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New York Times:
White House Blocks Sondland Testimony, Signaling Plan to Stonewall Impeachment Inquiry — WASHINGTON — The White House all but declared war on the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, intervening for the first time to block the testimony of a key witness as President Trump signaled …
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Poll: Majority of Americans say they endorse opening of House impeachment inquiry of Trump — A majority of Americans say they endorse the decision by House Democrats to begin an impeachment inquiry of President Trump, and nearly half of all adults also say the House should take the additional step …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This will get worse for Trump. Adam Schiff signals what's next. — Public opinion is shifting precipitiously against President Trump, with a new Washington Post-Schar School poll showing that 58 percent of Americans support the House's impeachment inquiry, and 49 percent support outright removal.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Blocks Sondland Testimony, and the Cover-up Begins
Trump Blocks Sondland Testimony, and the Cover-up Begins
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Rudy Giuliani says he will not testify before House Intel
Rudy Giuliani says he will not testify before House Intel
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Sondland, key witness in Ukraine probe, blocked from testimony in midnight call
Sondland, key witness in Ukraine probe, blocked from testimony in midnight call
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House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Three Chairs Issue Statement on White House Blocking Ambassador Sondland Testimony and Documents
Three Chairs Issue Statement on White House Blocking Ambassador Sondland Testimony and Documents
Anita Kumar / Politico:
‘An avoidable, unforced error’: Trump's Ukraine trap starts worrying allies
‘An avoidable, unforced error’: Trump's Ukraine trap starts worrying allies
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The Week
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Live updates: Guiliani says he 'can't imagine' administration officials will appear before …
Live updates: Guiliani says he 'can't imagine' administration officials will appear before …
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Associated Press:
White House fighting impeachment by stalling and attacking
White House fighting impeachment by stalling and attacking
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Washington Post:
Trump administration blocks testimony of Gordon Sondland, a central figure in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry
Trump administration blocks testimony of Gordon Sondland, a central figure in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Romney Is the Pressure Point in the Impeachment Process”: Mitt Won't Primary Trump—But He's Trying to Bring Him Down
“Romney Is the Pressure Point in the Impeachment Process”: Mitt Won't Primary Trump—But He's Trying to Bring Him Down
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Democrats to subpoena key witness blocked from testifying in impeachment probe
Democrats to subpoena key witness blocked from testifying in impeachment probe
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
State Department Directs Gordon Sondland Not to Appear for House Testimony, Lawyer Says
State Department Directs Gordon Sondland Not to Appear for House Testimony, Lawyer Says
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CNN:
Inside the White House's effort to contain Ukraine call fallout — (CNN)By the time President Donald Trump's line with Volodymyr Zelensky went quiet, the scramble began. — In the hours and days after the Ukrainian President signed-off — “Thank you Mr. President, bye-bye” …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
White House official told whistleblower Trump Ukraine call was ‘frightening’ — A White House official listening to President Donald Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukraine's president described the call as “crazy” and “frightening” and was “visibly shaken,” according to notes taken …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Inside Trump's obsession with polygraphs — President Donald Trump has compared White House leakers with spies and mused obliquely to other officials about executing them. He's attacked reporters by name. He rails frequently against media accounts of his administration, dismissing them as “fake news.”
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CBS News:
Warren stands by account of being pushed out of her first teaching job because of pregnancy — On the campaign trail, Elizabeth Warren often tells the story of how she was fired from her first teaching job in 1971 because she was pregnant, a pivotal moment that ultimately put her on a path to Harvard …
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Details Her Account of Losing Teaching Job Because of Pregnancy — Ms. Warren said she had grown more comfortable talking about her experience over the years, explaining why her description of the 1971 episode in her stump speeches differs from how she discussed it in the past.
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Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Top-Secret Russian Unit Seeks to Destabilize Europe, Security Officials Say — First came a destabilization campaign in Moldova, followed by the poisoning of an arms dealer in Bulgaria and then a thwarted coup in Montenegro. Last year, there was an attempt to assassinate a former Russian spy in Britain using a nerve agent.
QU Poll:
Release Detail — October 8, 2019 - Voters Remain Divided On Impeachment, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Warren And Biden Top Democratic Primary Field — After another week with impeachment in the news, registered voters nationwide are still divided on impeaching and removing President …
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Star Tribune:
Trump campaign threatens to sue Minneapolis over ‘phony’ security bill for rally — $530K bill from Mpls. to campaign may spur suit. — TEXT SIZE — Tensions between Minneapolis city leaders and President Donald Trump's campaign escalated Monday when the campaign threatened to sue …
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Nic Rowan / Washington Free Beacon:
City Charges Trump $500K, Obama $20K For Rally Security
City Charges Trump $500K, Obama $20K For Rally Security
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Task & Purpose:
‘I hate it’ — Trump says signing letters to the families of fallen soldiers is the hardest thing he does — VIDEO: President Donald Trump says signing letters to the families of fallen soldiers is the hardest thing he does — Lost amid the firestorm that follow President Donald Trump's …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump defends Turkey amid fierce backlash over policy shift
Trump defends Turkey amid fierce backlash over policy shift
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Associated Press:
Trump to host Turkish leader as he considers invading Syria
Trump to host Turkish leader as he considers invading Syria
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Trump's Muddled Syria Policy Opens the Way for More War in the Middle East
Trump's Muddled Syria Policy Opens the Way for More War in the Middle East
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
We're Not Exporting Our Values to China — We're Importing Theirs — This morning, NBA commissioner Adam Silver issued a new statement about Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's support for protesters in Hong Kong, and it is a somewhat better one, declaring, “The NBA will not put itself …
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Chinese state media and Tencent suspend broadcast of NBA preseason games in China
Chinese state media and Tencent suspend broadcast of NBA preseason games in China
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Brett Kavanaugh Asked Just One Question During His First Big LGBTQ Case On The Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — In the first major LGBTQ rights case to reach the US Supreme Court since he became a justice last year, Justice Brett Kavanaugh gave little away during arguments on Tuesday, asking only one question.
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court wrestles with LGBT employment discrimination and meaning of ‘sex’
Supreme Court wrestles with LGBT employment discrimination and meaning of ‘sex’
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Murray Waas / The New York Review of Books:
Ukraine Continued: How a Crucial Witness Escaped — A classified State Department assessment concluded in 2018 that Ukraine's former Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko—who is at the center of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump—had allowed a vital potential witness for Special Counsel Robert Mueller …
Politico:
China rejects Trump's call to investigate Biden and son — This story is being published by POLITICO as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post. It originally appeared on scmp.com on Oct. 8, 2019. — China has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's call to investigate …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Senate Intel releases 2nd volume of report on 2016 Russian interference — The Senate Intelligence Committee released Tuesday the second volume of its report on Russian interference in 2016 presidential election, which focuses on the social media disinformation campaign led by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency.
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Tareq Haddad / Newsweek:
Betsy DeVos could face jail after judge rules she violated 2018 order on student loans — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been threatened with the possibility of jail after a judge deemed she was violating a court order for continuing to collect student debts on a now-defunct school.
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Wall Street Journal:
FBI's Use of Foreign-Surveillance Tool Violated Americans' Privacy Rights, Court Found — U.S. discloses ruling last year by Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that FBI's data queries of U.S. citizens were unconstitutional — WASHINGTON—Some of the Federal Bureau …
Mark Hemingway / Real Clear Politics:
Chuck Todd and the Demise of True Journalism — Chuck Todd received plaudits from his media peers for lambasting Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's investigation of the FBI as “Fox News conspiracy propaganda stuff” during a hostile 10-minute “Meet the Press” interview on Sunday.
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