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Washington Post:
Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani have demolished Trump's claims of innocence — New documents show why the president has been trying to hide evidence from Congress. — Americans who have been wondering why President Trump has taken the extraordinary step of trying to block every document …
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Ukraine prosecutor offered information related to Biden in exchange for ambassador's ouster, newly released materials show — New materials released by House Democrats appear to show Ukraine's top prosecutor offering an associate of President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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NBC News, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story, The Week and New York Times
David Corn / Mother Jones:
New Figure in Ukraine Scandal Was Taken Into Police Custody at Trump Resort Last Year — On Tuesday evening, the House Intelligence Committee released a new batch of documents relating to the Ukraine scandal, and the material introduced a new player: Robert F. Hyde, a minor Republican lobbyist …
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Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Parnas Associate Tracked Ousted Ambassador's Movements in Kyiv: Docs — “They will let me know when she's on the move... They are willing to help if you/we would like a price.” — On the eve of a Senate trial to remove President Trump, House Democratic investigators have released a trove …
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NBC News, Letters from an American, Little Green Footballs and The Daily Beast
courthousenews.com:
Indicted Giuliani Ally Has Money-Tied Republicans Seeking Cover — WASHINGTON (CN) — Two weeks out from the 2016 elections, a first-time donor born in Ukraine lit up the map of the Republican Party with a $50,000 cash donation to Donald Trump's joint fundraising committee.
The Daily Beast:
Meet the Trump Donor Who Allegedly Stalked America's Ambassador in Ukraine — He was a longshot candidate with a penchant for the obscene. Now he's at the center of the impeachment drama. — Before Tuesday, he was best known as a little-known, scandal-scarred Republican congressional candidate …
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Hartford Courant, Mother Jones, Law & Crime and The Hill
Daniela Altimari / Hartford Courant:
Who is the Robert Hyde who surfaced in House Intelligence Committee documents?
Daniela Altimari / Hartford Courant:
Republican candidate who made sexist comment about Kamala Harris owed thousands in child support …
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Fox News
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Dems release new impeachment evidence related to indicted Giuliani associate
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The Hill
Washington Post:
Warren ‘came to raise a concern’ with Sanders after debate, his campaign manager says — DES MOINES — Sen. Elizabeth Warren “came to raise a concern” with Sen. Bernie Sanders after Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate, according to Sanders's campaign manager, who briefly described …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week and New York Times
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The Intercept:
At the Iowa Debate, Bernie Sanders's Most Vociferous Opponent Was CNN — Ahead of the August 2015 Fox News debate, the company's chair, Rupert Murdoch, issued a directive to debate moderator Megyn Kelly: The Donald Trump thing has gone on long enough, it's time to take him down.
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The Hill, BuzzFeed News and CNN
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Warren-Sanders feud just got way worse — (CNN)Someone is lying. Or, at the very least, badly misremembering. — That's the only possible takeaway from the ongoing back and forth between Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts over whether the former told …
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New York Times, New York Post and The Atlantic
Iowa Starting Line:
How Local Iowa Debate Watch Parties Reacted To Drake Debate — The final Democratic presidential debate before Iowans make their preferences known next month was a policy-heavy discussion that focused first on a topic not often explored over the past six debates: foreign policy.
New York Times:
Trump and His Aides Focused for Now on 2 Rivals (Neither Is the Front-Runner) — When it comes to the Democratic presidential primary candidates, President Trump is worried about Mike Bloomberg while his campaign sees an opportunity in Bernie Sanders. — President Trump's advisers …
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Politico and Washington Post
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall:
CNN Was the Biggest Loser of Tuesday's Dem Debate — CNN's bias was in full force Tuesday evening during the seventh Democratic debate, particularly in the way the moderators clearly favored Sen. Elizabeth Warren over Sen. Bernie Sanders. — Moderator Abby Phillip asked Sanders …
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New York Times, The Federalist and FiveThirtyEight
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders camp admits anti-Warren script was deployed in multiple early states
CBS News:
Sanders-Warren tension dominates final debate before Iowa caucuses
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Talking Points Memo, CNN and New York Times
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Amy Klobuchar's moderate case against Medicare-for-all
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The Atlantic, Iowa Starting Line and NBC News
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Warren appears to rebuff Sanders' handshake amid sexism feud
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JustOneMinute, No More Mister Nice Blog, Associated Press and Talking Points Memo
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Sanders takes on Biden over Iraq war vote during Democratic debate
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Politico, Washington Post, The Daily Beast and NBC News
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Trump sides with Sanders amid dustup with Warren: 'I don't believe Bernie said that'
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Washington Post, Axios, The Hill, Breitbart and Politico
Joe Murphy / NBC News:
Live Blog / January Democratic debate live updates: Six candidates face off in Des Moines
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Debate Highlights: Candidates engage on foreign policy, impeachment and sexism
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The Federalist, The Hill and Mother Jones
Jason McGahan / The Daily Beast:
Michael Avenatti Arrested by Feds at California State Bar Hearing — Stormy Daniels' ex-lawyer was taken into custody by federal agents during a disciplinary hearing at California's State Bar Court. — LOS ANGELES—Ex-Stormy Daniels lawyer and Trump antagonist Michael Avenatti was led …
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The Federalist, Politico, NBC News, Associated Press, UPI, Slate, The US Sun, CNBC and The Daily Caller
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Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Avenatti arrested by IRS agents during California Bar Association hearing
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Townhall
Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
Justin Amash Has a Decision to Make — ‘Is there any better time to have a president who might be not from either party?’ — Three weeks from the first votes of the 2020 election, the presidential race seems—finally—to be taking shape. Republicans, having blocked any serious attempts …
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Impeachment trial security crackdown will limit Capitol press access — The Senate sergeant-at-arms and Capitol Police are launching an unprecedented crackdown on the Capitol press corps for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, following a standoff between the Capitol's chief security officials …
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Politico, The Hill and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Klobuchar doubts security explanation for impeachment trial press limits — Rules ranking Democrat has expressed opposition — Senators look to clear legislative decks before impeachment trial Even after the Senate trial begins, the House could still add more impeachment articles Sanders …
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The Hill
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Michael Flynn seeking to withdraw guilty plea — Lawyers for the former national security adviser contend the government undermined its own deal. — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has a sentencing hearing scheduled for later this month. Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo
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Power Line, The Crime Report, NPR and HuffPost
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The Boston Globe:
Why Mitch McConnell must allow Senate to call witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial — The case for calling witnesses in the Senate's impeachment trial of President Trump, and for subpoenaing documents that the White House has withheld from Congress, is now too compelling to deny.
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Los Angeles Times and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
ABC Execs Try to Get Abby Huntsman to Cover for Toxic Culture at ‘The View’ — Network brass wanted Huntsman to publicly deny reporting of internal strife at the talk show. The outgoing co-host refused to do so, sources said. — The behind-the-scenes melodrama at ABC's The View amped …
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Trump to lift hold on $8.2B in Puerto Rico disaster aid — The Department of Housing and Urban Development will allow Puerto Rico to access more than $8 billion in blocked disaster aid funding, ending a monthslong hold by the Trump administration, according to people familiar with the matter.
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