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Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says — Graphics by Henrik Pettersson, CNN — Istanbul (CNN)One member of the 15-man team suspected in the death of Jamal Khashoggi dressed up in his clothes and was captured …
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Khashoggi Double Sent to Create False Trail in Turkey, Surveillance Images Show — BEIRUT, Lebanon — After the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled in Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a member of the 15-man team that had flown in to confront him put on Mr. Khashoggi's clothes and left …
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Germany halts arms deals with Saudi Arabia, encourages allies to do the same
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Jared Kushner declines to say whether he believes Saudi account of Khashoggi's death
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Trump distances himself from a potential GOP thumping — At his rallies, President Donald Trump argues that the midterm elections are about one person — Donald Trump. “Get out in 2018,” Trump told a crowd in Missouri last month, “because you're voting for me!” — Privately, the president says the exact opposite.
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Battle for the GOP's Soul? Trump Has Won
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Special counsel examines conflicting accounts as scrutiny of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks deepens — In recent weeks, a grand jury in Washington has listened to more than a dozen hours of testimony and FBI technicians have pored over gigabytes of electronic messages as part of the special counsel's quest …
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Florida's culture clash pits Gillum against Trump voters — THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's loyalists here at Florida's premier retirement community fear Andrew Gillum. — It has nothing to do with his race, they insist, when asked about the 39-year-old Democrat …
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Warren Took DNA Test to Help Rebuild ‘Trust in Government’ — Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she changed her mind and took a DNA test proving her heritage because Americans' trust in government is “at an all-time low” and she wants to rebuild it.
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Warren took DNA test to rebuild ‘trust in government’
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Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS — As Michael Avenatti floats a 2020 presidential run, court records reveal the lawyer and his companies owed millions in unpaid taxes and judgments. — Kate Briquelet — On the Fourth of July, Michael Avenatti suited …
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Malta academic in Trump probe has history of vanishing acts — SWIEQI, Malta (AP) — It was her last day of class and Leida Ruvina was getting suspicious. — The Albanian student had just finished the first module in what was purported to be a doctoral program co-administered …


Black Voters in Georgia Fear Brian Kemp is Rigging The Election — The man running for governor also oversees the election as Secretary of State. He's also sitting on voter registrations, sparking a wave of skepticism among voters. — Patricia Murphy — Bibb County, Ga. …


Two in Three Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-six percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, another new high in Gallup's trend over nearly half a century. The latest figure marks the third consecutive year that support on the measure has increased and established a new record.
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In Win for Trump, Merkel Changes Course on U.S. Gas Imports — Chancellor calls her decision to open Germany up to U.S. liquefied natural gas a ‘strategic’ move — BERLIN—Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered government support to efforts to open up Germany to U.S. gas …
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Tribalism Isn't Our Democracy's Main Problem. The Conservative Movement Is. — A pernicious force was hollowing out American democracy. It had neutered Congress, and lobotomized the electorate. Lawmakers had become incapable of taking action on many of the day's most pressing issues …


Dem Senate hopes shift from winning majority to limiting losses — Republicans could lock up a multi-cycle Senate majority by winning Indiana and other states like it this fall. — INDIANAPOLIS — Democratic hopes of winning the Senate have faded in the final weeks of the 2018 election …
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Bolton relays Trump's message to Russia: U.S. out of arms control treaty — National Security Adviser John Bolton has relayed to his Russian counterpart in “strong, clear and precise words” exactly what President Trump said on the Nevada tarmac on Saturday: “We're going to terminate the agreement …
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Trump Plans to Tear Up a 31-Year-Old Nuclear Weapons Treaty. Now What?
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Manchin increases lead in new Gray TV West Virginia poll — WASHINGTON (Gray DC) — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is now 16 percentage points ahead of his Republican challenger, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. That's according to a new Gray Television poll released Monday.
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The Mooch interprets what the White House was like through dance — Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci stopped by The Post in advance of his upcoming book, “Trump The Blue-Collar President,” out Oct. 23. Watch as his historic tenure in the White House...


Tax cuts a bust for Republicans in midterms — Republicans thought their massive tax overhaul would be the centerpiece of their midterm strategy. But It turns out they were so wrong they've been barely mentioning the $1.5 trillion tax cut on the campaign trail.


Joachim Ronneberg, Leader of Raid That Thwarted a Nazi Atomic Bomb, Dies at 99 — The Norwegian saboteurs skied across the Telemark pine forest in winter whites, phantom apparitions gliding over moonlit snow. They halted at a steep river gorge and gazed down at a humming hydroelectric power plant …
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Next time you wonder why New York Times people get so defensive, read this. — It may help explain. — The readers of the New York Times have more power now. They have more power because they have more choices. Because the internet, where most of the reading happens, is inherently two-way.


Companies are on the hook if their hiring algorithms are biased — Between 2014 and 2017 Amazon tried to build an algorithmic system to analyze resumes and suggest the best hires. An anonymous Amazon employee called it the “holy grail” if it actually worked. — But it didn't.


The Army Ordered an Unvarnished History of the Iraq War—and Hasn't Released It — The service's chief wanted to memorialize lessons from the conflict before memories faded. A draft was finished in 2016. It has yet to be published. — WASHINGTON—Army chief of staff Gen. Ray Odierno issued …


The temptations of Twitter: Why social media is still a minefield for journalists — Politico editor-in-chief John Harris became the most recent high-profile journalist to slip up on Twitter, where there is a temptation to stray from reporting. — Politico editor-in-chief John Harris …
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