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Washington Post:
At least four national security officials raised alarms about Ukraine policy before and after Trump call with Ukrainian president — At least four national security officials were so alarmed by the Trump administration's attempts to pressure Ukraine for political purposes that they raised concerns …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Senior adviser to Pompeo resigns — Michael McKinley, a career diplomat and senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, has resigned his position amid rising dissatisfaction and plummeting morale inside the State Department over what is seen as Pompeo's failure to support personnel ensnared in the Ukraine controversy.
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CNN, Hullabaloo, New York Post, The Week and Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump's former Russia aide set to give revealing testimony on Giuliani, Sondland — Fiona Hill's appearance next week before Congress has stoked fear among people close to the president. — WASHINGTON — Fiona Hill, who was until recently President Donald Trump's top aide on Russia and Europe …
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Boing Boing
Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden worked with whistleblower when he was vice president, officials reveal — The 2020 Democratic candidate with whom the CIA whistleblower had a “professional” tie is Joe Biden, according to intelligence officers and former White House officials. — Lawyers for the whistleblower …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The drama behind Trump's outreach to Trey Gowdy — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING OVERNIGHT ... AP/TEHRAN: “Iran says oil tanker struck by missiles off Saudi Arabia”: “Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday …
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Associated Press, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Diplomat removed after upholding protocol, ex-official says — WASHINGTON (AP) — The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was removed from her post after insisting that Rudy Giuliani's requests to Ukrainian officials for investigations be relayed through official channels, according to a former diplomat who has spoken with her.
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The Daily Beast
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
‘Trey is a joke among us’: Gowdy is a divisive addition to Trump's legal team — WASHINGTON — The president's decision to bulk up his legal team with former South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy amid a widening impeachment inquiry is drawing criticism from one of his high-profile supporters.
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The Mystery of Rudy Giuliani's Vienna Trip — Last night, when Rudy Giuliani told me he couldn't get together for an interview, his reason made sense: As with many nights of late, he was due to appear on Hannity. When I suggested this evening instead, his response was a bit more curious.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Giuliani's Ukraine Team: In Search of Influence, Dirt and Money — The president's lawyer was paid by Lev Parnas, who with Igor Fruman worked on behalf of President Trump in Ukraine. — WASHINGTON — When Rudolph W. Giuliani set out to dredge up damaging information on President Trump's rivals in Ukraine …
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Kevin McCarthy Is Donating the Cash He Took From Rudy Giuliani's Indicted Pals
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Politico, The Hill, Jewish Insider, Axios and CNN
Bloomberg:
Rudy Giuliani Draws Prosecutors' Scrutiny With Ukraine Allies' Arrest
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Indicted Florida Pair Known for Flashy Style, Claim of Trump Ties
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CNN, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Week and CBS Miami
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
‘I smell a wiretap’: Ex-FBI official suspects the Feds have tapes of Rudy Giuliani
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CNN, RedState and Occupy Democrats
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Syria Fiasco Is Part of Putin's To-Do List — Trump tried to keep his talks with Putin at Helsinki last year secret from his staff and the world, but Russia's president held up the checklist for the cameras. Syria was on it. — President Donald J. Trump's surprise decision …
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CNBC and Washington Post
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Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
‘Shame on Him’: Evangelicals Call Out Trump on Syria
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The Guardian, The Federalist, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
U.N. Security Council fails to condemn Turkey's military action in Syria
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Trump Says U.S. Troops Have Quit Syria, It's Not True
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Slate and Al Jazeera
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘Stunning in ugliness & tone’: Trump denounced for attacking Somali refugees in Minnesota — For roughly six minutes Thursday night, President Trump predictably singled out Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during his campaign rally in her home district of Minneapolis.
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Al Jazeera, Sputnik International and HuffPost
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New York Times:
At Minneapolis Rally, an Angry Trump Reserves Sharpest Attack for Biden
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Common Dreams
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Lindsey Graham dishes on Trump in hoax calls with Russians — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has in the last year become something of a congressional point man for President Donald Trump's negotiations with Turkey, leading discussions on everything from Ankara's purchase of a Russian missile system …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Analysis: In impeachment fight, it's Trump vs. Constitution — NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has spent his time in office trying to bend the conventions of the American presidency to his will. Now he appears to be trying to override a core principle of democracy: that no one is above the law.
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Politico, Shareblue Media and Breitbart
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Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
New revelations about Trump test Pelosi's narrow impeachment strategy
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Political Wire
New York Times:
Barr Meets With Murdoch as Trump Steps Up His Criticism of Fox News — William P. Barr, the attorney general, met privately Wednesday evening with one of President Trump's frequent confidantes, Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul whose holdings includes Fox News, which has recently become more critical of the president.
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's children take in millions overseas as president slams Biden's son — Eric Trump sounded shocked that Hunter Biden hadn't drawn more criticism for his lucrative business deals in Ukraine and China while his father, Joe Biden, was vice president. — “Can you imagine if I took 3 cents from the Ukraine or 4 cents from China?”
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump predicts senators will quash impeachment. His allies aren't so sure. — Donald Trump made a defiant prediction last week that Senate Republicans will be the bulwark to keep Democrats from ending his presidency. — But behind the scenes, Republicans and Trump's informal circle …
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The White House and Political Wire
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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Bret Stephens Backs Out of Bedbug Debate — New York Times opinion columnist and man who thinks it's deeply important to engage in open debate Bret Stephens has backed out of an upcoming scheduled event at George Washington University, where he was set to discuss civil discourse online with professor Dave Karpf.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Pentagon officials deemed withholding of aid to Ukraine was illegal — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon was confused. Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine had been appropriated in late 2018 by Congress, intended to help fend off aggression by neighboring Russia.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Politico and CNN
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Republicans Trash Trump on Syria—but Not Ukraine
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The Atlantic
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland to testify next week — U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is expected to testify next Wednesday before the House committees investigating President Trump and Ukraine, despite being blocked by the State Department from appearing …
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Mother Jones and The Week
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New York Sun:
The Biden Boomerang — Boomerang. That's the word for news that Joe Biden is the 2020 Democratic candidate with whom the CIA's so-called whistleblower had a “professional” tie. The ex-vice president had been holding himself and his son out as the wronged parties in this whole contretemps.
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Joshua Herr / The Federalist:
Donald Trump Has Done Far More For Gay People Than The Stonewall Democrats — Stonewall Democrats don't want you to know gay Republicans exist. But we do, our ideas are better than theirs, and we're not going anywhere. — There is no easier way to make the left mad than being a gay Republican.
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