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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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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
'I think I'd take it': In exclusive interview, Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents  —  President Donald Trump to if foreign governments offered damaging information against his 2020 rivals during the upcoming presidential race, he said, despite the deluge …
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
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Awful Comments Need a Real Response  —  The president is inviting other countries to disrupt our elections.  Republicans need to take a stand.  —  President Donald Trump supplied a helpful reminder on Wednesday that he's entirely unfit for the office he holds by once again welcoming foreign interference in U.S. elections.
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
‘Fox & Friends’ Host Brian Kilmeade Attacks Trump for Saying He Would Take Foreign Intel  —  Brian Kilmeade said the president should know that Russia or China would demand something in return.  —  Correspondent-At-Large  —  Fox & Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade directly criticized …
Discussion: Washington Post and Fox News
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
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 …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Beto goes after Biden: ‘A return to the past’
Discussion: Fox&Hounds, Axios, Breitbart and Shakesville
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Elizabeth Warren surges. Why?
Discussion: Washington Post
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 …
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.
Discussion: Variety and Just Jared
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Tarpley Hitt / The Daily Beast:
Jessica Biel Comes Out as Anti-Vaxx Activist, Joins Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Lobby Against CA Vaccination Bill  —  “I would say that she was for safe vaccines and for medical freedom,” Kennedy told The Daily Beast.  “My body, my choice.”  —  Tuesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
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.”
Discussion: Splinter and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Rick Gates and Michael Flynn subpoenaed by House intel panel  —  Washington (CNN)The House Intelligence Committee on Thursday issued subpoenas to two former Trump officials who pleaded guilty and cooperated in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.  —  The intelligence panel …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:   Trump applauds Flynn's hiring of FBI critic as new lawyer
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Intelligence Committee subpoenas Flynn, Gates
Discussion: Axios, RedState and The Hill
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mulvaney pushed judicial nominee over objections of White House lawyers  —  The nomination on Tuesday of Halil Suleyman “Sul” Ozerden to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals offers the latest glimpse of how acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is exercising his power inside the White House …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump picks a former Senate aide as his new Congress liaison
Axios:   Scoop: Trump selects Eric Ueland to lead legislative affairs
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: The Verge
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump betrays his country again by inviting foreign interference  —  In an extraordinary interview with ABC News's George Stephanopoulos, President Trump said that he would be open to listening to a foreign country's opposition research against his 2020 rival, suggested that all congressmen …
Discussion: MSNBC
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:   Rick Santorum: Trump Was Just Using ‘Filler Words’ When He Said He'd Accept Foreign Help
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: Political Wire and POLITICUSUSA
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Luiza Ch. Savage / Politico:   'There's China and there's everything else:' Trump's trade wars scramble domestic political fights
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 …
Discussion: 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 and Political Wire
Jack Flemming / Los Angeles Times:
Donald Trump's Beverly Hills home quietly sells for $13.5 million  —  President Trump has visited California three times since entering the White House, but he'll have one less place to stay for the next trip.  The Trump Organization has quietly unloaded one of its last two properties in Los Angeles County …
Discussion: Fox News
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump gives the impeachment crowd a gift  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  President DONALD TRUMP'S admission that he would accept a foreign government's assistance in an election — and might not report it to the FBI — is an absolutely stunning statement that would seem out of bounds to any and every reader of Playbook.
Discussion: Breitbart, CNN, The Daily Beast and The Week
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: VICE and Splinter
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.
Discussion: Big League Politics and Breitbart
George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Trump just invited Congress to begin impeachment proceedings  —  The idea that only the president can investigate the president is an argument for autocrats, not Americans.  — George T. Conway III, Neal Katyal -  ·  —  Her story isn't about euthanasia.  It's about failing mental-health systems.
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Republicans dodge nasty Senate primary in North Carolina  —  Rep. Mark Walker has decided not to launch a primary challenge against Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina, in a relief to senior Republicans who feared a scorched-earth battle in a key state.  —  Walker has been seriously considering …
Reuters:
Putin says U.S.-Russia relations are getting ‘worse and worse’  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said relations between Moscow and Washington were getting worse and worse, noting in an interview published on Thursday that the current U.S. administration had imposed dozens of sanctions on Russia.
Discussion: National Review
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Seeks to Question C.I.A. Officers in Russia Inquiry Review  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials intend to interview senior C.I.A. officers as they review the Russia investigation, according to people briefed on the matter, indicating they are focused partly …
 
 
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Meet Jessica Cisneros, the 26-year-old Laredo attorney running against Cuellar in Congress
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
USA Today:
‘Grim reaper’ Mitch McConnell buries plans to protect America from election interference
Discussion: Associated Press
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Buttigieg Backs a Future Criminal Investigation Into Trump
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 Earlier Items: 
CBS News:
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax calls for criminal investigation into sexual assault allegations against him
Discussion: CNN
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Hong Kong and the Future of Freedom
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Trump ally Lindsey Graham ready to revoke president's emergency power on arms sales
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Media Claims Notwithstanding, Trump Is Favored To Be Re-Elected
Discussion: Observer, Fox News and The Resurgent
Kevin Rector / Baltimore Sun:
Trash bags of ‘Healthy Holly’ books occasionally arrive at Maryland Book Bank; kids don't want them, others do
Discussion: Daily Wire
Jared Holt / Columbia Journalism Review:
Right-wing publications launder an anti-journalist smear campaign