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10:45 AM ET, October 23, 2017

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M.L. Nestel / ABC News:
Fallen soldier's widow ‘very angry’ about Trump's call, says he 'couldn't remember' husband's name  —  The widow of U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson, who was among four U.S. service members killed in Niger earlier this month, expressed a mix of blame and sorrow today on “Good Morning America …
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Washington Post:
Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson has ‘nothing to say’ to Trump after controversial condolence call  —  Nineteen days after her husband's death and two days after his wrenching burial, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson said she has “nothing to say” to President Trump, whose condolence call pulled …
ABC News:
TRANSCRIPT: Widow of fallen soldier La David Johnson speaks out
Discussion: Axios
Arizona Republic:
Montini: John McCain mocks Donald Trump's deferment ‘bone spurs’ (without naming him)  —  Sen. John McCain doesn't have to speak President Donald Trump's name to excoriate him.  —  He doesn't exactly call the president a draft dodger.  But... in a way... he does.
Discussion: The Guardian, AOL, NBC News and twitchy.com
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
McCain hits Trump where it hurts, attacking ‘bone spur’ deferments in Vietnam
Discussion: ABC News and IJR
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Listen to ‘The Daily’: Bill O'Reilly Goes on the Record  —  “It's horrible what I went through, horrible what my family went through,” Bill O'Reilly said of the sexual harassment allegations that cost him his job at Fox News.  —  Mr. O'Reilly spoke on the record to my colleagues Emily Steel …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:   O'Reilly on sexual harassment allegations: 'It's horrible what I went through'
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Hopes Dim for Congressional Russia Inquiries as Parties Clash  —  WASHINGTON — In a secured room in the basement of the Capitol in July, Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, fielded question after question from members of the House Intelligence Committee.
Discussion: Axios and New York Magazine
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Is tone of Trump-Russia probe changing?  —  Have you noticed?  In recent public comments, the lawmakers investigating the Trump-Russia affair, along with some of the commentators who dissect its every development, seem to be focusing more on the facts of Russia's attempts to interfere …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
House Panel to Interview Trump Campaign Digital Director Brad Parscale
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
GQ:
Chris Christie's Last Fight  —  This wasn't how he figured it would end.  A year after being steamrolled by Donald Trump, Chris Christie is hobbling out of office as the most unpopular governor in the history of New Jersey—a casualty of scandal and hubris, and a guy freed up to quietly pursue the toughest job of his life.
Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
EXCLUSIVE: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert  —  If the order comes, the B-52s will return to a ready-to-fly posture not seen since the Cold War.  —  BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Democrats' early money haul stuns GOP  —  Democratic candidates are reporting historic early fundraising totals, alarming GOP strategists and raising the prospect that 2018 could feature the most expansive House battlefield in years.  —  Animated by opposition to President Donald Trump …
Michael H. Schill / New York Times:
The Misguided Student Crusade Against ‘Fascism’  —  This month, a handful of student protesters at the University of Oregon blocked me from delivering my state-of-the-university speech, one of my jobs as president.  I had planned to announce a $50 million gift that would fund several new programs.
New York Times:
America's Forever Wars  —  The United States has been at war continuously since the attacks of 9/11 and now has just over 240,000 active-duty and reserve troops in at least 172 countries and territories.  While the number of men and women deployed overseas has shrunk considerably over the past 60 years, the military's reach has not.
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Ted Cruz / New York Times:
A Pressure Point for North Korea
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The great dealmaker?  Lawmakers find Trump to be an untrustworthy negotiator.  —  President Trump campaigned as one of the world's greatest dealmakers, but after nine months of struggling to broker agreements, lawmakers in both parties increasingly consider him an untrustworthy …
The Hill:
FBI watched, then acted as Russian spy moved closer to Hillary Clinton  —  was beginning her job as President Obama's chief diplomat, federal agents observed as multiple arms of Vladimir Putin's machine unleashed an influence campaign designed to win access to the new secretary of State, her husband Bill Clinton
Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
Why Is Bill Browder Banned from America?  —  Vladimir Putin keeps putting William Browder on Interpol's wanted list, or trying to.  As far as I'm concerned, these attempts are the equivalent of medals of freedom.  —  Remember who Browder is: He is the financier whose lawyer was Sergei Magnitsky …
Discussion: Shareblue Media, NPR and Palmer Report
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Turning Tables in Magnitsky Case, Russia Accuses a Nemesis of Murder
Discussion: National Review
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Million dollar bracket in the works for GOP tax plan  —  The Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee — engaged in a high-pressure, high-stakes tax policy rewrite — are currently exploring not cutting the income tax rate for people who earn $1 million or more per year.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Jimmy Carter: Media ‘harder’ on Trump than other presidents  —  Former President Jimmy Carter in a new interview defended President Trump for facing a harsher media environment than his predecessors.  —  “I think the media have been harder on Trump than any other president certainly that I've known about …
 
 
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CNN:
First lady Melania Trump
Discussion: AOL
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Vows ‘War’ on His Own Party. It Didn't Work So Well for F.D.R.
Discussion: The Atlantic
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Xi Jinping Pushes China's Rise Despite Friction and Fear
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Cub Scout Is Exiled After Pressing Legislator on Guns and Race
Victoria McGrane GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Elizabeth Warren starts warming up to the media
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Sanders to run as an independent in 2018
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
E.P.A. Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists
David Weigel / Washington Post:
National Democrats are jittery about Va. governor's race
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
During a State of the Union panel discussion on the firestorm begun …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Let's not staff a White House with generals ever again
Discussion: RedState, Scripting News and Raw Story
New York Times:
‘I Was Willing to Do Everything’: Mothers Defend Sons Accused of Sexual Assault
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump's Boogeymen? Women!
Discussion: The Root
New York Times:
Still Waiting for FEMA in Texas and Florida After Hurricanes
Discussion: Political Wire
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump shamefully ignores “nightmare” HIV crisis brewing in rural America
Ken Stern / New York Post:
Former NPR CEO opens up about liberal media bias
Discussion: Power Line
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
A Presidential Bellwether Is Still Waiting to Start Winning Under Trump
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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

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”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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