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Roey Hadar / ABC News:
Mueller report will be ‘devastating’ for the president: Frequent Trump defender — Alan Dershowitz, a frequent defender of President Donald Trump, said special counsel Robert Mueller's report will be “devastating” for the president. — The Harvard Law professor emeritus told ABC News Chief …
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David Taylor / The Guardian:
‘He has moved incredibly quickly’: Mueller nears Trump endgame — A new urgency surrounds the Russia investigation, with Donald Trump Jr and longtime Trump ally Roger Stone in legal peril — Donald Trump only has himself to blame for Robert Mueller's return to public life.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 11-25-18: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Sherrod Brown — A rush transcript of a special edition of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
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Kris Schneider / ABC News:
Ohioans eyeing 2020? Kasich, Brown ‘very seriously’ consider runs against Trump
Ohioans eyeing 2020? Kasich, Brown ‘very seriously’ consider runs against Trump
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Haley Britzky / Axios:
Congressmen who've seen classified intel dispute Trump on Khashoggi killing — Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) all disagree with President Trump's assertion that the CIA has not concluded that crown prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
More Republicans challenge Trump on defense of Saudi crown prince — Congressional Republicans continued to line up this weekend to criticize President Trump over his defense of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the CIA believes ordered the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Katie Paul / Reuters:
Senior Saudi prince says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi conclusion
Senior Saudi prince says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi conclusion
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Washington Post:
Ex-Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos must report to prison Monday, judge orders — A federal judge on Sunday ruled that George Papadopoulos must report to prison as scheduled on Monday, rejecting a bid from the former Trump campaign adviser to delay the start of his prison sentence …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Papadopoulos ordered to jail Monday
Washington Post:
Trump demands action to reduce deficit, pushes new deficit spending — President Trump is demanding top advisers craft a plan to reduce the country's ballooning budget deficits, but the president has flummoxed his own aides by repeatedly seeking new spending while ruling out measures needed to address the country's unbalanced budget.
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Ukraine Interactive map:
Russian has opened fire on one of Ukrainian boats, at least one sailor wounded — Video from FSB helicopter showing Russian ships harassing Ukrainian boats this morning … Photo of vessel that blocked Kerch Strait earlier today — Lithuania MFA Linas Linkevicius: Strongly condemn Russia's move …
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Bermet Talant / KyivPost:
Ukrainian Navy: Russia's coast guard opens fire on Ukrainian boats in the Azov Sea (DEVELOPING) — Russian authotiries have blocked the passage under the Kerch bridge with a freight carrier on Nov. 25, 2018. (Kerch-Info) — The Ukrainian Navy has reported that Russian coast guard boats opened fire …
James Arkin / Politico:
Alabama GOP: Sessions not guaranteed to win back his old seat — Republicans are certain they can win back the Alabama Senate seat they lost in spectacular fashion last year. They just aren't sure whether Jeff Sessions is the one to do it. — Sessions' name surfaced as a potential candidate immediately …
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CNN:
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith pushed resolution praising Confederate soldier's effort to ‘defend his homeland’ — Photo surfaces of Senator with Confederate artifacts — (CNN)Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith once promoted a measure that praised a Confederate soldier's effort to …
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Buster Olney / Popular Information:
Major League Baseball donates $5000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith
Major League Baseball donates $5000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith
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Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Andrea Long Chu's Fake Vagina — Sit down and read this essay in The New York Times by Andrea Long Chu. It is, inadvertently, an icon of our radically disordered culture. Here's how it starts: … Could there possibly be a more succinct statement of our very particular cultural madness?
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Andrea Long Chu / New York Times:
My New Vagina Won't Make Me Happy
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
First caravan-related violence reported in U.S. as rocks thrown at Border Patrol — The Border Patrol reported the first major instance of migrant caravan-related violence Saturday, saying a Honduran man threw rocks at agents to try to keep from being arrested Friday in Arizona.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Internal documents Facebook has fought to keep private obtained by UK Parliament — New York (CNN)The British Parliament has obtained a set of internal Facebook documents the social media giant has fought for months to stop from being made public, according to Facebook and a lawyer involved in a suit against the company.
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S. Matthew Liao / New York Times:
Do You Have a Moral Duty to Leave Facebook?
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
‘Never Trump’ Republicans went Democrat in 2018. Are they gone for good? — Mocked as irrelevant after President Trump's election, voters who leaned Republican in prior races handed Democrats huge wins in suburban districts. — WASHINGTON — Kristin Olsen, who until 2016 led …
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
A Little Free Library honored Michelle Obama. Vandals tagged it 'Trump's'. — The Little Free Library went up a week after the inauguration, its wooden walls painted to evoke the White House eight blocks away. But if the book box coincided with President Trump taking office, its tiny plaque pined for the previous administration.
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Peter Berkowitz / Real Clear Politics:
Liberal Education as an Antidote to Identity Politics — Donald Trump's presidency has provoked an outpouring of anguished commentary about the norms — that is, customary behavior and moral standards — that underlie liberal democracy in America. The president has certainly disrupted settled patterns …
BBC:
Migrant caravan: Mexican officials deny US border deal — Mexico's incoming foreign minister has said discussions on how to deal with migrants travelling to the United States are continuing despite reports a deal has been reached. — Marcelo Ebrard denied reaching an agreement …
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