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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
ANALYSIS: Democrats have a Col. Vindman problem — House Democrats conducted their impeachment interviews in secret, but Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman still emerged as star of the show. Appearing at his October 29 deposition in full dress uniform, the decorated Army officer …
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Axios:
Scoop: GOP outlines theory of impeachment defense in memo to members — Republicans on the three House committees conducting the Trump-Ukraine investigation have settled on “four key pieces of evidence” that they claim will undermine Democrats' arguments for why the president should be impeached …
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New York Times:
Trump, Ukraine and Impeachment: The Inside Story of How We Got Here — President Trump fixated on Ukraine as a solution to his political problems. In five months, his obsession upended American foreign policy and threatened his presidency. Here is how it happened.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
To Exonerate Trump, Republicans Embrace Russian Disinformation
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Alarm bells’: What Cooper, Croft and Anderson told impeachment investigators — House impeachment investigators released the transcripts of three more depositions on Monday, offering critical new details surrounding President Donald Trump's order to freeze military aid to Ukraine.
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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Mulvaney's OMB Held Up Lethal Ukraine Aid in 2017 for Fear of Russian Reaction
Mulvaney's OMB Held Up Lethal Ukraine Aid in 2017 for Fear of Russian Reaction
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Deval Patrick, Ex-Governor of Massachusetts, Is Considering 2020 Presidential Race — Days after Michael Bloomberg began taking steps to enter the 2020 campaign, Mr. Patrick's conversations with top Democrats are the latest evidence of an unsettled presidential primary field.
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Julie Pace / ABC News:
AP sources: Deval Patrick mulling Democratic White House run
AP sources: Deval Patrick mulling Democratic White House run
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New York Times:
Feud Between Trump Advisers Underscores a White House Torn by Rivalries — Mick Mulvaney, the president's acting chief of staff, and John R. Bolton, his former national security adviser, clashed in court even as more accounts of internal schisms emerged in books and testimony.
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Washington Post:
White House infighting flares amid impeachment inquiry — A dispute erupts between Mulvaney and Cipollone camps over how to counter House Democrats' impeachment push — The White House's bifurcated and disjointed response to Democrats' impeachment inquiry has been fueled …
CNN:
With public hearings set to begin, Giuliani considers launching an impeachment podcast — Giuliani's name mentioned several times in transcripts — Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani is considering re-entering the impeachment fray by launching a podcast to provide impeachment analysis …
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Ron Bousso / Reuters:
Former U.S. top diplomat Rice concerned by shadow diplomacy on Ukraine — ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Condoleezza Rice, a secretary of state under Republican President George W. Bush, said on Monday reports of an unofficial U.S. policy being carried out in Ukraine were “deeply troubling.”
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Joyce White Vance / TIME:
Why All of Trump's Defenses Against Impeachment Are Doomed to Fail — We've reached the part of this tired charade where even those who've tried to escape the obvious conclusion now know that the emperor has no clothes. The mounting evidence from career diplomats, and Trump's own political appointees …
The Daily Northwestern:
Addressing The Daily's coverage of Sessions protests — Last week, The Daily was not the paper that Northwestern students deserve. — On Nov. 5, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke on campus at a Northwestern University College Republicans event.
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Washington Post:
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings to step down as Maryland Democratic Party chair — Maya Rockeymoore Cummings resigned as chair of the Maryland Democratic Party on Monday night, clearing the way for her to seek the congressional seat vacated by the death of her husband, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.).
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Luke Broadwater / Baltimore Sun:
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, widow of Baltimore Rep. Elijah Cummings, will seek his seat in Congress
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, widow of Baltimore Rep. Elijah Cummings, will seek his seat in Congress
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Bernie Sanders / Jewish Currents:
How to Fight Antisemitism — ON OCTOBER 27TH, we marked one year since the worst antisemitic attack in our country's history, when a white nationalist walked into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and murdered 11 people and injured six others. The murderer acted on a twisted belief …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
‘Anonymous’ book excerpts describe Trump's score-settling and toxic West Wing — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump oversees a toxic West Wing and attempts to use his office to settle scores — including with the state of California and former Vice President Joe Biden …
Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal:
Google's Secret ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans — Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed — Google is teaming with one of the country's largest health-care systems on a secret project …
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CNN:
Since Republicans want Hunter Biden to testify, Democrats should call Ivanka Trump — Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio's daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @DeanObeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An epic ‘Meet the Press’ rant unmasks the real goal of Trump's lies
An epic ‘Meet the Press’ rant unmasks the real goal of Trump's lies
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Biden Helped Reform Ukraine. Trump Pushed to Make Ukraine Corrupt Again.
Biden Helped Reform Ukraine. Trump Pushed to Make Ukraine Corrupt Again.
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The Daily Beast:
National Enquirer Publisher's Secret Scheme to Funnel $1 Million to Accused Pedophile R. Kelly — AMI exec Dylan Howard proposed setting up a shell company to hide the payments for a TV series about the accused pedophile. — A top executive in the National Enquirer tabloid empire proposed …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Rex Tillerson denies he tried to undermine Trump, says Nikki Haley was ‘rarely present’ at meetings — Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson denied Monday that he sought to undermine or work against President Trump, as former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley claims in a new memoir of her time in the administration.
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
Former President Jimmy Carter admitted to hospital for brain surgery — Former President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized on Monday for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to his recent falls, a spokesperson said. — Carter, the oldest living ex-U.S. president …
Jane Coaston / Vox:
Why alt-right trolls shouted down Donald Trump Jr. — The “Groyper Army” and the war over college campus conservatism, explained. — A group of alt-right and “dissident right” activists have joined forces with neo-Nazis and others on the far-right fringes to attack conservatives who they feel …
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. to Limit Science Used to Write Public Health Rules — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations, overriding protests from scientists and physicians …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Broadcast, cable news networks to preempt regular programming for Trump impeachment coverage — ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS on Wednesday will preempt their regularly scheduled programming for live coverage of the House Intelligence Committee's open impeachment hearings of President Trump.
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Pompeo: Trump to discuss political solution for Syria in meeting with Erdoğan — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that President Trump will discuss Turkey's incursion into northeast Syria in an upcoming meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğ …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump weighs conditioning foreign aid on religious freedom — Aides to President Donald Trump are drafting plans to condition U.S. aid to other countries on how well they treat their religious minorities, two White House officials said. — The proposal is expected to cover U.S. humanitarian assistance …
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BBC:
General election 2019: Brexit Party will not stand in Tory seats — Nigel Farage has ditched plans to take on the Tories in more than 300 seats, after what he said was Boris Johnson's “shift of position” on Brexit. — The Brexit Party leader had planned to run candidates in 600 seats …
Barry Petchesky / New York Times:
I Was Fired From Deadspin for Refusing to ‘Stick to Sports’ — Pretending that sports can take place in a vacuum would have been profoundly dishonest. — Mr. Petchesky is the former deputy editor of Deadspin. — Two weeks ago, I was fired as acting editor in chief of Deadspin, where I'd worked since 2009.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump can't sue New York State in DC federal court to stop release of tax returns, judge says — (CNN)A federal judge has decided that President Donald Trump can't sue New York state officials in a Washington, DC, court, at this time to stop the release of his tax returns.
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Ryland Barton / 89.3 WFPL News Louisville:
McConnell Moves On From Bevin: 'We'll Have A Different Governor In 3 Weeks' — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that it appears Gov. Matt Bevin has lost his bid for reelection, even though Bevin still hasn't conceded the race. — Bevin has requested a recanvass of the final tally …