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3:50 PM ET, October 18, 2017

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Washington Post:
Trump disputes account of his call with soldier's widow.  But congresswoman who heard exchange says it was ‘horrible.’  —  President Trump in a tweet Wednesday denied that he had told the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Africa this month that her husband “must have known what he signed up for.”
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Associated Press:
Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead  —  https://apnews.com/d3bf716591bd49d4a8a8 6f229efe900f  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — After her Army son died in an armored vehicle rollover in Syria in May, Sheila Murphy says, she got no call or letter from President Donald Trump …
WPLG-TV:
Trump to widow of Sgt. La David Johnson: ‘He knew what he signed up for’  —  President faces controversy after US Army deaths in Africa  —  MIAMI - President Donald Trump told U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson's widow Tuesday that “he knew what he signed up for ... but when it happens …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just said his comment to a war widow was ‘fabricated.’ In an interview, the witness pushes back.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  President Trump appears unable to resist getting drawn into public battles involving figures who are far more vulnerable and sympathetic than he is, and true to form …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
White House staff drafted Niger sympathy statement for Trump that was never released  —  The president has been criticized for his prolonged silence and for then making an allegedly callous statement to one of the widows.  —  A staffer at the National Security Council drafted a statement …
Discussion: NBC News
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Mother of fallen soldier: ‘Trump did disrespect’ my family
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   Trump doubles down; says he didn't make controversial remark to widow
CNN:
Trump: Dem congresswoman ‘totally fabricated’ his remarks to widow of fallen soldier
Julia Manchester / The Hill:   Fallen soldiers' families say they haven't heard from Trump: report
Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Was Warned Repeatedly About This Fake Account Run By A Russian Troll Farm And Refused To Take It Down  —  The account was one of hundreds created by Russia's Internet Research Agency and drew 136,000 followers by tweeting divisive messages in the name of the Tennessee Republican Party.
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Casey Michel / ThinkProgress:
Trump personally thanked fake Twitter account linked to Russia
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and AOL
Nash Jenkins / TIME:
Senate Candidate Roy Moore Says NFL Protesters Are Breaking the Law  —  Senate candidate Roy Moore believes that professional athletes who take a knee during the national anthem are breaking the law.  —  In an interview with TIME magazine, the Alabama Republican argued that NFL players …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Paul Ryan comes out against Alexander-Murray health care bill  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan's press secretary, Doug Andres, told Axios Wednesday that despite the bipartisan push behind the Alexander-Murray health bill , “The speaker does not see anything that changes his view that the Senate …
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The Hill:
FBI informant blocked from telling Congress about Russia nuclear corruption case, lawyer says  —  An American businessman who worked for years undercover as an FBI confidential witness was blocked by the Obama Justice Department from telling Congress about conversations and transactions …
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Baltimore Sun:
5 shot, 3 dead in Maryland business park, gunman on the run, Harford sheriff says  —  Three people have died and two are injured in a shooting at an Edgewood area business park, the Harford County sheriff said Wednesday.  (Courtesy video)  —  Shooting in Emmorton business park in Edgewood area.
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Jennifer Daskal / New York Times:
There's No Good Decision in the Next Big Data Privacy Case  —  In 2013, United States agents served a warrant on Microsoft seeking the emails of a suspect in a drug case.  Microsoft balked at the request, saying that the data was stored on a server in Ireland and out of the reach of United States law enforcement.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:   Is Trump Violating the Constitution? In Absentia, He Defends Himself in Court
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump's own words show it was aimed at Muslims
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: 46 percent think media make up stories about Trump  —  Nearly half of voters, 46 percent, believe the news media fabricate news stories about President Donald Trump and his administration, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  —  Just 37 percent of voters think the media …
Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Republican lawmakers' posh hideaway bankrolled by secret corporate cash  —  Bank records: Comcast, Microsoft, Koch helped fund GOP convention ‘cloakroom’  —  Donald Trump declared last year in his populist presidential nomination acceptance speech that he's “not able to look the other way” …
Discussion: Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing States  —  The big tech companies worked closely with Secure America Now to target an audience the group felt could be swayed by the message.  —  In the final weeks of the 2016 election campaign, voters in swing states including Nevada …
ESPN:
NFL ratings continue fall, latest Nielsen numbers show  —  Through the first six weeks of the NFL season, total viewership of games is down 7.5 percent, compared with the first six weeks of 2016.  —  An average of 15 million people watched games for the first six weeks this year …
Leinz Vales / CNN:
Kaepernick's attorney on NFL collusion case: We will have a smoking gun  —  (CNN)Colin Kaepernick's attorney Mark Geragos said Tuesday he has a “high degree of confidence” that he will be able to prove National Football League team owners colluded to keep Kaepernick from being signed.
Shaun King / The Intercept:
Dear White People: Be More Like Gregg Popovich  —  How white Americans view their country — and their president — appears to be almost split down the middle.  In a recent Gallup poll, 49 percent of white Americans said they do not approve of President Donald Trump's job performance.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Chipotle downgraded by Bank of America on new concern: It's paying employees too much  — “We believe further gains from trimming hours will prove difficult which limits the opportunity to get labor below 27 percent of sales even if traffic recovers,” the firm says.
National Journal:
Bannon's Bark Is Worse Than His Bite  —  Trump's former campaign manager fancies himself as a master strategist, but he lacks the tactical skills to oust Republican senators in the 2018 primaries.  —  In the wide world of politics, there are two different types of campaign operatives: strategists and tacticians.
Discussion: New York Magazine, CNN and Breitbart
CBS News:
Rick Perry calls fallen soldiers phone call controversy “asinine”  —  For more of the interview with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, watch CBSN or listen to “The Takeout” podcast Friday.  —  Energy Secretary Rick Perry thinks the controversy begun by President Trump over the treatment …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Clarion Ledger:
JPS school honoring Jefferson Davis to be renamed after Barack Obama  —  A predominately black public school in Mississippi named after Jefferson Davis will have its Confederate tied namesake stripped next year and replaced with the title of another president whose character students …
The Moscow Times:
Russia Prepares to Blacklist Five ‘Undesirable’ U.S. Media Outlets  —  Russian senators have drawn up a list of five U.S.-based media outlets, including CNN, whose activities in Russia could be restricted in response to a requirement to have the American branch of Russia's state-funded RT television channel register as a foreign agent.
NBC News:
Putin Rival Ties Kushner Meeting to Kremlin Bankers  —  A prominent exiled Russian oligarch said in an exclusive interview with NBC News that he is nearly certain Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to collaborate with the Trump campaign, and that he believes a top Russian banker was not …
Discussion: Mediaite and Last Men and OverMen
USA Today:
Real death toll in Puerto Rico is probably 450 — much higher than official count  —  Three weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, we've seen images of the destruction and heard stories about the lack of electricity and basic supplies like food and water in some areas.
Discussion: Daily Kos and CNN
 
 
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Mic:
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Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:
Las Vegas judge who told felons if they meet probation requirements they can vote for Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Obamacare premiums were stabilizing. Then Trump happened.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell to hold Senate in session for longer workweeks
Discussion: Axios
Associated Press:
Politics and the fallen: Trump hasn't called all families
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

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