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Army Officer Who Heard Trump's Ukraine Call Reported Concerns — The top Ukraine expert at the White House will tell impeachment investigators he twice reported concerns about President Trump's pressure tactics on Ukraine, acting out of a “sense of duty.” — WASHINGTON — A White House …
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NSC official to testify Trump undermined national security with Ukraine pressure — A senior White House official plans to tell House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he believed President Donald Trump undermined U.S. national security when he appealed to Ukraine's president …
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White House told in May of Ukraine President Zelenskiy's concerns about Giuliani, Sondland — The White House was alerted earlier than previously reported that Giuliani's pressure campaign was rattling the new Ukrainian president, say two sources. — KYIV — The White House was alerted …


Democrats Move Toward Bringing Impeachment Inquiry Public
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Officials cringe as Trump spills sensitive details of al-Baghdadi raid — Some details the president has revealed are inaccurate, others are classified. Officials say they worry what to put in briefings for a man with no filter. — IRBIL, Iraq — President Donald Trump painted a vivid picture …
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Classified Name Revealed of Special Operations Dog Wounded in Syria Raid that Killed ISIS Leader Baghdadi — When U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers with the secretive Joint Special Operations Command flew into Syria's northwestern Idlib province to capture or kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …
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Trump Officials Had No Clue Where He Got ‘Whimpering’ Detail in His Baghdadi Raid Account — Five officials told The Daily Beast that they were perplexed watching Trump's Sunday morning victory lap. And Pentagon officials are confused too. — The killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi marked …
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Baghdadi's death could have been Trump's finest hour. He messed it up anyway. — President Trump has a preternatural ability to turn any occasion, no matter how solemn or important, into a ridiculous, risible spectacle. He did it again Sunday in announcing the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Trump is preparing to squander his al-Baghdadi victory
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Nunes Aide Is Leaking the Ukraine Whistleblower's Name, Sources Say — Derek Harvey, a former intelligence analyst, has also been spreading disinformation about an aide to Adam Schiff. — A top aide to Rep. Devin Nunes has been providing conservative politicians and journalists with information …
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House impeachment vote scrambles Senate Republicans' Trump defense — Senate Republicans quickly coalesced behind an effort to condemn the House's impeachment inquiry late last week. Now their plans are up in the air. — After House Democrats announced they'd vote to establish the next steps …
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Dear Colleague on Next Steps in House's Ongoing Impeachment Inquiry
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Democrats prepare to take impeachment probe public
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I am no longer a Republican — I just came back from city hall, where I switched my voter registration from Republican to unenrolled (aka independent). Two reasons: — First, the Republican Party has largely become the Party of Trump. Too many Republicans in Congress are willing …
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Dissent Erupts at Facebook Over Hands-Off Stance on Political Ads — In an open letter, the social network's employees said letting politicians post false claims in ads was “a threat” to the company. — SAN FRANCISCO — The letter was aimed at Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, and his top lieutenants.
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Reporter on Katie Hill scandal promotes GOP candidates for her seat — Shortly after Rep. Katie Hill announced her resignation from Congress on Sunday night, the RedState reporter who published damaging allegations involving the Democratic rising star, along with a nude photo …
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RedState, Part of ‘Christian Content’ Salem Media, Publishes Revenge Porn
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Former US Senator Kay Hagan dead at 66 after three-year battle with encephalitis — Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a one-time Capitol Hill intern who went on to become North Carolina's first Democratic female U.S. senator, died Monday at her Greensboro home. She was 66.
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Trump's Brilliant Syria Strategy Fooled Everyone — RUSH: You know, Trump did not tell any Democrats — and you know what's fascinating, folks? If I may add. There are four reporters — and I don't remember all their names. Maggie Haberman is one from the New York Times …
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The Real Reasons Why Legacy Media Are Freaking Out Over Trump's Successful Baghdadi Mission
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North Carolina judges throw out current congressional map — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges on Monday blocked the state's congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections, ruling that voters had a strong likelihood of winning a lawsuit that argued Republicans unlawfully manipulated district lines for partisan gain.
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New maps ordered for NC 2020 congressional races, in win for Democrats
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Former Sen. Kay Hagan has died at 66, after complications from a prolonged illness
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Sessions strongly considering bid for old Senate seat in Alabama — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is strongly considering jumping into the race for his old Senate seat in Alabama, according to multiple Republican sources familiar with the matter. — Sessions would scramble …
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Greg Walden to retire in latest sign of GOP doubts about retaking House — Rep. Greg Walden, the top Republican on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, will retire at the end of this Congress — the latest sign that Republicans see a struggle to retake the House in 2020.
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AFTER CATCH AND KILL FALLOUT, FORMER FOX NEWS STAFFERS DEMAND TO BE RELEASED FROM THEIR NDAS — NBC News, attempting to do damage control, says it will release former employees from nondisclosure agreements if they want to speak up about sexual misconduct at the network.
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Judge reopens Covington Catholic teen's $250 million lawsuit against Washington Post — A federal judge in Kentucky has reopened the $250 million defamation case filed by a Covington Catholic student against the Washington Post after dismissing it in July, allowing the lawsuit to proceed but narrowing its focus.


Getty fire: Housekeepers and gardeners go to work despite the flames — Carmen Solano didn't know a brush fire had erupted Monday near the neighborhood where she worked. She simply left at 6 a.m. for her job cleaning a house on a street of multimillion-dollar homes.


How 9 sweet-faced, white-haired elders suppressed 500+ students' votes in one college town — This piece is based on an interview of Joe Schmitz by the author. — Joe Schmitz, then a professor at Western Illinois University, was an election judge in 2008 in the small, rural college town of Macomb, Illinois.


'We're keeping the oil' in Syria, Trump says, but it's considered a war crime — After President Donald Trump said on Monday the U.S. will be “keeping the oil” in northeastern Syria, his administration is looking into the “specifics,” according to a senior State Department official …
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After Betraying the Kurds, the U.S. Isn't Leaving Syria After All
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Did Emma Sulkowicz Get Redpilled? At the very least, she's found a new social set. — “This story starts with me being on Tinder,” Emma Sulkowicz explains. “I don't have TV, so all I can do is swipe left and right on men.” It's mid-afternoon, and we're in a deserted Vietnamese restaurant …


Purge of about 300,000 voter registrations planned in Georgia — About 330,000 voter registrations in Georgia could soon be canceled because registrants haven't participated in elections for several years. — The purge comes after Georgia canceled 534,119 registrations in July 2017 …


Capital Gazette shooting: Maryland man pleads guilty to attack that killed five as chilling details emerge … The man who blasted his way into the Capital Gazette newsroom more than a year ago, armed with a shotgun, smoke bombs and a device that blocked his victims from fleeing …
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Former Boston College Student Charged in Boyfriend's Suicide — Inyoung You is accused of involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of her college boyfriend, who died on his graduation day. — BOSTON — A former Boston College student has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection …


Evangelicals have been reshaped into the image of Trump himself — It has always struck me as strange that a narrative about genocide — Noah and the ark — should be employed as a children's story. As the other boys and girls in Sunday school focused on the cuteness of the rescued animals …
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‘Unprecedented’: Florida GOP postpones biggest annual fundraiser — TALLAHASSEE — The Republican Party of Florida on Monday postponed its biggest annual fundraiser, a move that some officials blamed on lackluster interest from donors. — Planners were having difficulty selling table sponsorships …
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I Don't Understand Jokes or Context — Washington Nationals fans chanted “lock him up” when Donald Trump appeared at Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday Night. — As a prominent media figure—like MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and author-pundit Ron Fournier—I find this alarming and offensive.
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