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Washington Post:
Trump and allies gin up a new culprit for New York terrorist attack: Chuck Schumer — President Trump and some of his allies on the extreme right have found a new culprit in Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack in Manhattan: Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).
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New York Times:
Manhattan Terror Attack Kills 8 and Injures 11 — A driver plowed a pickup truck down a crowded bike path along the Hudson River in Manhattan on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring 11 before being shot by a police officer in what officials are calling the deadliest terrorist attack on New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.
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Bike path rampage: What we know about the suspect … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7ny.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2590096" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — Jim Hoffer reports on the investigation into the deadly terror attack in Lower Manhattan
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New York Times:
From Truck Driver to Uber Driver to Terror Attack Suspect — Sayfullo Saipov's arrival in the United States in 2010 began unceremoniously in Ohio. — “My dad introduced him as 'he's new to the United States and he's going to stay with us,'” said Bekhzod Abdusamatov, 22 …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Blames New York Terrorist Attack on Schumer and Immigration Policies
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Sayfullo Saipov identified as suspect in New York City vehicle attack: Officials
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CNN:
Truck attack in Manhattan being investigated as terrorism, sources say
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Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
Terror suspect was a ‘very friendly’ Uzbek immigrant who drove for Uber
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Bloomberg:
Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Campaign Approved Russia Meeting — Former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos made a significant claim in an email: Top Trump campaign officials agreed to a pre-election meeting with representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg News reports.
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CNN:
Trump didn't dismiss idea when foreign policy adviser suggested setting up Putin meeting — Washington (CNN)Candidate Donald Trump did not dismiss the idea of arranging a meeting with Russia's president when it was suggested in a meeting with his campaign foreign policy advisers last year, according to a person in the room.
Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
Disclosure of Papadopoulos's Email Hunt Sheds Light on Quest for Clinton ‘Dirt’ — Former Trump campaign adviser was apparently among the first people to get a hint that Russians sought to steal emails — Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos was discussing the possibility …
NBC News:
Top Trump Campaign Aide Clovis Spoke to Mueller Team, Grand Jury — WASHINGTON — Sam Clovis, the former top Trump campaign official who supervised a man now cooperating with the FBI's Russia investigation, was questioned last week by special counsel Robert Mueller's team and testified …
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New York Times:
Trump Foreign Policy Advisers Were Brought On to Solve a Political Problem. Now They Are One.
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Diana Stancy Correll / Washington Examiner:
FBI affidavit: George Papadopoulos said Trump campaign OK'd meeting with Russians
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chair: Rot went all the way to the top in Trump campaign
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
For ‘low level volunteer,’ Papadopoulos sought high profile as Trump adviser
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Los Angeles Times:
Six women accuse filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment or misconduct — Natasha Henstridge was watching a movie on Brett Ratner's couch when she fell asleep. She was a 19-year-old fashion model; he was an up-and-coming music video director in his early 20s.
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Tax Plan Won't Cut Rate for Highest Earners — Proposal also drops the corporate tax rate to 20%, and it delays a planned repeal of the estate tax — WASHINGTON—The House Republican tax plan will preserve a top individual tax rate of 39.6%, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
House GOP delays tax bill rollout
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
‘I want to quit’: Fox News employees say their network's Russia coverage was ‘an embarrassment’ — Some employees at Fox News were left embarrassed and humiliated by their network's coverage of the latest revelations in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Russia Inquiry Fails to Unite a Nation
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
The real John Kelly slowly revealing himself at White House — WASHINGTON (AP) — In his three months on the job, John Kelly has been credited with bringing order to a chaotic West Wing, but don't call him a moderate. President Donald Trump's chief of staff was the enforcer …
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John Sides / Washington Post:
Lots of Americans don't think slavery caused the Civil War
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Negative ads are helping Ed Gillespie win over Trump supporters in the Virginia governor's race — THE BIG IDEA: The dirty little secret about attack ads is that they usually work. That's why campaigns run them, even though voters constantly complain about how much they hate negativity.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Special counsel: Manafort's stated wealth fluctuated wildly; he keeps 3 passports — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort leaves federal court, October 30 (Keith Lane/Getty Images) — Onetime Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort keeps three U.S. passports with different identification numbers …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Manafort has 3 passports, traveled to China with phone registered under fake name
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Why the Mueller Indictments Should Terrify Trump
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Mueller schedules interview with Hope Hicks — The White House communications director is due to speak with prosecutors in the Russia probe after Trump returns from his Asia trip. — President Donald Trump's longtime aide and current communications director, Hope Hicks …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
White House signals Trump will stay out of Mueller's way
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Mother Jones
Elizabeth Warren / Politico:
The Supreme Court Has An Ethics Problem — A few days before the Supreme Court returned from its summer break, Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court's newest member, attended a luncheon at the Trump International Hotel, where he was to give the keynote address. The location of the speech attracted …
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Raw Story
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Education of Betsy DeVos — KANSAS CITY, Missouri—It is strange, if a bit unsettling, to see U.S. Marshals constantly hovering near the U.S. secretary of education, a 59-year-old evangelical Christian grandmother whose hobbies are bike riding, yoga and visiting grade schools.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR's top editor placed on leave after accusations of sexual harassment — NPR is investigating allegations by two women who said the head of its news department made unwanted physical contact with them while he was employed by another news organization nearly two decades ago.
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New York Times:
Manafort's Spending Fails to Impress in Wealthy Enclaves — WASHINGTON — Look closely enough, and the document charging Paul Manafort with money laundering, tax evasion and foreign lobbying reads less like a 12-count federal indictment and more like the ultimate spendthrift whodunit.
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