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New York Times:
Giuliani Is Said to Be Under Investigation for Ukraine Work  —  Prosecutors are investigating whether the president's lawyer broke laws meant to prevent covert foreign influence on the government.  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating whether President Trump's …
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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Indicted Giuliani associate worked on behalf of Ukrainian oligarch Firtash  —  Aram Roston, Karen Freifeld, Polina Ivanova  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the two Florida businessmen who helped U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney investigate his political rival, Democrat Joe Biden …
Discussion: New York Post
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani's relationship with arrested men is subject of criminal investigation: Sources  —  The business relationship between President Donald Trump's private lawyer Rudy Giuliani and the men charged Thursday in a campaign finance scheme is a subject of the ongoing criminal investigation …
CBS San Francisco:   Ukrainian Andrey Kukushkin, Linked To Giuliani Associates, Arrested In San Francisco On Campaign Finance Violations
NBC News:   Lutsenko is unnamed Ukrainian who led plot to oust Yovanovitch, says official
New York Times:
Kevin McAleenan Is Out as Acting Homeland Security Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Friday the departure of Kevin K. McAleenan, the acting secretary for the Department of Homeland Security who spent his six-month tenure trying to curb a surge of asylum seekers …
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Kevin McAleenan resigns as acting homeland security secretary  —  (CNN)Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security since April and the fourth person to serve in that post since the Trump presidency began, submitted his resignation to the White House on Friday, a source tells CNN.
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
Why Trump's Fourth Secretary of Homeland Security Just Resigned  —  When Kevin McAleenan became the acting Secretary of Homeland Security, in April, a D.H.S. official, who knew McAleenan personally, told me, “I'm not sure how he can finesse things with this Administration.”
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Raw, angry, uncensored: Welcome to Trump's impeachment-era campaign
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:   Trump says he is replacing McAleenan as acting homeland security secretary
Newsweek:
Exclusive: Turkey bombs US special forces in Syria attack, apparently by mistake  —  A contingent of U.S. Special Forces has been caught up in Turkish shelling against U.S.-backed Kurdish positions in northern Syria.  —  Newsweek has learned through both an Iraqi Kurdish intelligence official …
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Samuel Osborne / The Independent:
Isis militants break out of prison in Syria after bombing by Turkey  —  Escape comes after Trump cleared way for Erdogan to launch offensive on Kurds  —  Five Isis militants have broken out of a prison in northern Syria after Turkish shelling nearby, a spokesman in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has said.
Associated Press:   The Latest: Pentagon says US came under fire from Turks
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Goodbye, America. Goodbye, Freedom Man.
Discussion: Politico and National Review
New York Times:
ISIS Rears Its Head, Adding to Chaos as Turkey Battles Kurds
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Why Shep Smith finally walked out of Fox News for good  —  New York (CNN Buiness)Last month Shep Smith decided that he had simply had enough.  —  With President Trump actively distorting the truth and many of his own colleagues helping him do it, the Fox News star prided himself on anchoring …
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Washington Post:
Shepard Smith, Fox News veteran anchor and frequent Trump target, abruptly resigns from the network  —  Shepard Smith, one of Fox News's leading anchors and a frequent target of President Trump, abruptly stepped down from the network on Friday, departing with little explanation after 23 years on the air.
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Trump target at Fox News announces his departure
Washington Post:
Ousted ambassador Marie Yovanovitch tells Congress Trump pressured State Dept. to remove her  —  The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine whose abrupt ouster in May has become a topic of interest for House impeachment investigators said Friday that her departure came as a direct result …
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Foreign Policy:
Pompeo's State Department Reels as Impeachment Inquiry Sinks Morale
Discussion: The Guardian and NBC News
The Hill:
White House accidentally sends Ukraine talking points to Democrats again  —  The White House accidentally sent Democrats a list of talking points related to ex-Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's Friday House deposition, two sources with knowledge of the email told The Hill …
Discussion: The Week
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Chris Wallace: For All the GOP Criticisms of Whistleblower, ‘The Basic Allegation Has Been Largely Confirmed’  —  Fox News' Chris Wallace spoke with Shepard Smith this afternoon and said that for all the Republican criticisms of the intel whistleblower, the basic allegation has been largely corroborated.
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
Fox's Chris Wallace Calls Out Newt Gingrich's Hypocrisy on Trump Impeachment: 'I Think I Remember …
Discussion: HuffPost
New York Times:
Trump Taxes: Justice Dept. Asks Judges to Block Subpoena  —  But the department did not agree with President Trump's lawyers that a sitting president is immune from criminal investigation.  —  The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Friday to stop the release …
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Washington Post:
Trump renews claim that he is immune from criminal investigation in effort to block Manhattan DA probe
Discussion: Raw Story
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Kamala's Fake Lover: Jacob Wohl Told Me It Was for a Spike TV Show  —  The duo behind botched smears against Elizabeth Warren, Robert Mueller, and Pete Buttigieg have truly outdone themselves.  —  Inept conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman held another bizarre press conference …
Discussion: HuffPost
Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
Pompeo refuses to say if he met with Giuliani on February Warsaw trip  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is doing “everything he can,” according to Andrea Mitchell, to avoid discussing Rudy Giuliani.  Former CIA director John Brennan joins to discuss.
Discussion: Boing Boing
BuzzFeed News:
Apple Told Some Apple TV+ Show Developers Not To Anger China  —  We thought trade would bring Western values to China.  Instead, it brought Chinese values to Apple.  —  “Chinese netizens hail Apple's removal of app that aids HK rioters.”  —  That was how the Global Times …
The Daily Beast:
More Potential Whistleblowers Are Contacting Congress  —  The first two officials who came forward about the president's pressure campaign on Ukraine seem to be just the beginning, according to Hill sources.  —  New potential whistleblowers are coming forward to the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry …
David Priess / Washington Post:
The Senate is likelier to remove Trump after impeachment than you think  —  The history of past acquittals isn't as helpful to Trump as naysayers believe  —  As the House of Representatives builds momentum to impeach President Trump, conventional wisdom holds that the constitutionally required …
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Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Americans Are Supporting Donald Trump's Impeachment Much Faster Than They Did With Richard Nixon During Watergate
Discussion: Fox News
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
The Free Beacon Fired A Top Reporter For A “Financial Transaction” With Someone He Frequently Covered  —  The Washington Free Beacon has fired one of its top reporters after discovering a “financial transaction” the reporter had with someone he covered, the site announced on Friday.
 
 
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