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7:05 AM ET, November 24, 2019

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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.

Discussion: NPR, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, The Hill, Slate and The Week

Ros Krasny / Bloomberg:

Giuliani Says Biden Documents to Be Released ‘If I Disappear’ — In Fox interview downplays suggestion Trump will dump him — Actions in Ukraine have been a focus of impeachment inquiry — Rudy Giuliani, a focus of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's foreign policy dealings …

Discussion: The Hill, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and TIME

Evan Semones / Politico:

Top Dem says ethics investigation into Devin Nunes likely — The top Democrat on the House armed services committee said Saturday that Republican Rep. Devin Nunes is likely to face an ethics investigation over allegations he met with an ex-Ukrainian prosecutor at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Discussion: Raw Story, Common Dreams, Law & Crime, HuffPost, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Occupy Democrats, The Hill and Medium

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 …

Discussion: Axios

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Trump's GOP support hardens despite damning impeachment testimony — After two weeks of extraordinary open hearings that Democrats envisioned as their best opportunity to shape public opinion on impeachment, President Trump claims to be impervious to the cascade of damaging revelations …

Discussion: LevittownNow.com, HuffPost and Raw Story

New York Times:

Navy Is Said to Proceed With Disciplinary Plans Against Edward Gallagher — Top military officials threatened to resign or be fired if their plans to remove Chief Gallagher from the SEALs were halted by President Trump, administration officials said. — The secretary of the Navy and the admiral …

Discussion: Law & Crime, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, The Last Refuge, Task & Purpose, Rolling Stone, Mediaite, The Guardian, One America News Network, Redstate, Axios, Slate, New York Post, Daily Kos and Washington Post

NBC News:

Navy secretary strongly considering resigning over Trump's meddling in SEAL case — Navy Secretary Spencer considered quitting over Trump's demand the Navy stop a probe of SEAL Eddie Gallagher. Military leaders lobbied Trump to reconsider. — WASHINGTON — Military leaders hoping to keep …

Discussion: Defense News, Vox, Redstate and Raw Story

Rob Gillies / Associated Press: Secretary of Navy says Trump's tweet is not a formal order

CNN: Official says Defense chief and Joint Chiefs Chairman raised concerns with White House on Gallagher case

Steve Scherer / Reuters: Exclusive: U.S. Navy secretary backs SEAL's expulsion review, despite Trump objection

Trevor Nace / Forbes:

Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ After Australia Bushfires Destroy 80% Of Their Habitat — As Australia experiences record-breaking drought and bushfires, koala populations have dwindled along with their habitat, leaving them “functionally extinct.” — The chairman of the Australian Koala Foundation …

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 …

Discussion: Fox News, Redstate and Townhall

Bernie Sanders / ABC News:

New Hampshire may test durability of Sanders' popularity — Bernie Sanders has remained among the front-runners in the Democratic primary despite his campaign-trail heart attack and the rise of Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, but perhaps no state will test that more than New Hampshire

Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Beast and Associated Press

Maura Barrett / NBC News:
Kamala Harris tells Iowa voters she's ‘not a socialist’

Discussion: The Hill, Agri-Pulse Communications … and The Nevada Independent

Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times: Elizabeth Warren Has Done the Hard Part. Now Comes the Harder Part.

Todd Frankel / Washington Post:

Dozens of infant deaths have been tied to a popular baby product. But regulators are too paralyzed to act. — A paralyzing conflict inside the nation's product safety regulator has prevented the agency from taking action against a popular baby product that studies have linked …

Discussion: New York Post

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 …

Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill

NewsHound Ellen / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Press Sec Grisham Smears Bolton: Too Old To Understand Twitter — Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham did not deny John Bolton's accusation that the White House blocked his Twitter account. Instead she dodged the question by attacking him as too old to know how Twitter works. — Views:

Discussion: The Daily Wire, Hullabaloo and New York Times

Karen Townsend / HotAir:

D.C. Attorney General Declines To Charge Jane Fonda For Friday Protests — We are in week seven of Jane Fonda's adventure into climate change protesting in Washington, D.C. This week brought some good news for the celebrity - the D.C. Attorney General's office is declining to charge Fonda …

Discussion: Breitbart, Glamour and Hollywood Reporter

Tara Law / TIME:

It's Not Just Flooding in Venice. Here's How Climate Change Threatens World Heritage Sites Everywhere — Venice is reeling from the worst flooding the city has experienced in 50 years, the city is “on its knees,” Venetian Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted as water submerged much of the the famous historical city.

Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:

Feds fight back as Epstein death conspiracy theories swirl — NEW YORK (AP) — At another time in history, the indictment of two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself might have served as an emphatic rebuttal to suspicions that the wealthy sex offender was actually murdered.

Caitlin Emma / Politico:

Agreement reached on spending bill allocations — Top appropriators in Congress have reached a deal on spending levels for a dozen bills that fund the day-to-day operations of the federal government, two individuals familiar with the negotiations said today.