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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Rep. Sessions Subpoenaed Over Interactions With Giuliani, Giuliani Associates — Giuliani is primary focus of subpoena; Pete Sessions cooperating with prosecutors — A grand jury has issued a subpoena related to Manhattan federal prosecutors' investigation into Rudy Giuliani …
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Giuliani says he won't comply with a congressional subpoena — President Donald's Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani told ABC News on Tuesday he is not complying with a congressional subpoena. — Giuliani tells ABC News “if they enforce it then we will see what happens.”
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi holds off on vote to authorize Trump impeachment inquiry — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leaders will hold off on a full House vote authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to multiple lawmakers and aides. — Democratic leadership sources caution …
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani says he won't comply in ‘abomination’ impeachment inquiry, parts ways with his lawyer ‘for now’ — Rudy Giuliani dared House Democrats to take him to court Tuesday, declaring he won't comply in their “abomination” of an impeachment inquiry despite facing a subpoena …
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CNN:
Giuliani role unnerves some congressional Republicans — Washington (CNN)Even as House Republicans mount a vigorous defense of President Donald Trump amid the impeachment inquiry, some are growing uneasy about the role that Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani played in carrying out US policy …
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Pence refuses House request to provide documents related to Ukraine call
Pence refuses House request to provide documents related to Ukraine call
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CNN:
Giuliani and a key federal agency defy House Democrats' impeachment subpoena
Giuliani and a key federal agency defy House Democrats' impeachment subpoena
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Giuliani says he won't comply with subpoenas from Democrats
Giuliani says he won't comply with subpoenas from Democrats
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Washington Post, Breitbart, New York Times, The Root, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller and Washington Times
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Says He Won't Comply With Congressional Subpoena
Giuliani Says He Won't Comply With Congressional Subpoena
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Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Claims from the Democratic debate — WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve Democrats seeking the presidency tussled Tuesday night in a wide-ranging debate featuring the largest number of qualifying candidates on the same stage. — Here's a look at how some of their claims from Westerville, Ohio, stack up with the facts:
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Washington Post:
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders to be endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, one of the most influential voices among young liberals and a rising Democratic star, plans to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president and appear …
Steve Krakauer / NBC News:
Who is Tom Steyer, the Democratic debate newcomer hellbent on impeaching Trump?
Who is Tom Steyer, the Democratic debate newcomer hellbent on impeaching Trump?
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Live Blog / October Democratic Debate: Live updates from Ohio
Live Blog / October Democratic Debate: Live updates from Ohio
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
Everybody went after Elizabeth Warren over Medicare-for-all
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sanders goes after Biden's record: Key moments from Tuesday's debate
Sanders goes after Biden's record: Key moments from Tuesday's debate
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NBC News and The Daily Beast
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Warren blasts fellow 2020 candidates for ‘hobnobbing with the rich and powerful,’ swears off big-dollar donors
Warren blasts fellow 2020 candidates for ‘hobnobbing with the rich and powerful,’ swears off big-dollar donors
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New York Times:
White House Is Said to Open Internal Review of Ukraine Call — Some advisers fear that the inquiry is a hunt for a scapegoat, people familiar with it said. — WASHINGTON — President Trump has for weeks sought to unmask the whistle-blower who shed light on his Ukraine dealings.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bolton, Mulvaney on Opposite Sides of Pivotal Ukraine Debate — Two key Trump advisers pursued different strategies on the issue now at heart of House's impeachment inquiry — WASHINGTON—During President Trump's tenure in office, both his chief of staff and his national security adviser …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Sondland prepared to deny he was warned about Ukraine work
Sondland prepared to deny he was warned about Ukraine work
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The Daily Beast, The Hill and Hullabaloo
CNN:
State Department official told to lie low after raising complaints about Giuliani — Washington (CNN)State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent told lawmakers on Tuesday that he had been told by a supervisor to lie low after he raised complaints about Rudy Giuliani's efforts …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The time bomb inside the Trump administration is now going off — There was a telling moment in President Trump's fateful call this summer with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, when Trump said, “The former ambassador from the United States, the woman, was bad news.”
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Bloomberg, Washington Free Beacon, The Guardian and Raw Story
New York Times:
Senior State Dept. Ukraine Expert Says White House Sidelined Him
Senior State Dept. Ukraine Expert Says White House Sidelined Him
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Slate, CNN, The Hill, Law & Crime, Daily Kos and Mother Jones
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump's impeachment barricade crumbles
Trump's impeachment barricade crumbles
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Rolling Stone and American Greatness
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
'I can't even look at the atrocities': U.S. troops say Trump's Syria withdrawal betrayed an ally — Watching the rapid disintegration of security in Syria and the U.S. withdrawal, Marty Palmer recalled the night an Islamic State car bomb exploded near the Kurdish unit partnered with his Army Special Forces team.
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Washington Post:
U.S. troops abandoned their Syrian base. Video appears to show Russians have moved in.
U.S. troops abandoned their Syrian base. Video appears to show Russians have moved in.
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Military Times and Fox News
Washington Post:
Giuliani pressed Trump to eject Muslim cleric from U.S., a top priority of Turkish president, former officials say — Rudolph W. Giuliani privately urged President Trump in 2017 to extradite a Turkish cleric living in exile in the United States, a top priority of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
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The Hill and New Republic
Tom Bartlett / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Trump's ‘China Muse’ Has an Imaginary Friend — Who is Ron Vara? He only seems to exist in the books of Peter Navarro. — Ron Vara has strong opinions. He thinks you've “got to be nuts to eat Chinese food.” He doles out little scraps of wisdom, like “Don't play checkers in a chess world.”
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Washington Post:
Voters must demand that 2020 candidates answer this question — Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, served as mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013. — Over the course of the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, candidates have been asked time and again …
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Associated Press:
Appeals court to hold rehearing on Trump hotel lawsuit — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court will reconsider a ruling from a three-judge panel that threw out a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel.
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Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Trump emoluments case over his D.C. hotel gets second chance in legal challenge
Trump emoluments case over his D.C. hotel gets second chance in legal challenge
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POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Justice News:
Turkish Bank Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Its Participation In A Multibillion-Dollar Iranian Sanctions Evasion Scheme — Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security …
Hollywood Reporter:
Shari Redstone Explores Plan to Launch Fox News Competitor (Exclusive) — The mogul, who has spoken with former Fox News star Megyn Kelly, may look to rebrand an existing Viacom linear channel to create a conservative-leaning news network. — In the midst of closing a merger between CBS and Viacom …
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BBC:
British holidaymakers ‘traumatised’ after arrest at US border — A British couple say they have been detained in the US after accidentally crossing the border from Canada. — David Connors, 30, and his wife Eileen, 24, say they are being held in Pennsylvania with their three-month-old baby and are “traumatised”.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Meghan McCain: It's ‘Breaking My Heart’ That Warren Is Beating Biden in the Polls — “I love Joe Biden and his family. Hunter Biden had a lot of issues that he struggled with for a long time.” — Reacting to Hunter Biden's exclusive interview that aired on Tuesday morning …
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Matt Berman / BuzzFeed News:
Rudy Giuliani Was With His Now-Indicted Ukrainian Friend At President Bush's State Funeral Service. Jeb Bush Says It's “Disappointing.” — Rudy Giuliani was photographed with his now-indicted Ukrainian associate Lev Parnas at former president George H.W. Bush's state funeral service …
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Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Being Impeached Because He Keeps Doing What Russia Wants — “Pro-Kremlin proxy Vladimir Zhirinovskiy, leader of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, proclaimed just before the election that if President-elect Trump won, Russia would ‘drink champagne’ in anticipation …
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