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New York Times:
Macabre Video of Fake Trump Shooting Media and Critics Is Shown at His Resort — WASHINGTON — A video depicting a macabre scene of a fake President Trump shooting, stabbing and brutally assaulting members of the news media and his political opponents was shown at a conference for his supporters …
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CNN:
Retired Marine Gen. John Allen: 'There is blood on Trump's hands for abandoning our Kurdish allies' — Washington (CNN)A retired four-star Marine general on Sunday bluntly criticized President Donald Trump over the ongoing Turkish military offensive in northern Syria, saying …
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The Daily Beast:
The U.S. Spoiled a Deal That Might Have Saved the Kurds, Former Top Official Says — Forsaken by the U.S. and under attack by Turkish troops, the Kurds are turning to Russia for help. The last time they tried to do so, the Americans worked to talk them out of it.
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Washington Post:
Syrian troops enter towns in northeast as Erdogan warns of wider offensive — ISTANBUL — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took up positions Monday in several key towns across northeastern Syria, state media and a war monitoring group reported, following a last-minute agreement …
Washington Post:
Unswayed by top advisers, Trump doubles down on decision to withdraw troops
Unswayed by top advisers, Trump doubles down on decision to withdraw troops
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Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Kremlin relishes US pullback from Syria, turmoil in Ukraine
Kremlin relishes US pullback from Syria, turmoil in Ukraine
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New York Times:
Inside Trump's Botched Attempt to Hire Trey Gowdy — For 24 hours last week, Trey Gowdy, the former South Carolina congressman best known for leading congressional investigations of Hillary Clinton, was the new face of President Trump's outside legal defense and a symbol of a streamlined effort …
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Axios:
Elizabeth Warren is still Trumpworld's dream candidate — President Trump's allies still fear a general election matchup against a banged-up Joe Biden more than a run against an invigorated Elizabeth Warren, people close to the president tell Axios. — Driving the news …
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Nadine Shubailat / ABC News:
Hunter Biden sits down for exclusive interview with ABC News
Hunter Biden sits down for exclusive interview with ABC News
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Joe Biden rolls out government anti-corruption plan
Joe Biden rolls out government anti-corruption plan
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Political Wire
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Warren's Rise Hasn't Come At Biden's Expense
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Trump claims China is already buying more U.S. farm goods
Trump claims China is already buying more U.S. farm goods
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One America News Network, CNBC, Raw Story and TheStreet
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes of the Trump bluff that kicked off Turkey's invasion — The big picture: Trump would tell Erdoğan that if he wanted to invade Syria he would have to own whatever mess ensued, according to these sources. Erdoğan would have to take care of ISIS …
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
In a month, Trump has destroyed ‘America First’ — The uproar in Washington over President Trump's corruption in Ukraine and malfeasance in Syria has obscured a broader story. In little more than a month, virtually every other foreign policy initiative the Trump administration has pursued has imploded …
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Raw Story
Bloomberg:
China Wants More Talks Before Signing Trump's ‘Phase One’ Deal — China wants further talks as soon as the end of October to hammer out the details of the “phase one” trade deal touted by Donald Trump before Xi Jinping agrees to sign it, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reports.
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New York Times:
Fox News Is Trump's Chief TV Booster. So Why Is He Griping About It? — Fed up with the coverage on his favorite cable news station, President Trump decided late this summer that a direct intervention was needed. So he telephoned the chief executive of Fox News, Suzanne Scott, and let loose.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Document request to Trump's ex-Russia adviser lays out impeachment roadmap — Ahead of this week's subpoenas and depositions, new documents obtained by Axios show how Democrats are taking the impeachment inquiry in two tightly focused directions: Ukraine and obstruction of justice.
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Politico, National Review, Associated Press and The Hill
Richard Bernstein / RealClearInvestigations:
Why China's Brightest Abroad Show Team Spirit for Beijing's Hardball — Ocotber 14, 2019 — The appearance at Columbia University last month by two leading Hong Kong pro-democracy activists was drawing to a close when, suddenly, students from mainland China arose from their seats …
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Eleni Courea / Politico:
Queen's speech: Brexit top priority for UK government — LONDON — The U.K. government is still determined to see Brexit through by October 31 — and you can take that from the queen. — The monarch opened her speech Monday, which sets out the government's legislative plans …
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Bernie Sanders's plan to reshape corporate America, explained — Bernie Sanders has a plan to give workers ownership at their companies. — Bernie Sanders's return to the campaign trail will come with a renewed message about the need to reform corporate America — and it will be backed …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Clinton Legacy: Impeachment Hurts the President — The 1998 trial damaged Democrats more than Republicans. — Conventional wisdom holds that the Republican Party suffered a big political penalty for impeaching Bill Clinton in 1998. But that's not quite right.
Washington Post:
President Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims over 993 days — As President Trump approaches his 1,000th day in office Wednesday, he has significantly stepped up his pace of spouting exaggerated numbers, unwarranted boasts and outright falsehoods.
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Political Wire
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The (Full) Case for Impeachment A menu of high crimes and misdemeanors. — The crimes for which impeachment is the prescribed punishment are notoriously undefined. And that's for a reason: Presidential powers are vast, and it's impossible to design laws to cover every possible abuse of the office's authority.
Taryn Luna / Los Angeles Times:
California becomes first state in the country to push back school start times — California will become the first state in the nation to mandate later start times at most public schools under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom Sunday, a proposal designed to improve educational outcomes by giving students more sleep.