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U.S. Department of Justice:
Maryland Nuclear Engineer and Spouse Arrested on Espionage-Related Charges  —  Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Maryland, were arrested in Jefferson County, West Virginia, by the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on Saturday, Oct. 9.
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Washington Post:
Navy nuclear engineer and his wife charged with trying to share submarine secrets with a foreign country
New York Times:
Navy Nuclear Engineer Attempted Espionage, FBI Says
Discussion: CBS News and KTLA
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan  —  ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country's new Taliban rulers, the Taliban said Sunday.
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David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
U.S. says Taliban talks in Doha were ‘candid and professional’
David Browne / Rolling Stone:
Eric Clapton Isn't Just Spouting Vaccine Nonsense—He's Bankrolling It  —  Eric Clapton went from setting the standard for rock guitar to making ‘full-tilt’ racist rants to becoming an outspoken vaccine skeptic.  Did he change?  Or was he always like this?  —  Cambel McLaughlin thought he was being punked.
Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Trump asked director of national intelligence to probe whether Chinese thermostats changed votes, book claims  —  One-term president ‘intrigued’ by conspiracy theory  —  Trump's Georgia election challenge is ‘insanity,’ CNN commentator says  —  Donald Trump asked intelligence officials …
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:   Trump Asked His Top Intelligence Official to Explore Insane Conspiracy Theory That Chinese Thermostats Changed Votes in the 2020 Election: New Book
Julia Cherner / ABC News:
Trump boasted of crowd size at Jan. 6 riot, new book says
Discussion: CNN
Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
Celebrate Columbus's Achievements  —  We should acknowledge his flaws, but his treatment by the left is reminiscent of communist propaganda.  —  Friends, Americans, citizens of the world, lend me your ears.  I come to bury Christopher Columbus, not to praise him.
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Why the Latest Campus Cancellation Is Different  —  Dorian Abbot is a geophysicist at the University of Chicago.  In recognition of his research on climate change, MIT invited him to deliver the John Carlson Lecture, which takes place every year at a large venue in the Boston area and is meant to …
Discussion: Reason
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
After the Taliban seized their school, Afghanistan's all-female orchestra tried to flee.  Only some escaped.  —  KABUL — The girls came from homes broken by war and poverty to chase an unimaginable future as musicians.  And with grit and determination they succeeded: Some played at Carnegie Hall.
New York Times:
Inside Rikers: Dysfunction, Lawlessness and Detainees in Control  —  With a staffing emergency disrupting the basic functions of the jail system, detainees have had free rein inside.  —  When a detainee decided to hijack a bus inside the Rikers Island jail complex, little was in place to stop him.
Wall Street Journal:
Biggest U.S. Retailers Charter Private Cargo Ships to Sail Around Port Delays  —  Home Depot, Costco and Walmart resort to private charters in push to stock shelves for holiday shoppers  —  Global supply-chain delays are so severe that some of the biggest U.S. retailers have resorted to an extreme …
The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski in Exile: Banned at Trump Properties  —  Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is no longer allowed on Trump properties or at Trump parties after a high-profile donor accused him of sexual misconduct.  —  After a GOP donor accused Corey Lewandowski of sexual misconduct late …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Two Journalists Started an Argument in Boston in 1979.  It's Not Over Yet.  —  A writer for an alt-weekly called out a Boston Globe editor for his “fealty” to the idea of objectivity in a column that reads as if it was written yesterday.  —  In 1979, two journalists got into an argument.
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
There Is Shadow Inflation Taking Place All Around Us  —  Some companies haven't been raising prices.  Instead, they've been cutting back customer services and conveniences, but how should that be measured?  —  Inflation has surged in 2021, with various official measurements of consumer prices rising faster than they have in years.
Laura Bicker / BBC:
Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea  —  The old habits of secrecy haven't left Kim Kuk-song.  —  It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he's still worried about who might be listening.  He wears dark glasses for the camera …
Discussion: Insider
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Southwest Airlines cancels 1,800 flights, blaming weather and staffing  — Southwest has cancelled more than 1,800 flights over the weekend so far.  — The Dallas-based airline blamed the disruptions on air traffic control issues, bad weather and staffing shortfalls.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Educator's Black Lives Matter Email Upends Her District  —  A Black superintendent's email to parents after the killing of George Floyd engulfed a small, predominantly white Maryland community in a yearlong firestorm.  —  CENTREVILLE, Md. — When Andrea Kane sat down to write a letter …
Discussion: The Indian Express
The Intercept:
Steven Mnuchin Stepped In to Prevent Ivanka Trump World Bank Appointment … In January 2019, Jim Yong Kim threw the global financial development sector into a state of disarray: The former academic and health official announced he would be stepping down the following month from his role …
Discussion: The Guardian, Insider and Raw Story
American Greatness:
The Left Got What It Wanted—So Now What?  —  There is no schadenfreude in seeing the Left destroy everything it touches—because its claws tear all of us as well.  —  What was the purpose for the insane opposition of the Left between 2017 and 2021?  To usher in a planned nihilism …
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael Starr / Jerusalem Post:
BBC describes Alfred Dreyfus as ‘notorious Jewish spy’  —  Alfred Dreyfus, subject of the antisemitic Dreyfus Affair that inspired Zionist founding father Theodor Herzl, was described in a BBC drama summary as a “Jewish spy” despite being exonerated.  —  The BBC described Alfred Dreyfus …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
The Biden-Harris train wreck may have its savior: 2024 GOP nominee Donald Trump  —  Former President Trump recently declared he would beat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a potential Republican primary match-up for the party's 2024 presidential nomination.  And based on current polling, he's almost certainly right.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Liberal Democrats have become the mainstream of the party and less willing to compromise with dwindling moderates  —  Moments after President Biden instructed House Democrats to make concessions or risk derailing passage of his economic agenda, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus hastily gathered …
Discussion: pjmedia.com
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker off to $3.7M fundraising start in 2022 Senate race  —  Republican Herschel Walker has raised $3.7 million since launching his campaign for U.S. Senate about five weeks ago, as GOP donors came off the sidelines to support the former Georgia football star.Walker's campaign …
New York Times:
'It's Not Sustainable': What America's Port Crisis Looks Like Up Close  —  An enduring traffic jam at the Port of Savannah reveals why the chaos in global shipping is likely to persist.  —  SAVANNAH, Ga. — Like toy blocks hurled from the heavens, nearly 80,000 shipping containers are stacked …
 
 
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges
Discussion: The Indian Express
Coronavirus:
Italian police arrest far-right party leaders after anti-vaccination riot
Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times:
US workers overwhelmingly comply with Covid vaccine mandates
Abigail Spanberger / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Abigail Spanberger column: The bipartisan infrastructure bill is good for Virginia: Why it needs a vote now
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Families separated by Trump administration at the border still waiting for reunification
Discussion: Insider and The Hill
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
President Joe Biden, right, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a meeting at the Oval Office at the White House, August 27, 2021.Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
 Earlier Items: 
Shannon Thaler / Daily Mail:
Fauci warns vaccinated people to wear masks OUTSIDE this winter even though Covid deaths are decreasing down at same fast rate as hospitalizations
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
Biden administration competency doubts increase
Discussion: New York Magazine
Financial Times:
Moscow's EU envoy urges Europe to fix ties to avoid gas shortages
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Fiona Hill says January 6 was a “dress rehearsal” for future political violence
Discussion: Raw Story
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Nobel Peace Prize for Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov also a warning to U.S. journalists: Do better
Jonathan S. Tobin / Haaretz:
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in WashingtonCredit: Stefani Reynolds,AP