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Trump Knew of Whistle-Blower Complaint When He Released Aid to Ukraine — White House lawyers briefed President Trump in late August about the complaint, people familiar with the matter said. — WASHINGTON — President Trump had already been briefed on a whistle-blower's complaint …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Will Trump participate now? — DRIVING THE DAY — WE HAVE SOME INTEL TO REPORT about the next phase of the impeachment inquiry, but we are going to do so with this caveat: Nailing down this White House is like trying to tack Jell-O to a wall.
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Washington Post:
Two OMB officials resigned in part over concerns about Ukraine aid hold, official testifies — Mark Sandy, a career official at the White House Office of Management and Budget, revealed the resignations in testimony to impeachment investigators — Two officials at the White House Office …
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CNN:
Trump administration officially put hold on Ukraine aid same day as Trump call — (CNN)The Office of Management and Budget's first official action to withhold $250 million in Pentagon aid to Ukraine came on the evening of July 25, the same day President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President …
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Garrett Haake / NBC News:
White House budget office formally held Ukraine aid on same day as Trump-Zelenskiy call
White House budget office formally held Ukraine aid on same day as Trump-Zelenskiy call
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QU Poll:
Release Detail — November 26, 2019 - Biden Retakes Lead As Warren Plunges, Buttigieg Rises, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Not Swayed By Impeachment Hearings — Former Vice President Joe Biden has retaken the lead in the Democratic primary race for president …
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Page Six:
Hunter Biden suspected of smoking crack in DC strip club's VIP room — Hunter Biden was suspected of smoking crack inside a strip club where he dropped “thousands of dollars” during multiple visits — at the same time he held a seat on the board of a controversial Ukrainian natural-gas company, The Post has learned.
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Sacramento Bee:
Cows don't have fingers and can't insult Devin Nunes on Twitter, court filing says — A Democratic strategist is refusing to disclose communications that could reveal the identity of anonymous Twitter users who criticize Rep. Devin Nunes, arguing in a new court filing that the accounts …
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Denies Sending Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine for Biden Probe — President discusses Giuliani in interview with Bill O'Reilly — Giuliani has said he conducted Ukraine investigation for Trump — Donald Trump denied directing Rudy Giuliani to go to Ukraine to look for dirt on his political rivals …
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Michael Harriot / The Root:
Pete Buttigieg Called Me. Here's What Happened — The first thing you should know about me is that I absolutely hate talking on the phone. — My friends, family and co-workers all know this about me. It's not the talking that bothers me, it's the anticipation angst from waiting for a phone call.
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump heads where everybody loves him — and hates impeachment — Goodbye, New York. Hello, Florida. — That was part of President Donald Trump's mantra as he returned to the Sunshine State for a campaign rally Tuesday in the city of Sunrise, before starting his Thanksgiving break at his private club, Mar-a-Lago.
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Washington Post:
Former Clinton strategist Mark Penn counsels President Trump on impeachment
Former Clinton strategist Mark Penn counsels President Trump on impeachment
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Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel / CREW:
Taxpayers Have Now Paid for Trump to Visit Mar-a-Lago 100 Times
Taxpayers Have Now Paid for Trump to Visit Mar-a-Lago 100 Times
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
'There's something terribly wrong': Americans are dying young at alarming rates — Death rates from suicide, drug overdoses, liver disease and dozens of other causes have been rising over the past decade for young and middle-aged adults, driving down overall life expectancy in the United States …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Belligerents in the Persian Gulf are trying something new: diplomacy — There's an intriguing anomaly in global politics this Thanksgiving: Despite a summer of confrontation in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are exploring possible dialogue with Tehran and its allies …
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Politico:
Here's why Bloomberg insists he's not crazy — None of his assumptions is wildly implausible. It would just take all of them coming true for this to work. — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg. Yana Paskova/Getty Images — Yes, say the political strategists around former …
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Reuters:
Trump says U.S. will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Tuesday that he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists over their role in drug and human trafficking.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump: Why Wasn't 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Observed ‘Years Ago?’ — Yesterday, President Trump signed the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act. The effect of this law is self-explanatory — it creates a coin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, ratifying women's suffrage.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
On centennial coins, Trump struggles with how time works
On centennial coins, Trump struggles with how time works
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
Melania Trump Was Booed By Middle And High School Students At A “Be Best” Event — First lady Melania Trump was met with loud boos from an audience of mostly middle and high school students at an event in Baltimore on Tuesday. — Trump was addressing students at the B'More Youth Summit …
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore
Melania Trump booed at youth opioid summit in Baltimore
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Benjamin Fearnow / Newsweek:
Texas Republicans Mistakenly Email 2020 Strategy to Democrats, Seek to Reduce ‘Polarizing Nature’ of Trump — POLITICS TEXAS REPUBLICANS EMAIL 2020 — Texas Republicans blamed a “staffer” Monday after their blueprint for winning 2020 elections and plans to mitigate President Donald Trump's …
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Pompeo says Trump's debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory is worth looking into — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that a debunked conspiracy theory pursued by President Trump accusing Ukraine, not Russia, of interfering in the 2016 presidential election by hacking the network …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Pompeo just flirted with Trump's Ukraine conspiracy theory. This isn't normal, folks.
Pompeo just flirted with Trump's Ukraine conspiracy theory. This isn't normal, folks.
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Wired and POLITICUSUSA
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News guest nails it: ‘Why in hell does Tucker Carlson have a job here?’ — Fox News host Tucker Carlson is a propagandist, though a clever and savvy one. And on his program Monday night, he was up to the usual routine of discrediting the entire Democratic presidential field …
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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Good Boy? Good Girl? Experts Weigh In on Conan the Dog's Genitals. — For over 24 hours, the nation has been reeling as our country's military and White House officials appear unable to agree on the biological sex of Conan the dog, the four-legged commando praised for participating …
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast and The Last Refuge
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Dems move rapidly on impeachment with first Judiciary Committee hearing — The House Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing next week on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, as Democrats move quickly to the next stage of a process that is likely to lead to the third-ever …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Giuliani Represented Venezuelan Investor in Discussion With Justice Dept. — The president's lawyer met with the head of the department's criminal division about a money laundering case involving Alejandro Betancourt López. — WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer …
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Reed Galen / USA Today:
Stefanik's impeachment dive into Trump's MAGA nihilism reveals dark Republican future — Nihilism is neither a governing ethos nor a foundational ideology. When it's over, there's nothing to fall back on. This is 21st century Republicanism. — Rep. Elise Stefanik's sudden dive this month …
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