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1:35 AM ET, September 27, 2019

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New York Times:
White House Knew of Whistle-Blower's Allegations Soon After Trump's Call With Ukraine Leader  —  The whistle-blower, a C.I.A. officer detailed to the White House at one point, first expressed his concerns anonymously to the agency's top lawyer.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House learned …
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times:
Trump at private breakfast: 'Who gave the whistleblower the information?  Because that's close to a spy'  —  President Trump expressed disgust Thursday morning with the explosive whistleblower complaint, slamming the intelligence officer and the White House aides who helped him or her as “almost a spy” and suggested it was treason.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Attacks Whistle-Blower's Sources and Alludes to Punishment for Spies  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday morning told a crowd of staff from the United States Mission to the United Nations that he wants to know who provided information to a whistle-blower about his phone call …
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Rudy Giuliani: ‘You Should Be Happy for Your Country That I Uncovered This’  —  When I last saw Rudy Giuliani for lunch, at the Trump International Hotel in Washington four weeks ago, his most pressing concern was that he had been locked out of his Instagram account.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Just How Corrupt Is Bill Barr?  —  Trump's attorney general is implicated in the Ukraine scandal, but refuses to recuse.  —  By now you have probably read the opening of the whistle-blower complaint filed by a member of the intelligence community accusing Donald Trump of manipulating American foreign policy for political gain.
Discussion: Politico
Bloomberg:
Trump's Attack on Whistle-Blower in Private Meeting Was Caught on Video  —  President Donald Trump used a closed-door gathering with U.S. diplomats to the United Nations to attack Democratic rival Joe Biden and disparage a whistle-blower complaint over his controversial call …
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Ukraine Phone Call, Alarmed Aides Saw Trouble  —  WASHINGTON — No one bothered to put special limits on the number of people allowed to sit in the “listening room” in the White House to monitor the phone call because it was expected to be routine.  By the time the call was over 30 minutes later …
Washington Post:
Effort to shield Trump's call with Ukrainian leader was part of broader secrecy effort  —  The White House has taken extraordinary steps over the past two years to block details of President Trump's phone calls with foreign leaders from becoming public, following embarrassing disclosures early …
Discussion: The Week
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
A Nonsense QAnon Conspiracy Theory Ended Up In Donald Trump's Call To the Ukrainian President — And The Impeachment Investigation  —  The White House released the record of a call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Whistleblower painstakingly gathered material and almost single-handedly set impeachment in motion
Discussion: RedState and Outside the Beltway
Michael Warren / CNN:
Giuliani denies charges in whistleblower complaint, says details are ‘total nonsense’
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Barr and Giuliani's Excellent Trump Adventure
New York Times:
Why The Times Published Details of the Whistle-Blower's Identity
New York Times:
‘Spies and Treason’: Read a Transcript of Trump's Remarks Related to the Whistle-Blower
Discussion: Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
Trump Ponders Violent Retribution as the White House Projects Impeachment Calm
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:   The whistleblower complaint doesn't do Democrats any favors
Michael Crowley / New York Times:   Whistle-Blower Shines Light on Potential ‘Abuse’ of Secret N.S.C. Computer System
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“It's Management Bedlam”: Madness at Fox News as Trump Faces Impeachment  —  The Republicans mounting primary challenges to __Donald Trump__ are not exactly the Never Trump movement's top draft picks.  With little hope of defeating an incumbent president dependably popular inside his party …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Fox News in ‘management bedlam’ as top brass fights and frets over Trump's future: report
Discussion: Slate and POLITICUSUSA
John Solomon / The Hill:
These once-secret memos cast doubt on Joe Biden's Ukraine story  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden, now a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, has locked into a specific story about the controversy in Ukraine.  —  He insists that, in spring 2016, he strong-armed Ukraine to fire …
Discussion: Breitbart and Issues & Insights
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New York Times:
Trump Said His Ukraine Envoy Would ‘Go Through Some Things.’ She Has Already.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's words about Marie L. Yovanovitch, his former ambassador to Ukraine, were ominous.  In a telephone conversation that has set off a political crisis for Mr. Trump, he told Volodymyr Zelensky …
Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Sits at the Center of the Ukraine Controversy
Discussion: Mediaite
HuffPost:
Democrats Show Unity On Impeachment; Republicans Show Fractures
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Voter Support for Impeachment Grows Amid Ukraine Scandal  —  Backing for impeachment increases by 13 net points since the weekend  —  President Donald Trump pauses during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25 in New York City.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Public Support For Impeachment Grows After Nancy Pelosi Backs Inquiry
Discussion: Breitbart and YouGov
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Support for impeachment jumps in new poll
Discussion: The Week and Vox
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Wall Street Democratic donors warn the party: We'll sit out, or back Trump, if you nominate Elizabeth Warren  — In recent interviews of several big-money Democratic donors and fundraisers in the business community, CNBC has found that this opinion is becoming widely shared as Warren surges against Joe Biden.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden advisers weigh new Wall Street tax as Warren, Sanders pitch aggressive levies on wealthy
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Anxious Biden Allies May Unleash Super PAC
Discussion: Political Wire
Carol Hunter / Des Moines Register:
We hear you.  You're angry.  Here's what we are doing about it.  —  We took appropriate action because there is nothing more important in journalism than having readers' trust.  —  CONNECT  —  The Des Moines Register staff has heard from hundreds of people in the past few days upset …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Slashes Refugee Cap to 18,000, Curtailing U.S. Role as Haven  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has decided to slash the American refugee program by almost half, deeply cutting the United States' role in accepting persecuted refugees from most parts of the world, the State Department announced Thursday.
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Trump administration nearly halves refugee cap for coming year
Discussion: ABC News, Axios, Vox and Breitbart
The White House:
Executive Order on Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Jeff Flake says ‘at least 35’ Republican senators would privately vote to impeach Trump  —  Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake made a bold claim on Thursday when he said “at least 35” GOP senators would privately vote for President Trump's impeachment.  —  Appearing at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival …
Discussion: Mediaite
YouTube:
Listen: Trump slams whistleblower at private event  —  In this audio clip excerpt, President Trump expressed disgust Thursday morning with the explosive whistleblower complaint, slamming the intelligence officer ...
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Brooks / New York Times:
Yes, Trump Is Guilty, but Impeachment Is a Mistake  —  This political brawl will leave Trump victorious.  —  Donald Trump committed an impeachable offense on that call with the Ukrainian president.  But that doesn't mean Democrats are right to start an impeachment process.
 
 
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Republican U.S. Rep. Will Hurd says he's considering running for president in 2024
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
Dossier 2.: ‘Whistleblower’ Complaint Relies on Soros-Funded ‘Investigative Reporting’ Group …
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Justice Department knew about whistleblower complaint involving Trump more than a week before referral
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
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Fred Fleitz / New York Post:
Former CIA official on whistleblower: ‘How could this be an intelligence matter?’
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Everyone In Washington Is Reading the Whistleblower Complaint — Except Senate Republicans
Discussion: CNSNews
Washington Post:
Democrats eye quick impeachment probe of Trump as freshmen push for focus on Ukraine
Discussion: NPR, Crooked Media, POLITICUSUSA and Vox
Jared Holt / Washington Post:
How far-right conspiracy theories informed Trump's Ukraine call
Toby Eckert / Politico:
Manhattan DA, Trump reach temporary deal on subpoena for Trump's tax returns
Discussion: Washington Post
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