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New York Times:
Top White House Official Involved in Saudi Sanctions Resigns — WASHINGTON — A top White House official responsible for American policy toward Saudi Arabia resigned on Friday evening, a move that may suggest fractures inside the Trump administration over the response to the brutal killing of the dissident Jamal Khashoggi.
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Washington Post:
Trump says he'll speak with CIA about Khashoggi killing — President Trump said Saturday that he would speak with the CIA about its finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post first reported on Friday …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump hails Saudis as ‘spectacular ally’ in wake of CIA Khashoggi reports
Trump hails Saudis as ‘spectacular ally’ in wake of CIA Khashoggi reports
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
New Evidence Emerges of Steve Bannon and Cambridge Analytica's Role in Brexit — For two years, observers have speculated that the June, 2016, Brexit campaign in the U.K. served as a petri dish for Donald Trump's Presidential campaign in the United States. Now there is new evidence that it did.
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The Guardian:
Emails reveal Arron Banks' links to Steve Bannon in quest for campaign cash — Businessman sought Trump strategist's help to raise funds for Leave.EU in the US — The controversial businessman Arron Banks was keen to involve Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a scheme …
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Nearly 3,000 Votes Disappeared From Florida's Recount. That's Not Supposed to Happen. — Nearly 3,000 votes effectively disappeared during the machine recount of Florida's midterm races, according to election records, calling into question whether officials relied on a flawed process to settle the outcome of three statewide contests.
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Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
Broward counts the wrong ballots as Florida races to finish manual recount ahead of Sunday deadline — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Fresh off its bungled machine recount, Broward County's second day of manual recounting temporarily stopped about an hour after it began Saturday when lawyers …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Nelson has no path’: Democrats admit Scott beats Florida icon
‘Nelson has no path’: Democrats admit Scott beats Florida icon
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
In Mississippi, Republican concern rises over a U.S. Senate runoff that should have been a romp — JACKSON, Miss. — A U.S. Senate runoff that was supposed to provide an easy Republican win has turned into an unexpectedly competitive contest, driving Republicans and Democrats to pour …
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Controversies hamper candidates in Mississippi Senate race
Controversies hamper candidates in Mississippi Senate race
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House GOP women confront a political crisis — their party is mostly men — About a half dozen House Republican women gathered this week for a somber, post-election dinner. — Exchanging thoughts about the brutal results for GOP candidates, they realized something depressing, according to one attendee.
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Carla Marinucci / Politico:
RIP, California GOP: Republicans lash out after midterm election debacle — LOS ANGELES — In the wake of a near-political annihilation in California that has left even longtime conservative stronghold Orange County bereft of a single Republican in the House of Representatives …
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New York Times:
Are Jared and Ivanka Good for the Jews? — Jewish communities stand more divided than ever on whether to embrace or denounce Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. — On election night in Beverly Hills, Jason Blum, the hot shot horror-movie producer, was accepting an award at the Israel Film Festival.
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times:
‘Unwanted subject’: What led a Kirkland yogurt shop to call police on a black man — He turned out to be supervising a parental visit, and is also a nine-year Air Force veteran. But the employees were scared of him and the police asked him to leave anyway.
David Knowles / Yahoo News:
Trump explains his no-show at Arlington: ‘I was extremely busy on calls’ — President Trump admitted Friday he made a mistake by not attending a public event at Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to U.S. soldiers this year on Veterans Day. — “I should have done that,” Trump told “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace.
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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
‘This would be a very good time to do a shutdown,’ Trump says — President Trump suggested Saturday he was prepared to shut down the federal government next month if Congress fails to give him the money he wants to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
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Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Abrams plans suit to seek cure to problems in Georgia's voting process — Her campaign for governor may be over, but Stacey Abrams is not going away. — She told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution she's not ruling out a run for another public office, perhaps as early as 2020.
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Maria L. La Ganga / Los Angeles Times:
California fire: If you stay, you're dead. How a Paradise nursing home evacuated — How do you evacuate a nursing home when the deadliest wildfire in California history is bearing down and there are 91 men and women to move to safety — patients in need of walkers or wheelchairs or confined …
Alex Stamos / Washington Post:
Yes, Facebook made mistakes in 2016. But we weren't the only ones. — Alex Stamos is a Hoover fellow and adjunct professor at Stanford University. He previously served as the chief security officer at Facebook until August. — Yup, Sheryl Sandberg yelled at me.
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Billy Kenber / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Russian tipped to take over Interpol in Kremlin victory — A Russian official is favourite to be the next head of Interpol in spite of concerns that Moscow has been using the international policing agency to target political opponents. — British officials expect Alexander Prokopchuk …
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
‘Active criminal investigation’: No big deal, just Florida Dems lawyering up as feds and state investigate possible voter fraud — Politico's Marc Caputo and Matt Dixon are reporting that the Florida Democratic party has “lawyered up” as it has finally dawned on them that staffers …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Democratic Rep. Moulton draws fire for campaign to deny Pelosi speaker's job — Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, the hard-charging Marine who served four tours of duty in Iraq is leading the challenge to Rep. Nancy Pelosi and her bid for speaker — and is suddenly taking incoming fire from all quarters.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
This prosecutor's cut-and-paste mistake revealed case against WikiLeaks founder — Any writer's nightmare is a copy-and-paste error that goes into print. — But it's the rare typo that makes international news. — That's what happened to Kellen Dwyer, an assistant U.S. attorney …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Booting Jim Acosta from the White House was bad for press rights. Charging Julian Assange might be worse.
Booting Jim Acosta from the White House was bad for press rights. Charging Julian Assange might be worse.
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