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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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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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Washington Post, Politico, CNN, Talking Points Memo, National Review, Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, NPR, Roll Call, Scripting News and Just Security
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:
‘Nothing to do with national security’ — 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.
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Axios, Breitbart, ABC News, New York Times and Raw Story
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Ukraine Pol: I Was Joking When I Asked Vindman To Be Our Defense Minister — Vindman was pressed by Republicans about whether he was secretly loyal to Ukraine because of a job offer he'd received. But the offer itself was just a lighthearted joke. — During impeachment hearings on Tuesday morning …
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Washington Post, The Hill and Breitbart
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Lt. Col. Vindman to describe his alarm over president's call with Ukrainian leader, girding for Republican attack — The House impeachment hearing Tuesday is set to feature one of the Democrats' star witnesses: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Purple Heart recipient who is expected to testify …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Vindman Reassures Soviet Immigrant Father: ‘Do Not Worry, I Will Be Fine for Telling the Truth’
Vindman Reassures Soviet Immigrant Father: ‘Do Not Worry, I Will Be Fine for Telling the Truth’
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Political Wire, The Daily Beast and The American Independent
Washington Post:
Impeachment hearings live updates: As Trump allies attack Vindman, he rejects claims that he is partisan
Impeachment hearings live updates: As Trump allies attack Vindman, he rejects claims that he is partisan
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Talking Points Memo
YouTube:
WATCH LIVE: Open Hearing with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams
WATCH LIVE: Open Hearing with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams
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Vox, New York Post and Lawfare
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 …
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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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Fox News, Washington Post, PBS NewsHour and The Hill
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Poll: Support for impeachment inquiry ticks down — But slim pluralities support removing the president from office. — House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff speaks with Democratic Counsel Daniel Goldman and other staffers during Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's hearing. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images
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Townhall
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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Yahoo News, Balloon Juice, Defense One, Patterico's Pontifications, The National Interest and Bloomberg
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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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No More Mister Nice Blog
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP donors dropping millions to provide air cover for Trump on impeachment
GOP donors dropping millions to provide air cover for Trump on impeachment
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Washington Monthly
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
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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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
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Miller Turned to Breitbart to Promote Political Agenda
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Zelenskiy says everyone in Ukraine ‘is so tired’ with impeachment questions — 'We have our own country. We have our independence, we have our problems and questions. That's it,' the Ukrainian president sent. — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday expressed annoyance …
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Associated Press
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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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Washington Post, Raw Story and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
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
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, Washington Times, Daily Kos, The Hill, Mediaite, Raw Story, Lowell Sun and PEN
Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg:
Pence Says Hong Kong Violence Would Make Trade Deal ‘Very Hard’ — Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. — Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that it would be difficult for the U.S. to sign a trade agreement with China …
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, Slate and Political Wire
Emily Baumgaertner / Los Angeles Times:
Juul wanted to revolutionize vaping. It took a page from Big Tobacco's chemical formulas — By the time Juul's co-creator stood before a tech audience in April 2016, ads for the e-cigarette aimed to distance the product from a toxic past: “Our company has its roots in Silicon Valley, not in fields of tobacco.”
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Mother Jones
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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staff, Washington Post and Politico
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Trump's pullout from Syria allowed ISIS to gain strength, intel agency reports — President Donald Trump's order to withdraw troops from northern Syria, combined with Turkey's assault against Kurdish forces, allowed the Islamic State to strengthen its position there, the Pentagon's inspector general …
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Political Wire
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.
Andrew Perez / American Prospect:
Top Democratic Consultants Working for Anti-Medicare for All Campaign — The industry-led Partnership for America's Health Care Future, which has assailed Democratic presidential candidates' reform plans, is drawing on Democratic firms for assistance. — Two health care workers walk past …
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 …
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 …
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
How local ‘fake news’ websites spread ‘conservative propaganda’ in the US — Locality Labs, a company operating scores of sites that purports to be a local news organization, is facing criticism it is part of a rightwing lobbying effort — In March this year the small Illinois town of Hinsdale …