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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Lev Parnas Helped Rep. Devin Nunes' Investigations … The indicted Giuliani associate helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for the Republican congressman in 2018. — Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Rep. Devin Nunes in 2018 …
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CNN:
Former top Russia adviser to reject GOP claim that Ukraine meddled in US politics — (CNN)A former top White House official will offer on Thursday a full-throated rebuttal to the narrative pushed by President Donald Trump and his GOP allies about Ukraine's role meddling in American politics …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Sondland was devastating. But Republicans don't care about the facts. — This column has been updated. — Former White House counsel John Dean's testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee beginning in June 1973 is widely seen as the beginning of the end of the Nixon presidency.
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Noah Bookbinder / New York Times:
Gordon Sondland Leaves Us With No Other Option — The case is simple, and the evidence supporting impeachment is now crystal clear. — Mr. Bookbinder is the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. — History will remember Wednesday …
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New York Times:
Pompeo Emerges as a Major Trump Enabler in Ukraine Affair — A top envoy's testimony places Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the center of the nation's biggest foreign policy controversy in nearly two decades. — WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has for months deflected questions …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Ambassador Sondland's Revenge — America doesn't have a “Gordon problem.” It has a Trump problem. — On Wednesday morning, an obscure millionaire from Portland who was such an amateur at international diplomacy that one of his colleagues compared him to a car careening down a mountain road without …
New York Times:
Sondland Has Implicated the President and His Top Men — Congress now needs to hear from more witnesses before an impeachment vote. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Politico:
Democrats say new Sondland leads won't slow impeachment drive — Gordon Sondland's blockbuster testimony Wednesday handed Democrats a road map that could yield a trove of damaging evidence in their impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. — But it won't change their impeachment timetable.
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NBC News:
Fiona Hill to say partisan politics drove a ‘fictional’ narrative on Ukraine — The former White House official is expected to detail warning about the threat to U.S. democracy posed by Russia. — WASHINGTON — Former White House official Fiona Hill will tell Congress on Thursday …
HuffPost:
Sondland's Testimony Was A Bombshell. Republicans Pretended It Was A Dud. — Figuring out there was a quid pro quo was “2+2,” the ambassador said. — WASHINGTON ― Gordon Sondland, the American ambassador to the European Union and the man at the center of the Ukraine controversy …
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Washington Post:
Sondland's bombshell testimony leaves Trump's Republican allies scrambling
Sondland's bombshell testimony leaves Trump's Republican allies scrambling
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Subpoena Trump Fund-Raisers Linked to Giuliani Associates
Prosecutors Subpoena Trump Fund-Raisers Linked to Giuliani Associates
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Fiona Hill to criticize Republicans for pushing ‘fictional narrative’ on Ukraine
Washington Post:
‘Everyone was in the loop’: Gordon Sondland makes two stunning points
‘Everyone was in the loop’: Gordon Sondland makes two stunning points
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
‘I Want Nothing,’ Trump Says, Quoting From Sondland's Testimony
‘I Want Nothing,’ Trump Says, Quoting From Sondland's Testimony
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Andrew McCarthy / New York Post:
Gordon Sondland's testimony frees Team Trump to adopt the best defense: the truth
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If Pompeo doesn't testify, he should be impeached
If Pompeo doesn't testify, he should be impeached
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Impeachment hearings putting Trump through emotional wringer
Impeachment hearings putting Trump through emotional wringer
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Photographer captures Trump's handwritten talking points responding to Sondland
Photographer captures Trump's handwritten talking points responding to Sondland
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Gordon Sondland's Testimony Is Damning for Trump — and Himself
Gordon Sondland's Testimony Is Damning for Trump — and Himself
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NBC News:
Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October — The meeting took place during Zuckerberg's most recent visit to Washington, where he testified before Congress about Facebook's new cryptocurrency Libra. — President Donald Trump hosted a previously undisclosed dinner …
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NBC News:
Live Blog / Democratic Debate live updates: MSNBC/Washington Post host — Ten candidates take the stage for the fifth Democratic debate. — Follow NBC News' live blog for the latest coverage of the fifth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential election cycle, co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Buttigieg counterpunches as rivals take aim at his rising candidacy — Pete Buttigieg felt the pressure of being a frontrunner. Elizabeth Warren stuck to her script. Amy Klobuchar got a few lines in, as did Andrew Yang and Cory Booker. And Joe Biden had the occasional flub.
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris spar over heart of the Democratic Party
Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris spar over heart of the Democratic Party
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Washington Post:
Democratic debate highlights: Candidates discuss rights and U.S. role in the world
Democratic debate highlights: Candidates discuss rights and U.S. role in the world
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Buttigieg's rise makes him a target in debate
The Latest: Buttigieg's rise makes him a target in debate
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Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Warren dominates Democrats' fifth 2020 debate: Issue-by-issue recap
Warren dominates Democrats' fifth 2020 debate: Issue-by-issue recap
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Frank E. Lockwood / Arkansas Online:
DNA test shows Hunter Biden is father of Arkansas woman's baby — DNA testing has established, “with scientific certainty,” that Hunter Biden is the father of an Arkansas baby, according to a motion filed Wednesday in Independence County on behalf of the child's mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts.
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
On 77th Birthday, Grandpa Joe Biden Welcomes Sixth Grandchild
On 77th Birthday, Grandpa Joe Biden Welcomes Sixth Grandchild
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Vindman's Lawyer Asks Fox News to Retract Espionage Allegation — A guest on the Ingraham Angle, a Fox show, suggested that Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a key figure in the impeachment hearings, was guilty of spying. — Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman is hitting back at the smear campaign against him.
NBC News:
As Sondland testified, a misleading Ukraine story spread among conservatives on social media — The article offered conservatives and Trump loyalists a welcome alternative to the day's news. — A misleading claim about the head of the Ukrainian energy company at the heart …
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Ilya Zhegulev / Reuters:
Ukraine widens probe against Burisma founder to embezzlement of state funds
Ukraine widens probe against Burisma founder to embezzlement of state funds
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
How the Collapse of Local News Is Causing a ‘National Crisis’ — The loss of local news coverage in much of the United States has frayed communities and left many Americans woefully uninformed, according to a new report. — School board and city council meetings are going uncovered.
Conrad Duncan / Yahoo News:
Mike Pompeo planning to resign because Trump ‘hurting his reputation’, report claims — Donald Trump's secretary of state has reportedly told three prominent — Republicans that he is planning to resign from the White House to run for a Senate seat. — Mike Pompeo had planned to stay …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Kamala Harris secures new CBC endorsement as she ramps up black voter outreach — Sen. Kamala Harris secured the endorsement of Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-N.Y.) before kicking off her Black Women Action weekend in South Carolina, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: That makes 11 endorsements …
Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
New Marquette Law School Poll finds shifts in Wisconsin public opinion favorable to President Trump on impeachment and presidential election preferences — MILWAUKEE - Even as hearings that could lead to President Donald Trump's impeachment heat up, a new Marquette University Law School poll …
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