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11:00 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.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Ivanka's Email Scandal Has a Familiar Moral
Discussion: HuffPost and Mediaite
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Ivanka Trump's lawyer slams ‘misinformation being peddled’ …
Discussion: Townhall, Vox, Splinter and Raw Story
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)
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Reuters:   Exclusive: After Khashoggi murder, some Saudi royals turn against king's favorite son
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
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Walmart asks GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for campaign donation back because of outrage over ‘hanging’ comments  — Walmart has asked Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi to return its campaign donation after outrage from actress Debra Messing over the lawmaker's controversial comments …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Mississippi Senate race devolves into racial melee
New York Times:
In Mississippi, Issues of Race Complicate a Senate Election
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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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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 …
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Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:   The Dow may drop another 2,000 points before the stock market selling is done: CNBC CFO survey
CNBC:   Dow plunges more than 550 points, erases 2018 gains as Target and tech shares slide
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.
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
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.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Don't Let Russia Lead Interpol  —  The international law-enforcement organization is dangerously close to losing its legitimacy.  —  Imagine an alternative history of New York City in which John Gotti becomes police commissioner and obtains arrest warrants for the U.S. attorneys who prosecuted the Gambino crime family.
Discussion: Washington Post and Meduza.io
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William Browder / Washington Post:
The world can't let Russia run Interpol. My experiences show why.
Discussion: Just Security and New York Times
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.
Josh Barbanel / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Employees Join the Rush to Buy Long Island City Condos  —  Real-estate brokers in the Queens, N.Y., neighborhood are seeing a sharp uptick in interest, and deals  —  Condo sales in Long Island City are suddenly soaring, thanks to Amazon.com Inc.'s decision to open a headquarters in the Queens, N.Y., neighborhood.
Discussion: CNBC
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:   Amazon Is Coming. Can New York's Transit System Handle It?
Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Ben McAdams claims victory over Mia Love in Utah's 4th Congressional District  —  Latest numbers from Salt Lake, Utah counties put Democrat on top by just 739 votes  —  MILLCREEK — Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams claimed victory over Republican Rep. Mia Love Monday night …
Discussion: Roll Call and Salt Lake Tribune
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
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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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
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
Rajeev Syal / The Guardian:
Clement Attlee took in Jewish child refugee who fled Nazis  —  Exclusive: Paul Willer, now 90 and living in Gloucestershire, was sponsored by the Labour leader in 1939  —  Clement Attlee, the Labour prime minister whose government founded the welfare state, looked after a child refugee …
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How 2018 reframed the Democrats' biggest choice for 2020  —  (CNN)Though the 2018 election opened intriguing opportunities in the Sun Belt, new data suggest the shortest path back to the White House for Democrats may be through the three Rust Belt swing states that President Donald Trump dislodged from the “blue wall” two years ago.
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 and Townhall
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.
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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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Glamour Magazine to Cease Regular Print Publication
Ben Shapiro / National Review:
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The New Economy and the Trump Rump
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
They're prepping for a race war. And they see Trump as their ‘ray of hope’
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Dem chairman fight pits old guard vs. new generation of black leaders
Anna Massoglia / OpenSecrets.org:
Pro-Trump ‘dark money’ group's first tax return reveals millions in previously undisclosed spending
 Earlier Items: 
Eline Schaart / Politico:
Spanish foreign minister: UK will split before Spain
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Trump's ‘America First’ agenda often puts economics above human rights
Discussion: The Hill
Christina Tkacik / Baltimore Sun:
5-year-old girl, sister of Taylor Hayes, is shot in West Baltimore, expected to survive, police say
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
In Bosnia, Entrenched Ethnic Divisions Are a Warning to the World
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Democrats need someone they don't want in order to win in 2020
Washington Post:
White House discusses possible Trump visit to troops in Iraq or Afghanistan
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, twitchy.com and AOL