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Washington Post:
Turks tell U.S. officials they have audio and video recordings that support conclusion Khashoggi was killed — The Turkish government has told U.S. officials that it has audio and video recordings that prove Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate …
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Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Journalist's Disappearance Sends Chill Through Foreign Investors, Firms
Saudi Journalist's Disappearance Sends Chill Through Foreign Investors, Firms
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Washington Post, Vox, The Guardian, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Daily Caller and New York Times
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Media companies pulling out of Saudi conference after Khashoggi's disappearance
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi's Disappearance Risks Costly Image-Crafting Effort in U.S.
Washington Post:
‘I like them very much:’ Trump has long-standing business ties with Saudis, who have boosted …
‘I like them very much:’ Trump has long-standing business ties with Saudis, who have boosted …
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One America News Network and Mother Jones
CNN:
Khashoggi was murdered, Saudis did it, leading Republican says
Khashoggi was murdered, Saudis did it, leading Republican says
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Mediaite, KTVQ-TV, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Screenshots show Khashoggi did not see text messages after entering Saudi consulate
Screenshots show Khashoggi did not see text messages after entering Saudi consulate
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Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, Just Security, Outside the Beltway and Politico
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Media sponsors start dropping out of Saudi conference after journalist goes missing
Media sponsors start dropping out of Saudi conference after journalist goes missing
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New York Times, The Guardian, BuzzFeed and KTVQ-TV
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
John Kelly Called Elizabeth Warren An “Impolite Arrogant Woman” In An Email — Washington, D.C. — WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff John Kelly called Sen. Elizabeth Warren an “impolite arrogant woman” in a private email he exchanged last year with his top aide following …
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The Week, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Mediaite
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Walker trails in race for Wisconsin governor — Democrat Tony Evers has 53 percent support from likely voters, while Republican Scott Walker has 43 percent. — Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin is behind by double digits in his re-election bid, while Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Evaluating Enthusiasm With Less Than a Month to Go — Back in 2016, lots of people, myself included, thought that Trump's “all-base-all-the-time” strategy was ill-conceived. Sure, it would motivate his supporters, but it would also juice up turnout by Democrats and turn off critical swing/independent voters.
CNN:
Trump's lawyers preparing answers to Mueller's questions — (CNN)President Donald Trump's legal team is preparing answers to written questions provided by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources familiar with the matter. — The move represents a major development after months …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump lawyers working on answers to Mueller's Russia conspiracy questions
Sarah Stillman / New Yorker:
The Five-Year-Old Who Was Detained at the Border and Persuaded to Sign Away Her Rights — Helen—a smart, cheerful five-year-old girl—is an asylum seeker from Honduras. This summer, when a social worker asked her to identify her strengths, Helen shared her pride in “her ability to learn fast and express her feelings and concerns.”
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Talking Points Memo, Splinter and Boing Boing
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Herschel Walker calls for CNN to fire Don Lemon over ‘racist’ Kanye West criticism — Football legend-turned-activist Herschel Walker is calling for CNN to fire Don Lemon after the “CNN Tonight” host laughed when rapper Kanye West was referred to as “the token negro of the Trump administration” …
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Instapundit and twitchy.com
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Tamar Auber / Mediaite:
Kanye West Storms D.C. Apple Store, Gives ‘Keynote Speech’ on Table, Says He's Leaving for Africa
Kanye West Storms D.C. Apple Store, Gives ‘Keynote Speech’ on Table, Says He's Leaving for Africa
Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
Air Force Won't Say Whether It Will Replace Air Force One With Kanye's Hydrogen-Powered iPlane
Air Force Won't Say Whether It Will Replace Air Force One With Kanye's Hydrogen-Powered iPlane
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9to5Mac and Conservative News Today
Tariro Mzezewa / New York Times:
I Loved Kanye West and Hated Taylor Swift. Then 2018 Happened.
I Loved Kanye West and Hated Taylor Swift. Then 2018 Happened.
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Splinter and The Atlantic
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Velshi & Ruhle Go OFF on Kanye West For ‘Bonkers’ Rant: ‘That Was An Assault on Our White House’
miamiherald:
New poll shows Democrat Shalala trailing GOP opponent in a district Trump lost badly — WASHINGTON — Donna Shalala may be in trouble. — Shalala, a Democrat running in a district that President Donald Trump lost by nearly 20 percentage points in 2016, is trailing Republican TV journalist …
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Georgia NAACP readies lawsuit against Kemp over voter registration — The Georgia NAACP is preparing to sue Secretary of State Brian Kemp, the Republican nominee for governor, in response to a report that Kemp's office has put on hold tens of thousands of voter registration applications …
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Political Wire, ABC News, POLITICUSUSA, The Week and electionlawblog.org
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Mulling Candidates Who Could Replace Jeff Sessions — Potential candidates for attorney general include Alex Azar, Steven Bradbury and Bill Barr — WASHINGTON—President Trump is considering as many as five candidates as his new attorney general on the assumption that Jeff Sessions …
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Political Wire, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Made and Distributed in the U.S.A.: Online Disinformation — Ahead of the midterm elections, false and divisive messages on social media are increasingly being created and spread by Americans. — Facebook said that it planned to cull hundreds of pages and fake accounts.
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Facebook, twitchy.com, VentureBeat, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Mother Jones, Mashable and The Verge
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Politico:
Volunteers bolt Bredesen over Kavanaugh support — ‘I felt torpedoed by that statement,’ one campaign volunteer said. — Tennessee Democrat Phil Bredesen is facing backlash from some of the staunchest supporters of his Senate campaign after coming out in support of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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Splinter, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Politico:
Dina Powell out as contender for U.N. post — Powell, a former deputy national security adviser, had been seen as the White House's top pick for the job. — Dina Powell, a Goldman Sachs executive and former aide to President Donald Trump, has withdrawn her name from consideration …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Dina Powell no longer under consideration by Trump for U.S. job at U.N.: senior official
Dina Powell no longer under consideration by Trump for U.S. job at U.N.: senior official
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Townhall
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats agree to confirmations of 15 Trump judges — Senate Democrats accepted an offer from Senate Republicans to confirm 15 lifetime federal judges on Thursday in exchange for the ability to go into recess through the midterms so endangered Democrats can campaign.
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Washington Post, Chicks On The Right, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, JCN and The Daily Caller
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Ruth Spencer / The Cut:
Stephen Elliott Sues Moira Donegan, Creator of Shitty Media Men List — Stephen Elliott, a New Orleans-based writer is suing Moira Donegan, the creator of the Shitty Media Men List for libel and emotional distress. Elliott filed documents at the United States District Court for the Eastern District …
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New York Times, Jezebel and Vox, more at Mediagazer »
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Melania Trump says she is one of the most bullied people in the world; distrusts some in the West Wing — First lady Melania Trump told ABC News in an exclusive interview that she has told her husband there have been people in his administration she didn't trust who worked for him.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Michael Cohen is now a registered Democrat — Michael Cohen, President Trump's former attorney who until June served as the Republican Party's deputy finance chair, today changed his party registration from Republican to Democrat, according to a knowledgeable source.
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The Hill, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Daily Caller, The Week, Daily Wire, Political Wire and twitchy.com
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Fusion GPS co-founder will invoke ‘constitutional rights not to testify’: lawyers — Lawyers for Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS, told the head of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday that his client will “invoke his constitutional rights not to testify,” defying …
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Front Page Magazine
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Stop the Press Before It Profiles Beto O'Rourke Again — The winds of swoonery blasted through Texas this year and traveled halfway across the country to dust the Eastern media establishment with love eternal for senatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke. Not since the press corps fell in love …
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The Texas Tribune, ABC News, National Review, IJR, RedState and Salon
David French / National Review:
Sorry, Democrats, Progressive Mob Action Is a Real Problem — That the mainstream media pretends otherwise doesn't make it any less true. — What happens when you combine the classic “Republicans pounce” media narrative with a healthy dose of whataboutism?
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The Federalist, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
NBC News:
Secret deal with Turkey paves way for American pastor's release — North Carolina pastor Andrew Brunson is expected to be released in coming days after two years of detention in Turkey. — WASHINGTON — The White House expects North Carolina pastor Andrew Brunson to be released …
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