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1:45 AM ET, October 28, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump's Syria Troop Withdrawal Complicated Plans for al-Baghdadi Raid  —  President Trump's abrupt decision to pull forces from northern Syria forced the Pentagon to press ahead with a risky night operation that killed the ISIS leader, military officials said.
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Karina Bland / Arizona Republic:
Parents of Kayla Mueller grateful for death of ISIS leader who held their daughter hostage  —  Terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who the president said was killed during a special forces raid in Syria, had reportedly been the captor and rapistof Arizona's Kayla Mueller, who was taken hostage in 2013.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Fifteen stunning moments from Trump's announcement of al-Baghdadi's death  —  Trump said the ISIS leader “died like a dog, he died like a coward.  He was whimpering, screaming, and crying.”  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …
Newsweek:
U.S. strikes kill ISIS spokesperson one day after Baghdadi's death in Syria raid  —  The CIA has targeted Islamic State militant group (ISIS) spokesperson Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir in a new operation that comes one day after the organization's leader was killed in a Joint Special Operations Command raid, Newsweek has learned.
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Situation Room: 2 photos capture vastly different presidents  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two high-risk raids.  Two dramatic moments in the White House.  —  Photos taken in the White House Situation Room during the killings of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday …
Brett McGurk / Washington Post:
Baghdadi's death underscores what we've lost by abandoning Syria's Kurds  —  Brett McGurk, the Payne distinguished lecturer at Stanford University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, served from 2015 to 2018 as a special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.
Discussion: CNN, NBC News and Outside the Beltway
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Baghdadi Is Dead.  The War on Terror Will Create Another.  —  A U.S. raid doomed the leader of the so-called Islamic State.  But there will be another Baghdadi, and another ISIS, as long as the Forever War keeps going.  —  After U.S. special operations forces dealt a violent end to the leader …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Daniel Byman / Lawfare:
Al-Baghdadi's Death ... and That Presidential Speech  —  The reported killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a special operations forces raid is an important milestone in the war against the Islamic State—and, more generally, in the struggle against terrorism President Trump …
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Al-Baghdadi Raid
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
‘Whimpering, screaming and crying,’ ‘A beautiful dog:’ Trump's vivid account of the Baghdadi raid
Discussion: New York Times, The Hill, CNN and Vox
New York Times:
Watching the Raid Was Like a Movie, the President Said. Except There Was No Live Audio.
Discussion: CNN
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump spins tales on bin Laden, Iraq war
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and Axios
New York Times:
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS Leader Known for His Brutality, Is Dead at 48
Discussion: Mediaite
Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
The Kurds Spotted Baghdadi. The U.S. Abandoned Them Anyway.
Discussion: Axios
CNN:
Trump leaves key Democrats in the dark about Baghdadi raid
Chandelis Duster / CNN:   Kayla Mueller's parents feel ‘grateful’ after US raid that resulted in Baghdadi's death
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   Chris Wallace Questions Pence on Pelosi Not Being Informed of Raid: Does Trump Not Trust Her With Sensitive Info?
Scott Boeck / USA Today:
President Donald Trump greeted with boos at Game 5 of World Series  —  SportsPulse: This may be the most energetic World Series we've seen in a long time.  For both teams, their exuberance on and off the field has been propelled by the joy often seen in Latin baseball culture.  —  CONNECT
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Mike Wise / WUSA:
Source: Nationals owners requested they not have to respond to request to sit with President Trump at Game 5  —  The principal owners of the Nats had a special request of the MLB last week: They had no desire to be put in a position of turning down a request to sit with Trump
Washington Post:
Trump met with sustained boos when introduced at Game 5 of the World Series  —  President Trump was booed during Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night when he made a rare public appearance in a luxury ballpark suite in Democrat-dominated Washington.  —  When the president was announced …
Discussion: Axios, The Week and CNET
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Trump headed to World Series after big national security win
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers  —  Freshman Rep. Katie Hill is resigning from Congress after facing allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships with staffers in her office and on her congressional campaign.
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) to resign from Congress amid ethics investigation
Discussion: KTLA and Balloon Juice
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Joe Biden defends his son Hunter's Ukraine dealings, answers for his gaffes in 60 Minutes interview  —  The former vice president also calls on President Trump to release his tax returns, and explains why his children won't have White House offices  —  Joe Biden spent eight years …
Discussion: New York Post, NB Blog and HuffPost
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden says Trump is ‘an idiot’ for calling Russian election interference a ‘hoax’  —  “The Russians don't want me to be president and Trump doesn't want me to be the nominee,” Biden said.  —  Joe Biden said President Donald Trump is “an idiot” for calling Russia's election interference a …
Discussion: Political Wire, Breitbart and The Hill
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden: Kushner has no ‘credentials’ for White House post
Discussion: Political Wire
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Kamala Harris: “Of course” it's different to run for president as a black woman
Discussion: Breitbart
The Boston Globe:
As his Alzheimer's looms, Charles and Pam Ogletree take one last walk in love  —  CAMBRIDGE — The couple walk shoulder to shoulder, stride for stride, like two people who have walked together a long time.  The man looks steadily ahead and moves with purpose.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Most Pressing Issue for Our Next President Isn't Medicare  —  The 2020 campaign is obsessed with the wrong issue.  —  When Bill Clinton became president, his top legislative priority was health care.  When Barack Obama became president, he first had to prevent a depression, but then he too turned to health care.
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Sally Pipes / Fox News:   Elizabeth Warren misleads Americans on harm and costs of ‘Medicare-for-all’
Corey Williams / Associated Press:
John Conyers, longest serving black congressman, dies at 90  —  DETROIT (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
10 reasons the Democrats are winning on impeachment  —  CNN reported on Friday, “The opening statement of Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, is ‘reverberating’ on Capitol Hill among Republicans, according to GOP Hill sources, who told CNN that Taylor's testimony is a game changer …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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CBS News:
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Los Angeles Times:
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