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5:55 PM ET, October 29, 2017

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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Puerto Rico's utility cancels controversial $300 million contract with Montana firm hired to repair electrical grid  —  BREAKING: Puerto Rico's utility cancels the controversial $300 million contract with a Montana firm hired to repair its electrical grid.  —  The announcement …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Puerto Rico governor wants Whitefish contract cancelled ‘immediately’  —  Puerto Rico's governor is calling for a controversial contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings to be terminated immediately.  —  Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Sunday asked the Governing Board of the Electric Power Authority …
Discussion: RedState, ABC News, NPR, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Puerto Rican electric utility cancels deal with Whitefish
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios and Splinter
Andrew Scurria / Wall Street Journal:   Puerto Rico Governor Shreds $300 Million Power Contract
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to Lowest Level Yet in New NBC News/WSJ Poll  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has declined to the lowest point of his presidency, and nearly half of voters want their vote in the 2018 midterms to be a message for more Democrats …
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Approval Rating Falls to Lowest Level Since Taking Office  —  Poll finds 38% approve of the job the president has done, a five-point drop from September  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since he took office, with Americans disapproving …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
BuzzFeed:
FBI Probe Of Paul Manafort Focuses On 13 “Suspicious” Wire Transfers  —  BuzzFeed News has learned of a series of wire transfers, made by companies linked to Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, that federal officials deemed suspicious.  Many of the wires went …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The ‘dossier’ and the uranium deal: A guide to the latest allegations  —  As a service to readers bound to be confused by an increasingly complex story, here's a brief guide to the latest developments in the tangled allegations involving Russia, President Trump and Hillary Clinton.  —  The Dossier
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Michael Weiss / CNN:
Controversial Trump dossier: What really matters  —  Clinton campaign, DNC helped fund dossier research  — Regardless of who paid for it, the accuracy of the contents must still be fully analyzed and properly vetted  —  Michael Weiss is a national security analyst for CNN and author of “ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror.”
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Obama's Campaign Paid $972,000 To Law Firm That Secretly Paid Fusion GPS In 2016
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
2 Navy SEALs Under Suspicion in Strangling of Green Beret in Mali  —  WASHINGTON — Navy criminal authorities are investigating whether two members of the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6 strangled to death an Army Green Beret on assignment in Mali in June, military officials say.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
Historic Alexandria church decides to remove plaques honoring Washington, Lee  —  Leaders of a historic Episcopal church in Alexandria have decided to remove a pair of plaques from its sanctuary that memorialize two of their most prominent parishioners: George Washington and Robert E. Lee.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
How Churches Die  —  There's a saying attributed variously …
CNN:
Mueller charges would shift the script for Trump  —  Trump attacks Clinton, as Mueller charges loom  — Julian Zelizer: The political impact of the first charges in Mueller investigation will be just as important as the legal issues at play  — Depending on how Trump's team handles the fallout …
ESPN:
Texans plan pregame protest of Bob McNair's comments  —  Houston Texans players are planning to protest as a unit before Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks in the wake of team owner Bob McNair's controversial “inmates running the prison” comment, a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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Mark Maske / Washington Post:
NFL players invite Roger Goodell, Bob McNair and Colin Kaepernick to Monday meeting
Discussion: IJR and Deadspin
Annie Karni / Politico:
Kushner took unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia  —  President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner returned home Saturday from an unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia — his third trip to the country this year.  —  Kushner left Washington, D.C., via commercial airline …
Washington Post:
The Post's endorsements in Virginia  —  THE RESULTS of Virginia's gubernatorial primaries this spring, in which Democrat Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie each beat more extreme party challengers, looked promising for the commonwealth's voters, whose record of electing …
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Washington Post:   What Va. voters can agree on: These guys and Trump are from different planets
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Roger Stone vows legal action over Twitter suspension  —  President Donald Trump's longtime associate Roger Stone said “the battle against free speech has just begun” as the political provocateur tangles with Twitter over his account's suspension.  —  “This is a strange way to do business …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
The Army let a convicted murderer into Bowe Bergdahl's trial.  He said ‘I got a firing squad standing by.’  —  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An apparent security lapse enabled a convicted murderer to access Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's sentencing hearing last week where the individual made threatening remarks …
Discussion: IJR
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Home Builders Will Oppose Republican Tax Bill  —  National Association of Home Builders concerned about mortgage-interest deduction; Republicans say will retain an itemized deduction for property taxes  —  WASHINGTON—An influential home builders group will oppose the House Republicans' forthcoming tax bill …
Discussion: Axios
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
House Tax Writer Gives Ground on a State and Local Tax Break
Discussion: New York's PIX11
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Facebook struggles to contain Russia narrative  —  Facebook has been happy to keep congressional investigators focused on the Russian-bought online ads that helped sway voters in last year's election — despite the many other ways that fake messages and bogus accounts spread on the dark side of social media.
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Ali Breland / The Hill:   Dems want more details on Russian social media content
 
 
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump's Legacy: Damaged Brains
Discussion: Eschaton
Catherine Pearson / HuffPost:
Maxine Waters To Women's Convention: Trump Is ‘Most Dishonorable And Despicable’ President Ever
Discussion: Vox, Detroit Free Press and Axios
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
The Mercers bring their politics, and millions, to Mass.
Ellie Smith / ABC News:
On who is target of Russia probe's 1st charges, 'if you're the person, you know': Christie
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Too Many Colleges Flunk Trump 101
 Earlier Items: 
Los Angeles Times:
When men with power go too far: After years of whispers, women speak out about harassment in California's Capitol
Discussion: New York Times
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi isn't going anywhere. Will it help or hurt Democrats in 2018?
Discussion: Political Wire
Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Campaign flier paid for by Virginia GOP ‘misgenders’ Democratic candidate
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Trumps set to launch two real estate projects in India, despite conflict-of-interest concerns
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Brian Faler / Politico:
House GOP tosses conservative playbook in bid for tax reform
Discussion: Political Wire
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Misery Filter
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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