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CBS News Battleground Tracker: Buttigieg rises in Iowa and New Hampshire, Biden back atop delegate hunt — The Democratic nomination race remains unsettled because many voters are conflicted between what they want and whether they think can win. Some candidates who generate excitement are also seen as risky.
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Janell Ross / NBC News:
Pete Buttigieg is struggling with black voters — and not just because he's gay — There are weaknesses in Buttigieg's candidacy “that black voters may see particularly well,” a political scientist said. — ROCK HILL, S.C. — On a recent Sunday morning, Pete Buttigieg stood before rows …
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The Federalist, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Pete Buttigieg rockets to the top of the 2020 field as a clear front-runner
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Terence Burlij / CNN:
Pete Buttigieg surges to first place in Iowa, new poll shows
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PJ Media Home, The Week, Outside the Beltway, Washington Times, Fox News, FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV and New York Post
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump's visit to Walter Reed ‘not protocol’ for routine visit, source says — Trump reports to Walter Reed for part of annual exam — (CNN)President Donald Trump's visit to Walter Reed on Saturday did not follow the protocol of a routine presidential medical exam, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Slate, Raw Story and KTLA
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Press secretary says it is ‘dangerous for the country’ to question whether she is putting out honest info
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NBC News, Washington Post, CANNONFIRE and PEN
Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
Trump Chest Discomfort Claim After Walter Reed Visit
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PEN, KTLA, No More Mister Nice Blog, Breitbart, USA Today, Althouse, Raw Story, Mediaite and New York Post
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Steve Bannon Says He Pushed For Alleged Whistleblower To Be Removed From National Security Council — Steve Bannon said in an interview that when he was at the White House in 2017, he was involved in an effort to remove an intelligence officer suspected of being the Trump whistleblower …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Official testifies Bolton held 1-on-1 meeting with Trump about Ukraine aid — Former White House national security adviser John Bolton met privately with President Trump in August in an effort to convince him to release nearly $400 million in frozen military aid to Ukraine …
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The Hill and Washington Post
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Trump labels top Pence aide a ‘Never Trumper’
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Mother Jones, Axios and CNBC
Allan Smith / NBC News:
GOP senator says whistleblower's sources 'exposed things that didn't need to be exposed' — “This would have been far better off if we would have just taken care of this behind the scenes,” he said. — Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said Sunday that the administration officials who provided …
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The Hill
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Impeachment inquiry: Trump ally must choose between loyalty and saving himself
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The Daily Caller and CNN
Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Trump's actions on Ukraine ‘an impeachable offense,’ says House Dem on Intelligence Committee
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Associated Press, Axios, The Hill and Washington Post
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop-and-Frisk: ‘I Was Wrong’ — Ahead of a possible Democratic run for president, the former mayor of New York City reversed himself before an important party constituency: black voters. — Ahead of a potential Democratic presidential run …
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Mother Jones, Politico, Slate, Washington Free Beacon, HuffPost, The Hill, Axios, Mike Bloomberg and Mediaite
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Louisiana delivers Trump a black eye — President Donald Trump campaigned hard in three conservative Southern states this fall, aiming for a string of gubernatorial wins that would demonstrate his political strength heading into impeachment and his own reelection effort. — The plan backfired in dramatic fashion.
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Raw Story, Associated Press, The Hill, Slate, Outside the Beltway, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post, The Advocate and CNN
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Trump Loses Louisiana — Looks like big turnout in the cities pushed Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards to re-election over Republican Eddie Rispone, despite the fact that Donald Trump visited the state three times to campaign for Rispone. Here's how the vote shook out by parish, according to The Lens NOLA:
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The Advocate, Axios, Breitbart and POLITICUSUSA
Anna Louie Sussman / New York Times:
The End of Babies — In the fall of 2015, a rash of posters appeared around Copenhagen. One, in pink letters laid over an image of chicken eggs, asked, “Have you counted your eggs today?” A second — a blue-tinted close-up of human sperm — inquired, “Do they swim too slow?”
YouTube:
Days of Our Impeachment Cold Open - SNL — Saturday Night Live … Add to — Share More — 24,964 — 24,965 4,737 — 4,738
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The Wrap
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Pelosi: Responding to what Republicans say on impeachment is a “waste of time” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on CBS News' “Face the Nation” on Sunday that it is a “waste of time” to discuss what Republicans say about impeachment because “they are in denial about what has happened in the country.”
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Politico
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New York Times:
How FedEx Cut Its Tax Bill to $0 — The company, like much of corporate America, has not made good on its promised investment surge from President Trump's 2017 tax cuts. — WASHINGTON — In the 2017 fiscal year, FedEx owed more than $1.5 billion in taxes. The next year, it owed nothing.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's ‘West Point Mafia’ Faces a Loyalty Test — On May 28, 1986, newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Michael Pompeo stood at attention in Michie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, first in his class. The career he was about to launch would take him from commanding a tank platoon …
The Guardian:
Revealed: ex-KGB agent met Boris Johnson at Italian party — Russian billionaire says there was ‘nothing unusual’ in meeting the then foreign secretary — Boris Johnson met an ex-KGB agent during a highly controversial trip to attend a party two days after attending a high-level Nato summit …
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