memeorandum: New York terrorist attack: Alleged killer Sayfullo Saipov has N.J. ties (Erin Banco/New Jersey Online)

9:05 PM ET, October 31, 2017

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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:

‘I want to quit’: Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was ‘an embarrassment’ — Some employees at Fox News were left embarrassed and humiliated by their network's coverage of the latest revelations in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling …

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Brad Reed / Raw Story:

‘An embarrassment’: Disgruntled Fox News employees lash out at network's ‘absurd’ Trump-Russia coverage — As special counsel Robert Mueller was dropping indictments against former Trump campaign officials on Monday, Fox News seemed more focused on controversies swirling around cheeseburger emojis.

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Alvin Chang / Vox:
A week of Fox News transcripts shows how they began questioning Mueller's credibility

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New York Times:

8 Dead as Truck Careens Down Bike Path in Manhattan in Terror Attack — A 29-year-old man plowed a pickup truck down a crowded bike path along the Hudson River in Manhattan on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring 11 before being shot by a police officer in what officials are calling …

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CNN:

Truck attack in Manhattan being investigated as terrorism, sources say — New York (CNN)The driver of a rental truck drove the wrong way down a busy bicycle path in Manhattan near the World Trade Center, killing up to six people and striking numerous others, a New York Police official said.

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Erin Banco / New Jersey Online:

New York terrorist attack: Alleged killer Sayfullo Saipov has N.J. ties — Gallery: New York terror attack: At least 8 killed in Manhattan — The man taken into custody by the New York Police Department after Tuesday's terror attack that killed at least eight is 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov of Tampa …

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CBS New York:
‘This Was An Act Of Terror’: 8 Dead, More Than A Dozen Injured When Truck Strikes Pedestrians In Lower Manhattan

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New York Post:
8 killed as truck plows into pedestrians in downtown NYC terror attack

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Larry Celona / New York Post: TERROR ON THE STREETS OF NEW YORK

Josh Dawsey / Politico:

Mueller schedules interview with Hope Hicks — The White House communications director is due to speak with prosecutors in the Russia probe after Trump returns from his Asia trip. — President Donald Trump's longtime aide and current communications director, Hope Hicks …

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The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Tells Trump To Bring In New Lawyers as He Looks For Ways to Kneecap Mueller

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump resists mounting pressure from Bannon and others to fight Mueller

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Will Trump fire Mueller? His attorney just made some very important comments about it.

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NBC News:

Top Trump Campaign Aide Clovis Spoke to Mueller Team, Grand Jury — WASHINGTON — Sam Clovis, the former top Trump campaign official who supervised a man now cooperating with the FBI's Russia investigation, was questioned last week by special counsel Robert Mueller's team and testified …

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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Clovis said to be ‘cooperative witness’ in Senate Russia probe

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chair: Rot went all the way to the top in Trump campaign

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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
USDA nominee Clovis was Trump adviser who encouraged Russia meeting: report

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Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:

House GOP delays tax bill rollout — House Republicans postponed the much-anticipated rollout of their tax reform proposal Tuesday night, an ominous sign for a direly-needed legislative accomplishment for President Donald Trump and his party. — House Ways and Means Committee members spent …

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Vox: The real cost of the Republican tax cuts

Jonathan Swan / Axios: Release of GOP tax bill to be delayed until Thursday

David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. House tax chief says state income tax deduction will not remain

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Bloomberg:

Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Campaign Approved Russia Meeting — Former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos made a significant claim in an email: Top Trump campaign officials agreed to a pre-election meeting with representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg News reports.

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

For ‘low level volunteer,’ Papadopoulos sought high profile as Trump adviser — President Trump on Tuesday belittled former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty this week to lying to federal agents investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election, tweeting that …

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Historians respond to John F. Kelly's Civil War remarks: ‘Strange,’ ‘sad,’ ‘wrong’ — White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly was the guest for the premiere of Laura Ingraham's new show on Fox News Monday night. During the interview, he outlined a view of the history of the Civil War …

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Sarah Sanders Claims John Kelly Learned Civil War Nonsense From Ken Burns. She's Probably Right.

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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post: Kelly was brought to the White House to impose order. Now he's stirring controversy.

Gromer Jeffers Jr. / Dallas Morning News:

Republican Jeb Hensarling won't run for re-election — U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Dallas, won't run for re-election next year. — “Today I am announcing that I will not seek reelection to the US Congress in 2018. Although service in Congress remains the greatest privilege of my life …

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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:

America's Most and Least Popular Governors — Republican leaders in blue states continue to shine — Getty Images / Morning Consult illustration — The latest installment of Morning Consult's Governor Approval Rankings — a survey of more than 255,000 registered voters nationwide conducted online …

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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
America's Most and Least Popular Senators

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

NPR's top editor placed on leave after accusations of sexual harassment — NPR is investigating allegations by two women who said the head of its news department made unwanted physical contact with them while he was employed by another news organization nearly two decades ago.

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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:

‘House Of Cards’: Production On Netflix Series Suspended Indefinitely Following Kevin Spacey Allegations — EXCLUSIVE: Filming on the upcoming sixth and final season of Netflix's Washington D.C.-set drama House Of Cards has been suspended indefinitely. Cast and crew of the MRC-produced series were told of the decision this morning.

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TMZ.com:
Marco Rubio Says ‘House of Cards’ Doesn't Do D.C. Politics Justice

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Robert Mendick / Telegraph:

Revealed: London professor at centre of Trump-Russia collusion inquiry says: ‘I have clear conscience’ — A London professor was last night dragged into a special inquiry into Russian interference in the US presidential election over allegations the Kremlin had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate.

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Washington Post:
Professor at center of Russia disclosures claimed to have met with Putin

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Ali Breland / The Hill:

Thousands attended protest organized by Russians on Facebook — Thousands of Americans attended a march last November organized by a Russian group that used social media to interfere in the 2016 election. — The demonstration in New York City, which took place a few days after the election …

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Curt Devine / CNNMoney:
‘Kill them all’ — Russian-linked Facebook accounts called for violence

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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:

Mike Cernovich Stole My Photo, Lied About It On Twitter, And Sold Trump Jr. On Yet Another Fake Conspiracy — A right-wing conspiracy theory was born at Columbia University last night, based on a lie that spread with remarkable speed from a student-led college protest to the immediate family of the president of the United States.

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Mark Halperin's ‘Game Change’ Partner Says He Was Unaware — For the political journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, work on the third installment of their popular “Game Change” book series — set to be an insiders' account of the final two months of the 2016 presidential race …

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Mark Murray / NBC News:

NBC News/WSJ Poll: More Would Blame Trump, GOP for Higher Health Care Costs — Half of Americans say they will blame President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans if health care costs increase under Obamacare and if more end up losing coverage, according to results …

Discussion: Political Wire