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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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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Impeachment hearings putting Trump through emotional wringer — One day, he's up. One day, he's down. Other days he's just angry. — President Donald Trump has gone through a range of emotions since House Democrats started their public impeachment hearings last week about whether …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Fiona Hill criticizes Republicans for pushing ‘fictional narrative’ on Ukraine — President Donald Trump's former top Russia aide sparred with Republican lawmakers on Thursday, accusing them of emboldening Moscow by pushing a “fictional narrative” that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
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CNN:
Former top Russia adviser sharply disputes GOP claims on Ukraine — (CNN)A former top White House official on Thursday delivered a full-throated rebuttal to the “fictional narrative” pushed by President Donald Trump and his GOP allies, while a US diplomat in the Ukrainian embassy provided …
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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: ‘Buckle up’: Last day of the impeachment show ... for now — DRIVING THE DAY — FROM A HOUSE INTELLIGENCE DEMOCRAT: “Buckle up. [Wednesday] will be the blast. [Thursday] the fallout.” — TODAY BRINGS the last publicly scheduled House Intelligence Committee impeachment hearing.
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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 …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Gordon Problem — Republicans tried to throw Gordon Sondland under the bus. He took Trump with him. — Over the first three days of testimony in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, Republicans have tried out a number of defenses. After the Wednesday testimony …
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HuffPost:
Sondland's Testimony Was A Bombshell. Republicans Pretended It Was A Dud.
Sondland's Testimony Was A Bombshell. Republicans Pretended It Was A Dud.
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New York Times:
Sondland Has Implicated the President and His Top Men
Sondland Has Implicated the President and His Top Men
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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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CNN:
READ: Fiona Hill's opening remarks at impeachment hearing
READ: Fiona Hill's opening remarks at impeachment hearing
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NBC News:
Democrats are winning impeachment inquiry on substance but can they win on politics?
Democrats are winning impeachment inquiry on substance but can they win on politics?
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump cozies up to GOP during impeachment — including Mitt Romney and Susan Collins
Trump cozies up to GOP during impeachment — including Mitt Romney and Susan Collins
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Vanity Fair
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The huge Gordon Sondland revelation almost everyone missed
The huge Gordon Sondland revelation almost everyone missed
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Raw Story
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Sondland was devastating. But Republicans don't care about the facts.
Sondland was devastating. But Republicans don't care about the facts.
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Axios:
Scoop: Fiona Hill to warn of “fictional narrative” on Ukraine in testimony
Scoop: Fiona Hill to warn of “fictional narrative” on Ukraine in testimony
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Andrew McCarthy / New York Post:
Gordon Sondland's testimony frees Team Trump to adopt the best defense: the truth
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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ABC News:
Trump impeachment hearings live updates: Fiona Hill and David Holmes testify
Trump impeachment hearings live updates: Fiona Hill and David Holmes testify
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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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Noah Bookbinder / New York Times:
Gordon Sondland Leaves Us With No Other Option
Gordon Sondland Leaves Us With No Other Option
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Philip Ewing / NPR:
WATCH: Hill Denounces ‘Fictional Narrative’ About Ukraine, Holmes Details Trump Call
WATCH: Hill Denounces ‘Fictional Narrative’ About Ukraine, Holmes Details Trump Call
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Ambassador Sondland's Revenge
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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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Trump Reverses Navy Decision to Oust Edward Gallagher From SEALs — The president said Chief Gallagher, who has been at center of a high-profile war crime case, would not lose his membership in the elite commando force. — President Trump on Thursday reversed a decision by the Navy seeking …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Lost Debate — There are winners and losers, even when no one watches. — It'll be interesting to see the numbers on Wednesday night's debate because my sense—and maybe I'm just projecting here—is that anyone in America who follows politics closely enough to watch a two-hour debate three months …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Buttigieg counterpunches as rivals take aim at his rising candidacy
Buttigieg counterpunches as rivals take aim at his rising candidacy
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Iowa State University:
Warren slipping as Buttigieg continues to surge — AMES, Iowa - Support for Sen. Elizabeth Warren has dropped by nearly 10% over the past month, according to the latest Iowa State University/Civiqs poll of Democratic presidential candidates. At the same time, the percentage of likely Iowa caucus-goers …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Pete Buttigieg Is Worried That Free Public College Would Benefit Billionaires — Young people who do not go to college tend to be more economically disadvantaged than those who do. This is not solely a function of rising tuition costs. For one thing, the peripheral costs of college attendance …
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.
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Washington Post:
White House pick to lead NOAA withdraws nomination, citing health concerns — Barry Myers' nomination never got to a floor vote — Barry Myers, President Trump's controversial nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has withdrawn from consideration due …
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Rep. Devin Nunes / The Permanent Select Committee …:
Nunes Opening Statement for Hill and Holmes Hearing on Impeachment — f t # e — Opening Statement for Hill and Holmes Hearing on Impeachment — Throughout these bizarre hearings, the Democrats have struggled to make the case that President Trump committed some impeachable offense …
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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
There Are Two Separate Impeachment Hearings Happening Right Now — And Republicans Are Winning Theirs — Nothing Republican Rep. Devin Nunes does during the hearings makes sense if you watch it in the moment. When it's posted on Facebook later, though, it works perfectly.
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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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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Trump is lying about the ‘new’ ‘Apple’ factory — It is neither new nor an Apple factory — In advance of Trump's factory tour today, I took a look at the strange relationship that's developed between Tim Cook and Donald Trump over the past three years. One of the things that popped …
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