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9:25 AM ET, October 28, 2017

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CNN:
Exclusive: First charges filed in Mueller investigation  —  Washington (CNN)A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources briefed on the matter.  —  The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge.
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Wall Street Journal:
First Charges Filed in Russia Probe Led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller  —  At least one defendant is expected to be taken into custody as soon as Monday  —  At least one person was charged Friday in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's criminal investigation into alleged Russian meddling …
CNBC:
First charges in Mueller investigation into Russia meddling have been filed  —  A federal grand jury in Washington on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and RedState
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Manafort Realtor testified before grand jury in Russia probe  —  The Realtor who helped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort buy the Virginia condo that was recently raided by the FBI testified last week before the federal grand jury hearing testimony in Robert Mueller's Russia probe, POLITICO has learned.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Mueller facing new Republican pressure to resign in Russia probe  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller is facing a fresh round of calls from conservative critics for his resignation from the Russia collusion probe, amid revelations that have called into question the FBI's own actions and potentially Mueller's independence.
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Ex-CIA Director Spoke to Mueller About Flynn's Alleged Turkish Scheme
Scott Johnson / Power Line:   Investigate this  —  Jennifer Kerns calls for an investigation …
New York Times:
Conservative Website First Funded Anti-Trump Research by Firm That Later Produced Dossier  —  WASHINGTON — The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website funded by a major Republican donor, initially retained the firm that conducted opposition research on Donald J. Trump …
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Washington Free Beacon:
Fusion GPS and the Washington Free Beacon  —  Since its launch in February of 2012, the Washington Free Beacon has retained third party firms to conduct research on many individuals and institutions of interest to us and our readers.  In that capacity, during the 2016 election cycle …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Washington Free Beacon funded original Fusion GPS anti-Trump opposition effort … Lawyers for the conservative publication Washington Free Beacon informed the House Intelligence Committee Friday that the organization was the original funder for the anti-Trump opposition research project with Fusion GPS.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Four more women accuse Mark Halperin of harassment, bringing total to at least a dozen  —  Journalist Mark Halperin accused of sexual harassment  —  Two days after CNN first reported that five women said “Game Change” co-author and journalist Mark Halperin sexually harassed or assaulted …
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The Daily Beast:
New Accuser: Serial Harasser Mark Halperin Targeted College Girls, Too
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Weighing the Costs of Speaking Out About Harvey Weinstein  —  Annabella Sciorra, Daryl Hannah, and other women explain their struggles with going public.  —  In March, Annabella Sciorra, who received an Emmy nomination for her role in “The Sopranos,” agreed to talk with me for a story I was reporting about Harvey Weinstein.
New York Times:
Talking Points Brought to Trump Tower Meeting Were Shared With Kremlin  —  Natalia V. Veselnitskaya arrived at a meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016 hoping to interest top Trump campaign officials in the contents of a memo she believed contained information damaging to the Democratic Party and, by extension, Hillary Clinton.
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Russia is furious. That means the sanctions are working.
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Donor Asked Data Firm If It Could Better Organize Hacked Emails  —  August 2016 exchange between Rebekah Mercer and Cambridge Analytica's CEO shows efforts to leverage Clinton-related messages  —  Trump donor Rebekah Mercer in August 2016 asked the chief executive of a data-analytics firm working …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Top Trump donor asked data firm to help organize hacked WikiLeaks emails
Discussion: RedState
Chad Moriyama / Dodgers Digest:
Yuli Gurriel makes slant-eye gesture after homering off Yu Darvish, calls him a slur  —  Yuli Gurriel started the scoring off Yu Darvish in Game 2 of the World Series, and Gurriel seemed so pleased with himself that he decided to out himself as a racist by mocking Darvish with a slant-eye gesture.
CNN:
Trump wants State Department to release remaining Clinton emails  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has made it clear to the State Department that he wants to accelerate the release of any remaining Hillary Clinton emails in its possession as soon as possible, according to three sources familiar with the President's thinking.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump to announce pick for Fed chair next week  —  President Trump will announce his nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve next week, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Friday.  —  The White House did not give any clues about who it might be.
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Sarah BarshopESPN / ESPN:
Texans players considered walkout over Bob McNair comment  —  HOUSTON — Some Texans players considered staging a walkout following a comment by team owner Bob McNair that compared NFL players to “inmates,” a source told ESPN.  —  About 10 players, including Pro Bowl wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins …
Discussion: The Root, Niners Nation, TheBlaze and AOL
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Orrin Hatch Tells Friends He Plans to Retire  —  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Senator Orrin Hatch has privately told allies in Utah that he is planning to retire at the end of his term next year, and if he does, Mitt Romney intends to run for his seat, according to five sources familiar with the situation.
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Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Trump headed to Utah in December with plans to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase
John Bowden / The Hill:
Whitefish Energy contract bars government from auditing deal  —  A deal reached between the government and a small Montana energy company located in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke  —  's hometown prohibits the government from reviewing labor costs or profits related to the company's relief efforts …
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Associated Press:
Trump administration disavows Puerto Rico power contract
Discussion: Axios and The Atlantic
 
 
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Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:
Tennessee Towns Heighten Security Ahead of White Nationalist Rallies
Discussion: ABC News and Shareblue Media
Matthew Walther / The Week:
Fear and loathing on Hillary Clinton's grievance tour
Barbara Goldberg / Reuters:
Sex and drugs: U.S. study links marijuana use to more intercourse
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NPR
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Conservative Think Tank Urged EPA To Consider Convicted Child Sex Offender For Climate Panel
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Steve Schmadeke / Chicago Tribune:
Former President Obama called to jury duty in Cook County and plans to serve
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Gorka: If Uranium One deal happened in 1950s, those involved would get electric chair
Discussion: AOL
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Study: GOP tax plan would cost $2.4 trillion
Matt Taibbi:
It was a pleasure last night to sit and talk at a Harvard Bookstore event …
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Shawn Cohen / New York Post:
NYPD cops charged with raping woman in police van
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If Republicans can't oppose Roy Moore, they're headed for extinction
Orion Danjuma / ACLU:
Unsealed Documents Show That Kris Kobach Is Dead Set on Suppressing the Right to Vote
Discussion: Daily Kos and Shakesville
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Dana Boente announces resignation as U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of Virginia
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Chloe Melas / CNNMoney:
Harvey Weinstein's New York haunt: Former servers describe tantrums and revolving door of women
Discussion: Mediaite