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1:50 PM ET, November 10, 2018

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New York Times:
Matthew Whitaker: An Attack Dog With Ambition Beyond Protecting Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump first noticed Matthew G. Whitaker on CNN in the summer of 2017 and liked what he saw — a partisan defender who insisted there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Even for This President, It Was a Remarkable Week of Attacks on American Institutions  —  WASHINGTON — In the three days after the Democrats captured the House, President Trump fired his attorney general and replaced him with a loyalist critical of both the courts and the Russia investigation.
CNN:
Sessions realized too late that Whitaker was auditioning for his job  —  Washington (CNN)When things were particularly bad between President Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions, the attorney general's chief of staff, Matt Whitaker, would attend White House meetings in his place.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Whitaker said he supports state's rights to nullify federal law  —  (CNN)Matthew Whitaker, the new acting attorney general, has said that states have the right to nullify federal law, but that they need the political courage to do so.  —  Whitaker, whom President Donald Trump announced …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Cristina Cabrera / Associated Press:
Whitaker May Have Violated Group's Tax-Exempt Status By Criticizing Clinton
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Sneak peek of House Dems' agenda
Discussion: AOL and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
There is no way this man should be running the Justice Department
Discussion: Raw Story, BloombergQuint and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Is Investigating Florida Company Where Whitaker Was Advisory-Board Member
CNN:   McConnell, top Republicans dismiss concerns over Whitaker appointment
Washington Post:
‘Real low energy’: Critics pile on after Trump cancels visit to U.S. military cemetery outside Paris  —  PARIS — President Trump flew 3,800 miles to this French capital city for ceremonies to honor the military sacrifice in World War I, hoping to take part in the kind of powerful ode …
Discussion: Associated Press and Splinter
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Henry Austin / The Independent:
Trump cancels First World War memorial visit to US cemetery because of ‘poor weather’  —  Heavy rain prevented him from arriving via helicopter to the site that looms large in the history of the US Marine Corps  — {{#singleComment}}{{total}} comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComme nt}}{{total}} comments{{/singleComment}}
Politico:
Truce in Paris after Trump's offense at Macron's EU army pledge  —  PARIS — It was an awkward truce to avert a Twitter war, a day before the big Armistice Day commemoration in Paris.  —  French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump, meeting at the Élysée Palace …
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Trump cancels WWI cemetery visit over bad weather
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Balloon Juice
BBC:   Armistice Day: Trump-Macron smooth over defence spat
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:   Gillum, Nelson Lawyers Fight To Include Non-Citizen's Vote in Florida
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Wife of GOP megadonor to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  President Donald Trump is set to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation's highest civilian honor — to the wife of one of the Republican Party's most prominent patrons, the White House announced Saturday.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Tape of Khashoggi's killing has been given to U.S., Saudi, Europeans, Erdogan says  —  ANKARA — An audio recording tracking the dying moments of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul has been shared with Saudi Arabia, Britain, France and Germany in addition to the United States …
Discussion: The Week
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New York Times:   Turkey's President Says Recording of Khashoggi's Killing Was Given to U.S.
Lucy Middleton / Metro.co.uk:
Twitter ‘gave Saudi Arabia information about journalist who ended up dead’
Discussion: Jihad Watch
New York Times:
Deployed Inside the United States: The Military Waits for the Migrant Caravan  —  With little electricity, no combat pay and holidays away from home, the 5,600 American troops on the southwest border are on a mission ordered by a politically determined commander in chief and a Pentagon unable to convince him of its perils.
Wall Street Journal:
California Bar Shooter Posted on Social Media Shortly Before and During Massacre  —  Ian Long reached out to former Marine comrades in days before shooting  —  The gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar was posting on Facebook and Instagram immediately before and during the massacre …
Discussion: LifeZette and Clayton Cramer
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Washington Post:   A massacre and then raging fires: Thousand Oaks grapples with ‘nonstop chaos’
Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times:   When a mass killing and harrowing wildfire converged on my hometown
April Ryan / Washington Post:
I'm a black woman.  Trump loves insulting people like me.  —  The type of comments he makes, over and over, leaves little doubt about what he really thinks of us.  —  April Ryan is White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
‘What a stupid question’: Trump demeans three black female reporters in three days
Discussion: AOL, Common Dreams and Townhall
Los Angeles Times:
GOP Rep. Denham falls behind Democrat as 3 other Republicans lose ground in Friday's ballot tally  —  Republican Rep. Jeff Denham lost his lead over Democrat Josh Harder on Friday in one of California's four unresolved congressional races as updated ballot counts showed the GOP in growing danger …
New York Times:
See How the Close the Results Are in Florida, Georgia and Arizona  —  Two races for governor and two for Senate have margins so slim that they might trigger a recount.  We're tracking the votes as they are tallied.  —  Senate Forecast  —  U.S. Senate in Florida›  —  Candidate Party Votes Pct.
Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
James Comey discussed sensitive FBI business on his private email … Fired FBI chief James Comey used his private Gmail account hundreds of times to conduct government business — and at least seven of those messages were deemed so sensitive by the Justice Department that they declined to release them.
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Cause of Action Institute:
FBI Records Show Former FBI Director James Comey's Use of Personal Email
Discussion: Instapundit
Arizona Republic:
Kyrsten Sinema's lead over Martha McSally widens in roller-coaster U.S. Senate race to replace Jeff Flake  —  Republican Martha McSally's path to the U.S. Senate narrowed with Friday's latest tabulation of votes from Tuesday's election, which showed Democrat Kyrsten Sinema widening her lead in a race that remains in a tortuous limbo.
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:   Nothing unusual about vote count in Arizona dragging on
New York Times:
Democrats Have Two Paths for 2020: Daring or Defensive.  Can They Settle on Either?  —  WASHINGTON — For Democrats, the victories, near wins and stinging losses on Tuesday have intensified a debate in the party about how to retake the White House, with moderates arguing they must find …
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Photos Show Scores of Uncounted Ballots in Opa-locka Mail Center … Miami-Dade County announced today that it has finished counting votes for the 2018 election.  —  But photos obtained by New Times show scores of mail-in ballots sitting inside an Opa-locka mail distribution center …
 
 
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Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
As Democrats try to steal elections, their dishonesty threatens the very fabric of our country
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Rasmussen Reports:
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Leah Willingham / Concord Monitor:
Girl Scout who pioneered child marriage bill elected to N.H. House
Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
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Politico:
Trump blames California forest policies for deadly wildfires
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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