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2:55 PM ET, November 26, 2018

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Reuters:
GM to slash jobs and production, cancel some car models  —  DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will cut car production, stop building several slow-selling models, and slash its North American workforce, its biggest restructuring in North America since its bankruptcy a decade ago.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Associated Press:
The Latest: GM to slash 14,700 jobs in North America  —  DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on General Motors' restructuring plans (all times local):  —  General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures …
Reuters:
GM to slash jobs and production, cancel some car models: sources  —  DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co will cut car production, stop building several low-selling car models, and slash its North American workforce, sources said on Monday, marking its biggest restructuring in North America since its bankruptcy a decade ago.
Neal E. Boudette / New York Times:
G.M. to Stop Production at 5 Plants in U.S. and Canada
Discussion: Mother Jones
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trumbull County, Ohio, shifted 30 points to vote Trump. That didn't save its car plant.
Discussion: ABC News and Sputnik International
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
A New Indictment Looms in the Mueller Probe  —  A far-right conspiracy theorist who landed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's crosshairs over his friendship with longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone now says Mueller has offered him a plea deal on one count of perjury related …
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Sara Murray / CNN:
Roger Stone associate says he won't agree to plea deal  —  Stone reacts to his associate's plea talks  —  (CNN)An associate of Roger Stone said Monday he is refusing to sign a plea deal offered by special counsel Robert Mueller.  —  Jerome Corsi, whose role in Mueller's investigation …
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Times
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Conservative author and Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi says he is rejecting plea deal from special counsel
Discussion: Vox and Mediaite
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Right-wing conspiracy monger Jerome Corsi says he would ‘rather sit in prison’ …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Morgan Howard / WLBT-TV:
Nooses, hate signs found at Mississippi State Capitol  —  State Capitol police took the nooses and signs down and are investigating.  —  JACKSON, MS (WLBT) -Two nooses and several hate signs were found hanging at the Mississippi State Capitol Monday morning around 7:15 a.m.
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NBC News:
In 2018, political gravity caught up to Trump  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — A few hours into Election Night 2018, it felt like it was happening again …
Donald J. Trump / Popular Information:
Cindy Hyde-Smith strikes out
Washington Post:
‘These children are barefoot.  In diapers.  Choking on tear gas.’  —  A little girl from Honduras stares into the camera, her young features contorted in anguish.  She's barefoot, dusty, and clad only in a diaper and T-shirt.  And she's just had to run from clouds of choking tear gas fired across the border by U.S. agents.
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
Those of the Migrant Caravan Attempting to Storm the US Border Aren't Asylum Seekers  —  There's a good deal of people telling us to watch our language when it comes to the migrant caravan knocking on the shut door of the United States and demanding entry and have issued the “correct” descriptive language for us when we speak of them.
BBC:
Migrant caravan: Mexico to deport group which stormed US border
Devan Cole / CNN:
Mia Love slams Trump in concession speech: ‘No real relationships, just convenient transactions’  —  GOP Rep. Mia Love: Trump comments racist  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Mia Love sharply criticized President Donald Trump during a concession speech on Monday, saying Trump's vision of the world is …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
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Lee Davidson / Salt Lake Tribune:
Rep. Mia Love takes shots at Trump, McAdams and news media in her first public appearance since election loss
Discussion: Washington Times
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
How a Liberal Couple Became Two of N.Y.'s Biggest Trump Supporters  —  In some ways, they are a typical political power couple seeking to “Make America Great Again.”  —  They are throwing a $5 million fund-raiser for President Trump this winter, and are quick to make it known …
Discussion: Splinter and Raw Story
Laura Nahmias / Politico:
Franken scandal haunts Gillibrand's 2020 chances  —  Just a month after Al Franken formally resigned from the Senate amid sexual misconduct allegations, the former senator met with an intimate group of Bay Area supporters at the home of major Democratic Party financiers Mary and Steve Swig.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
White House lacks lawyers to deal with empowered Democrats  —  The White House counsel's office is down to a skeletal staff, potentially leaving them unprepared to deal with a flood of subpoenas for documents and witnesses when Democrats take control of the House.
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Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
More questions than answers in too many Trump stories
Washington Post:
In the United States, right-wing violence is on the rise  —  As a Republican, Mitchell Adkins complained of feeling like an outcast at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. “Hardcore liberals” made fun of him, he wrote, and he faced “discrimination on a daily basis.”  He soon dropped out and enrolled in trade school.
Discussion: Mother Jones, ThinkProgress and Axios
Washington Post:
Democratic rebel seeks negotiations with Pelosi on races for leadership  —  A high-profile critic of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi signaled on Monday that he is seeking to hold negotiations with her about changes to her leadership team, a development that makes her ascendancy …
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The Daily Caller:
Border Agents: Rock-Throwing Migrants Pushed Women And Children To Front Of Horde  —  Border patrol agents revealed in interviews that the migrants storming the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend were using women and children as human shields as they launched rocks at agents.
Discussion: Townhall and Fox News
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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Jared Kushner pushed to inflate Saudi arms deal to $110 billion: Sources  —  President Donald Trump's reluctance to hold Saudi leadership accountable for the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi stemmed from a partly aspirational $110 billion arms deal between the U.S. and Saudia Arabia …
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump's Personal Aide Karem Is Said to Intend to Resign Post  —  President Donald Trump is losing his personal aide, Jordan Karem, who plans to resign after less than a year on the job, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Karem serves as Trump's so-called “bodyman,” …
Discussion: Shakesville and Raw Story
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump's second ‘body man,’ Jordan Karem, leaving post at year's end
Discussion: Politico
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Trump Accuses Mueller of ‘Conflicts of Interest’ in Explosive Tweet: ‘NO Collusion & Mueller Knows It!’  —  President Donald Trump on Monday morning attacked Special Counsel Robert Mueller directly and personally on Twitter, questioning his honesty and integrity.
Discussion: The Guardian, CNBC and Hot Air
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump accuses Mueller of ignoring 2016 staffers who ‘want to be’ questioned
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Timothy Williams / New York Times:
He Says He Got Away With 90 Murders.  Now He's Confessing to Them All.  —  Nearly every day for weeks, a white-haired man in a wheelchair, his body ravaged by diabetes and heart disease, has been escorted under heavy guard from a Texas jail cell to an interview room to speak about evil.
Bloomberg:
Another Winner of Amazon HQ2 in Queens?  Goldman Sachs  — Bank invested in housing the same day retailer announced move  — Timing was an ‘absolute coincidence,’ Goldman executive says  —  Amazon.com Inc.'s announcement that it's opening a major new office in a New York neighborhood sent developers …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
'It's a Long Story': Justice John Paul Stevens, 98, Is Publishing a Memoir  —  WASHINGTON — Four years after Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court in 2010, his wife, Maryan, threw a surprise party for his 94th birthday.  The gathering of old friends summoned vivid memories …
Discussion: CNN and ThinkProgress
The Daily Beast:
Trans Woman Was Beaten in ICE Custody Before Death, Autopsy Finds  —  Roxsana Rodriguez died following lack of medical treatment in a privately run immigration detention center.  An autopsy concludes that she was beaten.  —  A transgender woman who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody …
 
 
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