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New York Times:
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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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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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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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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CNN:
Trump administration officially put hold on Ukraine aid same day as Trump call
Trump administration officially put hold on Ukraine aid same day as Trump call
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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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CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden leads nationally as Buttigieg rises — Panelist: Biden does best when he isn't in public — (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to lead the newly expanded field of contenders for the Democratic nomination for president, with Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts …
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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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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
Belligerents in the Persian Gulf are trying something new: diplomacy
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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 …
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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Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel / CREW:
Taxpayers Have Now Paid for Trump to Visit Mar-a-Lago 100 Times — President Trump hit an important milestone as he returned to Florida over the Thanksgiving holiday: 100 visits to Mar-a-Lago. In 1,040 days as president, he has prioritized visiting his properties over the course of his presidency …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump heads where everybody loves him — and hates impeachment
Trump heads where everybody loves him — and hates impeachment
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Chris Buskirk / American Greatness:
The Indispensable Tucker Carlson — Michael Blake, the vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, just paid Tucker Carlson a high compliment. He's trying to defame, delegitimize, deplatform, and, ultimately, cancel him. That's because the Fox News host is the most articulate spokesman …
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Media Matters for America and Politico
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News guest nails it: ‘Why in hell does Tucker Carlson have a job here?’
Fox News guest nails it: ‘Why in hell does Tucker Carlson have a job here?’
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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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Political Wire
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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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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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.
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
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
At Florida ‘Homecoming’ Rally, Trump Rails Against Familiar Targets — The president took on the impeachment inquiry, Democrats and the news media in his first return to the state as a formal resident. — SUNRISE, Fla. — President Trump on Tuesday raged against the Democrats' impeachment inquiry …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Here's why Bloomberg insists he's not crazy — Yes, say the political strategists around former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, the notion of him becoming the Democratic presidential nominee requires many unprecedented and highly speculative factors falling into place just so.
Washington Post:
Don't want to discuss Trump or impeachment at Thanksgiving? Try this instead. — Dazzle (or distract) the table with what else has been happening while they weren't looking. — Afraid that any discussion of impeachment will set off arguments between your Fox News-watching uncle and your woke cousins?
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David Samuels / Washington Post:
Would Republican senators ever vote to convict Trump? Here's what we can learn from the rest of the world. — Sure, parties dump their prime ministers — but they rarely throw out ‘their’ presidents. Here's why. — The House may well vote to impeach President Trump.
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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Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Impeachment fight leaves voters cold in contested Wisconsin — 1 of 10 — RACINE, Wis. (AP) — There's not a lot that Republicans and Democrats in this political battlefield agree on, but the impeachment probe into President Donald Trump may have surfaced one: The public hearings aren't moving the needle.
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
More than 70 million watched TV coverage of Trump impeachment inquiry — More than 70 million viewers watched some portion of the House Intelligence Committee's impeachment inquiry into President Trump, according to Nielsen data. — The hearings on whether Trump withheld military aid …
Ashleigh Furlong / Politico:
Labour: Dossier indicates NHS ‘up for sale’ in US trade deal — The U.K.'s Labour Party has obtained unredacted documents detailing talks between the U.S. and U.K. that indicate the National Health Service is on the table in trade talks with Washington, party leader Jeremy Corbyn said Wednesday.
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
NRA boosted executive pay while cutting funding for key programs, filing shows — Compensation for top officials at the National Rifle Association surged by 41 percent last year, according to a new tax filing, as the nation's largest pro-gun organization sharply reduced spending on programs central to its mission.
Dan Sewell / Associated Press:
On the Thanksgiving menu: Turkey, with a side of impeachment — CINCINNATI (AP) — Some people heading to Thanksgiving gatherings predict it's not just the turkey that will get roasted. — Already polarized over Republican Donald Trump's presidency, Americans are deeply split on a looming historic impeachment.