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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Trump sends scorching letter to Pelosi ahead of House impeachment vote — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump sent a letter on Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, excoriating the House Democrats' pursuit of an impeachment inquiry just a day before the full House is set to vote.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Denounces ‘Partisan Impeachment Crusade’ on Eve of House Vote — In an irate, six-page letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Trump denounced the impeachment inquiry in scathing terms, asserting that he had done nothing wrong and that Democrats would pay a political price in 2020.
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Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Rep. Anthony Brindisi will vote to impeach President Trump (Exclusive) — WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi says he plans to vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump after concluding the president abused the power of his office and obstructed Congress.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Writes Insane Letter to Pelosi Showing Why He's Unfit For Office
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump savages impeachment proceedings in letter to Pelosi
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The Daily Beast
Axios:
Trump sends letter to Pelosi railing against impeachment
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Washington Post, CNN and The Hill
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Sen. Susan Collins during 1999 impeachment: ‘I need witnesses ... to get to the truth’ — Now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has flatly refused Democratic demands for witnesses to testify at President Trump's impeachment trial, it could create an uncomfortable situation …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Susan Collins and Joni Ernst reveal weakness of Trump defense — An overwhelming 71 percent of Americans believe President Trump should allow his top aides to testify at his impeachment trial, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. That includes a whopping 72 percent of independents.
Washington Post:
Impeachment live updates: Trump excoriates Pelosi and Democrats in letter to House speaker …
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ABC News:
Trump considering mix of House members and White House lawyers for Senate defense: Sources
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CNN:
Disparate group of Republican senators worry White House and GOP leaders ahead of impeachment trial
Zachary Basu / Axios:
McConnell rejects Schumer's call for new witnesses in Senate trial
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The Daily Caller, Fox News, New York Post and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
McConnell Suggests Senate Will Move to Dismiss Impeachment After Opening Arguments
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Washington Post
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell on impeachment: 'I'm not impartial about this at all'
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The Daily Caller and Washington Post
New York Times:
We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated — The president and his enablers have replaced conservatism with an empty faith led by a bogus prophet. — The authors have worked for and supported Republican campaigns. — Patriotism and the survival of our nation in the face of the crimes …
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection — NEW YORK (AP) — A small group of President Donald Trump's fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president's own chief adviser, is launching a super PAC designed to fight Trump's reelection and punish congressional Republicans deemed his “enablers.”
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Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, HotAir, Florida Politics, The Week and The Hill
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Giuliani Provides Details of What Trump Knew About Ambassador's Removal — Rudolph Giuliani said in an interview that he briefed the president “a couple of times” about Marie Yovanovitch, the envoy to Ukraine, setting her recall in motion. — WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani said on Monday …
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NBC News:
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine to leave post at end of year
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Talking Points Memo, HuffPost, New York Post, News Agency UNIAN and Politico
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
“I forced her out”: Giuliani goes on Fox News and admits he's much more than Trump's lawyer
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Occupy Democrats and Talking Points Memo
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US envoy in Ukraine set to leave after impeachment testimony
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Axios
Reuters:
Associate of Rudy Giuliani received $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch -prosecutor — U.S. prosecutors said in court on Tuesday that Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, received a $1 million payment from Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash.
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ABC News:
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort hospitalized for cardiac event: Sources — Manafort is slated to be released from prison Christmas Day 2024. — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hospitalized for a cardiac event while serving …
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BBC:
Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress — President Trump has said he does not consider the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 to be a genocide, contradicting a unanimous vote by the US Senate. — The historic vote last week incensed Turkey …
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Twitchy
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Secret FISA Court issues highly unusual public rebuke of FBI for mistakes — The criticism comes after a report by the DOJ inspector general that found “so many basic and fundamental errors.” — WASHINGTON — The secret court that approves orders to conduct surveillance on suspected foreign terrorists …
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Associated Press and One America News Network
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Adam Driver Walks Out of NPR ‘Fresh Air’ Interview Over ‘Marriage Story’ Clip — The star actor allegedly left after expressing displeasure with listening to a clip of his own acting—a fear Driver has repeatedly voiced in the past. — In the midst of promoting three of his latest starring turns …
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Wall Street Journal:
Peter Thiel at Center of Facebook's Internal Divisions on Politics — Billionaire investor thinks political-ad policy shouldn't change; some directors and executives disagree — Facebook Inc. FB 1.96% 's senior leadership is increasingly divided over how to address criticism of the company's effect …
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Jeff Van Drew Was ‘Almost Obsessively Anti-Trump’ Before He Considered Joining His Party — Democrats heard the New Jersey freshman call President Trump crazy and unfit to be commander-in-chief. — For months, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a freshman Democrat from New Jersey …
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Washington Post:
Rick Gates sentenced to 45 days in jail, 3 years probation for conspiracy and lying to FBI in Mueller probe — BREAKING: Rick Gates was sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years probation for conspiracy and lying to the FBI. The jail time can be served over weekends or on a schedule developed in agreement with federal officials.
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump's calls to stop impeachment: ‘The President is not a lawyer’ — The reasons behind RBG's most recent hospitalizations — Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday weighed in on President Donald Trump's assertion that the impeachment proceedings …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Family emergency sidelines Jerry Nadler day before expected impeachment vote — Nadler is expected to return to Washington late Tuesday or early Wednesday. — House Judiciary Jerry Nadler on Friday. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool — House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler …
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘Vile and disturbing’: Army unit marks Battle of the Bulge with picture of Nazi war criminal who massacred Americans — On the 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's final major push in World War II, a U.S. Army unit shared a tribute to the “greatest battle in American history” …
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Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls for President Trump's censure — She remains undecided on impeachment on eve of House vote. — Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is calling for President Donald Trump's censure on the eve a full House vote Wednesday on the articles of impeachment.
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National Review, The Daily Caller and HotAir
Maya Kosoff / GEN:
The Human Toll of the 2019 Media Apocalypse — More than 3,000 journalists lost their jobs this year. These are some of their stories. — eing a journalist in 2019 meant working under the gun. In January, over a thousand journalists lost their jobs as layoffs hit Gannett, BuzzFeed, AOL, and HuffPost.
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
