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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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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 …
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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
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CBS New York, Townhall, New York Post, Political Wire, TheBlaze and twitchy.com
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.
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RT, CBS Philly, Splinter, The Guardian, HuffPost, CBS San Francisco and Sputnik International
New York Times:
Bomb Sent to Robert De Niro, Latest in Wave of Explosives Sent to Trump Critics — An explosive addressed to Robert De Niro was found Thursday morning at his production company in Lower Manhattan, the latest in a wave of similar devices sent to several prominent Democrats …
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Media Matters for America, Daily Kos, IndieWire, ABC News, Vox, FiveThirtyEight, Lawfare and Task & Purpose
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump doubles down on blaming media as suspicious packages continue to surface
Trump doubles down on blaming media as suspicious packages continue to surface
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The Daily Beast, Bloomberg, Mother Jones and Wall Street Journal
Associated Press:
Packages to De Niro, Biden seized, similar to pipe bombs
Packages to De Niro, Biden seized, similar to pipe bombs
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CNN, Breitbart, Outside the Beltway, The Blast, Joe.My.God. and Jezebel
CNN:
Police investigate suspicious package addressed to Robert De Niro in Tribeca
Police investigate suspicious package addressed to Robert De Niro in Tribeca
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Daily Wire, KRTV-TV, The Week, Q13 FOX News, KTLA and KFOR-TV
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Pipe Bomb and Powder Delivered to CNN Were Harmless
Pipe Bomb and Powder Delivered to CNN Were Harmless
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Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
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
Trump's tapped phone may be the largest White House breach ever: former official
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New York Times, HuffPost and POLITICUSUSA
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump denies report of frequent use of unsecure iPhones, allowing spies to listen
Trump denies report of frequent use of unsecure iPhones, allowing spies to listen
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Bloomberg, Politico and Political Wire
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 …
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Political Wire and The Week
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Tamer El-Ghobashy / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi's killing was premeditated in latest reversal — ISTANBUL — Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said on Thursday that Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a planned operation, based on information it received from Turkish investigators in Istanbul, according to a statement from the kingdom's Foreign Ministry.
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.
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Vox, Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, KRTV-TV, Stockholm Center for Freedom, CNN, Mediaite, The Week, Political Wire and Axios
New York Times:
Saudi Arabia, in Reversal, Suggests Khashoggi's Killing Was ‘Premeditated’ — BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said on Thursday that new evidence indicated that the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi had been “premeditated,” suggesting yet another shift …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Saudi prosecutors: Khashoggi killing was premeditated
Saudi prosecutors: Khashoggi killing was premeditated
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Agence France-Presse, One America News Network, Politico and Axios
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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Talking Points Memo, Axios, The Week, Jezebel, The Daily Beast and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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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.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Megyn Kelly Eyes New Role at NBC News (EXCLUSIVE)
Megyn Kelly Eyes New Role at NBC News (EXCLUSIVE)
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Decider, Urban Hollywood 411, TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
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.
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Politico, Vox and Washington Post
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Flashback: Mass Murder Mailing of 2005
Flashback: Mass Murder Mailing of 2005
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Hullabaloo and New York Times
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Explosive Devices Add to Climate of Overheated Partisan Rancor
Explosive Devices Add to Climate of Overheated Partisan Rancor
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National Review, Althouse, The Week, Common Dreams and Washington Post
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
This isn't fake news: CNN president Zucker blasts Trump for attacks on the media
This isn't fake news: CNN president Zucker blasts Trump for attacks on the media
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The Daily Beast, LifeZette, The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
David French / National Review:
It's Going to Get Worse — In the aftermath of the attempted bombings …
It's Going to Get Worse — In the aftermath of the attempted bombings …
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Common Dreams and twitchy.com
Veronica Rocha / CNN:
Trump blames opponents and media
Trump blames opponents and media
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KTVQ-TV, Joe.My.God., Breitbart, Jamie Dupree - AJC, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Mother Jones and Q13 FOX News
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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Politico
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 …
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Townhall, Daily Wire and twitchy.com
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 …
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Naked Politics
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
In Florida, Gillum-DeSantis gubernatorial debate descends into a personal brawl
In Florida, Gillum-DeSantis gubernatorial debate descends into a personal brawl
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Breitbart, ABC News and Florida Politics
The Guardian:
Bannon holds rally for Republican candidates but none show up — Trump's former strategist touts his role in president's success before crowd of 200 in upstate New York — As Donald Trump held midterm rallies this week in front of thousands, his one-time chief strategist Steve Bannon made his own …
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Political Wire, POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God. and Roll Call
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
John Bolton is living his best life — When John Bolton was a State Department official under President George W. Bush, he loved nothing more than sabotaging international agreements that he felt undermined America's sovereignty and security. His “happiest moment” at the State Department …
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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 …
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.
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WKOW
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.
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 …
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar to stump for Democrats in Iowa this weekend — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar will be in Iowa this weekend stumping for Democrats ahead of the looming midterm elections. — Klobuchar is the latest in a slew of possible 2020 presidential candidates who have visited …
Lili Bayer / Politico:
Soros-founded university set to leave Hungary — Central European University will move its degree programs to Vienna in December. — The Central European University will move its degree programs to Vienna in the next academic year if no deal is reached on its future with the Hungarian government …
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Rep. Steve Scalise / Fox News:
After bombing attempts, all must agree that violence and terror have no place in politics — Evil acts have come to dominate our headlines recently - the latest example being the attempted bombing attacks reported Wednesday against President and Mrs. Obama, President and Secretary Clinton, CNN and others.