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The White House isn't quite so organized. — Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney will not sue to quash his impeachment subpoena after all, and will just defy it outright, because criming is a way of life at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. these days. — Mulvaney and White House …
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
It's high time for Trump to dump Stephen Miller — Less than a year into Donald Trump's presidency, Republicans came within inches of achieving their immigration dreams with a deal that would build a border wall and more detention facilities while curbing legal immigration and enacting E-Verify.
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Luke Darby / GQ:
White House Advisor Stephen Miller Just Got Outed for Explicit White Supremacist E-mails
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
White House preps for impeachment show with an awkward chief-of-staff sideshow
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Stephen Miller privately promoted stories from white nationalist and fringe media organizations
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CNN:
Trump invites GOP senators for unusual meeting with Erdoğan to ‘clear the air’ — Washington (CNN)A small group of Republican senators who traditionally focus on foreign policy issues have been invited to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump and Turkish President …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: We know how the impeachment show ends, but we're still watching — DRIVING THE DAY — THE HOUSE'S IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS KIND OF LIKE WATCHING the newest season of “Jack Ryan” on Amazon Prime Video. Sure, the twists and turns are exciting.
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
White House to use webcams to create live feed of border wall construction
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump to face limits of his power in impeachment hearings
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's how little Republicans were allowed to participate in the closed-door depositions — When a group of Republican legislators barged into a secure facility on Capitol Hill last month to register their opposition to impeachment inquiry depositions taking place behind closed doors …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Democrats' impeachment lawyer cut his teeth prosecuting mobsters, Wall Street cheats — The Democrats' lead impeachment hearing lawyer made his bones as a prosecutor by sending mobsters, stock swindlers and a multimillion-dollar inside trader to prison, cases in which colleagues said he mixed brains and “swagger” to win convictions.
Politico:
House Intel panel announces additional witnesses for public impeachment hearings
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Most voters remain unmovable in impeachment views
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
What to expect from impeachment
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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
What Trump Is Hiding From the Impeachment Hearings — The president's efforts to prevent the House from doing its job are just as worrisome as the Ukraine scandal. — Mr. Katyal is a former acting solicitor general and a law professor. — The public impeachment hearings this week …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump impeachment hearings will echo through the ages
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
George Kent, State Dept. Official Who Described Trump's Actions as ‘Wrong for the Rule of Law’
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William Saletan / Slate:
The GOP's Impeachment Strategy Is Self-Refuting
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
People died while Trump played games with Ukraine's military aid
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NBC News:
The impeachment hearings could turn out to be more unpredictable than you think — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — Most in Washington are already convinced …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Rep. Tim Ryan endorses Biden in Democratic primary
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Rudy Giuliani / Wall Street Journal:
The Case for the Impeachment Defense — My client's call with the Ukrainian president was innocent, and the House inquiry is a travesty. — If your only sources of news the past two months have been CNN and MSNBC, you probably think President Trump has committed some heinous act …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP — On December 19, 1998, the day House Republicans impeached President Bill Clinton, he recorded his highest-ever score in Gallup's presidential approval poll: 73 percent favorable. — That was 24 percentage points higher than Clinton's …
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Axios:
House Republicans might throw Rudy Giuliani under the bus to save Trump during impeachment
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell, GOP leaders say they won't be watching House impeachment hearing
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New York Times:
Trump Has Considered Firing Intelligence Community Inspector General — The president blames Michael Atkinson, whom he appointed, for finding the anonymous whistle-blower's complaint on his interactions with Ukraine to be credible. — President Trump has discussed dismissing …
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump's Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include Bribery — Toggle more options — With the House set to begin public hearings Wednesday for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, the man leading the Democrats' investigation says he already sees several potential …
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Jenna Ellis Rives / The Hill:
Trump impeachment is blueprint to overthrow government from within
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
University of Florida's student president faces impeachment after bringing Donald Trump Jr. to campus for $50,000 — After the University of Florida's student body president helped bring Donald Trump Jr. and Trump campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle to campus last month to the tune of $50,000 …
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Washington Post:
At donor dinner, Giuliani associate said he discussed Ukraine with Trump, according to people familiar with his account — The April 2018 dinner was designed to be an intimate affair, an opportunity for a handful of big donors to a super PAC allied with President Trump to personally interact with the president and his eldest son.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: House committees request new testimony from U.S. official in Ukraine — The House committees investigating President Trump and Ukraine have scheduled closed-door depositions for David Holmes, an official working at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, and Mark Sandy, an official working …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
ABC scrambles to figure out identity of Amy Robach leaker, who goes by ‘Ignotus’ — ABC bigwigs are going potty to find the identity of the leaker behind the Amy Robach tape — after the alleged source posted a letter online slamming the network under the name “Ignotus,” a wizard from the “Harry Potter” franchise.
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New York Times:
The Man Trump Trusts for News on Ukraine — Who is John Solomon? His name popped up frequently in closed-door testimony in the impeachment query. He is a regular on Hannity. And his work helps shape how millions of Americans understand this moment. — WASHINGTON — In weeks …
Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times:
Plague Is Diagnosed in China, Prompting Fears of an Outbreak — Two cases of pneumonic plague, a fatal and highly infectious illness related to bubonic plague, were diagnosed in Beijing. — 阅读.体中 文.閱讀.體 中文.
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MIX / The Next Web:
Facebook is secretly using your iPhone's camera as you scroll your feed — 3,072 — iPhone owners, beware. It appears Facebook might be actively using your camera without your knowledge while you're scrolling your feed. — The issue has come to light after a user going by the name Joshua Maddux took …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Lawsuit could deactivate 234,000 voters in Wisconsin — More than 234,000 voters in Wisconsin would be made unable to vote unless they register again before the next election under a lawsuit filed by a conservative group — More than 234,000 voters in Wisconsin would be made unable to cast …
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