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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump lawyer Giuliani was paid $500,000 to consult on indicted associate's firm — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was paid $500,000 for work he did for a company co-founded by the Ukrainian-American businessman arrested last week …
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New York Times:
Bolton Objected to Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Calling Giuliani ‘a Hand Grenade’ — WASHINGTON — The effort to pressure Ukraine for political help provoked a heated confrontation inside the White House last summer that so alarmed John R. Bolton, then the national security adviser …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Suspects a Spiteful John Bolton Is Behind Some of the Ukraine Leaks — Trump fears the leaks are now coming from the people he chose to serve—and that only increases the paranoia currently infecting the West Wing. — At a critical juncture in his presidency, facing …
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Prosecutors Scrutinize Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine Business Dealings, Finances — Trump lawyer's bank records have been examined; witnesses are questioned about work for a Ukraine mayor, efforts to oust U.S. ambassador — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are examining Rudy Giuliani's business dealings …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Shareblue Media, The Hill, HuffPost, CNN, The Guardian, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, Occupy Democrats, Vanity Fair, Axios, Mediaite and Boing Boing
Washington Post:
‘Disruptive diplomat’ Gordon Sondland, a key figure in Trump impeachment furor, long coveted ambassadorship — Gordon Sondland was streaking over the West Coast in his Learjet in 2016 when the bad news came. Jeb Bush's campaign was on the phone. He was bowing out of the race for the White House.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, CNN, Politico, Contemptor and Vox
Axios:
House Democrats' sprawling Ukraine investigation is spilling across the Trump administration — The White House is tense — and some aides are frantic — as Democrats on Capitol Hill tap a gusher of revelations that paint an increasingly vivid portrait of President Trump's unrestrained conduct of foreign policy.
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New York Times, NBC News, Political Wire and Roll Call
Washington Post:
Giuliani was paid $500,000 by company founded by arrested associate — President Trump's personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani was paid $500,000 last year by a company founded by one of his business associates who was arrested last week and charged with campaign finance violations.
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Washington Monthly, Raw Story and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
YouTube:
Makes More Sense | Pete Buttigieg for President … To stay connected with the campaign: — About Pete: — Pete Buttigieg is a husband, Afghanistan veteran, and the Mayor of his hometown, South Bend, Indiana. — Pete is running for president because this is a now or never moment for our nation.
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VICE, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal and Politico
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Buttigieg puts money behind digital ad knocking ‘Medicare for All’ Democrats by name
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Political Wire
Danny Hayes / Washington Post:
A new poll shows Elizabeth Warren leading the Democratic field, with 28 percent
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Boston Herald, Hot Air, Daily Kos, HuffPost and Vanity Fair
Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:
Elizabeth Warren Limits Donations From Some Bank, Tech Execs
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Medium, Axios, Political Wire and The Verge
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Poll: Warren faces high expectations ahead of debate
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The Daily Caller, CNN, The Hill and Political Wire
Victoria Thompson / ABC News:
Exclusive: ‘Hiding in plain sight’: Hunter Biden defends foreign ventures but concedes political ‘mistake’ — As President Donald Trump continues to fill his Twitter feed and campaign speeches with attacks on Hunter Biden over his foreign business deals, the former vice president's son defended …
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Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Biden's Rivals Are Utterly Perplexed at the Timing of Hunter's Interview
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Washington Post, Des Moines Register, The Guardian, Contemptor, Politico, The Daily Caller and Vox
Washington Post:
Russia patrolling between Turkish and Syrian forces after U.S. troops withdraw — ISTANBUL — Russia announced on Tuesday that its units were patrolling between the Turkish and Syrian militaries near the northern Syrian town of Manbij, in a sign that Moscow, a key ally of the Syrian government …
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Military Times, Foreign Policy Research …, Fox News, Atlantic Council and Outside the Beltway
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New York Times:
Russia Troops Patrol Between Turkish and Syrian Forces, Filling an American Void
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Vox, National Review, Political Wire, NPR, New York Post, Task & Purpose, Wall Street Journal, twitchy.com, The Defense Post and Politico
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's betrayal of the Kurds is sickening to U.S. soldiers
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Daily Kos
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Russia Savors U.S. Missteps in Syria, and Seizes Opportunity
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National Review, Mediaite and Slate
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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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
A British family on vacation accidentally drove into the U.S. They've spent days detained with their 3-month-old baby. — The Connors family didn't plan to be on the unmarked road. — Originally from the United Kingdom, the two couples and their three young children were driving near …
NBC News:
White House tried to limit what former Russia aide Fiona Hill could say to Congress, letters show — The White House did not try and block her from testifying but told her lawyers about areas that could fall under executive privilege. — The White House tried to limit what Fiona Hill …
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Talking Points Memo, USA Today, The Hill and Daily Kos
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Dan Wolken / USA Today:
LeBron James undermines values he's espoused in most disgraceful moment of career — On behalf of the 327 million American citizens who generally believe that freedom is good and authoritarian regimes are less good, let me apologize to LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Ben Golliver / Washington Post:
LeBron James criticizes Daryl Morey's decision to send controversial Hong Kong tweet
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The Federalist, New York Times and The Gateway Pundit
Public Policy Polling:
Impeachment Could End Collins' Career — PPP's newest Maine poll finds that Susan Collins is in trouble for reelection...and that she's likely to find herself in more trouble no matter what side of impeachment she comes down on. — Collins is unpopular, with only 35% of voters approving of the job she's doing to 50% who disapprove.
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Law & Crime
Greg Weiner / The Bulwark:
Continue the Investigation. Begin the Impeachment. — The most compelling evidence for impeachment is now in the public record. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone's refusal to cooperate with the House's impeachment inquiry is an attack not on its recipients—House Democrats who …
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Raw Story and The Bulwark Podcast
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Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Rep. Peter DeFazio calls for audit into Elaine Chao's alleged Kentucky favors
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The Hill
Ericka Andersen / New York Times:
Why Are Democrats Jilting G.O.P. Voters Who Want to Like Them? — Candidates are leaving potential Republican converts without options. — Ms. Andersen is a freelance writer in Indianapolis. — Under President Trump, a small slice of America's electorate seeks a reason to call the Democratic Party home for the very first time.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, alicublog and The Week
Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
The transformation of Elizabeth Warren — She faced sexism, split with a husband and found her voice teaching law in Houston — HOUSTON — Elizabeth Warren hadn't stepped foot on the University of Houston Law Center campus in nearly 15 years, not since she'd left her first full-time teaching job there.
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Althouse
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Is this Barr's cry for help? — On Friday, in a closed-door speech at the University of Notre Dame, Attorney General William P. Barr talked at length about a “campaign to destroy the traditional moral order.” — The alleged perpetrator of this campaign? — “Militant secularists,” …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Raw Story and The American Conservative
Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘Everything becomes a conspiracy theory’: Trump leans into spurious claims for impeachment defense — A president who rose to political prominence on birtherism — and then won the White House obsessed with Hillary Clinton's emails — is latching onto scraps of conspiracy theories to build his political defense against impeachment.
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Raw Story
Bernadette Hogan / New York Post:
Gov. Cuomo drops the n-word during live radio interview — Gov. Andrew Cuomo used the N-word during a live radio interview Tuesday while discussing racism against Italian-Americans. — Cuomo called into WAMC radio where he was asked about the controversy surrounding Indigenous Peoples' Day …
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Law & Crime
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