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Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says — Graphics by Henrik Pettersson, CNN — Istanbul (CNN)One member of the 15-man team suspected in the death of Jamal Khashoggi dressed up in his clothes and was captured …
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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Germany halts arms deals with Saudi Arabia, encourages allies to do the same — BERLIN — In a move that could put further pressure on President Trump to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Sunday evening that her government would not approve new arms exports to the kingdom until further notice.
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ThinkProgress, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, The Week and Joe.My.God.
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
In Win for Trump, Merkel Changes Course on U.S. Gas Imports — Chancellor calls her decision to open Germany up to U.S. liquefied natural gas a ‘strategic’ move — BERLIN—Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered government support to efforts to open up Germany to U.S. gas …
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Khashoggi Double Sent to Create False Trail in Turkey, Surveillance Images Show — BEIRUT, Lebanon — After the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled in Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a member of the 15-man team that had flown in to confront him put on Mr. Khashoggi's clothes and left …
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EUobserver and Outside the Beltway
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump distances himself from a potential GOP thumping — At his rallies, President Donald Trump argues that the midterm elections are about one person — Donald Trump. “Get out in 2018,” Trump told a crowd in Missouri last month, “because you're voting for me!” — Privately, the president says the exact opposite.
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Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Week
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Battle for the GOP's Soul? Trump Has Won
Battle for the GOP's Soul? Trump Has Won
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Townhall, The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Claude Thompson / Washington Examiner:
Carl Bernstein: Trump preparing to call midterm elections ‘illegitimate’ if Democrats take power
Carl Bernstein: Trump preparing to call midterm elections ‘illegitimate’ if Democrats take power
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Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Special counsel examines conflicting accounts as scrutiny of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks deepens — In recent weeks, a grand jury in Washington has listened to more than a dozen hours of testimony and FBI technicians have pored over gigabytes of electronic messages as part of the special counsel's quest …
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The Week, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, emptywheel, Washington Times and CNN
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Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Mueller Report Is More Important Than Ever — Politico published a downer on Friday. “President Donald Trump's critics have spent the past 17 months anticipating what some expect will be among the most thrilling events of their lives: special counsel Robert Mueller's final report …
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The Week
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Democrats eye revival of Russia probe if they win House
Democrats eye revival of Russia probe if they win House
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POLITICUSUSA
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Florida's culture clash pits Gillum against Trump voters — THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's loyalists here at Florida's premier retirement community fear Andrew Gillum. — It has nothing to do with his race, they insist, when asked about the 39-year-old Democrat …
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Brian Ries / CNN:
CITIZEN by CNN … “Game Changer” for Americans in debt: 0% intro APR until 2020 — 5 credit cards offering $150 cash sign-up bonus — Transfer your debt to a card with 0% interest until 2020 — 9 cards charging 0% interest until 2020 — Kushner says admin. has “eyes wide open” with Saudi Arabia
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS — As Michael Avenatti floats a 2020 presidential run, court records reveal the lawyer and his companies owed millions in unpaid taxes and judgments. — Kate Briquelet — On the Fourth of July, Michael Avenatti suited …
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Splinter and Daily Wire
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
Malta academic in Trump probe has history of vanishing acts — SWIEQI, Malta (AP) — It was her last day of class and Leida Ruvina was getting suspicious. — The Albanian student had just finished the first module in what was purported to be a doctoral program co-administered …
James Arkin / Politico:
Dem Senate hopes shift from winning majority to limiting losses — Republicans could lock up a multi-cycle Senate majority by winning Indiana and other states like it this fall. — INDIANAPOLIS — Democratic hopes of winning the Senate have faded in the final weeks of the 2018 election …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Tribalism Isn't Our Democracy's Main Problem. The Conservative Movement Is. — A pernicious force was hollowing out American democracy. It had neutered Congress, and lobotomized the electorate. Lawmakers had become incapable of taking action on many of the day's most pressing issues …
W.J. Hennigan / TIME:
Trump Plans to Tear Up a 31-Year-Old Nuclear Weapons Treaty. Now What? — President Donald Trump revealed Saturday the United States intends to withdraw from a 31-year-old nuclear weapons agreement with Russia, delivering a severe blow to the arms control regime that helped preserve peace since the Cold War.
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Gorbachev Calls Trump's Nuclear Treaty Withdrawal ‘Not the Work of a Great Mind’
Gorbachev Calls Trump's Nuclear Treaty Withdrawal ‘Not the Work of a Great Mind’
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Telegraph, The Independent, TheBlaze, Political Wire, Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice
Steve Milne / MilneNews:
Man who abused 9/11 widow identified and fired from job … The incident occurred on Oct. 13 after a “flash march for Law and Order” was organized by a conservative group. — Video captured by Brandon Farley (@FarelyFilms) shows the woman and a man, who appears to have been protesting the march …
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Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Joachim Ronneberg, Leader of Raid That Thwarted a Nazi Atomic Bomb, Dies at 99 — The Norwegian saboteurs skied across the Telemark pine forest in winter whites, phantom apparitions gliding over moonlit snow. They halted at a steep river gorge and gazed down at a humming hydroelectric power plant …
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NPR
Dashiell Coleman / The Columbus Dispatch:
‘Antifa’ Facebook prank sends Trump supporters to protect North Carolina outdoors store — GASTONIA, N.C. — Several dozen people showed up to a North Carolina outdoors store on Saturday to mount a counter-protest against an Antifa rally that didn't exist. — A recent Facebook page called …
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
New York Post:
The Mooch interprets what the White House was like through dance — Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci stopped by The Post in advance of his upcoming book, “Trump The Blue-Collar President,” out Oct. 23. Watch as his historic tenure in the White House...
David Gelernter / Wall Street Journal:
The Real Reason They Hate Trump — He's the average American in exaggerated form—blunt, simple, willing to fight, mistrustful of intellectuals. — Every big U.S. election is interesting, but the coming midterms are fascinating for a reason most commentators forget to mention: The Democrats have no issues.
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Splinter
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
End could be near for House investigation of Trump-Russia investigators — Republicans on Capitol Hill have added enormously to the public's understanding of what happened in the Trump-Russia investigation. They're still doing it. But it will come to a screeching halt if the GOP loses control …
Judy Keen / Star Tribune:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar out front of state Rep. Jim Newberger; state Sen. Karin Housley gains on Sen. Tina Smith — The Democrats still lead the two U.S. Senate races, but GOP challenger Karin Housley has closed the gap slightly on Tina Smith. — TEXT SIZE — With two weeks to go …
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Political Wire, LifeNews.com and The Daily Caller
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
Will Donald Trump's Houston rally for Ted Cruz motivate Republicans — or Democrats? — Like everything else in 2018, political operatives and candidates argue over whether President Trump's Houston rally will help or hurt local Republican candidates.
Axios:
House Republicans' day after — With Speaker Paul Ryan retiring, House Republicans will return from what could be a brutal election — and have no guarantee about their next leader. — The big picture: Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, a favorite of President Trump who's the current #2 …
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Next time you wonder why New York Times people get so defensive, read this. — It may help explain. — The readers of the New York Times have more power now. They have more power because they have more choices. Because the internet, where most of the reading happens, is inherently two-way.