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Washington Post:
White House lawyer moved transcript of Trump call to classified server after Ukraine adviser raised alarms — Moments after President Trump ended his phone call with Ukraine's president on July 25, an unsettled national security aide rushed to the office of White House lawyer John Eisenberg.
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Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Trump's Russia Director To Leave National Security Council Amid Impeachment Inquiry — Toggle more options — 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 set to leave …
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
‘Whistleblower’ Exposed: Close to Biden, Brennan, Schiff's Staff, and DNC Operative — For a town that leaks like a sieve, Washington has done an astonishingly effective job keeping from the American public the name of the anonymous “whistleblower” who triggered impeachment proceedings …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Inside Trump's roast of House Republicans — THE PRESIDENT UNPLUGGED — House Republicans who raked in the most money for a private fundraising event at Trump Hotel on Tuesday night got a little extra reward: a roast from President Donald Trump. The president — unscripted …
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Washington Post, Raw Story, The Week, Bloomberg and Breitbart
Washington Post:
White House official expected to confirm diplomat's account that Trump appeared to seek quid pro quo
White House official expected to confirm diplomat's account that Trump appeared to seek quid pro quo
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Politico, Roll Call, The Week and Political Wire
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The Adam Schiff Empowerment Act — House Democrats plan to pass their Trump impeachment resolution Thursday. Its full description is “Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats hoped they'd win over Republicans on impeachment. But it's not looking that way so far
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Republicans will have to face the truth on impeachment eventually
Republicans will have to face the truth on impeachment eventually
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Bangor Daily News
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Nancy Pelosi's Predictions for Impeachment
Nancy Pelosi's Predictions for Impeachment
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Political⚡Charge, Axios, Political Wire and NBC News
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Democrats, Once Wary of Partisan Impeachment Inquiry Vote, Unite as Politics Shift
Democrats, Once Wary of Partisan Impeachment Inquiry Vote, Unite as Politics Shift
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Washington Post, Vox, The Guardian, Deseret News, VTDigger and Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump lures GOP senators on impeachment with cold cash — President Donald Trump is rewarding senators who have his back on impeachment — and sending a message to those who don't to get on board. — Trump is tapping his vast fundraising network for a handful of loyal senators facing tough reelection bids in 2020.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
After McConnell advice, Trump lays off GOP senators on impeachment — Sitting inside the White House, Mitch McConnell gave Donald Trump some straightforward advice: Stop attacking senators — including Mitt Romney — who likely will soon judge your fate in an impeachment trial.
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Aaron Sorkin / New York Times:
An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg — Facebook isn't defending free speech, it's assaulting truth. — Mr. Sorkin is a playwright and screenwriter. — Mark, — In 2011, I wrote “The Social Network” and I know you wish I hadn't. You protested that the film was inaccurate and that Hollywood …
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Your Move, Facebook — Twitter will no longer allow political …
Your Move, Facebook — Twitter will no longer allow political …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook let a fake page posing as the Trump campaign run political ads
Facebook let a fake page posing as the Trump campaign run political ads
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Alyssa Feliciano / The Independent Florida Alligator:
Emails released between Student Body President and Donald Trump campaign official — Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle spoke at UF on Oct. 10 — Emails show a Donald Trump re-election campaign official personally asked UF Student Body President Michael Murphy in September …
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Katie Hill's downfall highlights stark generational divide among Democrats — Rep. Katie Hill's colleagues were uniformly shocked and saddened by the collapse of the freshman star's political career. But that's where their agreement ends. — A stark generational divide among Democrats …
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Trump approval steady as impeachment rages — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's approval rating is holding steady as the House presses forward with an impeachment probe that could imperil his presidency, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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Political Wire
Washington Post:
Days before Nov. 5 election, Virginia Republicans take hard right turn — RICHMOND — GayDonna Vandergriff has spent much of the year running for the House of Delegates with Hillary-blue campaign signs and a website that touts public schools and the environment but makes no mention that she's a Republican.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Virginia Suburbs, Republicans Sound a Lot Like Democrats
In Virginia Suburbs, Republicans Sound a Lot Like Democrats
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Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball, Raw Story and HuffPost
Dan Goldberg / Politico:
Obamacare is stronger than ever — and a Trump-backed lawsuit could destroy it. — Three years into a presidency that promised to kill Obamacare, the health care law has never been stronger. — Millions of people buying coverage during the enrollment period starting Friday will find …
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Why I Haven't Gone Back to SCOTUS Since Kavanaugh — Some things are worth not getting over. — Unbelievable and Know My Name Show the Harm a Sexual Assault Investigation Can Do to a Survivor — It's been just over a year since I sat in the hearing room and watched the final act of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.
Wall Street Journal:
In Chicago, Trump Polls Donors on Clemency for Blagojevich — Most were in favor; “Utterly strange” way to make a decision — President Trump earlier this week asked for a show of hands from hundreds of wealthy donors in Chicago if they supported letting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich out of prison …
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Political Wire
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
How the Borgias point the way for Trump's America — It takes effort to picture Donald Trump as Alexander VI, the late medieval pope whose notoriety helped trigger the Protestant Reformation. Once you have the image, it is hard to lose. Today's America and late 15th-century Rome are separated …
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
House justified in impeaching Trump, says former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, who famously supported Nixon's resignation — In March of 1974, then-Washington Attorney General Slade Gorton broke with fellow Republicans with a public call for President Richard Nixon's resignation amid revelations …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Catherine Herridge, Fox News Veteran, Moves to CBS News — Catherine Herridge, a Fox News Channel veteran who has been with that network since it was founded in 1996, is moving to rival CBS News. — She will work as a senior investigative correspondent out of Washington, CBS News said, and will start in November.
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Bloomberg:
China Doubts Long-Term Trade Deal Possible With Trump — Stage 1 in the works but Chinese downplay prospect for others — APEC cancellation adds another hurdle for a star-crossed deal — Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here.
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
A Facebook content moderation vendor is quitting the business after two Verge investigations — Moderators complained of filthy offices and severe mental health strain — The professional services firm Cognizant will exit the content moderation business after two Verge investigations …
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NATO:
Statement of the NATO-Ukraine Commission — The NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) met in Kyiv today in the presence of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to discuss the security situation in and around Ukraine, the reform process within the country …
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump judicial nominee cries over scathing letter from the American Bar Association — The American Bar Association had no shortage of criticism in its assessment of the Trump administration's new judicial nominee. — Colleagues found Lawrence VanDyke to be “arrogant, lazy, an ideologue …
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Sky Palma / DeadState:
Michele Bachmann: Trump has ‘greater moral clarity’ than any other president in history — In an appearance on Tony Perkins' Washington Watch program this Tuesday, former Minnesota congresswoman and chairwoman of the Family Research Council, Michele Bachmann, discussed the Democrats' “fake …
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. to Roll Back Rules on Coal Toxins — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected today to roll back an Obama-era regulation that was to limit emissions of heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury and other toxins from coal-fired power plants, according to two people familiar with the plans.
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