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NBC News:
Donald Trump's longtime business connections in Turkey back in the spotlight — The president's decision to remove troops from Northern Syria has put renewed focus on his relationship with Turkish President Erdogan. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's sudden decision to pull U.S. troops …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Lindsey Graham on Trump's Syria decision: “He's putting the nation at risk” — In an interview with Axios on Tuesday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) condemned President Trump in his harshest language yet for deciding to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, suggesting Trump is violating …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Pray for our Kurdish allies’: Lawmakers decry U.S. pullback as Turkey begins Syria military action — Trump said he told Turkey the operation “is a bad idea,” but added, “From the first day I entered the political arena, I made it clear that I did not want to fight these endless, senseless wars.”
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Shareblue Media, The Atlantic, RedState, Hot Air and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Turkey launches offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria
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New York Times, CNBC, The Editorial Board, Patterico's Pontifications, Hullabaloo, UPI, Althouse, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's GOP allies condemn president after ‘sickening’ Turkish incursion
Trump's GOP allies condemn president after ‘sickening’ Turkish incursion
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The Hill, One America News Network, The Week, WNYT-TV and Sen. Marco Rubio …
John McCormack / National Review:
Rand Paul on the Kurds: Then and Now
Rand Paul on the Kurds: Then and Now
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Washington Post, The Week and TheBlaze
Richard North Patterson / The Bulwark:
A Betrayal Too Far — Nothing captures the moral and geopolitical …
A Betrayal Too Far — Nothing captures the moral and geopolitical …
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BBC, LobeLog, The National Interest, CNBC and New York Times
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Ronan Farrow Strikes Again: A New Book Targets NBC News and How Harvey Weinstein May Have Leveraged Matt Lauer — In his first interview about the explosive ‘Catch and Kill,’ the journalist reveals fresh claims of secret payouts and how Lauer may have played a role in the network's decision …
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New Yorker, Breitbart, NB Blog, The Daily Caller, Page Six, Vanity Fair, Splinter, Mediaite, The Week and Contemptor, more at Mediagazer »
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Variety:
Ronan Farrow Book Alleges Matt Lauer Raped NBC News Colleague — Ronan Farrow's new book “Catch and Kill” recounts his investigation of Harvey Weinstein; the hurdles his then-employer NBC News put in his way that caused him to publish the story in the New Yorker instead; and how Weinstein hired Black Cube …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Ronan Farrow exposes the rot at NBC News
Ronan Farrow exposes the rot at NBC News
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Variety, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Laurence Tribe / USA Today:
The time for waiting is over. The House must move on Trump impeachment articles now. — The Constitution makes clear the House can conduct its Trump impeachment inquiry however it wants. It should move fast. America has no time to spare. — CONNECT
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Law & Crime, Washington Post, NPR, Conservative Review, The Root, TheBlaze, Roll Call, American Military News and Contemptor
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Noah Feldman / New York Times:
This Is a Constitutional Crisis. What Happens Next? — With a full-on confrontation between the House and the president, no simple resolution is available. — Mr. Feldman is a law professor. — For the first time since President Richard Nixon refused to turn over the White House tapes …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Five facts that blow up the latest White House defense of Trump
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The Federalist, Just Security and New York Times
Sean Illing / Vox:
Are we in a constitutional crisis yet?
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump's Obstruction Letter
Trump's Obstruction Letter
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New Republic, ABC News and Law & Crime
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Intel Official Charged With Leaking Classified Info to Two Journalists — The Justice Department says it appears Kyle Frese had a romantic relationship with one of two journalists he allegedly fed information. — A U.S. intelligence official has been arrested and charged …
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Politico, Breitbart, One America News Network and Mediaite
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Arrested In Leak Case — Henry Kyle Frese, a 30-year-old Defense Intelligence Agency employee, faces two counts of willful transmission of national defense information. — A member of the intelligence community was arrested on Wednesday …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Defense Intelligence Agency worker arrested on charges of leaking top secret information to reporters
Wall Street Journal:
Counterterrorism Analyst Arrested for Leaking to Two Journalists
Counterterrorism Analyst Arrested for Leaking to Two Journalists
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The Daily Caller
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
DOJ indicts intel employee for allegedly leaking to journalists
DOJ indicts intel employee for allegedly leaking to journalists
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Political Wire
Esquire:
Donald Trump Allegedly Hid Behind a Tapestry to Grope a Woman at Mar-a-Lago in the Early 2000s — tape was the opening salvo in the story of Donald Trump's transgressions against women, think again. In — All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator
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Vox, VICE, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Occupy Democrats, The New Civil Rights Movement, Splinter, The Week and Raw Story
Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Read the whistleblower's memo about Trump's Ukraine call, as described to CBS News — Washington — CBS News has learned the full contents of what appears to be a memo written by the whistleblower one day after President Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July.
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The New Civil Rights Movement
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Mulvaney sidelined as Trump's impeachment crisis rages — Mick Mulvaney has gone noticeably quiet over the past week, just as the president's impeachment fight picks up. — The White House's acting chief of staff has not appeared on any major TV shows to defend President Donald Trump …
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Raw Story, Splinter, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Biden calls for Trump to be impeached — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday for the first time said President Trump should be impeached. — “Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation and committed impeachable acts,” Biden told a crowd of supporters in Rochester …
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Politico, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, Axios, Bloomberg, Political Wire and NPR
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Peter Schweizer / New York Times:
What Hunter Biden Did Was Legal — And That's the Problem
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Breitbart
Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Facebook denies Biden campaign's request to remove false Ukraine ad by Trump campaign
Facebook denies Biden campaign's request to remove false Ukraine ad by Trump campaign
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Vox, RedState, HuffPost, CNBC, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Fortune, National Review, New York Post, Engadget and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
Joe Biden's Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing
Joe Biden's Case for the Presidency Is Collapsing
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Mother Jones and Townhall
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
‘Nothing to See Here’: Diplomats Urged to Play Down Release of Ukraine Aid — A series of internal State Department emails reflect diplomats' frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved. — WASHINGTON — American diplomats who had pushed …
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Law & Crime, Political Wire and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Clinton email critics do a role reversal as Trump administration draws fire for private phone use — More than four years after a squad of House Republicans led a charge against then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her handling of sensitive diplomatic information …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
In Shift, Warren Says She'll Forgo Big Money Events if Nominated — Skipping fund-raisers has been a big part of her message as she has risen in the Democratic primary. She had previously said she would not unilaterally disarm against President Trump in a general election.
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CNBC, CNN, CBS News, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, Washington Free Beacon, HuffPost and Axios
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Warren swears off high-dollar fundraisers in potential general election
VICE:
Germany Synagogue Shooter Denied Holocaust in Apparent Video Uploaded to Twitch — A Twitch spokesperson confirmed the link to the video has been taken down. … The gunman who killed two people near a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday appears to have filmed his attack …
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Germany synagogue shooting: Suspect ‘broadcast attack livestream on Twitch’ …
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UPI
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Germany: mass shooting attempt that killed two was antisemitic attack, minister says
Germany: mass shooting attempt that killed two was antisemitic attack, minister says
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The Daily Beast and One America News Network
Paige Godden / Iowa Starting Line:
Joni Ernst Refuses To Condemn Soliciting Foreign Interference — Three times in a row yesterday, Sen. Joni Ernst dodged questions about whether it's appropriate for a president to ask a foreign power to investigate a political rival. — After a round of questions from a CNN reporter looking for a …
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Political Wire
Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘Render to God and Trump’: Ralph Reed calls for 2020 obedience to Trump — One of Donald Trump's most prominent Christian supporters will argue in a book due out before the 2020 general election that American evangelicals “have a moral obligation to enthusiastically back” the president.
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Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, No More Mister Nice Blog and Contemptor
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Joe Biden's Family Has Been Cashing in on His Career for Decades. Democrats Need to Acknowledge That. — Hunter Biden, left, and his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, attend the World Food Program USA's annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award ceremony on April 12, 2016, in Washington …
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National Review, twitchy.com and ABC News
Pete Kotz / City Pages:
Armed conspiracy group will defend Republicans at Minneapolis Trump rally … No one's expecting Donald Trump's Thursday rally in Minneapolis to go seamlessly. Some 20,000 mostly out-of-towners will descend on the Target Center. An even larger crowd of locals will be frothing outside.
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Raw Story, WCCO | CBS Minnesota and Townhall

