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11:40 PM ET, October 17, 2017

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Sanela Sabovic / WPLG-TV:
Trump to widow of Sgt. La David Johnson: ‘He knew what he signed up for’  —  Trump faces controversy after U.S. Army deaths in Africa  —  MIAMI-DADE, Fla. - U.S. President Donald Trump told U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson's widow Tuesday that “he knew what he signed up for …
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Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
‘I was gonna curse him out’: Rep. Wilson describes hearing Trump's phone call with widow of fallen soldier  —  Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) on Tuesday spoke with CNN's Don Lemon about the phone call between Donald Trump and the widow of U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson, explaining she “was gonna curse” the president out.
Discussion: Politico
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Jared Kushner Adds Charles Harder to Legal Team As West Wing Pressure Mounts  —  On Friday, Reince Priebus testified for hours with lawyers on special counsel Robert Mueller's team.  While Priebus has been careful not to criticize the president openly, sources who have spoken to him say he's …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Spicer interviewed by Mueller's team  —  The former press secretary met with prosecutors in the Russia probe on Monday.  —  President Donald Trump's former press secretary Sean Spicer met with special counsel Robert Mueller's team on Monday for an interview that lasted much of the day …
The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Uses John Kelly's Dead Son to Trash Obama … On Tuesday morning, the White House, not just President Donald Trump, went out of its way to turn Chief of Staff John Kelly's dead son into a political football for the purpose of attacking Barack Obama's character.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, ThinkProgress and IJR
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Internal White House documents allege manufacturing decline increases abortions, infertility, and spousal abuse  —  White House officials working on trade policy were alarmed last month when a top adviser to President Trump circulated a two-page document that alleged a weakened manufacturing sector leads …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights
Discussion: RedState
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump invokes death of John Kelly's son in furor over calls to fallen soldiers
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump: Ask Kelly whether Obama called after his son was killed in action
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House says Obama didn't call Kelly after his son's death
CNBC:
Canada, Mexico to firmly reject US NAFTA proposals but will offer to keep negotiations going: Sources
Discussion: IJR
Molly Ringwald / New Yorker:
All the Other Harvey Weinsteins  —  The tale of Harvey Weinstein is now a thread that has tangled its way through Hollywood, connecting women, mostly actresses, in a depressingly common way.  We all seem to have a Harvey story, each one a little different but with essentially the same nauseating pattern and theme.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Bob Weinstein Accused of Sexual Harassment by TV Showrunner  —  A female showrunner who worked on the Weinstein Co. drama “The Mist” has accused Bob Weinstein of sexual harassment during the production of the Spike TV series.  —  Amanda Segel, an executive producer of “Mist,” …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Save the Phony Weinstein Outrage, Republicans
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Post
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Roy Moore, Doug Jones neck-and-neck in Alabama Senate race  —  Republican Roy Moore, the anti-Republican establishment candidate, is tied at 42 percent apiece with Democrat Doug Jones in the U.S. Senate race in deep-red Alabama.  —  A Fox News Poll also finds that among …
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Julia Glum / Newsweek:
HOW HILLARY CLINTON STILL CAN, AND SHOULD, BECOME PRESIDENT AFTER THE TRUMP-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION  —  Sure, it's been more than 340 days since Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton, but there's still one very narrow, highly unlikely and entirely unprecedented way that Clinton could become president.
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The Hill:
FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
The Other Russia Scandal  —  One woman wrecking ball.
Discussion: Instapundit and RedState
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
New poll predicts unprecedented defeat for House Republicans in 2018  —  Congressional Democrats have opened up huge leads among voters, while the GOP struggles under their unpopular leadership.  —  For Republicans peering into the near future, none of the electoral news in the Trump era looks good.
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Washington Post:
Twelve days of silence, then a swipe at Obama: How Trump handled four dead soldiers  —  On Oct. 4, the day four U.S. Special Forces soldiers were gunned down at the border of Niger and Mali in the deadliest combat incident since President Trump took office, the commander in chief was lighting …
Discussion: Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Khan family blasts Trump's comments on fallen soldiers
Discussion: AOL
The Hill:
Trump speaks to families of Green Berets killed in Niger
Discussion: RedState and The Resurgent
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Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Russian troll factory paid US activists to help fund protests during election
Discussion: Raw Story, Mother Jones and ABC News
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Clinton lawyer pounds CNN's Chris Cillizza on email analysis piece  —  CNN politics reporter and editor-at-large Chris Cillizza grabbed his Outrage-Timing Stopwatch.  He used this device to count the number of days that had passed before former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton denounced …
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed:
This Is What A 21st-Century Police State Really Looks Like  —  KASHGAR, China — This is a city where growing a beard can get you reported to the police.  So can inviting too many people to your wedding, or naming your child Muhammad or Medina.  —  Driving or taking a bus to a neighboring town …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump calls for Congress to fix ‘ObamaCare mess,’ end ‘bailouts’ for insurers  —  President Trump on Tuesday evening praised bipartisan efforts in the Senate to find compromise on stabilizing the nation's health-care markets while calling on lawmakers to end “bailouts” for insurers.
Discussion: IJR
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Alexander, Murray strike bipartisan Obamacare deal providing subsidies, state flexibility
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Trump issues warning to McCain after senator's tough speech  —  https://apnews.com/cd337697c2f04726b690 76627c014eb7  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a warning shot after Republican Sen. John McCain questioned “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in America's foreign policy.
Bloomberg:
Smartphones Are Killing Americans, But Nobody's Counting  —  Amid a historic spike in U.S. traffic fatalities, federal data on the danger of distracted driving are getting worse.  —  , and  —  Jennifer Smith doesn't like the term “accident.”  It implies too much chance and too little culpability.
Discussion: Chicago Boyz and New York Magazine
Paraic O'Brien / Channel 4 News:
Exclusive: Neo-Nazi and National Front organiser quits movement, opens up about Jewish heritage, comes out as gay  —  After a lifetime of involvement with the far-right Kevin Wilshaw announces on Channel 4 News that he is leaving the movement - at the same time publicly coming out as gay.
Discussion: Raw Story
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Morning Joe rips evangelical hypocrites: ‘Donald Trump is the antithesis of everything Jesus Christ said’  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped congressional Republicans and conservative Christians for allowing themselves to be used by President Donald Trump.  —  The “Morning Joe” …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump leaning toward former pharma exec for health secretary  —  President Donald Trump is leaning toward nominating Alex Azar, a former pharmaceutical industry executive and George W. Bush administration official, to serve as Health and Human Services secretary, according to two White House officials.
Wall Street Journal:
George Soros Transfers $18 Billion to His Foundation, Creating an Instant Giant  —  The pioneer of hedge-fund investing has transferred the bulk of his wealth to Open Society Foundations  —  George Soros, who built one of the world's largest fortunes through a famous series of trades …
 
 
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
NFL policy on anthem kneeling unchanged, despite Trump rebuke
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New York Times:
Google Serves Fake News Ads in an Unlikely Place: Fact-Checking Sites
Barry Meier / New York Times:
Inside a Secretive Group Where Women Are Branded
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Secretary of State's office considers proposals to implement new voter ID law
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge: DACA legal advice must be made public
Washington Post:
Heritage Foundation considers top White House aide, Cubs co-owner as next leader
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
‘Dr. Doom’ Faber: ‘Thank God white people populated America’
 Earlier Items: 
Emilia Petrarca / thecut:
Ivanka Trump Says She Had a ‘Punk Phase’ …
Discussion: Mashable
Madeline Farber / Fox News:
Roofers in Maine stop work to respect national anthem, flag
Discussion: IJR, AOL, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Senate Subpoenas Former Trump Adviser Carter Page
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Trump's net worth drops $600 million on Forbes' rich list, falls 92 spots
 

 
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Tariq Panja / New York Times:
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