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9:55 AM ET, November 20, 2018

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Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to send hundreds of emails about government business last year  —  Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules …
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Bernie Dennler III / Shareblue Media:
White House tried to hide Ivanka Trump's private email use  —  Lock her up?  —  White House officials tried to hide details about Ivanka Trump's troubling use of a private email account used for government business, according to a bombshell new report by The Washington Post.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and HuffPost
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Rep. Seth Moulton Faces Friendly Fire Back Home For Opposing Pelosi  —  The rising Democratic star says making Nancy Pelosi House speaker would be “failing the American people.”  Some in his Massachusetts district call him sexist.  —  AMESBURY, Mass. Over his four years in Congress, Rep. Seth Moulton has earned plenty of praise.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and CBS News
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Rep. Seth Moulton faces town-hall pushback for opposing Pelosi  —  AMESBURY, Mass. — The push by Rep. Seth Moulton against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's bid to become speaker took center stage on Monday night at a town hall in his district, where constituents shouted and interrupted Moulton …
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump's ‘America First’ agenda often puts economics above human rights
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Dem chairman fight pits old guard vs. new generation of black leaders
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi's bid for speaker imperiled as public opposition grows
David Hearst / Middle East Eye:
Pompeo handed Riyadh a plan to shield MBS from Khashoggi fallout, says source  —  US Secretary of State gave Mohammed bin Salman a roadmap to insulate himself from the scandal, a senior Saudi source tells MEE  —  Mike Pompeo met MBS in Riyadh on 16 October, two weeks after Jamal Khashoggi's murder (Reuters)
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Reuters:   Exclusive: After Khashoggi murder, some Saudi royals turn against king's favorite son
Washington Post:
In blow to Trump's immigration agenda, federal judge blocks asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico  —  A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants who illegally cross the southern border into the United States …
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Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban
Discussion: Breitbart and KTLA
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum Seekers
Discussion: Townhall and Common Dreams
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fans Sink Savings Into ‘Iraqi Dinar’ Scam  —  The president's true believers are convinced he's going to make them millionaires with Iraqi currency.  —  Trump supporter Hayes Kotseos runs a North Carolina pool-maintenance company, but she's got a side bet that she thinks might make her fabulously wealthy: the Iraqi dinar.
Discussion: Raw Story
Madeline Buckley / Chicago Tribune:
Multiple people, including police officer and shooter, wounded in ‘active shooter’ attack at Mercy Hospital: Officials  —  Chicago police and Fire Department crews at the scene near Mercy Hospital, where multiple people were reported shot Monday afternoon.  (Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune)
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Associated Press:
The Latest: 4 dead in Chicago hospital shooting
Discussion: NPR
Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Troops at U.S.-Mexican border to start coming home  —  The 5,800 troops who were rushed to the southwest border amid President Donald Trump's pre-election warnings about a refugee caravan will start coming home as early as this week — just as some of those migrants are beginning to arrive.
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New York Times:
Trump's Border Stunt Is a Profound Betrayal of Our Military
Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist
Gary Trock / The Blast:
Actress Files for Domestic Violence Restraining Order Against Michael Avenatti  —  6:04 PM PT: — Michael Avenatti just responded to The Blast's story, tweeting, “I look forward to a full clearing of my name and disclosure of all of the facts.  I have NEVER abused a woman or committed domestic violence against anyone.
CBS News:
Americans divide along partisan lines over protecting special counsel - CBS News poll  —  Seven in 10 Americans think President Trump should allow the Russia investigation to continue, and a slight majority think Congress should pass legislation to prevent Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.
Discussion: Political Wire and POLITICUSUSA
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Politico:
Trump to give Mueller written answers by Thanksgiving
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump privately praises Matt Whitaker's “courage”  —  President Trump has been telling people privately that he's impressed by the “courage” acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is showing in the face of burgeoning legal challenges and questions about his history of publicly criticizing the Mueller investigation.
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Steyer takes step toward 2020 presidential bid  —  If he can't impeach Donald Trump, he may try to oust the president the old-fashioned way.  —  Former billionaire investor, climate activist and impeachment agitator Tom Steyer will take several steps toward a 2020 presidential bid Tuesday.
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William Browder / Washington Post:
The world can't let Russia run Interpol.  My experiences show why.  —  William Browder is the author of “Red Notice” and an activist who spearheaded the Global Magnitsky Act.  —  Early last month, the wife of Meng Hongwei, a Chinese national and the president of Interpol, reported that her husband had disappeared on a trip to China.
Discussion: Just Security and New York Times
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Don't Let Russia Lead Interpol
Discussion: Washington Post and Meduza.io
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
The Eerie Parallels Between Trump and the Watergate ‘Road Map’  —  Nearly 45 years ago, the House Judiciary Committee concluded that President Richard Nixon's contact with high-level Justice Department officials overseeing the Watergate investigation, detailed in a 62-page “road map” …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
A Former FBI Lawyer Is Dropping Big Hints About Trump Obstructing Justice
Discussion: Lawfare and emptywheel
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Mississippi Senate race devolves into racial melee  —  Republicans hoped to spend the final days of the special election in Mississippi coronating Cindy Hyde-Smith as the first woman to represent the state in the Senate.  —  Instead, the race has become a bare-knuckle brawl infused with ugly racial politics.
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New York Times:   In Mississippi, Issues of Race Complicate a Senate Election
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
2020 Democratic contenders already eyeing top staff in Iowa  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Andrew Turner was driving Iowa's Democratic candidate for state auditor back to Des Moines last month when a potential presidential contender called to make an introduction.  It was one of many such overtures the 23-year-old has fielded.
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Mike Allen / Axios:   Democrats warned against bragging about new power
Nicholas Pugliese / NorthJersey.com:
While NJ commuters were stranded on highways, Gov. Phil Murphy dined at swanky restaurant  —  Thousands of commuters were still stranded on unplowed roads or waiting at a paralyzed Port Authority Bus Terminal when Gov. Phil Murphy and his wife settled into dinner at an upscale restaurant in Middletown during last Thursday's storm.
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Once popular tech stocks like Facebook and Apple are now getting crushed: Here's what happened  — Facebook shares fell after a WSJ report that CEO Mark Zuckerberg is becoming much more aggressive in how he manages the tech giant.  —  Technology stocks were hit hard on Monday …
Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Ocasio-Cortez pushes for a leftist revolt in the Democratic Party … New York Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backs calls from fellow progressives to mount primary campaigns against moderate Democrats whose politics they believe are to the right of their constituents'.
Discussion: The Resurgent, IJR, Townhall and Daily Wire
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
In Bosnia, Entrenched Ethnic Divisions Are a Warning to the World  —  MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina — When a fire breaks out in the Bosnian city of Mostar, Sabit Golos, a veteran firefighter, knows that he does not have to worry unless the flames take hold on the Muslim side of what …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Arkansas's Medicaid experiment has proved disastrous  —  This summer, Arkansas became the first state to require poor people to prove they're employed to receive Medicaid.  —  Critics say the state is trying to save money on the backs of the poor.  That's nonsense, Arkansas officials reply.
Christina Tkacik / Baltimore Sun:
5-year-old girl, sister of Taylor Hayes, is shot in West Baltimore, expected to survive, police say  —  A five-year-old girl who was shot in West Baltimore on her way to the corner store is expected to survive according to the police.  (Kenneth K. Lam, Baltimore Sun video)
 
 
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Josh Barbanel / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Employees Join the Rush to Buy Long Island City Condos
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How 2018 reframed the Democrats' biggest choice for 2020
Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Ben McAdams claims victory over Mia Love in Utah's 4th Congressional District
Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune and Roll Call
Anna Massoglia / OpenSecrets.org:
Pro-Trump ‘dark money’ group's first tax return reveals millions in previously undisclosed spending
Eline Schaart / Politico:
Spanish foreign minister: UK will split before Spain
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
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Crispian Balmer / Reuters:
Big foreign cyber attack targets Italian certified email accounts
Washington Post:
White House discusses possible Trump visit to troops in Iraq or Afghanistan
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, twitchy.com and AOL
Hill Reporter:
Exclusive: Carolyne Cass Admits Mueller Rape Report Has False Information She Didn't Want Published
Washington Post:
Trump administration prepares to add Venezuela to list of state sponsors of terrorism
Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
Trump administration officials suggested sharing census responses with law enforcement, court documents show
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and Splinter
CNN:
McConnell is lobbying Arizona's governor to name McSally as Kyl replacement
Discussion: Hot Air
 

 
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