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Release Detail — December 10, 2019 - Buttigieg Slips, While Biden And Sanders Gain In Primary, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Slightly More Than Half Of Voters Say Don't Impeach Trump — In the Democratic primary race for president, former Vice President Joe Biden …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Washington, Obama, and Trump, Oh My! — Biden, Sanders, Warren continue to jockey for 2020 pole position — West Long Branch, NJ - Most Americans agree that George Washington was a better president than either Donald Trump or Barack Obama - but there are some interesting partisan divisions in that opinion.
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Small group of Democrats floats censure instead of impeachment — A small group of vulnerable House Democrats is floating the longshot idea of censuring President Donald Trump instead of impeaching him, according to multiple lawmakers familiar with the conversations.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Why Democrats sidelined Mueller in impeachment articles — On Dec. 2, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi was on a trip to a climate change conference in Spain, she held a conference call with about a dozen of the most vulnerable Democrats who delivered her the House. — Their message to Pelosi …
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Jonathan Bernstein / Yahoo Finance:
Pelosi's Impeachment Plan Isn't Set in Stone Yet
Gabriella Muñoz / Washington Times:
Progressive groups unhappy with articles of impeachment
Progressive groups unhappy with articles of impeachment
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
AP Analysis: Trump faces narrow but consequential charges
AP Analysis: Trump faces narrow but consequential charges
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Trump to rally voters after impeachment articles unveiled
Trump to rally voters after impeachment articles unveiled
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Pelosi, progressive caucus clash over drug pricing legislation
Pelosi, progressive caucus clash over drug pricing legislation
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NBC News:
Barr thinks FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’ in probing Trump campaign's links to Russia — “I think our nation was turned on its head for 3 years based on a bogus narrative,” said the attorney general in an exclusive interview with Pete Williams. — WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Goes Off on IG Report at Rally: ‘Scum’ at the FBI Destroyed People's Lives! — President Donald Trump unloaded on “scum” at the FBI at his rally in Pennsylvania tonight, following yesterday's IG report from DOJ inspector general Michael Horowitz. — Horowitz's report concluded …
Washington Post:
Attorney general sharpens attacks on FBI's Russia probe, dismaying some in his own department
Attorney general sharpens attacks on FBI's Russia probe, dismaying some in his own department
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The ‘travesty’ is William Barr
New York Times:
Trump Targets Anti-Semitism and Israeli Boycotts on College Campuses — The president's order would allow the government to withhold money from campuses deemed to be biased, but critics see it as an attack on free speech. — WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to sign an executive order …
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Officer, 3 civilians dead after massive gun battle breaks out in New Jersey — The New Jersey police officer was shot before the suspects fled to a store. — LIVE NOW — A New Jersey police officer and three civilians have died after a gun battle was prompted by what is believed …
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New York Times:
3 Crime Scenes and 6 Dead: Rampage Stuns Jersey City — The violence ended at a kosher market where three bystanders were slain. The mayor said the shooters had “targeted the location.” — The shooting began outside a cemetery in Jersey City, N.J., on Tuesday when a 40-year-old detective tried …
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NBC New York:
Officer, 5 Others Dead in ‘Ambush’ NJ Active Shooter Situation — Suspects believed to have fired from inside store, law enforcement sources say; all public schools in Jersey City under lockdown into the evening — What to Know — One police officer was killed and two others …
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David Porter / Associated Press:
6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle, including police officer
6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle, including police officer
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
What Pete Buttigieg Says He Did at McKinsey — Last month, a source emailed a colleague of mine with a complicated theory that, the source claimed, proved Pete Buttigieg had been in the CIA. “The American people have the right to know if he was ever an agent or officer,” the person wrote …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg releases names of consulting clients — Pete Buttigieg released a list of nine clients, including corporations and government agencies, he worked for during his tenure at McKinsey and Company, as his campaign tries to suppress attacks on his brief business record.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Giuliani says Trump asked him to brief Justice Dept. and GOP senators on his Ukraine findings — Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, said Tuesday that the president has asked him to brief the Justice Department and Republican senators on his findings from a recent trip …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Federal judge blocks Trump plan to spend $3.6 billion in military funds on border wall — A federal judge in El Paso on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration's plan to pay for border barrier construction with $3.6 billion in military funds, ruling that the administration does …
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build border wall
Federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build border wall
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Judge blocks Trump from using billions in Pentagon funds to build border wall
Judge blocks Trump from using billions in Pentagon funds to build border wall
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Gordon Ahl / Lawfare:
Former FBI Lawyer Lisa Page Sues Justice Department and FBI — On Dec. 10, Lisa Page filed a complaint against the Department of Justice and the FBI for alleged violations of the Privacy Act related to the disclosure of information about her to the media. The document is available here and below.
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Yahoo News:
FBI warned six months ago about loophole Pensacola shooter used to obtain a gun — WASHINGTON — More than six months before the Dec. 6 shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, Fla., where a Saudi gunman used a weapon obtained using a hunting license exemption, the FBI issued a report warning about precisely this loophole.
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CNN:
Growing divide between Trump and McConnell over impeachment trial — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are both looking ahead to the Senate impeachment trial, but there is a growing divide between the two over what that trial should look like, CNN has learned.
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Megan Cassella / Politico:
‘We ate their lunch’: How Pelosi got to ‘yes’ on Trump's trade deal — Nancy Pelosi sat Mexico's top trade negotiator and foreign minister down in her office and gave the two men an ultimatum. — It was late September, and Democrats feared Mexico was not going to implement labor protections mandated …
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Doug Palmer / Politico:
Labor unions win, drug companies lose in new trade deal
The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump Network OAN Tried to Get This Ukrainian Millionaire a Visa Before His Arrest — The Trumpiest of TV channels tried to bring a peddler of Biden dirt to America. The Ukrainian went to jail instead. — Before catching the eye of German law enforcement, former Ukrainian parliamentarian …
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David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump pays $2 million in damages ordered by judge over misuse of charity funds, according to NY attorney general — President Trump has paid $2 million in court-ordered damages for misusing funds in a tax-exempt charity he controlled, the New York Attorney General said Tuesday.
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Carly Stern / Daily Mail:
‘Our values are the same’: Michelle Obama defends her friendship with George W. Bush, insisting they have the same views about ‘humanity and love’ despite ‘disagreeing on policy’ — The former first lady, 55, said that while she and Bush, 73, disagree on ‘policy,’ they don't disagree on ‘humanity,’ ‘love,’ or ‘compassion’
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Mediaite:
Megan Rapinoe Calls Out Sports Illustrated's Lack of Diversity in Sportsperson of the Year Award Speech — USA Women's Soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe was named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year on Monday, joining the likes of athletes and teams that have put on stunning displays …
Jessica Pishko / The Appeal:
LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ENDORSES GEORGE GASCÓN FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY — The former San Francisco DA got the nod over incumbent Jackie Lacey, whose tenure advocates and activists have long criticized as lackluster. — The Los Angeles County Democratic Party endorsed George Gascón …
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
Greenland's ice losses have septupled and are now in line with its highest sea-level scenario, scientists say — That's according to 26 separate satellite measurements and 89 scientists who have produced them — The Greenland ice sheet's losses have accelerated so fast since the 1990s …
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Abdullah Hasan / ACLU of Virginia:
ACLU Urges Court to Keep ‘Devin Nunes’ cow' Twitter Account Identity Anonymous — Angela Bradbery, Public Citizen, abradbery@citizen.org — Meredith Mason, ACLU of Virginia, mmason@acluva.org — RICHMOND, Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union, Public Citizen, and ACLU of Virginia today urged …
NBC News:
Pentagon IG opens review into troop deployment at U.S.-Mexico border — Troop levels at the border have at times surpassed 5,000 since President Donald Trump began deploying them there in the fall of 2018. — The Pentagon inspector general has launched a review to determine whether …
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