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12:15 PM ET, October 29, 2017

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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 …
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Roger Stone Banned From Twitter After Threatening CNN Anchors  —  Although Stone's account is gone, some of his tweets were embedded by news outlets in stories, so the text remains.  —  Roger Stone has been banned from Twitter permanently after a vulgar meltdown Friday aimed at CNN reporters …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Roger Stone vows legal action over Twitter suspension
Discussion: Political Wire
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
Ellie Smith / ABC News:
On who is target of Russia probe's 1st charges, 'if you're the person, you know': Christie  —  Whoever is targeted in the first charges sought by the special counsel's Russia investigation likely already knows, said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a former federal prosecutor.
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Robert Mueller Sends a Message: He's Deadly Serious
Ali Breland / The Hill:
Dems want more details on Russian social media content  —  Social media companies are focusing on whether Russia manipulated their ad platforms to influence the 2016 election, but some lawmakers and experts think that the real problem lies in content posted by fake users and Russian-linked bots.
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Josh Meyer / Politico:   Facebook struggles to contain Russia narrative
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: Washington Times
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Fox News Insider:
George Washington's Church Says Plaque Honoring First President Must Come Down
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Trumps set to launch two real estate projects in India, despite conflict-of-interest concerns  —  KOLKATA, India — President Trump's eldest son, Donald Jr., is expected to launch two residential projects in India for the Trump Organization in the coming weeks, continuing the family's promotion …
Discussion: Political Wire
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John Bowden / The Hill:   Trump sons to launch real estate project in India
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Obama's Campaign Paid $972,000 To Law Firm That Secretly Paid Fusion GPS In 2016  —  Since April of 2016, Obama's campaign organization has paid nearly a million dollars to the law firm that funneled money to Fusion GPS to compile a dossier of unverified allegations against Donald Trump.
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Los Angeles Times:
When men with power go too far: After years of whispers, women speak out about harassment in California's Capitol  —  It started with a dinner invitation from a former assemblyman more than twice her age.  He had offered his services as a mentor, but his hand reaching for her knee under the table revealed other intentions.
Discussion: New York Times and KQED News
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Los Angeles Times:
In her own words: Women of California politics tell their stories of sexual harassment and unwanted touching
Discussion: KTLA
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
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Misery Filter  —  At Christmas in 2015, the psychiatrist and blogger Scott Alexander wrote a post about his experience treating people “in a wealthy, mostly white college town consistently ranked one of the best places to live in the country.”  Despite being in the sort of place …
TMZ.com:
MLB's Bruce Maxwell Arrested For Aggravated Assault, Allegedly Pointed Gun At Woman  —  Oakland A's catcher Bruce Maxwell was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after cops say he pulled a gun on a woman ... TMZ Sports has learned.  —  Scottsdale PD tells us Maxwell, 26 …
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
‘White Lives Matter’ organizers cancel second rally after taunts from counterprotesters … SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Crowds of protesters began gathering at 8 a.m. on a cold, cloudy Saturday.  They'd come to see Nazis.  But, two hours later, there were still none.
Discussion: The Root, Balloon Juice and The Week
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Too Many Colleges Flunk Trump 101
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi isn't going anywhere. Will it help or hurt Democrats in 2018?
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Campaign flier paid for by Virginia GOP ‘misgenders’ Democratic candidate
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Brian Faler / Politico:
House GOP tosses conservative playbook in bid for tax reform
Discussion: Political Wire
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Discussion: The Verge
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
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