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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Five days of fury: Inside Trump's Paris temper, election woes and staff upheaval  —  The president's post-election outbursts during his Paris trip include a testy call with the British prime minister and threats to fire aides.  — Josh Dawsey, Philip Rucker -  · - 1 hour ago -  ·
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Staff anger spills over at White House  —  Bottled-up hostility in President Donald Trump's administration flowed to the surface Tuesday during a remarkable 12-hour period following an awkward midterm détente and tense trip to Paris over which the president is still seething.
The Daily Beast:
Melania Trump Exploits the John Kelly Power Vacuum  —  He was a stately general called in to replace the omnishambles with order.  But since his first day as White House chief of staff, John Kelly's grasp on power in Trumpworld has been tenuous.  —  Now, as Trump enters the back end …
Discussion: Raw Story, Reuters, Political Wire and Vox
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CNN:
In a stunning move, Melania Trump calls for ouster of a top national security aide
NBC News:
After clashes with first lady and others, Kelly may soon exit White House
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
How Trump's move to put a loyalist over Mueller is already backfiring  —  In choosing Matthew Whitaker to temporarily succeed ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump has placed a loyal ally who has been critical of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation in a position to oversee it.
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Reuters:
U.S. Senator Graham says supports Mueller bill, urges vote  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday he supported a bill that would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from any politically motivated firings and would urge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on it.
Discussion: Political Wire
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
NeverTrump's Billionaire Leftist Benefactors
Discussion: Vox and CNN
Associated Press:
Whitaker abandoned taxpayer-funded project in Iowa in 2016  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — While in private business, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker walked away from a taxpayer-subsidized apartment-rehabilitation project in Iowa after years of cost overruns, delays and other problems, public records show.
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
The Latest: Palm Beach machines overheat, miss recount votes  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Florida's election recount (all times local):  —  The Palm Beach County elections supervisor says aging equipment has overheated, causing mismatched results in the recount of ballots in Florida's U.S. Senate race.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Charles Stewart III / Washington Post:   Why we're still waiting for election results from Florida and Georgia — and why newly counted ballots favor Democrats
Los Angeles Times:
Democrat Katie Porter overtakes GOP Rep. Mimi Walters in Orange County House ballot count  —  After clinging for a week to a slim lead in her run for reelection, Republican Rep. Mimi Walters fell 261 votes behind her Democratic challenger, Katie Porter, as Orange County's latest ballot count …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Political Wire
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Grace Panetta / Business Insider:   California Rep. Mimi Walters' campaign accuses Democrats of planning to ‘steal’ …
Washington Post:
D.C. man arrested on gun charge after relatives alert police to his alleged white nationalist outbursts  —  A D.C. man who described himself as a white nationalist to law enforcement officers and became a follower on social media of the accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter has been arrested …
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HuffPost:   DC Neo-Nazi Who Called Pittsburgh Murders A ‘Dry Run’ Arrested; Has Deep Ties To ‘Alt Right’
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Conservative Lawyers Say Trump Has Undermined the Rule of Law  —  WASHINGTON — The annual convention of the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group, has long been a glittering and bustling affair.  In the Trump era, though, the group has become more powerful than ever …
New York Times:
A Week After the Midterms, Trump Seems to Forget the Caravan  —  WASHINGTON — For weeks before the midterm elections, President Trump warned ominously about the threat from a caravan of migrants streaming from Central America toward Mexico's border with the United States.
Mitch McConnell / Fox News:
Will Dems work with us, or simply put partisan politics ahead of the country?  —  Last Tuesday I was proud to see that the American people voted keep Republicans in control of the U.S. Senate.  But we also learned that, come January, the Republican Senate majority will be dealing with a House …
Discussion: Mediaite and HuffPost
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
CNN v. Trump: Is There a Constitutional Right to a Press Pass?  —  Network has sued Trump administration over Jim Acosta's press credentials  —  A federal judge could soon decide whether the Trump administration violated the U.S. Constitution when it stripped away the press credentials of CNN's chief White House correspondent.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump meddles in McCarthy-Jordan leadership brawl  —  On the eve of Kevin McCarthy's long-awaited defeat of his nemesis, Rep. Jim Jordan, President Donald Trump is jumping into the fray to play peacemaker.  —  Trump has privately urged the House majority leader to strike a deal …
Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg:
GOP to Pick Another Cheney to Help Party Find a Winning Message  — Vice president's daughter Liz Cheney to join House leadership  — Cheney will help lawmakers navigate party's embrace of Trump  —  House Republican leaders must decide how much to embrace President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Stung by election losses, House GOP weighs leadership choice
Discussion: New York Times
Politico:
California Rep. Denham ousted  —  Rep. Jeff Denham has become the latest California Republican to lose his seat.  —  The Associated Press on Tuesday night declared Josh Harder the winner in the race in California's 10th District in the state's Central Valley east of San Jose.
Popular Information:
After lynching comments, Google donates $5000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith  —  U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) was caught on tape “joking” about her willingness to attend a lynching at a campaign event in November.  “If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row,” Hyde-Smith said on November 2.
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez opens freshman orientation by leading protest at Nancy Pelosi's office
Discussion: Salon, LifeZette and Breitbart
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Meet the Native American Woman Who Beat the Sponsor of North Dakota's ID Law  —  In the end, the Native American tribes of North Dakota could not save their preferred candidate, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, from a double-digit loss.  —  But, galvanized by anger over the state's voter ID law …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Adam Schiff wants ‘comity’ for the House Intelligence Committee.  It won't be easy. … As midterm election results rolled in on Nov. 6, Rep. Adam B. Schiff was at the rooftop patio of the Burbank Bar & Grille “trying to exorcise the ghost of two years ago,” when he watched Hillary Clinton lose …
Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
I Take Back My Praise of Jeff Flake's Book  —  He's a class act with a faint heart.  —  At some point or another, all book critics agonize over whether they've taken the wrong measure of a book.  They've overpraised; they've underpraised; they've dwelled too long on imperfections that hardly deserved the molecular scrutiny.
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Only on AP: Bloomberg charts aggressive timeline on 2020 bid  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Having spent a fortune to help elect Democrats this fall, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared lifetime allegiance to the Democratic Party on Tuesday and outlined an aggressive timeline for deciding whether to run for president.
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along With Stock Price  —  Employee surveys show weaker optimism about future, confidence in platform's mission  —  Facebook Inc.'s FB .43% difficult year is taking a toll on employee morale, with several key measures of internal sentiment taking a sharp turn …
Discussion: Hot Air
Erin McGroarty / Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:
Latest ballot count puts two Democrats ahead of GOP candidates in Fairbanks legislative races … Democratic candidates for Senate District A Scott Kawasaki, left, and House District 1 Kathryn Dodge, right, watch as question ballots are tallied at the Fairbanks Division of Elections downtown Tuesday afternoon, November 13, 2018.
Dan Crenshaw / Washington Post:
SNL mocked my appearance.  Here's why I didn't demand an apology.  —  Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, is a Republican representative-elect from Texas.  —  The past couple of weeks have been unusual for me, to say the least.  After a year of hard campaigning for Congress in Texas …
Discussion: HuffPost
FiveThirtyEight:
The 2018 Midterms, In 4 Charts  —  This midterm election saw an unusual trend, though it wasn't unprecedented.  The chambers “swung” in opposite directions, as Democrats gained seats in the House (they're on track for a net gain of 38 by our estimates) and lost seats in the Senate …
Marco Rubio / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Right About Nationalism  —  It's not just about interests or even values.  Americans cherish our country's shared history and character.  —  In commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, French President Emmanuel Macron said: “Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism.
Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
In Austin, Hillary Clinton honored for public service  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has played as consequential a role in American politics as anyone in her lifetime, received the inaugural In the Arena Award from the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Tuesday.
Discussion: Political Wire
Emily Jashinsky / The Federalist:
VIDEO: Ohio State Protesters Chant 'John McCain's Dead' Outside Ben Shapiro Lecture  —  Students put on a shameful display Tuesday at Ohio State University, where conservative commentator Ben Shapiro appeared as part of his campus lecture tour.  Leftist protesters who gathered outside the doors …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Top AMI lawyer out amid David Pecker feud  —  The top lawyer at American Media Inc. is out, apparently after clashing with the company's embattled CEO, David Pecker.  —  Sources said that there was a stormy encounter at lunch last Wednesday between Cameron Stracher, a media and libel law specialist, and Pecker.
 
 
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Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
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US Department of State:
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
A Week After the Election, Democratic Gains Grow Stronger
Discussion: Hot Air
Alex Barasch / Variety:
Robert De Niro Bashes Trump Again: ‘Down With This Motherf—er!’
Discussion: Breitbart
Emma Dumain / The State:
Detractors using racial ‘dog whistle’ tactics in House leadership race, Clyburn says
Discussion: American Thinker
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Was Amazon's headquarters search ‘a giant ruse’? NYC, D.C. centers of power prevail
Alex Gangitano / Roll Call:
A Father Drops Off His Son for Congress' Freshman Orientation
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Democrats To Investigate Voter Suppression In Georgia Governor Race And Other 2018 Midterms
Discussion: Stacey Abrams
Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
Marine Veteran Austin Tice Is Still Alive After Years Of Captivity, US Official Says
John Harwood / CNBC:
A week later it's clear the midterms did produce a blue wave …
Benjamin Wood / Salt Lake Tribune:
Ben McAdams holds a 1,020 vote lead over Rep. Mia Love after update in Utah County totals.
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Remember the caravan? After vote, focus on migrants fades
The Guardian:
Mueller seeking more details on Nigel Farage, key Russia inquiry target says
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story