memeorandum: CIA director stands by intel community assessment Russia meddled in election (Daniella Diaz/CNN)

5:35 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 in U.S. Elections — 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 …

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Daniella Diaz / CNN:

CIA director stands by intel community assessment Russia meddled in election — Smerconish: Here's who Trump doesn't believe — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)CIA Director Mike Pompeo stands by US intelligence assessments that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, the agency said Saturday …

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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.

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Nancy Cook / Politico:

Trump careens off script on Russia after Putin meeting — DANANG, Vietnam — President Donald Trump stayed on script for more than a week as he crisscrossed through Asia — and then Russian President Vladimir Putin showed up. — After chatting with Putin on the sidelines …

Discussion: Mashable and ABC News

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.

Andrew Restuccia / Politico: Donald Trump says ‘people will die’ as a result of focus on Russia allegations

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
CIA: Director ‘stands by’ Russian interference assessment

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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘America First’ looks more and more like America alone

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Axios:
Trump sides with Putin over intelligence agencies on Russian meddling

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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump to Asia: Unite on North Korea, but Go It Alone on Trade

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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

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

Richard Fausset / New York Times:
For Alabama Women, Disgust, Fatigue and a Sense Moore Could Win Anyway

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Attorney for Roy Moore's Foundation Calls Don Lemon ‘Lemon Squeezy’ Twice in Strange Interview

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Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Alabama ABC Affiliate Can't Find One Voter Who Believes WaPo Report About Roy Moore in Man-on-the-Street Segment

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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Two Republican Senators Rescind Endorsements Of Roy Moore

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and New York Magazine

Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Less Is Moore

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Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Roy Moore Didn't Deny Kissing Teenagers as 30-Year-Old in Call With Lawmaker

Discussion: Breitbart, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story

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 …

New York Times:
A London Meeting of an Unlikely Group: How a Trump Adviser Came to Learn of Clinton ‘Dirt’

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John Bowden / The Hill:
Papadopoulos was in regular contact with Stephen Miller, helped edit Trump speech: report

Discussion: RedState and Talking Points Memo

Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:

George Takei Accused of Sexually Assaulting Former Model in 1981 — Accuser Scott R. Brunton says he was groped by the ‘Star Trek’ icon at the actor's Los Angeles condo. — A former model and actor is accusing Star Trek icon George Takei of sexual assault in 1981.

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Claudia Rosenbaum / BuzzFeed:
A Man Says George Takei Groped Him While He Was Passed Out

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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

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

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.

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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

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 …