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Washington Post:
Giuliani was in talks to be paid by Ukraine's top prosecutor as they together sought damaging information on Democrats — President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, negotiated earlier this year to represent Ukraine's top prosecutor for at least $200,000 during the same months …
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New York Times:
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump — The president's private lawyer explored agreements with Ukrainian officials for hundreds of thousands of dollars. — As Rudolph W. Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information …
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Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Giuliani calls Trump to tell him he was joking about having an ‘insurance policy’ — NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, called the president this week to reassure him that he had been joking when he told media outlets he had “insurance” …
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Talking Points Memo, Axios, Raw Story, Patterico's Pontifications, Political Wire, CNN and Mediaite
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Rudy Giuliani gives shifting answers on seeking information from Ukrainian oligarch — (CNN)Rudy Giuliani acknowledged this week meeting with a lawyer for a Ukrainian oligarch who he had previously said he had “nothing to do with.” — Giuliani, the president's personal attorney …
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Raw Story, Washington Monthly, Mediaite and The Dispatch
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Weighed Doing Business With Ukrainian Government — Trump's lawyer drew up retainer agreements with Yuriy Lutsenko and the Ukraine Justice Ministry worth $500,000 before deciding against the arrangement — Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday he was in talks earlier this year to earn hundreds …
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The American Independent, Mediaite and VICE
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Why Trump (Probably) Won't Ditch Rudy
Why Trump (Probably) Won't Ditch Rudy
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No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week and Washington Post
ProPublica:
Multiple Women Recall Sexual Misconduct and Retaliation by Gordon Sondland — Three women recall Sondland made unwanted sexual contact in business settings. One says he exposed himself. All recall professional retaliation after they rejected him. Sondland denies the allegations.
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Richard Spencer / Washington Post:
I was fired as Navy secretary. Here's what I've learned because of it. — Richard Spencer is the former secretary of the Navy. — The case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was charged with multiple war crimes before being convicted of a single lesser charge earlier this year …
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Sean Gallagher / Navy Times:
Op-ed: Navy corruption and the Gallagher case
Op-ed: Navy corruption and the Gallagher case
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Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Russia Inquiry Review Is Expected to Undercut Trump Claim of F.B.I. Spying — The F.B.I. never tried to place undercover agents or informants inside the Trump campaign, a highly anticipated inspector general's report is expected to find. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's inspector general found …
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Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
ICE arrests 90 more students at fake university in Michigan — (Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press) — About 90 additional foreign students of a fake university in metro Detroit created by the Department of Homeland Security have been arrested in recent months.
Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
Trump Tax Records Reveal New Inconsistencies — This Time for Trump Tower — Documents show the president's company reported different numbers — higher ones to lenders, lower ones to tax officials — for Trump's signature building. Last month, ProPublica revealed a similar pattern in two other Trump buildings.
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Page Six:
Hunter Biden's ‘baby mama’ Lunden Roberts was stripper at club he frequented — The woman suing Hunter Biden for paternity was a stripper at a Washington, DC, club he frequented around the time he was dating his brother's widow, sources told The Post. — Biden was repeatedly seen …
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Redstate, PJ Media Home and Twitchy
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Trump signs bill expressing support for Hong Kong protestors — President Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act on Wednesday, reaffirming U.S. support for the city's autonomy after months of pro-democracy protests. — Why it matters: The bill, which was passed …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
William Ruckelshaus, Who Quit in ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ Dies at 87 — As deputy attorney general he refused Nixon's order to fire the special prosecutor Archibald Cox in the Watergate scandal. He was earlier the E.P.A.'s first leader. — William D. Ruckelshaus …
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Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
YouGov: Boris Johnson on course for 68-seat majority in UK election — LONDON — Boris Johnson is on course to win a 68-seat majority in the U.K. general election, according to a major new poll. — The YouGov seat prediction survey — which accurately predicted that Theresa May would lose …
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YouGov and One America News Network
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Francis Elliott / The Times:
MRP election poll: Boris Johnson heads for big majority
MRP election poll: Boris Johnson heads for big majority
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Joe.My.God.
BBC:
Apple changes Crimea map to meet Russian demands — Apple has complied with Russian demands to show Crimea as part of Russian territory on its apps. — Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, in a move that was condemned by most of the global community.
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Scott Stedman / Forensic News:
Deutsche Bank Executive Who Signed Off On Trump Loans Kills Self At Age 55 — Thomas Bowers, a former Deutsche Bank executive and head of the American wealth-management division, killed himself in Malibu, California on Tuesday, November 19th, according to the coronor's initial report.
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Joe.My.God. and Law & Crime
New York Times:
They Voted Democratic. Now They Support Trump. — Two-thirds of battleground state voters who chose Trump in 2016 but selected Democrats in the midterms say they will return to the president next year. — Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope …
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Louder With Crowder, PJ Media Home, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Althouse, Redstate, The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist and Breitbart
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's electoral college advantage may be deepening. Do Democrats have a plan for that?
Trump's electoral college advantage may be deepening. Do Democrats have a plan for that?
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
Trump vows not to change the name of Thanksgiving despite cries from the ‘radical left’ — President Trump told supporters at a rally held in Sunrise, Fla., Tuesday that he wouldn't allow the “radical left” to change the name of Thanksgiving. — The president, who recently switched …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Revoke Medals of Honor for Wounded Knee Massacre
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Revoke Medals of Honor for Wounded Knee Massacre
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Desert Sun, Axios and Small Dead Animals
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Inside 'America's Got Talent': Ousted Judges Had Complained of Toxic Culture (EXCLUSIVE) — In April of this year, former late night host Jay Leno visited NBCUniversal in Los Angeles to appear as a guest judge on the network's unscripted program “America's Got Talent,” a variety show that seeks …
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Fox News, The Independent, The Daily Caller, The Root, Jezebel and Mediaite
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
An alien comet from another star is soaring through our solar system — SEWANEE, Tenn. — Something strange is sailing toward us. Something small and cold and extraordinarily fast. No one knows where it came from, or where it is going. But it's not from around here.
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Julián Castro, in Plan to End Hunger, Warns Against Neglecting the Poor — “In our politics today, we've forgotten to talk about the poor as intently as we've fought for the middle class,” Mr. Castro said, proposing free breakfast and lunch for all public school students.
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Julián Castro Policies … and HuffPost
Ryan Browne / CNN:
Trump administration to cut its financial contribution to NATO — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration has moved to substantially cut its contribution to NATO's collective budget according to several US and NATO officials, a symbolic move that comes as many continue to question President …
Washington Post:
Democrat seeking to unseat Nunes saw huge spike in campaign contributions, he says — The House Intelligence Committee's two weeks of public hearings put several Republican lawmakers in the spotlight, including the panel's ranking member, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).
Oleg Sukhov / KyivPost:
Riaboshapka fires top Ukrainian prosecutor who backed Biden conspiracy — Kostyantyn Kulik, a former top prosecutor accused of corruption. — Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka on Nov. 25 fired Kostyantyn Kulyk, a controversial top prosecutor accused of corruption and fabricating political cases.
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Town Hall That Impeachment Blew Up — Moderate Democrat Mikie Sherrill returned to her district — and a wave of anger. — WHIPPANY, N.J.—One of Representative Mikie Sherrill's district directors began the town hall in a filled community center Monday night with her customary call for civility.
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Breitbart, Morristown Green and War Room
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
How Buttigieg got knocked off the Obama track — In fundraising pitches, campaign messaging and his own speeches, Pete Buttigieg likes to point out the parallels between his own upstart campaign and that of another Democrat whose presidential bid was once seen as a longshot — Barack Obama.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp criticizes ‘ridiculous’ conservative pushback to Senate favorite — ‘The attacks and games are absolutely absurd.’ — Gov. Brian Kemp rejected the “ridiculous” mounting conservative pushback against his favorite for an open U.S. Senate seat, adding on Wednesday that he would only tap …
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Fox News, Politico, The Hill, The Daily Caller and The Resurgent
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Judge upholds charges that could put Weinstein away for life — NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has rejected Harvey Weinstein's bid to throw out the most serious charges in his sexual assault case, dealing a big blow to the disgraced movie mogul as he sought to limit the scope of his looming trial and any potential punishment.