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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
'It's impossible' to finish recount by deadline, Palm Beach county election supervisor says — (CNN)The election overseer for a critical county in Florida confirmed to CNN on Sunday what observers in both parties had begun to predict: There is no way Palm Beach County's machine recount will be finished by the Thursday deadline.
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Republicans sharpen ‘fraud’ claims, Democrats compare Scott to a ‘dictator’ as Florida recount ramps up — (CNN)The recount in Florida only began this weekend, but time is already bleeding away for election officials racing to meet the state's Thursday deadline to complete their work.
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Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Will Run Again — Reinventing herself as a liberal firebrand, Mrs. Clinton will easily capture the 2020 nomination. — Get ready for Hillary Clinton 4.0. More than 30 years in the making, this new version of Mrs. Clinton, when she runs for president in 2020, will come full circle …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wants no more relief funds for Puerto Rico — President Trump doesn't want to give Puerto Rico any more federal money for its recovery from Hurricane Maria, White House officials have told congressional appropriators and leadership. This is because he claims, without evidence …
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Adam Ganucheau / Mississippi Today:
Cindy Hyde-Smith blasted for ‘public hanging’ comments; she calls criticism ‘ridiculous’ — A video featuring Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is spreading rapidly across social media as critics say her comments invoke Mississippi's violent history of lynching.
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Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Critics rebuke Mississippi senator's ‘public hanging’ remark
Critics rebuke Mississippi senator's ‘public hanging’ remark
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Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Joked About Going to a ‘Public Hanging’
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A senator from Mississippi joked about ‘public hanging.’ Her black opponent called it ‘reprehensible.’
A senator from Mississippi joked about ‘public hanging.’ Her black opponent called it ‘reprehensible.’
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Ashton Pittman / Jackson Free Press:
Hyde-Smith's ‘Public Hanging’ Quip Bombs in State with Most Lynchings
Hyde-Smith's ‘Public Hanging’ Quip Bombs in State with Most Lynchings
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Talking Points Memo, Jamie Dupree - AJC and Splinter
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Richard Ojeda, West Virginia Lawmaker Who Led Teacher Strikes, Will Run for President — Richard Ojeda is running for president. Ojeda, a West Virginia state senator and retired U.S. Army major, lost his congressional bid in the state's 3rd District on Tuesday, but saw the largest swing …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Should the Press Boycott Trump? Political Strategists Weigh In — The CNN chief Jeff Zucker gave his troops unexpected orders the day after President Trump snatched the press credential away from Jim Acosta, one of the network's White House correspondents. — The temptation to play it big was strong.
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Jackie Wattles / CNN:
Famed First Amendment lawyer says CNN should sue the White House over Acosta access
Famed First Amendment lawyer says CNN should sue the White House over Acosta access
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
CNN gearing up to sue over Jim Acosta's suspended White House press pass
CNN gearing up to sue over Jim Acosta's suspended White House press pass
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New York Times:
In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception — WASHINGTON — North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images, a network long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed …
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Washington Post:
Democrats signal aggressive investigations of Trump while resisting impeachment calls — Fresh off a resounding midterm elections victory, House Democrats on Sunday began detailing plans to wield their newfound oversight power in the next Congress, setting their sights on acting attorney …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats to Probe Trump's Role in Hush Payments
House Democrats to Probe Trump's Role in Hush Payments
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Rep. Jerry Nadler says hush payments ‘might very well be an impeachable offense’
Rep. Jerry Nadler says hush payments ‘might very well be an impeachable offense’
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Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
‘Being silenced is not acceptable’: Doctors express outrage after NRA tells them ‘to stay in their lane’ — At first, Judy Melinek didn't know how to respond when she learned about a National Rifle Association tweet last week telling doctors who dared enter the gun debate “to stay in their lane.”
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Laurel Wamsley / NPR:
After NRA Mocks Doctors, Physicians Reply: ‘This Is Our Lane’
After NRA Mocks Doctors, Physicians Reply: ‘This Is Our Lane’
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
'You can't beat somebody with nobody': Pelosi foes struggle to find a leader — The House Democratic rebels trying to keep Nancy Pelosi from becoming speaker have a big problem: They can't seem to find someone to run against her. — The naysayers claim they have the 15 to 20 votes it would take to block Pelosi on the House floor.
Associated Press:
More bodies found as officials fight California wildfire — PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — As relatives desperately searched shelters for missing loved ones, crews stepped up the search for bodies in the smoking ruins of Paradise on Sunday, loading the remains of at least one victim into a hearse.
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Death toll climbs to 29 in California's Camp Fire, state's deadliest in 85 years
Death toll climbs to 29 in California's Camp Fire, state's deadliest in 85 years
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Arizona Republic:
Kyrsten Sinema widens lead again over Martha McSally in pivotal day for Arizona's U.S. Senate race — Democrat Kyrsten Sinema widened her lead again over Republican Martha McSally on Sunday, a pivotal day in the U.S. Senate race as the number of uncounted ballots dwindled.
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Tim Steller / Arizona Daily Star:
Steller column: Slow Arizona vote-counting doesn't show fraud
Steller column: Slow Arizona vote-counting doesn't show fraud
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Rachel Withers / Vox:
Macron denounces nationalism as avowed “nationalist” Trump stands steps away — The two leaders' “bromance” isn't what it used to be. — At the World War I Armistice Day commemoration on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron took a pointed stand against nationalism — calling it a …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In Paris, a relatively understated Trump finds he's still the center of the world's attention — and outrage
In Paris, a relatively understated Trump finds he's still the center of the world's attention — and outrage
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Trump's car obsession — Trump is as jazzed as ever about hitting foreign-made cars with steep tariffs. Just about every member of his senior economic team besides Peter Navarro believes this is a terrible idea. But they haven't swayed him. — What's happening: With each passing month …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘A 5-alarm fire’: GOP desperate to match Dems' online ATM — Mitch McConnell stood before a roomful of Republican donors on Wednesday night to thank them for their help in the midterms. But the Senate leader also issued a dire warning: Democrats had just thumped them in the all-important online donor game …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
ICE Is Imprisoning a Record 44,000 People — Congress told the immigration agency to reduce its detentions. Instead, ICE detained more people than ever, The Daily Beast has learned. Where did it find the money? — The number of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Wall Street Journal:
Why Did Facebook Fire a Top Executive? Hint: It Had Something to Do With Trump — Palmer Luckey, co-founder of virtual-reality pioneer Oculus, was ousted after his political activity sparked a furor within the social-media giant and Silicon Valley — Facebook Inc. FB -1.97% executive …
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New York Times:
Saudis Close to Crown Prince Discussed Killing Other Enemies a Year Before Khashoggi's Death — WASHINGTON — Top Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked a small group of businessmen last year about using private companies to assassinate Iranian enemies of the kingdom …
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