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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Joins Democratic Field for President — Mr. Bloomberg brings a huge personal fortune and moderate views to an increasingly fluid race, but issues like criminal justice and his late start loom as vulnerabilities. — Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Sunday that he would run …
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Michael Bloomberg launches 2020 presidential bid — The ad promotes Bloomberg's record as mayor and then promises “to rebuild the country and restore faith in the dream that defines us.” — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg officially entered the 2020 race Sunday …
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Michael Bloomberg launches campaign for president — Michael Bloomberg announced Sunday he is running for president, bringing a narrow following but boundless bank account to the crowded Democratic primary. — The 77-year-old former New York City mayor, positioning himself as a centrist alternative …
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Associated Press:
Bloomberg vows to refuse donations, presidential salary — Bloomberg's team has reserved more than $30 million in television ads set to begin running Sunday in several primary states. — NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg will not accept political donations if he runs for president …
Bernie Sanders / ABC News:
New Hampshire may test durability of Sanders' popularity
New Hampshire may test durability of Sanders' popularity
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Fox News, The Daily Beast and Associated Press
New York Times:
New Documents Reveal Details of Pompeo's Role in Ukraine Affair — Emails and documents released by the State Department support testimony showing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo enabled the Ukrainian pressure campaign at the center of the impeachment proceedings.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Forget the Oval. The real Trump action is in the residence. — The Oval Office is the traditional epicenter of power for American presidents, but a new one is emerging that's more exclusive, more secluded and more convenient. — President Donald Trump is increasingly morphing the White House residence into a second Oval.
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Secretary of Navy says Trump's tweet is not a formal order — 1 of 2 — HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — The secretary of the U.S. Navy said Saturday he doesn't consider a tweet by President Donald Trump an order and would need a formal order to stop a review of a sailor who could lose his status as a Navy Seal.
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New York Times:
Navy Is Said to Proceed With Disciplinary Plans Against Edward Gallagher
Navy Is Said to Proceed With Disciplinary Plans Against Edward Gallagher
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Washington Post:
Top House Democrat says ethics probe of Nunes is likely over alleged meeting with Ukrainian about Bidens — A high-ranking House Democrat said Saturday it's “quite likely” Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) will face an ethics investigation over allegations that he met with an ex-Ukrainian official …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's GOP support hardens despite damning impeachment testimony
Trump's GOP support hardens despite damning impeachment testimony
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The Hill, LevittownNow.com, HuffPost and Raw Story
Evan Semones / Politico:
Top Dem says ethics investigation into Devin Nunes likely
Top Dem says ethics investigation into Devin Nunes likely
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Raw Story, The Week, Breitbart, Law & Crime, HuffPost, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Occupy Democrats, The Hill, The Guardian and Vox
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Time to call out and remove Putin's propagandists — Republicans are not “merely” violating their oaths of office for failing to support impeachment of a president who arguably has committed more serious “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” and acts of bribery than all his predecessors combined.
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New York Times, Raw Story and Redstate
NBC News:
Schiff on more public hearings: 'Don't foreclose the possibility' — House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joins Chuck Todd to discuss the impeachment inquiry.
Shannon Freshour / DemCast:
Jim Jordan has to go … Look, I know the odds, the obstacles, and the expected outcome when I decided to run for Congress to take on Jim Jordan. — But here's the thing: in America, the odds are increasingly stacked against working people and we all have a responsibility to do what we can to protect …
ESPN:
Harvard-Yale game ends in near-darkness after climate change protest — Spectators rushed the field to stage a climate change protest at halftime of Saturday's Harvard-Yale game, delaying the start of the second half by nearly an hour and causing the game to finish in near-darkness.
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The Federalist, CNN and YaleNews
Nick Enoch / Daily Mail:
Queen cancels Prince Andrew's 60th birthday party in wake of disastrous Newsnight interview amid claims Royal household is ‘aggrieved’ at suggestions she sanctioned it — The Queen has scrapped plans to host a party for Prince Andrew to mark his 60th birthday in February.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Louisiana election shows limits of ‘old tough-on-crime stuff’ — Republicans spent the fall hammering Louisiana's Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, as “dangerously soft on crime” and said his policies “put everyone in danger.” — But then, Edwards won reelection in his conservative …
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Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
Trump's Disruptive Energy vs. the Deep State — For the last 56 years, this time in November has been an occasion—at first pious and lachrymose, latterly perfunctory—to commemorate the assassination of John F. Kennedy. That event was certainly a cultural cataclysm. America was a changed place after November 22, 1963.
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Tells Democrats, 'We've Got to Stop This Circular Firing Squad' — Former vice president campaigns in Iowa as recent polls in the state have shown him losing ground to South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg — DES MOINES, Iowa—Former Vice President Joe Biden is warning Democrats to halt a …
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Maura Barrett / NBC News:
Kamala Harris tells Iowa voters she's ‘not a socialist’
Kamala Harris tells Iowa voters she's ‘not a socialist’
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