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7:40 AM ET, November 4, 2019

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds  —  Signs that the president's advantage in the Electoral College has persisted or even increased since 2016.  —  Despite low national approval ratings and the specter of impeachment, President Trump remains highly competitive …
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Dems tiptoe around ‘Pocahontas’ and Hunter as Trump licks his chops  —  “Pocahontas?”  A racial slur unfit for discussion.  Bernie's heart attack?  Out of bounds.  Questions about Hunter Biden's business dealings?  Stop carrying Donald Trump's water.  —  To listen to 2020 Democrats …
Christian Toto / Hollywood in Toto:
‘SNL’ Goes Full Pravda for ‘President’ Elizabeth Warren
Discussion: YouTube
Associated Press:
Trump threatens to cut US funding for California wildfires  —  LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump is threatening to cut U.S. funding to California for aid during wildfires that have burned across the state during dry winds this fall.  —  Trump tweeted Sunday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom has done a …
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
As wildfires burn across California, President Trump lashes out at the state on Twitter
Discussion: Political Wire
Fox News:
Kellyanne Conway on White House response to House Democrats' impeachment push  —  Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway joins Chris Wallace on ‘Fox News Sunday.’
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ABC News:
4 White House officials slated for depositions in impeachment inquiry not expected to show up  —  Four White House officials slated for closed-door depositions Monday are not expected to show up on Capitol Hill despite the threat of subpoena from the committees leading the growing impeachment inquiry …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's impeachment inbox
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Did Trump just threaten a shutdown over impeachment?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP just made this month much more ... interesting.  Speaking on the South Lawn on Sunday, the president left the door open to a government shutdown in 17 days.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Democrats don't have a candidate who would beat Trump in Texas today, poll finds  —  President Donald Trump would win head-to-head races with the top Democratic candidates right now, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. … None of the top Democrats seeking …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:   As Warren Gains in Race, Wall Street Sounds the Alarm
Axios:
How an impeached Trump wins  —  President Trump is showing how he could be impeached, survive and still win re-election, something never done before in American history.  —  Between the lines: Trump officials think two things must unfold for this to happen: Republicans must stay unified …
Discussion: Breitbart and Deseret News
Axios:
Behind the scenes: How Trump still gets his NYT and WaPo fix  —  If you were skeptical that President Trump would give up his lifelong habit of reading the New York Times, you were right to be.  —  Driving the news: Sources familiar with the president's iPhone told Axios that the president maintains …
Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost and Raw Story
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
In China, every day is Kristallnacht  —  In China, every day is Kristallnacht.  —  Eighty-one years ago this week, in what is also known as the “Night of Broken Glass,” hundreds of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in Nazi Germany were damaged or destroyed, along with thousands of Jewish-owned businesses.
David Catron / The American Spectator:
Elizabeth Warren's Health Care Chimera  —  Medicare-for-all would be unaffordable for taxpayers and unhealthy for patients.  —  YouTube screenshot  —  Economist Jonathan Gruber famously attributed the passage of Obamacare to “the stupidity of the American voter.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Is Tested in Iowa as Rivals Gain Ground
Discussion: Twitchy and Political Wire
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Manafort Spread Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Months Before 2016 Election  —  Documents from the special counsel's inquiry show that President Trump's former campaign chairman shared the theory shortly after stolen Democratic emails were published that June.  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort …
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Vivi Vitalone / NBC News:
Trump's Syria pullout follows years of Kurdish struggle  —  “They really did feel that this time, they should not be abandoned and betrayed,” political analyst Shivan Fazil said.  —  The Kurdish expression “No friends but the mountains” has become more painfully true in recent weeks.
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Atthar Mirza / Washington Post:
Trump's false claim of ‘centuries’ of fighting between Turks and Kurds
BBC:
India air pollution at ‘unbearable levels’, Delhi minister says  —  Air pollution in the north of India has “reached unbearable levels,” the capital Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says.  —  In many areas of Delhi air quality deteriorated into the “hazardous” category on Sunday with the potential to cause respiratory illnesses.
Michael Weiss / The Daily Beast:
Here's How the KGB Knew You'd Be a Traitor: an Exclusive Look at Its Recruitment Manual  —  The bottom line for spy recruitment comes down to this: look for the losers, especially the ones who want to think they are winners because they hang on to important positions.  —  BEAST INSIDE
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Washington Post:
Unemployment is climbing in key swing states, including Michigan and Wisconsin  —  There's been a steady increase of people coming to the St. Vincent de Paul Society's food pantry in Marinette, Wis., a small city of about 10,000 just across the border from Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Vasco Cotovio / CNN:
Norway arrests US white supremacist ahead of far-right conference  —  (CNN)Norwegian authorities have arrested a high-profile American white supremacist, hours before he was due to give a speech at a far-right conference in Oslo on Saturday.  —  The detained American, Greg Johnson …
Fox News:
Fox News Poll results October 27-30, 2019  —  Full Fox News Poll results from October 27-30, 2019.
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New York Post:
Fox News poll says 49 percent of voters want Trump impeached
Discussion: Townhall and HuffPost
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
U.S. embassy takeover anniversary: Iranians chant “death to America”  —  Thousands of Iranians chanted “death to America” as Iran marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover and ensuing hostage crisis in Tehran with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declaring the two countries “implacable foes,” Reuters reports.
Discussion: Fox News, Reuters and Associated Press
 
 
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump calls Ukraine corrupt. He still wanted to build a resort there.
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Amid impeachment circus, the pro-Trump search for dirt on Ukraine, the Bidens, 2016 election goes on
Discussion: MSNBC
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A Conservative Push to Make Trans Kids and School Sports the Next Battleground in the Culture War
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Castro lays into Buttigieg on ‘bad track record’ with African Americans
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill and Politico
Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
After decades visiting his parents in prison, this lawyer wants to be San Francisco's next DA
Elaine Kurtenbach / Associated Press:
US sells business engagement with Asia as trade war drags on
Washington Post:
EPA to scale back federal rules restricting waste from coal-fired power plants
Discussion: CNN and Gizmodo
Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
Impeachment a winner for Democrats? Don't bet on it
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Arab News:
Iraqi protesters storm Iranian consulate in Karbala
Discussion: Axios
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘Slings and arrows’: Impeachment bears down on Susan Collins
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Maria Butina: The Russian accused of trying to influence U.S. policies for the Kremlin
Discussion: Axios
Axios:
2 Texas Republicans agree the party has a diversity crisis. That's where the agreement ends.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Doha Madani / NBC News:
White nationalists caught trying to film video in front of Emmett Till memorial
Discussion: HuffPost
New York Times:
Adam Schiff, a Trump Punching Bag, Takes His Case to a Bigger Ring
 

 
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