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8:35 AM ET, December 3, 2018

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Despite Big House Losses, G.O.P. Shows No Signs of Course Correction  —  WASHINGTON — With a brutal finality, the extent of the Republicans' collapse in the House came into focus last week as more races slipped away from them and their losses neared 40 seats.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
The art of the G-20, by Donald Trump  —  President Donald Trump said his trade agreement with China was “one of the largest deals ever made.”  He dubbed his new accord with Canada and Mexico the “most significant, modern and balanced trade agreement in history.”
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Media Roasts Trump: Russia ‘Should Spit’ on Him and the United States  —  The on-again-off-again non-meeting with Putin at the G20 was played for laughs in the Kremlin's official media—but with an angry edge.  —  Following the abrupt cancellation of Donald Trump's G20 meeting …
Discussion: One America News Network and CNN
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How December could define Trump
The White House:
Presidential Message on Hanukkah
New York Times:
Intercepts Solidify C.I.A. Assessment That Saudi Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killing  —  The C.I.A. has evidence that Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, communicated repeatedly with a key aide around the time that a team believed to have been under the aide's command assassinated Jamal Khashoggi …
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CNN:
Jamal Khashoggi's private WhatsApp messages may offer new clues to killing  —  London (CNN)In his public writings, Jamal Khashoggi's criticism of Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was measured.  In private, the Washington Post columnist didn't hold back.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:   Israeli Software Helped Saudis Spy on Khashoggi, Lawsuit Says
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Sanders eyes ‘bigger’ 2020 bid despite some warning signs  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — An insurgent underdog no more, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is laying the groundwork to launch a bigger presidential campaign than his first, as advisers predict he would open the 2020 Democratic presidential primary season as a political powerhouse.
Discussion: Axios and POLITICUSUSA
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Alan Dershowitz says he's still advising Jeffrey Epstein  —  Alan Dershowitz still provides legal advice to serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, he confirmed to Axios.  —  What he's saying: “He has called me a couple of times about legal issues, because I'm still technically his lawyer,” …
Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration to Try Again to Fulfill Infrastructure Pledge  —  Any deal likely will have to include a lot more federal cash to pass muster with Democratic-led House.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Two sides tussle over gov't funding extension, and Bush arrival details
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds plan unusual appeal in emoluments suit vs. Trump  —  The Justice Department is planning an unusual appeal to stop the governments of the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia from using a federal lawsuit to demand access to information about whether President Donald Trump is using …
Felix Onuah / Reuters:
Nigeria's Buhari denies dying and being replaced by lookalike  —  ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Buhari on Sunday denied claims that he had died and been replaced by a Sudanese impostor, breaking his silence on a rumor that has circulated on social media for months.
Discussion: VICE News
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
News Networks Fall Short on Climate Story as Dolphins Die on the Beach  —  NAPLES, Fla. — Most people from the Northeast move to Florida to get out of the cold.  Colleen Gill came to Naples because she heard the call of the wild.  —  She had vacationed on this slice of coastal paradise for 20 years.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Government shutdown on ice after Bush's death  —  Until George H.W. Bush's death on Friday, most of my GOP leadership and White House sources expected the government to partially shut down on Dec. 7, as Democrats won't give Trump the $5 billion he wants for his border wall.
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
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Stuart Stevens / The Daily Beast:   George H.W.'s World Modeled the American Greatness Trump Only Talks About
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Last WASP President  —  The world overflows with affection …
Discussion: Washington Post and twitchy.com
Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
Comey Reaches Agreement With Republicans to Testify Behind Closed Doors  —  The former director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, has reached an agreement with Republican lawmakers to testify behind closed doors about investigations into Hillary Clinton's email server and whether President Trump's …
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Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
Trump first: U.S. foreign policy is now in the service of one man  —  President Trump's body flew to Argentina for the G20 meeting of national leaders on Friday, but his mind was clearly elsewhere.  If Trump's Twitter account is a Fitbit of his mental health, his latest flurry of panicky tweets …
The Daily Beast:
Paris Is Burning as French Say, ‘Macron, Listen to Us!’  —  Increasingly violent confrontations have startled the nation, but they may be even more shocking to a global audience for whom Macron has become an icon of reason and prudence.  —  PARIS—The little girl in the designer parka walking …
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Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Macron Returns to Turmoil, as France Weighs State of Emergency
Discussion: The Week, Townhall and The Atlantic
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
I deleted my Twitter account.  It's a breeding ground for thoughtlessness and contempt.  —  Twitter is poison to American political discourse.  Can't we find a more worthy pastime?  —  CONNECT  —  I deactivated my Twitter account about a week ago.  I was partly acting on impulse …
Garrett M. Graff / Axios:
Mueller's breadcrumbs suggest he has the goods  —  Everyone's waiting for the “Mueller Report.”  But it turns out that special counsel Robert Mueller is writing a “report” in real time, before our eyes, through his cinematic indictments and plea agreements, Garrett M. Graff reports for Axios.
Discussion: Raw Story and emptywheel
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Soros-founded university says it has been kicked out of Hungary as an autocrat tightens his grip  —  BERLIN — An American university established a quarter-century ago to educate a new generation of leaders and scholars after communism's collapse in Central and Eastern Europe said Monday it has been kicked out of its home in Hungary.
Discussion: Axios
Opheli Garcia Lawler / The Cut:
Michelle Obama Is Done With the Gospel of ‘Lean In’  —  Michelle Obama set the record straight during an appearance at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday night, one of the many stops on her Becoming book tour.  Speaking about work life balance, and finding a way to excel in your career and marriage …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Axios and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Qatar to Leave OPEC as Politics Finally Rupture Oil Cartel  — Country will leave group effective Jan. 1: Energy Minister  — Decision comes amid standoff with Saudis, pressure from Trump  —  Qatar said it will leave OPEC next month, a rare example of the toxic politics …
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Glenn Beck and Mark Levin Merge to Create Conservative Media Powerhouse (Exclusive)  —  The duo are joining TheBlaze and CRTV to create Blaze Media, which they say will reach 165 million people via television, digital platforms and social media.  —  Glenn Beck and Mark Levin are teaming …
Discussion: Townhall
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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American Prospect:
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
The last stand of Congress's Never Trump brigade
Wall Street Journal:
Iowa Democrats Say They Want Generational Change
David Siders / Politico:
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
‘Just a lot of alarmism’: Trump's skepticism of climate science is echoed across GOP
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Pope Francis Goes Full Homophobe, Now ‘Very Worried’ About Homosexuality in the Church
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New York is charmed by a stunning Mandarin duck that mysteriously ended up in Central Park
Washington Post:
‘Twists but no plot’: Trump's diminishing foreign travel reflects a president scaling back foreign ambition
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley Southall / New York Times:
Found: Lovebirds Who Lost an Engagement Ring Down a Times Square Grate
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Obama aides say Beto O'Rourke reminds them of the ex-president. Obama agrees.
Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed News:
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William March / Tampa Bay Times:
Ross Spano acknowledges possible ‘violation’ of campaign finance law
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story
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