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10:20 AM ET, October 6, 2019

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James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
2nd whistleblower comes forward after speaking with IG: Attorney  —  Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the whistleblower who sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine and triggered an impeachment inquiry, tells ABC News that he is now representing a second whistleblower …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump pins Ukraine call on Energy Secretary Rick Perry  —  President Trump told House Republicans that he made his now infamous phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the urging of Energy Secretary Rick Perry — a call Trump claimed he didn't even want to make.
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Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
Trump throws Rick Perry under the bus, tries to blame him for making the Ukraine call
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Splinter and Politico
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Mounting evidence buttresses claims in whistleblower complaint
Dominic Lau / Bloomberg:
Johnson to Challenge the Queen to Fire Him, Sunday Times Reports  —  U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is prepared to challenge Queen Elizabeth II to dismiss him rather than resign as he attempts to push through Brexit by the Oct. 31 deadline, the Sunday Times reported, citing senior aides.
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The Times & The Sunday Times:
‘Sack me if you dare,’ Boris Johnson will tell the Queen  —  The Speaker, John Bercow, has been proposed as a national unity leader  —  Boris Johnson will dare the Queen to sack him rather than resign as prime minister in an attempt to drive through Brexit on October 31, cabinet ministers have revealed.
Boris Johnson / The Sun:
BORIS JOHNSON Pack Eur bags, deal or no Brexit deal we are walking out of the European Union in 25 days  —  AFTER decades of campaigning, three years of arguments and seemingly endless months of pointless delay, it is now just 25 days until the UK's membership of the EU ends.
New York Times:
Barr and a Top Prosecutor Cast a Wide Net in Reviewing the Russia Inquiry  —  The attorney general and a veteran prosecutor, John H. Durham, have charted an unusual course that could bolster President Trump's pet theories about the Russia investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — After a jet carrying …
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:   Italy's Connection to the Russia Investigation, Explained
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
Pompeo Defends Trump's Ukraine Conspiracy Theory  —  In Athens, the American secretary of state dismissed the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry and the political drama that it has sparked as a “silly gotcha game.”  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defiantly insisted …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:   Kurt Volker, Ukraine and a Turbulent End in the Trump Administration
Washington Post:
‘Out on a limb’: Inside the Republican reckoning over Trump's possible impeachment  —  A torrent of impeachment developments has triggered a reckoning in the Republican Party, paralyzing many of its officeholders as they weigh their political futures, legacies and, ultimately, their allegiance to a president who has held them captive.
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Dallas Morning News:
Botham Jean's neighbor, a key witness in Amber Guyger trial, shot to death in Dallas  —  Joshua Brown died at the hospital after Friday night's shooting in the 4600 block of Cedar Springs Road. … A key witness in Amber Guyger's murder trial was shot and killed Friday evening …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders White House to preserve records of Trump's dealings with foreign leaders  —  A federal judge has ordered the White House to preserve a wide range of evidence about President Donald Trump's dealings with foreign leaders, including his interactions related to Ukraine that have fueled an impeachment investigation in the House.
Discussion: Axios
Joe Biden / Washington Post:
Trump won't destroy me, and he won't destroy my family  —  Joe Biden, the former vice president, is seeking the Democratic nomination for president.  —  Enough is enough.  Every day — every few hours, seemingly — more evidence is uncovered revealing that President Trump is abusing the power …
Discussion: Axios, Fox News, New York Post and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Uncertainty takes over the lead in the Democratic presidential race  —  The top fundraiser in the Democratic presidential field was hospitalized with a heart attack, the longtime polling leader and his son sit at the center of an impeachment inquiry, and the one candidate …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Sanders's heart attack raises questions about his age, potential damage to campaign
Discussion: Mediaite and Vox
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Regular Hannity Guest John Solomon Joins Fox News as Contributor  —  John Solomon, a former columnist for The Hill whose writing on the “deep state” has made him a fixture on Fox News opinion programs, has joined the network as a contributor, Fox confirmed to Mediaite.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:   Rudy Giuliani Won't Be On the Sunday News Shows
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:   John Solomon to join Fox News as contributor
Christian Vasquez / Politico:
Susan Collins: Trump made ‘big mistake’ in asking China to probe Biden  —  Susan Collins on Saturday became the latest Republican senator to criticize President Donald Trump for calling on foreign countries to investigate a political rival, saying he made a “big mistake.”
Discussion: Raw Story
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Top Biden Donors Gather Amid Storm Clouds Over Campaign  —  Now fourth in the Democratic money chase and under fire from President Trump, Joseph R. Biden Jr. is increasingly dependent on his top donors, many of whom met in Philadelphia.  —  PHILADELPHIA — Leading donors for Joseph R. Biden Jr. convened …
Discussion: Political Wire
Daniel McCarthy / Spectator USA:
Romney Republicanism could never win  —  This article is in The Spectator's inaugural US edition.  Subscribe here to get yours.  —  As Donald Trump strides toward his fourth year in the White House, his enemies have yet to answer the most basic questions of 2016.  Why is Trump president?
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
US researchers on front line of battle against Chinese theft  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. warned allies around the world that Chinese tech giant Huawei was a security threat, the FBI was making the same point quietly to a Midwestern university.  —  In an email to the associate vice chancellor …
Washington Post:
For House Democrats, impeachment probe widens the divide they hoped to bridge  —  HARTLAND, Mich. — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin stood in one of the most Republican towns in the most Republican county of her Republican-leaning district and started delivering the speech she never wanted to give.
Discussion: Political Wire and CNN
Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Anti-Trump Fraternity and NeverTrump Sorority Collude in Impeachment Scam  —  How stupid does the anti-Trump fraternity think the American people are?  By “anti-Trump fraternity” I mean not only the increasingly frantic Democrats who, like Belshazzar at that memorable dinner party many years back …
Discussion: Althouse, BuzzFeed News and NPR
 
 
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‘Harvey Weinstein Told Me He Liked Chinese Girls’
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
GOP senator says diplomat told him Trump was withholding aid to ensure investigations
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
If the House Won't Vote, Impeachment Inquiry Is Just a Democratic Stunt
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The Greening of Paris Makes Its Mayor More Than a Few Enemies
Yuichiro Kakutani / Washington Free Beacon:
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Salena Zito / New York Post:
Blue collar voters fear the Democrats have abandoned them
 Earlier Items: 
Richard V. Reeves / New York Times:
Now the Rich Want Your Pity, Too  —  If the wealthy are so stressed …
Will Englund / Washington Post:
Russia looks for leverage as Ukraine slides deeper into impeachment probes
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: Inside an unfolding investigation …
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:
Clinton kept his party with him to stop impeachment. Trump's approach is different.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Antifa protester who attacked Trump supporter pleads guilty to assault
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump calls for impeachment of Mitt Romney for criticizing him in rambling tweet
Discussion: Fortune, Breitbart and RedState
Sally Lockwood / Sky News:
‘Hundreds’ of young trans people seeking help to return to original sex
Discussion: Big League Politics and Breitbart
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump tells elaborate false story about Van Jones apologizing to him
 

 
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