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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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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.”
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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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 …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump's impeachment barricade crumbles — Donald Trump's impeachment blockade has collapsed. — The president's former top Russia adviser, Fiona Hill — the first White House official to cooperate in Democrats' investigation of the Ukraine scandal — has detailed for lawmakers a trail …
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Political Wire, Rolling Stone and American Greatness
New York Times:
Impeachment Investigators Question George Kent, State Dept. Ukraine Expert — Mr. Kent raised concerns to colleagues early this year about the pressure being directed at Ukraine by President Trump and his private lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani. — WASHINGTON — The procession of high-ranking witnesses …
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Washington Post, The Hill, Law & Crime, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, CNN, The Daily Caller and NBC News
NBC News:
White House tried to limit what former Russia aide Fiona Hill could say to Congress, letters show
White House tried to limit what former Russia aide Fiona Hill could say to Congress, letters show
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Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Daily Kos, Shareblue Media and The Hill
Washington Post:
Giuliani was paid $500,000 by company founded by arrested associate
Giuliani was paid $500,000 by company founded by arrested associate
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New Republic, Washington Monthly, CANNONFIRE, twitchy.com, Raw Story, The Week, Law & Crime, The Hill and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Week full of subpoena deadlines to test house Dems' resolve on contempt
Week full of subpoena deadlines to test house Dems' resolve on contempt
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Raw Story
Axios:
House Democrats' sprawling Ukraine investigation is spilling across the Trump administration
House Democrats' sprawling Ukraine investigation is spilling across the Trump administration
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Shareblue Media, CNN, Vox, Washington Post and Political Wire
Fox News:
Giuliani ‘disappointed’ in Bolton amid claim he told aide to alert lawyer to Ukraine probe
Giuliani ‘disappointed’ in Bolton amid claim he told aide to alert lawyer to Ukraine probe
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Raw Story and Progressives …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The revenge of John Bolton?
The revenge of John Bolton?
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Mother Jones, Outside the Beltway and emptywheel
Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed News:
War Hawks, Peace Activists, Scholars, And Humanitarians Agree: Trump Made Syria Much, Much Worse — It's been just over week since Turkey began its long-threatened operation against the US-backed Kurds in northeast Syria. In that time, things have already reached a point that few could have predicted …
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Shareblue Media, Washington Post and NBC News
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New York Times:
Russia Troops Patrol Between Turkish and Syrian Forces, Filling an American Void
Russia Troops Patrol Between Turkish and Syrian Forces, Filling an American Void
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Associated Press, Vox, National Review, Telegraph, NPR, Defense One, Task & Purpose, The Defense Post, New York Post, Wall Street Journal and Political Wire
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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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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The Week, Deadline and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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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Political Wire
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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Washington Post, National Review, VICE, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal and Politico
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Lara Trump Defends Trump on Syria By Claiming ‘The Average American’ Doesn't Even Know Who the Kurds Are — First Daughter-in-Law and senior Trump campaign adviser Lara Trump added another offensive defense of President Donald Trump's decision to abandon the United States' Kurdish allies …
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National Review, New York Times, Political Wire and The Sun
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trump Betrayed the Kurds. He Couldn't Help Himself.
Trump Betrayed the Kurds. He Couldn't Help Himself.
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The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Daily Kos, CBS News, New York Times and Mother Jones
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump's betrayal of the Kurds is sickening to U.S. soldiers
Trump's betrayal of the Kurds is sickening to U.S. soldiers
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Daily Kos
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
How Lev Parnas Became Part of the Trump Campaign's “One Big Family” — On September 26th, two weeks before Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were arrested at Dulles International Airport, Parnas was visiting Manhattan. It was during the U.N. General Assembly, and a large Ukrainian delegation was in town.
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Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed News:
The Trump Impeachment Saga Is Basically Shakespearean. This Is Its Cast Of Characters.
The Trump Impeachment Saga Is Basically Shakespearean. This Is Its Cast Of Characters.
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Balloon Juice
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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Washington Monthly, Outside the Beltway, alicublog and The Week
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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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Boston Herald, Fox News, Breitbart, ABC News, New York Post, RedState and KTLA
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
LeBron Turns His Back on Hong Kong
LeBron Turns His Back on Hong Kong
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ESPN and Washington Free Beacon
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump is on his way to an easy win in 2020, according to Moody's accurate election model — President Donald Trump will win re-election easily in 2020 if the economy holds up, modeling by Moody's Analytics shows. — “If voters were to vote primarily on the basis of their pocketbooks …
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
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Democratic leaders gauge support for impeachment inquiry vote — House Democratic leaders are quietly reaching out to the most vulnerable members of their caucus to gauge whether they would support a formal vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, according to multiple Democratic aides.
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POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
ProPublica:
We Found a “Staggering” 281 Lobbyists Who've Worked in the Trump Administration — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.
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Common Dreams
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The hidden menace threatening Democrats' bid to beat Trump in 2020 — The Democratic National Committee sent an urgent alert on Monday to every presidential campaign aimed at avoiding a repeat of the cybersecurity fiasco the party suffered at the hands of Russia and WikiLeaks in 2016.
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twitchy.com, CNN, Washington Times, Washington Post, Instapundit, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Rep. Peter DeFazio calls for audit into Elaine Chao's alleged Kentucky favors — A senior House Democrat has asked the Transportation Department's internal watchdog to investigate whether Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao showed undue favoritism to Kentucky constituents of her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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The Hill
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
White House officials to meet with parents of teen killed by U.S. diplomat's wife — The meeting comes as Harry Dunn's parents have pleaded for the diplomat's wife to be held accountable for her actions. — WASHINGTON — The White House invited the parents of the British teenager …
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Associated Press and The Hill
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Improvised explosive device detonates at Montana elementary school, no one injured: Sheriff — An improvised explosive device detonated on the playground of a Montana elementary school Tuesday, authorities said. — No one was injured, according to the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office.
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The Daily Caller
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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Townhall, Axios, Fox News, The Daily Caller and Law & Crime