren are knotted up in Nevada, according to new CNN polls conducted …
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Collusion After the Fact — The Washington Post reported last night: … Shortly after the story broke, I received a message from a person directly involved with the FBI's decision to open a counterintelligence and obstruction investigation of President Trump in the immediate aftermath of the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
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Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Kremlin Says It Hopes Putin's Calls With Trump Won't Be Made Public
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Did the White House Hide a Bombshell Memo From Mueller?
Did the White House Hide a Bombshell Memo From Mueller?
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Without evidence, Stephen Miller claims whistleblower is a “deep-state operative” — White House senior adviser Stephen Miller claimed on “Fox News Sunday” that the whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Trump's interactions with Ukraine is a “deep state operative” …
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
A cold call from someone she never met changed Elizabeth Warren's life. It was Harry Reid. — The ex-Senate majority leader boosted the 2020 contender's career at key points. Even she's not quite sure why. — WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren was a professor at Harvard Law School …
Washington Post:
The gas tycoon and the vice president's son: The story of Hunter Biden's foray into Ukraine — When then-Vice President Joe Biden's son joined the board of an obscure Ukrainian gas company half a decade ago, it was a stunning coup for its owner, a former Ukrainian minister working to remake …
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Will Voters Warm to Impeaching Trump, and Does It Matter? — Now that Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats have, as Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff put it, “crossed the Rubicon” to support impeachment proceedings against President Trump, the big questions are how public opinion might evolve …
CNN:
Mulvaney on shaky ground in wake of whistleblower fallout, sources say — (CNN)Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is on shaky ground in the wake of a bad week for President Trump, according to multiple sources with knowledge of discussions surrounding the whistleblower fallout.
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Andrea Jefferson / Political Flare:
How Melania Obtained Her ‘Einstein Visa’ Under Scrutiny After She Lied About Having University Degree — Back in 2000, Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model dating Donald Trump, began petitioning the government for the right to permanently reside in the United States under a program reserved for people with “extraordinary ability.”
Nick Arama / RedState:
More Video Of Justin Trudeau And This Is The Worst Yet — Last week, pictures and video of Justin Trudeau in blackface blew up and threatened his campaign for re-election. — There were multiple incidents. One was where he was dressed as Aladdin and made up in blackface at an …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Pelosi turns to Schiff to lead House Democrats' impeachment inquiry of Trump — It was a low point for House Democrats hoping to build a case to remove President Trump from office — a committee hearing in which former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski made his questioners look hapless with a flurry of deflections and delays.
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Trump blasts ‘savages’ — Ocasio-Cortez, three other women of color, Schiff, Nadler
Trump blasts ‘savages’ — Ocasio-Cortez, three other women of color, Schiff, Nadler
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