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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump reveals historic redesign of Air Force One  —  Less than a year after announcing a $3.9 billion makeover for America's most famous aircraft, President Donald Trump shared never-before-seen images of Air Force One's prospective redesign on Wednesday during an exclusive interview with ABC News.
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Ana Radelat / The CT Mirror:
Courtney foils Trump's red, white, blue Air Force One plan  —  Amendment won't allow gold-plated interior fixtures, either  —  Washington — Rep. Joe Courtney on Wednesday threw a big wrench into President Donald Trump's plans to paint the iconic Air Force One jets red, white and blue.
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Republicans try to spin Trump's foreign dirt comment  —  Amid blistering bipartisan criticism of President Donald Trump's willingness to accept dirt on his 2020 rivals from foreign adversaries, House Republicans decided Thursday that they had found the real culprit: Democrats.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump rushes into damage control after saying he'd accept foreign help in 2020  —  President Donald Trump and his senior advisers moved quickly on Thursday to downplay and muddle his explosive assertion that he might not report to the FBI offers of election help from a foreign entity.
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
'I think I'd take it': In exclusive interview, Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Pelosi doesn't budge on impeachment after Trump's ‘appalling’ claim he'd take 2020 campaign dirt from foreign powers
Discussion: Political Wire
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump betrays his country again by inviting foreign interference
Discussion: MSNBC
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
‘Fox & Friends’ Host Brian Kilmeade Attacks Trump for Saying He Would Take Foreign Intel
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Awful Comments Need a Real Response
Discussion: Fox News, Politico and Vanity Fair
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Every Member of Team Trump Is Now Enabling Treason
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Blue Virginia
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump shares mock-ups of a new Air Force One featuring colors remarkably similar to his private jet
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Slate and IJR
Washington Post:
Democrats to launch fresh push to counter foreign interference in elections
Washington Post:
Federal watchdog agency recommends removal of Kellyanne Conway from federal office for violating the Hatch Act  —  The Office of Special Counsel on Thursday recommended the removal of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway from federal office for violating the Hatch Act …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Is Urged to Fire Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations  —  WASHINGTON — An independent government agency recommended on Thursday that President Trump fire Kellyanne Conway, his White House counselor, for repeated violations of an ethics law barring partisan politics from the federal workplace.
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
READ: OSC Recommends Trump Fire Kellyanne Conway For Hatch Act Violations
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Bloomberg
Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Federal watchdog recommends Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway be ‘removed from service’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
California Democratic 2020 presidential primary is a wide-open race, poll finds … With the Democratic presidential field now largely set, the race in the nation's largest state is wide open, with at least five candidates in serious contention and no clear favorite.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
How Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren Cracked the Code of the 2020 Race  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg ran through his stump speech (six minutes on generational change), tossed bean bags with activists (in front of as many cameras as Iowa voters), took seven questions from reporters …
David Montanaro / Fox News:
Payne: Bernie Sanders ‘sounds like a naive college student’ with claims about Democratic socialism
Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
Social Security Is Staring at Its First Real Shortfall in Decades.  Big Cuts Could Follow.  —  A slow-moving crisis is approaching for Social Security, threatening to undermine a central pillar in the retirement of tens of millions of Americans.  —  Next year, for the first time since 1982 …
Center for Public Integrity:
Why the Trump campaign won't pay police bills  —  “Do we love law enforcement or what?”  President Donald Trump asked a cheering crowd during his “Make America Great Again” political rally Oct. 12 in Lebanon, Ohio.  —  “Thank you, law enforcement!” the president later told officers, who he called “heroes.”
Errin Haines Whack / Associated Press:
House hearing on reparations for slavery set for next week  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The topic of reparations for slavery is headed to Capitol Hill for its first hearing in more than a decade with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover set to testify before a House panel.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Majority of Democrats on House Judiciary Committee now back impeachment
Discussion: Political Wire
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Rick Gates and Michael Flynn subpoenaed by House intel panel
Discussion: The Week, The Hill and KTVQ-TV
Washington Post:
Oil tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman, U.S. Navy says  —  ISTANBUL — Two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman came under suspected attack early Thursday amid soaring tensions between the United States and Iran in the region.  —  One ship was adrift and on fire in the strategic waterway …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin eyes Senate exit  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is eyeing a possible exit from the Senate, and his decision could be a significant factor in which party controls the majority in 2021.  —  In moments of frustration, the centrist senator has gone so far as to tell colleagues he may leave …
New York Times:
Rent Regulations in New York: How They'll Affect Tenants and Landlords  —  The changes would be sweeping, covering everything from security deposits to apartment upgrades.  —  Democratic lawmakers in New York harnessed their new powers on Tuesday to broker sweeping changes to rent laws …
Discussion: New York Daily News, VICE and Splinter
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New York Times:
Titans of Real Estate in ‘Shock’ Over New York Rent Law Deal
Discussion: Splinter
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
Experts: Spy used AI-generated face to connect with targets  —  LONDON (AP) — Katie Jones sure seemed plugged into the Washington's political scene.  The 30-something redhead boasted a job at a top think tank and a who's-who network of pundits and experts, from the centrist Brookings Institution to the right-wing Heritage Foundation.
Discussion: Gizmodo, Mashable and The Verge
Associated Press:
The Latest: Charges dropped in Flint water scandal  —  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on criminal charges dropped in the Flint water scandal (all times local):  —  Prosecutors say they're dismissing all criminal charges against eight people in the Flint water scandal and starting the investigation over again.
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“WHAT CAN YOU SAY IN 60 SECONDS?”:  AS THE FIRST DEBATE LOOMS, DEMOCRATS PREPARE TO FACE REALITY  —  It's taken as an article of faith inside network greenrooms that the primary debates will shake up the race, ushering in a kinetic new phase of candidate-on-candidate warfare.
Anna Merlan / Jezebel:
Legislative Staffer Describes Meeting With Jessica Biel and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as They Lobbied to Kill a Bill Tightening Vaccine Exemptions  —  On Wednesday, a series of photos posted by activist and vaccine “skeptic” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. showed him and actress Jessica Biel lobbying California state lawmakers.
Julia Wallace / Laredo Morning News:
Meet Jessica Cisneros, the 26-year-old Laredo attorney running against Cuellar in Congress  —  A 26-year-old Laredoan, former valedictorian of Early College High School and current immigration and human rights attorney, Jessica Cisneros is announcing her campaign Thursday to run for Congress …
Discussion: Roll Call and The Daily Caller
BBC:
Tory leadership contest: Boris Johnson tops first ballot  —  Boris Johnson has secured the highest number of votes in the first ballot to select the Conservative party leader and next prime minister.  —  Three contenders - Mark Harper, Andrea Leadsom and Esther McVey - have been knocked out …
Discussion: BBC
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Senator says South Dakota lost half a billion dollars from Trump's trade war  —  Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.C.) told Axios' Mike Allen on Thursday that President Trump's trade war with China has caused the price of his state's soybeans to plummet 20%, costing South Dakota half a billion dollars.
Discussion: Politico and POLITICUSUSA
Madison Malone Kircher / New York Magazine:
Talking to the Drag Queen Who Pissed Off Sohrab Ahmari by Reading to Kids  —  Christian Aguirre is a drag queen in California who goes by Bella Aldama.  Bella, or Miss Bella, as she's known to her younger fans, frequently headlines “Drag Queen Story Hours” at public libraries, where she reads books to children.
 
 
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Brace for a Voter-Turnout Tsunami
Mike Lee / USA Today:
Trump's Mexico tariff threat shows Congress must reclaim trade powers and much more
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Sanders's Speech About Socialism Was Deeply Unserious
Wall Street Journal:
Presidential Campaigns Remain Vulnerable on Cybersecurity
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Joe Biden Is Catching Up To His Party's Shifting Views On Abortion
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Molly Jong-Fast vs. Pro-Lifers
 Earlier Items: 
John Hickenlooper:
Governor Hickenlooper's Bold, Global Plan to Combat Climate Change
Discussion: Politico
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Team Beto Is Tired of the Media's ‘Bullshit’ Narrative
Brittany Crocker / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Knox County DA ‘looking into’ detective's church sermon calling for execution of LGBTQ people
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Reuters:
Putin says U.S.-Russia relations are getting ‘worse and worse’
Discussion: National Review
USA Today:
‘Grim reaper’ Mitch McConnell buries plans to protect America from election interference
Matthew Zeitlin / New Republic:
Bernie's Red Vermont
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Republicans dodge nasty Senate primary in North Carolina
Jack Flemming / Los Angeles Times:
Donald Trump's Beverly Hills home quietly sells for $13.5 million
Discussion: Fox News