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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Joins 2020 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 …
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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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The Federalist, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Breitbart
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, Associated Press and NBC News
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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The White House, Althouse and Raw Story
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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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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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Schiff says House will move forward with impeachment inquiry after ‘overwhelming’ evidence from hearings — While some officials have declined to testify, the House Intelligence Committee chairman says, “we are not willing to go the months and months and months of rope-a-dope in the courts.”
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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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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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Political Wire and Axios
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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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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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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 …
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.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Malcolm Nance on the Danger of Conspiracy Theories — Malcolm Nance, a former naval intelligence officer and an MSNBC contributor, has become one of the most recognizable voices on Trump-related scandals. According to Brian Williams, MSNBC's chief anchor, Nance is “a cross between Batman and ‘Fight Club.’ …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized — The justice was admitted after experiencing chills and a fever and expects to be released as early as Sunday morning, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said. — WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore …
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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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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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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff: I would be leading calls for impeachment if Trump were a Democrat — In a wide-ranging interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said the evidence for President Trump's misconduct is “overwhelming,” and that he would be among those calling …
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.
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