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New York Times:
Trump's Syria Troop Withdrawal Complicated Plans for al-Baghdadi Raid  —  President Trump's abrupt decision to pull forces from northern Syria forced the Pentagon to press ahead with a risky night operation that killed the ISIS leader, military officials said.
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New York Times:
Watching the Raid Was Like a Movie, the President Said.  Except There Was No Live Audio.  —  Surveillance video provided a dramatic portrait of action outside the al-Baghdadi compound, but could not show what happened in an underground tunnel where the ISIS leader died.
Discussion: The Guardian, CNN and ABC News
Brett McGurk / Washington Post:
Baghdadi's death underscores what we've lost by abandoning Syria's Kurds
Daniel Byman / Lawfare:
Al-Baghdadi's Death ... and That Presidential Speech
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48
Scott Boeck / USA Today:
President Donald Trump greeted with boos at Game 5 of World Series  —  SportsPulse: This may be the most energetic World Series we've seen in a long time.  For both teams, their exuberance on and off the field has been propelled by the joy often seen in Latin baseball culture.  —  CONNECT
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Mike Wise / WUSA:
Source: Nationals owners requested they not have to respond to request to sit with President Trump at Game 5  —  The principal owners of the Nats had a special request of the MLB last week: They had no desire to be put in a position of turning down a request to sit with Trump
Washington Post:
Trump met with sustained boos when introduced at Game 5 of the World Series  —  President Trump was booed during Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night when he made a rare public appearance in a luxury ballpark suite in Democrat-dominated Washington.  —  When the president was announced …
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Trump headed to World Series after big national security win
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers  —  Freshman Rep. Katie Hill is resigning from Congress after facing allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships with staffers in her office and on her congressional campaign.
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Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:   Column: Democratic Rep. Katie Hill messed up, but she should not have resigned
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) to resign from Congress amid ethics investigation
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What the booing of Trump says about his presidency
Karina Bland / Arizona Republic:
Parents of Kayla Mueller grateful for death of ISIS leader who held their daughter hostage  —  Terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who the president said was killed during a special forces raid in Syria, had reportedly been the captor and rapistof Arizona's Kayla Mueller, who was taken hostage in 2013.
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Fifteen stunning moments from Trump's announcement of al-Baghdadi's death  —  Trump said the ISIS leader “died like a dog, he died like a coward.  He was whimpering, screaming, and crying.”  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Baghdadi Is Dead.  The War on Terror Will Create Another.  —  A U.S. raid doomed the leader of the so-called Islamic State.  But there will be another Baghdadi, and another ISIS, as long as the Forever War keeps going.  —  After U.S. special operations forces dealt a violent end to the leader …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Al-Baghdadi Raid
New York Times:
Moving Closer to Trump, Impeachment Inquiry Faces Critical Test  —  Investigators have been building their case rapidly.  But the closer they get to the president, the more complicated their work will become.  —  WASHINGTON — House impeachment investigators are speeding toward …
Discussion: CBS News
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Associated Press:   WH official won't testify in impeachment probe without order
Washington Post:
Sen. Johnson, ally of Trump and Ukraine, surfaces in crucial episodes in the saga
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden says Trump is ‘an idiot’ for calling Russian election interference a ‘hoax’  —  “The Russians don't want me to be president and Trump doesn't want me to be the nominee,” Biden said.  —  Joe Biden said President Donald Trump is “an idiot” for calling Russia's election interference a …
Discussion: Breitbart, Political Wire and The Hill
Washington Post:
‘It feels like a horror movie’: Republicans feel anxious and adrift defending Trump  —  Republican senators are lost and adrift as the impeachment inquiry enters its second month, navigating the grave threat to President Trump largely in the dark, frustrated by the absence of a credible case …
Discussion: Raw Story
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden joins Warren, Sanders with Super Tuesday focus  —  Joe Biden is expanding his presidential campaign footprint in Super Tuesday states and a general election battleground in the latest sign that Democrats' top White House contenders foresee a potentially lengthy nominating process in 2020.
Discussion: The Hill
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden: Kushner has no ‘credentials’ for White House post
Discussion: Political Wire
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Kamala Harris: “Of course” it's different to run for president as a black woman
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Most Pressing Issue for Our Next President Isn't Medicare  —  The 2020 campaign is obsessed with the wrong issue.  —  When Bill Clinton became president, his top legislative priority was health care.  When Barack Obama became president, he first had to prevent a depression, but then he too turned to health care.
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Sally Pipes / Fox News:   Elizabeth Warren misleads Americans on harm and costs of ‘Medicare-for-all’
Elizabeth Drew / USA Today:
You don't have to break a law to be impeached.  Trump's defenders need a better argument.  —  The Founders made clear that an impeachable or convictable offense need not be a crime.  Hamilton said it applied to ‘the misconduct of public men.’  —  CONNECT
Financial Times:
Brexit: EU agrees extension as Boris Johnson looks to trigger UK election — latest news … Breathing space for Westminster  —  As eyes now turn to Westminster where the debate over when to schedule an election moves centre stage, here is a recap as to what this morning's development means …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Politico:
France yields on January 31 Brexit extension
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Chinese Investment Pits Wall Street Against Washington  —  Lawmakers and Trump officials want to stop federal employee retirement funds from flowing to Chinese companies.  —  WASHINGTON — The rivalry between the United States and China has spread to a fight over financial ties between the countries …
 
 
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Alex Swoyer / Washington Times:
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
President of Major U.S. Union Accused of Sexual Harassment
NBC News:
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 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Iraqi president says he's no longer sure U.S. can be relied on as an ally
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
Transcript: Trey Gowdy on “Face the Nation,” October 27, 2019
Kevin Miller / Press Herald:
Out-of-state donors flood Maine's closely watched U.S. Senate race
The Boston Globe:
As his Alzheimer's looms, Charles and Pam Ogletree take one last walk in love