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Elijah E. Cummings, Powerful Democrat Who Investigated Trump, Dies at 68 — A son of sharecroppers, he fought tirelessly for his hometown of Baltimore and became a key figure in the impeachment investigation of President Trump. — Representative Elijah E. Cummings, a son of sharecroppers …
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Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Rep. Elijah Cummings, Democratic leader and regular Trump target, dies at 68 — Elijah E. Cummings, a Democratic congressman from Maryland who gained national attention for his principled stands on politically charged issues in the House, his calming effect on anti-police riots in Baltimore …
Jeff Barker / Baltimore Sun:
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, longtime advocate for Baltimore and civil rights and key figure in Trump impeachment inquiry, dies at 68 — U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore, a committee chairman known for his devotion to Baltimore and civil rights and for blunt and passionate speechmaking …
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Marc Nathanson / ABC News:
Rep. Elijah Cummings, House Oversight Committee Chair, is dead at 68 — Elijah Cummings, the long-serving Democratic congressman who was deeply involved in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, has passed away at the age of 68.
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Brian Witte / Associated Press:
Baltimore Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings has died — ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings died early Thursday due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. He was 68. — A sharecropper's son, Cummings became the powerful chairman …
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Greg Ng / WBAL:
Rep. Elijah Cummings has died — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — Maryland U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings has died, according to his office. — Cummings' office released a statement, saying, “At approximately 2:45 a.m. on Thursday Oct. 17, 2019, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07) …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Rep. Elijah Cummings, powerful Democratic chairman and Trump target, dies at 68
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CBS News:
Elijah Cummings, esteemed longtime Baltimore congressman, has died at 68
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Elijah Cummings' Widow Pays Tribute to Her Husband: ‘He Worked Until His Last Breath’
Jeff Barker / Baltimore Sun:
Rep. Elijah Cummings, key in Trump impeachment probe, hasn't returned as expected after medical procedure
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and House Oversight Chairman, dies at 68
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Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
“Is This Real?”: Trump Sends Third-Grade Reading-Level Letter to Erdoğan — The president crosses the line from pretty crazy to clinically insane. — Donald Trump has said or done something certifiably insane nearly every day of his presidency. And not like, “This guy's a little kooky” …
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Day 1,000 of the Trump presidency: ‘I think now we have to pray...’ — Wednesday was the 1,000th day of Donald Trump's presidency. He spent it the usual way, by saying unusual things. — “It's a lot of sand,” Trump said. — He was sitting in the Oval Office next to the president of Italy …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Someone Had a ‘Meltdown’ at the White House. Pelosi and Trump Just Disagree on Who. — A meeting intended to brief congressional leaders at the White House about the president's Syria policy quickly devolved into name-calling and a dispute over which insults were used.
Marina Pitofsky / The Hill:
Lawmakers, social media users praise photo of Pelosi confronting Trump
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Democrats say Trump had a “meltdown” and insulted Pelosi in Syria meeting
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell eyes quick impeachment trial in Senate
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The world is staring at Trump, mouth agape
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
‘See you at the polls’: Trump and Pelosi have it out
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The Week
Washington Post:
McConnell tells Senate Republicans to be ready for impeachment trial of Trump
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House lawyers: Trump trying to ‘obstruct his own impeachment’
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BBC:
Turkish president Erdogan 'threw Trump's Syria letter in bin' — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put US President Donald Trump's letter “in the bin”, the BBC has been told. — In the letter dated 9 October, and sent after US troops were pulled out of Syria, Mr Trump told Mr Erdogan: “Don't be a tough guy.
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Ragip Soylu / Middle East Eye:
‘We dumped it in the trash’: Trump's letter to Erdogan gets hostile reception — Explosive correspondence threatening the Turkish president sours relations even further ahead of Mike Pence's visit to Ankara — A leaked letter written by US President Donald Trump to Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning …
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Rick Perry Called Rudy Giuliani at Trump's Direction on Ukraine Concerns — President's lawyer said Ukraine had worked to hurt Trump in 2016 election, energy secretary says in interview — WASHINGTON—Energy Secretary Rick Perry said he sought out Rudy Giuliani this spring …
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Sondland asked Ukrainian officials during private White House talk about gas firm linked to Hunter Biden — Sondland's meeting with Ukrainian officials just steps from the White House Situation Room came minutes after a larger meeting that included John Bolton.
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Mother Jones
New York Times:
Trump's Impeachment Blockade Crumbles as Witnesses Agree to Talk — After vowing not to cooperate with a “kangaroo court,” the president has largely failed to prevent current and former administration members from spending hours with Democrats seeking to impeach him.
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William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
“There Is Definite Hanky-Panky Going On”: The Fantastically Profitable Mystery of the Trump Chaos Trades — The president's talk can move markets—and it's made some futures traders billions. Did they know what he was going to say before he said it? — In the last 10 minutes of trading …
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The American Conservative
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren is failing the commander in chief test — It should be obvious this week that the United States needs a president who has the foreign policy chops to speak clearly about the United States' role in the world and has a real plan to keep our country safe.
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Liz Sly / Washington Post:
The hasty U.S. pullback from Syria is a searing moment in America's withdrawal from the Middle East
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William Saletan / Slate:
Is Elizabeth Warren an Ideologue?
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Washington Post:
Amid impeachment probe, Gordon Sondland is overseeing a renovation of his residence that has cost $1 million in taxpayer money — BRUSSELS — Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a central figure in the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump …
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KTIV-TV:
Blood fills Iowa family's basement — (WHO/NBC News) What sounds like a scene from a horror film is reality for the Lestina family of Bagley, Iowa. — Nick Lestina and his family of seven were getting ready to put their house on the market until their basement was flooded with animal blood.
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Judd at Popular Information / Popular Information:
The Republican political operatives who call the shots at Facebook — This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter. You can get independent accountability journalism in your inbox every week. Sign up here: — Subscribe — In recent months, Facebook …
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