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New York Times:
Ex-Envoy to Testify He Didn't Know Ukraine Aid Was Tied to Investigations — Kurt D. Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, will modify his testimony in the impeachment inquiry, saying he was kept out of the loop at key moments of President Trump's pressure campaign.
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
White House official sues Politico, targets Schiff's role in impeachment — EXCLUSIVE: The impeachment inquiry against President Trump has triggered a wave of charges, countercharges, court battles, subpoenas and legal threats. — Now it has produced its first libel suit.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Sen. Ron Johnson responds to Republican request for Ukraine information — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) on Monday sent a letter to House Intelligence Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and House Oversight Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) outlining his account of President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.
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Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Russia could have monitored Trump's call with Sondland, State Dept. official testified
Russia could have monitored Trump's call with Sondland, State Dept. official testified
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
How Not to Plot Secret Foreign Policy: On a Cellphone and WhatsApp
CNN:
Trump's aides eye moving impeachment witnesses out of White House jobs
Trump's aides eye moving impeachment witnesses out of White House jobs
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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Politico, DNC at odds over Democratic debate moderator — Politico and PBS are scheduled to co-host the sixth Democratic primary debate on Dec. 19 in Los Angeles. — The Democratic National Committee and the news organization Politico are locked in an argument over the ideological credentials …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
A G.O.P. Star Emerges in Impeachment Hearings. Democratic Donors Notice. — As Representative Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican, took a leading role in Friday's impeachment hearing, donations came pouring in to her Democratic challenger. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Shortly …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
‘She persisted’: Elise Stefanik is a perfect case-study in media double standards — If it were not for double standards, the American news media would have no standards at all. — Members of the press were aghast this weekend following an impeachment hearing stunt by Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York.
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Elise Stefanik is a poster child for the GOP's Trump-era dilemma
Elise Stefanik is a poster child for the GOP's Trump-era dilemma
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Spotlight on Stefanik catapults quiet 2020 race onto national stage
Spotlight on Stefanik catapults quiet 2020 race onto national stage
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Guy Benson / Townhall:
George Conway: Let's Face It, This Elise Stefanik Character Is ‘Trash’
George Conway: Let's Face It, This Elise Stefanik Character Is ‘Trash’
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Denies Trump Health Emergency — Two days after a mysterious, unannounced hospital visit, President Trump's physician issued a late-night statement attributing it to “regular, primary preventative care.” — WASHINGTON — The White House sought on Monday night to quell a torrent …
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Washington Post:
Trump's health under scrutiny again after unplanned visit to Walter Reed
Trump's health under scrutiny again after unplanned visit to Walter Reed
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Mike Pompeo: Last in His Class at West Point in Integrity — The secretary of state's behavior has been cowardly and self-serving. — It seems like every story you read about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo always includes the sentence that he graduated “first in his class” from West Point.
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CNN:
Pompeo announces reversal of longstanding US policy on Israeli settlements
Pompeo announces reversal of longstanding US policy on Israeli settlements
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Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service:
Trump advisor calls Pompeo's West Bank decision an answered prayer
Trump advisor calls Pompeo's West Bank decision an answered prayer
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Associated Press:
Israeli Settlements Don't Violate International Law, Pompeo Announces
Israeli Settlements Don't Violate International Law, Pompeo Announces
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller — Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives is now investigating whether President Donald Trump lied to special counsel Robert Mueller in written answers he provided in the Russia investigation, the House's general counsel said in federal court Monday.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
State Department staffer resigns after allegations she inflated her resume — Mina Chang was accused of creating a fake Time magazine cover with her face on it, which she denies. — The State Department seal. Drew Angerer/Getty Images — Mina Chang, a high-ranking State Department staffer …
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NBC News:
Senior Trump admin official Mina Chang resigns after NBC News report — Mina Chang resigned Monday, 6 days after an NBC News report about her resume inflation and hours after NBC asked her about newly discovered false claims. — WASHINGTON — Senior Trump administration official Mina Chang resigned …
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Washington Post:
IRS whistleblower case advances as Senate staff looks at whether political appointee meddled with audit of Trump or Pence — Senate aides spoke to the whistleblower and follow-up interviews are expected. — Two Senators are looking into a whistleblower's allegations that at least …
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Washington Post:
Prosecutors preparing to file charges against Epstein prison guards — Federal prosecutors in New York are preparing to file criminal charges as early as this week against two Bureau of Prisons workers who were supposed to check regularly on millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein the night …
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Lisa Kaczke / Argus Leader:
'Meth. We're On It.': South Dakota spends $449K on new anti-meth ad campaign — Gov. Kristi Noem has a message for South Dakota: “Meth. We're On It.” — Noem launched her new anti-meth campaign on Monday to bring awareness to the meth epidemic in South Dakota that will include a new TV ad, billboards, posters and website.
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CNN:
Source says Republican lawmakers ‘shaken’ by US official in Kiev's testimony — (CNN)Several Republican lawmakers were more “shaken” than they publicly let on by the testimony of a US official in Kiev who overheard a phone conversation between the US ambassador to the European Union …
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NBC News:
McConnell suggests House impeachment timing could push Senate trial to 2020
McConnell suggests House impeachment timing could push Senate trial to 2020
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
GOP senators downplay developments in impeachment inquiry
GOP senators downplay developments in impeachment inquiry
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Political Wire
Desmond Butler / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine's Trump anxiety — WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite his denials, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was feeling pressure from the Trump Administration to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden before his July phone call with President Donald Trump that has led to impeachment hearings.
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Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
A Lawmaker Denied Ripping An Absolutely Enormous Fart On Live Television — “It was not me!!!!” Rep. Eric Swalwell said in a text message. “It's funny tho.” … In an interview Monday night with MSNBC host Chris Matthews, California Rep. Eric Swalwell appeared to...well, rip an absolutely enormous fart.
MSNBC:
Caught on tape: Trump's Ukraine envoy Gordon Sondland touting ‘quid pro quo’ — In an exclusive original report, MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber unearths rare video on the key witness at the center of Trump's Ukraine bribery plot, Amb. Gordon Sondland — who will be in the global spotlight testifying this week.
The Daily Beast:
Paul Erickson, Russian Agent Maria Butina's Boyfriend, Pleads Guilty to Fraud — Erickson admits he conned someone called only “D.G.” into wiring him $100,000, under the pretense that the money was for a real estate investment in North Dakota. It was not.
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Ashton Pittman / Jackson Free Press:
It's Official: Dem Shanda Yates Ousts 32-Year Republican in Mississippi House … Shanda Yates, a 38-year-old Jackson-area attorney, has ousted Billy Denny, a top Republican in the Mississippi House of Representatives who first won his seat in 1987—when Yates was just 6 years old.
CNN:
Jimmy Finkelstein, the owner of The Hill, has flown under the radar. But he's played a key role in the Ukraine scandal — New York (CNN Business)James “Jimmy” Finkelstein, the owner of The Hill newspaper, is not a widely known media executive, but he is one of the era's most consequential.
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