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2:30 PM ET, November 16, 2018

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CNN:
Judge orders White House to return Jim Acosta's press pass  —  (CNN)Federal judge Timothy J. Kelly sided with CNN on Friday, ordering the White House to reinstate chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass.  —  The ruling was an initial victory for CNN in its lawsuit against President Trump and several top aides.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Another Trump aide tell-all due to hit shelves in January  —  Another account of life inside the Trump White House is set to join the ever-growing canon on the subject.  —  Cliff Sims, a Trump adviser who joined the West Wing staff on Day One as a special assistant to the president after working …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Offered to Nominate Ricardel as Ambassador to Estonia, Sources Say  — Deputy national security adviser said to turn down Baltic post  — Ricardel says ‘I admire the president and first lady’  —  President Donald Trump offered to nominate Mira Ricardel as ambassador to Estonia …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Judge orders White House to return press credentials to CNN's Acosta  —  A federal judge on Friday ordered the White House to immediately reinstate CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's security pass, siding with the network and media advocates in the first decision in a major lawsuit over press access.
Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Judge orders White House to temporarily restore CNN reporter's press pass
Discussion: IJR, Splinter and twitchy.com
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Wilbur Ross leaving? Mulvaney is waiting.
Axios:   White House ordered to return Jim Acosta's press pass
New York Times:
Is Mike Pence Loyal?  Trump is Asking, Despite His Recent Endorsement  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's post-midterm election news conference at the White House last week took a surprising turn when a reporter asked about locking down his 2020 ticket.  —  “Mike, will you be my running mate?”
Associated Press:
Only on AP: Abrams prepares push for new Georgia Gov. vote  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams' campaign and legal team is preparing an unprecedented legal challenge in the unresolved Georgia governor's race that could leave the state's Supreme Court deciding whether to force another round of voting.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
CONTINUING COVERAGE: Kemp holds steady lead, while Abrams considers longshot legal challenge
Washington Post:
Abrams mulls asking a court to order a second vote in Georgia governor's race
Discussion: Althouse
Washington Post:
Julian Assange has been charged, prosecutors reveal in inadvertent court filing  —  WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has been charged under seal, prosecutors inadvertently revealed in a recently unsealed court filing — a development that could significantly advance the probe into Russian interference …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Is Optimistic It Will Prosecute Assange
acast:
“I dont feel comfortable being a Republican anymore” |  Skullduggery on acast  —  In this episode of Skullduggery, co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Dan Klaidman sit down for an exclusive and highly sought after interview with George T. Conway III, husband to the Counselor of the President, Kellyanne Conway.
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
George Conway: Republican Party has become a ‘personality cult’ under Trump  —  WASHINGTON — George T. Conway III, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, said the Republican Party has become “a personality cult” under President Trump and that he would “move to Australia” rather than vote for the president again.
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
U.S. Marshals Service spending millions on DeVos security in unusual arrangement  —  The cost to taxpayers could be as much as $19.8 million through next year, according to figures provided to NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos began receiving around-the-clock security …
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Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
Betsy DeVos releases sexual assault rules she hails as balancing rights of victims, accused
Discussion: Vox, ABC News and Axios
Kevin Alexander / Thrillist:
I Found the Best Burger Place in America.  And Then I Killed It.  —  n my office, I have a coffee mug from Stanich's in Portland, Oregon.  Under the restaurant name, it says “Great hamburgers since 1949.”  The mug was given to me by Steve Stanich on the day I told him that …
The Daily Beast:
Top Cheney Aide in Mueller's Sights as Probe Expands  —  Mueller's investigators have examined an array of operatives with ties to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the UAE—including John Hannah, Dick Cheney's former national security adviser.  —  Dick Cheney's former top national security aide …
Nina Jankowicz / Washington Post:
It's time to start regulating Facebook  —  Nina Jankowicz researches Russian disinformation, technology and democracy as a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute.  She tweets @wiczipedia.  —  I am officially out of patience for Facebook and its “hard problems.”
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Democrats Should Un-Friend Facebook
Discussion: Althouse and Deadline
Elana Schor / Politico:
Grassley to trade Judiciary gavel for Finance  —  Chuck Grassley plans to trade his Senate Judiciary Committee gavel to lead the Finance Committee next year, he said on Friday — leaving Lindsey Graham in line to replace him as chairman.  —  Grassley's move to Finance wasn't a given …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham set to take over Judiciary
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
GOP pushes Trump for new attorney general amid Mueller uproar
New York Times:
Two Years In, Trump Struggles to Master Role of Military Commander  —  WASHINGTON — He canceled a trip to a cemetery in France where American soldiers from World War I are buried.  He did not go to the observance at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day.  He has not visited American troops in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Discussion: Task & Purpose and Raw Story
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
So, Was It A Wave?  —  There's been an ongoing discussion about whether the 2018 midterms can be properly considered a “wave” election.  While I think they certainly can be considered a wave, that doesn't get to the question of whether they ought to be considered as such.  —  At its core, this debate is pretty silly.
Rolling Stone:
The Democratic Insurgents Who Want to Topple Nancy Pelosi  —  What do Tim Ryan and Seth Moulton really want?  —  There's an insurrection brewing in the House of Pelosi.  —  An intractable group on the Democratic Party's center flank is working to deny Nancy Pelosi the speaker's gavel.
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Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
The Nancy Pelosi speaker debate mirrors the one over the future of the Democratic Party
Discussion: Politico, Salon, Splinter and HuffPost
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Democrat Porter flips GOP House seat in Southern California  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrat Katie Porter captured a Republican-held U.S. House seat Thursday in the heart of what once was Southern California's Reagan country, extending a rout of the state's GOP House delegation.
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MSNBC:   Republicans lose ‘Reagan Country’ in Orange County
Willa Frej / HuffPost:
GOP Senator Says Voter Suppression Is A ‘Great Idea’  —  Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) said it should be harder for “liberal folks” to vote.  —  Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) appeared to endorse voter suppression during a campaign stop this month, saying efforts to undermine voting among liberals …
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore clothing, a journalist tweeted a photo, and the Internet pounced  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore clothing to work on Thursday, and it became a thing.  —  Eddie Scarry, a Washington Examiner writer who covers media and politics, tweeted a photograph …
Discussion: ABC News, CNN, Vox and Althouse
Quartz:
Melania Trump racked up $174,000 in hotel bills for a day trip to Toronto  —  US first lady Melania Trump ran up a six-figure hotel bill for a one-day trip to Toronto last year, according to federal spending records.  —  Government spending data show at least six separate Toronto hotel charges ranging …
Discussion: Refinery29
Keith Kloor / Politico:
Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory  —  In the sweaty, waning days of August, I went to a Cheesecake Factory in the Virginia suburbs to learn about a conspiracy that would rock the FBI, if true.  The two men who met me for lunch, a retired CIA agent and a former National Security Council official …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Alleged Russian operative Mariia Butina negotiating with prosecutors  —  A document filed in federal court indicates prosecutors and Butina's lawyers are working towards a plea agreement.  —  Lawyers for alleged Russian operative Mariia Butina have entered into negotiations with federal prosecutors …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Alec MacGillis / New York Times:
Why the Perfect Red-State Democrat Lost  —  Taylor Sappington is exactly the kind of candidate his party should want in Ohio.  But he couldn't get union support.  —  Mr. MacGillis is a political reporter.  —  Taylor Sappington heard the call like so many other Democrats in the year after Nov. 8, 2016.
 
 
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
For First Act in Power, Democrats Consider Making Their Own Agenda Impossible to Pass
Discussion: Common Dreams and Washington Post
New York Times:
De Blasio Ousts Investigations Chief, Citing Abuse of Power
Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed News:
Nothing Can Prepare The People Who Have To Search For Charred Bodies After The California Wildfires
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump says he “just finished” answering Mueller's questions
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's White House Chaos Is Worsening
Discussion: The Big Picture
Daniel Dale / Washington Post:
It's easy to fact check Trump's lies. He tells the same ones all the time.
Discussion: Toronto Star
Karen Zraick / New York Times:
Neo-Nazis Have No First Amendment Right to Harassment, Judge Rules
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
In Critical Broward County, Hope for Bill Nelson Fades as Hand Recount Begins
Discussion: RedState, Daily Wire and miamiherald
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Almost all of Sen. Harris's $2.8 trillion tax plan would help middle and working class, study finds
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Lou Dobbs casually makes up story that ‘many’ illegal immigrants voted in midterms and had ‘immense impact’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Susan Collins Could Do Without the Death Threats
Patrick Collison / The Atlantic:
Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
After the Midterms, Robert Mueller's Got a New Wingman on Capitol Hill
Politico:
Amazon deal will disrupt plans for affordable housing on Long Island City sites
Discussion: The Week
 

 
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New York Times:
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