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12:45 PM ET, October 10, 2018

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Washington Post:
Saudis are said to have lain in wait for Jamal Khashoggi  —  ISTANBUL — As Jamal Khashoggi prepared to enter the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, a squad of men from Saudi Arabia who investigators suspect played a role in his disappearance was ready and in place.
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New York Times:
Turkish Officials Say Khashoggi Was Killed on Order of Saudi Leadership  —  ISTANBUL — Investigators are examining the movements of Saudi officials who flew to Istanbul and went to the Saudi Consulate there on the same day that a Saudi dissident journalist disappeared after going to the building …
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Welcome to the jungle  —  Sometimes a particular event, the fate of a particular individual, becomes a symbol of a global, historical trend.  The reported murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Post contributor, in a consulate in Istanbul is one of those moments.
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:   How Trump enabled the abuses of Saudi Arabia's crown prince
Associated Press:   Images surface of Saudis allegedly sent to target writer
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Trump's Support for Saudi War In Yemen
Washington Post:   Video shows team accused in Khashoggi disappearance in Istanbul hotels, airport
Donald J. Trump / USA Today:
Donald Trump: Democrats ‘Medicare for All’ plan will demolish promises to seniors  —  The Democrats want to outlaw private health care plans, taking away freedom to choose plans while letting anyone cross our border.  We must win this.  —  CONNECT  —  Throughout the year …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-Checking President Trump's USA Today op-ed on ‘Medicare-For-All’  —  President Trump wrote an opinion article for USA Today on Oct. 10 regarding proposals to expand Medicare to all Americans - known as Medicare-For-All — in which almost every sentence contained a misleading statement or a falsehood.
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
The Trump Campaign Says Exploiting Hacked Emails Is Free Speech  —  In a motion to dismiss a new lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump's campaign team of illegally conspiring with Russian agents to disseminate stolen emails during the election, Trump campaign lawyers have tried out a new defense: free speech.
Discussion: Just Security and Political Wire
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Deborah Haynes / Sky News:
Ex-MI6 spy's veiled swipe at Donald Trump revealed  —  Christopher Steele, the former MI6 officer behind the Russia dossier on Donald Trump, has broken 18 months of silence with a veiled swipe at the US president.  —  He has written about the importance of speaking “truths to power” …
Discussion: Washington Times
Julia Macfarlane / ABC News:
Former MI6 spy Christopher Steele, who compiled controversial dossier, breaks silence to criticize Trump
KNXV:
Poll: Martha McSally gaining in Senate race against Kyrsten Sinema  —  abc15.com staff , Danielle Lerner  —  PHOENIX - A new poll of Arizona's contested Senate race shows frontrunner Republican Martha McSally increasing her lead over Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
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Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Trump's Patron-in-Chief  —  Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has never been more powerful.  The Trump administration has advanced his ideological and financial interests, including an assist in his quest to build a casino in Japan.  —  LATE ON A THURSDAY evening in February 2017 …
Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Nervous Democrats ask: Could Election Day disaster strike again?  —  It was this week two years ago that Hillary Clinton's victory looked assured, when the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape of Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault appeared all but certain to end his campaign.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Conway: Blue wave forecasts coming from ‘same geniuses’ who predicted Clinton win  —  Widespread predictions of a “blue wave” of Democratic victories in next month's midterm elections should be taken with a hefty grain of salt, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway warned Wednesday morning …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Kavanaugh confirmation energizes Democrats more than GOP  —  A total of 46 percent say the Senate ‘made the wrong decision.’  —  Republicans are touting the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as rocket fuel for the GOP grass roots in next month's midterm elections …
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Jackie Borchardt / Cincinnati.com:
Midterm election poll: Ohio Issue 1, Democrats leading among likely voters
Discussion: Political Wire
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:   Democrats Widen Generic Ballot Advantage One Month Out From Midterms
Associated Press:
Melania Trump Says #MeToo Accusers Must Show ‘Really Hard Evidence’  —  Washington (AP) — First lady Melania Trump says women who make accusations of sexual abuse “need to be heard” and supported, but so do men.  —  She says when there are accusations there needs to be “really hard evidence” and accusers should “show the evidence.”
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Alan Cullison / Wall Street Journal:
A Trio of Wealthy Russians Made an Enemy of Putin.  Now They're All Dead.  —  Nikolai Glushkov, a close associate of the late oligarch Boris Berezovsky, was preparing to testify that Aeroflot was a corrupt instrument of Russian intelligence  —  LONDON—Nikolai Glushkov, a Russian émigré …
Mike Levine / ABC News:
FBI director defends Kavanaugh background investigation  —  FBI Director Chris Wray on Wednesday defended his agency's supplemental background investigation of Brett Kavanaugh as decades-old allegations of sexual assault threatened to derail his nomination to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Politico
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:   FBI chief says 'usual process met in Kavanaugh probe
wabe.org:
Voting Rights Become A Flashpoint In Georgia Governor's Race  —  Marsha Appling-Nunez was showing the college students she teaches how to check online if they're registered to vote when she made a troubling discovery.  Despite being an active Georgia voter who had cast ballots in recent elections, she was no longer registered.
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:   Georgia Governor's Race Is Epic Showdown Over Voting Rights
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Man Charged In Connection With Mueller's Russian Troll Farm Case Was Sentenced To Six Months In Prison  —  Richard Pinedo pleaded guilty to one count of identity fraud.  Prosecutors say there was no evidence he knew he was aiding Russians trying to influence the 2016 election, however.
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
New York Times:
Why Is Israel Scared of This Young American?  —  Societies that bar their critics aren't protecting themselves.  They are advertising their weakness.  —  In March, the writer Andrew Sullivan described each of us as a “Zionist fanatic of near-unhinged proportions.”  It was a cheap shot.
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Jamie Lee Curtis wields firearms in new ‘Halloween’ movie despite advocating for gun control  —  Jamie's got a gun in the latest “Halloween” reboot.  —  In the 11th installment of the horror film series, Jamie Lee Curtis's character, Laurie Strode, is seen wielding firearms in her quest …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Nikki Haley may have timed her exit perfectly  —  Washington (CNN)Nikki Haley is getting out of the Trump administration with her stature elevated and political prospects brightened — not something that could be said for most top political power players who leave the President's reputation-crushing fold.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Axios:
How Trump hires  —  UN Ambassador Nikki Haley doesn't seem …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
A Proposed New Rule Would Penalize Green Card Applicants For Using Food Stamps  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Immigrants who use or are likely to use public benefits, such as food stamps and housing vouchers, could be denied green cards or entry into the United States under a new proposal released by the Trump administration late Saturday.
Discussion: CNN and Federal Register
Matthew Stolle / Post Bulletin:
Quam's mic grab creates a commotion  —  Legislative forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters Rochester are typically earnest, decorous and orderly affairs.  —  But an exception to that rule occurred Monday during a forum between incumbent GOP state Rep. Duane Quam and DFL challenger Jamie Mahlberg at Rochester Public Library.
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Russian Whistleblower Assassinated After Uncovering $200 Billion Dirty-Money Scandal  —  Andrei Kozlov was gunned down in 2006, weeks after trying to shutter the world's biggest money-laundering scam—one reportedly used by Putin's family and the FSB.  —  LONDON—A crusading Russian official traveled …
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
One Year of #MeToo: What Women's Speech Is Still Not Allowed to Do  —  During the past year, I have grown increasingly uneasy with a fairly common bit of semantic slippage: in headlines, in think pieces, and on social media, many people use the phrases “#MeToo movement” and “#MeToo moment” …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast:
Dan Bongino Devotes His Life to ‘Owning the Libs.’ Trump Hangs on His Every Word.  —  Inside the remarkable, insane rise of a thrice-failed congressional candidate to Trump whisperer.  —  During a guest appearances on Fox News earlier this year, Dan Bongino, the bombastic NRATV host …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Times:
In New York Limo Crash, Son of Company Owner Is Arrested  —  ALBANY — The son of the owner of a limousine company at the center of an investigation of the crash in upstate New York that killed 20 people was arrested on Wednesday, according to a law enforcement official.
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Wave watch: Inside the Democratic primary turnout surge  —  Data: Ballotpedia; Chart: Chris Canipe and Neal Rothschild/Axios  —  Democratic voter turnout in this year's House primaries increased in each of the 19 competitive, comparable House districts compared to 2014, and doubled in more than two thirds of them.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Teens Are Making Instagram Hate Pages About Each Other  —  No app is more integral to teens' social lives than Instagram.  While Millennials relied on Facebook to navigate high school and college, connect with friends, and express themselves online, Gen Z's networks exist almost entirely on Instagram.
Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Administration mum on climate change report as Trump says: ‘I want to look at who drew it’  —  The day after an international panel of scientists issued a stark warning about the short window in which world leaders can act to avoid catastrophic climate change, the president of the United States …
 
 
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Rand Paul calls for national security review of Broadcom-CA merger
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Rosenstein's interview with Trump's congressional allies postponed indefinitely
Arthur Spitzer / ACLU:
Trump Administration Seeks to Stifle Protests Near White House and on National Mall
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Greenville News:
Last Slide  —  Veterans between the ages of 18 and 34 …
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Climate bill would move D.C. to 100% renewable energy by 2032
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Associated Press:
McConnell to AP: 'Nobody's going to beat' Murkowski
Discussion: The Week
Tennessean.com:
Trooper pulled from governor candidate security team after divulging Dean info to Lee campaign
Morgan Cook / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Federal election officials question Rep. Duncan Hunter campaign's identification of donors
Discussion: Roll Call and Raw Story
Aharrington / Protect Our Care:
Of Course Trump's First Veto Threat Would Gut Pre-existing Conditions Protections-He's …
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Amy McGrath Is Avoiding Attack Ads. Can a Congressional Candidate Win Without Them?
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Ross Questioning in Census Suit
Discussion: The Week and Wall Street Journal