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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 …
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NBC News:
White House weighs booting Erdogan foe from U.S. to appease Turkey — “Once they realized it was a serious request, the career guys were furious,” a U.S. official said of request tied to Khashoggi killing. — WASHINGTON — The White House is looking for ways to remove an enemy …
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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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Eline Schaart / Politico:
Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty in Khashoggi killing
Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty in Khashoggi killing
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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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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Becomes Twitter Laughingstock Over ‘Envy Of The World’ Boast — “Take it from an outsider: we feel sorry for Americans.” — Donald Trump on Thursday sought to stifle media reports that his administration is engulfed “in chaos” and “in meltdown” by claiming that the U.S. under his presidency was “the envy of the world.”
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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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New York Times:
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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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Facebook Betrayed America
Facebook Betrayed America
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:
A Top George Soros Aide Called For An Independent Investigation Of Facebook's Lobbying And PR
A Top George Soros Aide Called For An Independent Investigation Of Facebook's Lobbying And PR
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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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New York Times:
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 …
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Washington Post:
Florida recount: Palm Beach County says it will probably miss deadline as judge gives voters …
Florida recount: Palm Beach County says it will probably miss deadline as judge gives voters …
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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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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Is a Storm Brewing? The Likely Reason Trump Chose Now to Trash the Mueller Probe All Over Again
Is a Storm Brewing? The Likely Reason Trump Chose Now to Trash the Mueller Probe All Over Again
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Flake refuses to vote for Trump's judicial nominees until the Senate acts on bill to protect Mueller
Flake refuses to vote for Trump's judicial nominees until the Senate acts on bill to protect Mueller
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Democratic Rep. Fudge says she's ‘overwhelmed’ by support as she weighs speaker bid — Rep. Marcia L. Fudge said on Thursday that she has been “overwhelmed” by the support from many of her colleagues for her possible entry into the race for House speaker, becoming the first Democrat …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she has the votes to become the next House speaker
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she has the votes to become the next House speaker
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The Daily Beast:
Even Trump Can't Stop Mocking Sean Hannity's ‘Dumb’ Softball Questions — Trump craves friction to set off sparks and drama. Hannity's slobbering extinguishes them. — Donald Trump's close relationship—on air and off—with Sean Hannity hasn't stopped the president from mocking …
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Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Contemptor and Mediaite
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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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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Demographic shifts and Trump effect move southern states into 2020 toss-up territory — 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
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NBC 10 Philadelphia:
NJ Couple and Homeless Man in GoFundMe Controversy Accused of Making Up Story, Source Says — Mark D'Amico, Kate McClure and Johnny Bobbitt will face charges including conspiracy and theft by deception, according to the source. — NJ Couple and Homeless Man to Be Charged With Lying About GoFundMe Story
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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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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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Pete Wells / New York Times:
10 of the Best Pizza Slices in N.Y.C. — Pete Wells, our restaurant critic, on old-school pizzerias. — Pete Wells, The New York Times's restaurant critic since 2012, eats hundreds and hundreds of meals every year, searching for the best food the city has to offer.
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.
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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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP money group prepares opposition research blitz against Mike Bloomberg if he runs for president in 2020 — America Rising is preparing an opposition-research blitz against Bloomberg that would focus on a range of topics, from his close relationships with Wall Street executives to controversial comments he made about women.
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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 …
The Trace:
The NRA Has Killed Free Coffee for Employees — The National Rifle Association is doing away with free coffee and water coolers for employees at its Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters — a cost-cutting move that has NRA insiders “freaking out,” The Trace has learned.
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.
BuzzFeed News:
Here Are The Most Outrageous Incentives Cities Offered Amazon In Their HQ2 Bids — Amazon's competitive search for a location for its second headquarters — dubbed HQ2 — inspired a fierce bidding war. Dozens of cities across the US offered fantastically shameless incentives in an attempt …
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Influential president of Human Rights Campaign stepping down — WASHINGTON (AP) — Chad Griffin, the influential gay rights activist who helped turn the Human Rights Campaign into a powerful political force, announced Thursday that he is stepping down as the organization's president.
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