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8:50 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 …
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.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
CIA: Director ‘stands by’ Russian interference assessment
Discussion: Politicus USA
Politico:
Transcript: Trump's Air Force One gaggle: Putin, Russia probe, Asia trip, and Roy Moore
Discussion: RT
David Nakamura / Washington Post:   Trump's ‘America first’ looks more and more like ‘America alone’
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:   Donald Trump says ‘people will die’ as a result of focus on Russia allegations
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump careens off script on Russia after Putin meeting
Discussion: Mashable and ABC News
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: RedState and 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
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary.  Here's How.  —  WASHINGTON — In the weeks before Donald J. Trump took office, lawyers joining his administration gathered at a law firm near the Capitol, where Donald F. McGahn II, the soon-to-be White House counsel, filled a white board …
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Trump Nominee for Federal Judgeship Has Never Tried a Case  —  A 36-year-old lawyer who has never tried a case and who was unanimously deemed “not qualified” by the American Bar Association has been approved for a lifetime federal district judgeship by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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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Drew Hinshaw / Wall Street Journal:
Polish Nationalist Youth March Draws Thousands in Capital  —  Crowd of mostly young people carries banners that read ‘Europe Will Be White’ and ‘Clean Blood’  —  WARSAW—Tens of thousands of Poles marched across downtown Warsaw on Saturday, in an independence-day procession organized …
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 …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Balloon Juice
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump: I don't watch much television ‘primarily because of documents’
Discussion: IJR and Joe.My.God.
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 …
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Podesta Group may close by the end of the year: report  —  The lobbying firm founded by longtime Democratic operative Tony Podesta is reportedly on the verge of shuttering after being swept up in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.  —  Kimberley Fritts, the Podesta Group's chief executive …
Discussion: TheBlaze
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CNN:   Podesta Group on the verge of shuttering amid ties to Mueller probe
David Siders / Politico:
Jerry Brown, President of the Independent Republic of California  —  VATICAN CITY—On his way to the United Nations climate talks in Bonn, Germany, this week, Jerry Brown stopped over at the Vatican, where a doleful group of climate scientists, politicians and public health officials had convened …
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 …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Radhika Jones, a Times Books Editor, Said to Be Next Vanity Fair Editor  —  In a dramatic changing of the guard, Radhika Jones, the editorial director of the books department at The New York Times and a former top editor at Time magazine, is expected to be named the next editor of Vanity Fair …
 
 
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Trump Collusion Case Is Not Getting the Clinton Emails Treatment
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
Tim Molloy / The Wrap:
3 More Women Accuse ‘Atomic Blonde’ Producer David Guillod of Rape: ‘I Was Covered in Blood’
Discussion: New York Times
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Will Virginia Teach Trump Fans a Lesson?
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
U.S. soldier in Niger ambush was bound and apparently executed, villagers say
Discussion: The Root, AOL, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
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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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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