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‘Brazen and unlawful’: Trump team attacks House impeachment effort in first formal response — President Donald Trump launched his first formal attack on the House's effort to remove him from office on Saturday, calling the Democrats' impeachment case against him fatally flawed and …
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Trump, who wanted a TV legal team, is ‘distracted’ by impeachment trial, source says — (CNN)A source close to the White House who speaks to Donald Trump regularly said the President has appeared “distracted” by the impeachment trial that begins on Tuesday, telling people around him Friday night …


House Democrats say Senate ‘must eliminate the threat’ that the president poses to national security — House prosecutors on Saturday argued for President Trump's conviction in the Senate, insisting he poses a threat to national security, while the White House rejected the impeachment charges as a …

U.S. House of Representatives Files Brief in Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump
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Lev Parnas Dishes on Kushner, Maduro, and Soros — In an interview from his lawyer's office, the ex-Giuliani ally talked cannabis, conspiracies, and one very weird meeting with the lawyers of an indicted Ukrainian oligarch. — A dinner with Jared and Ivanka about cannabis …
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When Trump's Thugs Turn on Him — Of course Lev Parnas is unreliable. He worked for Trump. — One good thing about surrounding yourself with tawdry gangsters and grifters is that if they flip on you, you can claim they have no credibility because they're criminals.
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'Once this is over, we'll be kings': How Lev Parnas worked his way into Trump's world — and now is rattling it
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Parnas pressure grows on Senate GOP
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Sender Of Cryptic Messages About Yovanovitch Says They Were A Joke, Denies Spying On Diplomat
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Trump privately told donors new details about Soleimani airstrike at Mar-a-Lago fundraiser — President Trump delivered a dramatic account of the airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, joked that he doesn't care if construction projects kill all the rattlesnakes and noted …
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Trump recounts minute-by-minute details of Soleimani strike to donors at Mar-a-Lago — (CNN)President Trump recounted minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Iran's top military commander during remarks to high-dollar Republican donors at his South Florida estate, according to audio obtained by CNN.
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Statement from HM The Queen — Following many months of conversations and more recent discussions, I am pleased that together we have found a constructive and supportive way forward for my grandson and his family. — Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved members of my family.
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NSC official on leave pending investigation — Andrew Peek, the senior director for European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation, people familiar with the situation tell Axios.


The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It — A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says. — Until recently, Hoan Ton-That's greatest hits included …
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National Archives Apologizes for Altering Image of 2017 Women's March — A photo from the march displayed at the National Archives was altered to blur signs that were critical of President Trump or might be offensive, officials said. — The National Archives and Records Administration …
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Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too. I Dare You to Mock Me. — The retired pilot responds to recent comments from the president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on the way the former vice president talks. — Mr. Sullenberger is a retired pilot, safety expert and public speaker.
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Rod Rosenstein says he made call to release Strzok-Page texts — Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein authorized the release to the media of text messages between two highly placed FBI employees who exchanged criticism of then-candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign …
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“Why Are We Not Winning Them?”: Pete Buttigieg's White Supporters Are Baffled By His Lack Of Black Support — DES MOINES — The white voters who come to Pete Buttigieg's rallies just don't understand. — Many of them fell for the 37-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana …
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Buttigieg tries to recapture Iowa magic
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Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller — On Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Pearl Harbor Monday, the U.S. Navy is expected to announce that a new aircraft carrier will be named after Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller, the first African American to receive …
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Draft of McConnell's rules for trial still allows motion to dismiss — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is preparing a resolution that would leave room for President Trump's lawyers to move immediately to dismiss the impeachment charges if they so choose, according to Republican Sen. Josh Hawley.


Impeachment lands Sen. Collins in familiar spot: crosshairs — WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing perhaps her toughest reelection fight, veteran Sen. Susan Collins has parachuted into familiar terrain — the heart of a hot-button issue, this time President Donald Trump's impeachment.
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