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1:40 PM ET, November 3, 2019

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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden leads nomination race, tops Trump by 12 points in matchup  —  Democratic primary voters increasingly feel the need to nominate a candidate who can beat President Trump in 2020, and more think Joe Biden can do that than any of the other top Democratic hopefuls.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: 49 percent now back Trump's impeachment and removal  —  But the president's support among Republicans remains strong one year out from Election Day  —  WASHINGTON — Exactly one year out from the 2020 general election, a majority of all Americans — or close to it …
Discussion: TheStreet, The Hill and Washington Post
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: 49 percent favor impeaching Trump  —  Nearly half of voters want President Trump impeached and removed from office, according to a new Fox News Poll.  In addition, 6-in-10 believe the president did ask foreign leaders to investigate political opponents — and two-thirds say that action is inappropriate.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Kamala Harris qualifies for December primary debate  —  Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has qualified for the December Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by POLITICO and PBS News.  She is the fifth candidate to do so.  —  She joins Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Washington Post:
As Warren and Buttigieg rise, the Democratic presidential race is competitive and fluid, a Washington Post-ABC News poll finds  —  The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is both competitive and fluid less than 100 days before the Iowa caucuses, with a stable trio of leading candidates …
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:   Impeachment Increasingly Divides Americans by Political Party
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Whistleblower willing to answer Republicans' questions in impeachment probe, lawyer says  —  Washington — A lawyer for the whistleblower who reported concerns about the president's dealings with Ukraine told CBS News he offered to have Republicans on the House Intelligence Community submit questions …
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New York Times:
Adam Schiff, a Trump Punching Bag, Takes His Case to a Bigger Ring  —  Mr. Schiff leads the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.  Depending on one's viewpoint, he will either save the republic — or destroy it.  —  LOS ANGELES — The crowd was buzzing with Hollywood types …
Jamie Crawford / CNN:
Lawyer says whistleblower willing to answer written questions from Republicans
Discussion: Raw Story
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Impeachment spin win: Democrats killing GOP in testimony leak game
Discussion: Eclectablog
Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Trump booed at UFC event in New York City  —  President Trump was booed — along with some cheers mixed in — at an Ultimate Fighting Championship match Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.  Mr. Trump was seated with House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy of California …
Discussion: The Mary Sue, DeadState and Deadspin
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Tareq Haddad / Newsweek:
Trump Being Booed at UFC 244 Event a Surprise, Says Political Scientist: ‘This Should Be His Crowd’
Discussion: Redstate, Vox and MMAmania.com
New York Daily News:
Boos, cheers greet Trump as he enters UFC event in Madison Square Garden
Discussion: The Hill
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway: 'I Don't Know' Whether Ukraine Aid Was Being Held Up  —  “I don't know,” Conway said.  “But I know they've got their aid.”  —  During a typically contentious and lengthy CNN interview on Sunday morning, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway insisted that she didn't know …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
White House aide told not to appear at impeachment probe
Discussion: CNN and Axios
Washington Post:   A presidential loathing for Ukraine is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry
ABC News:
Bernie Sanders calls his plan to fund Medicare for All ‘far more’ progressive than Elizabeth Warren's  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, often credited for bringing Medicare for All to the forefront of the 2020 presidential race, defended his way of funding the plan up the against the newly-released outline …
Discussion: CNN and Axios
Michael Judge / Dallas Morning News:
Garry Kasparov still believes we can ‘checkmate tyranny’  —  The chess grand master and pro-democracy activist says Trump is a symptom of a sick system. … It's hard to believe it's been nearly 15 years since that fateful day.  My evaluation was accurate, but unfortunately …
New York Times:
The Money Farmers: How Oligarchs and Populists Milk the E.U. for Millions  —  The European Union spends $65 billion a year subsidizing agriculture.  But a chunk of that money emboldens strongmen, enriches politicians and finances corrupt dealing.  —  CSAKVAR, Hungary — Under Communism …
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Kim Jong Un is ‘fascinated’ by Trump, views him as father figure, new book claims  —  A new book claims to shed light on President Trump's relationship with North Korea and what former President Obama said that Trump could expect when he entered office.  —  Author Doug Wead interviewed Trump …
Emily Peck / HuffPost:
NBC News Is Facing Internal Rebellion Over Mishandling Sexual Misconduct  —  Current and former staffers are calling out NBC's troubling history of protecting powerful men — and some say president Noah Oppenheim should step down.  —  Certainly by now it's clear that Me Too has not gone too far in canceling powerful men.
Aimee Ortiz / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump's Plan to Bar Immigrants Who Can't Pay for Health Care  —  The court ruling is the latest to derail administration initiatives to limit the admission of certain legal immigrants into the United States.  —  A federal judge on Saturday blocked the Trump administration …
Discussion: The Week and ImmigrationProf Blog
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Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico:
Nigel Farage says he will not fight a seat in UK election  —  Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will not contest a seat in the U.K.'s general election on December 12.  —  Farage told the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show that not being tied to a constituency would mean he could campaign more effectively …
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Jim Silver / Bloomberg:
U.K. Conservatives Have Eight-Point Lead in Telegraph/ORB Poll
David Siders / Politico:
Inside Beto O'Rourke's collapse  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — As night fell and his staffers led him through the drizzle to his rented Dodge Grand Caravan for the last time, Beto O'Rourke was asked Friday by a reporter, “What do you think went wrong for you?”  —  He didn't answer, allowing the question …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Castro fights to stay in race as staff looks for other jobs
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
House Foreign Affairs chairman defends Democrats' handling of impeachment inquiry
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
MSNBC:
Newly released Mueller memos detail early Trump campaign efforts to push Ukraine conspiracy theory …
Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
A stunning confession from a Deep State member subverting the constitutional republic
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Pelosi's Halloween impeachment vote was an enormous strategic defeat - Let me explain
Christian Vasquez / Politico:
Trump defends border wall design after report smugglers are sawing through it
Discussion: CBS News and CNN
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Fox News Guest Invited to Talk About Military Dogs Blurts Out Jeffrey 'Epstein Didn't Kill Himself'
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
The Guardian:
Johnson 'knew about Vote Leave's illegal overspend', says MP
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher's Show Has Gone Completely Off the Rails
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Washington Post:
Trump's defenders need to stop pretending impeachment is a criminal trial
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Russia Held Up an Ailing American Military Attaché From Leaving Moscow
 

 
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