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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. forces say Turkey was deliberately ‘bracketing’ American troops with artillery fire in Syria — Turkish forces who launched multiple artillery rounds near a U.S. Special Operations outpost in northeastern Syria on Friday have known for months that Americans were there …
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U.S. troops withdraw from another Syrian town as Turkish forces block supply lines — BEIRUT — U.S. troops withdrew on Sunday from another town in Syria as Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper inside Syrian territory, seizing positions along a major highway that serves as the U.S. military's main supply route …
New York Times:
12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. One Culprit: Russia. — The Russians saved Bashar al-Assad's government. A trove of Russian Air Force recordings obtained by The Times shows how bombing Syrian hospitals helped them do it. — The Russian Air Force has repeatedly bombed hospitals …
Associated Press:
Trump says he's an ‘island of one’ on Syria — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's an “island of one” for removing U.S. forces from northeastern Syria. — Trump's decision drew swift bipartisan criticism in the U.S. and abroad that he was endangering regional stability …
Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press:
IS supporters escape as Turkish troops near key Syrian town — AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkish forces approached a key Kurdish-held town in northern Syria on Sunday, setting off clashes that allowed hundreds of Islamic State supporters to escape from a camp for displaced people near a U.S.-led coalition base.
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Washington Post:
Trump's envoy to testify that ‘no quid pro quo’ came from Trump — The U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, intends to tell Congress this week that the content of a text message he wrote denying a quid pro quo with Ukraine was relayed to him directly by President Trump in a phone call …
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Stephanie Baker / Bloomberg:
Hunter Biden Steps Down from Chinese Board Amid Trump Attacks — Democratic candidate's son releases statement through lawyer — Trump, Giuliani have accused him of unsubstantiated corruption — Hunter Biden is stepping down from the board of a Chinese-backed private equity company …
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Associated Press, Axios, One America News Network, Political Wire and The Hill
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George Mesires:
A Statement on behalf of Hunter Biden, dated October 13, 2019 — Hunter Biden's business activities have received significant press attention. Since 2016, I have served as Hunter's lawyer. In recent weeks, I have received numerous questions about those activities, many of which have been shaped …
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Breitbart
BuzzFeed News:
A Fort Worth Cop Killed A Black Woman Inside Her Home After Her Neighbor Called Police Because Her Door Was Open — A black woman was shot and killed by police inside her own home early Saturday morning in Fort Worth, Texas, after her neighbor called a non-emergency police number for a wellness check on her.
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Jack Howland / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Woman killed in own home when Fort Worth officer shoots her, police and witness say — A white Fort Worth officer fatally shot a black woman inside her home early Saturday morning after police were called to the house to do a welfare check, according to police and the neighbor who called them.
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Washington Post, CNN, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Dallas Morning News, The Hill, Daily Kos, WFAA-TV, The Daily Beast, Occupy Democrats and New York Post
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
2014 photo shows earlier ties between Trump and indicted Giuliani associate — A photograph of President Donald Trump posing with a recently indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani was posted online in March 2014, two years prior to what had been their first known interaction.
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CNN:
Trump threatens to sue top Democrats Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi amid impeachment inquiry — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday night to sue top congressional Democrats Rep. Adam Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the House impeachment inquiry into the President.
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Dems scramble to counter Trump with grassroots impeachment campaign
Dems scramble to counter Trump with grassroots impeachment campaign
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Raw Story
New York Times:
In Show of Support, Trump Meets With Giuliani Over Lunch — The president's multiple shows of support for his personal lawyer on Saturday seemed meant to tamp down questions about Mr. Giuliani's standing. — WASHINGTON — President Trump had lunch on Saturday with Rudolph W. Giuliani amid revelations …
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Batya Ungar-Sargon / The Forward:
I Was Protested At Bard College For Being A Jew — When I was asked to speak at last week's conference on racism and anti-Semitism at Bard College's Hannah Arendt Center, I think my heart actually skipped a beat. — Arendt, the German-born political philosopher who fled the Nazis in the 1930s …
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Fox News pollster Braun Research misrepresented impeachment poll: analysis — The poll released last week by Fox News that claimed most Americans favor the impeachment of President Trump underrepresented Republican and independent voters, The Post has found.
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
How ‘White Guilt’ in the Age of Trump Shapes the Democratic Primary — The changing racial attitudes of white liberals are changing how 2020 candidates try to win votes. — ANKENY, Iowa — When Donald Trump was elected, John Olsen felt enraged by the racial tension that fueled his rise …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Conservatives look to crack Biden's black-and-white coalition
Conservatives look to crack Biden's black-and-white coalition
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Vandana Rambaran / Fox News:
Louisiana election heads to runoff with Democrat Edwards to face GOP's Rispone — Louisiana's Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, will have to face a runoff election in November as he failed to garner at least 50 percent of the votes in Saturday's election.
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One America News Network, The Hill, Politico and The New Neo
Katherine Timpf / National Review:
Defiant Dave Chappelle — In the face of critics bent on suppression, he tells it as he sees it — When Dave Chappelle's Netflix special Sticks & Stones came out in August, the overwhelming response from critics was that it was offensive, unacceptable garbage.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Democrats ratchet up impeachment secrecy — A week ago, House Republicans complained that Democrats imposed excessive secrecy on interviews conducted as part of the drive to impeach President Trump. Now, the situation appears to have gotten worse. — Friday's interview of Marie Yovanovitch …