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Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Trump labels top Pence aide a ‘Never Trumper’ — President Donald Trump on Sunday labeled one of his vice president's top national security aides a “Never Trumper,” a day after it was disclosed that she had said the president's July call with Ukraine was “unusual and inappropriate” in a deposition to Congress.
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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
Official testifies Bolton held 1-on-1 meeting with Trump about Ukraine aid
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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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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
We need a second opinion on the president's health — The only thing of which we can be fairly certain about President Trump's mysterious Saturday-afternoon trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is this: The White House is not telling the truth when it claims the president was there …
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Press secretary says it is ‘dangerous for the country’ to question whether she is putting out honest info
Press secretary says it is ‘dangerous for the country’ to question whether she is putting out honest info
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Trump Went for a Medical Checkup That Was Not on His Public Schedule
Trump Went for a Medical Checkup That Was Not on His Public Schedule
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Jill Colvin / NBC4 Washington:
Trump Makes Unannounced Visit to Walter Reed; White House Says He Had ‘Quick Exam and Labs’
Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
Trump Chest Discomfort Claim After Walter Reed Visit
Trump Chest Discomfort Claim After Walter Reed Visit
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CBS News:
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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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Pete Buttigieg rockets to the top of the 2020 field as a clear front-runner
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
Pete Buttigieg surges to first place in Iowa, new poll shows
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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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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi has ‘no idea’ if impeachment inquiry will wrap by year's end
Pelosi has ‘no idea’ if impeachment inquiry will wrap by year's end
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The Hill
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Pelosi: Responding to what Republicans say on impeachment is a “waste of time”
Pelosi: Responding to what Republicans say on impeachment is a “waste of time”
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Politico
Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Trump's actions on Ukraine ‘an impeachable offense,’ says House Dem on Intelligence Committee
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
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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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, Slate, Outside the Beltway, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post, The Advocate and CNN
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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Politico, Mother Jones, PJ Media Home, Slate, Washington Free Beacon, HuffPost, The Hill, Mike Bloomberg, Axios and Mediaite
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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?”
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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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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.
Newsday:
Undercover investigation reveals evidence of unequal treatment by Long Island real estate agents … In one of the most concentrated investigations of discrimination by real estate agents in the half century since enactment of America's landmark fair housing law, Newsday found evidence …
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 …