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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 — WASHINGTON — First there was the middle-class tax cut that even his allies and many of his aides had not heard about. Then troops were dispatched to the border to counter an “invasion of our country” by impoverished migrants about 900 miles away.
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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
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
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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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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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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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
Jay Willis / GQ:
MAGA Trolls' Efforts to Take Down Robert Mueller Flame Out in Hilarious and Spectacular Fashion
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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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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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.
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 …
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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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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Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
The Funeral of David and Cecil Rosenthal
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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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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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 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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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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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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Diana Stancy Correll / Washington Examiner:
Kellyanne Conway removes White House title from Twitter bio — Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway has removed her White House title from her Twitter bio, leaving her profile blank. — It's uncertain why the title was removed from Conway's account, and the White House declined …
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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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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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.
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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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 …
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 …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
How an internet meme became a Trump campaign slogan — It used to take a fancy degree and political connections to become a presidential speechwriter. In the era of President Donald Trump, all you need is a tweet. — On a Thursday morning earlier this month, a Twitter user in Georgia …
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 …
Jin Woo Kim / Washington Post:
The Kavanaugh confirmation polarized women, and motivated them to vote — some for Republicans, some for Democrats. — A voter leaves a polling place on Nov. 4, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation again revealed that profound polarization is …
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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.
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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