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Ernest Luning / Colorado Politics:
BREAKING: Gardner says he doesn't want to hear from more impeachment witnesses — U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Wednesday that he thinks the Senate has heard from enough witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, taking off the table a potential Republican vote to subpoena national security adviser John Bolton.
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Politico:
Senate and John Roberts face possibility of epic tie on witnesses — Ahead of a tight vote on whether to hear new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, the Senate is preparing for the possibility that this crucial roll call has an asterisk in the history books: It ends in a tie.
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The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators believe they have the votes to block witnesses — It was clear to Senate Republicans on Wednesday after a morning meeting between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that the question of having additional witnesses is settled …
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
GOP Sen. Cory Gardner Just Lost His Seat By Saying No To Witnesses — Sen. Cory Gardner is already trailing his Democratic challenger John Hickenlooper, and he may have lost his seat when he came out against impeachment trial witnesses. — Colorado Politics reported on a statement that Gardner provided to them:
Rahm Emanuel / Washington Post:
How impeachment could flip the Senate — Rahm Emanuel is a former mayor of Chicago, Democratic congressman from Illinois and White House chief of staff. — When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) initiated an impeachment inquiry into President Trump several months ago …
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Politico
ABC News:
Still silent, senators will begin submitting written questions in impeachment trial — Senators can pose questions to both House managers and Trump's defense team. — LIVE NOW — In unpredictable new phase, senators begin up to 16 hours of questions to House managers, Trump defense team
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
WeWantWitnesses trends after report that Mitch McConnell doesn't have the votes to block witnesses …
WeWantWitnesses trends after report that Mitch McConnell doesn't have the votes to block witnesses …
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Daily Kos
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Hannity's ugly meltdown at Romney: Wanting the truth is ‘Trump hatred’
Hannity's ugly meltdown at Romney: Wanting the truth is ‘Trump hatred’
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Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, New York Post, Vox and VICE
New York Post:
Trump's defense team expects cliffhanger in Senate witness vote
Trump's defense team expects cliffhanger in Senate witness vote
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Power Line
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP could move to quick Trump acquittal vote
Senate GOP could move to quick Trump acquittal vote
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Washington Post, MRCTV, Common Dreams and Letters from an American
Politico:
Senators pelt Trump's lawyers and impeachment managers with questions
Senators pelt Trump's lawyers and impeachment managers with questions
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The Hill and Washington Post
Jake Tapper / CNN:
White House has issued formal threat to Bolton to keep him from publishing book — Washington (CNN)The White House has issued a formal threat to former national security adviser John Bolton to keep him from publishing his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Engel Statement on September 23, 2019 Call with John Bolton — Washington—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement: — “President Trump is wrong that John Bolton didn't say anything about the Trump-Ukraine Scandal at the time the President fired him.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What the New Bolton-Engel Breaking News Really Means, And Why It Matters — We've just had breaking news in an announcement from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel. He says that on Sept. 23, he spoke to John Bolton and Bolton “suggest[ed] to me — unprompted …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, Law & Crime and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Bolton's lawyer contends his book does not contain classified material and asks White House for expedited review so he can testify if called — An attorney for John Bolton has pushed back against the White House's assessment that his book manuscript contains classified material and asked …
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New York Times, The Federalist, Raw Story, NBC News and Vanity Fair
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
All the president's disloyal men: Trump demands fealty but inspires very little
All the president's disloyal men: Trump demands fealty but inspires very little
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent and The Hill
KYMA-TV:
Portion of new border wall falls in Mexicali — MEXICALI, Baja California, Mexico - (KYMA, KECY) Mexicali police have confirmed with News 11 that a portion of the new border wall fell on the Mexico side of the border, landing on several trees. — Police said it happened a little before 12 p.m. local time.
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Andy Rose / CNN:
Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side — (CNN)Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border. — The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Caucuses Could Be a Five-Way Contest — Nearly half remain open to switching support on caucus night — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Elizabeth Warren continue to jostle for the top spot in the fifth and final Monmouth University Poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers.
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NBC News:
Surrogates cover New Hampshire while candidates are elsewhere
Surrogates cover New Hampshire while candidates are elsewhere
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Politico, The Hill and New York Post
Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg:
Andrew Yang Says Supporters May Go to Sanders in Iowa Caucus
Andrew Yang Says Supporters May Go to Sanders in Iowa Caucus
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The Hill and New York Times
Steven Shepard / Politico:
New poll: Biden, Sanders running neck-and-neck in Iowa
New poll: Biden, Sanders running neck-and-neck in Iowa
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The Cook Political Report, Breitbart and NBC News
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Super PAC Attacks Sanders in an Ad. Sanders Raises $1.3 Million in a Day. — As Bernie Sanders shows strength in the early-voting states, his opponents face a challenge: Attacking him can help fuel his campaign. — DES MOINES — A Democratic super PAC wanted to undermine Senator Bernie …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
'It's asking a lot': Never Trump Republicans draw the line at Bernie Sanders
'It's asking a lot': Never Trump Republicans draw the line at Bernie Sanders
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Washington Free Beacon, NBC News and Associated Press
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Sanders under increasing pressure on funding for ‘Medicare for All’
Sanders under increasing pressure on funding for ‘Medicare for All’
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PJ Media Home
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Lessons for Life: The Obituaries of Republicans Who Opposed Nixon's Impeachment — “Obituaries reflect what the present thinks of the past,” wrote journalism professor Kathleen McElroy. — What will the future think of President Donald Trump and two historic votes senators must take on his impeachment?
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Daily Kos, Vanity Fair and Raw Story
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
What Will You Do When the Culture War Comes for You? — Newsrooms still aren't ready for the trolls. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — The culture war will come for us all. — On Sunday, it came for a Washington Post reporter, Felicia Sonmez.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters — Allies of Donald Trump have begun holding events in black communities where organizers lavish praise on the president as they hand out tens of thousands of dollars to lucky attendees. — The first giveaway took place last month in Cleveland …
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Mark Hemingway / Real Clear Politics:
NeverTrump: Most Overrepresented Demographic in Media — Over the weekend, Washington Post columnist Max Boot had a novel take on President Trump's impeachment. According to Boot, what Trump said on the phone call with Ukraine's president was in some ways worse than Andrew Jackson's forced relocation …
Reuters:
Kremlin confirms new title of SUPREME RULER for Vladimir Putin is being considered following his recent changes to Russia's constitution — Vladimir Putin could become Russia's ‘Supreme Ruler’ when he steps down as president under proposed changes to the country's constitution, it emerged today.
Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
‘Mind Boggling’: Take a Look at These Demographic Numbers From Trump's New Jersey Rally — Tuesday night President Trump traveled to deep blue New Jersey for a campaign rally. Despite freezing temperatures in the middle of winter, people camped out a day ahead of his remarks in order to make it inside the arena.
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The Gateway Pundit and PJ Media Home
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Lev Parnas' lawyer ties Lindsey Graham to corrupt Ukraine scheme — Rudy Giuliani delivered a letter in late 2018 to Sen. Lindsey Graham calling for sanctions on Ukrainian government officials, including a corruption reformer and another who ran the company whose board Hunter Biden served on.
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The Daily Beast
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Flynn's new legal team unleashes on his old lawyers in bid to withdraw guilty plea — The new legal team for former national security adviser Michael Flynn unleashed a withering assault Wednesday on Flynn's old lawyers, accusing them of a conflict of interest so severe that it merits allowing …
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ABC News, Associated Press and Fox News
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders is ‘insanely consistent.’ That's nothing to brag about. — One of the toughest questions I received during my book tour for “The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right” came from a high school student who asked how she could trust anything I said now that I had disavowed my previous beliefs.
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American Greatness and The Root
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
ABC News suspends correspondent over erroneous report on Kobe Bryant crash — ABC News has suspended the correspondent who speculated on-air that all four of Kobe Bryant's daughters were on board the helicopter that crashed and killed the NBA icon and eight others on Sunday.