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2:30 PM ET, October 9, 2018

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation  —  President Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation as UN Ambassador, according to two sources briefed on their conversation.  The timing of her departure is still unclear.  —  What we're hearing: Haley discussed her resignation …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Nikki Haley Resigned as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations  —  President Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, has resigned, ahead of what Mr. Trump promised on Twitter on Tuesday was a “Big announcement” with Ms. Haley at the White House.
Washington Post:
Read Nikki Haley's resignation letter  —  Text of U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's resignation letter.
Robert Donachie / Washington Examiner:
Richard Grenell a ‘family favorite’ to replace Nikki Haley at UN  —  U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell is a name to watch as speculation commences on who will replace outgoing United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, a source with knowledge of administration's thinking told the Washington Examiner.
Andy Shain / Post and Courier:   Watchdog wants investigation of Nikki Haley's private jet flights to SC
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Haley calls Jared Kushner Trump's ‘hidden genius’
Discussion: Political Wire
Bristow Marchant / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Nikki Haley's private plane flights raise ethics questions, watchdog says
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:   UN Ambassador Haley resigning in latest Trump shakeup
Andy Shain / Post and Courier:
Nikki Haley has up to $1 million in debt as she steps down as U.N. ambassador
Discussion: Politico
Talking Points Memo:
Nikki Haley Resigns As UN Ambassador
John Santucci / ABC News:
Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, will leave at end of the year, Trump says
Discussion: Axios, Mother Jones, HuffPost and The Week
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Watchdog Group Calls For Probe Of Nikki Haley Flights Funded By Businessmen
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and CREW
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Superior ruthlessness isn't why Republicans control the Supreme Court  —  They had some good luck — and, most importantly, they had the votes.  —  A strange explanation for Brett Kavanaugh's ascension to the Supreme Court emerged soon after the Senate confirmed him.
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and Erick on the Radio
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Rachel Ventresca / CNN:
Clinton: ‘You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for’  —  Clinton: Civility starts by electing Democrats  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that civility in America can only begin again if Democrats win back the House or Senate this fall.
Mark Penn / The Hill:   Kavanaugh lesson: Resist the ‘resistance’ or lose
Grace Sparks / CNN:
CNN poll: Democrats are fired up and maintain a strong 2018 lead  —  Washington (CNN)Four weeks out from Election Day, Democrats remain well ahead of Republicans in a generic ballot matchup, with 54% of likely voters saying they support the Democrat in their district and 41% backing a Republican …
The Moscow Times:
Infamous St. Petersburg ‘Troll Factory’ Set on Fire  —  The office of Russia's infamous troll factory believed to be at the vanguard of Russia's information war has been set on fire in St. Petersburg overnight.  —  An investigation revealed last year that the secretive troll factory …
Discussion: Raw Story
BuzzFeed News:
Taylor Swift's Instagram Post Has Caused A Massive Spike In Voter Registration  —  Since Taylor Swift flexed her star power Sunday with an Instagram post that encouraged her 112 million followers to register to vote, Vote.org has experienced an unprecedented flood of new voter registrations nationwide.
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
‘A betrayal beyond words’: The far right melts down over Taylor Swift's endorsement of Democrats
Dana Bash / CNN:
Heidi Heitkamp was ready to vote ‘yes’ on Kavanaugh.  Then she watched him with the sound off.  —  Sen. may lose seat after voting no on Kavanaugh  —  Bismarck, North Dakota (CNN)Sen. Heidi Heitkamp was ready to vote ‘yes’ on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Heidi Heitkamp didn't push to prosecute sexual, physical abuse at Native American school in 1990s
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Steven Shepard / Politico:
POLITICO race ratings: The GOP House is crumbling  —  There are now 209 seats either firmly or leaning in the Democratic column — only 9 shy of the 218 needed to win control.  —  The Republican House majority continues to show signs of collapsing, with Democrats steadily gaining ground toward erasing …
Michael Rubinkam / Associated Press:
Treasure hunters challenge FBI over dig for Civil War gold  —  DENTS RUN, Pa. (AP) — Surrounded by dozens of stone-faced FBI agents on a frigid winter's day, Dennis and Kem Parada stared down at the empty hole and knew something wasn't right.  —  The father-son duo spent years combing …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The one conspiracy theory that Republicans won't believe  —  The Party of Trump has proved itself keen to propagate any conspiracy theory, no matter how ridiculous or racist.  —  Well, almost any conspiracy theory.  —  There were the microwave ovens that surveil your every move.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Paranoid Style in G.O.P. Politics
Discussion: Mediaite, CNN, Harper's and Raw Story
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
‘This is MY son’: Navy vet horrified as mom's tweet miscasts him as #HimToo poster boy — and goes viral  —  Pieter Hanson was in the middle of a marketing exam when his phone started blowing up, buzzing and buzzing until he was convinced something terrible had happened.
Bernie Sanders:
Building A Global Democratic Movement to Counter Authoritarianism  —  In the United States, we pay a whole lot of attention to issues impacting the economy, healthcare, education, environment, criminal justice, immigration and, as we have recently seen, Supreme Court nominees.
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Talking Points Memo:
‘They Told Me I Would Never See Her Again’: Deported Parents Lose Kids To Adoption  —  As the deportees were led off the plane onto the steamy San Salvador tarmac, an anguished Araceli Ramos Bonilla burst into tears, her face contorted with pain: “They want to steal my daughter!”
Discussion: Shakesville and Jezebel
Isabel Debre / Associated Press:
US student detained in Israel for alleged boycott support  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — In a first-of-its-kind case, Israel has held an American graduate student at its international airport for a whole week, accusing her of supporting a Palestinian-led boycott movement against the Jewish state.
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy Introducing Bill to Fully Fund Border Wall, Making Midterm Immigration Referendum  —  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will introduce a bill this week that will fully fund President Donald Trump's planned wall along the U.S. border with Mexico …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Kanye West Expected to Visit Trump at the White House  —  President Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are expected to meet with the musician Kanye West on Thursday at the White House, two people familiar with the plans said.  —  Mr. West, who has faced a backlash over his vocal support …
Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:
Weiner on track for early release … Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner has finally found something he can do without screwing it up.  —  Nearly a year after he began his 21-month prison sentence for sexting with an underage girl, Weiner, 54, is set to be released early for good conduct.
YouTube:
Is Ted Cruz “Tough As Texas”?  —  Is Ted Cruz really “Tough as Texas”?  Hardly.  Here's one Texan's take on that Ted Cruz fella... - Directed by Richard Linklater
Discussion: Daily Kos, Roll Call and IJR
Matt Wynn / USA Today:
Trump country had bad football  —  A flailing home team dampens interest in football in a market, regardless of politics.  —  Take a look at those five Trump-leaning markets with the worst NFL ratings drops and you'll find bad football.  —  The worst plunge happened in Phoenix.  There, Trump was strong.
Asha Rangappa / New York Times:
The Mueller Investigation Is Bigger Than Rod Rosenstein  —  Even if he got fired, a replacement dead set on shutting down the investigation would find it nearly impossible to pull off.  —  Ms. Rangappa was an F.B.I. special agent focusing on counterintelligence investigations.
Lawrence Summers / Financial Times:
I discovered the rest of America on my summer holiday  —  Economists like me see the world through the prism of models, fitted to statistical data and tested against market realities.  Economic models provide uniquely powerful perspectives: I have used them to argue that had the economy been left to itself …
Discussion: Splinter
Ian Samuel / The Guardian:
Kavanaugh will be on the US supreme court for life.  Here's how we fight back  —  We are in, it seems, for decades of misery for labor unions, voting rights and regulation of businesses.  Or are we?  —  Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed, and he will serve as a justice on the supreme court for the rest of his life.
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence Announces Cold War II  —  The administration is orchestrating a far-reaching campaign against China.  —  Did Cold War II break out last week while no one was watching?  As the Kavanaugh confirmation battle raged, many Americans missed what looks like the biggest shift …
 
 
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Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
ICE Agents Arrested Miami Dad After They Found His Lost Wallet, Family Says
Discussion: ThinkProgress and VICE News
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. top court rebuffs appeal of Kavanaugh ruling nixing climate rule
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters:
Study: Economic Boom Largely Ignored as TV's Trump Coverage Hits 92% Negative
Discussion: LifeZette and The Daily Caller
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Eric Dreiband and Jeff Clark will finally get a floor vote
Karen Weise / New York Times:
Why Some Amazon Workers Are Fuming About Their Raise
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
FBI lawyer's testimony at odds with Rosenstein denial on ‘wire’ report
Discussion: twitchy.com
Joe Ripley / WYFF-TV:
Sen. Lindsey Graham to run for re-election in 2020, has ‘zero interest’ in Trump appointment
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Democrats' latest excuse: Blame the Constitution
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Shock report: US paying more for illegal immigrant births than Trump's wall
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
Paul A. Eisenstein / NBC News:
Trump's tariffs have already cost Ford $1B; now it's planning layoffs
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Democrat Wexton leads Rep. Comstock by 12 points in northern Va. district, survey finds
Discussion: Political Wire
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
The Kavanaugh cash surge
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Splinter, CNBC and Raw Story
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Kavanaugh Killed the ‘Never Trump’ Movement
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump Campaign Aide Requested Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm