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11:45 AM ET, November 2, 2016

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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide Next Slide  —  Two metro-area police officers were shot and killed in apparent “ambush style” attacks early Wednesday.  —  Police from Urbandale and Des Moines departments responded to a report of gunfire at the intersection of 70th Street and Aurora Avenue at about 1:06 a.m.
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German Lopez / Vox:
2 police officers ambushed and killed in Des Moines, Iowa: what we know  —  The suspect is Scott Michael Greene, a white man.  —  Two police officers are dead in the Des Moines, Iowa, area after what police are calling an “ambush” attack.  —  The shooting suspect is Scott Michael Greene, a white 46-year-old man.
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
2 Iowa police officers killed, manhunt on for suspect  —  (CNN)Two Iowa police officers were found fatally shot in their squad vehicles at separate intersections in the Des Moines area early Wednesday, and police are urgently hunting for a man they've named as a suspect in the deaths.
Discussion: The Jawa Report, Jezebel and Law News
Grant Rodgers / Des Moines Register:
Scott Michael Greene was convicted in combative 2014 encounters
Discussion: ThinkProgress and NPR
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cotton: Clinton Foundation one of world's largest money-laundering schemes  —  (R-Ark.) tore into the Clinton Foundation on Tuesday, comparing it to an illegal money-laundering operation.  —  Asked on Hugh Hewitt's radio show about a Wall Street Journal report that four FBI offices …
Discussion: Politico and RedState
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hill Republicans raring to investigate Clinton from Day One  —  In a rare instance of self-restraint, congressional Republicans deferred to the FBI when it came to investigating Hillary Clinton's emails as the presidential election unfolded.  —  It's safe to say the past four days have obliterated any vestige of their inhibition.
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Post-ABC Tracking poll finds race tied, as Trump opens up an 8-point edge on honesty  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in the new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll which finds Trump now holds an edge on which candidate is honest and trustworthy.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trump Rated More Honest; Contest Stays a Dead Heat (POLL)
Discussion: Political Wire
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
White nationalists plot Election Day show of force  —  Neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin plans to muster thousands of poll watchers across all 50 states.  His partners at the alt-right website “the Right Stuff” are touting plans to set up hidden cameras at polling places in Philadelphia and hand …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Video shows Trump with mob figure he denied knowing  —  A newly uncovered video appears to contradict Donald Trump's claim that he never knew a high-stakes gambler who was banned from New Jersey casinos for alleged ties to organized crime.  —  The reputed mob figure, Robert LiButti …
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Florida poll: 28 percent of GOP early voters picked Clinton  —  More than a quarter of Republicans who have already voted in Florida cast their ballots for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  , according to a new poll.  —  A TargetSmart/William & Mary poll released Tuesday showed 28 percent …
Discussion: RedState
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump to Clinton's early voters: You can change your vote
Discussion: ABC News, CNN and Politicus USA
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
FBI investigating alleged donor scheme tied to Senate candidate  —  The FBI is investigating an alleged illegal donation scheme involving a wealthy Saudi family that supports Democratic Florida Senate candidate Patrick Murphy.  —  The Hill has found no evidence that Murphy himself was involved in, or even aware of, the alleged scheme.
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
After another release of documents, FBI finds itself caught in a partisan fray  —  The surprise tweet from a little-used FBI account came about 1 p.m. Tuesday, announcing that the agency had published on its website 129 pages of internal documents related to a years-old investigation …
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CNN:
FBI releases docs from 2001 Rich investigation days before election
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
From Roe to Trump  —  On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States, by a 7-2 majority, discovered a sweeping constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy and struck down abortion laws across the country.  Within five years, the number of abortions in America annually climbed above a million …
Zac Bellman / Beloit Daily News:
Johnson: Clinton could be impeached  —  BELOIT — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Monday he believes Hillary Clinton's actions with her private email server are impeachable offenses should she be elected president.  —  “She purposefully circumvented it (the law), this was willful concealment and destruction …
Heather Higgins / The Hill:
If Dems will rig a debate for Clinton, what won't they do to win?  —  No matter what the election outcome next week, the media will be big losers.  This campaign season has seen much of the media rip off their veneer of objectivity, too often acting instead as an unofficial campaign arm working to elect Hillary Clinton
Discussion: WayneDupree.com
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fake story about Obamas, Hillary Clinton ensnares Sean Hannity  —  Sean Hannity on Tuesday embraced a piece of fake news about President Obama deleting endorsements of Hillary Clinton from his Twitter account.  —  Hannity used the made-up news to claim that President Obama's legacy might be “jail.”
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Jon Stewart tears into Trump at NY event  —  It's possible Jon Stewart misses his old job — or at least the part where he got to make fun of Donald Trump  —  The former “Daily Show” host repeatedly mocked the GOP presidential nominee at a Tuesday event, specifically scoffing at his claims …
Discussion: CNNMoney and Raw Story
Tierney McAfee / People.com:
Hillary Clinton Shares Her Secrets for Not Letting Donald Trump ‘In Her Head’  —  Hillary Clinton is nothing if not prepared.  And part of her preparation for the three presidential debates this year involved anticipating the actions of her “aggressive” and unpredictable opponent — and mastering her “listening woman” face.
Discussion: The Week
Reuters:
U.S. militia girds for trouble as presidential election nears  —  Down a Georgia country road, camouflaged members of the Three Percent Security Force have mobilized for rifle practice, hand-to-hand combat training — and an impromptu campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Morgan Howard / WDAM-TV:
WATCH LIVE: Greenville officials address church burning, vandalism  —  GREENVILLE, MS (Mississippi News Now) -  —  Tuesday night after 11 p.m. authorities responded to a call about a church burning in Greenville.  —  A local black church, Hopewell M.B. Church, was not only burned …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Hillary's Male Tormentors  —  Weiner or no Weiner, Hillary Clinton is likely to be our next president.  —  But she can't seem to escape insatiable men.  —  She married one — for better, for “bimbo eruptions,” for two terms in the White House, for impeachment.
Discussion: Althouse
New York Times:
Trump, Waking a ‘Sleeping Giant,’ Helps Clinton Build an Unlikely Firewall  —  CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Since moving to Arizona 15 years ago, Nieves Lorenzo watched as Hispanics grew in numbers but only haltingly asserted themselves as a political force.  Then came Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy.
Walter E. Williams / Townhall.com:
The Rich and Us  —  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, having a net worth of $81.8 billion, and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, having a net worth of $70.4 billion, are the nation's two richest men.  They are at the top of the Forbes 400 list of America's superrich individuals, people who have net worths of billions of dollars.
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Narrowly Beats Trump With Independents in Bloomberg Poll  —  The Democrat has a four-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup.  —  McCormickJohn  —  Hillary Clinton holds a slim advantage with independents, a group Republican Mitt Romney won by five percentage points in 2012 …
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Nephew: George W. Bush may vote for Clinton  —  George P. Bush said Tuesday that his uncle, former President George W. Bush, may join his grandfather George H.W. Bush in casting his ballots for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, according to the Associated Press.
 
 
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Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
North Korea preparing for another ballistic missile launch, sources say
Fox News:
Bill Bennett, F.H. Buckley: A call for GOP unity and #NeverHillary
Discussion: The Atlantic and Washington Times
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
How politicians hide their spending from the public
Paul Jossey / The Federalist:
Despite Investigations, Obama's IRS Has Never Stopped Targeting Conservatives
Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Parents of Ezell Ford, who was fatally shot by LAPD officers, settle lawsuit with city
Discussion: The Root
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
'He's not one of us': Trump is still having trouble winning over many Republicans
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
In the Nevada desert, Bundy family warns of another standoff
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Keith Olbermann lays out the links between Trump and Russia — and it's incredibly damning
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Freedom Caucus plans secret meeting in D.C. today
Discussion: Politicus USA
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
KKK's official newspaper supports Donald Trump for president
Jordan Rudner / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller blames staffer for tweet that called Hillary Clinton the c-word
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump gave a very, very good speech today in Pennsylvania
Discussion: Guardian
 

 
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