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8:25 AM ET, October 10, 2018

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Washington Post:
Saudis are said to have lain in wait for Jamal Khashoggi  —  ISTANBUL — As Jamal Khashoggi prepared to enter the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, a squad of men from Saudi Arabia who investigators suspect played a role in his disappearance was ready and in place.
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New York Times:
Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership  —  ISTANBUL — Investigators are examining the movements of Saudi officials who flew to Istanbul and went to the Saudi Consulate there on the same day that a Saudi dissident journalist disappeared after going to the building …
Hatice Cengiz / Washington Post:
Please, President Trump, shed light on my fiance's disappearance  —  Hatice Cengiz is Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee.  She lives in Istanbul.  —  ISTANBUL — More than a week has passed since our last meeting outside the consulate of Saudi Arabia, before his disappearance became global news.
Washington Post:
How Trump enabled the abuses of Saudi Arabia's crown prince  —  TWO YEARS ago it would have been inconceivable that the rulers of Saudi Arabia, a close U.S. ally, would be suspected of abducting or killing a critic who lived in Washington and regularly wrote for The Post …
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Images surface of Saudis allegedly sent to target writer  —  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish media close to the president published images Wednesday of what it described as a 15-member “assassination squad” allegedly sent to target Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and of a black van later traveling …
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Welcome to the jungle  —  Sometimes a particular event, the fate of a particular individual, becomes a symbol of a global, historical trend.  The reported murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Post contributor, in a consulate in Istanbul is one of those moments.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and CNN
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
Khashoggi case: CCTV disappears from Saudi consulate in Turkey
Discussion: Just Security
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Saudi Story About Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Doesn't Hold Up, Says Bob Corker: ‘Everything Points’ to Murder
Donald J. Trump / USA Today:
Donald Trump: Democrats ‘Medicare for All’ plan will demolish promises to seniors  —  The Democrats want to outlaw private health care plans, taking away freedom to choose plans while letting anyone cross our border.  We must win this.  —  CONNECT  —  Throughout the year …
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Ben White / Politico:
Dina Powell tops White House list for U.N.  —  NEW YORK — Dina Powell, the Goldman Sachs executive and former senior White House official, is the top candidate to replace outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Mike Bloomberg re-registers as a DEMOCRAT ... Trump in USA Today: Democrats want to model U.S. after Venezuela  —  27 DAYS until Election Day ... PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP pens an op-ed in USA TODAY with a dire message: “Democrats ‘Medicare for All’ plan will demolish promises to seniors” …
Mike Allen / Axios:   Axios AM  —  Subscribe  —  Good Wednesday morning from L.A. 27 days until midterms.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Nikki Haley may have timed her exit perfectly
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Haley's departure sparks a battle for the future of Trump's foreign policy
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
Nikki Haley has up to $1 million in debt as she steps down as U.N. ambassador
Discussion: Raw Story, Politico and Axios
William E. Scheuerman / USA Today:
Kavanaugh Yale classmate: The FBI investigation was a joke.  I tried to help and was ignored. … Sen. Mitch McConnell said the vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court showed the Republican Party standing up for the presumption of innocence, and he doesn't see the fight hurting his party, in fact he says it may help.
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Associated Press:   Trump rally crowd chants ‘Lock her up!’ about Sen. Feinstein
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Michael Bloomberg Registering as Democrat as He Weighs 2020 Bid
Discussion: CNBC and Mediaite
Manu Raju / CNN:
Lindsey Graham says Trump jokingly asked if he wanted to be attorney general
Discussion: KTVQ-TV, The Nation and The Root
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Mitch McConnell: Forget Merrick Garland, GOP can confirm a Supreme Court justice in 2020 if it wants
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Kavanaugh confirmation energizes Democrats more than GOP  —  A total of 46 percent say the Senate ‘made the wrong decision.’  —  Republicans are touting the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as rocket fuel for the GOP grass roots in next month's midterm elections …
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:   Wave watch: Inside the Democratic primary turnout surge
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Races in Nevada are a dead heat
Discussion: Political Wire
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Abrupt release of hundreds of migrants in Phoenix is ‘start of dam breaking’  —  “You'll start to see this all across the southern border soon,” a senior DHS official told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — Hundreds of migrant families seeking asylum in the U.S. were released from detention …
Discussion: Splinter and ThinkProgress
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Migrant families overwhelm detention capacity in Arizona, prompting mass releases
Discussion: Axios
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Trump's Patron-in-Chief  —  Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has never been more powerful.  The Trump administration has advanced his ideological and financial interests, including an assist in his quest to build a casino in Japan.  —  LATE ON A THURSDAY evening in February 2017 …
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Poll: Martha McSally gaining in Senate race against Kyrsten Sinema  —  abc15.com staff , Danielle Lerner  —  PHOENIX - A new poll of Arizona's contested Senate race shows frontrunner Republican Martha McSally increasing her lead over Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
Discussion: Political Wire
Matthew Stolle / Post Bulletin:
Quam's mic grab creates a commotion  —  Legislative forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters Rochester are typically earnest, decorous and orderly affairs.  —  But an exception to that rule occurred Monday during a forum between incumbent GOP state Rep. Duane Quam and DFL challenger Jamie Mahlberg at Rochester Public Library.
Discussion: Splinter, HuffPost and Raw Story
Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Administration mum on climate change report as Trump says: ‘I want to look at who drew it’  —  The day after an international panel of scientists issued a stark warning about the short window in which world leaders can act to avoid catastrophic climate change, the president of the United States …
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler Engaged With Racist, Conspiratorial Posts On Social Media  —  Exclusive: The agency head brushed off his interactions with a Pizzagater and said he doesn't remember liking a racist picture of the Obamas.  —  Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator …
Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
Soldiers in Facebook's War on Fake News Are Feeling Overrun  —  MANILA — The fictional news stories pop up on Facebook faster than Paterno Esmaquel II and his co-workers can stamp them out.  —  Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, debated a Catholic bishop over using violence to stop illegal drugs — and won.
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Russian Whistleblower Assassinated After Uncovering $200 Billion Dirty Money Scandal  —  Andrei Kozlov was gunned down in 2006, weeks after trying to shutter the world's biggest money-laundering scam—one reportedly used by Putin's family and the FSB.  —  LONDON—A crusading Russian official traveled …
Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
Five Teenage ‘Mean Girls’ Falsely Accused A Boy Of Sexual Assault.  They Weren't Punished.  —  Several high school girls - dubbed “mean girls” - claimed a male student sexually assaulted them because they “just don't like him.”  Now the school district and district attorney are facing heat …
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Supreme Court Makes It Harder for Tribal North Dakotans to Vote  —  The order could hurt the reelection chances of Heidi Heitkamp, the most vulnerable Democratic senator. … The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower-court order requiring voters in North Dakota to present certain forms …
Stephanie Ruhle / MSNBC:
Ford announces plan to lay off workers after tariffs cost them $1B  —  The economy remains strong, but are we starting to see the first signs of stalling?  Stephanie Ruhle is joined by Politico's Ben White to discuss Ford's plan to lay off workers after they say President Trump's tariffs have cost them a billion dollars.
Aaron Mehta / Defense News:
Mattis orders fighter jet readiness to jump to 80 percent — in one year  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has ordered the Air Force and Navy to get mission capable rates for four key tactical aircraft up above 80 percent by the end of next September, a daunting challenge given …
Discussion: USNI News
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Trump's midterm pitch: Vote for me  —  The president is not on the ballot until 2020 — but he's asking supporters to imagine his future is at stake this November.  —  President Donald Trump, who as a candidate warned that he alone could fix the nation's ills, is making the midterms …
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke May Benefit From an Unlikely Support Group: White Evangelical Women  —  In the Texas race, any small shift among evangelical voters could be a significant loss for Senator Ted Cruz — and a signal to Democrats.  —  October 9, 2018  —  Nikki Haley to Resign as Trump's Ambassador to the U.N.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Discussion: Axios
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