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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
White House Briefings Are Democracy Theater.  That's Why Trump Is Clamping Down.  —  Two weeks ago, President Trump denounced CNN's Jim Acosta as a “terrible” person, and then the Trump administration engaged in a display of dominance by seizing Acosta's hard pass and circulating …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
House Dems to investigate Ivanka Trump's email use  —  Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are planning to look into Ivanka Trump's use of a personal email account to determine whether she violated federal law.  —  A Democratic aide told The Hill on Tuesday …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Ivanka's Email Scandal Has a Familiar Moral  —  It's that rules are for other people, not the Trumps, a principle that the first daughter has hewed to in her business career.  —  Ivanka Trump used her personal email account last year to handle as many as 100 discussions of official White House matters.
Discussion: Washington Post, Vox and HuffPost
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump Repeatedly Used Personal Email at White House, Review Finds
Bernie Dennler III / Shareblue Media:
White House tried to hide Ivanka Trump's private email use
Discussion: Breitbart, HuffPost and Raw Story
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
House Democrats plan to investigate Ivanka Trump's use of personal email for government business
Discussion: Mother Jones, POLITICUSUSA and Townhall
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 and Wonkette
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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.
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Liz Goodwin / BostonGlobe.com:
Seth Moulton catches heat for Pelosi rebellion
Discussion: Roll Call
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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Emily Sullivan / NPR:
Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration's Asylum Ban
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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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:   For Trump, the relationship with Saudi Arabia is all about money
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Tech's ‘FAANG’ stocks have lost more than $1 trillion and counting from highs amid tech rout  — The FAANG stocks — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet — all fell to begin Tuesday trading.  —  The five “FAANG” stocks collectively lost more than $1 trillion …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Once popular tech stocks like Facebook and Apple are now getting crushed: Here's what happened
Inkoo Kang / Slate:   The Social Network Tried to Dismantle Facebook's Mystique, but It Also Gave It a New One
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Glamour Magazine to Cease Regular Print Publication  —  Yet another women's magazine is moving away from print.  —  Condé Nast, the legacy publisher of glossy and aesthetically rich magazines like Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, announced on Tuesday that it was ending regular print publication of Glamour.
Christina Prignano / BostonGlobe.com:
In reversal, Representative Joe Kennedy calls for marijuana legalization nationwide  —  Representative Joseph Kennedy III is reversing his position on marijuana legalization and now says he supports making the drug legal at the federal level.  —  Kennedy's change of heart comes in an opinion piece …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times:
Mueller might soon bring charges that even Trump die-hards can't trivialize  —  Commentators predict the next chapter of the Department of Justice's Russia investigation at their peril, but there is good reason to expect one or more blockbuster developments in the next few weeks.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
The Dow may drop another 2,000 points before the stock market selling is done: CNBC CFO survey  — The Dow will drop to 23,000 before it ever reaches above 27,000 again, according to just over half of CFOs on the CNBC Global CFO Council in a recent survey.  —  The Dow plunge isn't anywhere near done.
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CNBC:   Dow plunges more than 550 points, erases 2018 gains as Target and tech shares slide
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Resource Center  —  Home » Resource Center » Financial Sanctions » OFAC Recent Actions » Counter Terrorism Designations and Designation Update; Syria Designations; Publication of Syria Shipping Advisory  —  Counter Terrorism Designations and Designation Update …
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:   Treasury Designates Illicit Russia-Iran Oil Network Supporting the Assad Regime, Hizballah, and HAMAS
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.
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.
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.
Gary Trock / The Blast:
Actress Granted Domestic Violence Restraining Order Against Michael Avenatti  —  11/20 8:54 AM PT: The judge granted the temporary restraining order against Avenatti based on Miniutti's allegations in the filing.  The two are scheduled for a hearing in December.
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Axios
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 …
Ben Shapiro / National Review:
Vice Is Just More Anti-Conservative Vitriol  —  The same Left that despises President Trump despised George W. Bush long before him.  —  This week, The Hollywood Reporter featured a lengthy paean to the new anti-Bush film Vice.  This particular film is dedicated to the apparent evil …
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
 
 
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David Hodari / Wall Street Journal:
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Wesley Morgan / Politico:
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