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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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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
‘Stop talking’: Trump advisers want Giuliani dumped — For weeks, prominent Republican advisers have been privately imploring President Donald Trump to sideline Rudy Giuliani after a barrage of inconsistent, combative and occasionally cringe-inducing media interviews, according to three people familiar with the conversations.
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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 …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Indicted Giuliani associate attended private '16 election night party for ‘friend’ Trump
Indicted Giuliani associate attended private '16 election night party for ‘friend’ Trump
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Who's the Secret Russian in the Indictment of Giuliani's Pals? We Found Some Clues.
Who's the Secret Russian in the Indictment of Giuliani's Pals? We Found Some Clues.
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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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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.”
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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.
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Washington Post:
Trump says he is replacing McAleenan as acting homeland security secretary
Trump says he is replacing McAleenan as acting homeland security secretary
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Goodbye, America. Goodbye, Freedom Man. — Under Trump, the U.S. becomes the world's fair-weather friend. — The time is the early 1980s. The place is the South China Sea. A sailor aboard the U.S.S. Midway, an aircraft carrier, spots a leaky boat jammed with people fleeing tyranny in Indochina.
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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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Reuters:
Iran offers to mediate between Syrian Kurds, Turkey — DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran offered on Saturday to engage Syrian Kurds, Syria's government and Turkey in talks to establish security along the Turkish-Syrian border following Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria to fight Kurdish forces.
Foreign Policy:
Pompeo's State Department Reels as Impeachment Inquiry Sinks Morale — As the investigation grows, so, too, does the foreign service officers' legal defense fund. — The fast-moving impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump has dragged the State Department into the center …
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New York Times:
Ukraine Envoy Says She Was Told Trump Wanted Her Out Over Lack of Trust — Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch was recalled from Ukraine after a long campaign against her by Rudolph Giuliani and his allies. Her boss told her she had “done nothing wrong.” — WASHINGTON — The State Department's …
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Warren's same-sex marriage quip captures what some find exciting — and others distressing — about her — About 90 minutes into Thursday's forum on LGBTQ issues in Los Angeles, a gay rights leader posed a question to Sen. Elizabeth Warren: How would she respond if a voter approached her and said …
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Brian Fung / CNN:
Elizabeth Warren targets Facebook's ad policy — with a Facebook ad
Elizabeth Warren targets Facebook's ad policy — with a Facebook ad
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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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The Daily Beast:
Shepard Smith Leaving Fox News After Clashes With Colleagues
Shepard Smith Leaving Fox News After Clashes With Colleagues
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
James Comey Would Like to Help — The former F.B.I. director wants an end to the Trump presidency. And yes, he knows you might think he caused it. — James Comey slumps strategically in restaurants — all 6-foot-8 of him, drooping faux-furtively with his back to the room …
Nancy Amons / WSMV-TV:
News4 talks one-on-one with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — NASHVILLE (WSMV) - The US Secretary of State visited Nashville on Friday and sat down for a one-on-one interview with News4 where he spoke about several issues, but there was one question he refused to answer.
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Andrea Mitchell / MSNBC:
Pompeo refuses to say if he met with Giuliani on February Warsaw trip
Pompeo refuses to say if he met with Giuliani on February Warsaw trip
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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 …
Fox's Chris Wallace Calls Out Newt Gingrich's Hypocrisy on Trump Impeachment: 'I Think I Remember …
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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 …
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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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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To? — As she injects chaos into the 2020 Democratic primary by accusing her own party of “rigging” the election, an array of alt-right internet stars, white nationalists and Russians have praised her. — WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon …
Mathias Döpfner / Politico:
Never again ‘never again’ — One certainly cannot accuse Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of Germany's governing CDU party, of speaking in overly drastic terms. She sees Wednesday's attack in the city of Halle as a “wake-up call.” It is alarm clocks that send out wake-up calls.
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