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8:45 AM ET, October 13, 2019

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Washington Post:
Trump's envoy to testify that ‘no quid pro quo’ came from Trump  —  The U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, intends to tell Congress this week that the content of a text message he wrote denying a quid pro quo with Ukraine was relayed to him directly by President Trump in a phone call …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Gordon Sondland to Testify He Took Trump's Denial of Ukraine Quid Pro Quo at His Word  —  The U.S. ambassador to the EU to say he couldn't independently verify president's assertion  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. ambassador to the European Union plans to tell Congress that President Trump personally assured …
Richard Read / Los Angeles Times:   Sondland faces local backlash denying Trump deal in Ukraine
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. forces say Turkey was deliberately ‘bracketing’ American troops with artillery fire in Syria  —  Turkish forces who launched multiple artillery rounds near a U.S. Special Operations outpost in northeastern Syria on Friday have known for months that Americans were there …
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Associated Press:
Trump says he's an ‘island of one’ on Syria  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's an “island of one” for removing U.S. forces from northeastern Syria.  —  Trump's decision drew swift bipartisan criticism in the U.S. and abroad that he was endangering regional stability …
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press:   IS supporters escape as Turkish troops near key Syrian town
New York Times:   Syrian Arab Fighters Backed by Turkey Kill Two Kurdish Prisoners
New York Times:   Trump's Abrupt Shifts in Middle East Unnerve U.S. Allies
New York Times:   Militants Backed by Turkey Kill at Least Two Prisoners in Syria
BuzzFeed News:
A Fort Worth Cop Killed A Black Woman Inside Her Home After Her Neighbor Called Police Because Her Door Was Open  —  A black woman was shot and killed by police inside her own home early Saturday morning in Fort Worth, Texas, after her neighbor called a non-emergency police number for a wellness check on her.
Discussion: ABC News, New York Times and UPI
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Jack Howland / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Woman killed in own home when Fort Worth officer shoots her, police and witness say  —  A white Fort Worth officer fatally shot a black woman inside her home early Saturday morning after police were called to the house to do a welfare check, according to police and the neighbor who called them.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
2014 photo shows earlier ties between Trump and indicted Giuliani associate  —  A photograph of President Donald Trump posing with a recently indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani was posted online in March 2014, two years prior to what had been their first known interaction.
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Washington Post:
How two Soviet-born emigres made it into elite Trump circles — and the center of the impeachment storm  —  Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-born emigre, appeared at a dark time in Donald Trump's presidential campaign.  Less than a month before the election, major GOP donors had been spooked …
CNN:
Trump threatens to sue top Democrats Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi amid impeachment inquiry  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday night to sue top congressional Democrats Rep. Adam Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the House impeachment inquiry into the President.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Impeachment has put Trump in a different place. He's showing it every day.
Batya Ungar-Sargon / The Forward:
I Was Protested At Bard College For Being A Jew  —  When I was asked to speak at last week's conference on racism and anti-Semitism at Bard College's Hannah Arendt Center, I think my heart actually skipped a beat.  —  Arendt, the German-born political philosopher who fled the Nazis in the 1930s …
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Fox News pollster Braun Research misrepresented impeachment poll: analysis  —  The poll released last week by Fox News that claimed most Americans favor the impeachment of President Trump underrepresented Republican and independent voters, The Post has found.
New York Times:
In Show of Support, Trump Meets With Giuliani Over Lunch  —  The president's multiple shows of support for his personal lawyer on Saturday seemed meant to tamp down questions about Mr. Giuliani's standing.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump had lunch on Saturday with Rudolph W. Giuliani amid revelations …
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New York Times:
12 Hours.  4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed.  One Culprit: Russia.  —  The Russians saved Bashar al-Assad's government.  A trove of Russian Air Force recordings obtained by The Times shows how bombing Syrian hospitals helped them do it.  —  The Russian Air Force has repeatedly bombed hospitals …
Stephanie Baker / Bloomberg:
Hunter Biden Steps Down from Chinese Board Amid Trump Attacks  — Democratic candidate's son releases statement through lawyer  — Trump, Giuliani have accused him of unsubstantiated corruption  —  Hunter Biden is stepping down from the board of a Chinese-backed private equity company …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Conservatives look to crack Biden's black-and-white coalition  —  Analysis: Whites with racial resentment and African Americans form the core of the former vice president's support.  That could be his greatest strength — or his undoing.  —  WASHINGTON — Tavia Galonski cringes …
Discussion: Fox News
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:   How ‘White Guilt’ in the Age of Trump Shapes the Democratic Primary
Vandana Rambaran / Fox News:
Louisiana election heads to runoff with Democrat Edwards to face GOP's Rispone  —  Louisiana's Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, will have to face a runoff election in November as he failed to garner at least 50 percent of the votes in Saturday's election.
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and The New Neo
Jeff Parrott South Bend / South Bend Tribune:
William Barr says lawyers must fight against ‘secularists’ assault on organized religion … United States Attorney General William P. Barr speaks to Notre Dame Law School students and faculty on Friday inside Notre Dame's Eck Hall of Law in South Bend.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Democrats ratchet up impeachment secrecy
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Defiant Dave Chappelle
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Chinese app on Xi's ideology allows data access to 100 million users' phones, report says
Joe Lapointe / deadlinedetroit.com:
Lock Them Up? Rashida Tlaib Says House Dems Discuss Detaining Trump's Tongue-Tied Aides
Discussion: The Hill
Roger L. Simon / PJ Media Home:
Trump Makes Real Progress with China While Dems Play Impeachment
Discussion: American Greatness
Marc Stein / New York Times:
China Conflict Mutes N.B.A.'s New-Season Buzz
Discussion: The Guardian
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Bounces Back
LaVendrick Smith / Dallas Morning News:
Tarrant County sheriff's son arrested on indecent exposure charge
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Manhattan US attorney in the spotlight with another high profile investigation of Trump's inner circle
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren escalates war with Zuckerberg and Facebook
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders draws contrast with Elizabeth Warren: 'She is a capitalist through her bones.  I'm not.'
Discussion: The Hill
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Mattis warns ISIS could resurge: ‘Enemy gets the vote’ after Trump's announced troop pullout
Discussion: Telegraph, Axios and Task & Purpose
Brent Staples / New York Times:
How Italians Became ‘White’