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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Trump Administration Refusal to Comply with House Subpoenas — Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement when the White House asserted that the Administration will not comply with House Committee subpoenas as part of the impeachment inquiry …
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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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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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's burn-down-the-House plan — President Trump, while nervous about the historic stain of impeachment, is throwing everything he has into this fight: refusing all cooperation, running ads to profit politically, and torching every person who stands in opposition to him.
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The Daily Beast:
Republicans to Trump: Shut Up About Your Impeachment — Veterans of past impeachment battles say the way to win them is to pretend that it's not affecting your job. Trump, by contrast, is obsessing over it. — As President Donald Trump navigates an impeachment process that is upending his presidency …
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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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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump's Obstruction Letter
Trump's Obstruction Letter
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Graham says Ukraine call has nothing impeachable
The Latest: Graham says Ukraine call has nothing impeachable
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: ‘There really is no appealing the process of impeachment,’ says ex-Clinton White House counsel
Power Up: ‘There really is no appealing the process of impeachment,’ says ex-Clinton White House counsel
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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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Lindsey Graham on Trump's Syria decision: “He's putting the nation at risk” — In an interview with Axios on Tuesday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) condemned President Trump in his harshest language yet for deciding to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, suggesting Trump is violating …
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The Guardian:
Turkey launches military operation in northern Syria
Turkey launches military operation in northern Syria
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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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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border
Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Turkey Begins Syria Attack, Targeting Militia Backed by U.S.
Turkey Begins Syria Attack, Targeting Militia Backed by U.S.
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Washington Post:
Pentagon won't take over Islamic State prisons if U.S.-allied Kurdish forces withdraw, officials say
Pentagon won't take over Islamic State prisons if U.S.-allied Kurdish forces withdraw, officials say
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Morgan L. Kaplan / Washington Post:
Trump's Syria announcement is a change of speed — not a change of direction
Trump's Syria announcement is a change of speed — not a change of direction
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Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
Kurds mobilize in Syria as Turkey poised for imminent attack
Kurds mobilize in Syria as Turkey poised for imminent attack
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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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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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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
The Black Cube Chronicles: The Double Agent
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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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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Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
Joe Biden's Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing — Joe Biden is in trouble. It's not his actual campaign that's in truly dire straits. Although Elizabeth Warren has risen steadily, troubling donors already troubled by Biden's age, he's still first or second in most polls and shows few signs …
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Peter Schweizer / New York Times:
What Hunter Biden Did Was Legal — And That's the Problem
What Hunter Biden Did Was Legal — And That's the Problem
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
In Shift, Warren Says She'll Forgo Big Money Events if Nominated — Skipping fund-raisers has been a big part of her message as she has risen in the Democratic primary. She had previously said she would not unilaterally disarm against President Trump in a general election.
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NBC News:
Trump starts the impeachment battle with a majority against him — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — There's a frequent number in the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll …
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Ben Geman / Axios:
Elizabeth Warren targets environmental justice in new climate plan
Elizabeth Warren targets environmental justice in new climate plan
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Half of voters support impeaching and removing Trump — Half of voters support the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. — The poll, conducted Monday and Tuesday, shows that 50 percent of registered voters surveyed …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘Render to God and Trump’: Ralph Reed calls for 2020 obedience to Trump — One of Donald Trump's most prominent Christian supporters will argue in a book due out before the 2020 general election that American evangelicals “have a moral obligation to enthusiastically back” the president.
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WSFA-TV:
Steven Reed makes history as Montgomery's first black mayor — MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed has defeated David Woods and will become Montgomery's next mayor. — He makes history as the city's first black mayor. — With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Reed had 67 percent of the votes.
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump calls for ending impeachment inquiry; House Democrats plan Friday conference call — President Trump called Wednesday for ending the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry “for the good of the Country,” claiming it was tainted with political bias, and said the whistleblower …
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Trump ally on Fox News calls whistleblowers ‘suicide bombers,’ accuses Democrats of ‘regicide’
Trump ally on Fox News calls whistleblowers ‘suicide bombers,’ accuses Democrats of ‘regicide’
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Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Facebook denies Biden campaign's request to remove false Ukraine ad by Trump campaign — CNN reporter debunks Trump's whistleblower claim — (CNN)Facebook denied a request from Joe Biden's campaign to take down a video ad by President Donald Trump's reelection campaign that falsely accuses …
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Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux / FiveThirtyEight:
It Took A Long Time For Republicans To Abandon Nixon — On July 23, 1974, Rep. Lawrence Hogan, Sr., a Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, bought airtime on TV networks across his home state of Maryland. He had a big announcement to share: Hogan was the first Republican …
The Guardian:
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions — New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers — The Guardian today reveals the 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the world's oil …
VICE:
Germany Synagogue Shooter Denies Holocaust in Apparent Video Uploaded to Twitch — A Twitch spokesperson confirmed the link to the video has been taken down. … The gunman who killed two people near a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday appears to have filmed his attack …