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6:45 PM ET, October 14, 2018

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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: Washington Monthly and CNN
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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: Politico
Yahoo:   Saudi stocks dive 7.0 percent, wiping out 2018 gains
Bloomberg:   Trump Weighs Action Against Saudis as Khashoggi Denials Continue
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
Washington Post:
After journalist vanishes, focus shifts to young prince's ‘dark’ and bullying side
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Khashoggi crisis is a reckoning for Jared Kushner
Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Rubio: No ‘business as usual’ with Saudi Arabia
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 …
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:
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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CBS News:
Gender gap helps keep Democrats in front — CBS News poll
Discussion: Opinion Today and Political Wire
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:
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 …
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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
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.
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
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.
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.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why The House And Senate Are Moving In Opposite Directions  —  At first, I was a little skeptical of the narrative that Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation process could send the House and Senate moving in opposite directions.  Usually in politics, a rising tide lifts all boats …
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Trump adviser on UN climate change warning: 'They overestimate.. I'm just saying, do we know precisely?'  —  A top economic adviser to President Trump responded to a recent U.N. report warning the world needs to take drastic action within 12 years to avoid a possible climate crisis, saying, “I think they overestimate.”
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
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Tapper Confronts Rubio on Climate Change: What Will You Tell ‘Your Children and My Children’ in 20 Years?  —  The Florida senator ultimately abdicated responsibility, telling CNN that ‘no matter what we do with laws... this trend would still continue.’  —  Republican Senator Marco Rubio appeared …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Michael Cohen: 2018 midterms ‘might be the most important vote in our lifetime’  —  Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, is urging the public to #GetOutAndVote next month.  —  In a Sunday afternoon tweet, Cohen said the Nov. 6 midterms, in which Democrats are aiming …
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Trump's Gurus Say Their Techniques Can End War and Make You Fly  —  Celebs from Katy Perry to Ivanka say Transcendental Meditation helps them focus.  The movement's chief promises more: quasi-magical powers and the ability to steer world events.  —  When the David Lynch Foundation held …
 
 
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Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
Trump defies DiFi and Kamala, nominating 3 Federalist Society members for Ninth Circuit
Discussion: twitchy.com and RedState
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
A Free People Must Be Virtuous
Saudigazette:
5-year jail, 3 million fine for rumormongers
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
G.O.P. Finds an Unexpectedly Potent Line of Attack: Immigration
Discussion: Political Wire
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
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Immigrant Teens Are Stuck In An Expanding Tent City In Texas
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Why a lifelong Republican once believed in Devin Nunes, but not anymore
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai: It's ‘very confusing’ trying to figure out who Trump listens to on trade
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
NBC News:
Democrats have a Latino problem. Can they fix it in time?
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Absentee Presidency
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‘White Women’ Becomes a Disparaging Term
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