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Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
‘Powerful woman’ Kellyanne Conway mocks and threatens reporter for mentioning her husband (AUDIO) — Top White House aide Kellyanne Conway, describing herself as “a powerful woman,” aggressively and disparagingly told a female reporter that it was improper to write about her husband …
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Transcript of telephone call between Kellyanne Conway and Caitlin Yilek — This is a transcript of the telephone conversation between Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president of the United States, and Caitlin Yilek, breaking news reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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Jonathan Shorman / Wichita Eagle:
‘Your question is insane.’ Full interview with Secretary of State Pompeo in Wichita — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday made his fourth trip to Kansas this year, this one to Wichita with Ivanka Trump. The former Kansas congressman sat down with McClatchy's Wichita Eagle and Kansas City Star …
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Wichita Eagle:
‘Insane’ to question U.S. credibility after Trump's Kurdish crisis, Pompeo says
‘Insane’ to question U.S. credibility after Trump's Kurdish crisis, Pompeo says
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Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
Career Diplomats Fear Trump Retaliation Over Ukraine
Career Diplomats Fear Trump Retaliation Over Ukraine
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Grace Sparks / CNN:
CNN Poll: Most Americans are concerned about Syria and think it's likely ISIS will reemerge
CNN Poll: Most Americans are concerned about Syria and think it's likely ISIS will reemerge
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Washington Post:
White House delayed Ukraine trade decision in August, a signal that U.S. suspension of cooperation extended beyond security funds — The White House's trade representative in late August withdrew a recommendation to restore some of Ukraine's trade privileges after John Bolton …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Shocking photos of Congresswoman Katie Hill are revealed as she's seen NAKED showing off Nazi-era tattoo while smoking a bong, kissing her female staffer and posing nude on ‘wife sharing’ sites — Katie Hill, 32, has been seen in a series of shocking photographs obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Katie Hill Sends Cease And Desist Letter To Daily Mail Website Over Nude Photos — “We demand you remove these photos from publication at once,” reads a letter from the California Democrat's attorneys. — WASHINGTON ― Attorneys for Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) on Thursday sent a cease …
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Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Tell Federal Agencies to Cut New York Times, Washington Post Subscriptions — White House plans to direct government staffers to not renew orders with the newspapers, whose coverage he has disparaged as ‘fake’ — WASHINGTON—The White House is planning to instruct federal agencies …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Cancels Subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
White House Press Secretary: Those ‘Against’ Trump Deserve to Be Called ‘Human Scum’
White House Press Secretary: Those ‘Against’ Trump Deserve to Be Called ‘Human Scum’
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry Into Its Own Russia Investigation — The move is likely to open the attorney general to accusations that he is trying to deliver a political victory for President Trump. — WASHINGTON — For more than two years, President Trump has repeatedly attacked …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Apprentice’ Contestant Says She Has Documents Corroborating Donald Trump Sexual Assault — Summer Zervos tells the court about calendar entries, old emails, correspondence with Fox News, and a polygraph test. — For the first time, season-five Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos has laid …
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Documents show Trump, ‘Apprentice’ contestant at Beverly Hills hotel around the time she says he assaulted her
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
House issues subpoena for documents related to Trump's D.C. hotel, which is housed in a federally owned building
House issues subpoena for documents related to Trump's D.C. hotel, which is housed in a federally owned building
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Wall Street Journal:
Schiff's Secret Bombshells — If the testimony is so damning for Trump, why not make it public? — By The Editorial Board — Bombshell. The walls are closing in. Donald Trump's defense has collapsed. The quid pro quo has been proven, the case for impeachment is obvious …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Allies Growing Desperate for Defenses of Ukraine Scandal
Trump's Allies Growing Desperate for Defenses of Ukraine Scandal
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CNN:
Bill Taylor testimony ‘reverberating’ among House Republicans, GOP sources say — Trump knew about GOP protest ahead of time, sources say — Washington (CNN)The opening statement of Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, is “reverberating” on Capitol Hill among Republicans …
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Madeleine Jacob / LifeSiteNews:
BREAKING: Judge rules dad will have say in gender ‘transition’ of 7-year-old — The judge presiding over the case of Jeffrey Younger, the father who is trying to protect his seven-year-old son, James, from chemical castration via a gender “transition,” ruled today that the parents …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Lawyers for Ukrainian oligarch have another client: The columnist who pushed Biden corruption claims — Conservative lawyers Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing, who this year took on as a client an oligarch at the center of the Ukraine scandal, also represent the conservative columnist …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump says he'll attend Game 5 of the World Series at Nationals Park — President Trump said Thursday that he plans to attend Game 5 of the World Series at Nationals Park on Sunday if the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros are still playing, though he did not confirm if he had been asked to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Fantasy of Republicans Ditching Trump — Republican senators will soon be receiving an invitation to tear apart the Republican Party ahead of the 2020 elections, and they are going to decline to accept it. — It's a trope of pro-impeachment commentary that it should be simple …
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Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Graham introduces resolution condemning House impeachment process
Graham introduces resolution condemning House impeachment process
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Trump allies mull how to quickly quash impeachment articles
Trump allies mull how to quickly quash impeachment articles
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Judge Napolitano Schools ‘Fox & Friends’ on Impeachment: Schiff Just ‘Following the Rules’ Written by GOP — Fox News' judicial analyst disappointed his colleagues by explaining there's nothing wrong with “secret” impeachment hearings. — After Republican members of the House literally stormed …
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Just Security:
United States of America v. Rudolph W. Giuliani — Former U.S. Attorneys draft a “Mock Indictment” based on publicly available evidence of Giuliani's misconduct. … While the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel has issued legal opinions that a sitting president cannot be indicted …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Can Warren Beat Trump? — Chat with almost any political professional in and around Washington, and you find something of a consensus building on the following: — Elizabeth Warren is going to be the nominee. — She's going to have a hard time beating Trump. — Last week, I spent time looking at the first point.
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Clinton Advisor Philippe Reines: Hillary Has Not Closed The Door On 2020
Clinton Advisor Philippe Reines: Hillary Has Not Closed The Door On 2020
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Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Harvey Weinstein Turned Up At An Event For Young Actors. One Woman Who Confronted Him Was Thrown Out. — A woman comedian was booed and two attendees kicked out after they protested the appearance of disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein at an event for young performers in lower Manhattan on Wednesday night.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Read the Trump Administration's Warning Letter to Laura Cooper — The No. 2 Pentagon official told Ms. Cooper, the military's Russia-Ukraine expert, not to talk to Congress. She did anyway. — WASHINGTON — The White House has declared that the executive branch will not cooperate …
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Education Official to Resign and Call for Mass Student-Loan Forgiveness — A. Wayne Johnson, appointed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, calls the student-loan system ‘fundamentally broken’ — WASHINGTON—A senior student-loan official in the Trump administration said he would resign Thursday …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Weighs Leaving More Troops, Sending Battle Tanks to Syria — The options represent a shift from the pullout President Trump wanted and modify U.S. objectives—from countering Islamic State to also protecting oil fields — WASHINGTON—The White House is considering options for leaving …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
The Student Vote Is Surging. So Are Efforts to Suppress It. — The share of college students casting ballots doubled from 2014 to 2018, a potential boon to Democrats. But in Texas and elsewhere, Republicans are erecting roadblocks to the polls. — AUSTIN, Texas — At Austin Community College …
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
N.J. seeks to revoke liquor license for one of Trump's golf clubs, triggered by a case in which a customer caused a fatal car crash — The state of New Jersey is seeking to revoke the liquor license for one of President Trump's golf clubs — a rare and potentially damaging punishment …
New York Times:
A Forecast for a Warming World: Learn to Live With Fire — Facing down 600 wildfires in the past three days alone, emergency workers in California rushed to evacuate rural areas of Northern California on Thursday and warned residents that the high winds currently propelling an out-of-control blaze …
Robert Griffin / Democracy Fund Voter Study Group:
Early Signs Suggest Trouble for Trump in 2020 Election — With the 2020 Democratic primary season well under way, many political analysts — and not a few Democrats — have wondered which of the party's candidates is most electable. But there's another candidate with an electability challenge: President Donald Trump.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Economists rush to help Sen. Elizabeth Warren solve Medicare-for-all tax puzzle — “She wants something airtight but easy to understand,” one outside adviser said of Warren's approach to finance huge health plan — Internal and external economic policy advisers are trying to help Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
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Sakshi Venkatraman / Washington Square News:
Statement From WSN on Decision to Pull Pro-Nationalist Advertisement — Last week, conservative pundit Rich Lowry purchased a full-page advertisement to be printed on the back page of WSN's Monday, Oct. 21 issue. The ad promoted his Thursday talk at the Silver Center …
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