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CNN:
Feds blow door off safe, issue subpoenas as probe into Giuliani associates escalates — (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York have subpoenaed the brother of one of the recently indicted associates of Rudy Giuliani, according to two people familiar with the matter, as they escalate their investigation in the campaign-finance case.
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How a Veteran Reporter Worked with Giuliani's Associates to Launch the Ukraine Conspiracy — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Giuliani probe snowballs — Rudy Giuliani's problems keep piling up. — His responsibilities are shrinking as Donald Trump's TV-friendly personal attorney. His efforts to dig up dirt on the president's political opponents have landed his highest-profile client in a congressional impeachment investigation.
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Craig Karmin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Exploring Sale of Marquee Washington Hotel — Move is motivated partly by ethical criticisms concerning profiting on the property — The Trump Organization is exploring a sale of the rights to the company's opulent Washington, D.C., hotel, a move it says is motivated partly …
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Rich Schapiro / NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani butt-dials NBC reporter, heard discussing need for cash and trashing Bidens — “The problem is we need some money,” Giuliani says to unidentified man during accidental call to NBC News writer. — Late in the evening on Oct. 16, Rudy Giuliani made a phone call to this reporter.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
NSC official plans to testify in impeachment probe even if White House tries to block him — Tim Morrison, a National Security Council official who has been identified as a witness to one of the most explosive pieces of evidence unearthed by House impeachment investigators …
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CNN:
A mystery that's baffling investigators: What changed Trump's mind on $400 million in Ukraine aid? — How Trump jeopardized Ukraine's national security — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was already under fire for freezing aid to Ukraine when a Republican senator set off another alarm bell …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump should be very worried about Senate Republicans — Think of Senate Republicans' current antics protesting “secret” House hearings on impeachment — in which Republicans sit on the relevant committees — as not simply spurious (recall that Benghazi depositions were held by the House in private) …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Q&A: Explaining the fast-moving impeachment inquiry
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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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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
All The Russia Collusion Clues Are Beginning To Point Back To John Brennan
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Washington Post:
The U.S. deficit hit $984 billion in 2019, soaring during Trump era — Spending increases, tax cuts, and political apathy fueled surge, and interest payments now near $400 billion — The U.S. government's budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion in 2019, a $205 billion increase from a year earlier …
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Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Gabbard Skips Iowa Forum, Appears On Fox News Instead — Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard's bizarre week in American politics continued Thursday night, when she skipped an appearance at LULAC's Latino town hall in Des Moines, appearing that evening instead on Sean Hannity's Fox News show.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Clinton ally Blumenthal sought to stop publication of Russia probe book: source
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Tulsi Gabbard echoes Republican frustrations with impeachment inquiry: 'I don't know what's …
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Washington Post:
We represent the whistleblower. Their identity is no longer relevant. — The public now knows more about the call with Ukraine than what was in the complaint. — Our client's whistleblower complaint about President Trump's efforts to solicit interference from Ukraine in the 2020 U.S. election …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
DNC raises thresholds for December debate — The halfway mark of the Democratic debate calendar is coming up, and the sixth debate will likely feature the smallest stage yet. — New thresholds announced by the Democratic National Committee for the sixth debate — which will be hosted …
Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Cummings pallbearer skips McConnell handshake at memorial — A pallbearer at Rep. Elijah Cummings's (D-Md.) memorial on Thursday shook hands with all top congressional leaders except Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). — Video captured the pallbearer, who has been identified …
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Bobby Gehlen / ABC News:
Congressman Elijah Cummings' funeral to feature Obama, Clintons, Pelosi and family
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Sen. Rand Paul / Breitbart:
Rand Paul: Is Quid Pro Quo the Status Quo? — Isn't all foreign aid supposed to be quid pro quo? — We give you this aid — on the expectation that you will not steal any of it for personal use, that you will spend it as we instruct, and on the understanding that if you don't spend the money …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: “Anonymous” to expose private Trump conversations — The anonymous “senior Trump administration official” who will release a tell-all book, “A Warning,” next month was a frequent participant in meetings with President Trump and plans to recount specific conversations, sources tell me.
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Watchdog Council Says Justice Department Erred in Blocking Whistleblower Complaint — Memo saying matter wasn't urgent was wrong, Council of Inspectors General concludes — A U.S. watchdog council has faulted a Justice Department legal memo that initially blocked the Ukraine whistleblower's complaint …
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Facebook:
Introducing Facebook News — Testing a dedicated place for news in the US — Journalism plays a critical role in our democracy. When news is deeply-reported and well-sourced it gives people information they can rely on. When it's not, we lose an essential tool for making good decisions.
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The Economist:
Elizabeth Warren wants to remake American capitalism — As it stands, the Democratic front-runner's programme has too little time for markets or business — ELIZABETH WARREN is remarkable. Born into a struggling family in Oklahoma, she worked her way up to become a star law professor at Harvard.
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Russian agent Butina freed from U.S. prison, set to be deported — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Convicted Russian agent Maria Butina was released from a Florida prison on Friday after serving most of her 18-month sentence for conspiring to influence U.S. conservative activists and infiltrate …
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Washington Post:
Live updates: House issues subpoenas to two OMB officials in impeachment inquiry; Trump praises Giuliani — House investigators pressed forward with their impeachment inquiry on Friday, issuing subpoenas to two Office of Management and Budget officials, one of whom has vowed they won't cooperate with the Democrat-led probe.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Cuts Out Media That Doesn't ‘Make Him Feel Beautiful’ — It's a comfort mechanism for the president that intensifies whenever he feels under siege and when scandal swirls. — For months, President Trump has refused to grace CNN or MSNBC with what he views as the gift of his presence.
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Kansas City Star:
Mike Pompeo, either quit and run for U.S. Senate in Kansas or focus on your day job — BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD — If Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is running to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas, then he should quit his rather important day job and do that.
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Trump Administration Responsible For More Than 5,400 Child Separations, ACLU Says — The figure includes more than 1,500 migrant children that were not previously disclosed by the Justice Department. — SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children …
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Tulsi Gabbard / TULSI2020.com:
Mahalo, Hawaiʻi — I am so grateful. — Grateful to call Hawaiʻi home; grateful for our people and the spirit of aloha that binds us all together; and grateful for our precious 'āina, beautiful oceans, and towering mountains. — Most of all, I'm grateful to all of you …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: The West Wing's impeachment war room — Top Trump officials have quietly created a de facto impeachment war room, with a chief goal of policing and solidifying Republican Senate support for acquittal. — What's happening: Most senior officials in the White House recognized quickly …
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