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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Sondland Told House Panels Trump's Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo — U.S. envoy to EU told House committees that he believed White House meeting was conditioned on Ukraine opening investigations, his lawyer says — WASHINGTON—A top U.S. diplomat told House committees last week …
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In impeachment inquiry, Republican lawmakers ask questions about whistleblower, loyalty to Trump and conspiracy theories — Republican lawmakers have used the congressional impeachment inquiry to gather information on a CIA employee who filed a whistleblower complaint, press witnesses …
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Diplomat says top leadership of the State Department rejected his entreaties to publicly support ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine — Philip Reeker, the diplomat in charge of U.S. policy for Europe, is telling House impeachment investigators on Saturday that the top leadership …
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Official to Testify Pompeo Blocked Show of Support for Ousted Ambassador
Official to Testify Pompeo Blocked Show of Support for Ousted Ambassador
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Newsweek:
Trump Approves Special Ops Raid Targeting ISIS Leader Baghdadi, Military Says He's Dead — The United States military has conducted a special operations raid targeting one of its most high-value targets, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), Newsweek has learned.
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Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
ISIS Leader Baghdadi Believed Dead After US Special Ops Raid — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have detonated his own suicide vest. — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, was the target of a U.S. special operations forces raid in Syria on Saturday, Defense One has learned.
Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
ISIS target believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is killed in Syria: sources — A “high value ISIS target” believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by U.S.-led forces in Idlib, Syria, a well-placed military source told Fox News on Saturday night. — The U.S. military cannot yet confirm the identity of the deceased target.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Report: ISIS leader Baghdadi believed to have been killed in U.S.-led raid — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, or ISIS, was targeted in a raid led by U.S. military special operations and is believed to have been killed in the attack, Newsweek first reported Saturday night.
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Washington Post:
U.S. forces launch operation in Syria targeting ISIS leader Baghdadi, officials say — The Trump administration launched a military operation in Syria targeting Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive leader of the Islamic State, officials said late Saturday. — Special Operations forces conducted …
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New York Times:
Special Operations Raid Said to Kill Senior Terrorist Leader in Syria
Special Operations Raid Said to Kill Senior Terrorist Leader in Syria
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Bronson Stocking / Townhall:
BREAKING: ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Believed to Have Been Killed, According to Report
BREAKING: ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Believed to Have Been Killed, According to Report
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘I feel bad that I left’: John Kelly warned Trump he would be impeached — SEA ISLAND, Georgia — John Kelly warned President Trump that hiring a “yes man” to succeed him as White House chief of staff would lead to impeachment and, in hindsight, regrets his decision to resign.
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CNN:
White House: John Kelly ‘was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President’ — (CNN)President Donald Trump is disputing that former White House chief of staff John Kelly warned the President before he left the White House last year not to hire a replacement who wouldn't tell him the truth or that he would be impeached.
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Tristan Greene / The Next Web:
White House cybersecurity chief quits, says leadership is inviting an attack — White House computer security Chief Dimitrios Vistakis gave the White House one helluva resignation notice earlier this week when he quit over practices he dubbed “absurd” including the systemic purging of cybersecurity staff.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘Catastrophically bad idea’: John Kelly criticizes Trump's Syria pullout
‘Catastrophically bad idea’: John Kelly criticizes Trump's Syria pullout
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
London trip photos show Giuliani with indicted associate at Yankees' game, Ukrainian charity event — Rudy Giuliani (center) speaks with New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone prior to a game between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in London in June 2019. Lev Parnas, a now-indicted associate …
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Zombie Campaign Joe Biden is the least formidable front-runner ever. Will it matter? — Inevitably, he arrives late, by SUV or van. The former vice-president is thin and, yes, he's old. He dresses neatly and always in blue. Staff envelop him. There's the body man, the advance man …
Josh Partlow / Washington Post:
Company with ties to Trump's brother Robert awarded $33 million government contract — A company in which President Trump's brother has a financial stake received a $33 million contract from the U.S. Marshals Service earlier this year, an award that has drawn protests from two other bidders …
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Joshua Posaner / Politico:
Lib Dems, SNP will back election if EU grants 3-month extension — Smaller opposition parties team-up to press for December 9 ballot. — The leaders of the U.K.'s Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party will agree to a general election in early December if the EU confirms that it will offer a Brexit extension until January 31.
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NBC News:
U.S. military convoy crosses border into northeastern Syria — Several of the vehicles were flying large American flags and were accompanied overhead by attack helicopters, eyewitnesses said. — ERBIL, Iraq — A convoy of U.S. military vehicles has crossed the border from Iraq …
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Dan Spinelli / Mother Jones:
Trump's Impeachment Woes Grow In Latest Twitter Rant — Somebody is thinking about impeachment this morning. — President Donald Trump's latest weekend tweetstorm took aim at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) …
NBC News:
Hillary Clinton suggests Republicans are grooming Tulsi Gabbard for third-party run — The Hawaii lawmaker responded by slamming the former first lady as “the queen of warmongers.” — Hillary Clinton says she believes that the Republicans have “got their eye on somebody who's currently …
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