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6:10 PM ET, November 21, 2019

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fiona Hill tells Devin Nunes to his face that his Ukraine conspiracy theory is ‘harmful’  —  It's already been publicly embraced by Vladimir Putin.  —  One reason that Russia's interference effort in 2016 was successful was that it leveraged a powerful source of energy: partisanship.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Fiona Hill's extraordinary answer distills what impeachment is about  —  Washington (CNN)Fiona Hill's extraordinary answer about her relationship with the American ambassador to the European Union was ultimately a finely distilled description of what the impeachment hearings are all about …
Discussion: Political Wire
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Fiona Hill Viewed Serving Trump as Risky.  Now She's an Impeachment Witness.  —  Ms. Hill's decision to be the president's top adviser on Russia and Europe strained friendships, made her a target of conspiracy theories — and landed her in the center of the tumult over Ukraine.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Fiona Hill clashes with GOP over ‘fictional’ Ukraine claims  —  President Donald Trump's former top Russia aide sparred with Republican lawmakers on Thursday, accusing them of emboldening Moscow by pushing a “fictional narrative” that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP defense of Trump is in slow-motion collapse.  It's about to get worse.  —  We know this to be true: Approximately one week passed between President Trump's decision in mid-July to freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine, and a phone call on July 26 …
Discussion: The Mahablog, Vox, TheBlaze and Slate
Washington Post:
Fiona Hill shreds the Republicans' false narrative about Ukraine  —  A PILLAR of the Republican defense of President Trump during the impeachment inquiry has been that he had good reason to believe that Ukraine intervened against him during the 2016 presidential election …
Discussion: Slate
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Fiona Hill: It is “not credible” Sondland didn't make Biden-Burisma connection
Discussion: Politico
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:   Graham launches probe into Bidens, Burisma and Ukraine
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The huge Gordon Sondland revelation almost everyone missed
Discussion: Raw Story
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, GOP claims on Ukraine corruption
Discussion: Politico and KSLNewsRadio
New York Times:
Read Fiona Hill's Opening Statement
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
White House backs full Senate trial if House impeaches Trump  —  Top White House officials and Senate Republicans agreed that a full trial should be conducted if the House impeaches President Donald Trump, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
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Washington Post:
White House and Republicans discuss limiting impeachment trial to two weeks  —  A group of Republican senators and senior White House officials met privately Thursday to map out a strategy for a potential impeachment trial of President Trump, including proceedings in the Senate that could be limited …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Axios:
“Could I actually say something?”:  Fiona Hill fires back at House Republicans  —  In a stunning moment at Thursday's impeachment hearing, former top White House Russia adviser Fiona Hill asked whether she may respond to Republican attacks, after three GOP congressman in a row used …
Discussion: NBC News, Political Wire and Breitbart
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Trump Reverses Navy Decision to Oust Edward Gallagher From SEALs  —  The president said Chief Gallagher, who has been at center of a high-profile war crime case, would not lose his membership in the elite commando force.  —  President Trump on Thursday reversed a decision by the Navy seeking …
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Washington Post:
‘Insurgents’ lobbied Trump for war crimes pardons with little Pentagon involvement, officials say  —  President Trump took to the phone in the Oval Office last week after days of speculation.  In succession, he notified three U.S. service members accused of war crimes that he was intervening on their behalf …
Ryan Browne / CNN:   Trump says he won't allow Navy to punish SEAL who posed with dead body
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Is in Bad Shape With Black Democrats.  Here's How Bad.  —  No Democrat in modern times has won the party's nomination without claiming majorities of black voters, the most crucial voting bloc in South Carolina and an array of delegate-rich states.
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:   In DNC Debate, Race Played a Starring Role
John McCormack / National Review:
Notes on the November Democratic Debate Dud
Discussion: The Bulwark and Fox News
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
What Joe Biden Can't Bring Himself to Say  —  His eyes fall to the floor when I ask him to describe it.  We've been tiptoeing toward it for 45 minutes, and so far, every time he seems close, he backs away, or leads us in a new direction.  There are competing theories in the press, but Joe Biden has kept mum on the subject.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
House says Supreme Court precedents do not shield Trump financial records  —  There is no precedent for keeping a House committee from examining President Trump's financial records, lawyers for the House told the Supreme Court on Thursday, and “each day of delay harms Congress by depriving …
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
California strikes down law requiring presidential tax returns to appear on ballot
Discussion: Associated Press
Peter Elkind / ProPublica:
Prosecutors Investigating the Trump Organization Zero In on Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg  —  Weisselberg is one of the Trump Organization's longest tenured employees and is now co-running the business.  He escaped federal prosecution for the Stormy Daniels payments but is now a focus of an investigation by Manhattan's district attorney.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Law & Crime
Washington Post:
Kentucky governor's stay at Trump hotel could carry legal implications for president  —  Gov. Matt Bevin's 2018 visit to Trump's D.C. hotel likely to become fodder for plaintiffs in cases against Trump.  —  When Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin came to Washington in January for two nights …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Secret Service spent more than $250K at Trump properties  —  The Secret Service spent more than a quarter of a million dollars at President Donald Trump's properties over the course of five months in 2017, newly released documents show.  —  The documents outline Secret Service credit card expenditures …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Secret Service spent quarter of a million dollars at Trump's properties in first five months of his term, records show
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Kennedy asked Trump to put Kavanaugh on Supreme Court list, book says  —  It was a historic moment in April 2017 when Supreme Court justice Anthony M. Kennedy presided over the ceremonial Rose Garden swearing-in for the court's new member, Neil M. Gorsuch: the first time a sitting justice …
 
 
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump traveling to Delaware to honor Americans killed in Afghanistan
Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
No USMCA deal yet as window narrows for 2019 vote
Discussion: Breitbart
Loren DeJonge Schulman / Washington Post:
The military needs immigrants. The Trump administration wants to keep them out.
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Arab Thinkers Call to Abandon Boycotts and Engage With Israel
Alana Goodman / Washington Examiner:
Hunter Biden-linked company received $130M in special federal loans while Joe Biden was vice president
Discussion: National Legal & … and War Room
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won't act
 Earlier Items: 
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
A Former Fox News Executive Divides Americans Using Russian Tactics
Luke LeBrun / PressProgress:
Days Before The Federal Election, Computers On A Remote BC Island Were Hijacked In A Mysterious Cyber Attack
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Politico:
The end of world trade as we know it
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Trump took credit for opening a Mac factory. It's been open since 2013.
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2020 House: Assessing the Open Seats So Far
Washington Post:
Jim Jordan used to torment GOP leaders. Now he's leading them in defending Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October
 

 
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