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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Republicans outpacing Democrats in early voting in key states, NBC News finds  —  The data suggests enthusiasm among early GOP voters that could put a dent in Democratic hopes for a “blue wave” in the midterms.  —  Is the “blue wave” turning purple?  —  Republican-affiliated voters …
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Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Shocking turnout for first day of early voting in Houston  —  Thousands of people were already camped out at a key early voting location in Houston on Monday morning, hours before voting was even set to begin.  —  Nearly 2,000 people stood in line outside of the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center …
Zach Despart / Houston Chronicle:   Harris County smashes early voting record
David Catanese / US News:
The Early Voting Explosion
CNN:
Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Khashoggi's clothes after he was killed, Turkish source says  —  Graphics by Henrik Pettersson, CNN  —  Istanbul (CNN)One member of the 15-man team suspected in the death of Jamal Khashoggi dressed up in his clothes and was captured …
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Washington Post:
CIA director flies to Turkey amid growing controversy over Jamal Khashoggi killing  —  CIA Director Gina Haspel departed for Turkey on Monday amid a growing international uproar over Saudi Arabia's explanation of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Reuters, Axios and Wall Street Journal
USA Today:
Exclusive: President Trump calls Jamal Khashoggi's death ‘a plot gone awry’  —  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump on Monday questioned the account Saudi officials have given him about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi but said he still believed it was “a plot gone awry.”
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Here's how the Saudi crown prince could face international justice
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:   Security Images Show Khashoggi and Fiancée in His Final Hours
Reuters:
How the man behind Khashoggi murder ran the killing via Skype  —  (Reuters) - He ran social media for Saudi Arabia's crown prince.  He masterminded the arrest of hundreds of his country's elite.  He detained a Lebanese prime minister.  And, according to two intelligence sources …
Discussion: Business Insider and The Week
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Khashoggi met with crown prince's brother amid efforts to return him to Saudi Arabia  —  Prince Khalid had been contacting Khashoggi for at least a year to try to persuade him to return, three individuals told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — Months before he was killed in Istanbul …
Discussion: The Week
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
Khashoggi case has put Saudi prince right where Erdoğan wants him  —  Turkish president on losing end of regional power struggle with Bin Salman now finds himself in the ascendant  —  At about noon on Tuesday two regional leaders are due to make landmark addresses.
Karla Zabludovsky / BuzzFeed News:
The Caravan's Members Have No Idea What Trump Meant When He Tweeted About “Middle Easterners”  —  TAPACHULA, Mexico — As the migrant caravan advanced through Mexico en route to the US on Monday, 15 days before midterm elections, President Donald Trump attempted to stoke new fears, tweeting that …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The caravan is coming!  And it's high time to calm the rising media frenzy.  —  The exodus of migrants walking through Mexico is, no doubt, a real story.  —  It's just not the same story that much of the American news media is incredulously — at times hysterically — telling.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: US to ‘begin cutting off’ aid to countries associated with migrant caravan  —  President Trump on Monday said that the U.S. will begin to cut off or reduce aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador as citizens of those countries flee for the U.S. as part of a so-called caravan of migrants.
Los Angeles Times:
Michael Avenatti hit with $4.85-million judgment for unpaid debt as court orders eviction of his law firm  —  Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, was hit with a personal judgment of $4.85 million Monday for his failure to pay a debt to a former colleague at his longtime Newport Beach firm.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump gets sweet revenge on Ted Cruz today in Texas  —  (CNN)On Monday night in Houston, Donald Trump will dunk on Ted Cruz one last time.  —  Trump will travel to Texas to hold a massive get-out-the-vote rally for Cruz in the final days of a closer-than-expected race against Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D).
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump says he's ditched Lyin' Ted name: 'He's Beautiful Ted'
Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart
Houston Chronicle:   Trump is the star, but Cruz has rally attendees' vote
Matthew Fuhrman / ABC News:
Obama goes up against Trump in fight for Nevada Senate seat  —  Former President Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail two weeks before the midterm elections, appearing Monday at a rally at the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus to boost Democrats up and down the ballot.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
Barack Obama Is Back On The Campaign Trail.  Here's What He's Doing.  —  “That is not how America works.  That is how some tin-pot dictatorship works.”  —  Reporting From  —  Former President Barack Obama was on stage at the University of Las Vegas here Monday, doing a familiar, uncomfortable job.
Politico:
Trump's mystery tax cut puzzles Washington  —  The president has spoken twice about a tax plan no one else seems to know anything about.  'I guess I'll hear about it when I get to work on Monday,' one official said.  —  Call it the mystery middle class tax cut.
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Roger Stone Says Wikileaks Claim Was Based In Part On Reporter's Email  —  Conservative operative Roger Stone's claim that he believed WikiLeaks would be releasing documents related to the Clinton Foundation was based in part on an email from a Fox News reporter …
Discussion: CNN
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Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
Roger Stone Is Running Out of Options
Reuters:
Trump lawyer: Manafort said nothing damaging in Mueller interviews  —  (Reuters) - Under an unusual arrangement, Paul Manafort's attorney has kept Donald Trump informed about the former campaign chairman's meetings with prosecutors investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Do Liberals Hate Trump Because He's a Typical American?  —  Anti-intellectualism is an enduring feature of modern Republican politics, and accordingly, conservative intellectuals have taken up the job of justifying this state of affairs.  Historically, their claims have glommed onto …
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David Gelernter / Wall Street Journal:
The Real Reason They Hate Trump
Discussion: Hit & Run, 24Ahead and Splinter
Steven Pifer / Axios:
Trump faults Russia for INF treaty pullout but did little to save it  —  President Trump has announced his intent to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which prohibits U.S. and Russian land-based missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers.
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WTTG-TV:
VIDEO: Surveillance footage shows man kicking down glass door to get into FOX 5 building  —  Surveillance video shows suspect kicking glass door to get into FOX 5's building  —  FOX 5 security shoots man attempting to break into building  —  Scene outside of FOX 5's building after suspect was shot by security
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Washington Post:   Man shot in lobby of Fox 5 television station in Northwest Washington, police said
Tina Moore / New York Post:
NYPD boss accused of stuffing her panties in co-worker's mouth  —  A ball-busting female boss at a Brooklyn precinct is under investigation for allegedly stuffing a pair of her panties into a male colleague's mouth, police sources told The Post on Monday.  —  Sgt. Ann Marie Guerra …
New York Times:
The Day John Kelly and Corey Lewandowski Squared Off Outside the Oval Office  —  An argument last February between the White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, and Corey Lewandowski, an informal adviser to President Trump, turned into a physical altercation that required Secret Service intervention …
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Stacey Abrams Flag Burning Incident Surfaces on Eve of Georgia Debate  —  ATLANTA — At a protest on the steps of the Georgia Capitol in 1992, Stacey Abrams, now the Democratic candidate for governor, joined in the burning of the state flag, which at the time incorporated the Confederate battle flag design …
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
With the midterm campaign in its final weeks, poll signals a Democratic edge for the House and widespread doubts about Kavanaugh … The last year has seen the enactment of a major tax cut, the first-ever summit between a U.S. president and the leader of North Korea, felony convictions …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Rick Rickman / WBCB News:
Wallace Snaps, Curses In Synagogue During Debate With Fitzpatrick  —  As the political climate continues to heat up, challenger Scott Wallace lost his cool during a debate with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick.  Sunday night at the Congregation Tifereth Israel in Bensalem, Wallace used an expletive and …
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Two in Three Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-six percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, another new high in Gallup's trend over nearly half a century.  The latest figure marks the third consecutive year that support on the measure has increased and established a new record.
Discussion: Hit & Run, Forbes, HuffPost, Vox and Axios
 
 
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Russian paper: Indicted Prigozhin ordered beatings, killing
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Judge strikes down New Hampshire's restrictive voter registration law
Ali Rogin / ABC News:
Likely 2020 candidates slam reports of possible transgender policy shift
Discussion: Townhall and New York Times
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Mnuchin meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman despite outcry over government's role in journalist's death
Discussion: CNN, RT and Axios
Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
Cava Will Give Its 1,600 Employees Paid Leave to Vote on Election Day
Wall Street Journal:
What to Make of Trump's Cryptic Tax Cut Statement
Discussion: Jamie Dupree - AJC
Peter Elkind / ProPublica:
Inside a Trump Project that Failed. Spoiler: The Trumps Still Won.
Discussion: American Prospect
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
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New York Times:
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Nitasha Tiku / Wired:
An Alternative History of Silicon Valley Disruption
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Your move, Bloomberg  —  John Micklethwait, the editor in chief …
Natasha Bach / Fortune:
Lyft Partners With Voto Latino to Help Get Dodge City Voters to the Polls
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Fewer Sex Partners Means a Happier Marriage
Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
The Army Ordered an Unvarnished History of the Iraq War—and Hasn't Released It
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Joachim Ronneberg, Leader of Raid That Thwarted a Nazi Atomic Bomb, Dies at 99
Discussion: NPR