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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Key Democratic senator remains undecided on whether Trump should be removed from office — Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), who won a stunning special election victory in 2017 and faces a difficult reelection campaign next year, said Sunday that he remains undecided on whether President Trump should be removed from office.
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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Pelosi's decision to withhold articles of impeachment ‘bizarre’: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. — In response, Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., said Pelosi's delay was not unfair. — Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to withhold the articles of impeachment was …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pence chief of staff not worried about Pelosi impeachment tactics: ‘She will yield’
Pence chief of staff not worried about Pelosi impeachment tactics: ‘She will yield’
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump slams ‘unfair’ Pelosi delay, rallies conservatives
Trump slams ‘unfair’ Pelosi delay, rallies conservatives
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Colby Itkowitz / SFGATE:
Trump is remaking the federal judiciary — WASHINGTON - After three years in office, President Donald Trump has remade the federal judiciary, ensuring a conservative tilt for decades and cementing his legacy no matter the outcome of November's election. — Trump nominees make up 1 in 4 U.S. circuit court judges.
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Susannah Luthi / Politico:
How Trump is filling the liberal 9th Circuit with conservatives — A bastion of liberalism in the federal judiciary is slowly turning rightward, threatening Democratic court challenges on everything from abortion to who gets a green card. — The Senate confirmation of Lawrence VanDyke …
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Raw Story
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
How a Poisoning in Bulgaria Exposed Russian Assassins in Europe — For years, members of a secret team, Unit 29155, operated without Western security officials having any idea about their activities. But an attack on an arms dealer in Sofia helped blow their cover.
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Scoop: Mayor Pete's South Bend polling — The mayor leads the Democratic field in his hometown. — In one of his last acts as both mayor and presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg commissioned a poll of his own South Bend constituents showing he leads the Democratic field and President Trump …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Dem Debate Ratings Debacle: Rerun Exhaustion, Or Impeachment Burnout?
Dem Debate Ratings Debacle: Rerun Exhaustion, Or Impeachment Burnout?
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USA Today:
How America went from Barack Obama to Donald Trump in one head-spinning political decade — Obama's America and Trump's America feel like separate nations, but they are bound by Newton's law: For every action, an equal and opposite reaction. — How did we get from Barack Obama to Donald Trump?
New York Times:
It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It's Secretly a Spy Tool. — ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race. — WASHINGTON — It is billed as an easy and secure way to chat by video or text message …
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Christianity Today editor: Trump's ‘public morality’ makes him ‘unfit’ for office — Christianity Today Editor-in-Chief Mark Galli said on Sunday that President Trump has crossed a line where his actions benefiting the evangelical community no longer excuse his misconduct in other areas.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘Evangelicals are not monolithic’: Following scathing editorial, top Trump aide defends president
‘Evangelicals are not monolithic’: Following scathing editorial, top Trump aide defends president
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Raw Story, The French Press and Mediaite
Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
Poll: 43% Of Evangelicals Approve Of Trump's Removal From Office
Poll: 43% Of Evangelicals Approve Of Trump's Removal From Office
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Us vs. them: Trump aiming to use impeachment to rev up base — NEW YORK (AP) — Using stark “us vs. them” language, President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign have begun framing his impeachment not as a judgment on his conduct but as a referendum on how Democrats regard him and his supporters.
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Universal Notifies Theaters ‘Cats’ Is Being Updated With “Improved Visual Effects” — The move is unheard of for a finished film already in release. — How many lives does Cats have? — On Friday — the movie's opening day — Universal notified thousands of theaters they will be receiving …
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Associated Press:
Inside impeachment: How an ‘urgent’ tip became ‘high crimes’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The night before the whistleblower complaint that launched President Donald Trump's impeachment was made public, Democrats and Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee crammed into the same room to get a first look at the document.
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Associated Press:
GOP governors grapple with whether to accept refugees or not — LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An executive order by President Donald Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors in an uncomfortable position. — They're caught between immigration hardliners …
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Donald Trump's 'they're after you' tweet says it all — On its face, a tweet President Trump sent last week is fairly benign. It doesn't mock anyone, isn't personally nasty and hasn't caused any hair-on-fire controversy. — Yet it is powerful in its own way, for it artfully sums …
Wall Street Journal:
Klobuchar Works to Boost Momentum in Iowa — With long days on the trail, Minnesota senator looks to make up ground on Biden and other front-runners ahead of first Democratic presidential nominating contest — After Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FISA Judge Orders FBI To Identify All Cases Involving Lawyer Who Allegedly Altered Carter Page Email — The top judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the FBI to review cases involving a bureau attorney who allegedly altered an email regarding Carter Page.
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