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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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Who Is Alexander Vindman? A Ukrainian Refugee Who Will Testify in Impeachment Inquiry — He fled Ukraine at age 3 and became a soldier, scholar and official at the White House. That's where, he plans to tell impeachment investigators, he witnessed alarming behavior by President Trump.
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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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Sean Duffy Goes After Decorated War Vet Alexander Vindman: ‘He Speaks Ukrainian’
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READ: Ukraine Expert Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's Opening Statement
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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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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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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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Internal White House debate stifles release of Pence-Zelenskiy call — Nearly three weeks after the vice president said he had “no objection” to releasing a transcript, administration is divided on whether it could help or hurt Trump's cause. — WASHINGTON — It's been almost three weeks …
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House impeachment vote scrambles Senate Republicans' Trump defense
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Biggest Private Coal Miner Goes Bust After Trump Rescue Fails — Coal baron Murray pressed Trump to help save dying industry — Collapse underscores rise of cheap natural gas, renewals — Robert E. Murray, the U.S. coal baron who pressed the Trump administration …
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As Kurds Tracked ISIS Leader, U.S. Withdrawal Threw Raid Into Turmoil — Trump's decision to pull troops from Syria upended a 5-year alliance and threw the plans against al-Baghdadi into disarray. — QAMISHLI, Syria — When the international manhunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …
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Baghdadi's death could have been Trump's finest hour. He messed it up anyway.

Trump is preparing to squander his al-Baghdadi victory
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Kayla Mueller was a U.S. hostage killed in ISIS custody. The raid against Baghdadi was named for her.
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‘The Wild West’: Questions surround Trump legal team payments — In 1994, as a slew of scandals were popping up around President Bill Clinton, an attorney who worked with his defense team visited the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) in Washington to ask a simple question in person …

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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‘Quid pro quo’ bombshell: Trump ally admits explosive bribe allegation — Trump's “no quid pro quo” defense is undercut by new impeachment evidence. The Wall Street journal reporting Trump loyalist, Gordon Sondland, who denied quid pro quo, is now admitting it to Congress.


Bernie Sanders: 'Let's not make people overly nervous' about socialism — Bernie Sanders, in a wide-ranging chat with CNBC's John Harwood, discusses personal issues, his economic agenda and his hope to become a 21st century version of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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The new Democratic senator irritating the left and delighting the GOP — She rarely goes to party lunches and skipped Senate votes to run the Ironman. She endorsed a primary challenger against one of her own colleagues and hobnobs with Republicans at least as much as she does with her own caucus.


Dear GOP, Some Scary Advice on How to Survive Your Impeachment Nightmare — By now it should have dawned on you that there is no escape. You are going to have to render a verdict not just on Donald's Trump's policies, but on his personal conduct. For just the third time in U.S. history …
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Republicans are worried about their worst nightmare: An across-the-board wipeout in 2020 — A growing number of Republicans are privately warning of increasing fears of a total wipeout in 2020: House, Senate, and White House. — Why it matters: All of this is unfolding …
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Trump Attorneys Assert Immunity From Broad Sweep of Law — Legal filings and lawyers' statements show attempt to put president beyond legal reach while in office — WASHINGTON—Over his nearly three years in office, lawyers representing President Trump have made numerous legal arguments that …
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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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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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Microsoft Says Russians Hacked Antidoping Agency Computers — The Russians were supposed to turn over their own computer data to avoid further penalties. Then they went on the offensive. — Russian state hackers attacked the computer networks of at least 16 national and international sports …
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Inside New York Democrats' Plan to Kill Third Parties — The state party chairman, an ally of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, wants to quintuple the number of votes that a political party needs to secure a ballot line. — The chairman of the New York State Democratic Party is pushing a proposal …


Payday lenders discussed raising money for Trump's campaign to fend off regulation, audio reveals — To ensure Democrats don't block weaker industry rules, payday lenders said they needed access to Trump. He's the ‘ultimate backstop,’ one said. — Billing himself as one of President …
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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.


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 …


In manufacturing Midwest, signs of trouble amid good times — MANITOWOC, Wis. — Sachin Shivaram, the chief executive of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry, started to worry this summer when orders for his brake housings and conveyor belt motors first grew scarce. Within weeks, what began …


Joe Biden in Danger of Humiliating Loss in Iowa, Top Democrats Warn — Ex-vice president not spending time expected to win caucuses — Democrats say Biden broke promise to campaign there often — Joe Biden risks a humiliating third or fourth-place finish in Iowa early next year …
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This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads — New York (CNN Business)A San Francisco man is going to extreme lengths to call out Facebook's controversial policy of allowing politicians to run false ads on its platform. On Monday morning …
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Exclusive: Steve Bannon's $1 million deal linked to a Chinese billionaire — The mystery of who's funding Steve Bannon's work has been at least partly solved: Guo Media, a company linked to a controversial Chinese billionaire, has contracted Bannon for at least $1 million for …


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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Britain looks set for an early election in attempt to break Brexit deadlock — The opposition Labour Party said it would be supporting the government's election measure, meaning it looks very likely to happen. — LONDON — The United Kingdom looks to be heading for an early general election days …
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