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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct  —  In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein's victims.  —  House Democrats on Wednesday released emails …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Trump administration plans meeting over House effort to force release of all of DOJ's Epstein files  —  Top Trump administration officials were planning to meet Wednesday about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Epstein Files Live Updates: G.O.P. Lawmakers Release Thousands of Files  —  Shortly after Democrats released emails showing that Jeffrey Epstein discussed his relationship with President Trump, Republicans on the Oversight Committee released 20,000 additional documents.  —  Here's the latest.
Discussion: Notes From The Circus and Mediaite
The Hill:
White House responds to Epstein emails invoking Trump  —  The White House defended President Trump's handling of Jeffrey Epstein, accusing Democrats of “selectively” releasing emails from the deceased sex offender that reference the president.  —  The comment comes after House Oversight …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Epstein mentioned Trump multiple times in private emails, new release shows  —  Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose death by suicide has spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile people he knew, mentioned Donald Trump by name multiple times in private correspondence …
The Committee on Oversight …:
House Oversight Committee Releases Jeffrey Epstein Email Correspondence, Raising Questions About White House Coverup of Epstein Files  —  This Tranche of Correspondence Raises Questions About Trump and Epstein's Relationship, Trump's Knowledge of Epstein's Crimes and Relationship to Victims
Associated Press:
Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump ‘knew about the girls’ and spent time with a victim  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2011 email that Donald Trump had …
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
House Democrats release Epstein email that claimed Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim  —  In the 2011 email, the disgraced financier wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein's victims and that encounter “has never once been mentioned” by police.
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jeffrey Epstein, in newly released email, says Trump ‘knew about the girls’ … “Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever,” Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to Michael Wolff, an apparent plea from the president for Epstein to leave Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.
Shrai Popat / The Guardian:
White House says new Epstein emails mentioning Trump ‘prove absolutely nothing’ - live  —  White House press secretary says, ‘Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Mar-a-Lago until President Trump kicked him out because Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep’
Adam Kinzinger:
You Can't “Protect Children” While Defending a Predator
Discussion: The Independent
Edward Luce / Financial Times:   Epstein is not going away  —  The issue is Trump's Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
Ben Jacobs / Slate:
Democrats Are About to Go All In on Epstein. Will It Work?
David Lerman / Roll Call:
Senate payouts unnerve some in House GOP ahead of shutdown vote  —  A Senate provision in a major spending package to end the partial government shutdown has rattled House Republicans and given new political ammunition to Democrats seeking to defeat the measure.
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Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
When will Democrats learn that mollifying bullies is a fool's errand?
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Associated Press:
US Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Back in 1793, a penny could get you a biscuit, a candle or a piece of candy.
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
US Mint to strike last penny as Trump's phaseout rattles retailers
Discussion: Associated Press and masslive.com
Maya King / New York Times:
Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy Heir, to Seek Nadler's N.Y. Congressional Seat  —  Mr. Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy, said the Democratic Party needed someone who could stand up to President Trump and his allies.  —  Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy …
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Washington Post:
U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says  —  The Trump administration lawyers said that U.S. military personnel engaged in lethal action in Latin America would not be exposed to future prosecution, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
Arrival of U.S.'s Largest Warship Ratchets Up Pressure on Venezuela
Rob Davis / ProPublica:
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops  —  After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump's decision, ProPublica found that Fox's portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
Discussion: New Republic and Oregonian
Associated Press:
What Americans think about Trump's management of the government, according to a new AP-NORC poll  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Newsweek
Wall Street Journal:
Kash Patel's ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director  —  In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation and squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet  —  On Halloween morning, FBI Director Kash Patel had a big announcement to make …
Wall Street Journal:
A 50-Year Mortgage Is a Bad Deal  —  Trump seems to have bought Bill Pulte's high-risk brainstorm.  —  The Democratic rout in last week's elections has President Trump hunting for ideas to reduce costs, but he's looking in all the wrong places.  Behold his latest gambit: A 50-year mortgage.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
'I'm Not Giving It Up.'  —  Must be something in the water at Bulwark HQ—Bill and Mona ended up on flights of fancy in today's newsletter, which we trust you'll enjoy.  But we'd be remiss not to mention right up top that the House is back in session today to vote to reopen the government …
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Michelle Obama reveals ‘infuriating’ moment on Air Force One that still haunts her  —  Michelle Obama's Grand Canyon shorts sparked 2009 Air Force One controversy  —  Former first lady Michelle Obama revealed on a recent episode of her podcast that she was left infuriated by a moment …
Discussion: IJR
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge.  Scott Bessent Used It Anyway. … It was an easy and, by all accounts, legal way to avoid paying thousands, and potentially millions, in federal taxes.  —  Just set up an investment firm with the right legal structure, and the self-employment taxes …
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
Duckworth staffer accused of posing as lawyer in attempt to free illegal immigrant from ICE custody  —  Department of Homeland Security demands answers about Edward York's alleged misrepresentation at St Louis facility  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …
Discussion: Townhall, IJR, TechCrunch and NewsMax.com
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Democratic wins in redistricting war offset GOP gains  —  Democrats have racked up a number of key victories in the redistricting battle in recent days, giving the party hope it can cancel out GOP gains in next year's midterms.  —  The party's latest win came late Monday …
Politico:
AOC blasts Senate Democrats — not just Chuck Schumer — over shutdown deal  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid the blame Wednesday for a disappointing deal ending the 43-day government shutdown at the feet of Senate Democrats as a whole — not just Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
NBC News:
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion  —  Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads, placards and badges.
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds  —  Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison  —  More than 252 Venezuelans expelled to El Salvador under Donald Trump's mass deportation …
Victoria Guida / Politico:
'He's Actually Weakening the Economy': Why Trump's Strategy May Fail … President Donald Trump is carving out his own brand of capitalism — launching extraordinary federal interventions in the economy through ownership stakes in private companies alongside sweeping tariffs, tax cuts and deregulation.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca C. Lewis / City & State New York:
Public defender and DSA organizer challenges Ritchie Torres  —  Dalourny Nemorin says that Rep. Ritchie Torres is focused more on his donors than serving his constituents  —  Rep. Ritchie Torres is in for a primary fight as another challenger is ready to jump into the ring.
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby … President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it.  —  Rafael Veraza, 25, claimed at a press conference Sunday …
Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
Trump snubs BofA CEO Brian Moynihan in White House dinner for Wall Street execs following ‘debanking’ controversy: sources  —  President Trump appears to have snubbed Bank of America boss Brian Moynihan as he hosts a White House dinner with top Wall Street executives on Wednesday …
 
 
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Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
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Fox News:
WATCH: Hidden camera catches red-state university admins admitting how they ‘cleverly’ disguised DEI agenda
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Reuters:
French lawmakers set to approve suspension of unpopular pension reform
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