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Christina Tkacik / Baltimore Sun:
Man shouts ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ during intermission of Baltimore performance of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ — The audience reacts after a man interrupts the “Fiddler on the Roof” performance at the Hippodrome Theatre. (Video courtesy of Rich Scherr) — A man shouted a pro-Nazi …
Washington Post:
Federal judge gives Florida voters until Saturday to correct signature problems roiling close races — TALLAHASSEE — Florida's historic recount was thrown once more into uncertainty Thursday when a federal judge ruled that voters whose mail-in and provisional ballots were rejected …
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In Florida Recount, Sloppy Signatures May Disqualify Thousands of Votes — RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — The nuns at Zina Rodriguez's Catholic school in the Bronx thwacked her knuckles to punish sloppy handwriting, so she was shocked when her mail-in ballot in Florida was rejected because her signature …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Bill Nelson needs a miracle in Florida. It likely won't come.
TMZ.com:
Michael Avenatti Arrested for Felony Domestic Violence, Confident He'll Be Exonerated — 5:50 PM PT — Avenatti bailed out and held a brief news conference, saying, “I have never struck a woman. I will never strike a woman.” He added he's looking forward to the investigation and is confident he'll be “fully exonerated.”
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Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook's Leaders Fought Through Crisis — Sheryl Sandberg was seething. — Inside Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. It was September 2017 …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Insanity,” “Furious,” “On His Own”: Trump's Post-Midterms Blues Are Vexing His Staff and Roiling the White House — He's lashing out at aides and press and foreign leaders, and threatening to roll West Wing heads—but at least he didn't get his hair wet at the Belleau Wood memorial.
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A White House aide picked a fight with Melania Trump. The first lady won.
A White House aide picked a fight with Melania Trump. The first lady won.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Mira Ricardel, Aide Who Crossed Melania Trump, Is Removed From Her White House Role
Mira Ricardel, Aide Who Crossed Melania Trump, Is Removed From Her White House Role
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Anna Schecter / NBC News:
Exclusive text messages show Roger Stone and friend discussing WikiLeaks plans — “Big news Wednesday ... Hillary's campaign will die this week,” Randy Credico appears to have texted Stone six days before WikiLeaks email dump. — Six days before WikiLeaks began releasing Hillary Clinton …
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Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Two U.K. Cabinet Ministers, Including Chief Brexit Negotiator, Quit — LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain faced a deep political crisis on Thursday after two cabinet ministers quit her government, including Dominic Raab, her chief negotiator on withdrawal from the European Union …
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Charlie Cooper / Politico:
Theresa May buffeted by resignations over her Brexit deal
Theresa May buffeted by resignations over her Brexit deal
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Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Full Transcript Of Trump's Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sat for an exclusive Oval Office interview Wednesday with The Daily Caller's Saagar Enjeti and Benny Johnson for approximately 31 minutes. — The transcript is as follows:
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Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump Calls For Brenda Snipes To Be Fired
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump Calls For Brenda Snipes To Be Fired
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Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for five suspects in killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — ISTANBUL — Saudi Arabia said Thursday it has indicted 11 people in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month and that it is seeking the death penalty against five …
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Washington Post:
‘He was yelling’: Whitaker pushed back against early fraud complaints about company he advised — Acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker received early warnings that customers were complaining that an invention-marketing company he advised might be a fraud, according to several people familiar …
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Ben White / Politico:
The looming threat to Trump's booming economy — President Donald Trump, already in a grumpy post-midterm mood, faces a growing list of economic problems that could irritate him even more next year. Chief among them is a withdrawal from the economy's sugar high.
Courtney McBride / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Nominate Handbag Designer as Ambassador to South Africa — Lana Marks is a member of the president's Mar-a-Lago Club — WASHINGTON—President Trump intends to nominate Lana Marks, a Palm Beach, Fla.-based handbag designer and a member of Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club resort, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa.
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Second Trump-Kim summit to go ahead without list of nuclear North Korean weapons, Pence says — “It will be absolutely imperative ... that we come away with a plan for identifying all of the weapons in question,” the vice president told NBC News. — SINGAPORE — The U.S. will not require North Korea …
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Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Rep. Marcia Fudge weighing a bid for House Speaker — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Warrensville Heights Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge says she's considering challenging California Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker. — Fudge said she does not believe Pelosi has enough votes to win the job …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
A presidential map for the 21st century — Note: Nebraska and Maine split their electoral college votes according to statewide popular vote and the vote within each congressional district; Data: Doug Sosnik; Chart: Axios Visuals — To win re-election, President Trump must wage a two-front war …
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Political Wire
Kate Riga / Associated Press:
In Change Of Tune, Mattis Now Labeling Border Mission ‘Very Good Training’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis defended the use of active duty troops on the U.S.-Mexican border, saying that in some ways it provides good training for war. He argued that it's analogous …
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Vera Bergengruen / BuzzFeed News:
Mattis Visited The Troops Deployed To The Border And They Had Some Questions For Him
Mattis Visited The Troops Deployed To The Border And They Had Some Questions For Him
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Walter M. Shaub Jr / Slate:
This Is the Saturday Night Massacre — With the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, America is in uncharted territory. The last time a president made a personnel change to undermine an investigation of his associates, Congress forced him to resign. That was when President Richard Nixon pushed …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
MacArthur loses New Jersey House race to Democratic challenger Andy Kim — Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) lost his seat to Democratic challenger Andy Kim on Wednesday, resulting in a near-wipeout for the GOP in the state, The Associated Press reported. — With MacArthur's loss …
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
N.J. Democrat Defeats Trump Ally, Leaving the State With Just 1 Republican in Congress
N.J. Democrat Defeats Trump Ally, Leaving the State With Just 1 Republican in Congress
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Kelsey D. Atherton / New York Times:
Are Killer Robots the Future of War? Parsing the Facts on Autonomous Weapons — It's a freezing, snowy day on the border between Estonia and Russia. Soldiers from the two nations are on routine border patrol, each side accompanied by an autonomous weapon system, a tracked robot armed …
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Veterans aren't getting their GI Bill payments — because VA's 50-year-old computer system broke — Daniel Gorman knows what it's like to return from war, and he wants to help fellow veterans come home, too: The former sailor turned New York National Guardsman is finishing a graduate degree in social work at Fordham University.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump renews attacks on Mueller investigation after midterms — President Trump renewed his attacks on the credibility of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation in a series of Thursday morning tweets, using his oft-repeated refrain of “WITCH HUNT.” — The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The #FiveWhiteGuys Are Offering a Sucker's Bet to Anti-Pelosi Democrats — There is no need for any of this. — The battle for the leadership of the incoming Democratic majority in the House of Representatives is already a mess. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Pentagon Began Clampdown on Senior Leaders' Public Speaking Months Ago, Memos Reveal — DOD says it's to save money and time. Critics say it's to avoid conflict with the president. — Pentagon leaders nine months ago ordered a sharp clampdown on public appearances by senior U.S. military leaders …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
This 31-year-old had had enough. So she ran. And won. — What finally did it for Kathy Hoffman was watching the confirmation hearing of Betsy DeVos nearly two years ago. — Hoffman, then a 31-year-old speech therapist in a suburban Phoenix public school district …
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
U.S. says defendant in Elliott Broidy hacking case has diplomatic immunity — The ex-diplomat accused of helping steal and distribute GOP fundraiser Elliot Broidy's emails is entitled to immunity, the U.S. government tells NBC News. — WASHINGTON — The former U.N. diplomat accused …
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