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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.”
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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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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 …
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Says He Won't Comply With Congressional Subpoena — President Trump's personal lawyer says Jon Sale is no longer representing him in Ukraine controversy — WASHINGTON— Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, said he doesn't intend to comply with a congressional subpoena for documents …
Associated Press:
The Latest: House Dems gauging support for impeachment vote
The Latest: House Dems gauging support for impeachment vote
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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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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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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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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The time bomb inside the Trump administration is now going off
The time bomb inside the Trump administration is now going off
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Washington Post:
U.S. troops abandoned their Syrian base. Video appears to show Russians have moved in. — As Moscow announced Tuesday that its units were patrolling in northern Syria, a journalist traveling with Russian-backed forces released a video that appeared to show the inside of a now-abandoned U.S. base near the town of Manbij.
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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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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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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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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
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Warren bashes 2020 rivals for ‘hobnobbing with the rich and powerful’
Warren bashes 2020 rivals for ‘hobnobbing with the rich and powerful’
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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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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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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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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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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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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
LeBron Turns His Back on Hong Kong
LeBron Turns His Back on Hong Kong
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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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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 …
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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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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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
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump administration proposes expanding logging in Alaska's Tongass National Forest — The Trump administration Tuesday proposed allowing logging on more than half of Alaska's 16.7 million-acre Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rainforest in North America.
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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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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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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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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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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Brian Riedl / City Journal:
The Unaffordable Candidate — Bernie Sanders's $97 trillion agenda would impose incomprehensible costs. — Politics and law — Economy, finance, and budgets — It's been a difficult time for Senator Bernie Sanders, who was hospitalized two weeks ago after suffering a heart attack …
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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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