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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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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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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.
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 …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Sondland Kept Pompeo Informed on Ukraine Pressure Campaign — The diplomat at the center of the impeachment inquiry looped in the secretary of state at key moments as American officials pushed for investigations sought by President Trump. — WASHINGTON — Gordon D. Sondland …
Yahoo News:
FBI seeks interview with CIA whistleblower — WASHINGTON — The FBI recently sought to question the CIA whistleblower who filed a complaint over President Trump's July 25 Ukraine call — a move that came after a vigorous internal debate within the bureau over how to respond to some of the issues raised …
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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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
'It doesn't matter': House Republicans embrace ‘quid pro quo’
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New York Times:
Pompeo Emerges as a Major Trump Enabler in Ukraine Affair
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Photographer captures Trump's handwritten talking points responding to Sondland
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The Root
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Gordon Sondland's Testimony Is Damning for Trump — and Himself
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Washington Post
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
‘I Want Nothing,’ Trump Says, Quoting From Sondland's Testimony
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David Rohde / New Yorker:
“We Followed the President's Orders”: Gordon Sondland's Testimony Likely Assures Trump's Impeachment
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP source: FBI has asked for interview with whistleblower
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The Daily Beast:
Gordon Sondland Trashes Giuliani, Says 'We Followed the President's Orders'
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Sondland says he told Pence that Ukraine military aid appeared conditioned on political investigations
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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
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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:
Buttigeg counterpunches as rivals take aim at his rising candidacy — The Democratic presidential candidates debate Wednesday for the fifth time — and the first where Pete Buttigieg as a true frontrunner in the crowded race. — The South Bend, Indiana mayor has risen to the top in a flagship poll of first-in-the-nation Iowa.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democratic debate live updates: Candidates deliver closing statements
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The Hill
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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Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News:
Ukrainian Indictment Claims $7.4 Billion Obama-Linked Laundering, Puts Biden Group Take At $16.5 Million
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Interfax-Ukraine, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, PJ Media Home and Big League Politics
Ilya Zhegulev / Reuters:
Ukraine widens probe against Burisma founder to embezzlement of state funds
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Redstate
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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Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Debate night: Democrats head to the Deep South for their 5th debate
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The Hill
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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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Danger of Elizabeth Warren — Even if she wins the presidency — hardly a sure bet — she may jeopardize Democrats in the House and the Senate. — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. — Under pressure …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Obama Moves Off Political Sidelines, Earlier Than He Expected
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Rolling Stone
Ady Barkan / The Nation:
Why I'm Endorsing Elizabeth Warren
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C-SPAN.org:
Impeachment Hearing with Laura Cooper and David Hale — Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant Defense secretary, and David Hale, a State Department under secretary for political affairs, testified before the House Intelligence Committee as part of its impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
PHOTO: Alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella shakes hands with Barack Obama in Oval Office — A year after Ukraine official and alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella left President Trump's White House, a picture of him shaking Barack Obama's hand was published on a close friend's wedding website.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Bloomberg spending $15M-$20M to register half million voters — WASHINGTON (AP) — As he moves toward a presidential announcement, New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg is rolling out plans to spend an estimated $15 million to $20 million on a voter registration drive designed …
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ABC News:
Tim Cook describes his vision as Apple breaks ground on Texas facility — As Apple broke ground at its newest facility, in Texas, CEO Tim Cook said the company was proud to make its “most powerful computer ever” in the U.S., and opened up about having the president's ear and navigating business …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
House passes bill expressing support for Hong Kong protestors, rebuking China
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Subpoena Trump Fund-Raisers Linked to Giuliani Associates — The authorities are seeking more information about Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who worked with Rudy Giuliani in Ukraine and have been charged with campaign finance violations. — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors …
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