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Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Read the whistleblower's memo about Trump's Ukraine call, as described to CBS News — Washington — CBS News has learned the full contents of what appears to be a memo written by the whistleblower one day after President Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's GOP allies condemn president after ‘sickening’ Turkish incursion — Turkey's incursion into Syria on Wednesday is prompting fresh bipartisan condemnation of President Donald Trump's moves and more congressional threats to hamstring Turkey economically, with some Republicans calling the situation …
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NBC News:
Donald Trump's longtime business connections in Turkey back in the spotlight — The president's decision to remove troops from Northern Syria has put renewed focus on his relationship with Turkish President Erdogan. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's sudden decision to pull U.S. troops …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
How Trump just destroyed his own Syria strategy — Just last week, two top Trump administration officials publicly defended the U.S. Syria strategy and explained why a Turkish attack on Kurds in northeastern Syria would ruin it completely. Now, everything they were working on is in tatters …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Lindsey Graham on Trump's Syria decision: “He's putting the nation at risk”
Lindsey Graham on Trump's Syria decision: “He's putting the nation at risk”
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Washington Post:
Turkey launches offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria
Turkey launches offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Pray for our Kurdish allies’: Lawmakers decry U.S. pullback as Turkey begins Syria military action
‘Pray for our Kurdish allies’: Lawmakers decry U.S. pullback as Turkey begins Syria military action
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John McCormack / National Review:
Rand Paul on the Kurds: Then and Now
Rand Paul on the Kurds: Then and Now
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Richard North Patterson / The Bulwark:
A Betrayal Too Far — Nothing captures the moral and geopolitical …
A Betrayal Too Far — Nothing captures the moral and geopolitical …
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New York Times:
Turkey Launches Syria Offensive, Targeting U.S.-Backed Kurds
Turkey Launches Syria Offensive, Targeting U.S.-Backed Kurds
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Turkey invades Syria to battle Kurds after US moves forces; Trump calls it ‘bad idea’
Turkey invades Syria to battle Kurds after US moves forces; Trump calls it ‘bad idea’
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Laurence Tribe / USA Today:
The time for waiting is over. The House must move on Trump impeachment articles now. — The Constitution makes clear the House can conduct its Trump impeachment inquiry however it wants. It should move fast. America has no time to spare. — CONNECT
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Five facts that blow up the latest White House defense of Trump — President Trump has “declared war” against the House's impeachment inquiry, we're told, based on an eight page letter written by the White House counsel that openly declares a posture of maximal resistance, on the grounds that the inquiry is illegitimate.
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CNN:
Democrats plot next phase in impeachment including new wave of subpoenas — Cooper: This 5-hour gap in the texts is important — (CNN)House Democrats are preparing a flurry of subpoenas in the face of the Trump administration's stonewalling of their impeachment investigation …
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Noah Feldman / New York Times:
This Is a Constitutional Crisis. What Happens Next? — With a full-on confrontation between the House and the president, no simple resolution is available. — Mr. Feldman is a law professor. — For the first time since President Richard Nixon refused to turn over the White House tapes …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump's Obstruction Letter
Trump's Obstruction Letter
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow Strikes Again: A New Book Targets NBC News and How Harvey Weinstein May Have Leveraged Matt Lauer — In his first interview about the explosive ‘Catch and Kill,’ the journalist reveals fresh claims of secret payouts and how Lauer may have played a role in the network's decision …
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Variety:
Ronan Farrow Book Alleges Matt Lauer Raped NBC News Colleague — Ronan Farrow's new book “Catch and Kill” recounts his investigation of Harvey Weinstein; the hurdles his then-employer NBC News put in his way that caused him to publish the story in the New Yorker instead; and how Weinstein hired Black Cube …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Ronan Farrow exposes the rot at NBC News
Ronan Farrow exposes the rot at NBC News
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Wall Street Journal:
Counterterrorism Analyst Arrested for Leaking to Two Journalists — Classified reports allegedly released to CNBC and NBC had to do with foreign country's weapons systems — ALEXANDRIA, Va—A U.S. counterterrorism analyst was arrested at the Defense Intelligence Agency where he worked …
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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Intel Official Charged With Leaking Classified Info to Two Journalists
U.S. Intel Official Charged With Leaking Classified Info to Two Journalists
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Arrested In Leak Case
Esquire:
Donald Trump Allegedly Hid Behind a Tapestry to Grope a Woman at Mar-a-Lago in the Early 2000s — tape was the opening salvo in the story of Donald Trump's transgressions against women, think again. In — All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Joe Biden's Family Has Been Cashing in on His Career for Decades. Democrats Need to Acknowledge That. — Hunter Biden, left, and his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, attend the World Food Program USA's annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award ceremony on April 12, 2016, in Washington …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Biden calls for Trump to be impeached
Biden calls for Trump to be impeached
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Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Facebook denies Biden campaign's request to remove false Ukraine ad by Trump campaign
Facebook denies Biden campaign's request to remove false Ukraine ad by Trump campaign
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Matt Drudge, an influential figure in conservative media, sours on Trump as he faces impeachment — New York (CNN Business)President Donald Trump, facing an ever-deepening scandal that threatens to swallow his presidency, appears to have lost a key ally in conservative media: The Drudge Report.
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Lara Jakes / New York Times:
‘Nothing to See Here’: Diplomats Urged to Play Down Release of Ukraine Aid — A series of internal State Department emails reflect diplomats' frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved. — WASHINGTON — American diplomats who had pushed …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Mulvaney sidelined as Trump's impeachment crisis rages — Mick Mulvaney has gone noticeably quiet over the past week, just as the president's impeachment fight picks up. — The White House's acting chief of staff has not appeared on any major TV shows to defend President Donald Trump …
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The Daily Beast:
Republicans to Trump: Shut Up About Your Impeachment
Republicans to Trump: Shut Up About Your Impeachment
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Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
Joe Biden's Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing
Joe Biden's Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Elizabeth Warren pregnancy smear shows how poisoned the media world is — A news report can be narrowly factual, and still plenty unfair. — And so it was with a “revelation” regarding one element of Elizabeth Warren's personal history, oft-told on the campaign trail …
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Jeanine Santucci / USA Today:
Elizabeth Warren defends story that she was fired for being pregnant after more details surface
Elizabeth Warren defends story that she was fired for being pregnant after more details surface
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Eli Okun / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: A small crack in Democrats' impeachment messaging — SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI has led a fairly unified Democratic charge toward impeachment. She's said consistently that Democrats don't need a formal vote to move forward, but a few cracks have started to show.
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Paige Godden / Iowa Starting Line:
Joni Ernst Refuses To Condemn Soliciting Foreign Interference — Three times in a row yesterday, Sen. Joni Ernst dodged questions about whether it's appropriate for a president to ask a foreign power to investigate a political rival. — After a round of questions from a CNN reporter looking for a …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
In Shift, Warren Will Forgo Big Money Events if Nominated. At Least Some of Them. — Elizabeth Warren seeks to find a balance — disavowing fund-raisers with the wealthy contributors while promising not to actually disarm in a potential matchup with President Trump.
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