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7:40 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.
Discussion: IJR and Deadline
Alvin Chang / Vox:
A week of Fox News transcripts shows how they began questioning Mueller's credibility  —  The data shows how this storyline developed.  —  Conservative media's attack on special counsel Robert Mueller was in the works far before Mueller brought indictments against high-level Trump campaign officials.
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
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Will Trump fire Mueller? His attorney just made some very important comments about it.
Discussion: IJR
BuzzFeed:
Washington's Legions Of Lobbyists See Danger In Special Counsel's Indictment Of Manafort
John Yoo / New York Times:
Trump Can Pardon Manafort. He Shouldn't.
Discussion: NBC News, The Week and The Guardian
New York Times:
At Least 8 Killed as Truck Careens Down Bike Path in Manhattan  —  Eight people were killed when a man drove 20 blocks down a bike path beside the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon before he crashed his pickup truck, jumped out with fake guns and was shot by police officer, the authorities said.
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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
CNN:
Truck attack in Manhattan being investigated as terrorism, sources say
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
8 dead after truck plows into people in New York City in ‘cowardly act of terror’: Mayor
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Plot Against America  —  On Monday morning, after America learned …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chair: Rot went all the way to the top in Trump campaign
Discussion: IJR
Ezra Klein / Vox:
It sure looks like there was collusion between the Trump operation and Russia
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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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
John Kelly: It's ‘distracting’ for Trump to be investigated
Discussion: IJR
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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House defends Kelly's Civil War comments, calls criticism ‘disgraceful’
Discussion: The Hill
Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
GOP scrambling to finalize tax bill hours before rollout  —  House Republicans are racing to finalize their tax reform proposal before its much-anticipated rollout Wednesday morning.  But so many key details have yet to be finalized that some congressional sources worry the unveiling may have to be postponed.
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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
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 …
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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Curt Devine / CNNMoney:
‘Kill them all’ — Russian-linked Facebook accounts called for violence  —  Russian-linked site targeted black Americans  —  Facebook accounts run by Russian trolls repeatedly called for violence against different social and political groups in the U.S., including police officers …
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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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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.
Washington Post:
A week before Election Day, new poll finds tightening race for Va. governor  —  One week from Election Day, Democrat Ralph Northam's lead has narrowed to five points in the Virginia governor's race, with Republican Ed Gillespie closing a motivation gap and consolidating support among conservatives …
Discussion: NewsBusters
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Larry O'Connor / Mediaite:
Virginia Governor's Race Turns Ugly With Ad Depicting Republicans As Racist Predators
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR's top editor accused of sexual harassment by two women  —  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.
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 …
Jess McIntosh / Shareblue Media:
Shareblue Media reporter violently arrested while covering GOP nominee for Virginia governor  —  After months of being harassed by Ed Gillespie's campaign for simply trying to ask the Republican gubernatorial nominee questions, Shareblue Media reporter Mike Stark was violently arrested Saturday while filming the annual Annandale parade.
 
 
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump tax plan has lackluster public support, poll says
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Farage: ‘Jewish lobby’ has disproportionate power in the US
Discussion: RedState
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox's Ingraham wins ratings race in debut
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Betsy DeVos attends White House Halloween as Ms. Frizzle
Vox:
The real cost of the Republican tax cuts
Press Gazette Media:
Suspect in downtown Green Bay shooting incident charged with hate crime
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Katherine Lam / Fox News:
200 feared dead after tunnel collapses at North Korean nuclear test site, Japanese TV claims
Discussion: RedState, Faithwire, CBS Baltimore and IJR
Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
DNC Email: Straight White Men Need Not Apply
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Dartmouth College Professors Investigated for Alleged Sexual Misconduct
Discussion: RedState, NBC News and The Daily Caller
Chris Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Andy Dick Fired From Movie Over Sexual Harassment Claims
Discussion: Althouse, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and IJR
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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