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4:35 PM ET, December 1, 2018

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
‘Where Are We Going?’:  George Bush's Final Days  —  BUENOS AIRES — George Bush had been fading in the last few days.  He had not gotten out of bed, he had stopped eating and he was mostly sleeping.  For a man who had defied death multiple times over the years, it seemed that the moment might finally be arriving.
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Bill Clinton / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush's Oval Office note to me revealed the heart of who he was  —  Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States.  —  On Jan. 20, 1993, I entered the Oval Office for the first time as president.  As is the tradition, waiting for me was a note from my predecessor, George Herbert Walker Bush.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94  —  George Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs but was denied a second term after support for his presidency collapsed under the weight …
Laura McGann / Vox:
Eight women say George HW Bush groped them.  Their claims deserve to be remembered as we assess his legacy.  —  Those we entrust with power need to use it for all of us.  —  George H.W. Bush died at his home in Houston on Friday night, launching a blizzard of long-held obituaries praising …
Discussion: Splinter
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
'Wouldn't be prudent': George H.W. Bush's unlikely friendship with Dana Carvey  —  In early December 1992, a month after Bill Clinton had whipped him in the election, President George H.W. Bush held a holiday party for his deflated staffers.  —  They were in for a big surprise.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Pragmatist vs. pugilist: Bush death highlights Trump's isolation on world stage  —  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The contrast couldn't be more striking.  —  President George H.W. Bush was a war hero, an internationalist who played a consequential role in maintaining the post-war world order.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Despite bitter family rivalry, Bush wanted Trump at his funeral
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, WTOP and HuffPost
David Greenberg / Politico:
Is History Being Too Kind to George H.W. Bush?
Discussion: Breitbart
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, dies at 94
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Mattis, other defense leaders salute Bush 41
USA Today:
Former president George H.W. Bush to lie in state at U.S. Capitol
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jon Meacham / New York Times:   George H.W. Bush and the Price of Politics
Mary Kate Cary / USA Today:
George H.W. Bush was an ‘American great’ committed to unity, diversity and generosity
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
George H.W. Bush, embodiment of an older Republican Party, is dead. RIP.
Tim Naftali / Slate:
The Overlooked President
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Breitbart
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
George H.W. Bush, 1924 - 2018
Discussion: Power Line
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Mueller Exposes the Culture of Lying That Surrounds Trump  —  WASHINGTON — When Michael D. Cohen admitted this past week to lying to Congress about a Russian business deal, he said he had testified falsely out of loyalty to President Trump.  When he admitted this summer to lying …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cohen claims ‘regular contact’ with Trump legal team when crafting false statement to Congress  —  President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Friday he was in “close and regular contact” with Trump's White House staff and legal team when he prepared a statement …
David R. Lurie / Slate:
How Devin Nunes Helped Robert Mueller  —  Michael Cohen's guilty plea to a single felony count of lying to Senate and House committees will not appreciably add to his criminal liability.  As Ken White observed, the panoply of serious felonies to which Cohen previously pleaded guilty carry …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:   Cohen seeks ‘time served’ prison sentence, says again his crimes were meant to protect Trump
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump aides caught in web of deception over Russia contacts
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Sputnik International:   Kremlin: Cohen Indeed Contacted Administration, Was Invited to Economic Forum
Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Intercepts Underpin Assessment Saudi Crown Prince Targeted Khashoggi  —  Conclusion that Mohammad ‘probably ordered’ killing relies in part on 11 messages he sent to adviser who oversaw hit squad around time it killed journalist  —  WASHINGTON—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent …
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Washington Post:
'We don't want him here': Saudi crown prince is a protected pariah at G-20 summit  —  BUENOS AIRES — The legions of protesters demonstrating at a leaders summit here have unfurled a sea of standard-issue signs, ranging from “No to Imperialism” to “Yankees Go Home.”
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
North Carolina elections board chairman resigns, says he doesn't want his partisan views to hurt election fraud investigation  —  TAR HEEL, N.C. — The Democratic chairman of the state elections board in North Carolina resigned Saturday, saying he did not want his partisan views to undermine …
Discussion: Axios, Law & Crime, twitchy.com and ABC News
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
Fox Is Investigating Neil DeGrasse Tyson After Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct  —  Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson after three women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct.
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No Sacred Cows:
Two More Women Accuse Neil deGrasse Tyson of Sexual Misconduct
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
She Thought She Was In Bed With Her Boyfriend, Until She Saw His Face  —  “I was like, 'I feel violated.  This feels wrong.  But I don't know if it's illegal.'” This woman's case has exposed a loophole in rape laws.  —  Reporting From  —  West Lafayette, Indiana
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Fund-Raiser Received Laundered Foreign Money, Prosecutors Say  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors cited the involvement of a onetime top fund-raiser to President Trump on Friday in a scheme to launder millions of dollars into the country to help a flamboyant Malaysian financier end a Justice Department investigation.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Inside the GOP's California nightmare  —  Rep. Steve Knight's (R-Calif.) campaign went into election night thinking another tough victory was at hand.  —  Knight ground out a win in 2016, in a district President Donald Trump lost, despite relentless Democratic attacks linking Knight and his party's leader.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
 
 
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New York Daily News:
Party celebrating Rudy Giuliani nixed because no one wants to go
Discussion: Political Wire
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump's Book Club: A President Who Doesn't Read Promotes the Books That Promote Him
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John Solomon / The Hill:
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Detroit News:
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Phillip Walter Wellman / Stars & Stripes:
The US has dropped more munitions in 2018 in Afghanistan than it has in any year in over a decade
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Craig R. McCoy / Philly.com:
U.N. speech by Temple prof draws fire from university's board chair
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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