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10:05 AM ET, November 21, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump Wanted to Order Justice Dept. to Prosecute Comey and Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton …
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Washington Post:
Conservative nonprofit with obscure roots and undisclosed funders paid Matthew Whitaker $1.2 million  —  In the three years after he arrived in Washington in 2014, Matthew G. Whitaker received more than $1.2 million as the leader of a charity that reported having no other employees, some of the best pay of his career.
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Here's Why the New York Times Bombshell Report Could Be the Finishing Touch for Mueller's Obstruction Case  —  If special counsel Robert Mueller is seriously pursuing an obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump, then you can bet that information revealed …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Former Bush attorney general Alberto Gonzales rebukes Trump for reportedly seeking to prosecute Clinton, Comey  —  Former Bush administration attorney general Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday criticized President Trump following a report that Trump sought to prosecute two of his political adversaries …
Discussion: Political Wire, Daily Kos, CNBC and Mediaite
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
House GOP to hold hearing into DOJ's probe of Clinton Foundation
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed News:
The White House Won't Say When Trump Formally Named Matthew Whitaker As Acting Attorney General
Discussion: The Daily Signal
CREW:   CREW Requests All Versions of Whitaker's Financial Disclosures
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Matt Whitaker Suggested Trump Administration Should Prosecute Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Mediaite
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Top Trump officials saved the President from himself
Discussion: KTLA
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senators demand Trump say whether Saudi prince ordered Khashoggi killing  —  The bipartisan leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is demanding a definitive determination from President Donald Trump about whether Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Washington Post:
Trump calls Saudi Arabia a ‘great ally,’ discounts crown prince's responsibility for Khashoggi's death  —  President Trump declared his strong support for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, effectively ignoring the CIA's conclusion that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the brutal killing …
Wall Street Journal:   Trump's Crude Realpolitik
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Trump's Statement on Saudi Arabia, Explained!
Discussion: Washington Post
Associated Press:
“I am astounded:” Sen. Corker compares White House statement to PR for Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Washington Post, IndieWire, HuffPost and CNN
The White House:
Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Standing with Saudi Arabia
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Facebook President Sean Parker Funded Race-Baiting Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith's Super PAC  —  A spokesman for the Napster founder said he denounces Cindy Hyde-Smith's comments but isn't calling for a refund of the money he's given.  —  As embattled incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) …
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Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Mississippi Senate Special: It's All About Turnout  —  Lost amid recounts in Florida, uncertainty in Georgia and a handful of uncalled House races is the special election run-off in Mississippi to fill the remainder of former Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's term.
Jackson Free Press:
Hyde-Smith Demanded No Audience, No Press for Tonight's Debate
James Arkin / Politico:   Hyde-Smith apologizes ‘to anyone offended’ by public hanging remark
Max Read / New York Magazine:
The Decline and Fall of the Zuckerberg Empire  —  Mark Zuckerberg isn't the first person in human history to draw inspiration from Augustus Caesar, the founder of the Roman Empire, but he's one of a very few for whom the lessons of Augustus's reign have a concrete urgency.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes: Trump vs. Mueller  —  President Trump delivered to Robert Mueller handwritten answers about pre-election dimensions of the Russia probe but did not answer questions about his behavior as president, including allegations of obstruction of justice — and will resist doing so in the future …
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Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Judge dismisses female genital mutilation charges in historic case  —  In a major blow to the federal government, a judge in Detroit has declared America's female genital mutilation law unconstitutional, thereby dismissing the key charges against two Michigan doctors and six others accused …
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Laura Ly / CNN:
Charges dropped in first federal genital mutilation case in US
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
BBC:
Russia loses Interpol presidency vote  —  Interpol has elected South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president, rejecting the Russian frontrunner who had been accused of abusing the international police body's arrest warrant system.  —  Mr Kim was chosen by Interpol's 194 member states at a meeting of its annual congress in Dubai.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Associated Press:
South Korean named Interpol president in blow to Russia
Discussion: Colorado Politics and TheBlaze
India Today:
American killed on Andaman island home to uncontacted people, body yet to be recovered  —  The murder took place on an island inhabited by the Sentinelese people, who are protected under Indian law  —  A rare photo of two members of the Sentinelese tribe, which is protected under Indian law …
Discussion: NPR
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France 24:
US tourist killed by arrow-shooting Indian tribe
Discussion: Daily Wire
Los Angeles Times:
Election fraud scheme on L.A.'s skid row got homeless to sign fake names for cigarettes and cash, D.A. says  —  A forged signature swapped for $1 — or sometimes a cigarette.  —  The crude exchange played out hundreds of times on L.A.'s skid row during the 2016 election cycle and again this year …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:   Skid Row vote fraudsters preyed on L.A. homeless, authorities charge
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Will Fox Business Network Take Action After Lou Dobbs Tells Judge to “Go to Hell”?  —  “That's generally not a good idea,” a lawyer guest told the ever-controversial host on Monday night.  —  Lou Dobbs is the Sean Hannity of Fox Business Network, a highly rated conservative gladiator …
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The Daily Beast:   Trump Helped Roger Ailes Create Fox Business Network, the Most Pro-Trump Cable Outlet
Brady McCombs / Associated Press:
Democrats flip Utah House seat as McAdams tops Rep. Mia Love  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democrat Ben McAdams has flipped a U.S. House seat in deep-red Utah, defeating incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love by fewer than 700 votes in a race that took two weeks to settle.
Discussion: TheBlaze, The Week and The Hill
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Reuters:
Harvesting in a trade war: U.S. crops rot as storage costs soar  —  (Reuters) - U.S. farmers finishing their harvests are facing a big problem - where to put the mountain of grain they cannot sell to Chinese buyers.  —  For Louisiana farmer Richard Fontenot and his neighbors, the solution was a costly one: Let the crops rot.
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
Comedian Michelle Wolf delivers one-liner in response to Trump attack  —  Michelle Wolf won't be making any jokes from the podium at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, but last year's host was ready with a one-liner after the president attacked her on Twitter.
Discussion: Townhall, Washington Post and Politico
Senti Sojwal / HuffPost:
All Feminists Must Stand Up For Trans Liberation  —  Nov. 20 is recognized as Transgender Day of Remembrance, when we honor the lives of those we lost at the hands of anti-transgender violence.  In 2017, advocates tracked at least 29 deaths of transgender people in the U.S. due to violence, the most ever recorded.
Discussion: Rewire.News, Beacon and Gothamist
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Stalemate on Trump's wall amid threat of shutdown  —  Congress just can't help itself: With a partial government shutdown potentially two weeks away, Democrats and Republicans are dug in, each side upping its demands and vowing not to buckle to the other.  —  President Donald Trump …
Discussion: SARAH PALIN
Christine Lennon / Wall Street Journal:
What to Wear to Work—When You Work at Home  —  Working remotely—long the territory of slobby creatives—has become newly social thanks to co-working spaces and teleconferencing.  Here's how to upgrade your look without sacrificing comfort  —  I WAS STANDING in my closet …
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
During California wildfires, farmworkers say they felt pressure to keep working or lose their jobs  —  OXNARD, Calif. — Smoke stung his eyes and throat, but Santiago said his supervisor told workers to go faster because ash from the wildfires could wreck the produce.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The time Nancy Pelosi saved Social Security
Sandhills Express:
Blast of snow for New England before record-cold Thanksgiving
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New York Times:
Ben Sasse: By the Book
Discussion: Splinter
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
House Democrats Don't Know What to Make of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Discussion: Weekly Standard
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Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon, Chinese Critic Create Fund to Investigate Beijing
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A.C. Thompson / ProPublica:
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
Democrats see rural gains bolstering fight for White House in 2020