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4:50 PM ET, November 10, 2018

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New York Times:
See How the Close the Results Are in Florida, Georgia and Arizona  —  Two races for governor and two for Senate have margins so slim that they might trigger a recount.  We're tracking the votes as they are tallied.  —  Senate Forecast  —  U.S. Senate in Florida›  —  Candidate Party Votes Pct.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Florida vote: Recounts ordered for U.S. Senate, governor, agriculture commissioner  —  The Florida governor's race will face a recount now that the margin is within 0.5 points.  The Senate race will face a hand recount since the margin is within 0.25 points  —  Privacy Policy
Alex Harris / miamiherald:
Whoops!  Brenda Snipes' office mixed bad provisional ballots with good ones  —  Broward's elections supervisor accidentally mixed more than a dozen rejected ballots with nearly 200 valid ones, a circumstance that is unlikely to help Brenda Snipes push back against Republican allegations of incompetence.
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Gillum, Nelson Lawyers Fight To Include Non-Citizen's Vote In Florida  —  Lawyers for Florida Democratic candidates Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson both fought to prevent a non-citizen's vote from being excluded Friday night, according to a transcript of a Palm Beach County Canvassing Board proceeding obtained …
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Rick Scott's monitors agree with state cops: No Florida voter fraud  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott asked state law enforcement to investigate Broward County election officials because of potential “rampant [voter] fraud,” even though monitors from his own administration say they have seen none in that county.
Washington Post:
Recount to begin in Florida Senate and governor's races, in echo of 2000 presidential election  —  As heavily Democratic counties in South Florida scrambled to meet a Saturday deadline to report election returns, Republican Rick Scott's lead over Democrat Bill Nelson in the U.S. Senate race shrunk …
New York Times:
Florida Begins Vote Recounts in Senate and Governor's Races
Discussion: The Root
Washington Post:
‘Real low energy’: Critics pile on after Trump cancels visit to U.S. military cemetery outside Paris  —  PARIS — President Trump flew 3,800 miles to this French capital city for ceremonies to honor the military sacrifice in World War I, hoping to take part in the kind of powerful ode …
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Luke Baker / Reuters:
Trump cancels WW1 memorial at U.S. cemetery in France due to rain  —  PARIS (Reuters) - President Donald Trump could not attend a commemoration in France for U.S. soldiers and marines killed during World War One on Saturday because rain made it impossible to arrange transport, the White House said.
Henry Austin / The Independent:
Trump cancels First World War memorial visit to US cemetery because of ‘poor weather’
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Trump cancels WWI cemetery visit over bad weather
Discussion: KTLA, POLITICUSUSA and Balloon Juice
BBC:
Armistice Day: Trump-Macron smooth over defence spat
Discussion: NPR and FOX 61
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Even for This President, It Was a Remarkable Week of Attacks on American Institutions  —  WASHINGTON — In the three days after the Democrats captured the House, President Trump fired his attorney general and replaced him with a loyalist critical of both the courts and the Russia investigation.
Discussion: SHUGERBLOG
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New York Times:
Matthew Whitaker: An Attack Dog With Ambition Beyond Protecting Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump first noticed Matthew G. Whitaker on CNN in the summer of 2017 and liked what he saw — a partisan defender who insisted there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.
April Ryan / Washington Post:
I'm a black woman.  Trump loves insulting people like me.  —  The type of comments he makes, over and over, leaves little doubt about what he really thinks of us.  —  April Ryan is White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks.
Cristina Cabrera / Associated Press:
Whitaker May Have Violated Group's Tax-Exempt Status By Criticizing Clinton
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Sneak peek of House Dems' agenda
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Wife of GOP megadonor to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  President Donald Trump is set to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation's highest civilian honor — to the wife of one of the Republican Party's most prominent patrons, the White House announced Saturday.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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New York Times:
Deployed Inside the United States: The Military Waits for the Migrant Caravan  —  With little electricity, no combat pay and holidays away from home, the 5,600 American troops on the southwest border are on a mission ordered by a politically determined commander in chief and a Pentagon unable to convince him of its perils.
Discussion: Jezebel
Washington Post:
Tape of Khashoggi's killing has been given to U.S., Saudi, Europeans, Erdogan says  —  ANKARA — An audio recording tracking the dying moments of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul has been shared with Saudi Arabia, Britain, France and Germany in addition to the United States …
Discussion: Gizmodo, CNBC and The Week
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New York Times:   Turkey's President Says Recording of Khashoggi's Killing Was Given to U.S.
Lucy Middleton / Metro.co.uk:
Twitter ‘gave Saudi Arabia information about journalist who ended up dead’
Discussion: Jihad Watch
New York Times:
Democrats Have Two Paths for 2020: Daring or Defensive.  Can They Settle on Either?  —  WASHINGTON — For Democrats, the victories, near wins and stinging losses on Tuesday have intensified a debate in the party about how to retake the White House, with moderates arguing they must find …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Wall Street Journal:
California Bar Shooter Posted on Social Media Shortly Before and During Massacre  —  Ian Long reached out to former Marine comrades in days before shooting  —  The gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar was posting on Facebook and Instagram immediately before and during the massacre …
Discussion: LifeZette and Clayton Cramer
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Washington Post:   A massacre and then raging fires: Thousand Oaks grapples with ‘nonstop chaos’
Daniel Molina / The Floridian:
More Provisional Ballots Found in Broward  —  The controversy surrounding unaccounted for ballots in Broward continues as provisional ballots were found unattended in a the Tamarac Lakes Community Center.  —  Upon finding them Saturday night, a citizen called the Broward Sheriff's Office …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Politico:   Trump blames California forest policies for deadly wildfires
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Andrew Gillum withdraws concession as Florida recount begins  —  (CNN)Democrat Andrew Gillum withdrew his concession to Republican former Rep. Ron DeSantis in the Florida governor's race on Saturday, hours after the secretary of state announced a recount of their race and two others.
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Arizona Republic:
Kyrsten Sinema's lead over Martha McSally widens in roller-coaster U.S. Senate race to replace Jeff Flake  —  Republican Martha McSally's path to the U.S. Senate narrowed with Friday's latest tabulation of votes from Tuesday's election, which showed Democrat Kyrsten Sinema widening her lead in a race that remains in a tortuous limbo.
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:   Nothing unusual about vote count in Arizona dragging on
 
 
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USA Today:
Medical professionals to NRA: Guns are our lane. Help us reduce deaths or move over.
Discussion: Mashable and Raw Story
New York Times:
Republicans Dominate State Politics. But Democrats Made a Dent This Year.
Associated Press:
Tight race in Georgia shines light on voting restrictions
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
As Democrats try to steal elections, their dishonesty threatens the very fabric of our country
Discussion: RedState and Arizona Republic
Leah Willingham / Concord Monitor:
Girl Scout who pioneered child marriage bill elected to N.H. House
Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
17 Black Women Sweep to Judgeships in Texas County
Los Angeles Times:
GOP Rep. Denham falls behind Democrat as 3 other Republicans lose ground in Friday's ballot tally
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New Yorker:
The Mystery of the Havana Syndrome
Christopher Hooks / The Atlantic:
What Beto Won  —  They said it couldn't be done and, in the end, they were right.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
‘What a stupid question’: Trump demeans three black female reporters in three days
Discussion: AOL, Common Dreams and Townhall
Washington Post:
For Democrats, a midterm election that keeps on giving
 

 
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Sources: Sony Pictures and Apollo Global formally express interest in acquiring Paramount for ~$26B; Paramount's negotiating period with Skydance ends May 3

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

Steven Levy / Wired:
Jeff Lawson's Global Tetrahedron plans membership tiers for the Onion and doesn't plan to put up a hard paywall as it moves away from G/O's ad-focused approach
 
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