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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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Washington Post:
U.S. closes major crossing as caravan migrants mass at border in Mexico  —  TIJUANA, Mexico — U.S. authorities closed off the busiest port of entry along the U.S. border with Mexico on Sunday and fired tear gas at members of a Central American migrant caravan who had rushed the fencing that separates the countries.
Associated Press:
Tear gas fired at migrants at U.S.-Mexico border
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Julia Jacobo / ABC News:   U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana closed as migrants attempt to breach fence, Border Patrol says
Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
US agents fire tear gas at migrants in start of border clashes with Mexico
Discussion: Associated Press, NPR and The Guardian
sandiegouniontribune.com:   Southbound lanes into Mexico reopened after five-hour closure
NBC News:   San Diego border crossing shut down after migrants try entering U.S.
New York Times:   Migrants in Tijuana Run to U.S. Border, but Fall Back in Face of Tear Gas
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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EEAS:
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 …
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Russia attacks and seizes three Ukrainian naval vessels off the coast of Crimea in Black Sea  —  Ukraine mobilized all of its naval personnel and ships after Russia seized three of its vessels off the coast of Crimea, which it annexed in 2014.  —  Ukraine convened an emergency meeting …
Discussion: TASS
Associated Press:   The Latest: EU calls for restraint from Russia, Ukraine
BBC:   Russia fires on and seizes Ukraine ships, Ukrainian navy says
David Mercer / Sky News:
Russia fires at Ukrainian ships and captures three vessels off Crimea
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ilya Timtchenko / KyivPost:
Poroshenko urges parliament to approve martial law today after Russia attacks in Azov Sea
Discussion: Breitbart
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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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Dershowitz: Mueller report will be ‘devastating’ politically for Trump
Discussion: Townhall and Law & Crime
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 11-25-18: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Sherrod Brown
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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, twitchy.com and Splinter
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.
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.
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:
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
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, Breitbart and Politico
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
More Republicans challenge Trump on defense of Saudi crown prince
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story, HuffPost and The Guardian
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
The chaos behind Donald Trump's policy of family separation at the border  —  A 60 Minutes investigation has found the separations that dominated headlines this summer began earlier and were greater in number than the Trump administration admits  —  This past week, a federal judge struck down the president's latest immigration order.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Monopolization of America  —  In one industry after another, big companies have become more dominant over the past 15 years, new data show.  —  The popular telling of the Boston Tea Party gets something wrong.  The colonists were not responding to a tax increase.
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) …
 
 
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
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