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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Testimony: Nunes acolyte misrepresented himself to Trump as Ukraine expert — The decorated Army officer who testified to House investigators on Tuesday told lawmakers that a close associate of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes “misrepresented” himself to President Donald Trump in an effort …
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Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Trump's Russia Director To Leave National Security Council Amid Impeachment Inquiry — Tim Morrison, the top Russia official on President Trump's National Security Council who is scheduled to testify in the impeachment inquiry on Thursday, is expected to leave his White House post imminently …
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Vindman testified he was convinced Ukraine aid became part of Trump's demand for Biden investigations — (CNN)Top White House Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman told congressional investigators he was convinced President Donald Trump was personally blocking $400 million in military aid to Ukraine …
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New York Times:
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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Wall Street Journal:
John Bolton Is Asked to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry — Move comes after State Department official says then-national security adviser was concerned Rudy Giuliani ‘was a key voice with the President on Ukraine’ — WASHINGTON—House committees have asked former national security adviser John Bolton …
Brandon Carter / NPR:
READ: Ukraine Specialist Catherine Croft's Written Testimony In Impeachment Inquiry
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Impeachment Is Not a Coup — And no matter what Trump thinks …
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New York Times:
Former G.O.P. Lawmaker Pressed for Ambassador's Ouster, Diplomat Will Say
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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
House Democrats Ask Bolton to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump badly needs Republicans to defend him. New revelations will make that harder.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Nancy Pelosi's Predictions for Impeachment — Nancy Pelosi wants you to know that the House Democratic leadership has not committed to impeaching President Donald Trump—notwithstanding the muscle she's thrown behind the inquiry, or tomorrow's vote on how its next stage will proceed.
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
‘Whistleblower’ Exposed: Close to Biden, Brennan, Schiff's Staff, and DNC Operative
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: House impeachment resolution ‘falls way short’
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Lawmakers clash over Ukraine witness hearings as Trump tells GOP reps to ‘close it out’
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Pelosi wants Americans to see the trial of Donald Trump
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Twitter bans all political advertisements — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is banning all political advertising from its service, saying social media companies give advertisers an unfair advantage in proliferating highly targeted, misleading messages. — Facebook has taken fire since …
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Says It Will Ban All Political Ads — SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Dorsey, Twitter's chief executive, said on Wednesday that the social media service would ban political ads on its platform, in a stark contrast to rival Facebook, which has faced blowback for taking a hands-off approach to political advertising.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Twitter to ban all political ads amid 2020 election uproar
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Scott Bland / Politico:
Kamala Harris to slash staff, restructure campaign as she hemorrhages cash — Kamala Harris is dramatically restructuring her campaign by redeploying staffers to Iowa and laying off dozens of aides at her Baltimore headquarters, according to campaign sources and a memo obtained by POLITICO Wednesday …
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Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein's Autopsy ‘Points to Homicide,’ Not Suicide, Pathologist Claims — The pathologist hired by Mr. Epstein's brother said evidence suggested strangulation. The authorities disputed the claim. — A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother claimed on Wednesday …
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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Jeffrey Epstein's injuries look more like murder than suicide, noted pathologist says
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Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Exclusive: White House Ignored Pentagon Warning on Ukraine Funding — As the summer wore on, and President Donald Trump would not budge on his decision to withhold almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine, the Pentagon warned the White House: If its portion of the money wasn't released quickly …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘One real mess’: Trump aides face the prospect of giant legal bills
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tulsi Gabbard Drops a Big Hint About Running a Spoiler Campaign for Trump — “Hillary Clinton emerged recently to claim, with no basis in fact, that I am being ‘groomed’ by the Russian government to undermine America,” claims Tulsi Gabbard in a Wall Street Journal op-ed today.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Judicial nominee breaks down amid question about attitude towards LGBT people — A nominee for a federal appeals court broke down Wednesday while defending his record during his confirmation hearing. The emotional outburst came after he was hit with questions surrounding a negative report of his career.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump judicial pick breaks down in tears at hearing over legal group's attack
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USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Biden's lead over Warren narrows in a turbulent Democratic field — Susan Page Savannah Behrmann Jeanine SantucciUSA TODAY — WASHINGTON — Former vice president Joe Biden continues to lead a turbulent field for the Democratic presidential nomination …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Republicans shoot down White House plan to install Cuccinelli atop DHS — Republican senators are warning President Donald Trump that he cannot legally appoint immigration hard-liner Ken Cuccinelli to lead the Department of Homeland Security. — The White House and DHS lawyers, however …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
White House Finds Loophole in Search for Homeland Security Secretary
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Ilhan Omar faces blowback after voting ‘present’ on Armenian genocide resolution — Armenian advocacy groups expressed dismay that Omar did not back the measure, which overwhelmingly passed the House by a 405-to-11 margin. — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., faced criticism Wednesday after voting …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Trump tweeted a photo of a Medal of Honor recipient — who was edited out and replaced by a dog — In a somber White House ceremony in July 2017, President Trump draped the Medal of Honor around the neck of James McCloughan. He was credited with saving the lives of 10 men in a brutal …
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Joe Biden to attend Seattle fundraiser co-hosted by Amazon general counsel — Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to return to Seattle next month for a pair of fundraisers, including one co-hosted by Amazon general counsel David Zapolsky. — Biden will attend a late-afternoon reception …
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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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Los Angeles Times:
Fast-moving Easy fire expands to 1,300 acres, forces thousands to flee in Simi Valley near Reagan Library — A large brush fire erupted in Simi Valley early Wednesday and was quickly burning toward neighborhoods, triggering mandatory evacuations amid strong Santa Ana winds.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate blocks effort to roll back Trump administration's ObamaCare rule — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic effort to roll back a Trump administration rule that allows states to ignore parts of ObamaCare. — Senators voted 43-52 on the resolution, falling short of the simple majority needed to pass the chamber.
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CNN:
Trump's Ukraine dishonesty barrage continues. He made 96 false claims last week — Avlon: Trump has a history of attacking veterans — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was relentlessly dishonest last week about the scandal over his dealings with Ukraine, making false claims about just about every component of the story.
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Sean Ross / Yellowhammer News:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Jr. on Alabama's Senate race, impeachment, his favorite Ala. memory & more — Ahead of his visit to Birmingham next week, Donald Trump, Jr. agreed to an exclusive interview with Yellowhammer News. — The Q&A was conducted on Wednesday — the date his father qualified …
Campbell Brown:
Having spent most of my pre-Facebook career as a journalist covering politics, I have been astonished at the reaction by other journalists to Facebook's decision not to police speech from political candidates. I strongly believe it should be the role of the press to dissect the truth or lies found …
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