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2:40 PM ET, November 24, 2017

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Associated Press:
The Latest: Egypt says death toll in mosque attack up to 200  —  EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — The Latest on mosque attack in Egypt (all times local):  —  Egyptian state news agency MENA reports that 200 people have been killed in a bombing and shooting attack on a mosque in the volatile northern Sinai Peninsula …
Discussion: NPR and Axios
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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Militants Kill More Than 235 People at Sufi Mosque in Egypt  —  CAIRO — Islamist militants detonated explosives and sprayed gunfire at a crowded Sufi mosque near Egypt's Sinai coast on Friday, killing at least 235 people and wounding 109 more, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in the country's modern history.
CNN:
Key developments:  —  Coordinated attack: Gunmen fired on people fleeing after explosions took place at the mosque.  The attackers also opened fire on ambulances, witnesses said.  —  The target: The mosque, located in northern Sinai, is known as the birthplace of an important Sufi cleric.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and KTLA
Reuters:
Militants kill more than 230 at mosque in Egypt's North Sinai
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Dave Lawler / Axios:
235 killed in Egypt mosque attack
Discussion: Politico
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Ben Shapiro, a Provocative ‘Gladiator,’ Battles to Win Young Conservatives  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Benjamin Shapiro strode down the aisle of a packed auditorium at the University of Utah like a prizefighter walking toward a ring.  He was dressed in a dark suit jacket and a gray shirt and was followed closely by a bodyguard.
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Thanksgiving night fight shuts down Alabama's largest mall 40 minutes early  —  Thanksgiving night fight shuts down Riverchase Galleria mall early  —  Shoppers getting an early start on Black Friday deals had their Thanksgiving trek to the Riverchase Galleria cut short when fights broke out in the mall.
Discussion: WKRG-TV, Law & Crime, Mediaite, AOL, IJR and Splinter
Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
If Flynn Is Cooperating With Mueller, Then Case Against Trump Gets Much More Serious … The report by the New York Times that Michael Flynn has withdrawn from a joint defense agreement with President Donald Trump might indicate that he is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
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CBS News:
Oxford Circus station incident: Police respond to reports of shots fired in London - live updates  —  LONDON — British police said Friday they were responding to reports of shots fired at Oxford Circus subway station, one of London's busiest, and on the street above.
Discussion: Mediaite and KTLA
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Stewart Paterson / Daily Mail:
‘No suspects, no shots, no casualties’ …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
How Dem insiders rank the 2020 contenders  —  Democrats predict that as many as 30 candidates will compete in their party's presidential primary in 2020.  —  And while it's still too early to say who might come out on top, buzz is building around some potential candidates, even as other hopefuls fade to the background.
Spiegel Online:
The End of the End of History  —  The collapse of coalition talks in Berlin are far from a national crisis.  But it is symptomatic.  It is time for German politicians to realize what is at stake for their country and the rest of the Western world.  —  The Chancellery in Berlin
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Politico:
Trump speaks with Erdogan about crisis in Syria, AP reports
Michelle Robertson / San Francisco Chronicle:
Colin Kaepernick makes surprise appearance at ‘Unthanksgiving Day’ on Alcatraz  —  Colin Kaepernick made a surprise appearance at the Alcatraz Indigenous People's Sunrise Gathering on Thursday.  —  A tradition since 1975, the annual dawn festivities, also known as Unthanksgiving Day …
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Why Putin's Foes Deplore U.S. Fixation on Election Meddling  —  MOSCOW — For months, President Vladimir V. Putin has predictably denied accusations of Russian interference in last year's American election, denouncing them as fake news fueled by Russophobic hysteria.
Discussion: Motherboard
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
GOP deficit hawks fear tax plan is secret budget-buster  —  The GOP has yet to resolve an internal clash over whether expiring tax cuts will really expire, potentially threatening the party's push for a desperately-needed legislative achievement.  —  On one side are the White House …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
New John Conyers accuser: He showed up to a meeting in his underwear  —  WASHINGTON — A lawyer who formerly worked for U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, and later ran an ethics watchdog group in the nation's capital confirmed for the Free Press on Thursday that Conyers verbally abused her …
Discussion: RedState and IJR
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia's Arab Spring, at Last  —  The crown prince has big plans to bring back a level of tolerance to his society.  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — I never thought I'd live long enough to write this sentence: The most significant reform process underway anywhere in the Middle East today is in Saudi Arabia.
Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
Here's your leftover turkey: The case for Hillary Clinton 2020  —  Are you sick of Republicans?  Or just right-wingers in general?  Do you want to send a message to Washington that you aren't going to buy into their racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic and classist nonsense for one second longer?
 
 
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Telegraph:
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