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New York Times:
Audio Contains Gruesome Details of Khashoggi Killing, Turkish Official Says  —  ISTANBUL — His killers were waiting when Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago.  They severed his fingers during an interrogation and later beheaded and dismembered him …
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Jamal Khashoggi / Washington Post:
What the Arab world needs most is free expression  —  I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi's translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul.  The Post held off publishing it because we hoped Jamal would come back to us so that he and I could edit it together.
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Crown prince under scrutiny in journalist's disappearance even as Saudis search for exculpatory explanation  —  The Trump administration and the Saudi royal family are searching for a mutually agreeable explanation for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — one that will avoid implicating …
Tara Isabella Burton / Vox:
Prominent evangelical leader on Khashoggi crisis: let's not risk “$100 billion worth of arms sales”  —  Pat Robertson urged caution over US-Saudi relations  —  A major evangelical leader has spoken in defense of US-Saudi relations after the apparent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi …
Washington Post:
Pompeo hears Turkey's accusations against Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi case  —  ANKARA, Turkey — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo received a firsthand briefing Wednesday on Turkey's claims that Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents, but he did not listen to an audio recording that Turkey …
WashPostPR / Washington Post:
The Washington Post to publish a special edition Op-Ed page with new column by Jamal Khashoggi  —  In Khashoggi's latest column, he discusses the need for a free press in the Mideast  —  On Thursday, October 18th, The Washington Post will publish an Opinions page dedicated to Post Global Opinions contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia transfers $100 million to U.S. amid crisis over Khashoggi  —  The United States received a payment of $100 million from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the same day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh to discuss the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi …
CNN:
Khashoggi disappearance prompts Kushner retreat from Saudi frontlines
Discussion: Splinter
Washington Post:
Amid global outrage over Khashoggi, Trump tries to protect Saudis
Discussion: NBC News, HuffPost and Above the Law
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
President Trump's Overeager Acceptance of Saudi Arabia's Excuse in the Khashoggi Affair
Max Fisher / New York Times:   How One Journalist's Death Provoked a Backlash That Thousands Dead in Yemen Did Not
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Rod Rosenstein Defends Mueller Probe as ‘Appropriate and Independent’  —  In interview, deputy attorney general says investigation has revealed widespread Russian effort to meddle in 2016 election  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended the special counsel's investigation …
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CNN:
Mueller's quiet period has not been very quiet  —  Is Mueller feeling pressure to wrap up probe?  —  Washington (CNN)Ever since reaching a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, Paul Manafort has kept the Russia prosecutors busy.  —  The former Trump campaign chairman and his lawyers …
Bloomberg:
Mueller Ready to Deliver Key Findings in His Trump Probe, Sources Say  — Rosenstein is pressing Mueller to wrap it up, official says  — Next steps expected to occur after November midterm elections  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller is expected to issue findings on core aspects …
New York Times:
McGahn, a Soldier for Trump and a Witness Against Him, Departs White House  —  WASHINGTON — Donald F. McGahn II departed as White House counsel on Wednesday, ending a tumultuous 21-month tenure where he spearheaded some of President Trump's most significant political accomplishments …
John Santucci / ABC News:
Special counsel pushing Paul Manafort for information on Roger Stone: Sources  —  Prosecutors from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office have been asking former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort — their newest cooperating witness — about his friend and former business associate Roger Stone …
Discussion: The Week and Law & Crime
David Morgan / Reuters:
McConnell says Senate Republicans might revisit Obamacare repeal  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans could try again to repeal Obamacare if they win enough seats in U.S. elections next month, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday, calling a failed 2017 push to repeal the healthcare law a “disappointment.”
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Republicans Will Repeal Obamacare If They Get The Chance, Mitch McConnell Says
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and ThinkProgress
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“You Can't Out-Trump Trump”: Elizabeth Warren Shows Democrats How to Lose in 2020  —  Warren's maneuver stands as a warning sign for other presidential contenders.  Getting into the mud pit with Trump—who doesn't care about political decorum, rules, sexism, racism, name-calling, facts …
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Washington Post:
Record number of families crossing U.S. border, as Trump threatens new crackdown  —  The number of migrant parents entering the United States with children has surged to record levels in the three months since President Trump ended family separations at the border, dealing the administration …
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Ahead of Pompeo trip, Trump threatens Central America with aid cuts over caravan
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Dem operative for Soros-funded group arrested for ‘battery’ against Nevada GOP candidate's campaign manager  —  A Democratic operative for American Bridge 21st Century, a group founded by David Brock and funded by liberal billionaire George Soros, was arrested Tuesday after the female campaign manager …
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Michelle Rindels / The Nevada Independent:   Employee of Dem super PAC jailed, fired after allegedly grabbing, twisting arm of Laxalt campaign manager
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Forecasting the races for governor  —  Our forecast for every race for governor  —  What share of the national population Democrats and Republicans are expected to govern, based on the most likely winner in each of the 36 gubernatorial elections taking place in 2018 and who controls the 14 seats not up for election.
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Wes Siler / Outside Online:
Ryan Zinke Has Fired the DOI Inspector General … At last count, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was the subject of 14 separate government investigations.  (A new record!)  But that number could soon be zero.  That's because Zinke just fired the Department of the Interior's acting inspector general.
Twin Cities:
In unsealed divorce filings, Rep. Keith Ellison says ex-wife abused him  —  Keith Ellison's divorce records unsealed Wednesday contain no allegations the Minnesota congressman physically abused his ex-wife, but he said in a 2015 filing that Kim Ellison repeatedly hit him throughout their 25-year marriage.
Discussion: Political Wire and MinnPost
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Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
In unsealed divorce records, Rep. Keith Ellison says ex-wife abused him
Discussion: Washington Times
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
President Trump, health care drive midterm elections  —  Less than three weeks until Election Day, voters are thinking most about health care, the economy, and reining in President Trump — and Democratic candidates are benefitting.  —  Currently, 49 percent of likely voters …
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Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:   Poll shows Newsom with a commanding lead over Cox in final weeks before Californians select their next governor
Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:
Two GOP Candidates Assaulted in Minnesota  —  Attacks come as state Democrats suspend staffer for beheading post  —  The Minnesota Democratic Party has suspended a spokesman for calling for violence against Republicans even as two GOP candidates have been assaulted in suspected politically motivated attacks.
Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
Pump and Trump  —  Donald Trump claims he only licensed his name for real estate projects developed by others.  But an investigation of a dozen Trump deals shows deep family involvement in projects that often involved deceptive practices.  —  SINCE DONALD TRUMP'S FORTUNES came surging …
Amy Harmon / New York Times:
Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)  —  Nowhere on the agenda of the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, being held in San Diego this week, is a topic plaguing many of its members: the recurring appropriation of the field's research in the name of white supremacy.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Another Trump-branded building has decided to take down the president's name  —  The residents of a Manhattan condominium called “Trump Place” have voted to remove the president's name from the tower's facade, the latest in a string of properties that have distanced themselves from the Trump brand since Election Day 2016.
Discussion: Raw Story
Shayna Jacobs / New York Daily News:
FBI looking at Manhattan district attorney's office over potential undue influence in handling of cases: sources  —  FBI agents are probing the Manhattan district attorney's office over its handling of high-profile cases that were dropped once lawyers for the well-connected subjects made donations, the Daily News has learned.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Odds Are, Your Next Governor Will Be A Democrat  —  In the midterm elections for the House and Senate, Democrats are very likely to win the majority of votes, but they face structural barriers to winning the majority of seats.  In the House, for instance, we project that Democrats would need …
Tamar Lapin / New York Post:
‘Golfcart Gail’ calls cops on black dad at his kid's soccer game  —  A white woman called the cops on a black father at his child's soccer game — claiming he yelled at the referee, when he was actually just cheering on his son, according to local reports.  —  Two other women …
Discussion: The Root
David Dayen / American Prospect:
How Sears Was Gutted By Its Own CEO … By now, Prospect readers probably know the basic story of the demise of Sears.  The company that pioneered the 20th-century version of e-commerce—the catalog—did not succumb to 21st-century innovations like Amazon and Walmart.
Discussion: Bloomberg and CNBC
Daniel B. Shapiro / Haaretz:
Opinion Why the Khashoggi Murder Is a Disaster for Israel  —  The grisly hit-job on Khashoggi has implications far beyond its exposure of the Saudi Crown Prince as brutal and reckless.  In Jerusalem and D.C., they're mourning their whole strategic concept for the Mideast - not least, for countering Iran
Ben Brasch / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cobb voters energized by governor's race wait 3 hours for early voting  —  Democracy was built to be a slow, deliberative process.  But that sentiment probably doesn't mean much to Cobb County residents getting into a three-hour line to vote.  —  Janine Eveler, head of elections in Cobb …
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and politics.myajc
 
 
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