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9:05 PM ET, November 10, 2018

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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 …
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Luke Baker / Reuters:
Trump cancels WW1 memorial at U.S. cemetery in France due to rain  —  PARIS (Reuters) - President Donald Trump could not attend a commemoration in France for U.S. soldiers and marines killed during World War One on Saturday because rain made it impossible to arrange transport, the White House said.
Henry Austin / The Independent:
Trump cancels First World War memorial visit to US cemetery because of ‘poor weather’
Alex Harris / miamiherald:
Whoops!  Brenda Snipes' office mixed bad provisional ballots with good ones  —  Broward's elections supervisor accidentally mixed more than a dozen rejected ballots with nearly 200 valid ones, a circumstance that is unlikely to help Brenda Snipes push back against Republican allegations of incompetence.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Florida vote: Recounts ordered for U.S. Senate, governor, agriculture commissioner  —  The Florida governor's race will face a recount now that the margin is within 0.5 points.  The Senate race will face a hand recount since the margin is within 0.25 points  —  Privacy Policy
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Gillum, Nelson Lawyers Fight To Include Non-Citizen's Vote In Florida  —  Lawyers for Florida Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson both fought to prevent a non-citizen's vote from being excluded Friday night, according to a transcript of a Palm Beach County Canvassing Board proceeding obtained …
Matt Dixon / Politico:   Rick Scott's monitors agree with state cops: No Florida voter fraud
Daniel Molina / The Floridian:
More Provisional Ballots Found in Broward
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Andrew Gillum withdraws concession as Florida recount begins
Discussion: KAJ-TV and Political Wire
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Almost everything about Matthew Whitaker's appointment is problematic  —  President Trump doesn't exactly have a great track record when it comes to high-profile appointments — remember Ronny L. Jackson? — and the hasty installation of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting attorney general looks like it ranks up there.
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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.
Discussion: SHUGERBLOG and Vox
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: Joe.My.God. and Mother Jones
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
McSally-Sinema update: As uncounted ballots dwindle, Kyrsten Sinema's lead falls slightly  —  Ballot-counting in Arizona's epic Senate race continued Saturday with Republican Martha McSally cutting slightly into Democrat Kyrsten Sinema's lead and Republicans increasingly taking issue with the election process.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Scott Bland / Politico:
Sinema lead grows again as Arizona Senate vote count continues
Discussion: The Hill
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Election official in Arizona's Senate dispute represented figure in ‘Fast and Furious’ arms scandal
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: Axios and Joe.My.God.
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
A Note on Steve King  —  The congressman disputed a story we reported.  We stand by it.  —  Last week, Adam Rubenstein visited Iowa to report a piece on Steve King's re-election effort.  He filed four pieces from there, including one that reported on comments King made before a small meeting with voters in Sioux Center.
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.
Discussion: Jezebel
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Avenatti takes on Tucker Carlson after bar incident involving Fox News host's children  —  Michael Avenatti, who was once dubbed a “creepy porn lawyer” on Tucker Carlson's Fox News program, claimed Saturday he's “investigating an alleged assault ... committed by T. Carlson” stemming from an incident at a Virginia restaurant.
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 …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Why didn't they commit him?  PTSD gunman 'fired a bullet through the wall of his mother's home in April and spent hours holed up inside before police coaxed him out' but he was CLEARED by mental health specialists'  — Under 5150 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code …
Discussion: Townhall and twitchy.com
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USA Today:
Medical professionals to NRA: Guns are our lane.  Help us reduce deaths or move over.  —  The NRA should work with us to reduce the death toll from guns.  We bear witness to this devastating epidemic.  We're not-anti-gun, we're anti-bullet hole.  —  CONNECT
Discussion: Mashable and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump blames ‘gross mismanagement’ as wildfires leave trail of death, destruction in California  —  Hours after officials announced grim new statistics in California's Camp Fire — nine killed, more than 6,700 structures incinerated in an area larger than Detroit — President Trump bashed state leaders …
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Politico:   Trump blames California forest policies for deadly wildfires
New York Times:
Turkey's President Says Recording of Khashoggi's Killing Was Given to U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Turkey said on Saturday that it had turned over audio recordings of the brutal killing of a Saudi journalist to the United States and other Western countries, intensifying the pressure on President Trump …
Discussion: NPR
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Washington Post:
Tape of Khashoggi's killing has been given to U.S., Saudi, Europeans, Erdogan says
Discussion: Gizmodo, CNBC and The Week
 
 
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CNN:
Trump properties received $3.2 million during midterms, FEC records show
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Republicans Dominate State Politics. But Democrats Made a Dent This Year.
Associated Press:
Tight race in Georgia shines light on voting restrictions
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
As Democrats try to steal elections, their dishonesty threatens the very fabric of our country
Discussion: RedState and Arizona Republic
 Earlier Items: 
Leah Willingham / Concord Monitor:
Girl Scout who pioneered child marriage bill elected to N.H. House
Los Angeles Times:
GOP Rep. Denham falls behind Democrat as 3 other Republicans lose ground in Friday's ballot tally
Christopher Hooks / The Atlantic:
What Beto Won  —  They said it couldn't be done and, in the end, they were right.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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