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12:15 PM ET, November 15, 2018

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NBC News:
White House weighs booting Erdogan foe from U.S. to appease Turkey  —  “Once they realized it was a serious request, the career guys were furious,” a U.S. official said of request tied to Khashoggi killing.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is looking for ways to remove an enemy …
Discussion: New Republic
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Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for five suspects in killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi  —  ISTANBUL — Saudi Arabia said Thursday it has indicted 11 people in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month and that it is seeking the death penalty against five …
Eline Schaart / Politico:
Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty in Khashoggi killing
Washington Post:
Federal judge gives Florida voters until Saturday to correct signature problems roiling close races  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida's historic recount was thrown once more into uncertainty Thursday when a federal judge ruled that voters whose mail-in and provisional ballots were rejected …
Discussion: Axios
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New York Times:
In Florida Recount, Sloppy Signatures May Disqualify Thousands of Votes  —  RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — The nuns at Zina Rodriguez's Catholic school in the Bronx thwacked her knuckles to punish sloppy handwriting, so she was shocked when her mail-in ballot in Florida was rejected because her signature …
Harry Enten / CNN:   Bill Nelson needs a miracle in Florida. It likely won't come.
New York Times:
Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook's Leaders Fought Through Crisis  —  Sheryl Sandberg was seething.  —  Inside Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.  It was September 2017 …
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Facebook Betrayed America
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Democratic Rep. Fudge says she's ‘overwhelmed’ by support as she weighs speaker bid  —  Rep. Marcia L. Fudge said on Thursday that she has been “overwhelmed” by the support from many of her colleagues for her possible entry into the race for House speaker, becoming the first Democrat …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she has the votes to become the next House speaker
The Hill:
Insurgents seek female challenger to replace Pelosi
Discussion: RedState
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Rep. Marcia Fudge weighing a bid for House Speaker
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Insanity,” “Furious,” “On His Own”: Trump's Post-Midterms Blues Are Vexing His Staff and Roiling the White House  —  He's lashing out at aides and press and foreign leaders, and threatening to roll West Wing heads—but at least he didn't get his hair wet at the Belleau Wood memorial.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump renews attacks on Mueller investigation after midterms  —  President Trump renewed his attacks on the credibility of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation in a series of Thursday morning tweets, using his oft-repeated refrain of “WITCH HUNT.”  —  The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess.
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Walter M. Shaub Jr / Slate:
This Is the Saturday Night Massacre
Discussion: Raw Story
TMZ.com:
Michael Avenatti Arrested for Felony Domestic Violence, Confident He'll Be Exonerated  —  5:50 PM PT — Avenatti bailed out and held a brief news conference, saying, “I have never struck a woman.  I will never strike a woman.”  He added he's looking forward to the investigation and is confident he'll be “fully exonerated.”
NBC 10 Philadelphia:
NJ Couple and Homeless Man in GoFundMe Controversy Accused of Making Up Story, Source Says  —  Mark D'Amico, Kate McClure and Johnny Bobbitt will face charges including conspiracy and theft by deception, according to the source.  —  NJ Couple and Homeless Man to Be Charged With Lying About GoFundMe Story
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NBC News:   Homeless man and N.J. couple concocted story for GoFundMe fundraiser, complaint says
The Daily Beast:
Even Trump Can't Stop Mocking Sean Hannity's ‘Dumb’ Softball Questions  —  Trump craves friction to set off sparks and drama.  Hannity's slobbering extinguishes them.  —  Donald Trump's close relationship—on air and off—with Sean Hannity hasn't stopped the president from mocking …
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Two U.K. Cabinet Ministers, Including Chief Brexit Negotiator, Quit  —  LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain faced a deep political crisis on Thursday after two cabinet ministers quit her government, including Dominic Raab, her chief negotiator on withdrawal from the European Union …
Discussion: New Republic and Politico
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Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Full Transcript Of Trump's Oval Office Interview With The Daily Caller  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sat for an exclusive Oval Office interview Wednesday with The Daily Caller's Saagar Enjeti and Benny Johnson for approximately 31 minutes.  —  The transcript is as follows:
Washington Post:
‘He was yelling’: Whitaker pushed back against early fraud complaints about company he advised  —  Acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker received early warnings that customers were complaining that an invention-marketing company he advised might be a fraud, according to several people familiar …
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VICE News:
Acting AG Matt Whitaker worked for a company that hawked “time travel” technology and other insane products
Discussion: Jezebel
Ben White / Politico:
The looming threat to Trump's booming economy  —  President Donald Trump, already in a grumpy post-midterm mood, faces a growing list of economic problems that could irritate him even more next year.  Chief among them is a withdrawal from the economy's sugar high.
Anna Schecter / NBC News:
Exclusive text messages show Roger Stone and friend discussing WikiLeaks plans  —  “Big news Wednesday ... Hillary's campaign will die this week,” Randy Credico appears to have texted Stone six days before WikiLeaks email dump.  —  Six days before WikiLeaks began releasing Hillary Clinton …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP money group prepares opposition research blitz against Mike Bloomberg if he runs for president in 2020  — America Rising is preparing an opposition-research blitz against Bloomberg that would focus on a range of topics, from his close relationships with Wall Street executives to controversial comments he made about women.
Discussion: Political Wire
Courtney McBride / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Nominate Handbag Designer as Ambassador to South Africa  —  Lana Marks is a member of the president's Mar-a-Lago Club  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump intends to nominate Lana Marks, a Palm Beach, Fla.-based handbag designer and a member of Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club resort, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to South Africa.
Pete Wells / New York Times:
10 of the Best Pizza Slices in N.Y.C.  —  Pete Wells, our restaurant critic, on old-school pizzerias.  —  Pete Wells, The New York Times's restaurant critic since 2012, eats hundreds and hundreds of meals every year, searching for the best food the city has to offer.
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Second Trump-Kim summit to go ahead without list of nuclear North Korean weapons, Pence says  —  “It will be absolutely imperative ... that we come away with a plan for identifying all of the weapons in question,” the vice president told NBC News.  —  SINGAPORE — The U.S. will not require North Korea …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Emma Best:
Sealed transcripts show Assange and WikiLeaks solicited hacks against governments, politicians and corporations - and received files as a result  —  It's been seven days since WikiLeaks has tweeted or made a public comment.  In that time, they've had only one overt communication …
The Daily Beast:
Navy SEALs, Marines Charged With Green Beret Logan Melgar's Murder  —  The victim allegedly discovered SEALs in Mali were stealing money from an informant fund and soliciting prostitutes.  —  The military has formally charged two Navy SEALs and two special-forces Marines in one of the most grisly cases …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Demographic shifts and Trump effect move southern states into 2020 toss-up territory  —  Note: Nebraska and Maine split their electoral college votes according to statewide popular vote and the vote within each congressional district; Data: Doug Sosnik; Chart: Axios Visuals
Discussion: Political Wire
The Trace:
The NRA Has Killed Free Coffee for Employees  —  The National Rifle Association is doing away with free coffee and water coolers for employees at its Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters — a cost-cutting move that has NRA insiders “freaking out,” The Trace has learned.
Andrew Siff / NBC New York:
MTA Proposals for Toll, Subway and Commuter Rail Hikes Revealed Ahead of Thursday Board Meeting  —  A source described one of the proposed hikes as the MTA's “own version of congestion pricing”  —  MTA Plans to Hike Fares Twice by 2021  —  The MTA plans to propose an 8 percent toll hike …
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Veterans aren't getting their GI Bill payments — because VA's 50-year-old computer system broke  —  Daniel Gorman knows what it's like to return from war, and he wants to help fellow veterans come home, too: The former sailor turned New York National Guardsman is finishing a graduate degree in social work at Fordham University.
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Influential president of Human Rights Campaign stepping down  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chad Griffin, the influential gay rights activist who helped turn the Human Rights Campaign into a powerful political force, announced Thursday that he is stepping down as the organization's president.
Discussion: Washington Blade
 
 
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House extends U.S. support for Saudis in Yemen as concerns mount
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Flake refuses to vote for Trump's judicial nominees until the Senate acts on bill to protect Mueller
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Wall Street Journal:
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Susan Chira / New York Times:
Banner Year for Female Candidates Doesn't Extend to Republican Women
Anna Denejkina / Foreign Policy:
In Russia, Feminist Memes Buy Jail Time, but Domestic Abuse Doesn't
Amir Tibon Washington / Haaretz:
Trump Peace Plan on Course Despite Israeli Election Talk, Official Says
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Kelsey D. Atherton / New York Times:
Are Killer Robots the Future of War? Parsing the Facts on Autonomous Weapons
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Will the Republican Party keep dancing with autocracy?
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Pentagon Began Clampdown on Senior Leaders' Public Speaking Months Ago, Memos Reveal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
School closings and delays in the D.C. area for Thursday, Nov. 15
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
U.S. says defendant in Elliott Broidy hacking case has diplomatic immunity
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
This 31-year-old had had enough. So she ran. And won.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and New York Times