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• Takeaways from Tuesday's public impeachment hearings

  20-11-2019 00:14 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  On Tuesday, the House's ongoing impeachment investigation held its third day of public hearings -- featuring National Security Council Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams, a member of Vice President Mike Pence's staff.
  
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• Trump warns that Kim Jong Un could lose 'special relationship' with him amid reports of missile site test

  08-12-2019 19:58 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  President Donald Trump warned Sunday that North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un could "void" their "special relationship" amid reports that the hermit nation conducted an "important" test at a missile site.
  
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• Analysis: Trump says his 2016 campaign was spied on. The DOJ's watchdog is about to offer its official report

  08-12-2019 19:45 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  There's a hotly anticipated new report expected to be released Monday from the Department of Justice Inspector General's office about whether, as President Donald Trump has repeatedly alleged, the FBI spied on his presidential campaign in 2016.
  
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• For Iowa Democrats, the caucuses come down to Trump

  08-12-2019 19:02 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters will be watching for in the week ahead, in this week's "Inside Politics" forecast.
  
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• Analysis: Biden, 'The Irishman' and the enduring power of aging white men

  08-12-2019 17:09 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Joe Biden this week had a tense exchange with an audience member during an Iowa town hall who had asserted, among other things, that the former vice president is "too old" to helm the White House.
  
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• Nadler: Impeachment would be a guilty verdict in 'three minutes flat'

  08-12-2019 16:15 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  With sources telling CNN a vote in the Judiciary Committee to impeach President Donald Trump is expected as soon as this week, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said Sunday that he sees the Ukraine evidence as part of "a pattern" of conduct by the President.
  
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• Biden, 'The Irishman' and the enduring power of aging white men

  08-12-2019 15:48 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Joe Biden this week had a tense exchange with an audience member during an Iowa town hall who had asserted, among other things, that the former vice president is "too old" to helm the White House.
  
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• Nadler confident in Democrats' 'solid' impeachment case

  08-12-2019 15:38 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  With sources telling CNN a vote in the Judiciary Committee to impeach President Donald Trump is expected as soon as this week, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said Sunday that he sees the Ukraine evidence as part of "a pattern" of conduct by the President.
  
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• Nadler confident in Democrats' 'solid' impeachment case but won't commit to including Mueller evidence in articles

  08-12-2019 15:07 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  With sources telling CNN a vote in the Judiciary Committee to impeach President Donald Trump is expected as soon as this week, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said Sunday that he sees the Ukraine evidence as part of "a pattern" of conduct by the President.
  
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• Bernie Sanders is breaking barriers with young Latinos. Now he just needs them to vote

  08-12-2019 14:29 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The first time Bernie Sanders came on her radar, back in 2015, she was working as a waitress in downtown Manhattan, uninsured and trying to get by on "less than a living wage."
  
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• Why Twitter underestimates Joe Biden

  08-12-2019 14:14 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  First things first: The theme song of the week is Out Front from ESPN's NFL Primetime.
  
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• For Elizabeth Warren, government can fix society's problems

  08-12-2019 12:07 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren has big plans for America.
  
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• Iowa voters experience pragmatic awakening ahead of 2020

  08-12-2019 02:20 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  CNN's Jeff Zeleny speaks to Iowa voters who are weighing the "electablilty' of the the 2020 Democratic candidates.
  
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• Trump names Secret Service official as new chief of staff for operations

  07-12-2019 22:17 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  President Donald Trump on Saturday named Anthony Ornato, an official with the Secret Service, as his new White House chief of operations.
  
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• Trump is hanging over every aspect of the Democratic presidential contest

  07-12-2019 21:37 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  He may not be on the Democratic ballot, but the 2020 presidential candidate wielding the most influence over the party's remarkably unsettled primary fight is President Donald Trump.
  
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• House Judiciary Committee releases report outlining historical arguments for impeachment

  07-12-2019 19:40 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The House Judiciary Committee on Saturday released a report ahead of Monday's impeachment hearing laying out historical arguments for impeachment.
  
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• Cory Booker sees surge in campaign donations after calling out lack of diversity in 2020 Democratic field

  07-12-2019 19:38 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Since Sen. Cory Booker issued a call this week for maintaining a diverse field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, grassroots donors have answered in a big way.
  
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• READ: House Judiciary Committee report outlining constitutional grounds for impeachment

  07-12-2019 19:23 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The House Judiciary Committee on Saturday released a report ahead of Monday's impeachment hearing laying out historical arguments for impeachment. The report is an update to the Judiciary Committee reports that were issued in 1974 and 1998 during the impeachment proceedings of Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Read the full report, below:
  
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• Why was Rudy Giuliani in Ukraine this week?

  07-12-2019 19:22 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  CNN's René Marsh takes a closer look at Rudy Giuliani's recent trip to Ukraine, where he tweeted a series of conspiratorial claims against Ukraine's government and the US embassy in Kiev.
  
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• Lawmakers are close to reaching a defense bill that will also include paid family leave for federal workers

  07-12-2019 19:00 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Lawmakers are close to reaching a deal on the annual defense authorization bill that for the first time will include paid family leave for federal workers.
  
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• Trump claims Americans have to flush the toilet '10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once'

  07-12-2019 18:06 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  President Donald Trump on Friday had a lot to say about toilets, sinks and showers.
  
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• Chicago mayor presses Buttigieg: You should break your NDA with elite consulting firm

  07-12-2019 18:04 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pressed presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg to break his non-disclosure agreement with the elite consulting firm that once employed him, as the crowded 2020 Democratic race progresses toward the Iowa caucuses.
  
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• Taliban says it has resumed peace talks with the US

  07-12-2019 16:38 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The United States and the Taliban have resumed peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha, a Taliban spokesman tweeted on Saturday.
  
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• Why the next 100 days are critical for Trump

  07-12-2019 16:05 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The next 100 days will be critical to understanding whether President Donald Trump will win a second term in office. His approval rating has been consistently low during his first term. Yet his supporters could always point out that approval ratings before an election year have not historically been correlated with reelection success.
  
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• Analysis: Pete Buttigieg's rise brings on the scrutiny

  07-12-2019 15:39 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  For a time, Pete Buttigieg was on a glide path as he ascended in the Democratic race for president, emerging unscathed from the fall debates and raking in donations as he built a juggernaut in early states.
  
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• Iran releases American student in prisoner swap

  07-12-2019 15:10 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  An American graduate student, who had been held for three years in Iran on suspicion of being a spy, has been freed in a prisoner swap between the two countries.
  
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• Vulnerable House Democrats anxiously eye impeachment vote

  07-12-2019 14:53 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  As the House Judiciary Committee held its first impeachment hearing into President Donald Trump this week, some of the House's most vulnerable Democrats privately huddled to discuss how to protect their majority.
  
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• Analysis: Pete Buttigieg has his inevitable turn in the 2020 race spotlight as questions rise

  07-12-2019 14:30 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  For a time, Pete Buttigieg was on a glide path as he ascended in the Democratic race for president, emerging unscathed from the fall debates and raking in donations as he built a juggernaut in early states.
  
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• Analysis: Why the next 100 days are critical for Trump

  07-12-2019 14:24 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  The next 100 days will be critical to understanding whether President Donald Trump will win a second term in office. His approval rating has been consistently low during his first term. Yet his supporters could always point out that approval ratings before an election year have not historically been correlated with reelection success.
  
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• Buttigieg releases descriptions of McKinsey projects in face of criticism

  07-12-2019 14:19 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Friday released a timeline of his three years working for the elite consulting firm McKinsey.
  
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