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Two Foreign-Born Men Who Helped Giuliani on Ukraine Arrested on Campaign-Finance Charges — Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are expected to appear in federal court in Virginia later on Thursday — WASHINGTON—Two foreign-born donors to a pro- Trump fundraising committee who helped Rudy Giuliani's efforts …
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Washington Post:
Two business associates of Trump's personal attorney Giuliani have been arrested on campaign finance charges — Two associates of President Trump's personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani have been arrested on charges that they schemed to funnel foreign money to U.S. politicians in a bid …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Bill Barr has known about investigation into Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine henchmen for months: report — NBC's Pete Williams is reporting that Attorney General Bill Barr has been aware for months of an investigation into Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, the two foreign-born businessmen who served …
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Two men with ties to Giuliani arrested on campaign finance charges — Two men who have reportedly assisted Rudy Giuliani in his efforts to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's family have been arrested and are expected to face charges for allegedly violating campaign finance law …
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NBC News:
Florida businessmen who helped Giuliani in Ukraine arrested on campaign finance charges — The two foreign-born men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were arrested late Wednesday — Two Giuliani Ukraine associates arrested on campaign finance charges — Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas …
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New York Times:
2 Giuliani Associates Tied to Ukraine Scandal Arrested on Campaign Finance Charges
2 Giuliani Associates Tied to Ukraine Scandal Arrested on Campaign Finance Charges
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Josh Chafetz / New York Times:
The House Can Play Hardball, Too. It Can Arrest Giuliani. — Two ways that Democrats in the House can match the White House's aggressive tactics. — Josh Chafetz is the author of “Congress's Constitution.” — In his letter to House leadership, the White House counsel, Pat Cipollone …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
For Trump, an impeachment vote is a race against the clock. Not so for Pelosi. — Analysis: The politics of impeachment have reached the when — not if — stage, and the president and the speaker have engaged in an unlikely role reversal. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
George Conway says White House advisers should step down
George Conway says White House advisers should step down
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Sweeping Case Against Impeachment Is a Political Strategy
Trump's Sweeping Case Against Impeachment Is a Political Strategy
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
As White House Counsel, Pat Cipollone Builds Case for Defiance on Impeachment
As White House Counsel, Pat Cipollone Builds Case for Defiance on Impeachment
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Political Wire and Hullabaloo
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
The 'I'm rubber, you're glue' presidency: Trump turns to schoolyard taunts in impeachment battle
The 'I'm rubber, you're glue' presidency: Trump turns to schoolyard taunts in impeachment battle
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The Daily Caller and Law & Crime
Wall Street Journal:
White House Shifted Authority Over Ukraine Aid Amid Legal Concerns — House Democrats are investigating why a political appointee was given control of dispensing military aid after career budget staff questioned the legality of delaying the funds — WASHINGTON—The White House gave …
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Trump adviser says China provided information about Hunter Biden — Michael Pillsbury, an informal White House adviser on China, said he received information about the business activities of Hunter Biden during a visit to Beijing in the same week Donald Trump urged China to probe the son of Joe Biden.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Military Leaders Fear They've Seen This Before. It Ended in the Iraq War. — WASHINGTON — The last time the United States abandoned allies in the Middle East, military officials say, it helped lead to the Iraq war. — Now, almost 30 years later, President Trump has pulled American special forces …
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New York Times:
Kurdish-Led Militia Casualties Climb as Turkey's Syria Offensive Continues
Kurdish-Led Militia Casualties Climb as Turkey's Syria Offensive Continues
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says potential ISIS escapees will ‘be escaping to Europe’
Trump says potential ISIS escapees will ‘be escaping to Europe’
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
White House aides try disappearing act amid impeachment talk — WASHINGTON (AP) — They've skipped the high-profile Sunday TV shows and avoided driveway chat sessions with reporters. Few who are typically eager to defend the president have appeared at all on television this month.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: John Bolton to write Trump book, pairs with top agents — President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton has decided to write a book about his time in the Trump administration, according to 2 people familiar with the matter. Bolton has agreed to be represented by Javelin's Matt Latimer and Keith Urbahn.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Gabbard says she may boycott next week's debate — Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) says she may boycott the Democratic presidential debate next week, accusing the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and media of “rigging” the primary contest against outsider candidates such as herself.
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Tulsi Considers Boycotting Debate … I want to thank you all very much for your support. I need to share something with you. It is very important. — There are so many of you who I've met in Iowa and New Hampshire who have expressed to me how frustrated you are that the DNC …
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National Review
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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Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump returns to the campaign trail as another poll shows support for his ouster is growing
Live updates: Trump returns to the campaign trail as another poll shows support for his ouster is growing
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll results October 6-8, 2019
Fox News Poll results October 6-8, 2019
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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 …
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Democrat challenging Mitch McConnell raises $10.7 million in third quarter — Amy McGrath, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's leading Democratic opponent in the 2020 Kentucky Senate race, raised $10.7 million in the third quarter of 2019 after launching her campaign in July.
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
George Conway and other prominent conservatives call for ‘expeditious’ impeachment probe — More than a dozen prominent conservative lawyers, including George T. Conway III, offered their legal reasoning for an “expeditious” impeachment probe into President Trump, creating a document they hope …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘This is karma’ Georgia Republicans knock Braves tomahawk chop drop — Georgia conservatives knocked the Atlanta Braves for pivoting from the “tomahawk chop” chant ahead of Wednesday's humiliating Game 5 playoff defeat against the St. Louis Cardinals. — The team didn't distribute …
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Axios:
Impeached and re-elected — It's looking more likely by the day that President Trump will be impeached by the House for his dealings with Ukraine. But if he is acquitted by the Senate — and then goes on to win a second term — Democrats will face a predicament neither party has confronted in U.S. history.
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Alex Swoyer / Washington Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spends $300 on hairdo at Last Tangle Salon in Washington, D.C. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has allowed life in Washington to go to her head — literally. — The self-declared socialist, who regularly rails against the rich and complains about the cost …
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RealClearInvestigations:
Here Are the Giuliani-Ukraine Notes Few Have Seen — Notes of Rudolph Giuliani's interviews with two former Ukrainian prosecutors include one's allegation that then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned him against investigating energy firm Burisma Holdings “as it was not in the interest of Joe and/or Hunter Biden.”
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Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
Dear Republicans, Is This the Idol to Whom You Have Sold Your Souls? — In the past few weeks, Donald Trump has gone from saying that no, he didn't collude with a foreign dictatorship to interfere with the U.S. election, to doing it on live TV, asking the government of China to investigate Joe Biden and his son, for no clear reason.
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Eugene Kim / CNBC:
Amazon's top spokesperson Jay Carney slams the Trump administration for lack of credibility — Carney, who was President Obama's press secretary, also says the “perception of Amazon is a little different from the reality” when asked about its growing market power.