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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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CNBC:
Supreme Court temporarily halts court order requiring accountants to turn over Trump's tax returns to Congress — The Supreme Court temporarily blocks a ruling requiring accounting firm Mazars to turn President Donald Trump's tax returns over to House Democrats.
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Washington Post:
House is investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller, its general counsel told a federal appeals court — BREAKING: The statement came in arguments before appeals court judges in Washington, D.C., over Congress's request to have secret grand jury evidence from former special counsel Robert …
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Vanity Fair, Raw Story, Law & Crime, New York Post and The American Independent
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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Political Wire
NBC News:
Trump's impeachment ire turns on Pompeo amid diplomats' starring roles — Impeachment hearings have created a rift between the president and one of his staunchest allies in the administration. — WASHINGTON —The Ukraine impeachment inquiry has created the first rift between President Donald Trump …
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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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Redstate
CBS News:
Possible pay-to-play scheme for ambassador role in Trump administration uncovered by CBS News — A CBS News investigation has uncovered a possible pay-for-play scheme involving the Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to the Bahamas.
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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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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Schumer wants protections for Vindman, Cooper ahead of public testimony
Schumer wants protections for Vindman, Cooper ahead of public testimony
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Axios
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
House staffers on a summer trip to Ukraine learned U.S. aid was frozen. Stunned, here's what they did next.
House staffers on a summer trip to Ukraine learned U.S. aid was frozen. Stunned, here's what they did next.
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The Hill
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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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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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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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Chart: Side-by-Side Comparison of Kurt Volker's vs Other Witnesses' Testimony in Impeachment Inquiry — Introduction by Ryan Goodman: — Ambassador Kurt Volker faces a serious credibility problem for having denied knowledge or involvement in President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani's efforts …
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Raw Story
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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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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
70% of Americans say Trump's actions tied to Ukraine were wrong: POLL — An overwhelming 70% of Americans think President Donald Trump's request to a foreign leader to investigate his political rival, which sits at the heart of the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, was wrong, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Top National Security Council Lawyer Fielded Officials' Ukraine Complaints — Investigators assess John Eisenberg's handling of internal White House concerns about Trump's dealings with country
Bisnow:
EXCLUSIVE: Chick-fil-A To Stop Donations To Charities With Anti-LGBT Views — Want to get a jump-start on upcoming deals? Meet the major players at one of our upcoming national events! — As Chick-fil-A expands globally and into more liberal parts of the U.S., the chicken chain plans …
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Mairead McArdle / National Review:
Chick-fil-A to End Donations to Christian Charities after LGBT Backlash
Chick-fil-A to End Donations to Christian Charities after LGBT Backlash
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Redstate, Reuters, Faithwire, No More Mister Nice Blog and Twitchy
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
US official in Kiev added to Thursday's public impeachment hearing — (CNN)A US official in Kiev who overheard a phone conversation between the US ambassador to the European Union and President Donald Trump will testify publicly as part of the House impeachment inquiry.
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Axios:
The schedule for this week's impeachment hearings
The schedule for this week's impeachment hearings
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Washington Post, Associated Press, The Hill and Breitbart
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Majority of Americans support ousting Trump from office, new poll shows
Majority of Americans support ousting Trump from office, new poll shows
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The Hill
Guy Benson / Townhall:
George Conway: Let's Face It, This Elise Stefanik Character Is ‘Trash’ — He's a man perhaps best known for trolling his wife and her boss on Twitter, to the endless delight of his new political allies, and now he's expanding his blast radius. Reacting to Rep. Elise Stefanik's (R-NY) …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
A G.O.P. Star Emerges in Impeachment Hearings. Democratic Donors Notice.
A G.O.P. Star Emerges in Impeachment Hearings. Democratic Donors Notice.
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Townhall, Washington Post and Raw Story
NBC News:
McConnell suggests House impeachment timing could push Senate trial to 2020 — “It looks to me like the House is going to be on this until Christmas,” the Senate majority leader said Monday of the impeachment inquiry. — WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. …
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Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
McConnell: Lack of civility is country's biggest problem
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary:
Chairman Graham Announces Hearing on DOJ Inspector General's Report on FISA Abuse Investigation — DOJ Inspector General Horowitz to Testify Publicly on Dec. 11 — WASHINGTON - Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today announced …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Justice Department inspector general to testify on FISA investigation
Justice Department inspector general to testify on FISA investigation
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The Hill
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Let's get half-physical! — The good news is that everything is completely normal. The president is just doing that unremarkable thing we know and love to do, where we have a free afternoon and decide, suddenly, on a whim, to do some but not all of our annual physical, just to get a jump on it.
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Trump's Hospital Visit Is Still a Mystery
Trump's Hospital Visit Is Still a Mystery
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Vox, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Joanne Rosa / ABC News:
‘The View’ reacts to Pete Buttigieg's lead in latest Iowa poll for 2020 race — As polls continue to shake up the 2020 race, “The View” co-hosts reacted to the latest Iowa poll, which places Pete Buttigieg as the frontrunner in the crowded Democratic field.
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Bryan Anderson / Sacramento Bee:
Pete Buttigieg says he's open to sending U.S. troops to Mexico
Pete Buttigieg says he's open to sending U.S. troops to Mexico
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Breitbart
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
How Soledad O'Brien Became CNN and the Mainstream Media's Most Outspoken Critic — For Soledad O'Brien, the presidency of Donald Trump has ripped the cover off a lot of things, including the fragility of American democracy, the cravenness of many of our elected officials, and …
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Trump advisory board member: Women should strive to be “handmaidens,” stay out of the workplace — Trump surrogate Clarence Mason Weaver on women: “We don't care how smart you are. We don't care how strong you are” — Right-wing pundit and recently announced Trump advisory board member …
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Professor Who Wrote Book on Drug Crime Is Accused of Money Laundering — A Miami-area college professor who wrote a book about illegal drug trafficking turned his expertise to crime as part of a scheme to wash corrupt cash from Venezuela, prosecutors said. — Bruce Bagley, 73 …
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Redstate, Justice News and Law & Crime
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
What Does Rudy Giuliani's Son Do? — It's hard to turn on cable news or scroll through Twitter these days without catching the name “Giuliani.” Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, is a central character in the House's impeachment inquiry.
Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:
U.S. has world's highest rate of children in detention: U.N. study — GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States has the world's highest rate of children in detention, including more than 100,000 in immigration-related custody that violates international law, the author of a United Nations study said on Monday.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
New York Times editor says Trump has put his reporters' lives at risk — Dean Baquet decries abuse of journalists and defends not calling president racist — The executive editor of the New York Times has accused Donald Trump of putting his reporters' lives at risk by subjecting …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Retribution Against the Washington Post Owner Is His Gravest Abuse of Power — The saga of President Trump's reprisals against Amazon has lurked on the margin of the news, largely overshadowed by the Ukraine scandal. Late Thursday night, Amazon revealed it had filed a protest …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money