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7:40 AM ET, October 25, 2018

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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Explosive device sent to CNN featured parody ISIS flag, ‘Get Er Done’ inscription  —  An image on the explosive device sent to former CIA Director John Brennan on Tuesday appears to be a parody of an ISIS flag taken from a meme that has been circulating on right-wing corners of the internet since 2014.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Statement on the FBI's Investigation of Suspicious Packages  —  Between October 22 and 24, 2018, suspicious packages were received at multiple locations in the New York and Washington, D.C., areas and Florida.  The packages are being sent for analysis at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia.
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
This isn't fake news: CNN president Zucker blasts Trump for attacks on the media  —  The scathing statement came after the president commented about pipe bombs sent to Democratic leaders.  —  The president of CNN strongly criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his anti-media rhetoric …
David French / National Review:
It's Going to Get Worse  —  In the aftermath of the attempted bombings …
Discussion: New York Times and HuffPost
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:   After joke about Beto sharing a cell with Hillary, Cruz denounces overheated rhetoric and mail bombs
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Explosive Devices Add to Climate of Overheated Partisan Rancor
The Daily Beast:
Trump Allies Insist Bomb Threats Against Clinton, Obama, CNN Are ‘Pure BS,’ a ‘False Flag’
Alexander Soros / New York Times:
The Hate That Is Consuming Us
New York Times:
When Trump Phones Friends, the Chinese Listen and Learn  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing, American intelligence reports indicate that Chinese spies are often listening …
Washington Post:
CIA director listens to audio of journalist's alleged murder  —  CIA Director Gina Haspel listened to audio purportedly capturing the interrogation and killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, giving a key member of President Trump's Cabinet access to the evidence used by Turkey to accuse Saudi Arabia of premeditated murder.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Week, CNN, Political Wire, Axios and Vox
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Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi's killing was premeditated, reversing earlier statement that the journalist had died in fistfight  —  Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said that Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a planned operation, based on information it received from Turkish investigators in Istanbul …
Discussion: Political Wire
David Ignatius / Washington Post:   The Saudi royal family circles its wagons in the Khashoggi crisis
Washington Post:
A young Saudi woman is facing execution — for taking part in nonviolent protests
Discussion: Middle East Eye
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Big Bet on Saudis Now Poses a Bigger Dilemma
Discussion: The American Conservative and CNN
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Megyn Kelly's show in doubt after blackface comments  —  New York (CNN Business)Two years of pent-up bitterness and backbiting about Megyn Kelly have finally come to a head at NBC News.  —  Her exit from the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show appears to be imminent.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Megyn Kelly No Longer at CAA (Exclusive)  —  The agency has parted ways with the ‘Today’ host a day after her on-air defense of blackface.  —  CAA is no longer working with Megyn Kelly, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.  —  The move comes a day after the host …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Megyn Kelly Eyes New Role at NBC News (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Megyn Kelly and NBC News have engaged in conversations about her taking a new role at the news division, according to a person who has spoken with the anchor, suggesting both sides have grown weary of the intense scrutiny being placed …
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The GOP mailed wrong information to voters in a Senate battleground.  They say it was a mistake.  —  The Republican National Committee sent out a mailer in a key state in the battle for the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections that erroneously informed voters about how to vote absentee.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: Abrams and Kemp virtually tied in Georgia governor's race
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, CNBC and Political Wire
USA Today:
Federal judge blocks Georgia from throwing out absentee ballots based on signature mismatches
Discussion: Raw Story and Common Dreams
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Judge orders Ga. officials to stop tossing absentee ballots over signatures
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
miamiherald:
A Florida governor's debate so intense a racial slur was spelled out on live TV  —  Sequels rarely live up to the original.  But in their second and final meeting before the Nov. 6 election for Florida governor, Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum delivered a bare-knuckle brawl of a debate so heated …
Discussion: Naked Politics
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
In Florida, Gillum-DeSantis gubernatorial debate descends into a personal brawl
Rachel Leingang / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide  —  The Arizona State Troopers Association this week withdrew its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema in the heated U.S. Senate race after members said they weren't properly consulted on the matter.  —  The association, which represents Arizona Department of Public Safety employees …
Discussion: Townhall and Daily Wire
Veronica Rocha / CNN:
Trump blames opponents and media  —  President Donald Trump pointed the finger Wednesday night at Democrats and the news media for the turbulent national political environment, on the same day explosive devices were mailed to the Obamas, the Clintons, CNN and other public officials.
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
President Trump after newsroom bomb threat: Media should ‘stop the endless hostility’
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Veronica Rocha / CNN:
Follow President Trump's rally in Wisconsin
Discussion: FOX2now.com
NBC News:
Mueller has evidence suggesting Stone associate knew Clinton emails would be leaked  —  Mueller's team is investigating whether Jerome Corsi knew stolen emails would be leaked and passed information about them to Trump associate Roger Stone.  —  WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office …
Discussion: Politico
Daily Mail:
A leading British businessman has been granted an injunction preventing the revelation of alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff  —  Writing anonymously in The Telegraph, she said: 'He and I have met before on the odd occasion, but I don't know him well - and certainly not well enough …
Discussion: Telegraph
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Breitbart Prepares to Sue Sleeping Giants Over Lost Advertisers  —  Breitbart has lost hundreds of advertisers because of the group's campaign.  Now it's moving towards a lawsuit.  —  Breitbart has been pressed since 2016 by a Twitter campaign called “Sleeping Giants,” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Caravan Is Real  —  The last thing the left wants prior to the midterms is an image dramatizing the weakness of our southern border.  —  So the caravan of thousands of migrants, emanating from Honduras and headed toward the United States, is considered an illegitimate story …
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Dow tumbles 500 points, erases gains for the year as October swoon continues  —  Stocks fell sharply in volatile trading on Wednesday as losses in tech and AT&T shares outweighed a post-earnings bounce in Boeing.  —  The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 450 points as United Technologies and Caterpillar lagged.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Matt Phillips / New York Times:   Slumping Stock Market Enters Negative Territory for the Year
Bloomberg Law:
DOJ: Businesses Can Discriminate Against Transgender Workers  —  The Justice Department today told the U.S. Supreme Court that businesses can discriminate against workers based on their gender identity without violating federal law.  —  Solicitor General Noel Francisco told the high court …
The Daily Beast:
Former GOP Candidate Arrested for Attempting to Kill With ‘Radioactive Material’  —  The FBI arrested a man in Town of Madison, Wisconsin, on Wednesday for “trying to buy radioactive material with the intent to kill someone,” local news station WKOW reports.
Discussion: WKOW
 
 
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Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
‘Catastrophic’ Typhoon Yutu Slams Into U.S. Commonwealth in the Pacific
WFLX-TV:
Kroger shooting in Kentucky: Witness interaction with killer suggests race prompted attack
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
A Changing Tennessee Weighs a Moderate or Conservative for Senate
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The 2018 Democratic ‘Blue Wave’ May Be a Dud
Discussion: Bloomberg, Shakesville and Daily Wire
Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
Prop.  C: In liberal San Francisco, government leaders fight a measure to fund homeless services …
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
Civility: New York Times now printing fantasies of President Trump being assassinated with help of Secret Service
TMZ.com:
Skater Neal Hendrix Accused of Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Roseanne Barr-less ‘The Conners’ loses 25 percent of viewers from series premiere
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
In Two New Books, Unhappy Conservatives Ask: What Now?
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / The Guardian:
Iran charges five wildlife activists with capital offences
MRG / Marketing Resource Group:
Democrat Candidates Maintain Lead in U.S. Senate, Secretary of State and Attorney General Races
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
ICE Misled A Federal Court About Why Iraqi Detainees Couldn't Be Sent Home, Documents Show
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
The View's Meghan McCain compares bombs targeting Dems to Republicans getting ‘heckled at restaurants’
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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