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10:40 PM ET, October 15, 2018

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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Warren releases results of DNA test  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA test that provides “strong evidence” she had a Native American in her family tree dating back 6 to 10 generations, an unprecedented move by one of the top possible contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.
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Sarah Dewberry / KJRH:
Cherokee Nation issues statement on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's DNA test results  —  TAHLEQUAH - The Cherokee Nation issued a statement Monday on Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren's DNA test results.  —  Sen. Warren released her DNA report in response to President Donald Trump taunting her for her saying she was part Native American.
Discussion: The New Neo
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Did Elizabeth Warren Just Kill Identity Politics?  —  If the Massachusetts senator is now a person of color then the term has no meaning.  —  “Elizabeth Warren's Native American Heritage” is the title of a new campaign video promoting the senior senator from Massachusetts.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump denies offering $1 million for Warren DNA test, even though he did
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren readies for 2020 run
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Post
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CNN:
Saudis preparing to admit Jamal Khashoggi died during interrogation, sources say  —  Ankara, Turkey (CNN)The Saudis are preparing a report that will acknowledge that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death was the result of an interrogation that went wrong, one that was intended to lead …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Endeavor Pulling Out of $400 Million Saudi Arabia Deal (Exclusive)  —  The move comes as pressure mounts for Hollywood to take a stand against the kingdom in the wake of the disappearance — and possible murder — of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.  —  Endeavor Content is extricating itself …
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Saudi government considering plan to admit that writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed in consulate  —  WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia's government is discussing a plan to admit that missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, three people with knowledge of the situation tell NBC News.
Discussion: CNBC
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Speaks With Saudi King About Missing Journalist
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox Business and Saudi-Owned Al Arabiya Are Last Media Partners of Saudi Business Conference
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
US budget deficit expands to $779 billion in fiscal 2018 as spending surges  — The federal budget deficit rose 17 percent in fiscal year 2018, according to the Trump administration.  — The Trump administration has pushed for dramatic budget cuts at several agencies and supported massive increases in military spending.
Discussion: Reuters, Politico, Daily Wire and Axios
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says Sears Was Mismanaged. Mnuchin Was on Its Board for Years
Discussion: Raw Story
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Budget Deficit Jumps Nearly 17% in 2018
Discussion: Political Wire
Christine Wang / CNBC:
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at age 65  —  Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Vulcan Inc. said Monday on behalf of his family.  —  Allen passed away Monday afternoon in Seattle at 65 years old, Vulcan said.
Washington Post:
Trump tops $100 million in fundraising for his own reelection  —  President Trump has topped $100 million in fundraising for his 2020 reelection bid — an enormous haul for a president barely two years into his first term, according to new Federal Election Commission filings.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Doubles Spending Rate as the 2020 Race Draws Nearer  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's campaign more than doubled its spending over the past three months as the president worked to rev up the Republican base ahead of next month's midterm elections through a series of rallies and online appeals.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
DHS finds increasing attempts to hack U.S. election systems ahead of midterms  —  The assessment said the feds don't know who is behind the attacks, but none have been successful.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security says it's working to identify who — or what …
Discussion: Axios
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Judge throws out Stormy Daniels's defamation lawsuit against Trump  —  A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit from adult film actress Stormy Daniels that claimed President Trump defamed her when he suggested she had lied about being threatened to keep quiet about their alleged relationship.
Tony Marrero / Tampa Bay Times:
Surveillance video shows Lakeland city commissioner shooting alleged shoplifter  —  LAKELAND Police have released surveillance video that appears to show a Lakeland city commissioner fatally shooting a man exiting the commissioner's military surplus store.  —  The video released Monday shows …
Discussion: Raw Story
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Republicans worry that Trump and his aides have no idea the hell that may await  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republicans who support President Donald Trump have grown fearful that the White House is unprepared for the onslaught that may await them in January.  —  If a “blue wave” succeeds in giving …
Discussion: Raw Story
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The Hill:
Trump makes new overtures to Democrats
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Splinter and Political Wire
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
All we know about the White House portrait of Trump drinking Diet Coke with Abraham Lincoln  —  Previously spotted in D.C. gift shops and jigsaw puzzle boxes, a fantasy print of President Trump entertaining Abraham Lincoln while every other Republican president in history watches now hangs outside the Oval Office.
Associated Press:
Supreme Court: Next Florida governor will pick new justices  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's next governor and not incumbent Gov. Rick Scott will get to pick three new justices to the state Supreme Court, the court ruled Monday in a decision with major implications in this year's gubernatorial campaign.
Discussion: Axios
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Michael Klarman / Take Care Blog:
Why Democrats Should Pack the Supreme Court
Discussion: Raw Story
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller is everywhere, except the midterms  —  Campaign ads and debates are mostly avoiding the Russia investigation in favor of other issues important to voters.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller can't escape the headlines, or President Donald Trump's obsessive Twitter feed.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mar-a-Lago member gives $150,000 to help Trump aides mired in Mueller probe
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Stites / Poynter:
About 1,300 U.S. communities have totally lost news coverage, UNC news desert study finds  —  It's hardly a secret that news deserts are spreading, but just how bad is it?  —  A comprehensive new study released today by the University of North Carolina's School of Media and Journalism shows …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
American Bar Association drops review of Kavanaugh  —  Washington (CNN)The American Bar Association will no longer review its “well qualified” rating of Justice Brett Kavanaugh now that the Senate confirmed him, an ABA official told CNN Monday.  —  The official, who declined to speak on the record …
Melissa Gomez / New York Times:
Woman Is Fired After Video Shows Her Blocking a Black Man From His Condo  —  A black man arrived at the entrance to the building where he lives in St. Louis late Friday night only to find himself blocked by a white neighbor who demanded he proved he lived there.
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
GOP plays blame game while fighting to save House majority  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans have begun to concede defeat in the evolving fight to preserve the House majority.  —  The party's candidates may not go quietly, but from the Arizona mountains to suburban Denver to the cornfields of Iowa …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:   Attack Ads Against Some Democrats Try to Portray Them as Terrorists
Paul Mozur / New York Times:
Myanmar's Military Said to Be Behind Facebook Campaign That Fueled Genocide  —  NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — They posed as fans of pop stars and national heroes as they flooded Facebook with their hatred.  One said Islam was a global threat to Buddhism.  Another shared a false story about the rape of a Buddhist woman by a Muslim man.
Emerson College:
Two Emerson e-Polls: Republicans with Edge in US Senate and Governor Races in Nevada; New Hampshire Races come into focus  —  Podcast Analysis: https://bit.ly/2OWltLP  —  In Nevada, US Senator Dean Heller polls at (R) 48%, US Rep. Jacky Rosen (D) is at 41% and 8% are undecided.
The Daily Beast:
NYPD Looks to Charge 9 Proud Boys With Assault for Manhattan Fight  —  Three protesters are also wanted after police say they threw bottles and punches during the incident.  —  NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said Monday that police believe they have evidence to charge nine members …
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Emails: Kyrsten Sinema summoned witches to her anti-war rally  —  Politicians talk about “witch hunts” so often that the occult has almost become cliche in American politics.  But in Arizona, there's at least one candidate on the ballot who takes sorcery very seriously.
Discussion: The Guardian and Instapundit
Amanda VanAllen / newsnet5:
A couple says they were mock raped at the ‘Akron Fright Fest’ haunted house, didn't sign waiver  —  One couple is accusing a local haunted house of subjecting patrons to a mock rape scene without asking their permission or having them sign a waiver.  —  “There was a man in a mask standing …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Senate intelligence staffer who dated reporter pleads guilty to lying to FBI about leaks
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and LifeZette
Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming U.S. elections
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly, dishonest CBS interview reveals GOP's predicament in midterms
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Senate Employee Pleads Guilty to False Statements Charge
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FBI Investigated Andrew McCabe For Allegedly Leaking About Michael Flynn
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jim Salter / Associated Press:
Government spends millions to guard Confederate cemeteries
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Splinter
Susan Scutti / CNN:
Climate change to cause global beer shortage, study says
Discussion: Law & Crime
 Earlier Items: 
James Arkin / Politico:
Cruz plays the inside game to beat O'Rourke
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Why Bill Gates is worried
Discussion: The Daily Caller
BuzzFeed News:
Here's How A Major Western Bank Enabled A Suspected Russian Money Launderer
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's latest attempt to backtrack on Trump tells us what to expect from him in the Senate
Discussion: Daily Wire and ABC News
The Intercept:
Military Officials Aren't Supposed to Associate With Hate Groups. …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Former congressman David Jolly quits GOP
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and Political Wire
John LaLoggia / Pew Research Center:
Little Partisan Agreement on the Pressing Problems Facing the U.S.
Discussion: Washington Post and Vox