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Washington Post:
After journalist vanishes, focus shifts to young prince's ‘dark’ and bullying side — When he hosted last October's glittering global investment conference in Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had the world at his fingertips. Thousands of investors, corporate chieftains …
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Nuclear Diner
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Zainab Fattah / Bloomberg:
Saudi Arabia Says It Will Retaliate Against Punitive Measures — Saudi Arabia will retaliate against any punitive measures with an even “stronger” response, the official news agency reported, in an apparent reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to take action over the disappearance of a prominent government critic.
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 …
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Washington Post and CBS News, more at Mediagazer »
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Saudis reject threats as stocks plunge after Trump comments
Saudis reject threats as stocks plunge after Trump comments
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Axios and POLITICUSUSA
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
If a Prince Murders a Journalist, That's Not a Hiccup
If a Prince Murders a Journalist, That's Not a Hiccup
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HuffPost, Fortune and twitchy.com
CBS News:
Trump on prospect of Mattis' departure: “At some point, everybody leaves” — President Trump suggested that Defense Secretary James Mattis could be one of the next administration officials to depart his Cabinet. In an interview airing on “60 Minutes” Sunday, the president said there are …
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Axios, Political Wire and HuffPost
Washington Post:
Voters say they are more likely to cast ballots in this year's midterm elections — Three weeks before critical midterm elections, voters are expressing significantly more interest in turning out than they were four years ago, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trump's approval improves, yet Dems still lead for the House — Donald Trump's job approval rating advanced to its second-highest of his career in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, but not by enough to erase a double-digit Democratic lead in midterm election vote preferences.
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Axios
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 …
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Southern Poverty Law Center, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Heavy.com, Hullabaloo, Metropolitan Republican Club and YouTube
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The Daily Beast:
Far-Right ‘Proud Boys’ Kick, Punch People in New York Following Speech From Leader
Far-Right ‘Proud Boys’ Kick, Punch People in New York Following Speech From Leader
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Pro-Trump Gang Seen In Footage Assaulting Anti-Fascist Protesters In Manhattan
Pro-Trump Gang Seen In Footage Assaulting Anti-Fascist Protesters In Manhattan
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Raw Story, Mother Jones, Spectator USA, CBS New York, Mediaite, Splinter and Gothamist
Los Angeles Times:
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's family benefited from U.S. program for minorities based on disputed ancestry — A company owned by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's in-laws won more than $7 million in no-bid and other federal contracts at U.S. military installations …
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Political Wire
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Trump suggests support for family separations, after earlier practice caused outcry — “I will say this: If they feel there will be separation, they don't come,” Trump said. — Trump on border security: 'If they feel there will be separation, they won't come'
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ThinkProgress, Political Wire, Washington Post and The Daily Beast
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CNN:
CNN Poll: More see Trump win likely as Biden leads crowded Democratic field — WASHINGTON (CNN)Americans are becoming more likely to think President Donald Trump will win a second term in office, while Joe Biden stands atop a crowded field of Democrats perhaps looking to replace him, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Three reasons Mueller may not charge Trump with obstruction — Washington is in another frenzy over the disclosure that President Trump's lawyers are preparing answers to written questions from special counsel Robert Mueller. Observers are speculating on the meaning of this move …
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 …
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Associated Press and Washington Post
Des Moines Register:
The Register's endorsements for Congress: GOP has failed to govern; give Democrats a chance — When Republicans achieved the trifecta in 2016, winning the presidency as well as holding the House and Senate, it seemed the country was poised to move beyond the GOP-engineered partisan gridlock …
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POLITICUSUSA
Gustavo Palencia / Reuters:
Honduran migrant group treks north as U.S. calls for tighter borders — SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people, including families and women carrying babies, set off from Honduras toward the United States on Saturday, days after the United States urged Honduras' president to halt mass migration.
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Townhall, POLITICUSUSA, Conservative News Today, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and MAGAVoter
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Absentee Presidency — It is a poignant paradox of Donald Trump's ubiquitous presidency—all tweets, all the time—that a leader who prides himself as omnipresent in digital public discourse is so often absent from national life in the hundred human ways in which the country has come to expect its presidents to perform.
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 …
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Instapundit and Axios
The Guardian:
MP demands Met police explain why Brexit inquiry dropped — Damian Collins says Scotland Yard must explain failure to look into potential crimes committed by three pro-Brexit groups — A senior Conservative MP has demanded that Scotland Yard urgently explain why it has not opened …
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Under pressure, Rep. Debbie Lesko takes down false ‘fake doctor’ signs — Republican U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko has agreed to take down campaign signs falsely asserting her Democratic opponent, Hiral Tipirneni, is a “fake doctor” after a medical group that backed Lesko pressed her on the issue.
Kyle Smith / National Review:
‘White Women’ Becomes a Disparaging Term — The Left is lumping white women together into a giant bloc subject to absurdly broad stereotyping and vitriolic condemnation. — Using “white men” as a putdown is no longer extreme enough for the Left. Now it is moving on to doing the same for “white women.”
James Randerson / Politico:
David Davis: Cabinet must kill off May's Brexit plan — The U.K. Cabinet must rise up and kill off Theresa May's Brexit plan in favor of a Canada-style free trade deal, said former Brexit Secretary David Davis. — Writing in the Sunday Times, he argued that the deal on the table would preclude …
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The Times & The Sunday Times, One America News Network and Telegraph