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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Ordered Ukraine Ambassador Removed After Complaints From Giuliani, Others — Marie Yovanovitch dismissed after Trump allies said she was blocking Biden probe and bad-mouthing president, people familiar with the matter say — WASHINGTON—President Trump ordered the removal of the ambassador …
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New York Times:
Trump Envoys Pushed Ukraine to Commit to Investigations — WASHINGTON — Two of President Trump's top envoys to Ukraine drafted a statement for the country's new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals, three people briefed on the effort said.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
‘Crazy to withhold security assistance’ to Ukraine for political purposes: Top US diplomat — In newly disclosed text messages shared with Congress, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine at the time writes to a group of other American diplomats that “I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign.”
Washington Post:
Giuliani was warned that Ukrainian claims of Bidens' misconduct were not credible, Trump's ex-envoy tells lawmakers — The former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine told House investigators on Thursday that he warned President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
In May, Ukrainian oligarch said Giuliani was orchestrating a ‘clear conspiracy against Biden’ — Months before an intelligence community whistleblower accused President Trump's lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani of digging for dirt on former vice president Joe Biden in Ukraine …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Pence: I Participated in the Ukraine Plot But Only As a Patsy
Pence: I Participated in the Ukraine Plot But Only As a Patsy
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Washington Post:
IRS whistleblower said to report Treasury political appointee might have tried to interfere in audit of Trump or Pence — An Internal Revenue Service official has filed a whistleblower complaint reporting that he was told at least one Treasury Department political appointee attempted …
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CNN:
Trump raised Biden with Xi in June call housed in highly secure server — Washington (CNN)When President Donald Trump suggested — without prompting — that China should investigate Joe Biden and his son, he thrust another political grudge into what was already the world's most complicated and consequential relationship.
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Trump wins the chyron war with Biden — While the media focused on his brazenness in calling on China to probe a rival, Trump succeeded in planting unfounded doubts about the former vice president. — President Donald Trump. Joe Raedle/Getty Images — President Donald Trump's shocking …
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New York Times:
Trump Publicly Urges China to Investigate the Bidens
Trump Publicly Urges China to Investigate the Bidens
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump keeps making it harder for supporters to defend him
Trump keeps making it harder for supporters to defend him
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Irony is dead: The Trump sons are doing everything possible to make corruption a major 2020 issue
Irony is dead: The Trump sons are doing everything possible to make corruption a major 2020 issue
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Politico, The Atlantic and Forbes
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's request that China investigate the Bidens is his most brazen yet. It might also be the most problematic.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Read Trump's Lips, He Wants Foreign Help in 2020
Read Trump's Lips, He Wants Foreign Help in 2020
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CNN:
Republican senators echoed Biden in urging Ukrainian president to reform prosecutor general's office — (CNN)A newly unearthed letter from 2016 shows that Republican senators pushed for reforms to Ukraine's prosecutor general's office and judiciary, echoing calls then-Vice President Joe Biden made at the time.
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Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
CNN Refuses to Air Trump Ad Pushing Biden-Ukraine Claims and Bashing Network Anchors — The 30-second spot paints the president as a victim of Democrats and alleged “media lapdogs” like CNN. — In a move that is sure to ratchet up tension with the White House, cable news channel CNN …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign to drop bomb on Biden in early voting states — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is preparing an avalanche of TV ads targeting Joe Biden in early primary states — its most aggressive step yet to meddle in the Democratic nomination contest.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Just Committed More High Crimes on the White House Lawn
Trump Just Committed More High Crimes on the White House Lawn
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Biden warns Fox News against running Trump ad
Judd at Popular Information / Popular Information:
Facebook says Trump can lie in his Facebook ads
Facebook says Trump can lie in his Facebook ads
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David Byler / Washington Post:
Why Elizabeth Warren is getting such good press — It seems like every day a new story breaks about how Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) is climbing in the polls, releasing a new policy proposal, “winning” a primary debate or taking some other step toward becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.
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Washington Post:
Biden raises $15 million in third quarter, putting him behind Sanders and Buttigieg
Biden raises $15 million in third quarter, putting him behind Sanders and Buttigieg
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Tyler Pager / Bloomberg:
Biden's $15.2 Million Trails Sanders, Buttigieg: Campaign Update
Biden's $15.2 Million Trails Sanders, Buttigieg: Campaign Update
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Makini Brice / Reuters:
Biden raises $15.2 million in the third quarter for U.S. presidential bid
Biden raises $15.2 million in the third quarter for U.S. presidential bid
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Political Wire
Andrew Napolitano / Fox News:
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Trump's call with Ukraine president manifests criminal and impeachable behavior — The House of Representatives has begun to gather evidence in an effort to determine if President Trump has committed impeachable offenses. The Constitution defines an impeachable offense as …
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Sends Letter to Leader McCarthy Reiterating the Critical Importance of the Ongoing Impeachment Inquiry — Washington D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the below letter to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy in response to his correspondence earlier today.
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Perilous times for President Trump: By 45%-38%, Americans support impeaching him over allegations related to Ukraine, poll finds — From the moment Donald Trump became a national political figure, he has been cloaked in controversy and shadowed by investigations.
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's impeachment defiance spooks key voting blocs
Trump's impeachment defiance spooks key voting blocs
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
White House Floats Potential DOJ Investigation Into ‘Joe Biden and His Family’ — A tiny, largely unnoticed edit to a daily White House newsletter this week suggests the Trump administration is leaving open the possibility of siccing the Justice Department on Joe Biden.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How this scandal could get much worse for Trump — and Pence
How this scandal could get much worse for Trump — and Pence
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Washington Post:
Bob Woodward interviewed the ‘She Said’ authors at a book event. Things got tense. Then there was heckling. — It seemed like the perfect combination of three Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalists: The Washington Post's Bob Woodward interviewing the New York Times's Jodi Kantor …
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Alex Rogers / CNN:
Mitch McConnell raises money vowing to stop impeachment — McConnell calls out Dems' ‘embarrassing’ reenactment — (CNN)In a new campaign video on Facebook, Senate Majority Mitch McConnell pitches himself as the man who can end the House's impeachment inquiry, a sign of how the chief Republican …
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Tyler Whetstone / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Former Senator Bob Corker shows restraint, says ‘nothing’ about Trump, impeachment
Former Senator Bob Corker shows restraint, says ‘nothing’ about Trump, impeachment
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The Justice Department Has Argued Sex, Information, And Worthless Stock Were “Things Of Value.” But They Say Trump's Request For Dirt Wasn't. — WASHINGTON — Last week, a senior Justice Department official told reporters they'd decided not to open a criminal investigation …
BuzzFeed News:
The New Way To Hack Democracy: The Political Operatives Who Fake Voter Outrage With Millions Of Made-Up Comments — Sarah Reeves sat on her couch in Eugene, Oregon, staring at her laptop screen in furious disbelief. She was reading the website of a government agency, where her mother appeared …
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Trump seized on a conspiracy theory called the ‘insurance policy.’ Now, it's at the center of an impeachment investigation. — Just months after Trump's inauguration, conspiracy theorists pushed a fanciful and unsubstantiated narrative in which the DNC framed Russia for election interference.
George T. Conway III / The Atlantic:
Unfit for Office — On a third-down play last season, the Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith stood in shotgun formation, five yards behind the line of scrimmage. As he called his signals, a Houston Texans cornerback, Kareem Jackson, suddenly sprinted forward from a position four yards behind the defensive line.
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