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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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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.
NBC News:
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine to leave post at end of year
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine to leave post at end of year
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Talking Points Memo, New York Post, Politico and News Agency UNIAN
Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Ally Got $1 Million From Lawyer for Ukrainian Oligarch
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
“I forced her out”: Giuliani goes on Fox News and admits he's much more than Trump's lawyer
“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
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 …
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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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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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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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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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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Heather Caygle / Politico:
House squabbles over impeachment vote rules
House squabbles over impeachment vote rules
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Washington Post and American Greatness
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 …
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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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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Washington Post:
Americans locked in partisan stalemate on removing Trump from office, Post-ABC poll finds
Americans locked in partisan stalemate on removing Trump from office, Post-ABC poll finds
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CNN, Axios, CBS Pittsburgh, Hartford Courant and Outside the Beltway
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
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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Breitbart
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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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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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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
American democracy's Senate problem, explained — A rally outside the US Capitol Building on March 14, 2018. Students walked out of school to protest gun violence. Andrew Harnik/AP — A huge — and growing — source of bias in the political system. — Democrats have a Senate problem …
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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.
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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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.
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 …