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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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Wall Street Journal:
Impeachment Witnesses Set to Testify on Concerns About Trump-Zelensky Call — House inquiry to hear from four witnesses Tuesday, including three who heard the July call between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart — WASHINGTON—Four more witnesses are set to testify publicly …
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Ron Johnson goes after witness set to testify in impeachment inquiry — Sen. Ron Johnson sought to undermine a key White House official who is set to testify Tuesday in the ongoing public impeachment hearings. — Johnson (R-Wis.), in a letter sent Monday to House Republicans …
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Mother Jones, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and The Week
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Improper’: White House national security aides criticize Trump's Ukraine call — White House national security aides who listened in on President Donald Trump's July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president sharply criticized his conduct on Tuesday as “improper,” “unusual” and overtly political.
Washington Post:
Impeachment hearings live updates: Vindman testifies that he spoke to intelligence official about Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian leader — Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council official, testified Tuesday that he spoke to an intelligence community official …
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Talking Points Memo
Axios:
Read Alexander Vindman's opening statement in the impeachment hearing — Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is testifying Tuesday in the House's impeachment inquiry. — Why it matters: Vindman is one of the first witnesses to testify publicly who directly listened in to President Trump's July 25 call …
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Lt. Col. Vindman to describe his alarm over president's call with Ukrainian leader, girding for Republican attack
Lt. Col. Vindman to describe his alarm over president's call with Ukrainian leader, girding for Republican attack
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NBC News:
Stephen Miller planted anti-Rubio stories in Breitbart during 2016 campaign, leaked emails show — The emails offer a window into just how closely Miller coordinated with Breitbart, a publication that backed President Donald Trump early in his campaign. — White House senior adviser Stephen Miller …
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The Atlantic, Political Wire, Raw Story and HuffPost
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Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Miller Turned to Breitbart to Promote Political Agenda
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Stephen Miller Is a White Nationalist. Does It Matter?
Stephen Miller Is a White Nationalist. Does It Matter?
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The Leadership Conference … and The Hill
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein Suicide: Two Jail Workers Charged — The indictment charged the workers with making false records and conspiring to defraud the United States. — Two federal workers who were on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail were charged on Tuesday …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Esper: 'We're not the ones looking for a Cold War' with China — BANGKOK - The Chinese government is undermining the international system and trying to alter it through coercion and malign influence, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper told me during his four-nation tour of Asia this week.
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Min Joo Kim / Washington Post:
U.S. breaks off talks with South Korea over costs of military alliance — SEOUL — The United States broke off talks with South Korea on Tuesday over how to share the cost of the two nations' military alliance, injecting fresh tension into the relationship over Washington's demands that Seoul pay sharply more.
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Defense One, Patterico's Pontifications, The National Interest and Bloomberg
Gabby Orr / Politico:
'I don't have a Trump sticker on my car because I'm not stupid' — “It's a waste of money.” “To say you don't support it means you don't think any president should be investigated for any problems.” “I'm not a Trump supporter by all means, but I totally disagree with what they're doing.”
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One America News Network and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Pro-Trump group finds swing voters are unconvinced on impeachment
Pro-Trump group finds swing voters are unconvinced on impeachment
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Spectator USA
Associated Press:
House puts out testimony from official who heard Trump call — WASHINGTON (AP) — The phone call State Department official David Holmes overheard between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland lasted just two minutes. But it won't be easily forgotten.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
How Not to Plot Secret Foreign Policy: On a Cellphone and WhatsApp
How Not to Plot Secret Foreign Policy: On a Cellphone and WhatsApp
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CNN:
Judge denies Trump's request to dismiss Summer Zervos defamation case — ‘Apprentice’ star accuses Trump of sexual assault (2016) — (CNN)A Manhattan judge has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to be deposed in a defamation lawsuit filed by a former “Apprentice” contestant who has accused Trump of sexual assault.
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
NBC News:
Trump press secretary claims departing Obama aides left nasty notes — The former president's staffers quickly denied Trump adviser Stephanie Grisham's accusation, calling it an “outrageous lie.'. — White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham claimed on Tuesday that departing former aides …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Political Wire
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Say Impeachment Hearings Won't Change Their Minds — The country is witnessing one of only a handful of times in its history that Congress has gone through with public hearings on whether to impeach a president. And yet, the overwhelming majority …
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Washington Post, PBS NewsHour and The Hill
Mark Hemingway / RealClearInvestigations:
Hunter Biden's Burisma Post Had a Troubling Conflict, Watchdog Says — Hunter Biden's work at Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings included a little-noted conflict of interest that wouldn't pass muster in the United States, an American investor watchdog group says: He served for pay …
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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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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Speculating about Trump's health is ‘dangerous,’ but Hillary Clinton's was fair game? — Can you imagine what the Trumps, Bannons and Hannitys of the world would have done if Hillary Clinton had gone to an unscheduled doctor's appointment? — When I heard about President Donald Trump's …
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Washington Post, Politico and Occupy Democrats
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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Townhall, The National Interest, National Review, VodkaPundit, The Federalist, Redstate, The Wrap, Instapundit, The Daily Caller and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
VICE:
The Congresswoman Who Has Gone Viral for Embarrassing the Worst of the 1 Percent — \u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThis article appears in VICE Magazine's \u003Ca href="https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vice.com\u0 02Fen_ us\u002Fseries\u002Fkrk8m6\u002Fthe- other-2020" target="_blank"\u003E2019 Profiles Issue\u003C\u002Fa\u003E.
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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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Trump bashed Nancy Pelosi for an impeachment quote. It actually came from a Fox News reporter. — President Trump lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a tweet early on Tuesday morning, misquoting her while characterizing the ongoing impeachment inquiry as a ploy to skirt around …
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Redstate, Vox, PJ Media Home, Raw Story, The Hill, Mediaite, Lowell Sun and PEN
Heidi Blake / BuzzFeed News:
How The Kremlin's Assassins Sowed Terror Through The Streets Of London While British Authorities Scrambled To Stop Them — A new book by BuzzFeed News's Global Investigations Editor connects 14 suspected Russian assassinations on British soil — first exposed by BuzzFeed News in 2017 …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Stop Assuming Republican Senators Will Do the Right Thing — A new genre of impeachment fantasy theorizes that Trump accomplices will suddenly find their spines. Don't buy it. — If this were a rom-com, instead of a constitutional crisis, I like to think the ending would go something like this …
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Hullabaloo
David Lawder / Reuters:
Trump's ‘Section 232’ autos tariff authority runs out of time, experts say — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The clock has run out on President Donald Trump's authority to impose “Section 232” tariffs on imports of foreign-made cars and auto parts, and he may have to find other means if he wants …
Susan Dominus / New York Times:
Congratulations, You're a Congresswoman. Now What? — Abigail Spanberger and Ayanna Pressley were part of a wave of Democrats who took office this year full of hope. Maintaining it has not been easy. — There are not many people whom @RepSpanberger lets boss her around, but one of them …
Associated Press:
Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Kill Rep. Ilhan Omar — Prosecutors say Patrick Carlineo called Omar's office March 21, told a staffer the congresswoman was a “terrorist” and threatened to shoot her. — ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York man pleaded guilty Monday to threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
VIDEO: Unruly campus activists shut down speech by ‘father of supply-side economics’ Arthur Laffer — Rowdy and aggressive activists shut down a speech Monday night at the State University of New York at Binghamton by the famed “father of supply-side economics” Arthur Laffer, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in June.
Laurence H. Tribe / Newsweek:
Donald Trump is America's anti-president — After just one week of public impeachment hearings, Donald Trump has unmistakably emerged as America's anti-president, the very model of the charlatan George Washington warned might be overtaken by “the insidious wiles of foreign influence.”
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Democrats Thinking Strategically About 2020 Nominee Choice — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As candidates continue to join the field for the 2020 Democratic nomination, Democrats nationwide are steadfast in prioritizing electability next fall as a key trait they are looking for in a nominee.
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The Hill and Political Wire
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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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.
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Hot Air, Metro.co.uk, Washington Free Beacon, New York Post, The Week and Mediaite
Drew Magary / GEN:
‘If Andrew Yang Can Unite a YouTube Comment Section, He Can Unite the Nation’ — On the ground at a Yang Gang initiation — and Weezer concert — in Iowa — may be the only person at Yangapalooza today who does NOT believe that Andrew Yang will be the next president of the United States.
Steve Bullock / YouTube:
“Justice” — World Series crowd chant: “Lock him up, lock him up.” — Bullock: As a sitting president, Donald Trump can't be prosecuted. And the truth is, if he's re-elected, he never will be — because the statute of limitations will run out. — I'm Steve Bullock, and I won't promise to lock up my opponent.
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Washington Times