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5:50 PM ET, October 31, 2017

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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.
The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Tells Trump To Bring In New Lawyers as He Looks For Ways to Kneecap Mueller … Steve Bannon spoke on the phone with his old boss, Donald Trump, on Monday and offered a message: get yourself some new lawyers.  —  The former White House chief strategist has grown increasingly concerned …
BuzzFeed:
Washington's Legions Of Lobbyists See Danger In Special Counsel's Indictment Of Manafort  —  Violations of the federal law that requires US citizens that represent foreign governments to register have long gone unprosecuted.  Is that about to change?  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Will Trump fire Mueller? His attorney just made some very important comments about it.
Discussion: IJR
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Plot Against America  —  On Monday morning, after America learned …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
It sure looks like there was collusion between the Trump operation and Russia
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Watch a Trump crony spin the indictments so badly he gets called out by Fox News
Discussion: IJR and The Guardian
John Yoo / New York Times:
Trump Can Pardon Manafort. He Shouldn't.
Discussion: NBC News, The Week and The Guardian
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
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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New York Times:
At Least 6 Reported Dead as Truck Careens Down Bike Path in Manhattan  —  At least six 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 officers, the authorities said.
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
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
John Kelly: It's ‘distracting’ for Trump to be investigated
Discussion: IJR
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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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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The Hill:
GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling to retire after end of current term
Discussion: RedState and Axios
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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
White House: “Most Americans don't care” much about Russia probe
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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.
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.
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Vox:
The real cost of the Republican tax cuts  —  They'll require spending cuts, or tax increases in other areas.  Either could hurt many American families.  —  House Republicans are expected to unveil a draft tax bill this week, and a flurry of analysis will follow — from the congressional Joint Committee …
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Jeffrey Sachs / CNN:   The ominous absurdity of Trump's tax cuts
Chris Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Andy Dick Fired From Movie Over Sexual Harassment Claims  —  Though the 51-year-old actor denies he groped anyone, he does admit to other inappropriate behavior: “I might have kissed somebody on the cheek to say goodbye and then licked them.  That's my thing.”
Discussion: Althouse, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and IJR
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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Suspect in downtown Green Bay shooting incident charged with hate crime
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Cato Institute:
Americans Oppose Hate Speech Bans but Say Hate Speech Is Morally Unacceptable
Discussion: Axios
Sarah Gantz / Baltimore Sun:
Racially charged photos of Baltimore private school students in Halloween costumes create stir online
Discussion: CBS Baltimore and AOL
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
Paul Wood / USA Today:
Manafort earned $600,000 a month from pro-Russia party: Ukrainian report
Sheila Marikar / New York Times:
Expectant Fathers Go Mildly Wild During Their ‘Daddymoons’
Aaron Smith / CNNMoney:
California to tax pot as much as 45%
Discussion: IJR
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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
David Morgan / Reuters:
U.S. House tax chief says state income tax deduction will not remain
Jess McIntosh / Shareblue Media:
Shareblue Media reporter violently arrested while covering GOP nominee for Virginia governor
Larry O'Connor / Mediaite:
Virginia Governor's Race Turns Ugly With Ad Depicting Republicans As Racist Predators
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
White House releases Trump, Pence official portraits
Public Policy Polling:
Support For Impeachment At Record High
Discussion: Hit & Run, Politicus USA and IJR
Alice Paul Tapper / New York Times:
I'm 10. And I Want Girls to Raise Their Hands.
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

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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