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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.
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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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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
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, News Agency UNIAN and Politico
Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Ally Got $1 Million From Ukraine Oligarch's Lawyer
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 …
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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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National Review, The Hill, ABC News, Redstate, CNN, The Week, One America News Network and Washington Post
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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Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller and New York Post
Washington Post:
Impeachment live updates: Trump excoriates Pelosi and Democrats in letter to House speaker …
Impeachment live updates: Trump excoriates Pelosi and Democrats in letter to House speaker …
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Axios, Fox News, Balloon Juice and Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
McConnell Suggests Senate Will Move to Dismiss Impeachment After Opening Arguments
CBS News:
House Rules Committee meets to set terms of impeachment debate — live updates
House Rules Committee meets to set terms of impeachment debate — live updates
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Townhall, CBS Baltimore and PJ Media Home
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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CBS Pittsburgh, Axios, CNN, Hartford Courant and Outside the Beltway
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell takes heat from all sides on impeachment
McConnell takes heat from all sides on impeachment
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National Review
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
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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Talking Points Memo, HotAir, Breitbart, Florida Politics, The Hill and The Week
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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Associated Press, Talking Points Memo, BuzzFeed News, Axios, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Law & Crime, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post and Mediaite
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
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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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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Townhall, Breitbart, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, The Hill, Daily Kos, Salt Lake Tribune and The Gateway Pundit
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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
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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Axios, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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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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The Hill, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and New York Post
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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Task & Purpose, The American Independent, HuffPost, NBC News, VICE, Occupy Democrats, Reason and Gizmodo
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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Raw Story
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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
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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The Root and Law & Crime
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 …
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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.
New York Times:
4 Times Journalists Tell Their Story of Impeachment (the One in the '90s) — Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. — The House is expected to vote on Wednesday on two articles of impeachment …
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 …
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.
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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Mother Jones
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.
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New York Post
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 …
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
He was sexually abusing underage girls. Then, police said, one of them killed him. … KENOSHA, Wis. — Metal cuffs strained against her ankles as she shuffled down the courthouse hallway. She passed her mother, who had grown used to seeing her teen daughter in a jail uniform.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Susan Collins to announce reelection plans this week — The Maine Republican said in an interview she was poised to announce her intentions. — Sen. Susan Collins. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo — Sen. Susan Collins said she will announce her decision on whether to run for reelection by the end of this week.
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The Hill