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Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
Former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly tells Sarasota crowd ‘I believe John Bolton’ — Asked if Bolton - Trump's former national security adviser - should testify at Trump's impeachment trial, Kelly said he supports calling witnesses. — President Donald Trump is denying …
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New York Times:
Bolton Was Concerned That Trump Did Favors for Autocratic Leaders, Book Says — The former national security adviser shared his unease with the attorney general, who cited his own worries about the president's conversations with the leaders of Turkey and China.
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Chris Casteel / Oklahoman.com:
Lankford says senators should get access to Bolton manuscript — Why it Matters: Bolton revelations complicate Trump defense Inhofe, Lankford not persuaded by House impeachment team President Trump impeachment trial: Oklahoma senators see no need for witnesses, White House documents
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Top Ukraine Official: I Trusted Bolton More Than Anyone — Oleksandr Danylyuk says the requests to investigate the Bidens “rattled” Zelensky's team and the one person in the administration he trusted was Bolton. — When Volodymyr Zelensky won Ukraine's presidential election in April 2019 …
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Washington Post:
Bolton book roils Washington as onetime allies turn on Trump's former national security adviser — Just outside the spacious corner office of the White House national security adviser, aides crowded into a windowless anteroom knew to make themselves small when John Bolton got a summons from President Trump.
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Politico:
Mitt makes his move
Mitt makes his move
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump's defense team shifts from complacency to urgency
Trump's defense team shifts from complacency to urgency
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump calls Middle East peace plan “realistic two-state solution”
Trump calls Middle East peace plan “realistic two-state solution”
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Fox News:
Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with two-state solution, tunnel connecting West Bank and Gaza — President Trump will push for a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as he unveils the details of his administration's much-awaited Middle East peace plan Tuesday, White House officials told Fox News.
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Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Trump proposes Palestinian state with capital in east Jerusalem — President Trump's Middle East peace plan calls for a Palestinian state with its capital in east Jerusalem in return for the recognition of major Jewish settlements in the West Bank. — The plan, announced midday on Tuesday …
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Don Surber and Elder Of Ziyon
New York Times:
Trump Outlines Mideast Peace Plan That Strongly Favors Israel
Trump Outlines Mideast Peace Plan That Strongly Favors Israel
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Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Trump peace plan: Palestinian state, Jewish control of settlements
Trump peace plan: Palestinian state, Jewish control of settlements
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Trump praises Pompeo over spat with NPR reporter: ‘That was very impressive’
Trump praises Pompeo over spat with NPR reporter: ‘That was very impressive’
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Running Bernie Sanders Against Trump Would Be an Act of Insanity — In the field of political forecasting, almost nothing is a matter of certainty, and almost everything is a matter of probability. If Democrats nominate Bernie Sanders — who currently leads the field in Iowa and New Hampshire …
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Andrew Dyer / Stars & Stripes:
Eddie Gallagher strikes back at Navy SEALs who testified against him — (Tribune News Service) — A retired Navy SEAL whose war crimes trial made international news has launched a video attack on former SEAL teammates who accused him of murder, shooting civilians and who testified against him at his San Diego court-martial in June.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
How People of Color Inside the Buttigieg Campaign Sought to Be Heard — As the candidate courted nonwhite voters, employees of color were voicing their frustrations, according to interviews, documents and a recording. The campaign said it worked to foster a progressive workplace.
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David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Even if the Senate does not remove Donald Trump, this impeachment is far from a mistake — The judgment of the court of public opinion will matter more to history and the 2020 elections than the verdict in the Senate impeachment trial. — There was more uncertainty about the outcome …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Republicans brace for domino effect on witnesses
Republicans brace for domino effect on witnesses
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Wall Street Journal:
Harvard's Chemistry Chair Charged on Alleged Undisclosed Ties to China — Charles Lieber allegedly lied to Defense Department, National Institutes of Health about Chinese government funding — The chair of Harvard University's chemistry department was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday …
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
It Took This CNN Panel Just 80 Seconds To Show What They Really Think Of Trump Voters — Eighty seconds. That's how long it took for a CNN panel to show just what they think of President Donald Trump's supporters. — CNN anchor Don Lemon, frequent CNN guest Rick Wilson …
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Benjamin Wermund / Houston Chronicle:
Sen. Ted Cruz's impeachment podcast tops charts, with 500k downloads
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
CNN's Don Lemon Cracks Up As Rick Wilson, Wajahat Ali Trash Trump Supporters As Ignorant Rubes
CNN's Don Lemon Cracks Up As Rick Wilson, Wajahat Ali Trash Trump Supporters As Ignorant Rubes
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Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Officially Indicted in Court After Withdrawing Immunity Bid — Netanyahu is charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three corruption cases — Israel's attorney general on Tuesday filed the indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases …
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders grabs lead in California presidential primary — Sen. Bernie Sanders, consolidating support from voters on the left, has taken a clear lead in the race for California's huge trove of Democratic convention delegates as the presidential campaign moves toward a critical month of primary contests.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Biden says Ernst ‘spilled the beans’ with caucus comments amid impeachment fight — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday evening said Sen. Joni Ernst had “spilled the beans” after the Iowa Republican gleefully suggested that the Senate impeachment debate surrounding …
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On Politics: A Sanders Scenario
On Politics: A Sanders Scenario
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Politico:
Why Biden scaled back in New Hampshire
Why Biden scaled back in New Hampshire
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
House GOP leaders warn of fundraising crisis ahead of 2020 — House Republican leaders privately conceded in a closed meeting Tuesday morning that they are in the midst of a full-blown fundraising crisis, which would imperil any chance they have at regaining their majority in 2020.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Lobbyist bought tropical land from Biden's brother — In 2005, Joe Biden's brother bought an acre of land with excellent ocean views on a remote island in the Caribbean for $150,000. He divided it into three parcels, and the next year a lobbyist close to the Delaware senator bought …
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Redstate and National Review
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
U.S. deficit to eclipse $1 trillion in 2020, CBO says, as fiscal imbalance continues to widen — The U.S. government's budget deficit is projected to reach $1.02 trillion in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, as the federal government continues …
Washington Post:
Trump's impeachment defense: Who is paying the president's lawyers? — As President Trump faces mounting legal bills from his impeachment trial, he is drawing on national party coffers flush with donations from energized supporters — unlike the last president to be impeached who left the White House “dead broke.”
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders allies in new uproar over DNC convention appointments — Some Democratic National Committee (DNC) members and supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are venting frustration at DNC chairman Tom Perez over his initial appointments to the committees that will oversee the rules …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnon-ers' Magic Cure for Coronavirus: Just Drink Bleach! — Hucksters swarmed on a fresh opportunity to cash in from a crisis that speaks to paranoid fears on the fringe. — As the global death toll from an alarming new coronavirus surged this week, promoters of the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory …