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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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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.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Mike Pompeo: Last in His Class at West Point in Integrity
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
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Lutsenko, Giuliani Tied Yovanovitch's Ouster To Help With ‘Investigations’
Andrew M Harris / Bloomberg:
Pompeo Says He's ‘Proud’ of Work in Ukraine: Impeachment Update
Pompeo Says He's ‘Proud’ of Work in Ukraine: Impeachment Update
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Mother Jones, ABC News and Daily Kos
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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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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New York Post, Raw Story and Law & Crime
Politico:
Judges suggest court shouldn't solve dispute over Mueller's evidence — Democrats want access to the secret grand jury information Robert Mueller relied on during his Russia probe. — Robert Mueller. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images — Two Republican-appointed judges raised …
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Associated Press and The Hill
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Impeachment Investigators Exploring Whether Trump Lied to Mueller
Impeachment Investigators Exploring Whether Trump Lied to Mueller
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Vanity Fair and The Gateway Pundit
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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Politico, Occupy Democrats, The Week and POLITICUSUSA
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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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Murray Waas / Vox:
The wolves are coming for Kurt Volker — Former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker departs following a closed-door deposition led by the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on October 3, 2019. Zach Gibson/Getty Images — Democrats are probing whether the former special envoy …
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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Talking Points Memo, Law & Crime, Axios and Raw Story
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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Talking Points Memo, IJR, Raw Story and Political Wire
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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UPI, Advocate, Faithwire, The American Independent, Big League Politics, CNBC, IJR, PinkNews, Disrn and New York Post
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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, No More Mister Nice Blog and Twitchy
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
House agrees to short halt in fight for Trump records — WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is telling the Supreme Court it will agree to a 10-day halt in its fight for President Donald Trump's financial records. — The House's top lawyer has responded to Trump's emergency filing …
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CNBC:
Supreme Court temporarily halts court order requiring accountants to turn over Trump's tax returns to Congress
Supreme Court temporarily halts court order requiring accountants to turn over Trump's tax returns to Congress
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The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Morgan Watkins / Courier-Journal:
McConnell still 'can't imagine' Senate will oust Trump in impeachment process
McConnell still 'can't imagine' Senate will oust Trump in impeachment process
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Talking Points Memo
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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Redstate, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
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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.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
The Hill: We Are ‘Reviewing’ and ‘Updating’ John Solomon's Ukraine Columns — A day after conservative columnist John Solomon claimed political newspaper The Hill stood by his reporting as he threatened to sue his critics, Editor in Chief Bob Cusack informed Hill staffers that the paper was reviewing and updating Solomon's columns.
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
The Hill vows to review Solomon's Ukraine pieces
The Hill vows to review Solomon's Ukraine pieces
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Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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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Raw Story and WPIX 11 New York, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
Kim Tong-hyung / Associated Press:
North Korea says it won't give Trump a summit for free — In this undated photo provided on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, poses with North Korean air force sharpshooters and soldiers for a photo at an unknown location in North Korea.
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Defense One and IJR
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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Mediaite, Syracuse Post-Standard, Occupy Democrats, Law & Crime, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, Redstate and Twitchy
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US softens position on Israeli settlements — WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to announce on Monday that the U.S. is softening its position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a series of Trump administration moves that weaken Palestinian claims to statehood.
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Sara A. Carter and The Hill
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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Breitbart, The Hill and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
The Iran Cables: Secret Documents Show How Tehran Wields Power in Iraq — Hundreds of leaked intelligence reports shed light on a shadow war for regional influence — and the battles within the Islamic Republic's own spy divisions — In mid-October, with unrest swirling in Baghdad …
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National Review, The Intercept and Axios
New York Times:
Trump Retreats From Flavor Ban for E-Cigarettes — Advisers say the president pulled back from proposed restrictions intended to curb teenage vaping after he was warned of the political fallout among voters. — WASHINGTON — It was a swift and bold reaction to a growing public health crisis affecting teenagers.
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Power Line, CNN, Washington Post, Politico, Slate, Rolling Stone, The Hill, IJR, Talking Points Memo, KTLA, The Week and Axios
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.
New York Times:
Hong Kong Protests: Demonstrators Trapped at Polytechnic University as Court Overturns Mask Ban — The police offered protesters one way out of a besieged university campus, raining tear gas and rubber bullets on those who attempted to flee. — Police officers on Monday cornered hundreds …
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Wall Street Journal, National Review, Associated Press, The Stranger, Foreign Policy and The Guardian
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. — The untold story of how two congressional aides who track federal spending got wind something was wrong and touched off a scramble to find the truth.
Alexandra Schwartz / New Yorker:
The Grocery Store Where Produce Meets Politics — The legendary Park Slope Food Co-op carries sustainable food, low prices, and New Yorkers' opinions in bulk. — The sidewalks of north Park Slope must be among the narrowest and most uneven in Brooklyn. They crash against the stoops …