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Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Standing with Saudi Arabia  —  America First!  —  The world is a very dangerous place!  —  The country of Iran, as an example, is responsible for a bloody proxy war against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, trying to destabilize Iraq's fragile attempt at democracy …
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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)
Washington Post:   Trump continues to question CIA conclusion that Saudi crown prince was responsible for Khashoggi's death
Axios:
Trump says U.S. stands by Saudi Arabia despite Khashoggi murder
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
For Trump, the relationship with Saudi Arabia is all about money
Discussion: CNBC
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to send hundreds of emails about government business last year  —  The discovery alarmed some advisers to President Trump, who feared that his daughter's practices bore similarities to the personal email use of Hillary Clinton.  — Carol D. Leonnig, Josh Dawsey -
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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 …
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 …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Ivanka's Email Scandal Has a Familiar Moral
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
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: Wonkette and Political Wire
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James Arkin / Politico:
Embattled Hyde-Smith posted photo of herself in confederate hat  —  Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith posed for a photo wearing a confederate soldier's hat and holding a rifle in a Facebook post that surfaced Tuesday.  —  Hyde-Smith took the photo during a 2014 visit to the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library.
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
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.
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Immigration hawks fear DOJ staff exodus
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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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
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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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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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.
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:
Treasury Designates Illicit Russia-Iran Oil Network Supporting the Assad Regime, Hizballah, and HAMAS  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating nine targets in an international network through which the Iranian regime …
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:   Resource Center
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.
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 …
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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.
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Feds have paid undercover informants in migrant caravan  —  The 4,000 migrants have used WhatsApp text message groups to communicate along their journey, and DHS personnel have joined those groups to gather info.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is gathering intelligence …
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
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Nancy Pelosi's Fight: How She Revived Obamacare After Democrats Left it for Dead  —  Barack Obama's great strength was always his ability to shape himself into a vessel for the hopes of a wide array of different people.  For Nancy Pelosi, it's been the reverse, as she manages to become …
Discussion: ABC News, Breitbart and Splinter
 
 
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Benjamin Hardy / ArkansasTimes:
Locked out of Medicaid  —  Arkansas's work requirement strips insurance …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Post
Tayari Jones / New York Times:
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David Hodari / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Stocks Extend Slump as Pressure Intensifies on Tech
Discussion: Washington Post
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Slowing economy looms as 2020 challenge for GOP
Ben Shapiro / National Review:
Vice Is Just More Anti-Conservative Vitriol
CNN:
They're prepping for a race war. And they see Trump as their ‘ray of hope’
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