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Washington Post:
Trump's proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional — George T. Conway III is of counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Neal Katyal is a partner at Hogan Lovells and former acting U.S. solicitor general in the Obama administration. — Sometimes the Constitution's text …
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Wall Street Journal:
Rewriting the Fourteenth Amendment — Trump's order on birthright citizenship violates the Constitution. — By The Editorial Board — President Trump really, really wants to make the midterm election about immigration, and for a while it looked like he had an edge due to Democratic excess.
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Raw Story
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Campaign's Homestretch, Trump Tosses Out Ideas to See What Sticks
In Campaign's Homestretch, Trump Tosses Out Ideas to See What Sticks
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ABC News, KRTV-TV, Raw Story, New Republic, Breitbart, Front Page Magazine and Politico
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi: Democrats are going to win the House
POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi: Democrats are going to win the House
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Hollywood Reporter and Daily Kos
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump's birthright citizenship comments just made life harder for Republicans in tight races
Power Up: Trump's birthright citizenship comments just made life harder for Republicans in tight races
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Political Wire, Raw Story, Associated Press and Townhall
Alex Daugherty / Tampa Bay Times:
Rick Scott walks away when asked if he supports Trump ending birthright citizenship
Rick Scott walks away when asked if he supports Trump ending birthright citizenship
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National Journal
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
How Trump's ‘birthright’ idea went from the fringe to the Oval Office
How Trump's ‘birthright’ idea went from the fringe to the Oval Office
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Talking Points Memo, Vox, New York Times and Politico
NBC News:
Mueller refers sex assault scheme targeting him to FBI for investigation — “We immediately referred the matter to the FBI for investigation,” said Peter Carr, spokesperson for the special counsel. — Special counsel Robert Mueller last week asked the FBI to investigate a possible scam …
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The Daily Beast:
Inside the Crazy Cabal Trying to Smear Robert Mueller
Inside the Crazy Cabal Trying to Smear Robert Mueller
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Mueller Wants the FBI to Look at a Scheme to Discredit Him
Mueller Wants the FBI to Look at a Scheme to Discredit Him
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Jay Willis / GQ:
MAGA Trolls' Efforts to Take Down Robert Mueller Flame Out in Hilarious and Spectacular Fashion
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Plot to Smear Mueller Unravels as F.B.I. Is Asked to Investigate
Plot to Smear Mueller Unravels as F.B.I. Is Asked to Investigate
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The Gateway Pundit
Dominique Jackson / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump's motorcade forced to turn around after thousands of protesters flood Pittsburgh streets — On Tuesday, despite many people's wishes, President Donald Trump traveled to Pittsburgh to pay his respects to the lives lost in the synagogue massacre.
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Daily Kos and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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New York Times:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Shape Trump's Pittsburgh Response — WASHINGTON — Amid the storm of criticism over his response to the synagogue killings in Pittsburgh and the accusations that his messaging created the atmosphere that caused them, President Trump has turned to the people he trusts most for advice — his family.
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ThinkProgress
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Pittsburgh mayor: Our priority is funerals, not Trump's visit
Pittsburgh mayor: Our priority is funerals, not Trump's visit
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The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Breitbart, Associated Press, ABC News, Axios, The Root, The Daily Caller and Shareblue Media
David Hudnall / Kansas City Pitch:
Steve Bannon draws crowd of tens to rally for Steve Watkins in Topeka — “Any honeybuns left over from the continental this morning?” — Sherman Smith Twitter — I highly recommend that you take a look at Topeka Capital-Journal managing editor Sherman Smith's Twitter thread about attending …
Bim Adewunmi / BuzzFeed News:
Oprah Is Going To Georgia To Campaign With Stacey Abrams — Oprah Winfrey, the Oscar-nominated, self-made billionaire and media icon, is heading to Georgia to campaign for Stacey Abrams. — The star will join Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor, on Thursday.
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Political Wire, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, Associated Press and The Guardian
New York Times:
Senior Saudi Prince Returns to Kingdom as Royals Confront Khashoggi Crisis — LONDON — A senior member of the Saudi royal family, who had feared returning to the kingdom, flew back to Riyadh from London on Tuesday in the most significant move in the royal family since the killing of the dissident Jamal Khashoggi.
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Jews assail ‘Christian rabbi’ who appeared with Pence, and so does his own movement — Loren Jacobs, who spoke at a rally with the vice-president, was stripped of his ordination by the Messianic movement in 2003. — The “Messianic rabbi” who outraged many Jews by invoking the name of Jesus …
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Talking Points Memo, HuffPost, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, Daily Kos, The Daily Beast and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Kevin Cullen / BostonGlobe.com:
Freddy Geas, suspected killer of Whitey Bulger, didn't like informants — When private investigator Ted McDonough heard that Freddy Geas was suspected by authorities of taking part in the murder of James “Whitey” Bulger, he knew immediately why Geas might have done it.
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New York Post, The Daily Caller, CBS Boston, Daily Mail, Boston Magazine, AOL, The Daily Beast and The Week
Mike Allen / Axios:
The midterms' split decision — With less than a week until Election Day, top operators in both parties tell me the events of the past week have helped lock in the split decision they have long seen coming: The House flips to Dems (probably decisively), and Republicans hold the Senate (and perhaps gain two seats).
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Our descent into vitriol began long before Trump — and Democrats are culpable too — After a deranged Democrat living in his van nearly assassinated Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) firing more than 70 rounds at House Republicans practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Pelosi: ‘We will win’ the House of Representatives
Pelosi: ‘We will win’ the House of Representatives
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Breitbart
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
A Supreme Marriage Proposal — Some personal secrets are so well-kept that even family and friends are oblivious. So it is with the story of the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist's marriage proposal to a Stanford Law School classmate in the early 1950s.
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Authorities probing immigrant Saudi sisters' mystery deaths — NEW YORK (AP) — Police are investigating the mysterious deaths of two sisters from Saudi Arabia whose bodies, bound together with tape, washed up on New York City's waterfront last week. — The sisters, Tala Farea, 16 …
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Stephanie Perry / NBC News:
Record turnout? Not for millennials — just a third say they'll vote. — That number has remained steady since August, according the results of a new NBC News/GenForward survey. — About a third of millennials say they will definitely vote in November, according to results …
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Political Wire
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Standing ‘Against White Supremacy,’ G.O.P. Campaign Chief Rebukes Steve King — WASHINGTON — As Pittsburgh began burying the victims of Saturday's synagogue massacre, the head of the House Republican campaign arm all but jettisoned Representative Steve King of Iowa from the House Republican Conference …
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Vox, Vanity Fair, HuffPost and Axios
CNN:
The radicalization of an alleged domestic terrorist — Woman warned Twitter about bomb suspect — New York (CNN)Cesar Sayoc's social media accounts read like a blueprint for the radicalization of an alleged domestic terrorist. — A CNN KFile analysis of thousands of tweets sent …
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New York Times and The Week
Raul Reyes / USA Today:
Latino voters like me need to grab our chance to push back against Donald Trump — President Trump is very comfortable disrespecting Latinos. By voting in the midterm election we can take charge of our destiny and change history. — CONNECT — Democrats have a Latino voter problem.
TMZ.com:
Kanye West Breaks From Politics and Says 'I've Been Used' — Breaks From Politics — 4:15 PM PT — Kanye contacted us to make it clear he did not mention Donald Trump in his tweets, and he's getting out of politics altogether. — As for being “used” ... he says he was specifically referencing Blexit, and that's it.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
GOP Senate candidate Martha McSally: 'I'm getting my ass kicked' because of vote to repeal Obamacare — Republican Senate candidate Martha McSally (R-AZ) complained in a recent interview that she is getting her “ass kicked” because she voted to repeal President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
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Washington Post and Arizona Republic
Nelson W. Cunningham / Politico:
Has Mueller Subpoenaed the President? — These months before the midterm elections are tough ones for all of us Mueller-watchers. As we expected, he has gone quiet in deference to long-standing Justice Department policy that prosecutors should not take actions that might impact pending elections.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Gab's CEO Says Pittsburgh Suspect Doesn't Represent The Site. But He Spent Years Recruiting Racists Like Him. — Andrew Torba has promoted white nationalists and looked the other way as Gab users posted racist death threats on his platform. — Soon after Robert Bowers was accused …
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KTVQ-TV and The Daily Beast
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Democrats make late bid for governorships in deep-red Great Plains — Democrats are making a surprise play for a trio of governorships deep in the heart of Trump country. — South Dakota hasn't elected a Democratic governor since the 1970s, and Kansas and Oklahoma have swung hard toward Republicans since …
John Foley / Reuters:
Breakingviews - Exclusive: FedEx drops NRA deal by snail-mail — NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Mass shootings happen in an instant and grab headlines. A business and investment shift away from the firearms industry is happening more subtly. FedEx, the U.S. shipping group …
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Defense One:
Mattis Sets 30-Day Deadline for Yemen Ceasefire — “We've admired this problem for long enough down there,” the defense secretary said. — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis called for a ceasefire in Yemen within 30 days, seeking to end the U.S.-backed and Saudi-led bombing campaign …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Internet Will Be the Death of Us — It casts rogue grievances as legitimate obsessions and gives prejudices the shimmer of ideals. — Nora Ephron once wrote a brilliant essay about the trajectory of her and many other people's infatuations with email, from the thrill of discovering …
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Mother Jones
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘Moving day’: White House staffers set to split for 2020 campaign — The White House is poised for a wave of post-midterm departures as staffers leave for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, an indication that the administration is shifting its focus to 2020.
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Center for Public Integrity
Stephanie K. Baer / BuzzFeed News:
Three Men Convicted Of Plotting To Bomb Somali Refugees Say They Were Encouraged By Trump's Rhetoric — Three men who were convicted of plotting to bomb an apartment building that housed a mosque and dozens of Muslim Somali refugees in Kansas were encouraged by President Donald Trump's rhetoric …