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Trump unhappy with Mulvaney's press briefing in which he acknowledged quid pro quo, source says — (CNN)President Donald Trump is not pleased with acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's press briefing and his acknowledgment on Thursday of a quid pro quo, according to a source close to the President.
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Mulvaney Says, Then Denies, That Trump Held Back Ukraine Aid as Quid Pro Quo — At first the acting White House chief of staff undercut the president's denials, but late in the day he reversed himself. — WASHINGTON — Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff …
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GOP Senator Breaks With White House Over Ukraine Quid Pro Quo — “You don't hold up foreign aid that we had previously appropriated for a political initiative,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said. — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pushed back on the idea endorsed by the Trump administration …
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Mick Mulvaney Has Conservatives Asking: WTF Are You Doing? — The acting chief of staff had himself a day on Thursday and his critics say he's in over his head. — Over the course of about 40 minutes on Thursday, President Donald Trump's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney …
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Trump has awarded next year's G-7 summit of world leaders to his Miami-area resort, the White House said — President Trump has awarded the 2020 Group of Seven summit of world leaders to his private company, scheduling the summit for June at his Trump National Doral Miami golf resort in Florida, the White House announced Thursday.
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Mulvaney confirms Ukraine aid withheld in part to force probe of Democrats — Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told reporters Thursday that President Trump blocked nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine in part to force the government in Kyiv to secure …
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Forget Trump's “Meltdown”—Follow the Testimony — On a week of revelations in the House's impeachment inquiry. — In a series of tweets in late July, Donald Trump called Elijah Cummings, a Democratic representative from Baltimore and one of his chief congressional critics, a “brutal bully” …
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‘Get over it’: Mulvaney's twin admissions put Trump at the center of emoluments and Ukraine controversies
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Trump's hosting of the G-7 is deeply corrupt. Here's how Democrats can step up.
Trump's hosting of the G-7 is deeply corrupt. Here's how Democrats can step up.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Mulvaney acknowledges Ukraine aid was withheld to boost political probe
Mulvaney acknowledges Ukraine aid was withheld to boost political probe
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CNN:
Mulvaney brashly admits quid pro quo over Ukraine aid as key details emerge — and then denies doing so
Mulvaney brashly admits quid pro quo over Ukraine aid as key details emerge — and then denies doing so
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Brett Neely / NPR:
G-7 Summit To Be Held At Trump's Miami Golf Resort
G-7 Summit To Be Held At Trump's Miami Golf Resort
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Sen. Mitt Romney raises a troubling theory about Trump and Turkey — Sen. Mitt Romney delivered perhaps the most thorough Republican rebuke of President Trump's Syria withdrawal Thursday, calling Trump's abandonment of the Kurds there “a bloodstain on the annals of American history.”
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In ‘Cave-In,’ Trump Cease-Fire Cements Turkey's Gains in Syria — The agreement, announced by Vice President Mike Pence, may stop the killing in the Kurdish enclave in northern Syria. But the cost to American influence is expected to be high. — WASHINGTON — The cease-fire agreement reached …
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Common Dreams, Althouse and The Week
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Turkish Proxies Appear to Be Using White Phosphorus in Syria
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Capitulation to Erdogan Is Complete
Trump's Capitulation to Erdogan Is Complete
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Washington Post:
ISIS eyes breakout opportunity as Turkish forces batter Kurds
ISIS eyes breakout opportunity as Turkish forces batter Kurds
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
‘Not a ceasefire’: Turkish leader says it's a ‘pause’ after Pence touts agreement
‘Not a ceasefire’: Turkish leader says it's a ‘pause’ after Pence touts agreement
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Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President — If President Trump doesn't demonstrate the leadership that America needs, then it is time for a new person in the Oval Office. — Admiral McRaven is a former commander of the United States Special Operations Command.
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New poll shows majority of Coloradans support impeachment inquiry, Hickenlooper leads Gardner — Keating Research-OnSight Public Affairs-Martin Campaigns poll conducted Oct. 10-14 — <p>WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) listens during a Commission On Security …
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Mattis responds to Trump criticism: 'I guess I'm the Meryl Streep of generals' — Former Defense secretary James Mattis responded to the President Trump calling him “the world's most overrated general” during a meeting with Congressional leaders Wednesday. — “I'm not just an overrated general.
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Nunes Tries to Use Steele Dossier to Defend Trump During Closed-Door Hearing — Ambassador Gordon Sondland appeared perplexed by Nunes' comments, according to one source, and the exchange was “awkward.” — During a closed-door impeachment meeting on Capitol Hill, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) …
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Defiant Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won't Police Political Speech — In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less — as his company has been assailed for allowing lies and falsehoods to appear. — WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth …
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says in interview he fears ‘erosion of truth’ …
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Sherrilyn Ifill / Washington Post:
Mark Zuckerberg doesn't know his civil rights history
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Perry to Resign as Energy Secretary — Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas who has become enmeshed in the Ukraine scandal, said he would resign as secretary of energy. — Rick Perry, the energy secretary who has drawn scrutiny for his role in the controversy surrounding President Trump's efforts …
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If It's Trump vs. Warren, Then What? — A hard but necessary choice to save the country. — This is a memo for the politically homeless. It's a memo to those of us who could never support Donald Trump but think the Bernie-Squad-Warren Democratic Party is sprinting too far left.
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Cozy Bear didn't hibernate as previously thought — Cozy Bear, the less-discussed of the two Russian hacker groups that breached the Democratic National Committee in 2016, had been thought to be scaling back operations since that election, but a new report finds the group instead became more covert.
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Vladimir Soldatkin / Reuters:
Russia says it is starting to resume U.S. cyber cooperation: TASS — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States are gradually starting to resume cooperation on cyber security, TASS news agency cited the head of Russia's FSB Federal Security Service as saying on Thursday.
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Hours before passing, Cummings signed subpoenas directed to two US immigration agencies — Rep. Elijah Cummings passes away at age 68 — Hours before his passing, staffers drove the subpoenas to Baltimore for Cummings' signature, said a Democratic committee aide.
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Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
In Elijah Cummings's Baltimore, mourning a leader who was 'the city's voice'
In Elijah Cummings's Baltimore, mourning a leader who was 'the city's voice'
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Impeachment Could Mean Most Presidential Candidates Can't Leave Washington, Or Talk. Sorry, Those Are (Really) The Rules. — WASHINGTON — An impeachment trial in the Senate would be a massive threat to President Trump, but it could also cripple — or boost — the campaigns of a half dozen Democrats vying to beat him.
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Trump's “Nervous Nancy” tweet shows his problem with powerful women — A photo tweeted by President Trump on Wednesday shows House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chastising him while others look on at a White House meeting. White House photo by Shealah Craighead — Trump tried to shame Nancy Pelosi by tweeting a photo of their meeting.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's latest ‘very serious meltdown’ matters
Why Trump's latest ‘very serious meltdown’ matters
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Outrage grows in firing of Madison West High School security guard over use of N-word — Outrage was growing among members of Madison's black community Thursday, a day after a black West High School security guard was fired for what he said was explicitly telling a student not to call …
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A Million People Are Jailed at China's Gulags. I Managed to Escape. Here's What Really Goes on Inside — Rape, torture and human experiments. Sayragul Sauytbay offers firsthand testimony from a Xinjiang ‘reeducation’ camp — Send me email alerts — Zen Subscribe now