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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has been accused of 26 further counts of sexual misconduct in a forthcoming new book, All the President's Women by Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy, which recounts him hiding behind a tapestry in order to allegedly molest a woman at his resort at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in one instance.
The president's refusal to co-operate with the impeachment inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine - which he accidentally branded a “Wirch Hunt” on Twitter – has prompted House speaker Nancy Pelosi to hit back, reminding the president: “You are not above the law. You will be held accountable.”
The White House issued an eight-page letter to House Democrats late on Tuesday denouncing its investigation into whistleblower allegations that Mr Trump attempted to extort dirt on a domestic political rival from a foreign power as “constitutionally invalid”, after blocking US ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland from appearing on Capitol Hill earlier in the day to give his version of events.
Later on during the day on Wednesday, Mr Trump defended the wife of a US diplomat who killed a British teenager, saying that it can be difficult for Americans to get used to driving on the left side of the road.
Mr Trump also downplayed the historical significance of the Kurdish forces currently being bombed by Turkey in Syria, saying that they did not help the United States during the Second World War.
He also continued to fight back against impeachment concerns, saying that Democrats leading the investigation into him and his actions should themselves be impeached.
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Lindsey Graham has repeated his statement that the Turkish assault on the Kurds is a "disaster in the making" and now says Trump's decision "ensures the remergence of Isis".
He is urging the president to "change course" and says he will lead the congressional effort to ensure President Erdogan pays a heavy price. He'll have a chance to confront him face-to-face when he visits DC on 13 Novemember.
Here's the latest from Chris Riotta.
Yikes. A Trump supporter pulled a gun on a woman in Moorhead, Minnesota, after spotting an Elizabeth Warren bumper sticker on her car.
Vincent Wood reports.
John Dowd, a former Trump lawyer, is being ridiculed online after writing to the House Intelligence Committee this week to say that two of his clients embroiled in the Ukraine scandal will not be responding to subponeas in a letter composed in Comic Sans (!)
Sirena Bergman has more for Indy100.
Here's our updated list of all the women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct, now up to 43 (!) in light of today's revelations.
More on that bizarro Giuliani clip from Fox earlier. Apparently he was impersonating 2020 candidate Cory Booker.
Here's what the New Jersey senator thinks of the former NYC mayor.
Vince Wood has more.
Can you use "coup" as a verb? Either way, this tweet from Trump's campaign manager is truly idiotic.
The latest in the stream of consciousness that is Donald Trump's Twitter account:
It is unclear where that percentage comes from, but most polls show support for impeachment quite a bit higher (I wrote just yesterday about a poll showing that 58 per cent of Americans support the launch of impeachment).
Not really sure where to start on this one, or even who he is accusing of spying in order "to win", considering the most obvious president that could be at the center of the Trump ire — Barack Obama — never ran against Donald Trump.
In the latest compilation of polls by Real Clear Politics, Elizabeth Warren is beating Joe Biden — marking the first time any candidate has topped the former vice president in the 2020 Democratic primary process.
Ms Warren has been steadily rising in the polls since she announced her candidacy earlier this year, and stands out in the crowd for pledging to forego big money fundraisers (alongside Bernie Sanders) and for her markedly liberal policy proposals.
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