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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
The Mueller Report's Secret Memos — BuzzFeed News sued the US government for the right to see all the work that Mueller's team kept secret. Today we are publishing the first installment. — The 448-page report issued by then-special counsel Robert Mueller last March …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller interview notes obtained by CNN show Trump's push for stolen emails — (CNN)President Donald Trump and other top 2016 Trump campaign officials repeatedly privately discussed how the campaign could get access to stolen Democratic emails WikiLeaks had in 2016, according …
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Smugglers are sawing through new sections of Trump's border wall — SAN DIEGO — Smuggling gangs in Mexico have repeatedly sawed through new sections of President Trump's border wall in recent months by using commercially available power tools, opening gaps large enough for people and drug loads …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Nancy Pelosi Is Worried 2020 Candidates Are on Wrong Track — Speaker questions appeal of Medicare For All, Green New Deal — Ideas could repel voters in swing Midwestern states, she says — Nancy Pelosi is issuing a pointed message to Democrats running for president in 2020 …
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James Crowley / Newsweek:
Pete Buttigieg Says Democratic Race Is Shaping Up to Be a ‘Two-Way’ Between Him and Elizabeth Warren — South Bend, Indiana Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said in a new interview that he believes the race for his party's nomination will be between Senator Elizabeth Warren and himself.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
At Iowa's Democratic dinner, Warren and Buttigieg take aim at one another
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
In Iowa, Biden confronts a growing threat: Pete Buttigieg
In Iowa, Biden confronts a growing threat: Pete Buttigieg
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Giovanni Russonello / New York Times:
5 Takeaways From the Latest Iowa Poll
5 Takeaways From the Latest Iowa Poll
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New York Times:
In Trump's Twitter Feed: Conspiracy-Mongers, Racists and Spies — In September, an obscure Twitter account promoting a fringe belief about an anti-Trump cabal within the government tweeted out a hashtag: #FakeWhistleblower. — It was typical for the anonymous account …
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New York Times:
How Trump Reshaped the Presidency in Over 11,000 Tweets — With a single tweet last fall, Mr. Trump sent his administration into a tailspin. “I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught,” he wrote in October 2018, angry about a caravan of migrants from Central America.
Yahoo News:
Children were told to ‘build the wall’ at White House Halloween party — WASHINGTON — A Halloween party on Oct. 25 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building featured candy, paper airplanes and — concerning for some attendees — a station where children were encouraged to help “Build the Wall” with their own personalized bricks.
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New York Times:
The Whimpering Terrorist Only Trump Seems to Have Heard — President Trump offered a vivid account of the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “crying and screaming” in the final minutes before his death. The only problem: No one else knows what he's talking about.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump to Mississippi rally crowd: Impeachment is an affront to you
Trump to Mississippi rally crowd: Impeachment is an affront to you
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John McDermott / New York Times:
Those People We Tried to Cancel? They're All Hanging Out Together — Depriving people of a platform works — in unexpected ways. — Katie Herzog was a largely unknown freelance journalist living in Seattle. Then she published an article in The Stranger about trans people who halt or reverse transitions.
Jesse Dougherty / Washington Post:
Sean Doolittle on declining White House invite: 'I don't want to hang out with somebody who talks like that' — Ever since Sean Doolittle was traded to the Washington Nationals in the summer of 2017, the reliever was often asked whether he would visit the White House after winning the World Series.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Jr. Has a Few Grievances to Air in Upcoming Book — President's oldest son also shares some personal anecdotes — Video-gaming with Michael Jackson; debating Obama's Nobel — The president's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., airs some of the family's grievances over the probe …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Critiques Mueller in New Book
Donald Trump Jr. Critiques Mueller in New Book
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
WaPo: WH Record Of Trump-Zelensky Call Put Words In Ukrainian Prez's Mouth, Official Testified — The White House's memorandum of the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky put words in the Ukrainian president's mouth that he never said, a White House official testified this week.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Adam Neumann and the Art of Failing Up — WeWork's chief risk-taker found a kindred spirit with an open checkbook: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son. Now he's walking away from the wreckage with more than $1 billion. — Adam Neumann stood on the 57th floor of the Woolworth Building …
Axios:
GOP worries banned political ads could upend Trump's 2020 campaign — Top Republicans are privately worried about a new threat to President Trump's campaign: the possibility of Facebook pulling a Twitter and banning political ads. — Why it matters: Facebook says it won't, but future regulatory pressure could change that.
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Virginia Is On The Brink Of Cementing Its Democratic Status — Republicans risk losing their last footholds of power in the Old Dominion. — Democrats are poised to take control of both of Virginia's state legislative chambers on Tuesday, bringing the state under unified Democratic control for the first time in a quarter century.
Wall Street Journal:
California Governor Threatens State Takeover of PG&E — Gavin Newsom says state may intervene if shareholders, bondholders cannot quickly reach a deal to exit bankruptcy — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening a state takeover of PG&E Corp. unless the company exits bankruptcy …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Hero dog ‘Conan’ injured during Baghdadi raid deserves purple heart: vets — It's a barking shame. — A heroic Belgian Malinois who chased down Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last week and was wounded after the ISIS boss blew himself up with a suicide vest will not receive a Purple Heart.
Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
'It's like nothing we have come across before': UK intelligence officials shaken by Trump administration's requests for help with counter-impeachment inquiry — As impeachment inquiries heat up, president's people are busy pursuing a counter offensive aimed at discrediting Mueller's findings that Russia interfered in 2016 election
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Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Plan Political Siege on Trump's Sunshine State Move — Florida Democrats say they are “ready to send Donald Trump to his retirement home.” — BEAST INSIDE — With his move from New York to Florida, President Donald Trump will live in a state where the political climate is warmer and the taxes are low.
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