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Exclusive: Trump targeting birthright citizenship with executive order — President Trump plans to sign an executive order that would remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on U.S. soil, he said yesterday in an exclusive interview for …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Wants to End Birthright Citizenship With Executive Order — President Trump said he was preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship in the United States, his latest attention-grabbing maneuver days before midterm congressional elections, during which he has sought …
CNN:
Trump claims he can defy Constitution and end birthright citizenship — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump offered a dramatic, if legally dubious, promise in a new interview to unilaterally end birthright citizenship, ratcheting up his hardline immigration rhetoric with a week to go before critical midterm elections.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Order Ending ‘Ridiculous’ Birthright Citizenship — President says he can change practice with executive order — Trump targets children of unauthorized immigrants born in U.S. — U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship …
Associated Press:
Trump: End birthright citizenship for some US-born babies — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making another hardline immigration play in the final days before midterm elections, declaring that he wants to order an end to the constitutional right to citizenship for babies born in the United States to non-citizens.
Washington Post:
Shooting victim's family, top officials shun Trump in Pittsburgh: ‘He was blaming the community’ — PITTSBURGH — A mourning family doesn't want to meet him. Top members of his own party refuse to join him. The mayor has explicitly asked him not to come.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
'I'm Dr. Cohen': The powerful humanity of the Jewish hospital staff that treated Robert Bowers
'I'm Dr. Cohen': The powerful humanity of the Jewish hospital staff that treated Robert Bowers
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Dave Goldiner / The Forward:
Mike Pence Gets Jews For Jesus ‘Rabbi’ To Pray For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims
Mike Pence Gets Jews For Jesus ‘Rabbi’ To Pray For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Pittsburgh suspect echoed talking point that dominated Fox News airwaves — (CNN)In the search for answers after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, there is newfound scrutiny on the suspect's social media posts and how his anti-Semitism merged with a hatred of immigrants.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
We need to face these dead — Americans like to think of the military defeat of Nazi Germany and the liberation of death camps as their answer to the most murderous outbreak of anti-Semitism in history. It has become part of our national lore: American soldiers escorting German locals …
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The Daily Beast:
Fox News Undermined Megyn Kelly Long After She Left for NBC — For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows. — For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows—eagerly waiting to kick her while she was down.
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Megyn Kelly, NBC Grapple Over Money and NDA in Exit Talks
Megyn Kelly, NBC Grapple Over Money and NDA in Exit Talks
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Local, national officials decline to appear with Trump in Pittsburgh — (CNN)Local and national officials are declining to appear with President Donald Trump on Tuesday when he visits a grieving Pittsburgh, where funerals for slain congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue are set to begin.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Sinema leads McSally in Arizona Senate race — Democrat Kyrsten Sinema holds a 6-point lead over Republican Martha McSally, fueled by leads among Latinos, Independents and women. — WASHINGTON — Fueled by advantages among Latinos, Independents and women, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema holds …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem's Lead Inches Higher in CD19 — Challenger increases lead among women — West Long Branch, NJ - Democratic candidate Antonio Delgado has increased his lead over first-term Congressman John Faso in New York's 19th Congressional District race, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.
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Political Wire
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump complains of different news coverage of him compared to Obama after S.C. church massacre — President Trump complained Monday about the news coverage he has received related to the alleged pipe bomber, saying a different standard was applied to then-President Barack Obama …
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Rahm Emanuel / The Atlantic:
The Biggest Story of the Midterms Is One the Democrats Aren't Telling — Here's the real news of the 2018 midterm elections. One week out, Democrats appear poised to win big on two of the three big playing fields. They were never going to retake the Senate, if only because of the mix …
New York Magazine:
12 Young People on Why They Probably Won't Vote — As told to , Rachel Bashein, Zak Cheney-Rice, Amelia Schonbek, and Emma Whitford — More than half of American adults plan to cast ballots in November, but only a third of people ages 18 to 29 say they will. Here, 12 young adults on why they probably won't vote.
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Investigators Probe Roger Stone Conference Calls — Longtime Trump adviser spoke of WikiLeaks' plans to release emails ahead of 2016 election — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators are examining comments by Roger Stone—a longtime adviser to Donald Trump …
Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
Pointing to Trump's rhetoric, attorneys for Kansas militiaman convicted of mosque bomb plot ask for a more lenient sentence — Attorneys representing a Kansas man convicted of a 2016 plot to massacre Somali Muslim refugees by bombing a mosque and apartment complex in Garden City, Kan. …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost Canada:
Texas Congressman Won't Say Why He Labeled Opponent ‘Indo-American Carpetbagger’ — Republican Pete Olson also led supporters in a chant of “CNN sucks” at a recent event. — Rep. Pete Olson, a Texas Republican in a tough re-election battle, would not explain to a constituent why he recently called …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dems regain momentum in final days of battle for House — MATTHEWS, N.C. — The Republican Party base has been electrified by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings and a campaign blitz from President Donald Trump. But the burst of enthusiasm has not reversed …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Barbra Streisand Can't Get Trump Out of Her Head. So She Sang About Him. — Her new album, “Walls,” is a rare instance of politics permeating her music, and in an interview, she could barely stop talking about her least favorite president. — Barbra Streisand has a new album …
Wall Street Journal:
‘Taliban Five,’ Once Held at Guantanamo, Join Insurgency's Political Office in Qatar — Move follows two rounds of talks between the Taliban and American officials in July and October — Leading members of the Taliban who were once held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay have joined …
Chesley B. / Washington Post:
We saved 155 lives on the Hudson. Now let's vote for leaders who'll protect us all. — Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, is a safety expert, author and speaker on leadership and culture. — Nearly 10 years ago, I led 154 people to safety as the captain of US Airways Flight 1549 …
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Mark Nichols / USA Today:
Closed voting sites hit minority counties harder for busy midterm elections — Election officials across the country have closed thousands of polling places and reduced the number of workers staffing them in recent years, citing cost savings and other new realities like increased early and absentee balloting.
David Freedlander / Politico:
The Democrats' Culture Divide — Daniel Bonthius was never much interested in politics before Donald Trump came along. Both his parents are involved in the labor movement, but he earned a musical theater degree in Boston and moved to New York City to make it as an actor.
Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
Democrats launch first multi-state Spanish language TV ad to turn out Latino vote — ‘This multi-state Spanish-language television ad will reach hundreds of thousands of Spanish-speaking voters,’ the DCCC says. — AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats are hoping to pump up Latino turnout with the release …
New York Times:
2 Sisters Were Found Dead in the River, Duct-Taped Together. Police Have Few Answers. — A person strolling through Riverside Park last Wednesday afternoon spotted something jarring on the riverbank and called the police. — There, below a small pier that juts out from the park at 68th Street …