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12:35 PM ET, November 21, 2018

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Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Rep. Brian Higgins, in a reversal, will back Nancy Pelosi for speaker  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Brian Higgins of Buffalo reversed course Wednesday and said he will support Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to be the speaker of the House, delivering a devastating blow to a weakening rebellion …
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Washington Post:
New York congressman who signed letter against Pelosi now says he'll support her  —  A House Democrat who signed a letter this week declaring his opposition to Rep. Nancy Pelosi as speaker reversed course Wednesday and said he would support her as Democrats enter the majority next year.
Discussion: Axios, Balloon Juice and BuzzFeed News
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   The time Nancy Pelosi saved Social Security
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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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Former Bush attorney general Alberto Gonzales rebukes Trump for reportedly seeking to prosecute Clinton, Comey
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
House GOP to hold hearing into DOJ's probe of Clinton Foundation
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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Wall Street Journal:   Trump's Crude Realpolitik
Ali Kucukgocmen / Reuters:
Turkey accuses U.S. of turning blind eye to Saudi killing of Khashoggi
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Tara Copp / Military Times:
White House approves use of force, some law enforcement roles for border troops  —  The White House late Tuesday signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary — a move that legal experts have cautioned may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act.
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 and Althouse
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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.
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.
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Associated Press:
South Korean named Interpol president in blow to Russia
Discussion: Colorado Politics and TheBlaze
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.
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Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
British academic Matthew Hedges sentenced to life in prison by UAE court for ‘spying for UK government’  —  A British academic has been sentenced by an Abu Dhabi court to life in prison for spying for the UK government, in a shock decision which Jeremy Hunt warned could damage relations between the two allies.
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Nazia Parveen / The Guardian:   Matthew Hedges: British academic accused of spying jailed for life in UAE
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 …
Marshall Allen / ProPublica:
You Snooze, You Lose: Insurers Make The Old Adage Literally True  —  Millions of sleep apnea patients rely on CPAP breathing machines to get a good night's rest.  Health insurers use a variety of tactics, including surveillance, to make patients bear the costs.  Experts say it's part of the insurance industry playbook.
The Guardian:
Steve Bannon's far-right Europe operation undermined by election laws  —  Exclusive: ambitious plan to campaign in EU elections would fall foul of laws in nine of 13 targeted states  —  Play Video  —  Steve Bannon's political operation to help rightwing populists triumph …
Discussion: New Republic
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 …
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 …
Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
Judge notes ‘sad irony’ of men deciding abortion rights as he strikes Mississippi's abortion law  —  (CNN)A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Mississippi state law that sought to forbid most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, writing a sharply worded opinion with implications for states weighing similar measures.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Cory Booker has talked to Clinton and Obama strategists in key state Iowa as he considers running for president in 2020  — Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has started consulting with two top Iowa presidential campaign strategists who worked for Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama …
Discussion: Axios
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
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: USA Today, Townhall and Politico
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Chinese Billionaire to Create $100 Million Fund to Aid Victims of Communist Purge  —  Exiled dissident to expose Chinese government corruption and links to western companies  —  Exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui announced this week he is creating a $100 million fund to aid the victims …
Discussion: Instapundit
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.
Discussion: The Intellectualist
New York Times:
Ben Sasse: By the Book  —  The junior senator from Nebraska and author, most recently, of “Them” says he and his wife would like their children to love books: “We want them to be addicted to reading.”  —  What books are on your nightstand?  —  “The Innovative University …
Discussion: Splinter
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
‘We are in a state of chaos’: Milwaukee girl cut down by gunfire wrote of senseless violence  —  Two years before her death, by bullets that shattered her bedroom window Monday night, 13-year-old Sandra Parks wrote about the violence that plagues many Milwaukee neighborhoods.
 
 
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
Democrats see rural gains bolstering fight for White House in 2020
Brady McCombs / Associated Press:
Democrats flip Utah House seat as McAdams tops Rep. Mia Love
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