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8:10 PM ET, October 16, 2018

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New York Times:
Suspects in Khashoggi Case Had Ties to Saudi Crown Prince  —  ISTANBUL — One of the suspects identified by Turkey in the disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi was a frequent companion of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — seen disembarking from airplanes with him in Paris …
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Associated Press:
Trump criticizes rush to condemn Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump Tuesday criticized rapidly mounting global condemnation of Saudi Arabia over the mystery of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, warning of a rush to judgment and echoing the Saudis' request for patience.
Washington Post:
Turkey releases passport scans of men it says were involved in journalist's killing  —  ISTANBUL — Turkish officials have provided The Washington Post with scans of passports that they say were carried by seven men who were part of a Saudi team involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside …
Discussion: The Week
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Khashoggi Disappearance May Disrupt Trump Administration's Plans to Squeeze Iran  —  White House officials are worried that the apparent killing of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Saudi Arabia's changing account of his fate, could derail a major showdown with Iran and jeopardize plans …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump seems eager to contain, not confront, fallout from journalist's disappearance
Michael R. Pompeo / Foreign Affairs:
Confronting Iran  —  The end of the Cold War forced …
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Jared Kushner ‘deeply involved’ in White House response to Khashoggi's disappearance
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia is putting money in Trump's pocket. Is that shaping U.S. policy?
Discussion: CNN, New York Daily News and Vox
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Jared Kushner's Moral Laryngitis
Discussion: Hmm Daily, PRI and Vox
Associated Press:
Trump tells AP he's not to blame if Republicans loses House  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he won't accept the blame if Republicans lose the House in November.  —  Trump said he believes he is “helping” Republican candidates as he campaigns ahead of crucial midterm elections next month.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump calls Stormy Daniels ‘Horseface’  —  President Trump on Tuesday called adult-film star Stormy Daniels “Horseface” and threatened to “go after” her after he won a court victory over his alleged mistress.  —  “'Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump.
Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
Trump Drops New Nickname On Stormy, And It's About Her Face  —  President Donald Trump bestowed a new nickname on porn star Stormy Daniels after her lawsuit against him was dismissed in federal court, in a Tuesday tweet.  —  “Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas,” Trump tweeted.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump names DC lawyer new White House counsel  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's interview with The Associated Press (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump says he's selected Washington lawyer Pat Cipollone to serve as his next White House counsel.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aram Roston / BuzzFeed News:
American Mercenaries Were Hired To Assassinate Politicians In The Middle East  —  “There was a targeted assassination program in Yemen.  I was running it.  We did it.”  —  Cradling an AK-47 and sucking a lollipop, the former American Green Beret bumped along in the back of an armored SUV …
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Just Security:   Justice Dept Must Open Criminal Investigation Into Potential War Crimes by U.S. Mercenaries in Yemen
Michelle Rindels / The Nevada Independent:
Brothel owner, Assembly candidate Dennis Hof dead at 72  —  Prominent Nevada brothel owner and Assembly candidate Dennis Hof has died, his campaign manager tweeted on Tuesday, just days after his 72nd birthday.  —  Nye County spokesman Arnold Knightly said Nye County Commission Chair John Koenig announced …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:   Pro-Trump pimp, Nevada GOP assembly candidate Dennis Hof dies after rally, birthday party …
Laura Strickler / NBC News:
White House moves to replace Interior Department IG amid probe of Secretary Ryan Zinke  —  An internal HUD email announced Suzanne Tufts will become the acting inspector general for the Interior Department.  The Interior IG's office was unaware.  —  The White House appears to be replacing …
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Washington Post:
HUD political appointee abruptly moved to lead Interior's watchdog office amid ongoing investigations into Zinke
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politico
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Will Elizabeth Warren's ‘Woman of Color’ Sham Come Back to Haunt Her?  —  Making the click-through worthwhile: Why Elizabeth Warren really fears the “woman of color” controversy, President Trump gets a win in the courtroom and some long-overdue questions about whether a self-promoting lawyer …
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James MacPherson / Associated Press:
Heitkamp apologizes for ad misidentifying victims of abuse  —  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp apologized Tuesday for misidentifying victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape who were listed in a recent North Dakota newspaper ad aimed at her opponent.
CNN:
Beto O'Rourke touts support from ‘lifelong Republican’ mom, but records show she has also backed Democrats  —  Beto O'Rourke: From rock guitarist to congressman  —  (CNN)On the campaign trail, Rep. Beto O'Rourke has cast his mother, Melissa O'Rourke, as a lifelong Republican.
Discussion: The Federalist and twitchy.com
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
McConnell Blames Entitlements, Not GOP, for Rising Deficits  — Leader sees little chance of tackling debt without Democrats  — GOP passed tax cut bill adding more than $1 trillion in debt  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blamed rising federal deficits and debt …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:   McConnell eyes cuts to Medicare, Social Security to address deficit
Annie Zak / Anchorage Daily News:
Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott abruptly resigns following “inappropriate comments”  —  Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott abruptly resigned from office Tuesday, Gov. Bill Walker's office announced, following recent “inappropriate comments.”  It wasn't immediately clear what Mallott said.
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet's New Favorite Insult?  —  Twitter has barred hundreds of right-wing accounts for posing as soulless, “nonplayable” liberal activists.  —  Last week, a trolling campaign organized by right-wing internet users spilled over onto Twitter.
Discussion: Axios, more at Techmeme »
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Julián Castro Gives His Clearest Signal Yet He's Running in 2020  —  The Texas Democrat talks about why Latinos aren't fired up this year, how the Democratic Party must change and his own political future  —  WASHINGTON — Julián Castro, the former San Antonio mayor and secretary …
Mark Niesse / politics.myajc:
Turnout soars on the first day of early voting in Georgia  —  Voters across Georgia rushed to the polls on the first day of in-person early voting Monday, with 69,049 people casting their ballots.  —  That's a sharp increase from the last midterm election in 2014, when 20,898 people showed …
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
USA Gymnastics Head Out After Less Than A Week As Interim President  —  Mary Bono worked for the law firm that represented USAG when Larry Nassar was first investigated for child sexual abuse.  —  Newly appointed interim president and CEO of USA Gymnastics Mary Bono announced she's resigning …
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Ecuador Reprimands Assange: Don't Get Political Online And Take Care Of Your Cat  —  The Ecuadorian government has had it up to here with Julian Assange.  —  The government has laid out strict house rules for Assange to follow or risk losing his diplomatic asylum, according to a Tuesday Guardian report.
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Top Democratic Super PAC Comes To Bob Menendez's Rescue In New Jersey  —  Senate Majority PAC is spending $3 million to attack Republican Bob Hugin as a Trump clone.  —  The Senate Democrats' leading super PAC is set to spend $3 million in bright blue New Jersey in an effort to save Sen. Bob Menendez …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Woodward Missed Everything That Matters About the Trump Presidency  —  The alleged killing of a Washington Post columnist on the orders of the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has triggered many rethinks—and not least a rethinking of the lavishly flattering journalism that hailed the crown prince's rise to supreme power.
Discussion: The Intercept
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Don't expect a big Democratic wave this fall, a new CNBC poll says  — The poll of 800 Americans across the country, with a margin of error of 3.5 percent, found a six-point Democratic lead on the question of who voters will choose in the November congressional elections.
Discussion: Townhall and NTK Network
Elizabeth Bruenig / Washington Post:
The left and the right cry out for civility, but maybe that's asking for too much  —  Hillary Clinton is done with civility.  —  “You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about,” Clinton declared in a recent CNN interview.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
'We're getting our asses kicked': Republicans massively out-raised in election homestretch  —  Ninety-two Democratic challengers outraised GOP House incumbents in the third quarter, while 33 Republicans trail in cash on hand.  —  Democratic challengers outraised Republican House incumbents …
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Backlash Threatens U.S. Startups  —  The kingdom is now the largest single investor for U.S. startups, with stakes in Uber, WeWork and Magic Leap  —  As international backlash grows over Saudi Arabia's alleged involvement in the possible murder of a journalist, Silicon Valley faces …
The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are Adopting the Proud Boys  —  Before and after the Manhattan brawl, GOP figures defended and promoted the far-right group.  It's a valuable and dangerous bridge between fascism and mainstream politics.  —  Nine members of the far-right Proud Boys group and three protesters …
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Suburban Women Are Fed Up With The Republican Party And Could Drive A Blue Wave  —  If there's a Democratic sweep in November, politically moderate suburban women will be a big reason why.  “Now I'm Democratic,” said one Michigan woman.  “I've never been before.”
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Feds Collect Record Individual Income Taxes in FY 2018; Still Run $779B Deficit
Bryan Lowry / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump-backed candidate in Kansas liked Facebook post calling police ‘thug criminals’
Discussion: Raw Story
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
It turns out that Facebook could in fact use data collected from its Portal in-home video device to target you with ads
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Ron DeSantis Rose By Trafficking In Racist, Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories
Discussion: Florida Politics
John Harwood / CNBC:
The numbers are in, and Trump's tax cut didn't reduce the deficit - despite his many promises
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Paralyzing polio-like illness mainly affecting children confirmed in 22 states, CDC says
Discussion: CNN, KTLA and NPR
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
State Department spokeswoman Nauert in the mix for U.N. ambassador
Fox News:
Glenn Simpson, of Fusion GPS, pleads 5th on Capitol Hill amid questions over dossier
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
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Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
To Free Detained Children, Immigrant Families Are Forced to Risk Everything
David Dayen / Los Angeles Times:
Did we learn anything from Proposition 13? Proposition 5 says no
Discussion: Mother Jones
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: HLN Axing Most Live Shows, Including Carol Costello and Ashleigh Banfield
David Wren / Post and Courier:
Potential tariffs tally: Half a billion for BMW; production move for Volvo
 

 
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