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The Inquisitr
Donald Trump
Robert Mueller Outwits Donald Trump, Apparently Filing ‘Dozens’ Of Sealed Indictments Before Sessions Firing
The Inquisitr - Jonathan Vankin
Robert Mueller appears to be outsmarting Donald Trump, filing dozens of sealed indictments before Trump appointee Matt Whitaker took over the Russia …
POLITICO
Politics
Judge orders White House to return press credentials to CNN's Acosta
POLITICO - By JASON SCHWARTZ
The White House said it would 'develop rules and processes to ensure fair and orderly press conferences in the future.' A federal judge on Friday ordered the White House to immediately reinstate CNN correspondent
Business Insider
Donald Trump
Trump's lashing out on Twitter and reportedly increasingly afraid the Mueller probe will indict his family
Business Insider - Alexandra Ma
• The White House is reportedly bracing itself for a slew of indictments from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.• President Donald Trump's administration fears that Mueller will indict
NBC News
Opinion
If Trump sacrifices Fethullah Gulen to protect Saudi Arabia, he will make a mockery of the U.S. extradition system
NBC News - By Frida Ghitis
Hot Take In the unending swirl of shocking statements and decisions by the Trump administration, the latest scoop by NBC News could easily get lost. But it is nonetheless jaw dropping to hear reports the
National Review
Opinion
Betsy DeVos Strikes a Blow for the Constitution
National Review - David French
The proposed Title IX rules highlight how bad things have become on campus. The Department of Education has issued its long-awaited proposed …
ZDNet
Cybersecurity
Trump signs bill that creates the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
ZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu
The US now has an official federal cybersecurity agency. US President Donald Trump signed today a bill into law, approving the creation of the …
Forbes
Opinion
United Pilots Say They Were Already Trained To Override Boeing 737MAX Automatic Stall Recovery
Forbes - Ted Reed
Choosing to go it alone in the furious controversy over whether Lion Air and its pilots had sufficient training to avoid a fatal crash last month, United Airlines pilots’ union said late Friday that a
U.S.-Mexico border
Video shows men damaging wire at U.S.-Mexico border fence
10news.com - Allison Horn
SAN YSIDRO, Calif. (KGTV) - Customs and Border Protection officials tweeted thermal camera video Friday of men climbing the U.S.-Mexico border fence …
Gizmodo
Geek
California's Wildfires Have Spawned a Truly Weird New Conspiracy Theory
Gizmodo - Anna Merlan
This month, California has been gripped by three devastating wildfires: Northern California’s Camp Fire, which recently became the deadliest in the …
NBC News
U.S. Politics
Matt Whitaker faces new challenge in Supreme Court
NBC News - By Pete Williams
Politics News WASHINGTON — Opponents of Matt Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general opened a new legal front Friday in the fight over his selection, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that
Gizmodo
U.S. Department of Justice
A New Senate Bill Would Hit Robocallers With Up to a $10,000 Fine for Every Call
Gizmodo - Jennings Brown
Democrats and Republicans can agree on at least one thing: The spam robocall situation has gotten entirely out of hand. Massachusetts Senator Ed …
Public Health
Salmonella contamination in turkey is widespread and unidentified
seattletimes.com - Lena H. Sun
The outbreak has sent 63 people to the hospital; one has died. The salmonella strain has been found in raw-turkey pet food, raw-turkey products …
NRA
Woman accused of being Russian agent might be seeking plea deal
pbs.org - Chad Day, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A gun-rights activist accused of being a Russian agent is negotiating a “potential resolution” to her criminal case, federal prosecutors …
ABC News
U.S.-Mexico border
Migrants won't see armed soldiers on border
ABC News - By julie watson, associated press
As thousands of migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers converge on the doorstep of the United States, what they won't find are …
World News
Students say Dartmouth ignored professor 'predator club'
bbc.co.uk - www.bbc.co.uk
Dartmouth College is facing a $70m (£54m) lawsuit from six women who claim the school ignored 16 years of sexual harassment by three ex-professors. They allege the Ivy League school allowed the tenured
Essence
Women of Color
Jemel Roberson Was Killed By Police While Working Extra Shifts To Make Son’s First Christmas Special
Essence - Britni Danielle
After detaining a shooting suspect while he worked security at a suburban Chicago bar, Jemel Roberson was killed by a Midlothian police officer, …
CNN
Politics
Trump says he's written answers to Mueller questions, isn't 'agitated' by probe
CNN - By Maegan Vazquez, CNN
Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Friday he was personally crafting the answers to special counsel Robert Mueller and denied he was agitated by the state of the probe. "I write the answers.
Conservative View
Former CIA And NSA Director Says Trump Slighted The Troops On Veterans Day On Purpose
dailycaller.com - Nick Givas | Media And Politics Reporter
12:41 PM 11/16/2018 | Politics Former CIA and National Security Agency (NSA) Director Michael Hayden said on CNN’s “New Day” Friday that President …
USA TODAY
College & University
Why an Ivy League degree isn't necessarily better than any other college degree
USA TODAY - Jennifer Moses
Jennifer Moses, a multi-genre writer, shares her opinion on access to higher education in this piece. The Harvard affirmative action case, in which a group of Asian students has taken the university to
Liberal View
Suspected Russian NRA operative reportedly ready to spill the beans in exchange for plea deal
dailykos.com - Walter Einenkel
Earlier this summer, Russian citizen Maria Butina was arrested by the United States Government and charged with being a Russian intelligence asset, …
Fox News
U.S. Dept. of Education
This mom stopped at nothing to rescue special needs son on bus ride from hell
Fox News - By
A special-needs Bronx boy spent 12 hellish hours on a city school bus during Thursday’s frozen fiasco — until his desperate mother finally reached him after a nine-hour trek by car and foot, she told Post.
CNBC
Debt Management
Advice from some of the first public servants to have their student loans forgiven
CNBC - Annie Nova
Matt Tremel is one of 96 people to have his student debt canceled through the public service loan forgiveness program. Happy endings like his were not …
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Couple’s 3 Bengal cats denied entry to Hawaii
hawaiinewsnow.com - By HNN Staff | November 16, 2018 at 11:55 AM HST - Updated November 16 at 11:55 AM
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Seattle couple who were trying to bring three of their Bengal cats to Hawaii have been denied. In a 2-to-1 vote Thursday, …
U.S. Federal Courts
Republicans were humiliated 3 times in federal court this week — all by judges Trump appointed
rawstory.com - www.rawstory.com
One of the only major accomplishments Republicans can claim in the past two years was their transformation of the federal judiciary. In addition to …
Opinion
Border Patrol: 'We’re not going to let people mass across the border here in San Diego'
sandiegouniontribune.com - Abby Hamblin
Hundreds of migrants from Central America have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego this week, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection …
Salon
News (U.S.)
Those within Donald Trump’s White House seem convinced that Robert Mueller “is about to pounce”
Salon - Cody Fenwick
Robert Mueller; Donald Trump (Getty/Alex Wong/Joe Raedle) Has some concrete evidence emerged that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a dramatic ace up his sleeve? November 16, 2018 6:08pm (UTC) This article
Liberal View
'Sold their souls for judges': Kellyanne Conway's husband blasts Trump's GOP as a 'personality cult'
alternet.org - Matthew Chapman, AlterNet
George Conway, the husband of Trump's campaign manager and White House counselor, has renounced the GOP and formed a group to oppose Trump. He …
MSNBC
Donald Trump
Trump ‘has not fully grasped’ the role of Commander in Chief
MSNBC - Steve Benen
To hear Donald Trump tell it, he loves the military in ways few presidents ever have. Trump’s evidence is abundant: he has military flags in the Oval …
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Sexual Harassment
Top Five Reasons to Loathe Betsy DeVos Today
lawandcrime.com
You might’ve lost sight of Betsy DeVos lately. The fall foliage has obscured a solid view of her yacht and her hellscape of a summer house has been …
CNBC
Cost of Living
Cramer says 'the housing sector's a disaster,' knocks the Fed as ignoring the data
CNBC - Elizabeth Gurdus
The U.S. housing sector is falling apart, and the Federal Reserve is all but ignoring the damage as it prepares for what many expect to be three rate …