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As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnessesThe diplomatic community is gearing up for witnesses to be called to testify in a likely Senate impeachment trial, and raising money to cover legal fees.Read complete article
Impeachment hearings live updates: Lawyer for Democrats makes a case for impeaching Trump on abuse of power, obstructionThe 41-member judiciary panel is holding a crucial hearing at which counsel for Democrats and Republicans will present evidence about the president’s conduct toward Ukraine.
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The Daily 202: The Afghanistan Papers show the corrosive consequences of letting corruption go uncheckedNew insights on how America lost its way in its longest war.
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If officials objecting to Trump’s candidacy was 2016 interference, interference by allies was rampantSen. Ted Cruz's claim that Ukraine interfered in 2016 is rooted on a ridiculously broad definition of "interference."
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What happened that mattered this week in impeachmentThis was the week House Democrats shifted from an impeachment inquiry into actual impeachment.
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Do women and people of color running for president get to be as angry as Joe Biden? Joe Biden displayed behavior that maybe only he can.
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Republicans’ disdain for intellectualism was on display in Wednesday’s hearingRepublican lawmakers articulated what has been a trend.
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The Technology 202: Bernie Sanders just made Internet providers a new 2020 targetAT&T and Comcast are not immune from growing techlash.
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The Energy 202: Majority of U.S. states slashed environmental budgets over past decade, new study findsYet the Trump administration wants to shift anti-pollution efforts to states.
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The Finance 202: China trade deal and other Washington drama will transfix investorsA lot is happening in Washington.
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The Cybersecurity 202: Russia’s efforts to target U.K. elections a stark warning for 2020Influence operations can be highly effective even before they’re identified.
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The Health 202: Health insurers and device makers are fighting Obamacare taxes — againThe HIT tax is on the chopping block, again.
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Power Up: The Iowa caucuses could again be messy for DemocratsAnd The Post has the Afghanistan Papers.
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In the weeks before Navy base shooting, Trump touted his travel banPresident Trump asserted that the ban is "keeping terrorists, criminals and violent extremists the hell out of our country." But Saudi Arabia is not on the list.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren earned nearly $2 million consulting for corporations and financial firms, records showThe documents, abruptly released by the Massachusetts senator, in some cases deviated from her presidential campaign positioning as a crusader against corporate interests.
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Warren earned nearly $2 million working as a consultant for corporations and financial firms, records showSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) earned the income while she was a law professor at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and other schools, according to records her campaign released Sunday evening. The payments do not fit neatly with her current brand as a crusader against corporate interests. This is a developing story. It will be […]
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Inside Giuliani’s dual roles: Power-broker-for-hire and shadow foreign policy adviserThe president’s lawyer has used his singular perch to try to influence U.S. policy and criminal investigations — at times pushing the interests of foreign figures who could benefit him financially.
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Trump’s defense of Saudis grows more isolated after deadly shooting on military baseAs more information trickled out over the weekend about the Saudi-born gunman, some Republicans pushed for a reassessment of the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia.
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Booker is getting more money and attention. But he’s probably still not making the next debate.In this edition: Cory Booker gets ready to miss the next debate, the Teamsters mostly like what they hear from Democrats in Iowa, and why a transparency fight broke out between Buttigieg and Warren.
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As impeachment hurtles forward, a plea for legal help for government witnessesThe diplomatic community is gearing up for witnesses to be called to testify in a likely Senate impeachment trial, and raising money to cover legal fees.
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Democrats call them public servants. Republicans say they’re ‘unelected bureaucrats.’In the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing, Democrats and Republicans are likely to reveal starkly different views of federal employees.
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Gaetz says Giuliani’s trip to Ukraine is ‘weird’The trip comes as House Democrats are working to draft articles of impeachment against Trump that it could vote on as soon as this week.
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Trump touts accomplishments in address meant to woo Jewish voters and bolster support in FloridaThe 45-minute speech to the Israeli American Council hewed to a script more than many of the president’s rally jeremiads.
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Mike Bloomberg’s money buys him a very different kind of campaign. And it’s a big one.In two weeks, the billionaire and former New York mayor has built a sprawling campaign and spent more money on ads than other top Democratic candidates combined.
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