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6:40 PM ET, November 11, 2017

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CNN:
Trump says he believes Putin's election meddling denials  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Da Nang, Vietnam (CNN)President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday he's done confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin over his country's election meddling since it's insulting to the Russian leader.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Says Putin ‘Means It’ About Not Meddling  —  DANANG, Vietnam — President Trump said on Saturday that he believed President Vladimir V. Putin was sincere in his denials of interference in the 2016 presidential elections, calling questions about Moscow's meddling a politically motivated …
Politico:
Transcript: Trump's Air Force One gaggle: Putin, Russia probe, Asia trip, and Roy Moore  —  Remarks by President Donald Trump in press gaggle aboard Air Force One, en route to Hanoi, Vietnam.  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP: Everybody okay?  Everybody happy?  Everybody healthy?  Two more days — no problem.
Discussion: RT
Alec Luhn / Telegraph:
US embassy hires security firm of former Russian spy who worked with Putin  —  The US embassy in Moscow is to be guarded by a company owned by a former head of KGB counter-intelligence who worked with British double agent Kim Philby and young Vladimir Putin, after cuts to US staff demanded by Russia.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump careens off script on Russia after Putin meeting
Discussion: ABC News and Mashable
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
CIA: Director ‘stands by’ Russian interference assessment
Discussion: Politicus USA
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:   Donald Trump says ‘people will die’ as a result of focus on Russia allegations
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Former Moore colleague: ‘Common knowledge’ that he dated high school girls  —  A former colleague of GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore said Saturday that it was “common knowledge” that the Alabama Republican dated high school girls when he worked in the Etowah County District Attorney's Office in the 1980s.
Discussion: ABC News
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Eric Levenson / CNN:
Why Roy Moore supporters are standing by him, in their own words  —  Sex allegations rock Alabama Senate race  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)A number of Roy Moore's supporters in his US Senate race in Alabama have variously dismissed or downplayed the reporting in The Washington Post …
Discussion: Washington Post
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Attorney for Roy Moore's Foundation Calls Don Lemon ‘Lemon Squeezy’ Twice in Strange Interview
Discussion: theGrio
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Less Is Moore
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Two Republican Senators Rescind Endorsements Of Roy Moore
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Gal Gadot will only be ‘Wonder Woman’ again if Brett Ratner is out  —  MORE FROM: … “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot is continuing to battle accused Hollywood sexual harasser Brett Ratner by refusing to sign for a super­hero sequel unless the movie-maker is completely killed from the franchise.
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Reuters:
Investigators probe Trump knowledge of campaign's Russia dealings: sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has questioned Sam Clovis, co-chairman of President Donald Trump's election campaign, to determine if Trump or top aides knew of the extent …
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Boris Johnson met ‘London professor’ linked to FBI's Russia investigation  —  Fresh questions as photograph emerges of Joseph Mifsud and foreign secretary at Brexit dinner … Boris Johnson is facing questions about the government's links to key individuals named by the FBI …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘America first’ looks more and more like ‘America alone’  —  HANOI — On his third day in office, President Trump signed an executive memorandum withdrawing the United States from a 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade accord that had been painstakingly negotiated over a decade by two of his White House predecessors.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Trump Collusion Case Is Not Getting the Clinton Emails Treatment  —  If the Justice Department is hell-bent on making a case, it plays an intimidating game of hardball.  —  In July 2016, the Obama administration announced its decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for felony mishandling …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
EL PAÍS:
Government confirms intervention of Russian hackers in Catalan crisis  —  Speaking after weekly Cabinet meeting, defense minister announces Spain will raise issue at EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday  —  Compartir en Facebook Compartir en Twitter Ver comentarios
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
U.S. soldier in Niger ambush was bound and apparently executed, villagers say  —  Troops salute the casket of U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson at his burial service in Hollywood, Fla., on Oct. 21.  Sgt. Johnson and three other American soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger on Oct. 4.
Discussion: The Root, AOL, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
Claudia Rosenbaum / BuzzFeed:
A Man Says George Takei Groped Him While He Was Passed Out  —  The alleged incident happened in 1981.  Takei said the events “simply did not occur.”  —  Scott Brunton had just gone through a bad breakup when actor George Takei offered to take him out on the town.
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
George Takei Accused of Sexually Assaulting Former Model in 1981
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Exclusive: Rupert Murdoch twice discussed CNN with AT&T CEO - sources  —  Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video  —  (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch telephoned AT&T Inc (T.N) Chief Executive Randall Stephenson twice in the last six months and talked about cable network CNN, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Team Begins Drafting Middle East Peace Plan  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump and his advisers have begun developing their own concrete blueprint to end the decades-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, a plan intended to go beyond previous frameworks offered by the American government …
 
 
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 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Podesta Group on the verge of shuttering amid ties to Mueller probe
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Red state lawmakers find blue state piggy bank
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Samantha Melamed / Philly.com:
Philly police officers on Facebook: Krasner is #notmyDA
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The GOP can't be rebranded. Let's junk it.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A US federal court allows The Intercept's claim that the DMCA stops OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but dismisses its claims against Microsoft

 
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