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White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call — Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, who heard President Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president and was alarmed, testified that he tried and failed to add key details to the rough transcript.
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Firsthand account of Trump's Ukraine call puts GOP in bind, emboldens Democrats — A top National Security Council official on Tuesday delivered a firsthand account of President Trump pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, putting congressional Republicans in a bind …
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Alexander Vindman and the Questioning of an American Jew's Patriotism — Julia Ioffe on the making of a decorated U.S. military officer, and the immigrant experience of Soviet Jews in America and abroad. — One June evening in 2013, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency …
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CNN:
State Department official to testify that John Bolton warned about influence of Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine — WH weighs responses to impeachment as House vote nears — (CNN)Former national security adviser John Bolton cautioned about the influence Rudy Giuliani had on US-Ukraine policymaking during …
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Brandon Carter / NPR:
READ: Ukraine Specialist Catherine Croft's Written Testimony In Impeachment Inquiry — Catherine Croft, a State Department employee who previously worked on Ukraine issues for the National Security Council, is testifying in the House impeachment inquiry on Wednesday.
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Two volatile meetings at the White House have become central to the impeachment inquiry — The Ukrainian officials arrived at the White House on July 10 hoping to cement their country's relationship with the United States, solidifying support the Trump administration seemed reluctant to extend for reasons they didn't fully understand.
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Vindman is a Jew, Not a Ukrainian, Mr. Duffy — Forget about the specifics of the testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in the Ukraine matter and what it might explain or portend. Let's talk instead for a minute about the specifics of one particular insinuation about him almost from the minute we learned of his existence.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Impeachment Is Not a Coup — And no matter what Trump thinks, the president does not embody the will of the people. — In his letter denouncing the impeachment investigation, Pat Cipollone accused Democrats of waging an “illegitimate” effort to “overturn the results of the 2016 election …
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Washington Post:
Mike Pence is reliably, relentlessly wrong — THE MORE undisciplined President Trump becomes in his scattershot defenses of his behavior toward Ukraine, the more robotically Vice President Pence seems to stay on message. Unfortunately, that message is an indefensible falsehood.
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New York Times:
Former G.O.P. Lawmaker Pressed for Ambassador's Ouster, Diplomat Will Say
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CNN:
Retired General: Alexander Vindman is living his oath to America
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Washington Post:
Testimony from career diplomats to outline Trump's dark view of Ukraine
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
NSC official's testimony appears to contradict Rick Perry Ukraine claims
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ABC News:
State Department officials set to testify in Trump impeachment probe; say Mulvaney put ‘informal’ hold on Ukraine aid
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Vindman is a patriot, not a Ukrainian spy
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NBC News:
Mulvaney was left in the dark on al-Baghdadi operation — President Trump's acting chief of staff first learned of the raid when it was already underway, raising questions about his status in the White House. — WASHINGTON — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney first learned …
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Islamic State defector inside Baghdadi's hideout critical to success of raid, officials say
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
In interview, Biden calls Trump ‘whiner in chief’ on foreign policy
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New York Times:
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows — Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world's great coastal cities. — The authors of a paper published Tuesday developed …
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Benjamin H. Strauss / Nature:
New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding — Abstract — Most estimates of global mean sea-level rise this century fall below 2 m. This quantity is comparable to the positive vertical bias of the principle digital elevation model …
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Mitch McConnell's extraordinary efforts to say nothing at all — (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to extraordinary lengths Tuesday to avoid giving substantive answers to direct questions about the allegations made by Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the first current White House official …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Sides With Indicted Oligarch Over His Own Diplomat — The President of the United States amplified a tweet calling one of his diplomats a liar—and, by implication, absolving a Ukrainian gas mogul of any mob ties. — President Donald Trump boosted a tweet Monday promoting …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
White House Finds Loophole in Search for Homeland Security Secretary — Officials who lead agencies in the department and echo the president's language on immigration were initially thought to be ineligible under a federal law. — WASHINGTON — The White House has found a way to bypass …
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Caroline Kitchener / The Lily:
Revenge porn drove Katie Hill out of Congress. Would that have happened to a man? — She was taken down by people ‘gleeful’ about sexually humiliating a young woman in power, says lawyer Carrie Goldberg — Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.), 32, is one of the youngest female members of Congress …
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CNN:
Shouting match erupts in Vindman deposition as Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to out whistleblower — (CNN)Democrats and Republicans got into a shouting match behind closed doors on Tuesday while interviewing a witness in the impeachment investigation, with Democrats accusing Republicans …
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Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
Brexit deal would leave Wales-sized hole in UK economy, experts warn — LONDON — Boris Johnson's Brexit deal would leave a hole in the U.K. economy the size of Wales, economists warned. — The agreement struck between the U.K. government and Brussels will leave gross domestic product 3 …
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BBC:
MPs back 12 December election
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Media Matters for America:
Fox's Jason Chaffetz says two days isn't enough time for congressional Republicans to read the eight page impeachment resolution — Chaffetz: “She said they're going to vote on Thursday, but it's Tuesday. So, do the math”
NBC Universal:
MSNBC'S “THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW” IS #1 IN A25-54 ACROSS CABLE NEWS, TOPPING ALL REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHOWS ON FOX NEWS AND CNN IN OCTOBER — “Morning Joe” at 6am Posts Record-Breaking Month in Total Viewers, Tops CNN in A25-54 for 24th Straight Month and in Total Viewers for 56th Straight Month
Louisa Loveluck / Washington Post:
Dread in northern Syria as U.S. troops withdraw and cease-fire ends — DERIK, Syria — As the final hours of a cease-fire in northeastern Syria wound down on Tuesday, dread descended on a region once shielded by the United States. — In towns and cities, families debated, and sometimes fought, over whether, and where, to run.
Christie Aschwanden / Wired:
Trans Athletes Are Posting Victories and Shaking Up Sports — Transgender athletes at all levels of sport are winning medals, spurring a contentious debate over the future of gendered competition. — Transgender athletes are having a moment. At all levels of sport, they're stepping onto the podium and into the headlines.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
He's running for governor to run false ads on Facebook. Now Facebook is stopping him — New York (CNN Business)A San Francisco man tried to call out Facebook's controversial false ads policy by running false ads of his own. Now the company is barring him from doing so …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants You to Know He's Smart Enough to ‘Do Quid Pro Quo’ — Everyone should just stop saying he's too dumb or incompetent to commit crimes—he could totally pull them off if he wanted to, Trump has been complaining privately. — As President Trump gets dragged deeper, and deeper …
Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
The NCAA Had to Cut Athletes a Better Deal — Before anyone gives the NCAA Board of Governors any credit for letting college athletes profit from their names, images, and likeness, people should understand this: If the NCAA is bending slightly to the popular opinion that athletes should be able to cash in …
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Crystal Thomas / Kansas City Star:
Missouri health director kept spreadsheet of Planned Parenthood patients' periods — The Missouri state health director, Dr. Randall Williams, testified at a state hearing Tuesday that he kept a spreadsheet to track the menstrual periods of women who visited Planned Parenthood.
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Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
SC Rep. Joe Cunningham to vote for House resolution setting rules for impeachment inquiry — WASHINGTON — Charleston's U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham said Tuesday he intends to vote in favor of a House resolution this week that will lay out the ground rules for the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
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