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Trump promised Xi US silence on Hong Kong democracy protests as trade talks stalled — (CNN)During a private phone call in June, President Donald Trump promised Chinese President Xi Jinping that the US would remain quiet on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong while trade talks continued, two sources familiar with the call tell CNN.
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Trump Ordered Ukraine Ambassador Removed After Complaints From Giuliani, Others — Marie Yovanovitch dismissed after Trump allies said she was blocking Biden probe and bad-mouthing president, people familiar with the matter say — WASHINGTON—President Trump ordered the removal of the ambassador …
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CNN:
Trump raised Biden with Xi in June call housed in highly secure server — Washington (CNN)When President Donald Trump suggested — without prompting — that China should investigate Joe Biden and his son, he thrust another political grudge into what was already the world's most complicated and consequential relationship.
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Allies Are Running Out of Excuses — It's dawning on Republicans that the normal defenses of presidential misconduct won't work this time. — When the story of the probable impeachment and perhaps removal of President Donald Trump is written, Thursday, Oct. 3, is going to be one of the big days.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The smoking texts
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson OK with President Trump asking China to investigate 2020 political rival — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks with members of the media after meeting with the Middleton Chamber of Commerce at Serendipity Labs in Madison on Thursday. Johnson Thursday said that there was nothing wrong …
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Will Englund / Washington Post:
Ukraine's new chief prosecutor to ‘audit’ Biden case — KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's new chief prosecutor said Friday his office will conduct an “audit” of an investigation into Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company that had recruited Hunter Biden for its board. — A criminal probe of the company …
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine to Review Criminal Case on Owner of Firm Linked to Biden's Son
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Only Issue Left Is Trump's ‘Absolute Right’ to Solicit Collusion
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
GOP senator says he doesn't remember signing 2016 letter urging ‘reform’ of Ukraine prosecutor's office
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New York Times:
Trump Envoys Pushed Ukraine to Commit to Investigating Biden — WASHINGTON — Two of President Trump's top envoys to Ukraine worked on a statement for the country's new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals …
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The Daily Beast:
Damning Trump Team Texts Detail Pressure Campaign on Ukraine
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CNN:
Damning text messages detail Trump pressure on Ukraine
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's impeachment polling is historically unprecedented — Lemon and Cuomo debate if there's enough to impeach Trump — (CNN)The poll numbers are in on impeachment, and it's not good news for President Donald Trump. A clear plurality of Americans approve of the House's impeachment inquiry into Trump …
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USA Today:
How Democrats should impeach Trump: A searing constitutional duty, a plan from 2 realists — We're different but we agree: No president has placed America in more peril for less reason than Trump. Refusing to confront him only emboldens him. — CONNECT
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren raises $24.6 million in third quarter — Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign said Friday that it raised $24.6 million in the third quarter and has $25.7 million cash on hand, further solidifying her rise to the top tier in the Democratic primary.
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CNN:
Elizabeth Warren raises $24.6 million in third quarter, reinforcing status among 2020 front-runners — (CNN)Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren raised $24.6 million over the past three months, her campaign said Friday morning, falling just short of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' massive haul.
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Maybe not Trump? Never Trumpers insist they won't back Warren — Prominent “Never Trump” Republicans insist they would never back rising Democratic contender Elizabeth Warren, describing an election that pits the liberal Massachusetts senator against a president they despise as a choice between two unacceptable options.
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders blow past Joe Biden in fundraising race
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Joseph Morton / Associated Press:
'Americans don't look to Chinese commies for the truth': Sasse decries Trump's call for probe — “If the Biden kid broke laws by selling his name to Beijing, that's a matter for American courts, not communist tyrants running torture camps,” Sen. Ben Sasse told The World-Herald on Thursday.
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
FEC chair tweets reminder that accepting foreign help in an election is illegal after Trump urges China …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Sasse breaks with Trump's call for probe: 'Americans don't look to Chinese commies for the truth'
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump claims he has an ‘obligation’ to seek foreign help
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to review ruling on Louisiana abortion law — The Supreme Court will review a restrictive Louisiana law that gives the justices the chance to reconsider a recent ruling protecting abortion rights. — The court said Friday it would consider whether the 2014 law requiring doctors …
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Email Leak Exposes Trump Tower Russian's Dirty Lobbying Operations — According to leaked emails from Natalia Veselniskaya, Russia's disinformation campaign may have broken U.S. law and exposed details of a witness who later fell from a window. — LONDON—The identity of the U.S. government's star witness …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Schiff's false claim his committee had not spoken to the whistleblower — “We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower, we would like to.” — We recently took Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to task for misleading reporters about the fact that he was a participant …
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Washington Post:
Poll finds Virginia voters focused on gun policy ahead of pivotal election — RICHMOND — Gun policy is the top issue for Virginia voters just one month before pivotal elections that will determine control of the state legislature, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll.
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Viral Video About Eating Babies at AOC Town Hall Was Staged by Pro-Trump Group — LaRouche PAC, a far-right group that supports Donald Trump, has taken credit for trolling Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a town hall meeting yesterday.
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Washington Post:
IRS whistleblower said to report Treasury political appointee might have tried to interfere in audit of Trump or Pence — An Internal Revenue Service official has filed a whistleblower complaint reporting that he was told at least one Treasury Department political appointee attempted …
Tom Burt / Microsoft on the Issues:
Recent cyberattacks require us all to be vigilant — Tom Burt - Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust — Today we're sharing that we've recently seen significant cyber activity by a threat group we call Phosphorous, which we believe originates from Iran and is linked to the Iranian government.
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Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
Pete Buttigieg's Undeniable Allure — Before Pete Buttigieg was born in 1982, the now-shuttered brokerage house, E.F. Hutton, began running a famous series of TV commercials touting their ability to predict the fluctuations in the stock market. In one emblematic spot …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump letter dares Pelosi to hold vote on impeachment inquiry — The White House is planning to send Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter as soon as Friday arguing that President Trump and his team can ignore lawmakers' demands until she holds a full House vote formally approving an impeachment inquiry …
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