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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi threatens to delay Senate impeachment trial — Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to commit Wednesday to delivering articles of impeachment to the Senate, citing concerns about an unfair trial on removing President Donald Trump from office. — Senior Democratic aides said the House was …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Pelosi says House may withhold impeachment articles, delaying Senate trial — Moments after a historic vote to impeach President Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House could at least temporarily withhold the articles from the Senate — a decision, she suggested …
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Kamala D. Harris / New York Times:
Will McConnell Let the Senate Hold a Fair Impeachment Trial? — Every one of my colleagues has an obligation to pursue the truth, regardless of the politics. — Ms. Harris is a Democratic senator from California. — Today the House of Representatives will vote on whether to impeach President Trump.
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Impeachment day for Trump: A bruised ego, a Twitter eruption and a winding rally — His chief spokeswoman said he would be “working all day,” but President Donald Trump spent much of Wednesday tweeting and re-tweeting about impeachment. — He holed up in the White House residence …
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Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi's pin at the impeachment debate was a declaration: The republic will survive this
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ABC News:
Donald Trump becomes 3rd president in US history to be impeached
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Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
Key Senate Republican Bucks McConnell to Push for Drug Pricing
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump impeached by the House for abuse of power, obstruction of Congress
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House debates historic vote on impeaching President Trump: Live updates
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NBC News:
‘We are all mad’: Trump, White House fume as House debates impeachment
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Public remains split on Trump's impeachment and ouster from office
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George T. Conway III / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Made His Own Impeachment Inevitable — The president's narcissism renders him unable to comply with his duties to the nation. — Lawyer practicing in New York City — As rare as impeachments may be, today's impeachment of Donald Trump, president of the United States …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump is impeached and joins the ‘losers’ of presidential history — On an almost entirely party-line vote, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on two articles of impeachment. He is only the third president to receive that black mark on his record. Understandably, he hates it.
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Trump is impeached by the House, creating an indelible mark on his presidency
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Axios:
Which Democrats voted against Trump's impeachment — Only two House Democrats crossed party lines to vote to oppose both articles of impeachment against President Trump on Wednesday. Both of them are feeling the pressure of representing swing districts Trump won in 2016.
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Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Tulsi Gabbard Votes ‘Present’ in Impeachment Against Trump — The Democrat has missed nearly 90 percent of the votes held in the House of Representatives over the past two months. On Wednesday, she dodged the biggest vote of her career. — As the House of Representatives debated …
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New York Times:
How Democrats and Republicans Voted on Trump's Impeachment
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Tulsi Gabbard votes ‘present’ on Trump impeachment articles
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Stephen Rex Brown / New York Daily News:
Surveillance footage outside of Jeffrey Epstein's cell during first suicide attempt is missing — Surveillance footage of the outside of Jeffrey Epstein's cell at the troubled Metropolitan Correctional Center during his first suicide attempt has gone missing, prosecutors revealed Wednesday.
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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Battles New Sanctions on Russia — On Tuesday, President Trump claimed he was tougher on Russia than his predecessor. At the same time, his subordinates strongly opposed a bill imposing new sanctions on Moscow. — The Trump administration is quietly fighting …
Paul Demko / Politico:
Court voids Obamacare mandate — but not the whole law — Lower court must now reconsider fate of the full statute — A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down Obamacare's individual mandate in a decision that immediately thrusts the health care law to the forefront of the 2020 elections.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Republican judges who were widely expected to kill Obamacare got cold feet
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump makes 'hell'-acious crack about deceased Rep. John Dingell, wife responds — The president spoke about the former lawmaker at a campaign rally in his home state of Michigan. — President Donald Trump made a macabre quip about late Democratic Rep. John Dingell at his rally in Michigan …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Envoy to Ukraine Was Asked to Step Aside Ahead of Pompeo Visit — Timing counters earlier suggestions that Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor's precise departure date was predetermined — Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor was instructed by a top aide to Secretary …
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Pentagon's Policy Chief Under Fire as Senior Officials Head for the Exits — Current and former officials point to John Rood as a major source of frustration in the U.S. Defense Department policy shop. — Three years into U.S. President Donald Trump's administration …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Fourth Pentagon official announces resignation within week
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Vandana Rambaran / Fox News:
2020 Dem candidates react to impeachment votes: ‘A sad moment’ — The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives on Wednesday night adopted two articles of impeachment against President Trump, advancing them both to the Senate for a future trial, but one notable 2020 Democratic presidential contender voted …
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Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Rudy Giuliani Flew To Ukraine On A Budget Flight. But He Left On A Private Jet. — Rudy Giuliani flew to Kyiv on a budget airline when he visited earlier this month — but he left in style, on a private jet. — It was the afternoon of December 4 when Giuliani flew to the Ukrainian capital …
Andrew P. Napolitano / Washington Times:
Trump impeachment: Undisputed evidence that he abused his power — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — The rule of law is a cornerstone of American democracy and is integral to the U.S. Constitution. It stands for the principles that no person is beneath the laws' protections. No person is above the laws' requirements.
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Sarah Quinlan / Arc Digital:
The Plight of #NeverTrump Conservative Women — Not welcome in the Democratic party; don't fit in the Republican party either — “I — can no longer in good conscience endorse this person for president. It is some of the most abhorrent and offensive comments that you can possibly imagine.
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
USDA tariff tracker removes Wakanda, fictional home of Black Panther, as free trade partner — There were hundreds of U.S. Department of Agriculture data inputs for Wakanda, a nation that first appeared in the July 1966 Marvel comic Fantastic Four #52. — Wakanda's free trade agreement with the United States wasn't forever.
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CREW:
Trump Hotel Room Prices Spiked 13x Last Weekend. We Finally Know Why. — In November, we noticed a mysterious spike in the price of available rooms at Trump's DC hotel for a Saturday night in December. The minimum cost was 13 times the average, but we couldn't identify a reason for the spike …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Nancy Pelosi's stomach-turning impeachment charade damages America — It is said there are two things you should never watch being made: sausage and government budgets. — Now we can add impeachment to the list of stomach-turning sights to avoid. — The arcane rules …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Americans are split on impeaching Trump, NBC/WSJ poll says — A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, conducted as the House prepares to vote on two articles of impeachment against the president, shows a deadlock. Among American adults, 48% favor his impeachment and removal and 48% oppose it.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Stain of Impeachment Will Last Forever — Later today, Donald Trump will become just the third president in American history to be impeached. — Because this outcome has been inevitable since at least late October, and because there is no practical prospect of the Senate voting …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
India's Citizenship Emergency — Last week, India adopted new legislation called the Citizenship Amendment Act, which gives undocumented immigrants of several faiths a path to citizenship but excludes Muslims, who make up about fifteen per cent of the country's population.
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