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9:45 PM ET, October 13, 2018

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Kushner Likely Paid No Federal Income Taxes for Years, Documents Show — Confidential documents reviewed by The Times indicate that Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, probably paid little or no income tax from 2009 to 2016. — Over the past decade …

Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, Sputnik International, The Real Deal New York, Conservative News Today, Boing Boing, Splinter, ThinkProgress, HuffPost, Mother Jones, Axios, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA, The Guardian and The Week

New York Times:
How Jared Kushner Avoided Paying Taxes

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Raw Story

Hatice Cengiz / New York Times:

My Fiancé Jamal Khashoggi Was a Lonely Patriot — His ideas will reverberate from Turkey to Saudi Arabia and beyond. Oppression never lasts forever. Tyrants eventually pay for their sins. — Ms. Cengiz, a doctoral student at a university in Istanbul, is Jamal Khashoggi's fiancée

Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:

If a Prince Murders a Journalist, That's Not a Hiccup — In the end, Saudi Arabia played Kushner, Trump and his other American acolytes for suckers. — The reports about Jamal Khashoggi, the missing Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor, whom I've known for more than 15 years, grow steadily more sickening.

Discussion: HuffPost, twitchy.com, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, CNN and The Atlantic

Martin Chulov / The Guardian:

Claims of state-sanctioned hit trigger crisis for Saudi Arabia — The disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has shaken confidence in Riyadh even among close allies — In early 2016, when Mohammed bin Salman was still deputy crown prince and Donald Trump still a contender for US president …

Discussion: Daily Kos

CBS News:

Trump vows “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia is behind missing journalist — President Trump tells 60 Minutes Saudi Arabia has denied playing a part in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, but says the case is being investigated. See the full interview Sunday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT on CBS.

Discussion: Axios, Bloomberg, The Guardian, CNN, TheBlaze, The New Arab, Nuclear Diner, The Atlantic, The Hill, The Constitution, The Week, Joe.My.God., Daily Wire, Vox and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »

New York Times:

‘Davos in the Desert,’ a Saudi Prince's Glittering Showcase, Is Stained by a Grisly Accusation — WASHINGTON — The participants nicknamed it “Davos in the Desert,” which captures the lofty ambitions of the annual investor conference scheduled to convene in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this month.

Associated Press:

Newspaper says Turkey has audio of Saudi writer's slaying — ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Apple Watch he wore when he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week ago, a pro-government Turkish newspaper reported Saturday.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA

Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Trump hosts freed detainee Pastor Brunson at the White House

Discussion: Breitbart, Young Conservatives, Politico and One America News Network

Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News:

A Far-Right Men's Group Violently Beat Up Protesters And Weren't Arrested. New York Police Won't Say Why. — Far-right men's organization “Proud Boys” violently beat two or three apparent protesters Friday night following a Republican event in Manhattan. — About 30 members of the group …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Law & Crime, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Daily Caller, YouTube, New York Times and Observer

Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Pro-Trump Gang Seen In Footage Assaulting Anti-Fascist Protesters In Manhattan

Discussion: Mother Jones, Spectator USA, Splinter, CBS New York, New York Daily News and Gothamist

Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
Proud Boys in New York: Videos, Photos Show Street Fights

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Hullabaloo and twitchy.com

Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Videos Allegedly Show Proud Boys Beating Protesters After Gavin McInnes Event At Manhattan GOP Club

Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and We Hunted The Mammoth

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Scoop: Pat Cipollone filling out paperwork to be White House Counsel — Washington litigator Pat Cipollone is expected to be President Trump's pick to replace Don McGahn as White House Counsel, according to four sources familiar with the sensitive internal conversations.

Discussion: Politico and CNBC

Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal: Trump Defends Separating Families at the Border

Washington Post:
Trump has chosen Washington lawyer Pat Cipollone as next White House counsel, people familiar with decision say

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, KTVQ-TV and Joe.My.God.

Ingrid Arnesen / The Daily Beast:

No Food, No FEMA: Hurricane Michael's Survivors Are Furious — Miles and miles of Florida are obliterated, leaving residents to fend for themselves with a lack of help from the government. — PANAMA CITY, Florida—Hurricane Michael's sudden transformation into a storm that is unprecedented …

Discussion: Washington Post

New York Times:

Now for Rent: Email Addresses and Phone Numbers for Millions of Trump Supporters — WASHINGTON — Early in his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump dismissed political data as an “overrated” tool. But after he won the Republican nomination, his team began building a database that offers …

Discussion: Raw Story

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

The Different Ends of NeverTrump — Are Trump's conservative critics really conservatives anymore? — Earlier this month Jennifer Rubin, the prolific #NeverTrump pundit who writes for The Washington Post, got something that every columnist craves: a petition against her.

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

As Suburban Women Turn to Democrats, Many Suburban Men Stand With Trump — DUBLIN, Ohio — Robert Peters and George Fidelibus walked off the 18th green at the Golf Club of Dublin, then carried pints of beer to the patio overlooking the course, which was framed by $500,000 homes.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Ben Sasse / Wall Street Journal:

Politics Can't Solve Our Political Problems — Our tribalism has a deeper source in the disintegration of communities and an epidemic of loneliness. The only real answers start at home. — The Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh didn't fully break the nation …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Calling Democrats the ‘Angry Mob’ is Trump's Biggest Lie Yet — In the closing weeks of last year's special election in Georgia, Republicans used footage of a riot by Antifa — a fringe sect that views the Democratic party with contempt — to characterize the moderate Democratic nominee Jon Ossoff as a dangerous loon.

Discussion: The Guardian and Instapundit

David Royer / WREG-TV:

Man run over by lawn mower while trying to kill son with chainsaw — BRISTOL, Tenn. - A man who police say was run over with a lawn mower while trying to kill his son with a chain saw has had to have his leg amputated. — The Bristol Herald Courier reports that a warrant …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire, Law_Enforcement and fox8.com

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Donald Trump Jr. emerges as GOP fundraising force — Donald Trump Jr., President Trump's eldest son, has emerged as a fundraising force for Republican candidates ahead of the midterm election, helping Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) alone raise nearly half a million dollars last week, according to Bloomberg.

Teresa Watanabe / Los Angeles Times:

Banishment of an acclaimed UC Irvine professor sparks debate over whether #MeToo can go too far — For years, the professor told the assistant dean that she was beautiful and greeted her with hugs and a kiss on each cheek. — During their time together at UC Irvine, Francisco J. Ayala …

Discussion: Axios

Diana Olick / CNBC:

Thousands line up for zero-down-payment, subprime mortgages — Borrowers can have low credit scores, but have to go through an education session about the program and submit all necessary documents, from income statements to phone bills. — They must go through counseling to understand …

Peter Maass / The Intercept:

Max Boot Is Very Sorry for Backing the GOP and the Iraq Invasion. Why Is He Being Praised for This? — There is an unforgettable passage in Graham Greene's classic “The Quiet American” in which the title character, a CIA agent named Alden Pyle, admits that Vietnam is much more complicated than he'd imagined.

Discussion: Vox

Bari Weiss / New York Times:

What Do You Do When You Are Anonymously Accused of Rape? — The writer Stephen Elliott is suing Moira Donegan, the creator of the Media Men list. — Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor in the Opinion section. — What do you do if you are accused of sexual misconduct and believe yourself to be innocent?

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, gofundme.com, HuffPost and The Cut, more at Mediagazer »

Frank Buckley / New York Post:

Can our modern ‘house divided’ remain one nation? — Debating Stephen Douglas over slavery, Abraham Lincoln said a house divided cannot stand. In 2018, we also are a house divided and must ask whether the terrible biblical saying Lincoln quoted applies to us. Can we endure as a united country?

Fox News:

New details emerge on anti-Trump dossier as House GOP seeks Fusion GPS boss testimony — House Republicans still want Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of the firm behind the anti-Trump dossier, to comply with their subpoena to appear on Capitol Hill despite his plans to invoke Fifth Amendment protections …

Discussion: The Last Refuge

Kelsey Mo / Arizona Republic:

Mitt Romney boosts Martha McSally: She ‘has fought for American safety’ — Mitt Romney, Gov. Doug Ducey rally for Martha McSally Arizona Republic — Mitt Romney stumped with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Martha McSally on Friday in the East Valley, hoping to give her campaign a boost in a tight race as early voting gets underway.