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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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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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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Impeachment is a ‘pattern and practice’ case — The argument from critics of a “narrow” impeachment ignores two critical considerations. First, these focused articles on Ukraine conduct and obstruction of the investigation were the ones able to get across-the-board support in the Democratic conference.
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The Hill and Associated Press
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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Jonathan Bernstein / Yahoo Finance:
Pelosi's Impeachment Plan Isn't Set in Stone Yet
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
AP Analysis: Trump faces narrow but consequential charges
AP Analysis: Trump faces narrow but consequential charges
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PBS NewsHour, Fox News and Deseret News
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Breitbart, The Atlantic, MSNBC, ProPublica, New York Post and Axios
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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New York Post, Israel, Sputnik News and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Associated Press:
Jersey City's mayor says gunmen targeted kosher market — JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of a New Jersey city said Wednesday it's “clear” that gunmen targeted a kosher market during a furious shooting that killed six people and raised questions about whether anti-Semitism was involved.
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New York Times, New York Post and CBS New York
QU Poll:
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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Safia Samee Ali / NBC News:
Greta Thunberg is Time's 2019 Person of the Year — The 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden is Thunberg is the magazine's youngest choice ever to be named Person of the Year. — Greta Thunberg, the soft-spoken Swedish teen who became a global conscience for climate change and environmental activism …
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Raw Story
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
TIME Set to Name Whistleblower, Impeachment Witnesses ‘Person of the Year’ — TIME magazine will name the anonymous federal employee whose whistleblower report set off President Donald Trump's impending impeachment its 2019 Person of the Year, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
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Redstate, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Greta Thunberg named Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year
Greta Thunberg named Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year
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One America News Network
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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Washington Post:
‘We ate their lunch’: Democrats claim legislative victories with dealmaker Trump
‘We ate their lunch’: Democrats claim legislative victories with dealmaker Trump
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Mediaite
CNN:
Growing divide between Trump and McConnell over impeachment trial
Growing divide between Trump and McConnell over impeachment trial
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Washington Monthly, HotAir, POLITICUSUSA, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, The National Interest, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Two Articles of Impeachment for Trump Are Nowhere Near Enough
Two Articles of Impeachment for Trump Are Nowhere Near Enough
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Salon, Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, Althouse, New Republic and Raw Story
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 …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The FBI Inspector General's Report Has Bad News for Democrats, Too
The FBI Inspector General's Report Has Bad News for Democrats, Too
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Raw Story, Washington Post, American Thinker, Law & Crime, Reason, National Review, Townhall, Salon and The Federalist
Patrick Reis / Rolling Stone:
‘Corroboration Zero’: An Inspector General's Report Reveals the Steele Dossier Was Always a Joke
‘Corroboration Zero’: An Inspector General's Report Reveals the Steele Dossier Was Always a Joke
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NBC News, Mic, New York Times and Washington Post
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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Slate, New York Times and NPR
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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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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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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Reuters and One America News Network
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump assaults facts to survive impeachment — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is looking to survive impeachment the same way he built his powerful presidency — by assaulting facts and seeking to expand the limitations of the office he is accused of abusing. — On the day that Democrats proposed …
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Ex-Ethics Chief Walter Shaub Warns William Barr Will Try To Interfere In 2020 Election
Ex-Ethics Chief Walter Shaub Warns William Barr Will Try To Interfere In 2020 Election
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Political Wire
NBC News:
Barr thinks FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’ in probing Trump campaign's links to Russia
Barr thinks FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’ in probing Trump campaign's links to Russia
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Politico:
United Kingdom — 2019 general election — The U.K. goes to the polls on December 12 to elect a new parliament. Here's the latest polling data and projections from POLITICO Poll of Polls.
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One America News Network
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Annabelle Dickson / Politico:
Liberal Democrat leader stands by promise to cancel Brexit
Liberal Democrat leader stands by promise to cancel Brexit
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One America News Network
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden signals to aides that he would serve only a single term — Former Vice President Joe Biden's top advisers and prominent Democrats outside the Biden campaign have recently revived a long-running debate whether Biden should publicly pledge to serve only one term, with Biden himself signaling …
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The Hill and New York Post
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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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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Columbia Journalism Review and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
The Daily Beast:
Trump Claims He's Heard FBI ‘Lovers’ Had a ‘Restraining Order,’ Admits He Has No Evidence — The president tosses out the baseless claim to supporters before admitting he doesn't “know if it's true.” But “it could be true,” he insists. — Not long after Donald Trump took to the stage …
New York Times:
Trump Pays $2 Million to 8 Charities for Misuse of Foundation — Under a settlement, the president admitted he had used his charity to bolster his campaign and settle business debts. — President Trump has paid $2 million to eight charities as part of a settlement in which the president admitted …
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Axios
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump pays $2 million to resolve case over his fraudulent foundation
Trump pays $2 million to resolve case over his fraudulent foundation
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Washington Post, Law & Crime and NBC News