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Rudy Giuliani butt-dials NBC reporter, heard discussing need for cash and trashing Bidens — “The problem is we need some money,” Giuliani says to unidentified man during accidental call to NBC News writer. — Late in the evening on Oct. 16, Rudy Giuliani made a phone call to this reporter.
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How a Veteran Reporter Worked with Giuliani's Associates to Launch the Ukraine Conspiracy — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.
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Feds blow door off safe, issue subpoenas as probe into Giuliani associates escalates — (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York have subpoenaed the brother of one of the recently indicted associates of Rudy Giuliani, according to two people familiar with the matter, as they escalate their investigation in the campaign-finance case.
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Arrested Giuliani associates were VIPs at Ron DeSantis' inauguration — Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman attended the January celebration and were on a special list to get seats near the front, according to an email. — The two Rudy Giuliani associates accused of violating federal campaign laws attended …
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Key Witness in Impeachment Inquiry Asks Federal Court to Rule Over Testifying — The move raises new doubts about whether President Trump's closest aides will be able to cooperate with the inquiry. — WASHINGTON — A key witness in the impeachment investigation filed a lawsuit Friday asking …
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Trump frustrated as White House effort to defy impeachment inquiry fails to halt witness testimony, advisers say — After weeks of dismissing the impeachment inquiry as a hollow partisan attack, President Trump and his closest advisers now recognize the snowballing probe poses a serious threat …
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Impeachment Inquiry Is Legal, Judge Rules, Giving Democrats a Victory — The finding came in an order directing the Justice Department to hand over secret grand jury evidence from the Mueller investigation to House impeachment investigators. — Breaking News Update: The House is legally engaged …
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Judge rules DOJ must turn over Mueller grand jury material to House Democrats — A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Justice Department must turn over former special counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury evidence to the House Judiciary Committee, a groundbreaking victory for Democrats …
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White House restores trade benefits for Ukraine after more than two months of delay
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Federal judge orders Justice Department to turn over Mueller grand jury material
Federal judge orders Justice Department to turn over Mueller grand jury material
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Judge calls Trump impeachment probe legal, says House must get Mueller grand jury information
Judge calls Trump impeachment probe legal, says House must get Mueller grand jury information
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump dismisses need for impeachment team: 'I'm the team'
Trump dismisses need for impeachment team: 'I'm the team'
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Trump Organization Exploring Sale of Marquee Washington Hotel — Move is motivated partly by ethical criticisms concerning profiting on the property — The Trump Organization is exploring a sale of the rights to the company's opulent Washington, D.C., hotel, a move it says is motivated partly …
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More Bombshells From the Flynn Prosecution — General Michael Flynn still awaits sentencing. Meanwhile his new lawyer, Sidney Powell, is tormenting the prosecutors and the FBI, uncovering corruption in the FBI and the Department of Justice that, she credibly alleges, included the framing of General Flynn.
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Few students of SC black college invited to attend Trump's visit to their campus — Hours before the event is about to begin, the shroud of mystery surrounding who will get to attend President Donald Trump's speech Friday afternoon on the criminal justice system — taking place …
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Kamala Harris skipping South Carolina forum over Trump award
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Only 10 students invited to Trump's speech at historically black college
Only 10 students invited to Trump's speech at historically black college
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Microsoft Wins Pentagon's $10 Billion JEDI Contract, Thwarting Amazon — SAN FRANCISCO — The Department of Defense on Friday awarded a $10 billion technology contract to Microsoft, in what was a closely scrutinized contest after President Trump said he might intervene in the hard-fought commercial battle.
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Microsoft snags hotly contested $10 billion defense contract, beating out Amazon
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Microsoft wins Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract
Microsoft wins Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract
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Impeachment hearings depict a quid pro quo that evolved over time — After some 65 hours of testimony along with public comments from Trump, his aides and allies, a clear portrait is emerging. — WASHINGTON — Grilled under oath for dozens of hours on Capitol Hill, at least three current …
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A mystery that's baffling investigators: What changed Trump's mind on $400 million in Ukraine aid?
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
NSC official plans to testify in impeachment probe even if White House tries to block him
NSC official plans to testify in impeachment probe even if White House tries to block him
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Could This Straight Shooter Bring Trump One Step Closer to Impeachment? — “He's been at this a long time and he's not about to give that all up to protect anyone,” one State Department official told The Daily Beast. — There's a new character about to take the stage in the impeachment drama.
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Mike Pompeo, either quit and run for U.S. Senate in Kansas or focus on your day job — BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD — If Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is running to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas, then he should quit his rather important day job and do that.
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Pompeo offers reserved vote of confidence in top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine
Pompeo offers reserved vote of confidence in top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine
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We represent the whistleblower. Their identity is no longer relevant. — The public now knows more about the call with Ukraine than what was in the complaint. — Our client's whistleblower complaint about President Trump's efforts to solicit interference from Ukraine in the 2020 U.S. election …
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Cummings pallbearer skips McConnell handshake at memorial — A pallbearer at Rep. Elijah Cummings's (D-Md.) memorial on Thursday shook hands with all top congressional leaders except Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). — Video captured the pallbearer, who has been identified …
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Barack Obama, Clintons, family honor Elijah Cummings at funeral
Barack Obama, Clintons, family honor Elijah Cummings at funeral
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Giuliani Is Drawing Attention to Hunter Biden's Work in Romania. But There's a Problem. — Hunter Biden worked to help a Romanian executive facing corruption charges. But so did the former New York mayor — and a former F.B.I. director. — WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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CNN Fails To Disclose Key Facts About Andrew McCabe In Interview About DOJ Criminal Investigation — CNN interviewed Andrew McCabe on Friday about developments in a Justice Department criminal investigation of the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, but the network failed to disclose …
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Trump and Barr's big counterattack: Actually, they're still covering up the Russia conspiracy
Trump and Barr's big counterattack: Actually, they're still covering up the Russia conspiracy
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As Impeachment Heats Up, a Trump Family Anniversary Party for Jared and Ivanka at Camp David — It's no Bedminster—Trump called it “very rustic”—but presidents have often retreated there when trouble looms. Afterward, Jared is off to Israel and MBS's “Davos in the Desert.”
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The U.S. deficit hit $984 billion in 2019, soaring during Trump era — Spending increases, tax cuts, and political apathy fueled surge, and interest payments now near $400 billion — The U.S. government's budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion in 2019, a $205 billion increase from a year earlier …
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Biden throws his campaign a lifeline — By reversing course and dropping his opposition to super PACs, Joe Biden has all but admitted he's getting swamped in fundraising. — But it was a strategic retreat that could end up paying big dividends for his cash-starved campaign.
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'If I threaten someone, you'll know it': Kellyanne Conway is sounding like Donald Trump — Kellyanne Conway doesn't want reporters to say that she threatened the Washington Examiner reporter whom she threatened. “So, listen, if you're going to cover my personal life, if you're going to cover …
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Trump should be very worried about Senate Republicans — Think of Senate Republicans' current antics protesting “secret” House hearings on impeachment — in which Republicans sit on the relevant committees — as not simply spurious (recall that Benghazi depositions were held by the House in private) …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senators concerned impeachment will consume agenda
Senators concerned impeachment will consume agenda
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George Washington's Advisors Agreed: Impeachment Did Away with Executive Privilege — President George Washington's decision to withhold diplomatic papers from the House of Representatives with respect to the Jay Treaty has become an important precedent in current debates over executive privilege.
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Trumps ‘frustrated’ at inability to pursue ‘foreign investment’ deals, says Trump Org executive — Donald Trump's most senior executive in the UK has said the Trump family is feeling frustrated at being unable to pursue “foreign investments” and overseas business opportunities …