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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Report Reveals Call Records Between Giuliani, White House and Nunes — Draft impeachment report shows president's lawyer and top Republican lawmaker in frequent contact — WASHINGTON—Call records obtained by impeachment investigators revealed new details about Rudy Giuliani's interactions …
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Devin Nunes slaps CNN with $435 million defamation lawsuit — Rep. Devin Nunes on Tuesday filed a defamation suit against CNN for its Nov. 22 “demonstrably false hit piece” that said the California Republican traveled to Vienna in 2018 to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Sean Hannity
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Impeachment Investigators Got Rudy Giuliani's Phone Records—And They're Quite Revealing — Trump's lawyer was in talks with, among others, Devin Nunes and officials at OMB as the president pursued a political agenda in Ukraine. — Rudy Giuliani and one of his indicted Ukrainian associates exchanged …
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The Hill
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Call records show Devin Nunes in contact with indicted Giuliani associate — Call records included in an impeachment report released by House Democrats Tuesday show that House Intelligence ranking member Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) had a number of contacts in April with Rudy Giuliani and Lev Parnas …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump abused power of presidency, Dems conclude in impeachment report — President Donald Trump abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rivals, House Democrats concluded in a highly anticipated report released Tuesday.
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Fox News, Breitbart, The Hill, The Daily Beast and NBC News
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Nunes sues CNN over ‘demonstrably false’ Ukraine report
Nunes sues CNN over ‘demonstrably false’ Ukraine report
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Breitbart, Vanity Fair, Law & Crime and The American Independent
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Devin Nunes Sues CNN For Defamation Following False Vienna Collusion Story
Devin Nunes Sues CNN For Defamation Following False Vienna Collusion Story
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The Daily Caller, VICE, Breitbart and Law & Crime
Kamala Harris / Medium:
I am suspending my campaign today — Eleven months ago at the launch of our campaign in Oakland I told you all: “I am not perfect. But I will always speak with decency and moral clarity and treat all people with dignity and respect. I will lead with integrity. I will speak the truth.”
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Kamala Harris cancels big-money fundraiser at New York law firm amid reports of campaign turmoil — The event was canceled due to what was described by the campaign as a “personal matter,” according to people familiar with the situation. — An invitation shows that the fundraiser …
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Washington Post, Power Line, Mother Jones, Slate, Big Think, The Federalist, Al Jazeera, Breitbart, PJ Media Home, Axios, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, HotAir and Mediaite
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Good Riddance to Kamala Harris — Per Edward-Isaac Dovere, Kamala Harris is no longer running for president. This is excellent, welcome news — the cause for celebration. Good riddance! May Harris's failed attempt to find higher office destroy her career and sully her reputation for all time.
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The Resurgent, HuffPost, The Guardian and The Federalist
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘One of the hardest decisions of my life’: Kamala Harris ends once-promising campaign — Kamala Harris is ending her presidential campaign after months of failing to lift her candidacy from the bottom of the field — a premature departure for a California senator once heralded as a top-tier contender for the nomination.
Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Sen. Kamala Harris ends her presidential bid
Sen. Kamala Harris ends her presidential bid
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CNBC:
Trump loses appeal to block Deutsche Bank, Capital One from handing his financial records to Congress — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Deutsche Bank and Capital One can hand over years of President Donald Trump's financial records in compliance with House Democrats' subpoenas.
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David Enrich / New York Times:
Trump Loses Appeal on Deutsche Bank Subpoenas — A federal court ruling is a victory for House Democrats who are investigating President Trump's relationship with the German bank. — A federal appeals court said Tuesday that Deutsche Bank must turn over detailed documents …
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Mother Jones, Daily Kos, CNN, National Review and Gothamist
Axios:
Appeals court orders Trump's banks to turn financial records over to Congress
Appeals court orders Trump's banks to turn financial records over to Congress
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NBC News and The Underground Bunker
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: A December curveball?
POLITICO Playbook PM: A December curveball?
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Washington Post and Wall Street Journal
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Court sides with Congress in battle for Trump's bank records
Ian MacDougall / New York Times:
How McKinsey Helped the Trump Administration Carry Out Its Immigration Policies — Newly uncovered documents show the consulting giant helped ICE find “detention savings opportunities” — including measures the agency's staff sometimes viewed as too harsh on immigrants.
New York Times:
Impeachment Report Says Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference — The House Intelligence Committee concluded that President Trump tried to “use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election.” — WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday released …
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The Wrap, Talking Points Memo, KyivPost and HuffPost
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CNN:
Graham says he's ‘1,000% confident’ Russia meddled in 2016 US election — not Ukraine — Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday said he is “1,000% confident” that Russia, not Ukraine, meddled in the 2016 US presidential election, breaking from President Donald Trump …
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Mediaite, Slate, Political Wire, The Hill and Raw Story
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Frank Thorp V / NBC News:
State Dept. undersecretary: ‘I am not’ aware of any efforts by Ukraine to meddle in 2016 election
State Dept. undersecretary: ‘I am not’ aware of any efforts by Ukraine to meddle in 2016 election
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New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
State Dept. undersecretary counters GOP claims Ukraine meddled in 2016
State Dept. undersecretary counters GOP claims Ukraine meddled in 2016
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Washington Post, Law & Crime and Fox News
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Nunes' role exposed and 8 more takeaways from the Intel report
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
Trump says he doesn't know Britain's Prince Andrew. They had a breakfast meeting in June. — LONDON — President Trump said at a news conference on Tuesday that he “doesn't know” Britain's Prince Andrew, despite photos of the two taking a walk side by side in June, smiling at Westminster Abbey during …
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CANNONFIRE and SPIN
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Denies Knowing Prince Andrew, Despite Numerous Photos of Them Together
Trump Denies Knowing Prince Andrew, Despite Numerous Photos of Them Together
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CNN, The Daily Beast and VICE
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Trump Is Waging War on America's Diplomats — And the impeachment inquiry is only making things worse. With new figures and fresh horror stories, Julia Ioffe reports on how the president is politicizing our embassies, alienating our allies, and decimating the ranks of the foreign service.
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Rep. Hunter enters plea in federal campaign finance case, telling judge, ‘Guilty’ — Admission comes after East County Republican accused prosecutors of engaging in political witch hunt — Rep. Duncan Hunter, the Republican congressman and former U.S. Marine who with his namesake father …
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Mother Jones, Politico and UPI
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads guilty to misusing campaign funds: ‘I made mistakes’
GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter pleads guilty to misusing campaign funds: ‘I made mistakes’
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Associated Press
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg blows up his strategy to win black voters — ALLENDALE, S.C. — When Pete Buttigieg goes to Iowa or New Hampshire, he's a Democratic presidential frontrunner who packs campaign venues. But when Buttigieg goes to South Carolina, he's far from the top — and his campaign is shaking …
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
What Pete Buttigieg really said about being gay, prejudice and blacks
What Pete Buttigieg really said about being gay, prejudice and blacks
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Daily Kos, Issues & Insights, HuffPost and NBC News
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine Knew of Aid Freeze in July, Says Ex-Top Official in Kyiv — Ukraine's government learned of the military aid freeze during the Trump administration's pressure campaign — and tried to keep that knowledge from going public, says an ex-deputy foreign minister.
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Washington Post, Axios, The American Independent, The Hill, Daily Kos, National Review, Talking Points Memo, KyivPost and FactCheck.org
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Laura Ingraham Still Charging Fans for a Podcast That Apparently No Longer Exists — The Fox News star left radio for a podcast. And now that's quietly been ditched as well. But fans can still pay $49.95 per year for commercial-free access to it. — Before hosting a Fox News primetime show …
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Raw Story
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Quietly recruiting megadonors, Pompeo eyes a massive Senate campaign war chest — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reached out to Sheldon Adelson, the Republican Party's largest donor, in recent weeks to “gauge interest” in his potential run for an open Senate seat in Kansas next year …
Chris White / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton was Jeffrey Epstein's closest ‘celebrity mate’ and a frequent guest at his New Mexico ranch with wife Hillary, staying at the pedophile's cowboy-themed village, say estate workers — Bill and Hillary Clinton would stay at Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch frequently …
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Big League Politics
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox can't shake anti-Semitism — Lou Dobbs has no excuse whatsoever. — In October 2018, a guest on his Fox Business program — Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch — made a bizarre claim about a connection between the Central American migrants moving through Mexico and Hungarian-born Jewish philanthropist George Soros.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Laughable new GOP report: Yes, Trump did it. But his motives were pure! — Boiled down to its essence, the Ukraine scandal is really a tale about a president who has subverted the interests of the nation to his own by putting our foreign policy at the disposal of his naked personal and political needs.
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