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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Fox's Wallace says ‘well-connected’ Republican told him there's a 20 percent chance GOP will vote for impeachment — Fox's Chris Wallace said a “well-connected” Washington Republican told him that there's a 20 percent chance enough Republicans will vote to remove President Trump from office in an impeachment trial in the Senate.
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CNN:
Mulvaney faced White House ouster threat before impeachment crisis took over — Washington (CNN)Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney faced internal efforts to oust him before House Democrats moved ahead with their impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, multiple sources tell CNN.
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Talking Points Memo, Fox News, Mediaite, The Guardian, New York Post, KFOR-TV, Law & Crime and Politico
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mulvaney: Trump was “honestly surprised” at level of backlash over G7 decision — Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said on “Fox News Sunday” that President Trump was “honestly surprised” at the level of pushback he received from the decision to choose his own Doral resort …
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CANNONFIRE, The Hill, Political Wire and Breitbart
Maya Parthasarathy / Politico:
Mick Mulvaney: Trump ‘surprised’ over Doral pushback
Mick Mulvaney: Trump ‘surprised’ over Doral pushback
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One America News Network, Outside the Beltway, Contemptor and Washington Post
Tim Ahmann / Reuters:
Syria critic Lindsey Graham reverses stance, says Trump's policy could succeed — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump's decision to move U.S. troops out of northeastern Syria, said on Sunday he now believed “historic solutions” were possible.
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Eric Trump bashes the children of politicians profiting off their family name to enrich themselves: ‘It is sickening’
Associated Press:
Defense chief: US troops leaving Syria to go to western Iraq
Defense chief: US troops leaving Syria to go to western Iraq
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Agence France-Presse, PJ Media Home and The Daily Beast
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Mark Esperanto? Trump Misnames His Defense Secretary in Tweet
Mark Esperanto? Trump Misnames His Defense Secretary in Tweet
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The Hill
Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
U.S. troops leaving Syria for western Iraq, Defense Secretary Esper says
U.S. troops leaving Syria for western Iraq, Defense Secretary Esper says
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Michigan Advance, Fox News, Patterico's Pontifications, New York Times, Associated Press, Politico, msb.gov.tr, Mediaite, MSNBC and UPI
Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Troops Leaving Syria Will Be Assigned to Iraq, Defense Chief Says
U.S. Troops Leaving Syria Will Be Assigned to Iraq, Defense Chief Says
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Task & Purpose, Reuters, Political Wire and Axios
New York Times:
Trump Campaign Floods Web With Ads, Raking In Cash as Democrats Struggle — On any given day, the Trump campaign is plastering ads all over Facebook, YouTube and the millions of sites served by Google, hitting the kind of incendiary themes — immigrant invaders, the corrupt media …
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Mother Jones, more at Techmeme »
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Red Flags All Over for Senate Republicans — New polls and fundraising reports show key GOP senators in political trouble, giving Democrats a solid shot to win back control of the upper chamber. — Buried in the Washington drama of impeachment, corruption, and foreign policy chaos …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Democratic challengers outpace vulnerable GOP senators in Q3 fundraising
Democratic challengers outpace vulnerable GOP senators in Q3 fundraising
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POLITICUSUSA
Susan Walsh / National Journal:
Red Flags All Over for Senate Republicans
Baltimore Sun:
Former Baltimore Mayor Thomas ‘Young Tommy’ D'Alesandro III dies at 90 — Thomas D'Alesandro III, a former Baltimore mayor and member of a storied political family affectionately known as “Young Tommy,” died at his North Baltimore home Sunday of stroke complications. — He was 90 years old.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on the Passing of Thomas D'Alesandro III — Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on the passing of her brother, former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro III: — “My husband Paul and our entire family are devastated by the loss of our patriarch …
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New York Times, CNN, UPI and HuffPost
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
The revenge of the State Department — They've been derided as a “deep state,” slurred as “Obama holdovers,” threatened with draconian budget cuts and told President Donald Trump doesn't even need them. — Now, America's diplomats are taking their revenge.
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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
‘I never saw that’: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Mulvaney quid pro quo admission
‘I never saw that’: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Mulvaney quid pro quo admission
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Politico, Mother Jones, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, HuffPost, Breitbart, One America News Network, The Hill and Contemptor
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Justice Dept. confirms Trump Jr. and McGahn did not testify to Mueller grand jury — The Justice Department confirmed Sunday that President Donald Trump's son Donald Jr. and former White House counsel Don McGahn were never called before a grand jury that heard witnesses called by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Political Wire
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Donald Trump Jr.: provocateur, master preacher for father
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
‘I want to see what comes out of the woodwork’ — NEW YORK — It was Week 3 of the ongoing impeachment inquiry, and Joanne Vega was only beginning to pay attention, the details sifting into her consciousness as she half-listened to Fox News or caught snippets on the radio driving to her job caring for special-needs children.
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Raw Story
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Jake Tapper Calls Out Top Republicans Avoiding His Show for 4th Week in a Row, ‘Shirking’ Their Duties of Accountability — CNN's Jake Tapper called out Republican lawmakers on Sunday for their avoidance of CNN amid the latest controversial developments surrounding President Donald Trump.
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Althouse
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Liberation of Mitt Romney — Mitt Romney is leaning forward in his chair, his eyes flashing, his voice sharp. — It's a strange look for the 72-year-old senator, who typically affects a measured, somber tone when discussing Donald Trump's various moral deficiencies.
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump can't stop bragging to foreign leaders about his resorts — President Donald Trump was sitting beside Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office in March when he fondly recalled his luxury golf resort on Ireland's west coast. — He gushed about his two tony Scottish resorts months later …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Vox and Raw Story
Alex Ward / Vox:
State Department talking points counter Trump's optimistic message on Syria — “Turkey does not appear to be mitigating the humanitarian impact of its invasion and occupation of some parts of northeast Syria,” one part reads. — President Donald Trump has continuously championed his decision …
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Axios