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10:15 PM ET, September 29, 2019

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The Daily Beast:
Biden Campaign Demands TV News Execs Stop Booking Giuliani  —  In a Sunday letter, the former vice president's aides say that it is editorially irresponsible to book the president's personal lawyer.  —  Joe Biden's presidential campaign made an extraordinary request to executives …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Trump-Supporting Lawyers diGenova and Toensing Teamed Up With Giuliani to Dig Up Ukraine Dirt on Biden: Report  —  According to a top U.S. official, all three were working off the books apart from the administration, Fox News reported on Sunday morning.  —  In a bombshell report Sunday morning …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Biden Campaign Urges TV Networks to Stop Booking Giuliani  —  Advisers to the former vice president wrote to executives at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News to “demand” that Mr. Giuliani not be invited on the air to discuss Ukraine and President Trump.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential …
Los Angeles Times:
Former Ukraine prosecutor says he saw no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden  —  Ukraine's top law enforcement official repeatedly rebuffed President Trump's personal lawyer's demands to investigate Joe Biden and his son, insisting he had seen no evidence of wrongdoing that he could pursue despite Trump's allegations.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
‘Enough’: Trump's ex-homeland security adviser ‘disturbed,’ ‘frustrated’ by Ukraine allegations, says president must let 2016 go  —  “If he continues to focus on that white whale, it's going to bring him down,” Bossert said.  “Enough.  The investigation's over.”
New York Times:
Trump Was Repeatedly Warned That Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Was ‘Completely Debunked’  —  Thomas P. Bossert, President Trump's first homeland security adviser, said he was “deeply disturbed” that Mr. Trump had urged Ukraine to investigate Democrats.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump …
Kat Tenbarge / Business Insider:
Trump reportedly worked with 2 ‘off the books’ lawyers to pressure Ukraine for damaging information about Joe Biden, in addition to Giuliani  — Fox News' Chris Wallace reported Sunday morning that President Donald Trump has worked with two personal lawyers, in addition to former …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani fires back at former White House aide who accused him of spreading ‘completely false’ theory  —  Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, defended himself Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” from accusations lodged by a former White House official …
Steve Coll / New Yorker:   The Integrity of the Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Biden campaign demands news channels stop booking Giuliani
Zachary Basu / Axios:   Ex-Trump adviser: The best way to self-impeach is to hire Rudy Giuliani
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Giuliani says Trump ‘framed by the Democrats’
Discussion: Breitbart
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
The impeachment inquiry: “We could not ignore what the president did.”  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff talk with Scott Pelley about the impeachment inquiry of President Trump  —  Tonight, “60 Minutes” …
Reuters:
Trump-Putin phone calls in Democrats' sights: Schiff  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is determined to get access to Donald Trump's calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, the chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday …
Discussion: News Agency UNIAN
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Washington Post:
Intelligence panel has deal to hear whistleblower's testimony
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Bloomberg
NBC News:   Full Schiff: ‘Real risk in not moving forward’ on impeachment
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Schiff says House Intel has reached agreement for whistleblower testimony
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Majority of Americans and Democrats approve of Trump impeachment inquiry  —  More than half of Americans — and an overwhelming number of Democrats — say they approve of the fact that Congress has opened an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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NBC News:
Top White House aides planning impeachment response effort  —  “We're not going to get caught flat-footed, and we're not going to take it lying down,” said one person familiar with the plan.  —  WASHINGTON — Top White House aides plan to present President Donald Trump with a wide-ranging response strategy …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Mohammad bin Salman denies ordering Khashoggi murder, but says he takes responsibility for it  —  Saudi Arabia's crown prince also discusses the impact of a September attack on Saudi oil facilities, and responds to allegations that a female Saudi activist has been tortured in prison
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Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:   In ‘60 Minutes’ interview, Saudi crown prince denies ordering Khashoggi killing
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Impeach the Malignant Fraudster  —  This is how Republicans can redeem themselves.  —  It is the clarity of Donald Trump's transgression that is most remarkable.  —  By his own admission, and backed up by the quasi-transcript released by the White House and by the whistle-blower complaint …
Discussion: Raw Story
USA Today:
Is Donald Trump's Justice Department part of the Ukraine scandal cover-up?  —  A campaign finance violation isn't the only federal crime suggested by what we know.  Why would Justice walk away with so much left on the table?  —  CONNECT  —  Despite compelling evidence implicating President Donald Trump …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Dem leaders plot impeachment messaging war with Trump  —  House Democrats are plotting an all-out offensive against President Donald Trump as they pursue an impeachment inquiry, announcing plans on Sunday to streamline their messaging operation and aid vulnerable lawmakers as they face potential blowback in their districts.
Discussion: Axios
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Trump retweets bot that replaces key words in his tweets with ‘shark’  —  Amid a flurry of retweets commending conservative radio host Mark Levin's clash Sunday morning with Fox News's Ed Henry, President Trump retweeted a bot that substitutes the word “shark” for key words in his tweets and retweets.
Discussion: Slate
Gregory W. Meeks / Washington Post:
Dear anonymous op-ed writer: Your plan didn't work  —  Gregory W. Meeks, a Democrat, represents New York's 5th Congressional District in the House of Representatives.  —  Dear anonymous:  —  This month marks a year since you published an op-ed in the New York Times claiming that within …
 
 
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USA Today:
Nancy Pelosi has put the Trump impeachment inquiry on a fast track.  Here's the plan, timeline and key players
Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:
History will be cruel to many who saw Trump treachery and DIDN'T become whistle-blowers
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
Iran, Burisma and Hunter Biden: The Democrats' terrible decision to go all in on impeachment
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
CBS Chicago:
Bond Denied For Javier Garcia, 22, Charged With Terrorism In Woodfield Mall Incident
Discussion: Raw Story
Samy Magdy / Associated Press:
Amid crackdown, leading Egyptian rights activist is arrested
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
‘A very bad blow’: The GOP lawmaker who turned on Nixon paid a price for it
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Behind the Texas firewall, suburban shifts leave Trump vulnerable. Can strongholds save him?
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Will Voters Warm to Impeaching Trump, and Does It Matter?
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Andrea Jefferson / Political Flare:
How Melania Obtained Her ‘Einstein Visa’ Under Scrutiny After She Lied About Having University Degree
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Without evidence, Stephen Miller claims whistleblower is a “deep-state operative”
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
'Out here, it's just me': In the medical desert of rural America, one doctor for 11,000 square miles
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
A cold call from someone she never met changed Elizabeth Warren's life. It was Harry Reid.
Julian Lee / Bloomberg:
Why Vladimir Putin Suddenly Believes in Global Warming
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
C-SPAN's own business choices keep the network from being offered on streaming TV platforms like YouTube TV, as it stays reliant on cable and satellite funding

Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
LAist initiates a voluntary buyout program for staff to avoid layoffs as it faces a “significant budget shortfall” ranging from $4M-$5M in the next two years

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Spotify's head of podcast studios Julie McNamara is leaving the company after nearly three years, emphasizing Spotify's reduced ambitions in podcasts

 
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