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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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POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and Law & Crime
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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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New York Times:
A Mysterious ‘-1’ and Other Call Records Show How Giuliani Pressured Ukraine — House Democrats' impeachment report showed the president's personal lawyer executing an irregular foreign policy. — WASHINGTON — In the two days before President Trump forced out the American ambassador to Ukraine in April …
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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Mother Jones, Associated Press, The Mahablog, The Hill and NBC News
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 …
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National Review
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Nunes sues CNN over ‘demonstrably false’ Ukraine report — Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, has filed a $435 million defamation suit against CNN over a story that alleged Nunes met with a fired Ukrainian prosecutor in an effort to dig up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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CNN, New York Times, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Law & Crime and The American Independent
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Intelligence Committee's report is a triumph — Some observers of the impeachment hearings conducted under the auspices of the House Intelligence Committee bizarrely concluded that the proceedings lacked “pizzazz.” While that is a ridiculous metric for evaluating an inquiry …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Democrats obtained phone records showing how Trump allies coordinated ‘false narratives’
Democrats obtained phone records showing how Trump allies coordinated ‘false narratives’
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump abused power of presidency, Dems conclude in impeachment report
Trump abused power of presidency, Dems conclude in impeachment report
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Nunes' role exposed and 8 more takeaways from the Intel report
Elizabeth Vaughn / Redstate:
Adam Schiff Has Crossed a Line: He's Obtained Phone Records of Devin Nunes, Nunes' Aide, Rudy Giuliani and John Solomon
Adam Schiff Has Crossed a Line: He's Obtained Phone Records of Devin Nunes, Nunes' Aide, Rudy Giuliani and John Solomon
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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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John Bowden / The Hill:
Nunes files defamation suit against CNN over Ukraine story
Nunes files defamation suit against CNN over Ukraine story
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Talking Points Memo and Sean Hannity
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Devin Nunes Sues CNN: Reveals He Was Not in Vienna in Late 2018, Did Not Meet Victor Shokin
Devin Nunes Sues CNN: Reveals He Was Not in Vienna in Late 2018, Did Not Meet Victor Shokin
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The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Good Riddance to Kamala Harris
Good Riddance to Kamala Harris
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘One of the hardest decisions of my life’: Kamala Harris ends once-promising campaign
‘One of the hardest decisions of my life’: Kamala Harris ends once-promising campaign
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
The spectacular collapse of Kamala Harris
The spectacular collapse of Kamala Harris
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Washington Post, Breitbart and The Federalist
David Byler / Washington Post:
Why Kamala Harris's failure echoes Marco Rubio's
Why Kamala Harris's failure echoes Marco Rubio's
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Raw Story, Mother Jones and Breitbart
CNN:
Former official says Trump often refused to believe his intelligence briefings — (CNN)One of President Donald Trump's most common responses to intelligence briefings is to doubt what he's being told, former Deputy Director of Intelligence Susan Gordon said Tuesday.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
California CEO and Seven Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case — Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed against the CEO of an online payment processing company, and seven others, charging them with conspiring to make and conceal conduit …
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Key Mueller witness, major Clinton and Trump donor charged with funneling $3.5 million in illegal contributions in 2016 U.S. elections — A key witness in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election has been indicted with seven others …
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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New York Times:
Impeachment Report Says Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference
Impeachment Report Says Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference
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Brakkton Booker / NPR:
Rep. Adam Schiff: ‘The Uncontested Facts Show This President Solicited A Bribe’
NBC News:
Democrats' impeachment report cites Trump obstruction and withholding aid, warns of ‘grave harm’
Democrats' impeachment report cites Trump obstruction and withholding aid, warns of ‘grave harm’
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Folksy John Kennedy gets serious pushback on Ukraine mess
Folksy John Kennedy gets serious pushback on Ukraine mess
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The Hill
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
Trump Loses Appeal on Deutsche Bank Subpoenas
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Mother Jones, CNN, Daily Kos, National Review and Gothamist
Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins tangled in voter fraud, perjury allegations for listing UPS store as residence — U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins' decision to sign a Kansas voter registration form and two other election documents that asserted his residential address was a United Parcel Service store in Topeka …
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Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Senate could pass partisan rules package for impeachment trial — Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said that if he's unable to reach a deal with Democrats to set the rules for a Senate impeachment trial then he will try to to do so solely with GOP votes.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell backs Georgia governor's pick for Senate amid Trump skepticism
McConnell backs Georgia governor's pick for Senate amid Trump skepticism
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Talking Points Memo, Vox and The Dispatch
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.
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.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Extorted Ukraine in 2017 and 2018 Before Getting Caught This Year — The House Intelligence Committee's impeachment inquiry report demonstrates in exhaustive detail that President Trump and numerous aides pressured Ukraine to open investigations for Trump's political benefit.
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HuffPost, Washington Monthly and Washington Post
Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
A Texas lawmaker who said opponents lined up because they're ‘Asian’ just lost the governor's support — A lawmaker in Texas facing primary challengers for the first time since 2012 lost a key endorsement after saying his opponents are running because they're “Asian.”
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Republicans To Confirm Lifetime Federal Judge Opposed To Fertility Treatments — Sarah Pitlyk argued that IVF and surrogacy have “grave effects on society” and lead to “diminished respect for motherhood.” — WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans will vote this week to confirm …
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.