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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
‘You Hate America!’: How the ‘Caravan’ Story Exploded on the Right — WASHINGTON — It was the kind of story destined to take a dark turn through the conservative news media and grab President Trump's attention: A vast horde of migrants was making its way through Mexico toward the United States, and no one was stopping them.
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Trump sending National Guard troops to Mexico border, but they won't have contact with immigrants
Trump sending National Guard troops to Mexico border, but they won't have contact with immigrants
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Washington Post, NBC News and The Week
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
‘All It Takes Is One Mistake’: Worries Over Plan to Send National Guard to Border
‘All It Takes Is One Mistake’: Worries Over Plan to Send National Guard to Border
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New York Times:
Trump's Irrational Border Plan
Trump's Irrational Border Plan
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Donald J. Trump / CNN:
READ: Trump's memo ordering National Guard troops to the border
READ: Trump's memo ordering National Guard troops to the border
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Inside an Immigrant Caravan: Women and Children, Fleeing Violence
Inside an Immigrant Caravan: Women and Children, Fleeing Violence
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Outside the Beltway and Washington Post
Cristina Alesci / CNN:
EPA ethics official says he didn't have all the facts on Pruitt's lease — Pruitt: I didn't know about staffers' raises — (CNN)The Environmental Protection Agency's top ethics watchdog clarified his earlier analysis of whether Administrator Scott Pruitt's rental arrangement broke the federal gift rule …
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Top EPA ethics official says he lacked key facts about Pruitt's condo rental … The Environmental Protection Agency's top ethics official said Wednesday that he lacked key facts when he concluded recently that Administrator Scott Pruitt's rental lease with a lobbyist last year did not violate any federal gift rules.
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Axios:
The latest on Scott Pruitt's dangerous days
The latest on Scott Pruitt's dangerous days
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
John Kelly to Scott Pruitt: The Scandals Need to Stop
John Kelly to Scott Pruitt: The Scandals Need to Stop
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Robert Maguire / OpenSecrets.org:
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Mercer backed a secretive group that worked with Facebook, Google to target anti-Muslim ads at swing voters — As the final weeks of the 2016 elections ticked down, voters in swing states like Nevada and North Carolina began seeing eerie promotional travel ads …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team questioning Russian oligarchs — Mueller's team questioning Russian oligarchs — Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has taken the unusual step of questioning Russian oligarchs who traveled into the US, stopping at least one and searching …
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New York Times:
Witness in Mueller Inquiry Who Advises U.A.E. Ruler Also Has Ties to Russia — WASHINGTON — A witness who is cooperating in the special counsel investigation, George Nader, has connections to both the Persian Gulf states and Russia and may have information that links two important strands …
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Tennessean.com:
Phil Bredesen holds double-digit lead over Marsha Blackburn in US Senate race, new MTSU poll shows — Former Gov. Phil Bredesen has a 10-point lead over U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn in the race to succeed U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, according to a new poll from Middle Tennessee State University.
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Political Wire
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
UK data protection chief welcomes Facebook privacy changes — Elizabeth Denham welcomes changes but says it is too early to say whether they are sufficient under the law … The information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has welcomed changes made by Facebook in an attempt to boost user privacy …
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Mike Schroepfer / Facebook:
An Update on Our Plans to Restrict Data Access on Facebook
An Update on Our Plans to Restrict Data Access on Facebook
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The case for extreme worry — To White House insiders, this is the most dangerous phase of Donald Trump's presidency so far, from the brewing trade war with China that he denies is a trade war, to the perilously spontaneous summit with North Korea. — The big picture: Checks are being ignored …
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: When Trump's words confound his own government
The Note: When Trump's words confound his own government
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Tierney McAfee / People.com:
Trump Told Jared and Ivanka to Go Back to NYC, Said His Son-in-Law Looked Like ‘Little Boy’ on TV
Trump Told Jared and Ivanka to Go Back to NYC, Said His Son-in-Law Looked Like ‘Little Boy’ on TV
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Threatening legal fight, Nunes demands document that kicked off FBI Trump-Russia investigation — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding an uncensored copy of the document …
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Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Nunes threatens to enforce subpoena over FBI memo that kick-started Russia investigation
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
NUNES WARNING: Demands FBI and DOJ Turn Over Un-Redacted Documents
NUNES WARNING: Demands FBI and DOJ Turn Over Un-Redacted Documents
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The Gateway Pundit
Melissa Jeltsen / HuffPost:
Everyone Got The Pulse Massacre Story Completely Wrong — And another, smaller injustice was obscured: the sadistic prosecution of Noor Salman. — Every mass tragedy begets a frantic search for answers, for a common understanding of what happened, for a narrative, and the 2016 Pulse massacre was no different.
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National Review
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Rex Tillerson's $12 million army of consultants — It was one of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's core goals: radically reshaping the State Department to make it leaner, cheaper and modernized to the standards of a former private-sector CEO. — Now that Tillerson has been fired …
Maria Abi-Habib / New York Times:
India Is Close to Buying a Russian Missile System, Despite U.S. Sanctions — NEW DELHI — India's defense minister is visiting Moscow this week to finalize the purchase of a Russian missile defense system, Indian officials say, in a weapons deal that would violate American sanctions against Russia.
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New York Times:
Police Fatally Shoot a Brooklyn Man After Falsely Believing He Had a Gun — New York City police officers shot and killed a black man who was known to be mentally ill on a Brooklyn street corner on Wednesday afternoon after he pointed what the officers believed was a gun at them, the authorities said.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
For Mueller, a Feared Weakness Becomes a Strength — WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election, transformed this week what has appeared to be a weakness — his relative lack of independence — into a strength.
Mark Joyella / Forbes:
Rachel Maddow Beats Sean Hannity, Takes Title As Most-Watched Cable News Host — MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has toppled Sean Hannity from his perch atop the cable news ratings, winning a decisive victory in March, according to data released Wednesday by Nielsen.
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Axios
Michael Sykes / Axios:
McConnell: Blocking Garland most ‘consequential’ decision of career — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that blocking Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court following the death of Antonin Scalia was the most “consequential decision I've made in my entire public career,” in an interview with Kentucky Today.
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New York Post:
Assemblywoman makes bizarre rant against Jews at meeting — A Brooklyn legislator was accused Wednesday of delivering a bizarre tirade against Jews, while ripping Mayor de Blasio as a sellout during a local community board meeting this week. — Assemblywoman Diane Richardson's 50-minute rant during …
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NY State of Politics
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
A Georgia city proclaimed April as Confederate History Month. Then came the n-word. … A former elected official used the n-word several times during a public meeting, offending a black member of a Georgia city's board of commissioners. — The tense exchange between the two men happened …
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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
The woman who got fired for flipping off President Trump just sued her former employer … Juli Briskman, the Virginia cyclist who flipped off the presidential motorcade and lost her job last fall, doesn't think we should be afraid to speak our minds. — That's why she went to court Wednesday …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sinclair's Boss Responds to Criticism: 'You Can't Be Serious!' — David D. Smith, the chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, says the media is getting his company all wrong. — His remark, in a lengthy email exchange with The New York Times, came in response to renewed scrutiny of Sinclair …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
How Bill O'Reilly Silenced His Accusers — Settlement agreements between Bill O'Reilly and two of his accusers — made public for the first time on Wednesday — filled in previously unknown details about tactics employed by the former Fox News host to silence women who came forward with sexual harassment allegations against him.
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Left's Year of Magical Thinking — It's Wednesday, November 7, 2018, and the Democrats have awakened to the taste of ashes in their mouths. Despite the poll numbers and the pattern of history, Republicans have somehow managed to keep their losses small enough to retain control of the House.
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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Land for the Taking — The day after the meeting, Mr. Hamoud, a Sunni, returned to work and found that his department was now staffed 100 percent by Sunnis, the sect of Islam practiced by the militants. The Shia and Christian colleagues who previously shared his office had all fled.
Ramona Giwargis / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Ex-fiancee says Las Vegas GOP campaign adviser made her his slave — GOP consultant Benjamin Sparks (Photo obtained by Las Vegas Review-Journal) — GOP consultant Benjamin Sparks is pictured in this undated photo obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Sparks is accused of sexually enslaving and battering his ex fiancee.
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Josh Eells / Rolling Stone:
Dwayne Johnson: The Pain and the Passion That Fuel the Rock — Hollywood's most dependable good guy on saving the day in ‘Rampage,’ his beef with Vin Diesel, presidential rumors and more — If the world seemed a little bit sluggish this morning - if the birds weren't singing as sweetly …
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