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New York Times:
Audio Contains Gruesome Details of Khashoggi Killing, Turkish Official Says — ISTANBUL — His killers were waiting when Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago. They severed his fingers during an interrogation and later beheaded and dismembered him …
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Delivers $100 Million Pledged to U.S. as Pompeo Lands in Riyadh — BEIRUT, Lebanon — This summer, Saudi Arabia promised the Trump administration $100 million for American efforts to stabilize areas in Syria liberated from the Islamic State. — That money landed in American accounts …
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Washington Post:
Pompeo hears Turkey's accusations against Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi case — ANKARA, Turkey — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo received a firsthand briefing Wednesday on Turkey's claims that Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents, but he did not listen to an audio recording that Turkey …
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Outside the Beltway, Media Matters for America and The American Conservative
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
In the Wake of Khashoggi's Disappearance, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Is Pushed to the Brink — It seems nearly certain now that Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist, died a slow and agonizing death, the kind that none of us could dare imagine for ourselves.
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Daniel B. Shapiro / Haaretz:
Opinion Why the Khashoggi Murder Is a Disaster for Israel — The grisly hit-job on Khashoggi has implications far beyond its exposure of the Saudi Crown Prince as brutal and reckless. In Jerusalem and D.C., they're mourning their whole strategic concept for the Mideast - not least, for countering Iran
The Independent:
‘The greatest embarrassment’: Inside the kingdom, Saudis rattled by handling of Jamal Khashoggi case
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
MBS's rampaging anger will not silence questions about Jamal Khashoggi
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US Department of State, Middle East Eye and CNN
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What we know about what the government knows about Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump and Kushner Put Saudi's Money First
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New York Times:
The Saudi Cover-Up Crumbles
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New York Times:
Suspects in Khashoggi Case Had Ties to Saudi Crown Prince
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Bloomberg:
Mueller Ready to Deliver Key Findings in His Trump Probe, Sources Say — Rosenstein is pressing Mueller to wrap it up, official says — Next steps expected to occur after November midterm elections — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is expected to issue findings on core aspects …
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“You Can't Out-Trump Trump”: Elizabeth Warren Shows Democrats How to Lose in 2020 — Warren's maneuver stands as a warning sign for other presidential contenders. Getting into the mud pit with Trump—who doesn't care about political decorum, rules, sexism, racism, name-calling, facts …
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Victoria McGrane / BostonGlobe.com:
Elizabeth Warren defends decision to release DNA test — Senator Elizabeth Warren defended the timing of her decision to release the results of a DNA test just ahead of the midterm elections, telling the Globe Tuesday that she went public as soon as possible to begin deflecting the constant taunting …
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James Erwin / Slate:
Elizabeth Warren Has Set a Dangerous Precedent — Will other politicians be bullied into releasing their genetic information, too? — On May 26, 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump tweeted, “I find it offensive that Goofy Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to as Pocahontas, pretended to be Native American to get in Harvard.”
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Elizabeth Warren Fiasco
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Senior Fincen Employee Arrested And Charged With Unlawfully Disclosing Sars — Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards Illegally Photographed SARs and Other Sensitive Government Information and Transmitted Them To Reporter In Connection With Approximately 12 News Articles Over 1-Year Period
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
US Treasury employee arrested, accused of leaking media secret information about suspicious …
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Arrests Treasury Employee Accused of Leaking Bank Records on Manafort, Gates
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Treasury employee charged with leaks to BuzzFeed about Trump advisers
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David Morgan / Reuters:
McConnell says Senate Republicans might revisit Obamacare repeal — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans could try again to repeal Obamacare if they win enough seats in U.S. elections next month, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday, calling a failed 2017 push to repeal the healthcare law a “disappointment.”
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Please Stop Helping Mitch McConnell Lie About the Deficit
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Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
Pump and Trump — Donald Trump claims he only licensed his name for real estate projects developed by others. But an investigation of a dozen Trump deals shows deep family involvement in projects that often involved deceptive practices. — SINCE DONALD TRUMP'S FORTUNES came surging …
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Heather Vogell / Trump, Inc.:
Pump and Trump — Donald Trump claims he only licensed his name …
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Shayna Jacobs / New York Daily News:
FBI looking at Manhattan district attorney's office over potential undue influence in handling of cases: sources — FBI agents are probing the Manhattan district attorney's office over its handling of high-profile cases that were dropped once lawyers for the well-connected subjects made donations, the Daily News has learned.
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Associated Press:
Read the transcript of AP's interview with President Trump — A transcript of an Oval Office interview Tuesday with President Donald Trump by AP White House reporters Catherine Lucey, Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire: — President Trump: How is the business of the news? We're keeping you busy?
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump: My ‘Natural Instinct for Science’ Tells Me Climate Science Is Wrong
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Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:
Two GOP Candidates Assaulted in Minnesota — Attacks come as state Democrats suspend staffer for beheading post — The Minnesota Democratic Party has suspended a spokesman for calling for violence against Republicans even as two GOP candidates have been assaulted in suspected politically motivated attacks.
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Pete Kotz / City Pages:
‘Anarchists,’ middle-class avengers are attacking Minnesota GOP candidates
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Ben Brasch / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cobb voters energized by governor's race wait 3 hours for early voting — Democracy was built to be a slow, deliberative process. But that sentiment probably doesn't mean much to Cobb County residents getting into a three-hour line to vote. — Janine Eveler, head of elections in Cobb …
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Mark Niesse / politics.myajc:
Black senior citizens ordered off Georgia bus taking them to vote
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Judge orders Manafort to court in prison clothing — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Paul Manafort's request to wear a professional suit during a hearing later this week about his sentence, noting the former Trump campaign chairman is now a convicted felon who has lost the right …
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Denies Manafort Request To Wear Suit To All Future Court Hearings
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Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
The New York Times' Profile Of Gavin McInnes Is Incredibly Tone-Deaf — The paper of record calls McInnes a “hipster” and “provocateur.” He's also a racist, sexist gang leader. — In a wildly tone-deaf profile of Gavin McInnes this week, The New York Times went to great lengths …
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Wes Siler / Outside Online:
Ryan Zinke Has Fired the DOI Inspector General … At last count, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was the subject of 14 separate government investigations. (A new record!) But that number could soon be zero. That's because Zinke just fired the Department of the Interior's acting inspector general.
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New York Times:
To Avoid Conflicts, Rick Scott Created a Trust Blind in Name Only — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Rick Scott had been governor of Florida for barely three months when questions first mounted about conflicts of interest. Fabulously wealthy but a newcomer to politics, Mr. Scott mandated random drug testing …
Washington Post:
Record number of families crossing U.S. border, as Trump threatens new crackdown — The number of migrant parents entering the United States with children has surged to record levels in the three months since President Trump ended family separations at the border, dealing the administration …
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
‘The Conners’ Debut Ratings Steady With ‘Roseanne’ Finale; Falls From Opener — Nearly six months after Roseanne ended its initial revival run and the volatile Roseanne Barr crashed the now cancelled show, The Conners premiered last night in a hope to turn tragedy into triumph or at least a solid success.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump Opens New Front in His Battle With China: International Shipping — WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to withdraw from a 144-year-old postal treaty that has allowed Chinese companies to ship small packages to the United States at a steeply discounted rate, undercutting American competitors …
Twin Cities:
In unsealed divorce filings, Rep. Keith Ellison says ex-wife abused him — Keith Ellison's divorce records unsealed Wednesday contain no allegations the Minnesota congressman physically abused his ex-wife, but he said in a 2015 filing that Kim Ellison repeatedly hit him throughout their 25-year marriage.
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Political Wire and MinnPost
George Eaton / New Statesman:
Francis Fukuyama interview: “Socialism ought to come back” — The End of History author on what Karl Marx got right, the rivals to liberal democracy and why he fears a US-China war. — History is having its revenge on Francis Fukuyama. In 1992, at the height of post-Cold War liberal exuberance …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
In Virginia House Race, Anonymous Attack Ads Pop Up on Facebook — A competitive race in Virginia's 10th Congressional District has an alarming new element: anonymous attack ads on Facebook. — The ads, which appeared on a Facebook page called “Wacky Wexton Not,” were purchased by a critic …
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