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Washington Post:
Barr doesn't accept key inspector general finding about FBI's Russia investigation  —  Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department's inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information …
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Rosalind Helderman / Washington Post:
How the Ukraine pressure campaign began as an effort to undercut the Mueller investigation  —  As 2018 came to a close, the special counsel investigation was bearing down on President Trump.  —  Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III had secured the cooperation of Trump's onetime fixer …
Discussion: KyivPost and Raw Story
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Democrats quietly debate expanding impeachment articles beyond Ukraine  —  House Democrats are quietly debating whether to expand articles of impeachment to include charges beyond abuse of power in the Ukraine controversy, setting up a potential internal clash as the party races to impeach President Trump by Christmastime.
New York Times:
Barr Is Said to Doubt Inspector General's Finding on Russia Inquiry  —  If the attorney general rebuts the finding that the F.B.I. had sufficient cause to open the investigation, the president's allies could use his skepticism to dismiss the entire report.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:   Newly released documents shed light on Mueller-Trump meeting
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:   Hope Hicks says Trump Achilles's heel is intelligence assessment of Russia 2016 election interference
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:   Highlights from the newly released FBI Mueller investigation notes
Washington Post:
Trump calls French president's criticism of NATO ‘nasty’ and ‘disrespectful’  —  LONDON — President Trump on Tuesday slammed as “very, very nasty” and “very disrespectful” recent comments by his French counterpart about the diminished state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance.
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Trump calls Democrats impeachment push “unpatriotic”  —  1 of 3  —  LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump criticized Democrats at the opening of a NATO leaders' meeting Tuesday, calling the impeachment push by his rivals “unpatriotic” and “a bad thing for our country.”
Discussion: IJR and The Hill
Politico:   Allies unite to defend NATO — against Macron
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump calls Macron comments on NATO ‘insulting’ and ‘nasty’
Discussion: Political Wire
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Impeachment Power Can Be Abused, Too
Discussion: Power Line
Ryan Heath / Politico:
Alliance divided: Breaking down NATO's factions
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Associated Press:
The Latest: Russia watching NATO, warns of ‘confrontation’
Discussion: Slate
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg blows up his strategy to win black voters  —  ALLENDALE, S.C. — When Pete Buttigieg goes to Iowa or New Hampshire, he's a Democratic presidential frontrunner who packs campaign venues.  But when Buttigieg goes to South Carolina, he's far from the top — and his campaign is shaking …
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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Targets Warren and Buttigieg on His Tour of Iowa
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
NBC News:
Democrats sing different tunes on impeachment as GOP closes ranks
Discussion: Politico
Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Biden says Buttigieg ‘stole’ his healthcare plan
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine Knew of Aid Freeze in July, Says Ex-Top Official in Kyiv  —  Ukraine's government learned of the military aid freeze during the Trump administration's pressure campaign — and tried to keep that knowledge from going public, says an ex-deputy foreign minister.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How both parties are thinking about impeachment's next phase
Michael Luo / New Yorker:   Republicans Defending Trump on Impeachment Should Fear the Judgment of History
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Senate panel look into Ukraine interference comes up short  —  With the impeachment inquiry charging forward, President Donald Trump's allies have defended his demand for political investigations from Ukraine by claiming that the government in Kyiv tried to sabotage his candidacy and boost Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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New York Times:
China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West  —  Beijing's pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent.  —  TUMXUK, China — In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China's western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science.
Washington Post:
North Dakota company that Trump touted gets $400 million border wall contract  —  A company that President Trump urged military officials to hire for border wall construction has been awarded a $400 million contract to build a span of new barrier across an Arizona wildlife refuge …
Discussion: The Hill
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Denies Knowing Prince Andrew, Despite Numerous Photos of Them Together  —  KISS OF DEATH  —  Donald Trump has denied knowing Prince Andrew, despite multiple photos of the two together, including several of them meeting in June this year.  The president, who is in the United Kingdom for a NATO summit …
Discussion: Political Wire and VICE
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Trump gave states the power to ban refugees.  Conservative Utah wants more of them.  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Apiel Kuot had survived war, sexual assault and life — first as an orphan, then as a single mother — in an east African refugee camp.  But Utah terrified her.
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Fusion GPS Chiefs Spin Hard Before the Horowitz Report  —  There are a few bombshells tucked in the new book authored by Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, co-owners of Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm responsible for the most infamous dossier in American political history.
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump's Christmas decorations are lovely, but that coat looks ridiculous  —  First lady Melania Trump unveiled this year's White House Christmas decorations in a gauzy video in which she strolls through the public rooms marveling at their holiday luster.
Bloomberg:
Trump Sees No Deadline for China Trade Deal, Sending Stocks Down  — U.S. president signals no urgency for truce as Dec. 15 looms  — 'We'll see whether not the deal is going to be right,' he says  —  Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars.
Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire
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Anna Isaac / Wall Street Journal:   Global Stocks Drop After Trump Signals Further Delays to China Deal
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Bloomberg overtakes Harris in new poll  —  Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D) topped Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in a new Hill-HarrisX poll of the Democratic presidential primary race.  —  The survey released on Monday found that support for the former mayor ticked …
Discussion: Reason, New York Post and Breitbart
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Sasha Pezenik / ABC News:
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hits 2020 campaign trail in Mississippi
Discussion: Politico
Angelo Fichera / FactCheck.org:
Photo Manipulated to Show Schiff With Epstein  —  Quick Take  —  A doctored photo circulating on Facebook purports to show Rep. Adam Schiff with the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  The original photo shows Schiff with his father.  —  Full Story
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Rep. Duncan Hunter to plead guilty in campaign finance scandal, leave Congress  —  Longtime congressman says he wants to spare his family the spectacle of a trial, which was to start Jan. 22  —  After years of denials and claims he was the target of a political witch hunt, Rep. Duncan Hunter …
 
 
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Tom Steyer qualifies for December debate
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Rudy Giuliani Isn't the Shadiest Lawyer in the Trump-Ukraine Scandal
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Deadly Superstitions in London
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The Boston Globe:
James Madison explained, as a president 'might lose his capacity after his appointment …
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Borzou Daragahi / The Independent:
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
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Iran state TV says ‘rioters’ shot and killed amid protests
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Washington Post:
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Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Prosecutors: More Charges Possible In Case Of Giuliani Associates Parnas, Fruman
Makeda Easter / Los Angeles Times:
Border Patrol threw away migrants' belongings. A janitor saved and photographed them
Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
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Reuters:
Putin signs law making Russian apps mandatory on smartphones, computers
Discussion: National Review
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