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Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War — WASHINGTON — The Oval Office meeting this past March began, as so many had, with President Trump fuming about migrants. But this time he had a solution. As White House advisers listened astonished, he ordered them to shut …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Acting homeland security chief frustrated and isolated — even as he delivers what Trump wants at the border — Nearly six months after taking over the Department of Homeland Security as acting secretary, Kevin McAleenan has guided the United States out of a crisis at the southern border …
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Vincent Wood / The Independent:
Trump shouted 'you're making me look like an idiot' at White House staff, report claims — Officials including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and aide Stephen Miller berated over border policy — Donald Trump reportedly told aides and cabinet ministers they were making him look like an …
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Pompeo Pushed Out His Own Ukraine Rep to Squash a Growing Scandal — “Volker was the easier guy to let go,” said one former State Department official. “But just because it is an easy choice doesn't mean it is the right choice.” — When President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani appeared …
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
State Dept inspector general requests ‘urgent’ Ukraine briefing on Capitol Hill — The State Department's inspector general is expected to brief staffers from several House and Senate committees on Wednesday afternoon about documents obtained from the department's Office …
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Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Barr Went to Rome to Hear a Secret Tape From Joseph Mifsud, the Professor Who Helped Ignite the Russia Probe — The U.S. attorney general traveled to Italy to meet with Italian secret service agents—and, potentially, undermine the Mueller investigation. — Correspondent-At-Large
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Mike Pompeo and Bill Barr are increasingly implicated in the impeachment inquiry
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Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Poll: Only 4 in 10 Republicans think Trump mentioned Biden on Ukraine call even though he acknowledged doing so — WASHINGTON - A new poll shows that only four in 10 Republicans believe President Donald Trump talked to the Ukrainian president about investigating political rival Joe Biden, even though Trump has acknowledged doing so.
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Will Wilkinson / New York Times:
Trump Has Disqualified Himself From Running in 2020 — The president's brazen attempt at cheating has taken “decide it at the ballot box” off the menu. Impeachment is imperative. — “I think the American people are going to have a chance to decide this at the ballot box in November 2020 …
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NBC News:
More than 50 former female ambassadors call on administration to protect Yovanovitch — WASHINGTON — More than 50 former female U.S. ambassadors are calling on President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a letter to protect foreign service officers from political retaliation …
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NBC News:
Giuliani turns on ‘honest’ Ukrainian prosecutor who says Bidens did nothing illegal — Rudy Giuliani had nothing but praise for Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko — until he didn't. — WASHINGTON — For much of this year, Rudy Giuliani was counting on Ukraine's former chief prosecutor …
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ProPublica:
A Brief Guide to Giuliani's Questionable Friends in Ukraine — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Kurt Volker was working on behalf of America's interests, unlike Rudy
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Catherine Philp / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Donald Trump impeachment: President called Boris Johnson for help to discredit Mueller inquiry — President Trump personally contacted Boris Johnson to ask for help as he tried to discredit the Mueller investigation into possible connections between Russia and his 2016 election campaign, The Times understands.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
How Joe Biden would address gun violence — Former Vice President Joe Biden has an ambitious pitch for curbing gun violence, and he's centering his strategy on fighting domestic abuse and focusing on daily gun violence in urban areas. — Biden revealed his plan Wednesday …
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New York Times:
Was There Another Cover-Up In Response to the Whistle-Blower? — The Justice Department should have shared a campaign-finance investigation with the Federal Election Commission. — Mr. Geltzer and Mr. Katyal are law professors at Georgetown. — One of the first things new prosecutors …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Judge Wants Assurances The Administration Won't Destroy Records About Trump's Calls With Foreign Leaders.
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Judge tells DOJ to charge McCabe or drop investigation
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House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Three Chairs Statement on Secretary Pompeo Stonewalling House Impeachment Inquiry — Washington—Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings …
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New York Times:
Administration and Congress Clash Over Deposition as Impeachment Fights Begin
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Washington Post:
Impeachment inquiry erupts into battle between executive, legislative branches
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Alan Dershowitz's new book will counter the #MeToo movement — Alan Dershowitz — who has been mired in controversy over his taking on Jeffrey Epstein as a client and over his friendly ties to the late sex predator — is about to stir things up again with a new book, “Guilt by Accusation …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘A presidency of one’: Key federal agencies increasingly compelled to benefit Trump — The president's personal concerns have become priorities of departments that traditionally have operated with some degree of political independence from the White House — and their leaders are engaging their boss's obsessions.
Morgan Simon / Forbes:
GEO Group Runs Out of Banks as 100% of Banking Partners Say ‘No’ to the Private Prison Sector — I write about money and social justice. — All of the existing banking partners to private prison leader GEO Group have now officially committed to ending ties with the private prison and immigrant detention industry.
Anita Kumar / Politico:
A Trump hotel mystery: Giant reservations followed by empty rooms — The House is investigating whether groups tried to curry favor with Trump by booking rooms at his hotels but never using them. — President Donald Trump's golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Corey Lewandowski Hurls Incendiary Charge at Sanders, Warren: They Want ‘Illegal Aliens to Come Across This Border and Kill Americans’ — Donald Trump's former campaign Corey Lewandowski confirmed his reputation as a ferocious attack dog for the president, hurling a toxic …
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Ukraine? Impeachment? Trump Can Survive It All, Foreign Analysts Say — BRUSSELS — This summer, just after he visited the White House for the second time, President Andrzej Duda of Poland held forth about how much he admired President Trump's transactional style.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Pro-impeachment group to spend $3.1 million targeting Senate Republicans — A group pushing for the impeachment of President Trump is launching a $3.1 million ad campaign targeting Republican senators over the coming weeks as pro-impeachment activists turn their fire away …
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The Texas Tribune:
Pete Sessions surfaces as potential candidate for open Bill Flores seat — In a surprise development, the former Dallas congressman appears to be eyeing a return to the U.S. House — but not in his old district. Insiders say the response in Central Texas has been lukewarm.
Dan Merica / CNN:
Bennet raises $2.1 million in 3rd quarter, pledges to stay in until New Hampshire — (CNN)Sen. Michael Bennet raised $2.1 million in the third quarter of 2019, his campaign tells CNN, a sum that will likely make him one of the lowest-fundraising Democrats in the 2020 presidential field.
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Associated Press:
North Korea fires missile days before resuming US talks — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, a suggestion that it may have tested an underwater-launched missile for the first time in three years ahead …
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Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
Another Devin Nunes lawsuit: Congressman sues magazine over story about family's Iowa farm — Rep. Devin Nunes filed another lawsuit this week drawing attention to what he believes was unfair news coverage of him in 2018, this time suing a magazine writer who detailed how the California congressman's family …
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Federal judge temporarily blocks Georgia abortion law — ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Georgia's restrictive new abortion law from taking effect, following the lead of other judges who have blocked similar measures in other states.
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France 24:
Australian opposition call for release of Trump transcript — Australia's opposition demanded the transcript of a call between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Donald Trump be released Wednesday, as controversy mounted over a politically fraught offer to help the US president.
New York Times:
Republicans Changing Delegate Rules to Prevent Discord at Convention — President Trump's political advisers have been working for months to get states to adjust their plans to ensure that nothing disrupts next year's convention. — President Trump's political advisers have concluded …
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Dolphins are swimming, mating and even giving birth in the Potomac — REEDVILLE, Va. — Five decades ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the polluted Potomac River a “national disgrace.” Although it is now much cleaner, officials in Washington are still not convinced the water is safe for humans to swim in.
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Anton Mardasov / Al-Monitor:
Four years in Syria, Russia expands military base, eyes challenges ahead — After four years of fighting in Syria, Russia expands military facilities, but the nature of looming challenges is political. — Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik via REUTERS — Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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