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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
‘This Week’ Transcript 11-25-18: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Sherrod Brown
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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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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Dershowitz: Mueller report will be ‘devastating’ politically for Trump
Dershowitz: Mueller report will be ‘devastating’ politically for Trump
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Townhall and Law & Crime
Christopher Sherman / Associated Press:
Migrants march toward US border in show of force — TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Several hundred Central American migrants on Sunday pushed past a blockade of Mexican police standing guard near the international border crossing between Tijuana and California to pressure the U.S to hear their asylum claims.
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Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
US shuts down major San Diego port of entry as migrants rush border — (CNN)US Customs and Border Protection has closed road and pedestrian bridges in both directions at the San Ysidro port of entry, one of the largest land border crossings between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico.
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Associated Press:
Tear gas fired at migrants at U.S.-Mexico border — TIJUANA, Mexico — Hundreds of migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after several tried to make it past fencing and wire separating the two countries. — Earlier in the morning …
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Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
US agents fire tear gas at migrants in start of border clashes with Mexico — U.S. Customs and Border Protection closed a section of the southern border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at a group of migrants that tried to breach a fence separating the two countries.
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EEAS:
Statement by the Spokesperson on the escalating tensions in the Azov Sea — The tensions in the Azov Sea and Kerch Strait have increased dangerously today, after an incident this morning between Russian and Ukrainian naval vessels as the latter were attempting to pass through the Kerch strait …
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Washington Post:
Black Sea standoff intensifies tensions between Russia, Ukraine — MOSCOW — Russia and Ukraine accused each other of provoking an incident at sea on Sunday, rapidly escalating tensions between the neighbors and spurring Moscow to close a vital water route the two nations use.
BBC:
Russia fires on and seizes Ukraine ships, Ukrainian navy says — Ukraine's navy says Russia has fired on and seized three of its vessels off the coast of the annexed Crimea, in a major escalation of tensions. — It said two gunboats and a tug were captured by Russian special forces after a chase.
RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Kyiv Says Russia Attacked Ukrainian Navy Ships, Seized Three In Black Sea
Kyiv Says Russia Attacked Ukrainian Navy Ships, Seized Three In Black Sea
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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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Reuters:
U.S. judge orders former Trump campaign adviser Papadopoulos to jail
U.S. judge orders former Trump campaign adviser Papadopoulos to jail
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Papadopoulos ordered to jail Monday
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“It Makes Sense Now”: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Tie the Knot in a Secret Washington D.C. Ceremony — The Morning Joe co-hosts made it official during an intimate Saturday ceremony at the National Archives, in front of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, officiated by Rep. Elijah Cummings.
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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.
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
More Republicans challenge Trump on defense of Saudi crown prince
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Axios:
Trump to Iraqi PM: How about that oil? — President Trump twice raised to the Iraqi prime minister the idea of repaying America for its wars with Iraqi oil, a highly controversial ask that runs afoul of international norms and logic, according to sources with direct knowledge.
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Political Wire
Washington Post:
Democrats' Senate losses jeopardize national spotlight for possible 2020 hopeful — Senate Democrats' midterm losses have created a dilemma for the party's leadership over a key committee seat held by Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), a prospective 2020 presidential contender who is at risk …
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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The Gateway Pundit, IJR and Front Page Magazine
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 …
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Ryan Lillis / Sacramento Bee:
Generators, Coors and canned food. How these ‘mountain boys’ are surviving in Paradise — PARADISE — Brad Weldon has lived in Paradise his entire life, and wasn't about to leave his home or his blind, 90-year-old mother behind when the Camp Fire hit. — And he's not going to leave …
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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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