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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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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 …


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 listened in on Trump's appeal …
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Democrats Move Toward Bringing Impeachment Inquiry Public
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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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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 …


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 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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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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‘It feels like a horror movie’: Republicans feel anxious and adrift defending Trump
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Dear Colleague on Next Steps in House's Ongoing Impeachment Inquiry
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House will vote on impeachment procedures Thursday to ‘ensure transparency,’ Democrats say
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Democrats prepare to take impeachment probe public
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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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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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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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RedState, Part of ‘Christian Content’ Salem Media, Publishes Revenge Porn — The conservative blog RedState published revenge porn of Rep. Katie Hill on Oct. 18, in the so-called name of journalism and exposing “a person in power who used that power for sexual satisfaction.”
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Reporter on Katie Hill scandal promotes GOP candidates for her seat
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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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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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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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‘Lock him up’ chant highlights the debate we need about Trump's lawlessness
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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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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.


Her Name Is Conan: Military Dogs Like the One in the Syria ISIS Raid Have a Long Pedigree — A brief and glorious history of America's canine warriors — ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi likely died with the sound of one of America's most fearsome warriors still ringing in his ears.
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After Betraying the Kurds, the U.S. Isn't Leaving Syria After All — The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based monitoring organization, has reported and posted photos of at least two convoys of U.S. military forces entering eastern Syria from Iraq, roughly three weeks …
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'We're keeping the oil' in Syria, Trump says, but it's considered a war crime
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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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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.


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 …


The NRA just called its own video network “distasteful and racist” — But the advertising firm that built NRATV says the NRA is “self destructing.” — A new complaint in a lawsuit filed by the National Rifle Association against its former advertising agency, Ackerman McQueen …
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U.K. to Destroy Commemorative 50p Coins in Brexit Meltdown — Thousands of 50-pence coins minted to commemorate Brexit on Oct. 31 will be melted down after Prime Minister Boris Johnson accepted an extension from the European Union, two people familiar with the matter said.


‘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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What's Left of Condé Nast Two years after Si Newhouse died (and Graydon Carter left), Anna Wintour and a new CEO map out the future they can afford. — “It's dreadful,” Anna Wintour said in early October, looking out the south-facing windows of her 25th-floor office in One World Trade Center …


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.
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