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Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Standing with Saudi Arabia — America First! — The world is a very dangerous place! — The country of Iran, as an example, is responsible for a bloody proxy war against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, trying to destabilize Iraq's fragile attempt at democracy …
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David Hearst / Middle East Eye:
Pompeo handed Riyadh a plan to shield MBS from Khashoggi fallout, says source — US Secretary of State gave Mohammed bin Salman a roadmap to insulate himself from the scandal, a senior Saudi source tells MEE — Mike Pompeo met MBS in Riyadh on 16 October, two weeks after Jamal Khashoggi's murder (Reuters)
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Washington Post:
Trump continues to question CIA conclusion that Saudi crown prince was responsible for Khashoggi's death
Axios:
Trump says U.S. stands by Saudi Arabia despite Khashoggi murder
Trump says U.S. stands by Saudi Arabia despite Khashoggi murder
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Politico and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to send hundreds of emails about government business last year — The discovery alarmed some advisers to President Trump, who feared that his daughter's practices bore similarities to the personal email use of Hillary Clinton. — Carol D. Leonnig, Josh Dawsey -
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
House Dems to investigate Ivanka Trump's email use — Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are planning to look into Ivanka Trump's use of a personal email account to determine whether she violated federal law. — A Democratic aide told The Hill on Tuesday …
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Washington Post, Political Wire, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
White House Briefings Are Democracy Theater. That's Why Trump Is Clamping Down. — Two weeks ago, President Trump denounced CNN's Jim Acosta as a “terrible” person, and then the Trump administration engaged in a display of dominance by seizing Acosta's hard pass and circulating …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Ivanka's Email Scandal Has a Familiar Moral
Ivanka's Email Scandal Has a Familiar Moral
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Washington Post, Vox and HuffPost
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump Repeatedly Used Personal Email at White House, Review Finds
Ivanka Trump Repeatedly Used Personal Email at White House, Review Finds
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CNN, American Oversight, The Daily Caller, Splinter, Talking Points Memo, twitchy.com, Raw Story, Mediaite and Politico
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
House Democrats plan to investigate Ivanka Trump's use of personal email for government business
House Democrats plan to investigate Ivanka Trump's use of personal email for government business
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Mother Jones, Townhall, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and POLITICUSUSA
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Walmart asks GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for campaign donation back because of outrage over ‘hanging’ comments — Walmart has asked Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi to return its campaign donation after outrage from actress Debra Messing over the lawmaker's controversial comments …
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Wonkette and Political Wire
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James Arkin / Politico:
Embattled Hyde-Smith posted photo of herself in confederate hat — Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith posed for a photo wearing a confederate soldier's hat and holding a rifle in a Facebook post that surfaced Tuesday. — Hyde-Smith took the photo during a 2014 visit to the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library.
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The Guardian, Political Wire and Popular Information
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Mississippi Senate race devolves into racial melee
Mississippi Senate race devolves into racial melee
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fans Sink Savings Into ‘Iraqi Dinar’ Scam — The president's true believers are convinced he's going to make them millionaires with Iraqi currency. — Trump supporter Hayes Kotseos runs a North Carolina pool-maintenance company, but she's got a side bet that she thinks might make her fabulously wealthy: the Iraqi dinar.
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Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump privately praises Matt Whitaker's “courage” — President Trump has been telling people privately that he's impressed by the “courage” acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is showing in the face of burgeoning legal challenges and questions about his history of publicly criticizing the Mueller investigation.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Schumer demands probe on Whitaker's ties to Trump
Schumer demands probe on Whitaker's ties to Trump
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Townhall, Associated Press, Breitbart and The CT Mirror
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Tech's ‘FAANG’ stocks have lost more than $1 trillion and counting from highs amid tech rout — The FAANG stocks — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet — all fell to begin Tuesday trading. — The five “FAANG” stocks collectively lost more than $1 trillion …
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Rep. Seth Moulton Faces Friendly Fire Back Home For Opposing Pelosi — The rising Democratic star says making Nancy Pelosi House speaker would be “failing the American people.” Some in his Massachusetts district call him sexist. — AMESBURY, Mass. Over his four years in Congress, Rep. Seth Moulton has earned plenty of praise.
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Rep. Seth Moulton faces town-hall pushback for opposing Pelosi
Rep. Seth Moulton faces town-hall pushback for opposing Pelosi
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Washington Post:
In blow to Trump's immigration agenda, federal judge blocks asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico — A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants who illegally cross the southern border into the United States …
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum Seekers
Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum Seekers
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Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban
Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban
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Daily Wire, Breitbart, KTLA and Splinter
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Glamour Magazine to Cease Regular Print Publication — Yet another women's magazine is moving away from print. — Condé Nast, the legacy publisher of glossy and aesthetically rich magazines like Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, announced on Tuesday that it was ending regular print publication of Glamour.
Los Angeles Times:
California fires: Trump administration now blames devastation on ‘radical environmentalists’ — The political battle between the Trump administration and California over blame for the the devastating wildfires that have killed scores and left nearly 1,000 missing continued Monday.
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Michael Sykes / Axios:
Zinke calls current forest management principles “unacceptable”
Zinke calls current forest management principles “unacceptable”
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Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times:
Mueller might soon bring charges that even Trump die-hards can't trivialize — Commentators predict the next chapter of the Department of Justice's Russia investigation at their peril, but there is good reason to expect one or more blockbuster developments in the next few weeks.
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Raw Story, Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA
Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
The Dow may drop another 2,000 points before the stock market selling is done: CNBC CFO survey — The Dow will drop to 23,000 before it ever reaches above 27,000 again, according to just over half of CFOs on the CNBC Global CFO Council in a recent survey. — The Dow plunge isn't anywhere near done.
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Resource Center — Home » Resource Center » Financial Sanctions » OFAC Recent Actions » Counter Terrorism Designations and Designation Update; Syria Designations; Publication of Syria Shipping Advisory — Counter Terrorism Designations and Designation Update …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Don't Let Russia Lead Interpol — The international law-enforcement organization is dangerously close to losing its legitimacy. — Imagine an alternative history of New York City in which John Gotti becomes police commissioner and obtains arrest warrants for the U.S. attorneys who prosecuted the Gambino crime family.
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New Republic, Washington Post, New York Times, Just Security and Meduza.io
Associated Press:
Green Tuesday: Crowds line up at 1st East Coast pot shops — LEICESTER, Mass. (AP) — People lined up in the rain Tuesday morning to be among the first customers at the first two legal pot shops on the U.S. East Coast, more than two years after Massachusetts voters approved of recreational marijuana for adults.
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Christina Prignano / BostonGlobe.com:
In reversal, Representative Joe Kennedy calls for marijuana legalization nationwide
In reversal, Representative Joe Kennedy calls for marijuana legalization nationwide
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STAT, Talking Points Memo, Boston Globe, Hit & Run, Roll Call and IJR
Josh Barbanel / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Employees Join the Rush to Buy Long Island City Condos — Real-estate brokers in the Queens, N.Y., neighborhood are seeing a sharp uptick in interest, and deals — Condo sales in Long Island City are suddenly soaring, thanks to Amazon.com Inc.'s decision to open a headquarters in the Queens, N.Y., neighborhood.
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ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, CNBC and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
2020 Democratic contenders already eyeing top staff in Iowa — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Andrew Turner was driving Iowa's Democratic candidate for state auditor back to Des Moines last month when a potential presidential contender called to make an introduction. It was one of many such overtures the 23-year-old has fielded.
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Axios and NY State of Politics
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
McConnell Feels the Heat From the Right to Bring Criminal Justice Bill to a Vote — WASHINGTON — In the past three years, Senator Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, blocked a Democratic Supreme Court nominee for more than a year, pushed through an army of conservative judges …
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CBS News:
Americans divide along partisan lines over protecting special counsel - CBS News poll — Seven in 10 Americans think President Trump should allow the Russia investigation to continue, and a slight majority think Congress should pass legislation to prevent Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire