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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump's Longtime Lawyer Says He Paid Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket  —  Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to a pornographic-film actress who had once claimed to have had an affair with Mr. Trump.
Mike Walters / The Blast:
Stormy Daniels Warns Trump & Lawyer: You Breached Our Agreement, Now I'm Free to Talk!  —  Stormy Daniels has suddenly changed her position and is ready to spill all the tea regarding her alleged affair with Donald Trump, and it all has to do with the president's personal attorney allegedly breaching …
Orin Kerr / Reason:
Did Trump's Lawyer Pay Stormy Daniels Out of His Own Pocket?  —  This isn't the biggest story in the world, but I was interested in the statement by Trump's personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, about the payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.  A month ago, the Wall Street Journal broke the story that began:
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats must be ready to take this drastic step against Trump  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  If you read through the coverage of the battle over the “dreamers,” you'll come away with the impression that we are locked in a conventional Washington standoff, in which two opposing sides …
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Third White House official resigns after being told he wouldn't qualify for full clearance  —  National Economic Council official George David Banks departed amid increasing scrutiny of the Trump administration's decision to let multiple staffers work on interim clearances.
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“A Death Match”: As Kelly Twists, a Chaotic Search for a New Chief of Staff Engulfs the West Wing  —  Different factions are pushing their own candidates: Javanka wants Cohn, Hannity pushed Wayne Berman, Trump wanted Mulvaney or Barrack.  But who would take the job?
Discussion: Raw Story
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Amid Rob Porter controversy, Trump declares he's ‘totally opposed to domestic violence’
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump endorses 25-cent gas tax hike
Discussion: CNBC, Politico and Joe.My.God.
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Trump's military parade would cost between $10 million and $30 million, White House budget director says
Discussion: The Week
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump: ‘I am totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind’
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Schiff: We're not going to revise Democratic memo
Jeffrey Cook / ABC News:
House committee investigating White House aide's clearance after abuse claims
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Hans Morgenstern / WSVN-TV:
BSO: active shooter at large at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High; at least 20 injured
miamiherald:
Active shooter reported at Stoneman Douglas High in Broward
Discussion: New York Daily News and Axios
BostonGlobe.com:
Read the text of Elizabeth Warren's speech to Native American group  —  Read the prepared text of the speech Senator Elizabeth Warren gave to Native Americans on Wednesday.  —  Thank you for having me here today.  —  I want to start by thanking Chairwoman Andrews-Maltais for that introduction.
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BostonGlobe.com:
Warren addresses claims of Native American heritage  —  WASHINGTON - Senator Elizabeth Warren made a surprise appearance at the National Congress of American Indians Wednesday morning, forcefully responding to President Trump's derisively calling her “Pocahontas” and addressing her claims …
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Veterans Affairs chief Shulkin, staff misled ethics officials about European trip, report finds  —  Veterans Affairs Secretary David J. Shulkin's chief of staff doctored an email and made false statements to create a pretext for taxpayers to cover expenses for the secretary's wife on a 10 …
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
VA Secretary David Shulkin misused government resources, agency watchdog report says
Discussion: Washington Press and Daily Kos
Courtney Tanner / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah's Republican chairman slams Mitt Romney and his expected Senate bid, compares him to Hillary Clinton  —  The Utah Republican Party chairman blasted Mitt Romney's anticipated Senate run, hitting him for “essentially doing what Hillary Clinton did in New York” — campaigning in a state he hasn't spent much time in.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   Democrats, here's how to win over the newly independent, ex-Republicans
The Intercept:
In Leaked Chats, WikiLeaks Discusses Preference for GOP Over Clinton, Russia, Trolling, and Feminists They Don't Like  —  On a Thursday afternoon in November 2015, a light snow was falling outside the windows of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, despite the relatively warm weather …
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Bill Scher / Politico:
The Clock Is Not Ticking on DACA  —  The longer Democrats wait to cut a deal, the more leverage they will have.  —  All of a sudden this week, Republicans are awfully impatient to get an immigration deal done.  “This will be our last chance, there will never be another opportunity!
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: GOP gains on generic ballot, Trump approval ticks upward  —  Republicans have erased the Democratic advantage on the generic congressional ballot in a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that, for the first time since April, also shows President Donald Trump's approval rating equaling …
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Public Policy Polling:
Democrats Lead by 8 Points On Generic House Ballot Nationally
Discussion: Politicus USA and Political Wire
Erin Kelly / USA Today:
Adam Schiff: There is ‘ample evidence’ of collusion between Trump campaign, Russians  —  WASHINGTON — There is “ample evidence” that the Trump campaign colluded with Russians, but only special counsel Robert Mueller can decide if it's enough to prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt …
NBC Washington / NBC4 Washington:
3 Hurt After Driver Tried to Enter NSA Campus  —  The FBI believes there is no link to terrorism, a representative said  —  Several Hospitalized After Shooting at NSA in Fort Meade  —  Three people, including a police officer, were injured after authorities say a driver tried to enter …
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CBS News:
EPA's Scott Pruitt got waiver to fly business class on foreign carrier from Italy to U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been under fire for frequently flying in first and business class at taxpayer expense.  CBS News has learned more about one of those flights …
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Emily Atkin / New Republic:
Here are some of the threats that allegedly require Scott Pruitt to fly first class.
Discussion: The Week
Jim Windolf / New York Times:
After Storm Over Tweets, The Times and a New Hire Part Ways  —  On Tuesday afternoon, The New York Times announced that it had hired Quinn Norton, a journalist and an essayist known for her work at Wired magazine, as the editorial board's lead opinion writer on technology.
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HuffPost:
NY Times ‘Very Concerned’ Over Tweets By Its Nazi-Befriending Editorial Board Hire
Shawn Musgrave / Politico:
Kelli Ward touts endorsement from fake-news site  —  It looked as if Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward had scored a big endorsement: On Oct. 28, she posted a link on her campaign website and blasted out a Facebook post, quoting extensively from a column in the Arizona Monitor.
 
 
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
This is why Kushner's gargantuan debt matters
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Reuters:
North Korean cheerleaders caught off guard by fake Kim Jong Un
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Governor Wolf Rejects a New GOP Gerrymander for Pennsylvania
Scott Waldman / Scientific American:
Trump's Science Advisor, Age 31, Has a Political Science Degree
Discussion: Vox and Raw Story
Mark D. Faram / Navy Times:
Seabee command triad fired after XO found strolling naked in woods
Discussion: Military.com and The Daily Caller
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
CNN host debunks GOP congressman's FBI conspiracy in just 2 minutes
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Jake Pearson / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Shooting range tied to Trumps rattles neighbors
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Gabriel Rossman / Weekly Standard:
Open Letter to the Bruin Republicans Who Invited Milo Yiannopoulos to UCLA
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Christian Caryl / Washington Post:
Christopher Steele is a hero - and Americans owe him their thanks
Kyle Smith / National Review:
So Long, Huck Finn and Atticus Finch
 

 
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