memeorandum: Trump tweets that his Doral golf resort in Miami will no longer host next year's G-7 summit after criticism (Washington Post)

7:30 AM ET, October 20, 2019

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Katie Rogers / New York Times:

After Criticism,Trump to Select New Location for G7 — White House officials would consider another site, the president said, suggesting Camp David was a possibility. — WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Saturday that he would no longer be holding next year's Group of 7 summit …

Discussion: Mediaite, Power Line, New York Post, Bloomberg, Raw Story, News & Guts Media and New Yorker

Jordan Libowitz / CREW:

CREW Statement on G-7 Doral Announcement — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Washington — Following President Trump's late Saturday night announcement that he would not hold the next G-7 Summit at his struggling Doral golf resort, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) …

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Washington Post:

Trump tweets that his Doral golf resort in Miami will no longer host next year's G-7 summit after criticism — President Trump's decision to award the Group of Seven summit of world leaders to his own struggling Florida resort brought a flood of pushback from Democrats and members of his own party.

Discussion: HuffPost, The Sun, The Federalist Papers and LifeZette

Washington Post:

Trump says his Doral golf resort will no longer host next year's G-7 summit, bowing to criticism — President Trump announced abruptly Saturday night that he would no longer host next year's Group of Seven summit at the Trump National Doral near Miami, bowing to criticism for having selected …

Discussion: The Guardian, Breitbart, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Sputnik Arabic and Townhall

Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:

U.S. troops leaving Syria for western Iraq, Defense Secretary Esper says — U.S. forces have been pulling out of northern Syria amid growing chaos after Turkey invaded the region earlier this month. — All of the nearly 1,000 U.S. troops withdrawing from northern Syria will head to western Iraq …

Discussion: Associated Press, msb.gov.tr and NPR

Associated Press:

Defense chief: US troops leaving Syria to go to western Iraq — Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that under current plans all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence.

Discussion: The Daily Beast

Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Troops Leaving Syria Will Be Assigned to Iraq, Defense Chief Says

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BBC:
Turkey's Erdogan vows to ‘crush heads’ of Kurdish fighters

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BBC:

Brexit: PM sends letter to Brussels seeking further delay — Boris Johnson will send a letter to the EU by 00:00 BST to request a Brexit delay - but he will not sign it, according to a Downing Street source. — The request will be accompanied by a second letter, signed by Mr Johnson …

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Wall Street Journal: British Government Asks for EU Delay Amid Johnson Resistance

Washington Post:
Parliament votes to withhold approval of Brexit deal, postponing Boris Johnson's moment of reckoning

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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:

‘This is a real warning’: Ex-campaign aide bluntly states Clinton didn't go far enough criticizing Tulsi Gabbard — West Virginia's billionaire GOP governor busted for Trump-like business corruption while in office — Last fall, Gov. Jim Justice called reporters to his office …

Washington Post:

GOP congressman who won't rule out impeaching Trump announces retirement — A day after Rep. Francis Rooney (Fla.) became the first House Republican to say he would consider voting to impeach President Trump, he announced his retirement. — The two-term congressman from a reliably …

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Christian Vasquez / Politico:
GOP congressman who was open to impeachment calls it quits

Discussion: Washington Post

Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Francis Rooney, G.O.P. Lawmaker Who Won't Rule Out Impeachment, Is to Retire

Discussion: Raw Story and Slate

Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Rep Francis Rooney announces retirement, wants to be a ‘model for term limits’

Discussion: UPI, Wall Street Journal, Roll Call and Florida Politics

Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

Pelosi Leads High-Level Bipartisan Delegation to Jordan — Amman, Jordan — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Jordan for meetings with King Abdullah II and top U.S. government officials. — “This evening, our bipartisan delegation was honored to meet …

Discussion: New York Times, Axios, The Hill and New York Post

Financial Times:

Donald Trump's presidency continues its bizarre degeneration — The oddest moment of a surreal week even by Donald Trump's standards was when the US president extolled America's ties with ancient Rome. Mr Trump surely did not mean to spark thoughts of Caligulan dissolution.

Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:

Trump's lawyers will go into impeachment empty-handed because all his stories have ‘fallen apart’: ex-Justice Dept official — On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's “AM Joy,” former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal said that President Donald Trump's behavior in the Ukraine scandal …

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Trump's season of weakness: A president who prizes strength enters key stretch in a fragile state — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — President Trump, whose paramount concern long has been showing strength, has entered the most challenging stretch of his term …

Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story, The Bulwark and The Hill

Daniella Silva / NBC News:

Marine combat veteran who served in Iraq facing deportation to El Salvador — “He is a soldier who put his life on the line to defend his country,” his mother said. “But when he returned from the war, he came back with problems.” — Supporters of a Marine combat veteran who served in Iraq …

Ari Melber / Washington Post:

‘Bribery’ is right there in the Constitution. Trump could be impeached for that. — Why wrestle with the meaning of “high Crimes and Misdemeanors”? The president can be accused of an offense that's already well-defined. — Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) has described President Trump's public call …

David Priess / Lawfare: Impeachment, Elections and Bad History

Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:

‘I am not a Russian spy’: Jill Stein slams Clinton's accusations — Washington (CNN)Former 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein slammed Hillary Clinton's accusations that she and 2020 Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard are Russian assets, calling Clinton's comments a “wild and insulting theory.”

Discussion: The Hill, The Federalist Papers, The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Gabbard fundraises off Clinton attack: ‘I challenge her’ to ‘face me directly’

Discussion: Associated Press and Breitbart

Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton bails on DC event that Tulsi Gabbard is attending

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Townhall and Fox News

Sydney Ember / New York Times:

Proclaiming ‘I Am Back,’ Bernie Sanders Accepts Ocasio-Cortez Endorsement — Ms. Ocasio-Cortez hailed Mr. Sanders and his influence on Democratic Party politics at Mr. Sanders's first rally since his heart attack two weeks ago. — Senator Bernie Sanders wanted a show of force to convince voters …

Discussion: Slate, NBC News and Axios