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Washington Post:
Black Sea standoff intensifies tensions between Russia, Ukraine  —  MOSCOW — Russia and Ukraine accused each other of provoking an incident at sea on Sunday, rapidly escalating tensions between the neighbors and spurring Moscow to close a vital water route the two nations use.
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Statement by the Spokesperson on the escalating tensions in the Azov Sea  —  The tensions in the Azov Sea and Kerch Strait have increased dangerously today, after an incident this morning between Russian and Ukrainian naval vessels as the latter were attempting to pass through the Kerch strait …
BBC:   Russia fires on and seizes Ukraine ships, Ukrainian navy says
Ilya Timtchenko / KyivPost:
Poroshenko urges parliament to approve martial law today after Russia attacks in Azov Sea
Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:   The Latest: EU calls for restraint from Russia, Ukraine
David Mercer / Sky News:
Russia fires at Ukrainian ships and captures three vessels off Crimea
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ukraine Interactive map:   Russian has opened fire on one of Ukrainian boats, at least one sailor wounded
Roey Hadar / ABC News:
Mueller report will be ‘devastating’ for the president: Frequent Trump defender  —  Alan Dershowitz, a frequent defender of President Donald Trump, said special counsel Robert Mueller's report will be “devastating” for the president.  —  The Harvard Law professor emeritus told ABC News Chief …
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David Taylor / The Guardian:
‘He has moved incredibly quickly’: Mueller nears Trump endgame  —  A new urgency surrounds the Russia investigation, with Donald Trump Jr and longtime Trump ally Roger Stone in legal peril  —  Donald Trump only has himself to blame for Robert Mueller's return to public life.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Dershowitz: Mueller report will be ‘devastating’ politically for Trump  —  Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said Sunday he expects special counsel Robert Mueller's final report will be politically devastating for President Trump, but said he does not believe it will criminally implicate the president.
Discussion: Townhall and Law & Crime
Kris Schneider / ABC News:
Ohioans eyeing 2020? Kasich, Brown ‘very seriously’ consider runs against Trump
Discussion: Breitbart, IJR and Washington Times
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 11-25-18: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Sherrod Brown
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Christopher Sherman / Associated Press:
Migrants march toward US border in show of force  —  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Several hundred Central American migrants on Sunday pushed past a blockade of Mexican police standing guard near the international border crossing between Tijuana and California to pressure the U.S to hear their asylum claims.
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Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
US agents fire tear gas at migrants in start of border clashes with Mexico  —  U.S. Customs and Border Protection closed a section of the southern border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at a group of migrants that tried to breach a fence separating the two countries.
Associated Press:
Tear gas fired at migrants at U.S.-Mexico border  —  TIJUANA, Mexico — Hundreds of migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after several tried to make it past fencing and wire separating the two countries.  —  Earlier in the morning …
Washington Post:
Ex-Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos must report to prison Monday, judge orders  —  A federal judge on Sunday ruled that George Papadopoulos must report to prison as scheduled on Monday, rejecting a bid from the former Trump campaign adviser to delay the start of his prison sentence …
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Reuters:
U.S. judge orders former Trump campaign adviser Papadopoulos to jail
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:   Judge orders Papadopoulos to report to prison on Monday
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Papadopoulos ordered to jail Monday
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“It Makes Sense Now”: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Tie the Knot in a Secret Washington D.C. Ceremony  —  The Morning Joe co-hosts made it official during an intimate Saturday ceremony at the National Archives, in front of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, officiated by Rep. Elijah Cummings.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Axios:
Trump to Iraqi PM: How about that oil?  —  President Trump twice raised to the Iraqi prime minister the idea of repaying America for its wars with Iraqi oil, a highly controversial ask that runs afoul of international norms and logic, according to sources with direct knowledge.
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump demands action to reduce deficit, pushes new deficit spending  —  President Trump is demanding top advisers craft a plan to reduce the country's ballooning budget deficits, but the president has flummoxed his own aides by repeatedly seeking new spending while ruling out measures needed to address the country's unbalanced budget.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Axios and Mediaite
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Congressmen who've seen classified intel dispute Trump on Khashoggi killing  —  Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) all disagree with President Trump's assertion that the CIA has not concluded that crown prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Breitbart
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
More Republicans challenge Trump on defense of Saudi crown prince
Discussion: Axios, HuffPost, Raw Story and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Democrats' Senate losses jeopardize national spotlight for possible 2020 hopeful  —  Senate Democrats' midterm losses have created a dilemma for the party's leadership over a key committee seat held by Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), a prospective 2020 presidential contender who is at risk …
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
When Did NASA Go to Pot?  —  If you study the history of NASA's Apollo program in the 1960s, one thing you come to realize is that the tight timetable to reach the moon by the end of the decade meant that NASA didn't have time to ossify into a bureaucracy, and they did things (i.e., took risks) …
Los Angeles Times:
California Democratic Party chairman under investigation over allegations of sexual misconduct  —  The California Democratic Party has launched an investigation into unspecified allegations of sexual misconduct against Chairman Eric Bauman involving party staff members.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
First caravan-related violence reported in U.S. as rocks thrown at Border Patrol  —  The Border Patrol reported the first major instance of migrant caravan-related violence Saturday, saying a Honduran man threw rocks at agents to try to keep from being arrested Friday in Arizona.
 
 
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