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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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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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Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
The president goes after Mueller's witnesses … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III spent nearly two years investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election and whether President Trump obstructed the inquiry. When his 448-page report was released in April, Mueller left …
Axios:
Rick Gates sentenced to 45 days in jail after Mueller cooperation
Rick Gates sentenced to 45 days in jail after Mueller cooperation
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The Daily Beast, The Week and Contemptor
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates gets 45 days in jail after cooperation in lobbying case
Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates gets 45 days in jail after cooperation in lobbying case
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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Rick Gates, Ex-Trump Aide and Key Witness for Mueller, Is Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail
Rick Gates, Ex-Trump Aide and Key Witness for Mueller, Is Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail
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National Review
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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
McConnell Rejects Calling Mulvaney or Bolton for Trump's Impeachment Trial — Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, had sought testimony from four administration witnesses the White House had blocked. — WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader …
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CNN:
Disparate group of Republican senators worry White House and GOP leaders ahead of impeachment trial — (CNN)Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's high-profile push for witnesses to testify in the Senate's expected impeachment trial of President Donald Trump shifted attention and political pressure …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
McConnell rejects Schumer's call for new witnesses in Senate trial
McConnell rejects Schumer's call for new witnesses in Senate trial
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell rejects Schumer's opening offer on impeachment trial
McConnell rejects Schumer's opening offer on impeachment trial
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell takes heat from all sides on impeachment
McConnell takes heat from all sides on impeachment
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Washington Post:
Impeachment live updates: House panel to set parameters for historic debate
Impeachment live updates: House panel to set parameters for historic debate
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Fox News, Balloon Juice, One America News Network, The Week and Talking Points Memo
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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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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Press Herald:
Our View: President Trump betrayed nation and should be impeached
Our View: President Trump betrayed nation and should be impeached
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Raw Story
Heather Caygle / Politico:
House squabbles over impeachment vote rules
House squabbles over impeachment vote rules
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Washington Post and American Greatness
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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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 …
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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Medium:
HISTORIANS' STATEMENT ON THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP — We are American historians devoted to studying our nation's past who have concluded that Donald J. Trump has violated his oath to “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States” and to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
More than 700 scholars pen letter urging House to impeach Trump
More than 700 scholars pen letter urging House to impeach Trump
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Forever — The four reasons why Republicans won't turn on Trump, no matter what. — The level of loyalty Donald Trump commands from elected Republicans seems qualitatively different from that offered to previous Republican presidents. — For instance: Republicans told President Nixon to resign his office.
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Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
GOP State Senator Rebukes Trump, Declares ‘Republicans All Over the Country’ Want President Impeached
GOP State Senator Rebukes Trump, Declares ‘Republicans All Over the Country’ Want President Impeached
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The Hill
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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Washington Post:
Americans locked in partisan stalemate on removing Trump from office, Post-ABC poll finds — As the House prepares to vote on two articles of impeachment against President Trump, Americans remain both deeply divided and locked into their positions over which course lawmakers should pursue, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Most expect fair trial for Trump; 7 in 10 say let aides testify (POLL)
Most expect fair trial for Trump; 7 in 10 say let aides testify (POLL)
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CNN, The Guardian and The Hill
Kate Krader / Bloomberg:
Washington Is the Most Exciting Food City in America — In an era of extreme polarization, it's no surprise that one of the biggest firestorms in food this year came out of Washington. Back in January, as the government shutdown affected the White House catering staff …
Nathan Hodge / CNN:
Maria Butina, convicted of being a foreign agent in the US, will host Russian state-funded TV show — London (CNN Business)Russian gun-rights enthusiast Maria Butina, recently released from a US prison, will become the host of an online video program, Russia's state owned network RT announced Tuesday.
Maxine Wally / WWD:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Talks President Trump Impeachment, Women's Rights — “The president is not a lawyer. He's not law-trained.” — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared some of her sprawling knowledge on the judicial system, women's rights and President Trump on Monday night …
USA Today:
USA TODAY Poll: Impeached or not, Trump leads his Democratic rivals for another term — Susan Page William Cummings Nicholas WuUSA TODAY — WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, the first modern president to face impeachment during his first term in the White House, now leads …
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Washington Post:
Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower alleges — A former investment manager alleges in a whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has amassed about $100 billion …
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The Stranger, Salt Lake Tribune, The Week, Disrn, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Axios and Raw Story
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Russian disinformation network said to have helped spread smear of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine — The web analysis firm Graphika has linked posts to a ‘known Russian operation’ — The story that appeared on The Hill website on March 20 was startling. — Marie Yovanovitch …
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Democrats Aren't Forcing Jeff Van Drew to Join the GOP — The New Jersey congressman is leaving the party because he doesn't have the courage to face the voters who elected him—and because Democrats have stronger candidates. — Leave it to NBC's Chuck Todd, reliable font of conventional wisdom …