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10:55 AM ET, October 25, 2018

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NBC News:
Packages sent to Joe Biden, Robert De Niro match other suspicious packages  —  The packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and Robert De Niro were found Thursday.  —  Watch Live: Delaware officials investigate device addressed to Biden  —  A suspicious package found Thursday …
Discussion: Shareblue Media, Gothamist and CNBC
NBC New York:
Similar Package Sent to Top Democrats Addressed to Robert De Niro in Tribeca: Sources  —  Meanwhile, the FBI and local police responded to a post office in Delaware early Thursday in connection with the bombing investigation  —  Suspicious Package Sent to De Niro, Similar to Other Devices
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.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump doubles down on blaming media as suspicious packages continue to surface  —  President Trump doubled down Thursday on blaming the media for the nation's incivility, as suspicious packages sent by a suspected serial bomber continued to target Trump's outspoken critics.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Flashback: Mass Murder Mailing of 2005
Discussion: New York Times and Spectator USA
Vernon Loeb / The Atlantic:
Trump's Plea for Unity Didn't Last Long
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 …
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Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
Trump's tapped phone may be the largest White House breach ever: former official  —  The president had been warned.  The New York Times now reports that American spy agencies have learned that China and Russia have been eavesdropping on President Trump's personal calls to friends and colleagues …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump denies report of frequent use of unsecure iPhones, allowing spies to listen
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico, CNBC and Political Wire
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 …
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Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Text Messages Show Roger Stone Was Working to Get a Pardon for Julian Assange  —  Robert Mueller's investigators have examined Stone's efforts to neutralize possible criminal charges against the WikiLeaks founder.  —  In early January, Roger Stone, the longtime Republican operative and adviser …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller link seen in mystery grand jury appeal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Megyn Kelly is off her 9 a.m. show, and may not be back  —  New York (CNN Business)"Megyn Kelly Today" is not over yet.  But it's a matter of when, not if.  —  Kelly's exit from the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show appears to be imminent, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
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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.
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 and The Week
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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.
Tamer El-Ghobashy / Washington Post:   Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi's killing was premeditated in latest reversal
New York Times:   Saudi Arabia, in Reversal, Suggests Khashoggi's Killing Was ‘Premeditated’
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 …
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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FOX6Now.com:
FBI: Former Congressional candidate tried to get lethal dose of radioactive material
Discussion: Raw Story and The American Mirror
The Daily Beast:
Bannon Holds Rally For Republican Candidates.  None Show Up.  —  Steve Bannon waded into the Midterm campaign Wednesday night by holding an upstate New York rally to support his local Republican candidates—none of whom bothered to show up.  In a stark display of how far his influence …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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
The Daily Beast:
Trump Blasts Media ‘Hostility’ After Bomb Sent to Newsroom  —  The president tried to be magnanimous on Wednesday night.  But even he recognized it was forced.  —  President Donald Trump called for civility and unity in the wake of a series of bomb threats against prominent Democratic political figures on Wednesday.
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Vox
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Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A dozen days to go: Ratings changes in gubernatorial, House races  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The battles for the state governorships are getting more volatile as Election Day nears.  We are moving three races, Kansas, Oregon, and South Dakota, to Toss-up.
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump administration wants to remove ‘gender’ from UN human rights documents  —  Exclusive: US diplomats have pushed for rewriting of collective statements to remove language inclusive of transgender people  —  The US mission to the United Nations is seeking to eliminate the word “gender” …
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Wall Street Journal:
Treasury Official Accused of Leaks Had Bureaucratic Complaints About Another Unit  —  FinCEN employee arrested last week for alleged leaks to BuzzFeed reporter is a Trump supporter who disagreed with colleagues in another department  —  The arrest last week of a senior Treasury Department official …
Vox:
How our drinking water could help prevent suicide  —  Some researchers think putting lithium in our water could save lives.  —  Lithium is a potent psychiatric drug, one of the primary prescribed medications for bipolar disorder.  But it's also an element that occurs naturally all over the Earth's crust …
Discussion: twitchy.com
WFLX-TV:
Kroger shooting in Kentucky: Witness interaction with killer suggests race prompted attack  —  2 shot dead at busy grocery store; suspect taken into custody  —  JEFFERSONTOWN, KY (WAVE) - The calm of a sunny Wednesday afternoon in Louisville's quiet east end was turned upside down when two people …
 
 
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Peter Bildsten / The Atlantic:
I Respected Scott Walker. Then I Worked For Him.
Axios:
Newt Gingrich says media has “earned” the label “enemy of the people”
Discussion: Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate's Out? Nobody's Around? Perfect Time To Advance Trump's Court Picks, Says GOP.
Maria Cheng / Associated Press:
AP Investigation: Hospital patients held hostage for cash
David Dayen / New Republic:
The Essential Difference Between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Trump Official Did Undisclosed Work With Scandal-Plagued GOP Fundraiser
Bloomberg:
Democrats Need to Talk About the Caravan
Lili Bayer / Politico:
Soros-founded university set to leave Hungary
 Earlier Items: 
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
John Bolton is living his best life
Rep. Steve Scalise / Fox News:
After bombing attempts, all must agree that violence and terror have no place in politics
Sarah Yager / The Atlantic:
Jon Tester Bets the Farm
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says Congress is culpable for polarizing judicial process
Discussion: CNN
USA Today:
Last Slide  —  WASHINGTON - The midterm elections are all about …
Washington Post:
Tumbling markets complicate Trump's midterm messaging
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
‘Catastrophic’ Typhoon Yutu Slams Into U.S. Commonwealth in the Pacific
Discussion: The White House
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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