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Andrew Gumbel / The Guardian:
Donald Trump Jr walks out of Triggered book launch after heckling - from supporters — Event at University of California is cut short amid anger at his refusal to take questions from the audience — Donald Trump Jr ventured on to the University of California's overwhelmingly liberal Los Angeles campus …
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. went to UCLA to decry ‘triggered’ liberals. He was heckled offstage by the far right. — Donald Trump Jr. and Trump campaign senior adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle came prepared with snappy rejoinders for liberal protesters who might taunt them on Sunday at the University …
Associated Press:
Donald Trump Jr. talk marked by anger over no questions — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.'s appearance Sunday at a university to talk about his new book on liberals and free speech was marked by an argument between him and the audience over why he would not take questions, the Guardian newspaper reported .
Pete King:
I have decided not to be a candidate for re-election to Congress in 2020. I made this decision after much discussion with my wife Rosemary; my son Sean; and my daughter Erin. The prime reason for my decision was that after 28 years of spending 4 days a week in Washington, D.C. …
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Nicole Darrah / Fox News:
Rep. Peter King, R-NY, will not seek reelection in 2020 — Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., the powerful 14-term congressman who once chaired the House Committee on Homeland Security, announced Monday he will not seek reelection in 2020. — King, in a statement Monday, said his “prime reason” …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Pete King, longtime New York Republican congressman, announces retirement
Pete King, longtime New York Republican congressman, announces retirement
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The Daily Caller
Devan Cole / CNN:
Longtime GOP Rep. Peter King announces retirement
New York Times:
Giuliani Associate Says He Gave Demand for Biden Inquiry to Ukrainians — The claim by the associate, Lev Parnas, is being vigorously disputed. — Not long before the Ukrainian president was inaugurated in May, an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani's journeyed to Kiev to deliver a warning …
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Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Pete Buttigieg outlasts the pundits by emerging as the alternative to Biden — As other presidential candidates promise free healthcare, college debt relief and sweeping new taxes on the ultra-rich, Pete Buttigieg is drawing large crowds with a different angle.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Buttigieg praises Obama after reporter acknowledges misquoting candidate — Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., on Monday hailed Barack Obama's legacy after a journalist acknowledged misquoting the Democratic White House contender as making a statement critical of the former president's time in office.
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Political Wire
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Buttigieg hopes to name 1st female VA secretary
APNewsBreak: Buttigieg hopes to name 1st female VA secretary
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
‘The new candidate of the young elite’: Buttigieg battles Biden and Bloomberg for the center lane
‘The new candidate of the young elite’: Buttigieg battles Biden and Bloomberg for the center lane
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Washington Post
Asha Rangappa / Washington Post:
The GOP's new ‘defense’ of Trump actually makes the case against him — If the president was acting in good faith on Ukraine, that means Joe Biden was, too. — Just under the deadline, Republicans turned in on Saturday the list of witnesses they'd like to have testify at impeachment hearings beginning this week.
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Republicans plot counterattack for impeachment hearings
Republicans plot counterattack for impeachment hearings
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Trump's Road to Impeachment Paved by All the President's Yes Men
Trump's Road to Impeachment Paved by All the President's Yes Men
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Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Democrats on edge as Iowa points to chaotic race — Democrats are on edge less than three months out from the Iowa caucuses, as a four-candidate pile-up and Michael Bloomberg's potential candidacy injects a new level of uncertainty into an already chaotic race.
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Associated Press:
After push from Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country's new president.
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Political Wire
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Facebook's top news executive has her own media outlet — and it's been savaging Elizabeth Warren — Former NBC News anchor Campbell Brown is a top Facebook executive who was hired in January 2017 to lead the company's “news partnerships team.” That means Brown is in charge of “Facebook News …
James Downie / Washington Post:
A typical GOP senator's shell game — Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) adores the colorful turn of phrase. In just one interview on CBS's “Face the Nation” on Sunday morning, he threw in sayings like “any fair-minded person in the Milky Way,” “any lawyer, in my judgment …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Preview: “A Warning,” by the “Anonymous” Trump official — “Axios on HBO” last night aired a preview of “A Warning,” by the senior administration official who penned a New York Times op-ed that infuriated President Trump and sparked an ultimately fruitless leak investigation.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley's real disclosure: Concerns about Trump's dangerousness went right to the top — Ever since September 2018, we've been trying to figure out who the “senior administration official” was who wrote that anonymous New York Times op-ed. This official described a “resistance” …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Nikki Haley's Audacious Bet
Nikki Haley's Audacious Bet
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Elizabeth Weise / USA Today:
No more fire in the kitchen: Cities are banning natural gas in homes to save the planet — SAN FRANCISCO - Fix global warming or cook dinner on a gas stove? — That's the choice for people in 13 cities and one county in California that have enacted new zoning codes encouraging or requiring all-electric new construction.
New York Times:
How Russia Meddles Abroad for Profit: Cash, Trolls and a Cult Leader — Madagascar has little obvious strategic value for the Kremlin or the global balance of power. But Russians were there during an election, offering bribes, spreading disinformation and recruiting an apocalyptic cult leader.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Contributor Causes Scene When She Names Alleged Whistleblower on Air — Host Howard Kurtz, clearly startled, immediately shot back that he didn't know if that person was actually the whistleblower. — Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway caused a scene on Sunday morning …
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Mediaite
Alice Fung / Associated Press:
Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire — HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong anti-government protester was shot by police Monday in a dramatic scene caught on video as demonstrators blocked train lines and roads in a day of spiraling violence fueled by demands for democratic reforms.
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Republicans used to ignore Trump's resorts. Now they're spending millions. — In 2017, Sen. Steve Daines' campaign dropped $281 at Trump's hotel in Las Vegas. The following year, the Iowa Republican Party paid $945 for rooms at a Trump resort in Miami. And four months later …
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