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Trump's Syria Troop Withdrawal Complicated Plans for al-Baghdadi Raid — President Trump's abrupt decision to pull forces from northern Syria forced the Pentagon to press ahead with a risky night operation that killed the ISIS leader, military officials said.

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Karina Bland / Arizona Republic:

Parents of Kayla Mueller grateful for death of ISIS leader who held their daughter hostage — Terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who the president said was killed during a special forces raid in Syria, had reportedly been the captor and rapistof Arizona's Kayla Mueller, who was taken hostage in 2013.

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Allan Smith / NBC News:

Fifteen stunning moments from Trump's announcement of al-Baghdadi's death — Trump said the ISIS leader “died like a dog, he died like a coward. He was whimpering, screaming, and crying.” — President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …

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Newsweek:

U.S. strikes kill ISIS spokesperson one day after Baghdadi's death in Syria raid — The CIA has targeted Islamic State militant group (ISIS) spokesperson Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir in a new operation that comes one day after the organization's leader was killed in a Joint Special Operations Command raid, Newsweek has learned.

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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:

Baghdadi Is Dead. The War on Terror Will Create Another. — A U.S. raid doomed the leader of the so-called Islamic State. But there will be another Baghdadi, and another ISIS, as long as the Forever War keeps going. — After U.S. special operations forces dealt a violent end to the leader …

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Brett McGurk / Washington Post:

Baghdadi's death underscores what we've lost by abandoning Syria's Kurds — Brett McGurk, the Payne distinguished lecturer at Stanford University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, served from 2015 to 2018 as a special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.

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New York Times:

Watching the Raid Was Like a Movie, the President Said. Except There Was No Live Audio. — Surveillance video provided a dramatic portrait of action outside the al-Baghdadi compound, but could not show what happened in an underground tunnel where the ISIS leader died.

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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Situation Room: 2 photos capture vastly different presidents

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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia: Trump's Baghdadi Victory Lap Is Nothing But ‘Propaganda’

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Daniel Byman / Lawfare:
Al-Baghdadi's Death ... and That Presidential Speech

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Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
Trump Turns Baghdadi's Killing Into a Reality Show

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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Pelosi says Trump notified Russians of Baghdadi raid before telling congressional leaders

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Newsweek:
ISIS already has a new leader, but Baghdadi may not have been running the group anyway

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Al-Baghdadi Raid

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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Whimpering, screaming and crying,’ ‘A beautiful dog:’ Trump's vivid account of the Baghdadi raid

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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump spins tales on bin Laden, Iraq war

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Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast: The Kurds Spotted Baghdadi. The U.S. Abandoned Them Anyway.

New York Times:
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48

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Chandelis Duster / CNN: Kayla Mueller's parents feel ‘grateful’ after US raid that resulted in Baghdadi's death

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers — Freshman Rep. Katie Hill is resigning from Congress after facing allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships with staffers in her office and on her congressional campaign.

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What the booing of Trump says about his presidency

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New York Times:
Moving Closer to Trump, Impeachment Inquiry Faces Critical Test

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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) to resign from Congress amid ethics investigation

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Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times: Column: Democratic Rep. Katie Hill messed up, but she should not have resigned

Scott Boeck / USA Today:

President Donald Trump greeted with boos at Game 5 of World Series — SportsPulse: This may be the most energetic World Series we've seen in a long time. For both teams, their exuberance on and off the field has been propelled by the joy often seen in Latin baseball culture. — CONNECT

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Mike Wise / WUSA:

Source: Nationals owners requested they not have to respond to request to sit with President Trump at Game 5 — The principal owners of the Nats had a special request of the MLB last week: They had no desire to be put in a position of turning down a request to sit with Trump

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Washington Post:

Trump met with sustained boos when introduced at Game 5 of the World Series — President Trump was booed during Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night when he made a rare public appearance in a luxury ballpark suite in Democrat-dominated Washington. — When the president was announced …

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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Trump headed to World Series after big national security win

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Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:

Joe Biden defends his son Hunter's Ukraine dealings, answers for his gaffes in 60 Minutes interview — The former vice president also calls on President Trump to release his tax returns, and explains why his children won't have White House offices — Joe Biden spent eight years …

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Mike Memoli / NBC News:

Biden says Trump is ‘an idiot’ for calling Russian election interference a ‘hoax’ — “The Russians don't want me to be president and Trump doesn't want me to be the nominee,” Biden said. — Joe Biden said President Donald Trump is “an idiot” for calling Russia's election interference a …

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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden: Kushner has no ‘credentials’ for White House post

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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Kamala Harris: “Of course” it's different to run for president as a black woman

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David Leonhardt / New York Times:

The Most Pressing Issue for Our Next President Isn't Medicare — The 2020 campaign is obsessed with the wrong issue. — When Bill Clinton became president, his top legislative priority was health care. When Barack Obama became president, he first had to prevent a depression, but then he too turned to health care.

Sally Pipes / Fox News: Elizabeth Warren misleads Americans on harm and costs of ‘Medicare-for-all’

Financial Times:

Brexit: EU agrees extension as Boris Johnson looks to trigger UK election — latest news … Breathing space for Westminster — As eyes now turn to Westminster where the debate over when to schedule an election moves centre stage, here is a recap as to what this morning's development means …

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Politico:
France yields on January 31 Brexit extension

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The Boston Globe:

As his Alzheimer's looms, Charles and Pam Ogletree take one last walk in love — CAMBRIDGE — The couple walk shoulder to shoulder, stride for stride, like two people who have walked together a long time. The man looks steadily ahead and moves with purpose.

CNN:

Rashida Tlaib joins Ocasio-Cortez, Omar in endorsing Bernie Sanders — Detroit (CNN)Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president at a rally in Detroit on Sunday night. She joins Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Minnesota Rep. Ihan Omar in backing the Vermont independent.