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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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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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Vox, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Associated Press, The Hill, Raw Story, The American Independent, The Week, Daily Kos, Mediaite and Fox News
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, Raw Story, National Review, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Roll Call, Scripting News, NPR 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:
‘Improper’ and ‘unusual’: White House 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.
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Axios, Breitbart, New York Times, ABC News and Raw Story
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, The American Independent and Mediaite
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
Axios:
Read Alexander Vindman's opening statement in the impeachment hearing
Read Alexander Vindman's opening statement in the impeachment hearing
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The Stranger, Raw Story, Breitbart and The Hill
Kate Irby / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Devin Nunes' lawyer files another defamation lawsuit, this time for White House official
Devin Nunes' lawyer files another defamation lawsuit, this time for White House official
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Occupy Democrats, Washington Monthly and Townhall
Politico:
Read: Alexander Vindman's opening statement at today's impeachment hearings
Read: Alexander Vindman's opening statement at today's impeachment hearings
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CNN, The Federalist, IJR and WTVR-TV
ABC News:
Impeachment hearings live updates Day 3: Alexander Vindman, Jennifer Williams testify
Impeachment hearings live updates Day 3: Alexander Vindman, Jennifer Williams testify
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Vox, The Federalist, Townhall, Washington Post, The Week, Rolling Stone, The Hill and Axios
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
Vindman Just Admitted To Leaking To The Anti-Trump Whistleblower
Vindman Just Admitted To Leaking To The Anti-Trump Whistleblower
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Townhall
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
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, Opinion Today, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
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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
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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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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Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Miller Turned to Breitbart to Promote Political Agenda
Miller Turned to Breitbart to Promote Political Agenda
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Sludge, CNN, HuffPost and Team Warren
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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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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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
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
There Are Two Rhodes Scholars Running For President. Only One Gets Mentioned. — Media outlets mention that Pete Buttigieg was a Rhodes scholar far more often than they mention that Cory Booker was one too. — A major part of Pete Buttigieg's appeal is his brain.
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Jason Zengerle / GQ:
The Audacity of Pete Buttigieg
The Audacity of Pete Buttigieg
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Vox, MIT Technology Review and Salon
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, IJR, Hullabaloo and Political Wire
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Speculating about Trump's health is ‘dangerous,’ but Hillary Clinton's was fair game?
Speculating about Trump's health is ‘dangerous,’ but Hillary Clinton's was fair game?
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staff, Washington Post and Politico
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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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Zelenskiy says everyone in Ukraine ‘is so tired’ with impeachment questions
Zelenskiy says everyone in Ukraine ‘is so tired’ with impeachment questions
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Politico and Associated Press
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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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, Washington Times, Daily Kos, PJ Media Home, The Hill, Mediaite, Raw Story, Lowell Sun and PEN
Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg:
Pence Warns Trade Deal ‘Very Hard’ If Hong Kong Uses Violence — 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 …
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
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
Costas Christ / New York Times:
What if All That Flying Is Good for the Planet? — Without tourism, it's easy to imagine the Serengeti turned into cattle ranches. — A growing movement known as “flight shame” and popularized by well-meaning climate activists is gaining momentum around the world.