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Uproar Over Dissident Rattles Saudi Royal Family — BEIRUT, Lebanon — As international outrage grew at Saudi Arabia over the apparent killing of the Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, an alarmed King Salman dispatched a senior royal to address the matter with Turkey's president.
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New York Times:
Trump, Breaking With U.S. Intelligence, Appears to Accept Saudi Explanation of Journalist's Death — WASHINGTON — President Trump broke with his own intelligence agencies on Friday, appearing to accept Saudi Arabia's explanation that the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by accident during a fistfight …
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Jamal Khashoggi Is Dead, Saudi Arabia Says — BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Arabia has announced that Jamal Khashoggi, the dissident Saudi journalist who disappeared in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, is dead. — Eighteen Saudis have been arrested and are being investigated in connection with the case …
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Saudi claims that Khashoggi died in a ‘brawl’ draw immediate skepticism — Claims by the government of Saudi Arabia that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi died in a physical altercation inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul drew immediate skepticism and contradicted earlier dueling accounts from Saudi and Turkish officials.
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Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Circumstances of Jamal Khashoggi's death will not be ‘covered up,’ Turkish official says — ISTANBUL — A spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party vowed Saturday that Turkey would “uncover what has happened” to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, hours after Saudi authorities …
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The Guardian
Hassan Hassan / The Atlantic:
What's Missing From the Saudis' Khashoggi Story — The official narrative will resonate differently inside and outside of the kingdom. — Seventeen days after the disappearance of U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, authorities in Riyadh finally confirmed his death.
Financial Times:
Jamal Khashoggi's death confirmed by Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul and announced the firing of two senior officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as Riyadh sought to defuse an international crisis over the journalist's death.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
More Insulting Lies From Saudi Arabia
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Washington Post:
How Turkey's president pressured the Saudis to account for Khashoggi's death
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Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia fires 5 top officials, arrests 18 Saudis after saying Khashoggi was killed in fight at consulate
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Associated Press:
Turkish reaction: we won't allow “cover-up” in Saudi killing
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Political Wire and Reuters
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
‘America First’ doesn't work without American values
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Common Dreams
Washington Post:
Saudi government acknowledges journalist Jamal Khashaoggi died while in that country's consulate in Istanbul
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“Trump Never Handles Anything Right”: The President Is Acting Like Saudi Arabia's Lawyer in the Khashoggi Affair
Yara Bayoumy / Reuters:
Saudi crown prince had no knowledge of ‘specific’ Khashoggi operation: source
Anchorage Daily News:
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker ends campaign for re-election, endorses Mark Begich — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced Friday he is dropping his bid for re-election, and threw support to Democrat Mark Begich over Republican Mike Dunleavy. — Walker, elected as an independent …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Alaska governor Walker suspends campaign, endorses Democrat Begich
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Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Alaska's independent governor drops re-election bid
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Axios
Washington Post:
'This country doesn't want them': Trump rails against migrants trying to enter the U.S. — MESA, Ariz. — President Trump railed against migrants traveling toward the southern border Friday, telling supporters in this border state that, “this country doesn't want them.”
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Political Wire, Politico, ABC News and The Week
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
What if the Republicans Win Everything Again? — Total victory for the G.O.P. would mean Trump unleashed. — The end of Robert Mueller's investigation. The loss of health insurance for several million people. New laws that make it harder to vote. More tax cuts for the rich.
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Washington Post
Lawfare:
Russian Electoral Interference: 2018 Midterms Edition — “I hope that all those Internet Research Agency f*ckers will be sent to gitmo.” — So wrote a Russian national allegedly working for a Russian influence operation on social media on Feb. 16, 2018—the day that Special Counsel Robert Mueller handed …
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Houston Chronicle:
For U.S. Senate: Beto O'Rourke — United States Senator: Beto O'Rourke — Beto O'Rourke - Democratic Party: ★★★★ 1/2 — The collective swoon that U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke has aroused among victory-starved Democrats nationwide recalls, even as it far exceeds …
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Jared Gilmour / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Texas family paints a huge BETO sign on the front lawn, sparking a feud with the HOA
Cabot Phillips / Campus Reform:
VIDEO: Beto O'Rourke supporters can't name any of his accomplishments
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TMZ.com:
Senator Mitch McConnell Confronted at Restaurant by Angry Customers — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, was confronted Friday night by some angry diners who loudly berated him for his politics. — The Kentucky Senator was eating dinner with his wife at Havana Rumba in Louisville, when 4 men confronted Mitch.
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Raw Story
HuffPost:
Rep. Steve King Goes Full White Nationalist In Interview With Austrian Site — A shocking interview with a far-right propaganda site offers the clearest look yet at the congressman's racist ideology. — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) visited Austria in August and gave an extensive interview …
Politico:
Air wars: Hawley flies on lobbyist's plane after blasting McCaskill — Missouri's Senate candidates duke it out over whose flights are more unsavory. — Josh Hawley has criticized Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill repeatedly for using a private plane to travel around Missouri.
Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Pelosi Mobbed By Anti-Communists In Florida — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was harassed by an anti-communist mob of protesters in a campaign visit to Florida this week. — Pelosi was approached and yelled at while stopping to meet with Democratic leaders and activists in South Florida on Wednesday.
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Adam Satariano / New York Times:
Facebook Ads From Unknown Backer Take Aim at Brexit Plan — LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May has struggled to build support for her plan for Britain's exit from the European Union. Now, it turns out, some of the opposition has come from an unknown organization posting ads to millions of people on Facebook.
Zameena Mejia / CNBC:
Winning the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot won't make you happier, but it will do this, according to science — Time is running out to buy your ticket for today's Mega Millions lottery. The jackpot has topped $1 billion, officially making it the second highest jackpot ever and the highest ever Mega Millions jackpot.
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Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probes WikiLeaks' Contacts With Conservative Activists — Ties between the website and Roger Stone, Peter W. Smith get a closer look — WASHINGTON—Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is scrutinizing how a collection of activists and pundits intersected with WikiLeaks …
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Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Newest security worry: Trump without Mattis — National security leaders fear that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is on his way out — and that Donald Trump's next Pentagon chief will be far more subservient to the president's unilateral and bombastic whims. — Mattis was instrumental …
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Raw Story
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