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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Testimony: Nunes acolyte misrepresented himself to Trump as Ukraine expert  —  The decorated Army officer who testified to House investigators on Tuesday told lawmakers that a close associate of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes “misrepresented” himself to President Donald Trump in an effort …
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Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Trump's Russia Director To Leave National Security Council Amid Impeachment Inquiry  —  Tim Morrison, the top Russia official on President Trump's National Security Council who is scheduled to testify in the impeachment inquiry on Thursday, is expected to leave his White House post imminently …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Vindman testified he was convinced Ukraine aid became part of Trump's demand for Biden investigations  —  (CNN)Top White House Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman told congressional investigators he was convinced President Donald Trump was personally blocking $400 million in military aid to Ukraine …
Wall Street Journal:
John Bolton Is Asked to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry  —  Move comes after State Department official says then-national security adviser was concerned Rudy Giuliani ‘was a key voice with the President on Ukraine’  —  WASHINGTON—House committees have asked former national security adviser John Bolton …
Discussion: Raw Story, Twitchy and The Week
New York Times:
White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call  —  Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, who heard President Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president and was alarmed, testified that he tried and failed to add key details to the rough transcript.
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
House Democrats Ask Bolton to Testify in Impeachment Inquiry
Discussion: Mother Jones
Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘One real mess’: Trump aides face the prospect of giant legal bills
Discussion: Raw Story
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Nancy Pelosi's Predictions for Impeachment  —  Nancy Pelosi wants you to know that the House Democratic leadership has not committed to impeaching President Donald Trump—notwithstanding the muscle she's thrown behind the inquiry, or tomorrow's vote on how its next stage will proceed.
Discussion: Political Wire
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CNN:
Bill Taylor is willing to testify publicly in impeachment probe
Discussion: The Hill, Roll Call and Breitbart
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:   ‘Whistleblower’ Exposed: Close to Biden, Brennan, Schiff's Staff, and DNC Operative
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: House impeachment resolution ‘falls way short’
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Impeachment complicates spending fight Republicans don't want
Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air and Townhall
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Pelosi wants Americans to see the trial of Donald Trump
Discussion: Associated Press
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Says It Will Ban All Political Ads  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Dorsey, Twitter's chief executive, said on Wednesday that the social media service would ban political ads on its platform, in a stark contrast to rival Facebook, which has faced blowback for taking a hands-off approach to political advertising.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Twitter to ban all political ads amid 2020 election uproar
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Twitter, the RC Cola of campaign advertising, will no longer accept campaign ads
Scott Bland / Politico:
Kamala Harris to slash staff, restructure campaign as she hemorrhages cash  —  Kamala Harris is dramatically restructuring her campaign by redeploying staffers to Iowa and laying off dozens of aides at her Baltimore headquarters, according to campaign sources and a memo obtained by POLITICO Wednesday …
Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein's Autopsy ‘Points to Homicide,’ Not Suicide, Pathologist Claims  —  The pathologist hired by Mr. Epstein's brother said evidence suggested strangulation.  The authorities disputed the claim.  —  A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother claimed on Wednesday …
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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Jeffrey Epstein's injuries look more like murder than suicide, noted pathologist says  —  Since his brother was found dead in a New York City federal jail in August, Mark Epstein has been worried that his life, and the lives of other people, may be in danger because federal authorities …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Politico
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Judicial nominee breaks down amid question about attitude towards LGBT people  —  A nominee for a federal appeals court broke down Wednesday while defending his record during his confirmation hearing.  The emotional outburst came after he was hit with questions surrounding a negative report of his career.
Discussion: The Daily Signal
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump judicial pick breaks down in tears at hearing over legal group's attack
Discussion: The Resurgent and BizPac Review
Cody Fenwick / Raw Story:
Trump judicial nominee breaks into tears in hearing over scathing finding that he's ‘arrogant, lazy’ and ‘an ideologue’
Discussion: Townhall, National Review and Reason
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tulsi Gabbard Drops a Big Hint About Running a Spoiler Campaign for Trump  —  “Hillary Clinton emerged recently to claim, with no basis in fact, that I am being ‘groomed’ by the Russian government to undermine America,” claims Tulsi Gabbard in a Wall Street Journal op-ed today.
USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Biden's lead over Warren narrows in a turbulent Democratic field  —  Susan Page Savannah Behrmann Jeanine SantucciUSA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON — Former vice president Joe Biden continues to lead a turbulent field for the Democratic presidential nomination …
Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Exclusive: White House Ignored Pentagon Warning on Ukraine Funding  —  As the summer wore on, and President Donald Trump would not budge on his decision to withhold almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine, the Pentagon warned the White House: If its portion of the money wasn't released quickly …
Discussion: Raw Story and Shareblue Media
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Republicans shoot down White House plan to install Cuccinelli atop DHS  —  Republican senators are warning President Donald Trump that he cannot legally appoint immigration hard-liner Ken Cuccinelli to lead the Department of Homeland Security.  —  The White House and DHS lawyers, however …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Trump tweeted a photo of a Medal of Honor recipient — who was edited out and replaced by a dog  —  In a somber White House ceremony in July 2017, President Trump draped the Medal of Honor around the neck of James McCloughan.  He was credited with saving the lives of 10 men in a brutal …
Discussion: Axios, Redstate, Townhall and Breitbart
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Ilhan Omar faces blowback after voting ‘present’ on Armenian genocide resolution  —  Armenian advocacy groups expressed dismay that Omar did not back the measure, which overwhelmingly passed the House by a 405-to-11 margin.  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., faced criticism Wednesday after voting …
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Joe Biden to attend Seattle fundraiser co-hosted by Amazon general counsel  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to return to Seattle next month for a pair of fundraisers, including one co-hosted by Amazon general counsel David Zapolsky.  —  Biden will attend a late-afternoon reception …
Discussion: Jacobin
YouTube:
Unite The Country  —  It's time to unite the country.  Join the fight to elect Joe Biden and defeat Donald Trump at unitethecountry.com.
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Bloomberg
NBC News:
Mulvaney was left in the dark on al-Baghdadi operation  —  President Trump's acting chief of staff first learned of the raid when it was already underway, raising questions about his status in the White House.  —  WASHINGTON — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney first learned …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate blocks effort to roll back Trump administration's ObamaCare rule  —  The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic effort to roll back a Trump administration rule that allows states to ignore parts of ObamaCare.  —  Senators voted 43-52 on the resolution, falling short of the simple majority needed to pass the chamber.
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
Los Angeles Times:
Fast-moving Easy fire expands to 1,300 acres, forces thousands to flee in Simi Valley near Reagan Library  —  A large brush fire erupted in Simi Valley early Wednesday and was quickly burning toward neighborhoods, triggering mandatory evacuations amid strong Santa Ana winds.
CNN:
Trump's Ukraine dishonesty barrage continues.  He made 96 false claims last week  —  Avlon: Trump has a history of attacking veterans  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was relentlessly dishonest last week about the scandal over his dealings with Ukraine, making false claims about just about every component of the story.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sean Ross / Yellowhammer News:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Jr. on Alabama's Senate race, impeachment, his favorite Ala. memory & more  —  Ahead of his visit to Birmingham next week, Donald Trump, Jr. agreed to an exclusive interview with Yellowhammer News.  —  The Q&A was conducted on Wednesday — the date his father qualified …
 
 
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Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
How can GOP senators serve as impeachment jurors when they're implicated in Trump's misdeeds?
Foreign Policy:
The United States Overthrew Iran's Last Democratic Leader
Alec Baldwin / USA Today:
To defeat Donald Trump, start with next week's Virginia elections
Discussion: Breitbart
Mike Jason / The Atlantic:
Take It From Me, the Attacks on Vindman Are Disgraceful
Discussion: ABC News and The Moderate Voice
CLS Blue Sky Blog:
Corporate Behavior and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Hostilities Rise Inside G/O Media Over Autoplay Video Ads and Politics
 Earlier Items: 
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why Trump insisted that the obviously incomplete rough transcript was, in fact, ‘exact’
Discussion: Balloon Juice, CNN and Alternet.org
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump's Russia ambassador pick breaks with him over Ukraine phone call
Discussion: NBC News and Associated Press
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox Business Guest Calls Impeachment ‘A Secret Ritual Conducted By a Cult’
Art Cullen / The Storm Lake Times:
A tale of two economies
Associated Press:
Protests in Iraq and Lebanon pose a challenge to Iran
Discussion: Press Herald and Politico
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants You to Know He's Smart and Capable Enough to ‘Do Quid Pro Quo’
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
Filing: FTC says Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, and other Amazon execs used Signal's disappearing messages to conceal evidence in FTC's antitrust case against Amazon

 
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