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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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Suspects in Khashoggi Case Had Ties to Saudi Crown Prince — ISTANBUL — One of the suspects identified by Turkey in the disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi was a frequent companion of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — seen disembarking from airplanes with him in Paris …


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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‘The greatest embarrassment’: Inside the kingdom, Saudis rattled by handling of Jamal Khashoggi case — Exclusive: Jamal Khashoggi was caught up in Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's attempts to consolidate his power, eliminate rival royals, and seize the assets of his country's billionaires


MBS's rampaging anger will not silence questions about Jamal Khashoggi — Inside his royal palace in Riyadh, Mohammed bin Salman is said to have alternated between dark brooding and rampaging anger in the days after the death of Jamal Khashoggi, as Saudi Arabia's crown prince, or MBS …
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Jamal Khashoggi's killing took seven minutes, Turkish source tells MEE — Middle East Eye publishes first details of audio tape acquired by Turkish investigators probing what happened to Saudi journalist — Turkish source tells MEE that journalist was killed and dismembered in a study room …
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In the Wake of Khashoggi's Disappearance, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Is Pushed to the Brink
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Why is the Trump administration cleaning up Saudi Arabia's mess?
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CNN, Splinter, The American Conservative, New Republic, Joe.My.God., The Week, Hit & Run, Associated Press, The Atlantic and KTLA

What we know about what the government knows about Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance
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Politico, Just Security, Wall Street Journal and Foreign Policy

Washington Post told lobbyist: Quit working for Saudis or stop writing for us
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One America News Network, Front Page Magazine, Splinter and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »

Trump and Kushner Put Saudi's Money First
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Washington Post, HuffPost and The Daily Caller

The Saudi Cover-Up Crumbles
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Fox News, Observer and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

The US-Saudi relationship must be preserved - our national interest demands it

Saudi consul in Istanbul relieved of post, to be investigated: report
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Daily Mail and Daily Wire


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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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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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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U.S. Arrests Treasury Employee Accused of Leaking Bank Records on Manafort, Gates — Most recent article tied to leak was published Monday — The U.S. has arrested a Treasury Department employee for leaking confidential bank records pertaining to Paul Manafort, Rick Gates …
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CNBC, Daily Wire and Daily Caller News Foundation


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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The Elizabeth Warren Fiasco
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Elizabeth Warren Has Set a Dangerous Precedent
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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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Pump and Trump — Donald Trump claims he only licensed his name …
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POLITICUSUSA


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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Daily Caller News Foundation and Raw Story


Judge Denies Manafort Request To Wear Suit To All Future Court Hearings — The judge in Paul Manafort's Virginia trial denied the former Trump campaign chairman's request to wear a suit for his next hearing on Oct. 19, and “all subsequent hearings,” arguing that Manafort should be treated …
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Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
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Judge orders Manafort to court in prison clothing
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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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RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, KMSP and Front Page Magazine


Black senior citizens ordered off Georgia bus taking them to vote — Government officials in an east Georgia county told about 40 African-American senior citizens to get off a bus taking them to vote Monday, leading to complaints of voter suppression. — The bus, run by the group Black Voters Matter …
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theGrio, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Shakesville, The Root, Common Dreams and Splinter


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 …


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 …


‘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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Michael Avenatti made his liberal fans look like fools — Think back on a time when you did not know the name Michael Avenatti — an almost mythological age all but lost to the mists of memory. You know when that was? March. March 2018. A mere seven months ago — though in the age of Trump …


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 …


Newly published files confirm plan to move Assange to Russia — LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange: Hacker. Journalist. Diplomat? — Newly released Ecuadorean government documents have laid bare an unorthodox attempt to extricate the WikiLeaks founder from his embassy hideaway in London …
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MOST ROCKING TOWN — AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE STONE PONY — The House Springsteen Built: An Oral History of the Stone Pony — IT'S MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, 1976, and nearly 1,000 people pack a tiny club in Asbury Park, N.J., to watch a local band and a local legend named Bruce Springsteen …


Massive Twitter data release sheds light on Russia's Trump strategy — Twitter on Wednesday released a trove of 10 million tweets it says represents the full scope of foreign influence operations on the platform dating back nearly a decade — including Russia's consistent efforts …


Growing number of Republicans sounding a lot like Democrats ahead of elections — A growing number of Republican candidates are sounding a lot like Democrats as they face midterm elections, co-opting Democratic talking points on issues from health care to education funding to the #MeToo movement.
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New Republic


House Democrats' Fundraising Juggernaut Stuns GOP — More than 90 Republican incumbents were outraised by a challenger last quarter—many of them by large margins. — Ally Mutnick — House Democrats aren't just beating Republicans at the fundraising game—they're annihilating them.
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Washington Post


Louis Farrakhan: 'I'm Not An Anti-Semite. I'm Anti-Termite.' — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addressed a gathering in Detroit on Sunday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Million Man March, and used it as a platform to launch yet another attack on Jews, calling them “termites.”
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