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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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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race — Kamala Harris ended her presidential campaign on Tuesday 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 D. Harris is ending presidential bid — Sen. Kamala D. Harris of California is ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to multiple people with knowledge of the campaign's plans. — Harris had qualified for the December debate but was in single digits in both national and early-state polls.
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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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New York Times:
Kamala Harris Drops Out of the 2020 Presidential Race
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House Intelligence Committee Releases Draft Report As Part of Impeachment Inquiry — Report To Be Voted on This Evening — f t # e — Washington, DC - Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the draft report - “The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report” - to all Members and the public.
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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.
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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New York Times:
Impeachment Report Alleges Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference
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NBC News:
Democrats' impeachment report cites Trump obstruction and withholding aid, warns of ‘grave harm’
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Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Schiff hired former NSC colleague of alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella the day after Trump-Ukraine call
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republicans embrace Ukrainian 2016 interference allegation in defense of Trump
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CNN:
Democrats release impeachment report: Trump ‘placed his own personal and political interests’ above the nation's
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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Washington Post:
Barr doesn't accept key inspector general finding about FBI's Russia investigation — Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department's inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information …
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Rosalind Helderman / Washington Post:
How the Ukraine pressure campaign began as an effort to undercut the Mueller investigation
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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.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: A December curveball? — WHY DOES THIS MATTER? Because the government shuts down in 17 DAYS unless Congress acts. There was some plan to pass some non-controversial bills this month, and then deal with the more difficult items like Defense and DHS later on.
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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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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Denies Knowing Prince Andrew, Despite Numerous Photos of Them Together
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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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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
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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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Frank Thorp V / NBC News:
State Dept. undersecretary: ‘I am not’ aware of any efforts by Ukraine to meddle in 2016 election — Senior State Department official David Hale said Tuesday that he didn't know of any evidence that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election. — Asked at a Senate Foreign Relations hearing whether …
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New York Times:
China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West — Beijing's pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent. — TUMXUK, China — In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China's western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science.
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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
Washington Post:
Trump calls French president's criticism of NATO ‘nasty’ and ‘disrespectful’ — LONDON — President Trump on Tuesday slammed as “very, very nasty” and “very disrespectful” recent comments by his French counterpart about the diminished state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance.
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