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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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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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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 …
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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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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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Rudy Giuliani Has a Foreign-Lobbying Problem, and It Just Got Bigger
Rudy Giuliani Has a Foreign-Lobbying Problem, and It Just Got Bigger
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The Independent, National Review and Daily Kos
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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CNN:
Worry rises in military over Trump's decision-making
Worry rises in military over Trump's decision-making
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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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The Gateway Pundit and Townhall
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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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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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.
Washington Post:
Witness testimony and records raise questions about account of Trump's ‘no quid pro quo’ call — President Trump was cranky when they spoke on the phone in September, Ambassador Gordon Sondland told members of Congress, but his words were clear: Trump wanted no quid pro quo with Ukraine.
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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
The Daily Beast:
Sondland's Ties to Romanian Official Set Off Alarms at National Security Council — Sources say the ambassador grew increasingly close to a Romanian politician with a worrisome record on corruption. — Even before Gordon Sondland's work in Ukraine set off alarm bells …
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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
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump's claim of a ‘war on Thanksgiving’ is absurd — but also sinister
Trump's claim of a ‘war on Thanksgiving’ is absurd — but also sinister
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The Nation, Raw Story, HuffPost and Vox
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's electoral college advantage may be deepening. Do Democrats have a plan for that? — The big gubernatorial victories in Kentucky and Louisiana have unleashed optimism in the Democratic Party. They underscored the story we've seen again and again in the Trump era …
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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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Francis Elliott / The Times:
MRP election poll: Boris Johnson heads for big majority — Only survey to forecast hung parliament in last election predicts Tories will win 359 seats — with Labour down to 211 — Boris Johnson is on course for a comfortable majority, according to a polling model that accurately predicted the election outcome two years ago.
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Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:
YouGov: Boris Johnson on course for 68-seat majority in UK election
YouGov: Boris Johnson on course for 68-seat majority in UK election
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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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Law & Crime and Joe.My.God.
HuffPost:
Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary — Trump often boasts of donating his White House pay, but taxpayers are shelling out much larger sums for his hobby. — With his Thanksgiving vacation, President Donald Trump's golf hobby has now cost Americans …
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Devin Nunes Subpoena Aimed at ‘Cow’ and ‘Mom’ Twitter Accounts Was Improperly Filed — Today is a day ending with the letter “y” so that means Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has been mocked. This time, however, the ridicule comes by way of a court filing in Virginia.
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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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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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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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 …
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.
PBS NewsHour:
PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Name Judy Woodruff, Tim Alberta, Amna Nawaz and Yamiche Alcindor Co-Moderators for December Debate — The PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Democratic Debate will take place on — Washington, D.C. - PBS NewsHour and POLITICO today announce that PBS NewsHour anchor …
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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.
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Trump official who suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan now responsible for arms control issues — A former conservative talk radio host and naval intelligence officer who suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks now works on arms control issues …
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