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Bloomberg:
Trump Urged Top Aide to Help Giuliani Client Facing DOJ Charges — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson refused to interfere in case — 2017 episode bears hallmarks of Trump approach to Ukraine call — President Donald Trump pressed then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help persuade …
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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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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's Republican 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 …
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Dale Gavlak / America Magazine:
Turkish planes bomb Syria, causing panic among Christians, others — AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) — Turkish warplanes have begun attacking northeastern Syria, causing widespread panic among Christian and other religious communities caught up in the aerial bombardments.
Washington Post:
Trump downplays U.S. alliance with Syrian Kurds, saying 'they didn't help us in the Second World War'
Trump downplays U.S. alliance with Syrian Kurds, saying 'they didn't help us in the Second World War'
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HuffPost, Raw Story and Shareblue Media
Washington Post:
U.S. military is taking custody of two British men accused of involvement in Islamic State killings of American hostages
U.S. military is taking custody of two British men accused of involvement in Islamic State killings of American hostages
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NBC News:
Donald Trump's longtime business connections in Turkey back in the spotlight
Donald Trump's longtime business connections in Turkey back in the spotlight
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Hullabaloo, Raw Story, CANNONFIRE, NewsHounds blog, Daily Kos and FRC
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
How Trump just destroyed his own Syria strategy
How Trump just destroyed his own Syria strategy
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Patterico's Pontifications, The Federalist and Bloomberg
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's betrayal of the Kurds was the president at his malignant and incompetent worst
Trump's betrayal of the Kurds was the president at his malignant and incompetent worst
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The Resurgent, Washington Post and The Dispatch
Eli Okun / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: A small crack in Democrats' impeachment messaging
POLITICO Playbook PM: A small crack in Democrats' impeachment messaging
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Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and Salon
New York Times:
Turkey Launches Offensive Against U.S.-Backed Syrian Militia
Turkey Launches Offensive Against U.S.-Backed Syrian Militia
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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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Hot Air, The Week, TheBlaze, Summit News and Washington Post
Frank Bowman / Just Security:
White House Letter Distorts Both Law and History on Impeachment — The White House letter of October 8 refusing all executive branch cooperation with the ongoing House impeachment inquiry is, simply put, a public relations exercise. The legal arguments it intersperses between insults …
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Laurence Tribe / USA Today:
The time for waiting is over. The House must move on Trump impeachment articles now.
The time for waiting is over. The House must move on Trump impeachment articles now.
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Politico, Fox News, The Atlantic, New Republic, Law & Crime, The Guardian, TheBlaze, Washington Post, Conservative Review and ABC News
Noah Feldman / New York Times:
This Is a Constitutional Crisis. What Happens Next?
Keith E. Whittington / Lawfare:
Must the House Vote to Authorize an Impeachment Inquiry?
Must the House Vote to Authorize an Impeachment Inquiry?
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CBS San Francisco, Washington Post and Reason
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Five facts that blow up the latest White House defense of Trump
Five facts that blow up the latest White House defense of Trump
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New York Times, Just Security, Roll Call and Bloomberg
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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Sara Nathan / Page Six:
NBC News chief Andy Lack preyed on female employees for sex: report — NBC News chief Andrew Lack — once accused of mishandling sexual harassment complaints at the Peacock Network — preyed on female underlings and pursued sexual relationships with them, according to one of his alleged victims.
Variety:
Ronan Farrow Book Alleges Matt Lauer Raped NBC News Colleague
Ronan Farrow Book Alleges Matt Lauer Raped NBC News Colleague
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
NBC probably fired Megyn Kelly for her Matt Lauer coverage
NBC probably fired Megyn Kelly for her Matt Lauer coverage
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The Week, The Daily Caller and Page Six
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Ronan Farrow exposes the rot at NBC News
Ronan Farrow exposes the rot at NBC News
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Variety, Fox News and The Daily Caller
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Record support for Trump impeachment — Just over half of voters want President Trump impeached and removed from office, according to a Fox News Poll released Wednesday. — A new high of 51 percent wants Trump impeached and removed from office, another 4 percent want him impeached …
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Political Wire, New York Post and Mother Jones
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Half of voters support impeaching and removing Trump
Poll: Half of voters support impeaching and removing Trump
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USA Today, Hot Air, Breitbart, Ms. Magazine, Reason, FiveThirtyEight, Raw Story, The Guardian, Washington Times, Reuters, The National Interest, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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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Raw Story
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trey Gowdy out at Fox News amid talks to join Trump defense team — Former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) is no longer a contributor for Fox News amid discussions on him joining President Trump's legal team battling House Democrats in their impeachment inquiry. — “Trey Gowdy has been terminated …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democrats confident in obstruction case against Trump — but want more — House Democrats are increasingly confident they have all the evidence they need to impeach President Donald Trump for obstructing their investigations. — Lawmakers say White House counsel Pat Cipollone's letter sent Tuesday night …
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Political Wire
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Mulvaney sidelined as Trump's impeachment crisis rages
Mulvaney sidelined as Trump's impeachment crisis rages
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Associated Press, The Daily Beast, No More Mister Nice Blog, Splinter, Raw Story, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Trump defends diplomat's wife who killed teenage Briton in crash: 'We've all done it' — Donald Trump has defended the wife of a US diplomat who killed a British teenager in a road accident, suggesting it is difficult to drive on the other side of the road and that “we've all done it”. — More follows...
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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Law & Crime, Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
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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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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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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
People Get Fired From Their Jobs Without Being ‘Fired’ All The Time
People Get Fired From Their Jobs Without Being ‘Fired’ All The Time
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NBC News, Jacobin and emptywheel
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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Washington Post, Slate, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Los Angeles Times and twitchy.com
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Pentagon Analyst Is Charged in Leaks of Classified Reports — The arrest was the latest in the Trump administration's aggressive pursuit of government workers who share classified information with journalists. — WASHINGTON — A Pentagon counterterrorism analyst shared classified information …
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CNN:
Spinning Trump turns to McConnell seeking to lock down GOP loyalty — Washington (CNN)Even as the White House appears to settle on the legal tactics to stave off Democrats' impeachment demands, uncertainty and unease over Trump's messaging approach remains high among his Republican allies …
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Political Wire
Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Whistleblower's lawyers say their client never worked for any political candidate — The lawyers representing a whistleblower whose complaint has plunged President Donald Trump into impeachment proceedings describe the person as a civil servant who has never worked for or advised any political candidate, campaign or party.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Ukraine whistleblower never worked for political candidate, attorneys say
Ukraine whistleblower never worked for political candidate, attorneys say
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, The Federalist and Law & Crime
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 …
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Dealing With China Isn't Worth the Moral Cost — We thought economic growth and technology would liberate China. Instead, it corrupted us. — The People's Republic of China is the largest, most powerful and arguably most brutal totalitarian state in the world.
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Sanders says he ‘misspoke’ about scaling back rallies after heart attack, vows ‘vigorous’ 2020 campaign — Sanders also pushed back at criticism that his campaign was not transparent about his health, saying it “acted appropriately” before disclosing he had a heart attack.
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