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12:40 PM ET, October 6, 2019

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James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
2nd whistleblower comes forward after speaking with IG: Attorney  —  Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the whistleblower who sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine and triggered an impeachment inquiry, tells ABC News that he is now representing a second whistleblower …
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CNN:
Lawyer for Ukraine whistleblower says he represents second whistleblower on Trump's actions  —  (CNN)The lawyer for the first intelligence whistleblower who came forward with accusations concerning President Donald Trump and his interactions with Ukraine said Sunday he is representing …
Discussion: ABC News and Fox News
Washington Post:
Whistleblower's attorney says team now representing ‘multiple’ officials  —  An attorney for the whistleblower who raised the alarm about President Trump's communications with Ukraine said Sunday that “multiple” whistleblowers have come forward.  —  The news, which comes as House Democrats …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: More whistleblowers, more mudslinging  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SNEAK PEEK ... THE PRESIDENT'S WEEK AHEAD: MONDAY: The president will have lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.  He will participate in a briefing with senior military leaders.
NBC News:   Second whistleblower comes forward in Trump-Ukraine scandal
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:   Attorneys for CIA Officer Behind Trump Complaint Say They Now Represent ‘Multiple Whistleblowers’
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 10-6-19: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Jim Jordan
Discussion: Washington Times
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Pompeo says State Department will follow law in Trump impeachment inquiry
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Christian Vasquez / Politico:
Susan Collins: Trump made ‘big mistake’ in asking China to probe Biden
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Barr and a Top Prosecutor Cast a Wide Net in Reviewing the Russia Inquiry  —  The attorney general and a veteran prosecutor, John H. Durham, have charted an unusual course that could bolster President Trump's pet theories about the Russia investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — After a jet carrying …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Washington Post:
Barr's review of Russia investigation wins Trump's favor.  Those facing scrutiny suspect he's chasing conspiracy theories.  —  Attorney General William P. Barr has taken an interest in a mysterious European professor whose conversation with an adviser to President Trump's 2016 campaign helped launch …
Wall Street Journal:
Barr's Requests for Foreign Help Prompt Backlash in Australia, Italy, U.K.  —  Opposition lawmakers, intelligence officials question why the attorney general is working outside usual channels in review of Russia-probe origins  —  Attorney General William Barr is stoking tensions in several foreign capitals …
Adam Goldman / New York Times:   Italy's Connection to the Russia Investigation, Explained
Washington Post:
Uncertainty takes over the lead in the Democratic presidential race  —  The top fundraiser in the Democratic presidential field was hospitalized with a heart attack, the longtime polling leader and his son sit at the center of an impeachment inquiry, and the one candidate …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden bests Trump by nine points in Wisconsin
Discussion: Political Wire
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden expands lead among South Carolina Democrats
Discussion: Political Wire
Lili Bayer / Politico:
Johnson: UK ‘packing our bags and walking out’ in 25 days  —  The United Kingdom will be “packing our bags and walking out” of the EU in 25 days, Boris Johnson wrote in two British newspapers.  —  Writing in the Sun and the Daily Express, the British prime minister reiterated his stance …
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Dominic Lau / Bloomberg:   Johnson to Challenge the Queen to Fire Him, Sunday Times Reports
The Times & The Sunday Times:   ‘Sack me if you dare,’ Boris Johnson will tell the Queen
Boris Johnson / The Sun:
BORIS JOHNSON Pack Eur bags, deal or no Brexit deal we are walking out of the European Union in 25 days
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Jim Jordan suggests Trump was joking about China investigating Bidens  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said on ABC's “This Week” on Sunday that he doesn't think President Trump was serious when he said last week that China should launch an investigation into Joe Biden and his son …
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Breitbart
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Joe Biden / Washington Post:
Trump won't destroy me, and he won't destroy my family
Discussion: Axios, Fox News, New York Post and Raw Story
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
The Hunter Biden story is a troubling tale of privilege
Discussion: Althouse and American Greatness
Axios:
Scoop: Trump pins Ukraine call on Energy Secretary Rick Perry  —  President Trump told House Republicans that he made his now infamous phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the urging of Energy Secretary Rick Perry — a call Trump claimed he didn't even want to make.
Washington Post:
‘Out on a limb’: Inside the Republican reckoning over Trump's possible impeachment  —  A torrent of impeachment developments has triggered a reckoning in the Republican Party, paralyzing many of its officeholders as they weigh their political futures, legacies and, ultimately, their allegiance to a president who has held them captive.
Dallas Morning News:
Botham Jean's neighbor, a key witness in Amber Guyger trial, shot to death in Dallas  —  Joshua Brown died at the hospital after Friday night's shooting in the 4600 block of Cedar Springs Road. … A key witness in Amber Guyger's murder trial was shot and killed Friday evening …
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
Pompeo Defends Trump's Ukraine Conspiracy Theory  —  In Athens, the American secretary of state dismissed the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry and the political drama that it has sparked as a “silly gotcha game.”  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defiantly insisted …
Discussion: Mediaite
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CNN:
Diplomats angry and afraid as Ukraine controversy embroils Pompeo's State Department
Discussion: New York Times
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders White House to preserve records of Trump's dealings with foreign leaders  —  A federal judge has ordered the White House to preserve a wide range of evidence about President Donald Trump's dealings with foreign leaders, including his interactions related to Ukraine that have fueled an impeachment investigation in the House.
Discussion: Axios
Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
Who should run against Trump?  How about Hillary Clinton?  —  It's time for Hillary Clinton to come out of retirement, lace up the gloves and get back in the ring with President Trump for what would be the biggest political rematch ever.  —  Call me crazy, but from what I've seen so far …
Discussion: Breitbart
Mike Allen / Axios:
Public support for Trump's impeachment is higher than it was for Nixon and Clinton  —  Public support for President Trump's impeachment is higher than it was for Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton when the House launched impeachment inquiries against them.  —  Why it matters: Support for impeachment …
Discussion: Political Wire
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
US researchers on front line of battle against Chinese theft  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. warned allies around the world that Chinese tech giant Huawei was a security threat, the FBI was making the same point quietly to a Midwestern university.  —  In an email to the associate vice chancellor …
 
 
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
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