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9:05 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.
New York Times:
Watching the Raid Was Like a Movie, the President Said.  Except There Was No Live Audio.  —  Surveillance video provided a dramatic portrait of action outside the al-Baghdadi compound, but could not show what happened in an underground tunnel where the ISIS leader died.
New York Post:   Rot in Hell, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Baghdadi Is Dead. The War on Terror Will Create Another.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Brett McGurk / Washington Post:
Baghdadi's death underscores what we've lost by abandoning Syria's Kurds
Daniel Byman / Lawfare:
Al-Baghdadi's Death ... and That Presidential Speech
Newsweek:
ISIS already has a new leader, but Baghdadi may not have been running the group anyway
Discussion: New York Post
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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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 …
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
Alaa Abdeldaiem / Sports Illustrated:
President Donald Trump Booed at Game 5 of World Series  —  Fans loudly chanted “lock him up” when Trump was shown on the big screen at Nationals Park.  —  President Donald Trump was greeted with loud boos from the crowd at Game 5 of the World Series between the Nationals and Astros on Sunday.
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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What the booing of Trump says about his presidency  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NOBODY OUGHT TO BE SURPRISED that the president was booed at Nats Park, in a city where more than 90% of voters choose his opponent in 2016.  What was striking, though, was that the reaction came …
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Democratic Rep. Katie Hill messed up, but she should not have resigned  —  I really wish U.S. Rep. Katie Hill had not resigned.  —  The Antelope Valley freshman Democrat has been charged with no crime, is going through what appears to be a miserable divorce, has always been frank …
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) to resign from Congress amid ethics investigation
Washington Post:
‘It feels like a horror movie’: Republicans feel anxious and adrift defending Trump  —  Republican senators are lost and adrift as the impeachment inquiry enters its second month, navigating the grave threat to President Trump largely in the dark, frustrated by the absence of a credible case …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Moving Closer to Trump, Impeachment Inquiry Faces Critical Test  —  Investigators have been building their case rapidly.  But the closer they get to the president, the more complicated their work will become.  —  WASHINGTON — House impeachment investigators are speeding toward …
Discussion: CBS News
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Washington Post:
Sen. Johnson, ally of Trump and Ukraine, surfaces in crucial episodes in the saga  —  Sen. Ron Johnson met in July with a former Ukrainian diplomat who has circulated unproven claims that Ukrainian officials assisted Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, a previously unreported contact …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:   WH official won't testify in impeachment probe without order
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden says Trump is ‘an idiot’ for calling Russian election interference a ‘hoax’
Discussion: Breitbart, Political Wire and The Hill
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden joins Warren, Sanders with Super Tuesday focus  —  Joe Biden is expanding his presidential campaign footprint in Super Tuesday states and a general election battleground in the latest sign that Democrats' top White House contenders foresee a potentially lengthy nominating process in 2020.
Discussion: The Hill
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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: Politico and Breitbart
Elizabeth Drew / USA Today:
You don't have to break a law to be impeached.  Trump's defenders need a better argument.  —  The Founders made clear that an impeachable or convictable offense need not be a crime.  Hamilton said it applied to ‘the misconduct of public men.’  —  CONNECT
Financial Times:
Brexit: EU agrees extension as Boris Johnson looks to trigger UK election — latest news … Breathing space for Westminster  —  As eyes now turn to Westminster where the debate over when to schedule an election moves centre stage, here is a recap as to what this morning's development means …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Politico:
France yields on January 31 Brexit extension
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’
Judd at Popular Information / Popular Information:
Facebook allows prominent right-wing website to break the rules  —  The Daily Wire, the right-wing website founded by pundit Ben Shapiro, is a cesspool of misogyny, bigotry, and misinformation.  Its toxic content is also fantastically successful on Facebook, with each story reaching more people than any other major media outlet.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
President of Major U.S. Union Accused of Sexual Harassment
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