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9:05 AM ET, November 26, 2018

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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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BBC:
Migrant caravan: Mexico to deport group which stormed US border  —  Mexico will deport almost 500 migrants who attempted to storm the US border, according to its interior ministry.  —  The group were rounded up after trying to cross the border “violently” and “illegally” on Sunday, the ministry said in a statement.
Washington Post:
U.S. closes major crossing as caravan migrants mass at border in Mexico
sandiegouniontribune.com:
Southbound lanes into Mexico reopened after five-hour closure
Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
US shuts down major San Diego port of entry as migrants rush border
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Russia attacks and seizes three Ukrainian naval vessels off the coast of Crimea in Black Sea  —  Ukraine mobilized all of its naval personnel and ships after Russia seized three of its vessels off the coast of Crimea, which it annexed in 2014.  —  Ukraine convened an emergency meeting …
Discussion: CNBC, president.gov.ua and TASS
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine, After Naval Clash With Russia, Considers Martial Law
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Washington Post:
Black Sea standoff intensifies tensions between Russia, Ukraine
Discussion: RT and Mother Jones
Zoya Sheftalovich / Politico:
Russia reopens Kerch Strait after Ukrainian confrontation: report
Discussion: NPR, TASS and One America News Network
Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review:
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies  —  When Chinese researchers first edited the genes of a human embryo in a lab dish in 2015, it sparked global outcry and pleas from scientists not to make a baby using the technology, at least for the present.  —  Recommended for You
Discussion: The American Conservative and RT
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Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: First gene-edited babies claimed in China  —  HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.
James Arkin / Politico:
'We don't want an Alabama': Hyde-Smith has Republicans holding their breath  —  Republicans think Cindy Hyde-Smith will ultimately pull out a win in Mississippi's special Senate election on Tuesday.  But they say the race has tightened — and after what happened in Alabama last year, they're on edge.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Shutdown watch  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WELL, HERE WE ARE.  It's Monday, and by next Friday, a chunk of government is slated to shut down.  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP also wants funding for his border wall by Dec. 7.  Seven spending bills need to pass in the next 11 days …
Discussion: New York Times
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
The chaos behind Donald Trump's policy of family separation at the border  —  A 60 Minutes investigation has found the separations that dominated headlines this summer began earlier and were greater in number than the Trump administration admits  —  This past week, a federal judge struck down the president's latest immigration order.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Monopolization of America  —  In one industry after another, big companies have become more dominant over the past 15 years, new data show.  —  The popular telling of the Boston Tea Party gets something wrong.  The colonists were not responding to a tax increase.
Washington Post:
In the United States, right-wing violence is on the rise  —  As a Republican, Mitchell Adkins complained of feeling like an outcast at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. “Hardcore liberals” made fun of him, he wrote, and he faced “discrimination on a daily basis.”  He soon dropped out and enrolled in trade school.
Discussion: Axios
Lee Smith / Washington Times:
Defending America First foreign policy  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  President Trump's statement this week in defense of an America First foreign policy has united what otherwise appears to be a divided foreign policy establishment.  —  While Washington demands Mr. Trump punish Saudi Arabia's …
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New York Times:
A Chance to Repair America's Image Abroad
Discussion: Axios
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
New Book Gives Voice to Trump's Claims of a Vast Conspiracy Against Him  —  A new book by two informal advisers to President Trump aims to buttress his claim that he is the victim of a vast conspiracy inside the federal government, and it includes an interview with Mr. Trump in which he repeats …
Chris Lisinski / Lowell Sun Online:
Anti-Pelosi effort raises questions for Moulton  —  Sixteen representatives and representatives-elect, led in their opposition by U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, signed a letter Monday pledging not to support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for another term as speaker of the House.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Another rebel Dem softens on opposing Pelosi for speaker
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
White House lacks lawyers to deal with empowered Democrats  —  The White House counsel's office is down to a skeletal staff, potentially leaving them unprepared to deal with a flood of subpoenas for documents and witnesses when Democrats take control of the House.
Discussion: Raw Story
Maya Rao / Star Tribune:
Fresh from big Minnesota win, Sen. Amy Klobuchar swept up in presidential speculation  —  It hasn't been a month since Election Day, but Democrats are starting to search for an opponent to President Donald Trump in two years.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  WASHINTON - Two weeks before she was resoundingly re-elected …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
Flashback: Despite Twitter's Protests, The Stifling of Conservative Speech On The Platform Is Real.  —  UPDATE: People seem to want more, and although there's nothing duller than posting a screed on why you're quitting a platform, here's the gist: I've never liked Twitter even though I've used it.
Los Angeles Times:
California Democratic Party chairman under investigation over allegations of sexual misconduct  —  The California Democratic Party has launched an investigation into unspecified allegations of sexual misconduct against Chairman Eric Bauman involving party staff members.
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
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.
Discussion: New Republic and Political Wire
 
 
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How a Liberal Couple Became Two of N.Y.'s Biggest Trump Supporters
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BBC:
Matthew Hedges: British academic pardoned by UAE
Discussion: Politico, NPR and The Guardian
Politico:
Franken scandal haunts Gillibrand's 2020 chances
Rebecca Rosenberg / Page Six:
Manhattan DA won't be filing financial charges against Harvey Weinstein
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Capitol Hill boys' club braces for scores of new female members
New York Times:
It's Not Just Trump in House Democrats' Cross Hairs. His Family Is, Too.
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Liberal Jews are still turning a blind eye to anti-Semitism on the left
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Army Ranger mortally wounded in operation against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, military says
Joshua Holland / Raw Story:
Ayn Rand raged against government benefits — but grabbed Social Security and Medicare when she needed them
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
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