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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Reality Breaks Up a (Saudi) Prince Charming's Media Narrative  —  Just six months ago, American media outlets presented a sunny-side-up portrait of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia as he made a good-will tour of New York, Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
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Financial Post:
Oil could hit $200 ‘or even double that figure’: Saudis threaten to retaliate against any sanctions over Khashoggi disappearance  —  DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Sunday warned against threats to punish it over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last week …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Monthly
Washington Post:
Two princes: Kushner now faces a reckoning for Trump's bet on the Saudi heir  —  When President Trump chose Riyadh to make his debut on the world stage last year, he was placing a bet on Saudi Arabia, which serenaded him with military bands, dazzled him with a flyover of fighter jets and regaled him with a traditional sword dance.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Bloomberg:   Trump Weighs Action Against Saudis as Khashoggi Denials Continue
Yahoo:   Saudi stocks dive 7.0 percent, wiping out 2018 gains
GOV.UK:
Joint statement on the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi by Foreign Ministers from the UK, France and Germany
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
BBC:   Jamal Khashoggi case: Saudis defy ‘threats’ over missing writer
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Saudis reject threats as stocks plunge after Trump comments
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Axios
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
President Trump on Christine Blasey Ford, his relationships with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un and more  —  Lesley Stahl speaks with President Trump about a wide range of topics in his first 60 Minutes interview since taking office  —  When Americans vote in next month's midterm elections …
Los Angeles Times:
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's family benefited from U.S. program for minorities based on disputed ancestry  —  A company owned by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's in-laws won more than $7 million in no-bid and other federal contracts at U.S. military installations …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
A senator snatched a student's phone while being asked about Georgia voter registration uproar  —  An attempted conversation between a Georgia Tech student and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) ended abruptly with the lawmaker snatching the student's cellphone away while he was being asked about possible voter suppression in the state.
CBS News:
Trump on prospect of Mattis' departure: “At some point, everybody leaves”  —  President Trump suggested that Defense Secretary James Mattis could be one of the next administration officials to depart his Cabinet.  In an interview airing on “60 Minutes” Sunday, the president said there are …
CBS News:
Hillary Clinton: Bill should “absolutely not” have resigned over Lewinsky scandal  —  Hillary Clinton says that her husband was right not to resign from the presidency in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, she told CBS' “Sunday Morning.”  As first lady, she stood by his side …
Alex Tanzi / BloombergQuint:
Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in 2016  —  (Bloomberg) — Individual income taxes are the federal government's single biggest revenue source.  In fiscal year 2018, which ended Sept. 30, the individual income tax is expected to bring in roughly $1.7 trillion …
Lucas Willard / WAMC:
Cuomo Blames Republicans For “Proud Boys” Brawl … New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is blaming the Republican Party and President Donald Trump for Friday night's violence in Manhattan outside a GOP headquarters.  —  A fight occurred between members of the far-right group the Proud Boys and protesters.
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Tim Fleischer / abc7ny.com:
Police seek persons-of-interest after ‘Proud Boys’ fight breaks out near NYC Republican club
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
CNN:
CNN Poll: More see Trump win likely as Biden leads crowded Democratic field  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Americans are becoming more likely to think President Donald Trump will win a second term in office, while Joe Biden stands atop a crowded field of Democrats perhaps looking to replace him, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
Des Moines Register:
The Register's endorsements for Congress: GOP has failed to govern; give Democrats a chance  —  When Republicans achieved the trifecta in 2016, winning the presidency as well as holding the House and Senate, it seemed the country was poised to move beyond the GOP-engineered partisan gridlock …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren builds expansive Democratic campaign effort ahead of likely 2020 bid  —  BOSTON — During the past six months, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has quietly built a shadow war room designed to elect Democrats across the country in the midterm elections, overtaking …
Discussion: Axios
CBS News:
Democratic lead continues to grow in race for House — CBS News Battleground Tracker  —  Democrats' position in the contest for the House of Representatives is the best it's been since June, but they remain dependent on turnout of less frequent voters, as well as winning over Trump voters from 2016.
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People.com:
Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson Split, Call Off Engagement: ‘Too Much Too Soon,’ Says Source  —  Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson have called it quits, PEOPLE confirms.  —  The pair decided to end their engagement over the weekend, TMZ first reported on Sunday.  —  “It was way too much too soon,” a Grande source tells PEOPLE.
Discussion: TMZ.com
Radley Balko / Washington Post:
Little Rock's dangerous and illegal drug war  —  “You don't know what fear is until you wake up and your own front door is flying at you,” says Roderick Talley.  —  It was early on a hot morning last summer, and he was dozing on his couch in front of a flickering television.
Discussion: Raw Story
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Senate: Affirmative Action for White People  —  And why it's time to make Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., the 51st and 52nd states.  —  The biggest racial preferences in this country have nothing to do with college admissions or job offers.  They have to do with political power.
Saudigazette:
5-year jail, 3 million fine for rumormongers  —  Jeddah — Sharing or spreading rumors or fake news that might affect public order and security is considered cybercrime punishable by 5-year imprisonment and SR 3 million fine, the Public Prosecution reiterated on Saturday.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
G.O.P. Finds an Unexpectedly Potent Line of Attack: Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — Not long ago, as heart-rending images of migrant children separated from their parents at the border filled the airwaves, the issue of immigration seemed to be losing some of its potency as a weapon for Republicans with the midterm elections approaching.
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
A Free People Must Be Virtuous  —  True liberty comes with obligations.  —  Dear Reader (Even those of you who didn't seem to notice or care that I failed to file this “news"letter on Friday),  —  So I'm sitting here at Gate C6 at O'Hare waiting for my flight home.
Faith Salie / CBS News:
BREAKING NEWS!  Faith Salie has something to say about “Breaking News”  —  If you're just joining us, I'm covering some BREAKING NEWS!  You know news is breaking, because I'm telling you so, and I might touch my ear piece like this, and it's also important you read “BREAKING NEWS” right there on the corner of the screen.
Kate King / Wall Street Journal:
A Sexual-Assault Accusation in New Jersey Exposes a National Dilemma  —  In the #MeToo era, law-enforcement officials consider new ways to handle sexual-assault allegations  —  JERSEY CITY, N.J.—Katie Brennan spent more than a year trying to get authorities to take action against the man she accuses of sexually assaulting her.
Binaj Gurubacharya / Washington Times:
‘This is only the start’: Nepal blocks 25,000 websites in porn ban  —  KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese internet providers have begun blocking thousands of pornographic websites as part of a government directive aimed at stopping sexual violence, officials said Sunday.
 
 
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National Journal:
In Missouri, Kavanaugh Fight Sparked a GOP Revival
Discussion: Power Line
Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
Trump defies DiFi and Kamala, nominating 3 Federalist Society members for Ninth Circuit
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Pollster Zogby: Dem House win ‘far from certain, elusive,’ Senate ‘nearly impossible’
NRC:
Attacks that kill civilians are no longer an anomaly in Yemen's war
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen: 2018 midterms ‘might be the most important vote in our lifetime’
Discussion: HuffPost
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Immigrant Teens Are Stuck In An Expanding Tent City In Texas
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Andrew Shinn / Fresno Bee:
Why a lifelong Republican once believed in Devin Nunes, but not anymore
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Shareblue Media
Nicole Phillip / New York Times:
Kanye Has Faced Criticism for Being a Black Trump Fan. Can You Relate?
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why The House And Senate Are Moving In Opposite Directions
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Trump's Gurus Say Their Techniques Can End War and Make You Fly
NBC News:
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Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Absentee Presidency
Discussion: Hullabaloo