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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 …
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Washington Post:
Internal Mueller documents show Trump campaign chief pushed unproven theory Ukraine hacked Democrats — President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, suggested as early as the summer of 2016 that Ukrainians might have been responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee during …
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Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Trump gets deluge of boos upon entering MSG prior to UFC 244 — President Trump was welcomed into Madison Square Garden Saturday night with heavy booing from the crowd. — The president is at the arena to watch the main fight of UFC 244. — President Trump getting massively booed …
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Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Trump booed at UFC event in New York City — President Trump was booed — along with some cheers mixed in — at an Ultimate Fighting Championship match Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Mr. Trump was seated with House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy of California …
New York Daily News:
Boos, cheers greet Trump as he enters UFC event in Madison Square Garden — President Trump pumped his fist in the air as the crowd booed and cheered him when he arrived Saturday night at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event at Madison Square Garden. — It was a friendlier reaction …
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Washington Post:
A presidential loathing for Ukraine is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry — Three of President Trump's top advisers met with him in the Oval Office in May, determined to convince him that the new Ukrainian leader was an ally deserving of U.S. support.
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
White House aide told not to appear at impeachment probe — The White House has instructed Robert Blair, a top adviser to Donald Trump's chief of staff, not to appear before the Congressional committees leading the impeachment investigation into the president, the Financial Times has learnt.
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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
WaPo: WH Record Of Trump-Zelensky Call Put Words In Ukrainian Prez's Mouth, Official Testified
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Christian Vasquez / Politico:
Trump says he would ‘love’ to host Ukrainian president at White House
Trump says he would ‘love’ to host Ukrainian president at White House
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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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Christian Vasquez / Politico:
Trump defends border wall design after report smugglers are sawing through it — After years of touting the impenetrability of a border wall, President Donald Trump said Saturday that “you can cut through any wall” as reports surfaced of smugglers sawing through newly erected barriers with readily available power tools.
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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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Associated Press:
US judge blocks Trump's health insurance rule for immigrants — PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.
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Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Fox News Guest Invited to Talk About Military Dogs Blurts Out Jeffrey 'Epstein Didn't Kill Himself' — A former Navy SEAL invited to talk about military dogs on Jesse Watters' Fox News show also offered some unprompted and unexpected thoughts about the death of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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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
At Iowa's Democratic dinner, Warren and Buttigieg take aim at one another
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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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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher's Show Has Gone Completely Off the Rails — On Friday night, the host of HBO's “Real Time” welcomed an anti-vaxxer and a right-wing propagandist onto his show. At times, he sided with both. — In February of 2017, Bill Maher, the “politically incorrect” satirist and stand-up comic …
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Washington Post:
Trump's defenders need to stop pretending impeachment is a criminal trial — President Trump's defenders have a problem: His conduct with Ukraine has thus far proved to be indefensible. — Unsurprisingly, then, rather than justify the substance of what he did, his allies have fallen back on complaints about the impeachment process.
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David Siders / Politico:
Inside Beto O'Rourke's collapse — DES MOINES, Iowa — As night fell and his staffers led him through the drizzle to his rented Dodge Grand Caravan for the last time, Beto O'Rourke was asked Friday by a reporter, “What do you think went wrong for you?” — He didn't answer, allowing the question …
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The Daily Beast
Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
A stunning confession from a Deep State member subverting the constitutional republic — The arrogance and lack of self-awareness among the mandarins that inhabit the top levels of our government bureaucracies has led to a smoking gun-level confession. Rather than respecting the will of the voters …
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The Guardian:
Johnson 'knew about Vote Leave's illegal overspend', says MP — Prime minister accused of ‘sitting on information’ after EU referendum — Boris Johnson knew of Vote Leave's overspend during the 2016 EU referendum, but appears to have failed to tell the authorities, according to explosive new claims from a senior MP.
Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Christopher England elected new Alabama Democratic Party chair — State Rep. Chris England answers questions following his election as the Chair of the Alabama Democratic Party — Rep. Christopher England, D-Tuscaloosa, was elected Alabama Democratic Party chair on Saturday …
New York Times:
Russia Held Up an Ailing American Military Attaché From Leaving Moscow — The American was safely evacuated, but the episode was the latest indication that Russian intimidation of American officials has reached levels unseen since the Cold War. — WASHINGTON — Russian officials …
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Pelosi's Halloween impeachment vote was an enormous strategic defeat - Let me explain — The Halloween vote for impeachment was an enormous strategic defeat for Speaker Nancy Pelosi. — She admitted seven months ago, in a March 6 interview with The Washington Post, that a purely partisan impeachment vote was wrong and dangerous.
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