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11:40 AM ET, October 7, 2018

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Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Khashoggi killed by ‘murder’ team, sources say  —  ISTANBUL — Turkey has concluded that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this week by a Saudi team sent “specifically for the murder …
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New York Times:
Turkey Believes Prominent Saudi Critic Was Killed in Saudi Consulate in Istanbul  —  ISTANBUL — Turkish investigators believe a well-known Saudi dissident was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, five people involved in the investigation, or briefed on it, said on Saturday.
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
Jamal Khashoggi / Washington Post:
Read Jamal Khashoggi's columns for The Washington Post  —  Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist, was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, according to Turkish officials.  In a statement released Saturday, Fred Hiatt, The Post's editorial page editor …
Discussion: The Week and KTVQ-TV
New York Times:
Turkey Demands ‘Convincing Explanation’ on Missing Saudi Journalist  —  Turkish officials on Sunday demanded a “convincing explanation” from Saudi Arabia over the alleged killing of a dissident who disappeared during a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, sharply escalating tensions between …
Lynn Maalouf / Amnesty International:   Saudi Arabia / Turkey: Alleged assassination of Jamal Khashoggi in Consulate would set abysmal new low
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:   Saudi journalist ‘killed inside consulate’ - Turkish sources
Orhan Coskun / Reuters:
Turkish police believe Saudi journalist was killed at consulate: sources
Dominic Evans / Reuters:   Saudi Arabia opens up consulate after journalist vanishes
Middle East Eye:   Turkish police suspect Saudi journalist Khashoggi was killed at consulate
Washington Post:   Turkey concludes that prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Saudi consulate …
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Trump on why he mocked Christine Blasey Ford: ‘I had to even the playing field’  —  President Trump said late Saturday that he mocked Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, because he needed to “even the playing field.”
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Breitbart
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh's confirmation gives the GOP its most power since the Great Depression  —  Republicans face a difficult 2018 midterm election in about one month's time.  But on its eve, the GOP just secured its greatest amount of political power and leverage since at least the Great Depression.
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Kavanaugh was the ‘slut whore drunk’ of the Ford story, Sen. Lindsey Graham says  —  Speaking to reporters after the confirmation vote, the South Carolina Republican said the nominee's accuser had been treated well by the Senate.  —  WASHINGTON — Brett Kavanugh is the “slut whore drunk” …
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Republicans don't care what you think  —  Republicans lost the argument, but they ultimately had the votes.  —  Forty-nine Senate Republicans and one Democrat just confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the United State Supreme Court.  No allegations, no protesters, no public opinion poll showing Brett Kavanaugh …
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
With Kavanaugh confirmation, GOP officially becomes the party of rape
Discussion: Jezebel, Mother Jones and Vox
Summer Programs / gprep.org:
THE HONORABLE BRETT KAVANAUGH '83 CONFIRMED TO SERVE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
Discussion: Raw Story
Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Trump ‘100 percent’ certain Kavanaugh accuser named wrong person
Discussion: HuffPost, Political Wire, CNN and Mediaite
Laura Hollis / Boston Herald:
Innocent until proven guilty protects all of us
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
McConnell calls opposition to Kavanaugh a ‘great political gift’ to Republicans
CBS News:
Senate races: GOP up in Texas, Tennessee; Dems up in Arizona, New Jersey — CBS News poll  —  The battle for Senate control finds Democrats trying to mount upset challenges in a string of typically Republican states, and this round of Battleground Tracker polls shows them having at best mixed results so far.
Discussion: Political Wire
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Portrait of a female GOP voter who could hand the House majority to the Democrats  —  LAKELAND, Tenn. — If Democrats capture at least the House, they'll owe the good fortune to Republican voters like Anna Smith.  —  The 40-year-old, college-educated mother of two young children is married …
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Operative Secretly Raised at Least $100,000 in Search for Clinton Emails  —  Opposition researcher's efforts are of intense interest to investigators probing Russian election interference  —  WASHINGTON—A veteran Republican operative and opposition researcher solicited and raised …
Alexis Grenell / New York Times:
White Women, Come Get Your People  —  They will defend their privilege to the death.  —  Ms. Grenell has written on gender and politics for The New York Daily News, The Washington Post and other outlets.  —  After a confirmation process where women all but slit their wrists …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says GOP Sen. Murkowski ‘will never recover’ for voting ‘no’ on Kavanaugh
Fresno Bee:
For the good of the 22nd District and the nation, the choice is clear: Andrew Janz  —  Today The Fresno Bee takes a step it has not made since before 2002: It is recommending a candidate for the 22nd congressional district who is not Devin Nunes.  —  Instead, The Bee recommends Andrew Janz …
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Fresh off Kavanaugh vote, Sen. Cory Booker tests presidential waters in Iowa with words of resilience  —  Sen. Cory Booker descended on Iowa Saturday night with ideal timing to strike a chord with Iowan Democrats.  —  The senator from New Jersey, a long-rumored 2020 presidential candidate …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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David Weigel / Washington Post:   ‘We have so much pain’: Cory Booker makes 2020 Iowa debut
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Pompeo cites progress made with Kim Jong Un on N. Korea trip  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made unspecified progress Sunday toward an agreement for the North to give up its nuclear weapons.
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:   Pompeo has ‘productive conversation’ …
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Palestinian Killed 2 Israelis in West Bank Attack  —  JERUSALEM — A Palestinian man fatally shot two Israeli co-workers and injured a third in an Israeli-run factory in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, an attack that Israeli officials described as terrorism.
 
 
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
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Lindsey Graham Is the Saddest Story in Washington
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