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7:20 PM ET, October 13, 2018

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New York Times:
Kushner Likely Paid No Federal Income Taxes for Years, Documents Show  —  Confidential documents reviewed by The Times indicate that Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, probably paid little or no income tax from 2009 to 2016.  —  Over the past decade …
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How Jared Kushner Avoided Paying Taxes
CBS News:
Trump vows “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia is behind missing journalist  —  President Trump tells 60 Minutes Saudi Arabia has denied playing a part in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, but says the case is being investigated.  See the full interview Sunday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT on CBS.
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Hatice Cengiz / New York Times:
My Fiancé Jamal Khashoggi Was a Lonely Patriot  —  His ideas will reverberate from Turkey to Saudi Arabia and beyond.  Oppression never lasts forever.  Tyrants eventually pay for their sins.  —  Ms. Cengiz, a doctoral student at a university in Istanbul, is Jamal Khashoggi's fiancée
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Newspaper says Turkey has audio of Saudi writer's slaying  —  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Apple Watch he wore when he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week ago, a pro-government Turkish newspaper reported Saturday.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
Claims of state-sanctioned hit trigger crisis for Saudi Arabia  —  The disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has shaken confidence in Riyadh even among close allies  —  In early 2016, when Mohammed bin Salman was still deputy crown prince and Donald Trump still a contender for US president …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
If a Prince Murders a Journalist, That's Not a Hiccup  —  In the end, Saudi Arabia played Kushner, Trump and his other American acolytes for suckers.  —  The reports about Jamal Khashoggi, the missing Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor, whom I've known for more than 15 years, grow steadily more sickening.
New York Times:   ‘Davos in the Desert,’ a Saudi Prince's Glittering Showcase, Is Stained by a Grisly Accusation
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Trump hosts freed detainee Pastor Brunson at the White House
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Jamal Khashoggi's long road to the doors of the Saudi Consulate
Ben Rhodes / The Atlantic:
A Fatal Abandonment of American Leadership
Tamer El-Ghobashy / Washington Post:
Khashoggi mystery fixes spotlight on Saudi official described as crown prince's strategist, enforcer
Discussion: The New Arab
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Pat Cipollone filling out paperwork to be White House Counsel  —  Washington litigator Pat Cipollone is expected to be President Trump's pick to replace Don McGahn as White House Counsel, according to four sources familiar with the sensitive internal conversations.
Discussion: Politico and CNBC
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Defends Separating Families at the Border  —  The president warns again adults are using children to cross into the U.S. from Mexico  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump advocated on Saturday for the controversial policy of separating families that cross into the U.S. illegally …
Washington Post:
Trump has chosen Washington lawyer Pat Cipollone as next White House counsel, people familiar with decision say
New York Times:
Now for Rent: Email Addresses and Phone Numbers for Millions of Trump Supporters  —  WASHINGTON — Early in his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump dismissed political data as an “overrated” tool.  But after he won the Republican nomination, his team began building a database that offers …
Discussion: Raw Story
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
As Suburban Women Turn to Democrats, Many Suburban Men Stand With Trump  —  DUBLIN, Ohio — Robert Peters and George Fidelibus walked off the 18th green at the Golf Club of Dublin, then carried pints of beer to the patio overlooking the course, which was framed by $500,000 homes.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ingrid Arnesen / The Daily Beast:
No Food, No FEMA: Hurricane Michael's Survivors Are Furious  —  Miles and miles of Florida are obliterated, leaving residents to fend for themselves with a lack of help from the government.  —  PANAMA CITY, Florida—Hurricane Michael's sudden transformation into a storm that is unprecedented …
Ben Sasse / Wall Street Journal:
Politics Can't Solve Our Political Problems  —  Our tribalism has a deeper source in the disintegration of communities and an epidemic of loneliness.  The only real answers start at home.  —  The Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh didn't fully break the nation …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Different Ends of NeverTrump  —  Are Trump's conservative critics really conservatives anymore?  —  Earlier this month Jennifer Rubin, the prolific #NeverTrump pundit who writes for The Washington Post, got something that every columnist craves: a petition against her.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Calling Democrats the ‘Angry Mob’ is Trump's Biggest Lie Yet  —  In the closing weeks of last year's special election in Georgia, Republicans used footage of a riot by Antifa — a fringe sect that views the Democratic party with contempt — to characterize the moderate Democratic nominee Jon Ossoff as a dangerous loon.
Discussion: The Guardian and Instapundit
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
How McConnell finally came around on Trump: ‘I look at the results’  —  Just two years ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was looking for a way to defeat Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary, and told colleagues they would “drop him like a hot rock” if the flamboyant real estate mogul won the nomination.
Discussion: Political Wire
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NBC News:   Behind the Senate deal to confirm scores of conservative judges
David Royer / WREG-TV:
Man run over by lawn mower while trying to kill son with chainsaw  —  BRISTOL, Tenn. - A man who police say was run over with a lawn mower while trying to kill his son with a chain saw has had to have his leg amputated.  —  The Bristol Herald Courier reports that a warrant …
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
What Do You Do When You Are Anonymously Accused of Rape?  —  The writer Stephen Elliott is suing Moira Donegan, the creator of the Media Men list.  —  Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor in the Opinion section.  —  What do you do if you are accused of sexual misconduct and believe yourself to be innocent?
Fox News:
New details emerge on anti-Trump dossier as House GOP seeks Fusion GPS boss testimony  —  House Republicans still want Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of the firm behind the anti-Trump dossier, to comply with their subpoena to appear on Capitol Hill despite his plans to invoke Fifth Amendment protections …
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Los Angeles Times:
Top GOP funding group snubs incumbents Rohrabacher and Walters 3 weeks before midterm election  —  In a worrisome sign for two endangered Orange County lawmakers, a major Republican Party funding group has passed over the pair in its opening round of broadcast television advertising across Southern California.
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
'We've never seen anything like this': GOP overwhelmed by Democratic cash
 
 
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