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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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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) …
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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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Rep. Elijah Cummings, powerful Democratic chairman and Trump target, dies at 68
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Marc Nathanson / ABC News:
Rep. Elijah Cummings, House Oversight Committee Chair, is dead at 68
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CBS News:
Elijah Cummings, esteemed longtime Baltimore congressman, has died at 68
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The Hill and Contemptor
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Elijah Cummings' Widow Pays Tribute to Her Husband: ‘He Worked Until His Last Breath’
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat and House Oversight Chairman, dies at 68
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Mother Jones and Mediaite
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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell eyes quick impeachment trial in Senate — Senate Republicans are preparing for a speedy impeachment trial that concludes before the end of the year. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Senate Republicans on Wednesday that he expects Speaker Nancy Pelosi to approve articles …
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Marina Pitofsky / The Hill:
Lawmakers, social media users praise photo of Pelosi confronting Trump — Lawmakers and other social media users took to Twitter on Wednesday evening to praise House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after President Trump tweeted a photo of her standing up at a contentious meeting …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Democrats say Trump had a “meltdown” and insulted Pelosi in Syria meeting — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that they walked out of a meeting with President Trump …
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
‘See you at the polls’: Trump and Pelosi have it out — WASHINGTON (AP) — He said she's a third-rate politician. She said he's having a meltdown. — And with that President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chalked up the latest explosive meeting that ended abruptly with a walkout at the White House.
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The Week
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Day 1,000 of the Trump presidency: ‘I think now we have to pray...’
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CNN
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
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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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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New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Week, Sputnik International, NPR and Political Wire
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The world is staring at Trump, mouth agape — President Trump stood in a crowded East Room on Wednesday afternoon with the Italian president at his side, scores of aides and reporters at his feet, and a bank of cameras relaying his words to millions. — Yet he seemed alone against the world.
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Washington Post:
McConnell tells Senate Republicans to be ready for impeachment trial of Trump
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Trump Doctrine: American Unexceptionalism
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Washington Post:
Trump tries to distance himself from chaos in Syria as tensions with lawmakers in both parties escalate
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Only once has Gallup seen more support for removing a president. Nixon was gone four days later.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Romney: Trump administration opened door to Turkey invasion
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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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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.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House lawyers: Trump trying to ‘obstruct his own impeachment’
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The Hill and The New Civil Rights Movement
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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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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