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New York Times:
Ukraine Knew of Aid Freeze by Early August, Undermining Trump Defense — Top officials were told in early August about the delay of $391 million in security assistance, undercutting a chief argument President Trump has used to deny any quid pro quo. — KIEV, Ukraine — To Democrats …
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Trump administration sought billions of dollars in cuts to programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and abroad — Democrats have slammed White House insistence that Trump was focused on corruption - not Bidens - when he blocked Ukraine aid funds — The Trump administration …
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Talking Points Memo, CNN, Daily Kos, News & Guts Media and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Pompeo Gets Drawn Deeper—Way Deeper—Into the Ukraine Scandal — Amb. Taylor's deposition moved the Secretary of State the center of the impeachment probe. House Democrats are redoubling efforts to get him to answer their questions. — Whatever hope Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Sondland seeks to align himself with Taylor after bombshell testimony
Sondland seeks to align himself with Taylor after bombshell testimony
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Raw Story, The Guardian, Just Security and BuzzFeed News
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
U.S. ambassador to E.U. ‘does not recall’ threatening Ukraine over funding, attorney says
U.S. ambassador to E.U. ‘does not recall’ threatening Ukraine over funding, attorney says
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Bloomberg
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An overlooked Bill Taylor revelation hints at worse to come from Trump
An overlooked Bill Taylor revelation hints at worse to come from Trump
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Townhall, USA Today, FactCheck.org and Raw Story
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
An anonymous book? No thanks.
An anonymous book? No thanks.
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Politico, Right Wing Watch and Townhall, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
The White House resorts to character assassination of courageous public servants
The White House resorts to character assassination of courageous public servants
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Reason, Bloomberg and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Indicted Giuliani Associate Ties Case to Trump — The connection was made as two associates of Rudolph W. Giuliani pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan. — One of the two indicted associates of President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, on Wednesday tied the case …
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CNN:
Rudy Giuliani is looking for a defense attorney, sources say — (CNN)Rudy Giuliani has been approaching defense attorneys for possible representation, according to three sources familiar with the matter. — The move by Giuliani, who is President Donald Trump's personal attorney …
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Political Wire and Raw Story
CNN:
How two businessmen hustled to profit from access to Rudy Giuliani and the Trump administration — Washington (CNN)Long before they burst onto the national scene with their high-profile arrests at Dulles International Airport earlier this month, Soviet-born businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman …
HuffPost:
Republicans Try To Storm Impeachment Room, Break Rules In Process — Lawmakers bumrushed a secure room while improperly carrying their cell phones. — WASHINGTON ― In the latest attempts to make a circus out of the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into President Donald Trump's dealings …
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The Moderate Voice
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The Daily Beast:
House Republicans Literally Storm the Impeachment Hearings — Led by Matt Gaetz, a crew of about 25 members barged into a classified setting with their cell phones in hand. It created a big mess. — House Republicans took their impeachment grievances to a more confrontational level on Wednesday …
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Politico, The Independent, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Daily Kos, Occupy Democrats, Contemptor and Political Wire
Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
Republicans Stormed Into The Impeachment Investigation's Secure Room, And It Was Absolute Madness — WASHINGTON — A group of Republicans put the “Storm Area 51” logic to the test Wednesday and barged into a secure area on Capitol Hill, interrupting a private impeachment deposition and occupying the space for a few hours.
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Ellie Bufkin / Washington Examiner:
UPDATED: Lindsey Graham clarifies describing GOP storming of closed-door deposition as ‘nuts’
UPDATED: Lindsey Graham clarifies describing GOP storming of closed-door deposition as ‘nuts’
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The Hill, Shareblue Media, American Greatness and twitchy.com
QU Poll:
Release Detail — October 23, 2019 - Approval Of Impeachment Inquiry Reaches 55 Percent, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Disapprove Of Trump's Decision On Syria 2-1 — Approval among American voters of the U.S. House impeachment inquiry, an inquiry to determine whether …
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
Whistle-Blower Won't Appear, Republicans Say: Impeachment Update — Check here for live updates on impeachment fight developments — Defense Department tried to prevent official from testifying — Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant secretary of Defense, testified …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
No. 2 GOP senator: ‘Picture coming out of’ diplomat's testimony ‘not a good one’ — Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Wednesday that it was difficult to draw “hard, fast conclusions” from a top U.S. diplomat's closed-door testimony but that the “picture” from initial reports was “not a good one.”
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Daily Kos and The Daily Beast
New York Times:
White House Aides Feared That Trump Had Another Ukraine Back Channel — Senior national security officials grew concerned about Kash Patel, a colleague who had previously been involved in Republicans' efforts to undermine the Russia investigation. — WASHINGTON — Senior White House officials suspected …
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Occupy Democrats, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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New York Times:
Trump's War on the ‘Deep State’ Turns Against Him — The impeachment inquiry is in some ways the culmination of a battle between the president and the government institutions he distrusted and disparaged. — WASHINGTON — Nameless, faceless and voiceless, the C.I.A. officer who first triggered …
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Political Wire, The Atlantic and Raw Story
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Nunes protégé fed Ukraine info to Trump
Nunes protégé fed Ukraine info to Trump
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The Hill, CANNONFIRE, Washington Times, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
House Democrats look to take impeachment probe public as soon as mid-November — House Democrats are preparing to move their largely private impeachment inquiry onto a more public stage as soon as mid-November and are already grappling with how best to present the complex Ukraine saga to the American people.
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Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Trump told Republicans to fight. They took the brawl underground.
Trump told Republicans to fight. They took the brawl underground.
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The Hill, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Mahablog and Balloon Juice
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's why the Matt Gaetz sit-in stunt was particularly weird
Here's why the Matt Gaetz sit-in stunt was particularly weird
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archive.fo and emptywheel
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB looking into longtime umpire Rob Drake's tweet — Longtime major league umpire Rob Drake tweeted that he planned to buy an assault rifle “because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020”, according to a copy of the tweet obtained by ESPN.
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Sports Illustrated, Law & Crime, New York Post and Mediaite
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
State Dept. ordered to turn over Ukraine documents — WASHINGTON — In what could prove a highly consequential ruling, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to start turning over documents regarding potentially improper White House influence on diplomacy in Ukraine.
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RedState and Washington Post
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Melissa Leon / Fox News:
Judge orders State Department to produce Ukraine documents
Judge orders State Department to produce Ukraine documents
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ABC News and Occupy Democrats
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge orders State Dept. to begin producing Ukraine records
Judge orders State Dept. to begin producing Ukraine records
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Axios
Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Katie Hill says she had ‘inappropriate’ relationship with campaign staffer and is under House investigation — Rep. Katie Hill (D-Santa Clarita) is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee after allegations that she engaged in an affair with a congressional aide were made public last week.
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
House Ethics Committee launches inquiry into Rep. Katie Hill after report of affair with staffer
House Ethics Committee launches inquiry into Rep. Katie Hill after report of affair with staffer
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The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Political Wire
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
MSNBC announces four all-star female moderators for November debate — The two-hour Democratic face off will take place on Nov. 20 in Georgia. — The fifth Democratic presidential primary debate in Georgia will have four moderators, MSNBC announced on Wednesday — and all of them are women.
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Talking Points Memo, HuffPost and Mediaite
Newsweek:
Exclusive: U.S. Has Plan to Send Tanks and Troops to ‘Secure’ Syria Oil Fields Amid Withdrawal — The United States has drawn up a plan to send troops and tanks to guard Syria's eastern oil fields amid a withdrawal from the country's north, Newsweek has learned.
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Daniel Tovrov / Columbia Journalism Review:
Dropshipping journalism — No one working at Newsweek can tell me why it still exists — On March 20, Nancy Cooper, the editor in chief of Newsweek, sent an email to her editorial staff. The subject was “What is a Newsweek story?”—an odd question at an eighty-six-year-old newsmagazine once considered …
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Watch AOC ask Mark Zuckerberg if she can run fake Facebook ads, too — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) came prepared with questions for Mark Zuckerberg when he appeared on Capitol Hill on October 23, 2019. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images — Zuckerberg's answer on whether Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Axios, C-SPAN.org, Breitbart and Washington Times
Michael Riccardi / New York Law Journal:
New York City Bar Calls for US AG William Barr's Recusal in Ukraine Matter — If Barr does not recuse himself, the bar association's statement said, “he should resign or, failing that, be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress.”
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump lawyer: Trump can't be prosecuted for shooting someone — NEW YORK — Even if President Donald Trump shot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, New York authorities could not punish him while he is in office, the president's lawyers argued Wednesday.
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