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10:10 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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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 and Mediaite
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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.
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
New York Times:
‘Davos in the Desert,’ a Saudi Prince's Glittering Showcase, Is Stained by a Grisly Accusation  —  WASHINGTON — The participants nicknamed it “Davos in the Desert,” which captures the lofty ambitions of the annual investor conference scheduled to convene in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this month.
Associated Press:
Newspaper says Turkey has audio of Saudi writer's slaying
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
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
Washington Post:
Trump has chosen Washington lawyer Pat Cipollone as next White House counsel, people familiar with decision say
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.
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
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
Associated Press:
US pastor freed from Turkey prays with Trump in Oval Office  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Freed American pastor Andrew Brunson fell to one knee in the Oval Office and placed his hand on President Donald Trump's shoulder in prayer on Saturday, asking God to provide the president …
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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
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 …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Donald Trump Jr. emerges as GOP fundraising force  —  Donald Trump Jr., President Trump's eldest son, has emerged as a fundraising force for Republican candidates ahead of the midterm election, helping Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) alone raise nearly half a million dollars last week, according to Bloomberg.
Teresa Watanabe / Los Angeles Times:
Banishment of an acclaimed UC Irvine professor sparks debate over whether #MeToo can go too far  —  For years, the professor told the assistant dean that she was beautiful and greeted her with hugs and a kiss on each cheek.  —  During their time together at UC Irvine, Francisco J. Ayala …
Discussion: Axios
Diana Olick / CNBC:
Thousands line up for zero-down-payment, subprime mortgages  — Borrowers can have low credit scores, but have to go through an education session about the program and submit all necessary documents, from income statements to phone bills.  — They must go through counseling to understand …
Peter Maass / The Intercept:
Max Boot Is Very Sorry for Backing the GOP and the Iraq Invasion.  Why Is He Being Praised for This?  —  There is an unforgettable passage in Graham Greene's classic “The Quiet American” in which the title character, a CIA agent named Alden Pyle, admits that Vietnam is much more complicated than he'd imagined.
Discussion: Vox
Frank Buckley / New York Post:
Can our modern ‘house divided’ remain one nation?  —  Debating Stephen Douglas over slavery, Abraham Lincoln said a house divided cannot stand.  In 2018, we also are a house divided and must ask whether the terrible biblical saying Lincoln quoted applies to us.  Can we endure as a united country?
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?
David Siders / Politico:
Kamala Harris books first trip to Iowa  —  Kamala Harris has booked her first 2020 ticket to Iowa.  —  The freshman senator will travel for the first time this year to the first-in-the-nation caucus state on Oct. 22-23, as she prepares for a potential presidential run.  —  Story Continued Below
 
 
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CNN:
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
How McConnell finally came around on Trump: ‘I look at the results’
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Politico:
White House considers two female ambassadors to replace Haley at U.N.
Fox News:
New details emerge on anti-Trump dossier as House GOP seeks Fusion GPS boss testimony
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Top GOP funding group snubs incumbents Rohrabacher and Walters 3 weeks before midterm election
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