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CNN
U.S. Politics
Broward County recounted hundreds of thousands of votes for nothing
CNN - By Gregory Krieg and Annie Grayer, CNN
(CNN) — It's a long-agonized-over machine recount total delivered two minutes too late. But there's nothing ironic about it -- this is, after all, Florida's Broward County, which has been plagued with
MSNBC
Donald Trump
Trump says more than he should’ve about his acting Attorney General
MSNBC - Steve Benen
Donald Trump sat down yesterday with two reporters from a far-right website called The Daily Caller, and early on in the interview, the president was …
The Washington Post
U.S. Politics
Matthew Whitaker’s denial about his company’s alleged fraud just suffered a major blow
The Washington Post
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow New questions are being raised about alleged fraudulent activity at a company where acting attorney general Matthew
The New York Times
U.S. Politics
Democrats Pick Off Another Republican House Seat in California
The New York Times - By ADAM NAGOURNEY
California Republicans suffered another blow on Thursday night as Representative Mimi Walters, who has represented Orange County for two terms, was defeated in her bid for re-election by Katie Porter,
POLITICO
Donald Trump
‘Preparing for the worst’: Mueller anxiety pervades Trump world
POLITICO - By DARREN SAMUELSOHN
Half a dozen people in contact with the White House and other Trump officials say a deep anxiety has started to set in. Lawyers for President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. insist they aren’t
Associated Press
Politics
Senator spoke of 'difficult' voting for liberals in video
Associated Press - By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi is shown in a new video talking about "liberal folks" and making it "just a little more difficult" for them to vote. A campaign spokeswoman
USA TODAY
Politics
Email reveals Florida Democratic official pushed election forms with altered deadlines
USA TODAY - Ana Ceballos
TALLAHASSEE – In a move that has been reported to federal prosecutors, a Democratic party official directed staffers and volunteers to share altered election forms with voters a day after the midterm that
CNN
Politics
Democrats flip another House seat after ranked-choice runoff in Maine
CNN - By Eric Bradner, CNN
Washington (CNN) — Democrat Jared Golden defeated Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin in Maine's 2nd District House race -- flipping the seat after the state calculated its ranked-choice voting results. It's
Vox
Politics
A MAGA outlet just published a piece blaming Trump for the GOP midterm loss
Vox - Zack Beauchamp
American Greatness is about as pro-Trump a publication as there is. So this analysis of the midterm elections is pretty striking. American Greatness is just about the Trumpiest publication you can think
The Daily Beast
U.S. Politics
Julian Assange ‘Has Been Charged,’ According to Justice Department Filing
The Daily Beast - Kevin Poulsen,Spencer Ackerman
An obscure sex crime case may have just revealed a groundbreaking moment for the intersecting worlds of press freedom, espionage, and the …
New York Magazine
Russia Probe
Trump Just Blurted Out the Real Reason He Hired Matt Whitaker
New York Magazine - Jonathan Chait
“The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess,” tweeted President Trump this morning. But why would the president have access to …
The Atlantic
Politics
The Midterms Sent an Unmistakable Message to Republicans
The Atlantic - Ronald Brownstein
So long as the GOP stays loyal to President Trump, its prospects on the electoral map will be sharply restricted. In last week’s election, the bill came due on the defining bet placed by congressional
The Washington Post
Opinion
Saudi Arabia’s latest account of Khashoggi’s death is shocking in its audacity
The Washington Post - By Editorial Board
THE NEW account of Jamal Khashoggi’s death offered by Saudi Arabia on Thursday was shocking in its audacity. Having previously acknowledged that the journalist was the victim of premeditated murder, authorities
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World News
'You Have to Look at the Way She Was Dressed.' Ireland Protests After Lawyer Cites a Thong as Consent
TIME - By Casey Quackenbush
Scores of demonstrators have taken to the streets across Ireland this week to protest after a defense lawyer held up a teenager’s lacy thong in a …
CNN
Foreign Policy
US issues sanctions on 17 Saudis over Khashoggi murder
CNN - By Donna Borak and Nicole Gaouette, CNN
Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration on Thursday imposed penalties on 17 individuals over their alleged roles in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The fresh sanctions from the
Axios
U.S. Politics
Republicans no longer have a single House seat in New England
Axios - Zachary Basu
Following Democrat Jared Golden's victory over Rep. Bruce Poliquin in Maine's 2nd district on Thursday, Republicans now hold zero House seats in New …
POLITICO
U.S. Politics
Ocasio-Cortez gets in closed-door fight with veteran lawmaker over climate change
POLITICO - By ANTHONY ADRAGNA, JOHN BRESNAHAN and ZACK COLMAN
A fight broke out in a closed-door meeting of House Democrats over climate change as a powerful veteran lawmaker fought with freshman star Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members-elect over
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ocasio-Cortez slams reporter who said her outfit didn’t ‘look like a girl who struggles’
thehill.com - Justin Wise
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday shot back at a journalist who said that the outfit she wore on Capitol Hill didn't look like …
MSNBC
Trump Administration
Trump admin struggles to explain why troops are deployed to the border
MSNBC - Steve Benen
Defense Secretary James Mattis visited with U.S. troops deployed to the southern border yesterday, and he conceded that the military mission is …
Vox
U.S. Politics
How the media should respond to Trump’s lies
Vox - Sean Illing
A linguist explains how Trump uses lies to divert attention from the “big truths.” President Donald Trump has hacked the media. As Vox’s Ezra Klein argued recently, the press is in a lose-lose situation
Associated Press
U.S. Politics
Only on AP: Abrams prepares push for new Georgia Gov. vote
Associated Press - By BILL BARROW and KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams' campaign and legal team is preparing an unprecedented legal challenge in the unresolved Georgia governor's race that could leave the state's Supreme Court deciding whether
AlJazeera
Midterm Elections
What if Donald Trump is what America is all about?
AlJazeera - Hamid Dabashi
There is a widely accepted idea among some Americans that Trump does not reflect American values. They are wrong. In an erudite and timely piece for the New York Times, published just a few days before
Roll Call
Politics
House Republicans Adopt New Rules to Govern Themselves (and the Indicted)
Roll Call - Katherine Tully-McManus
Rule changes are timely, given GOP has two indicted members on its hands House Republicans in leadership positions in the next Congress will have to …
POLITICO
U.S. Politics
GOP pushes Trump for new attorney general amid Mueller uproar
POLITICO - By BURGESS EVERETT and ELIANA JOHNSON
Senate Republicans hope replacing Matthew Whitaker will calm the firestorm over Trump’s attacks on the special counsel. Senate Republicans are urging President Donald Trump to quickly nominate a permanent
MSNBC
Donald Trump
Trump: GOP ‘didn’t really have a majority’ the last two years
MSNBC - Steve Benen
Listening to the Republicans’ pre-election message a few months ago, I made the case that GOP officials and candidates were acting as if they haven’t …
CNN
U.S. Politics
Just how bad was the 2018 election for House Republicans?
CNN - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Washington (CNN) — On Thursday, Democrat Jared Golden beat Maine Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin, marking the 33rd seat pickup for Democrats in the 2018 election. There are seven races in the House left
Salon
Russia Probe
NYT’s reporter says Trump was instructed not to tweet about the Mueller probe |
Salon - Sarah K. Burris
“What this could end up impacting right now is what he says in those questions, how he approaches the special counsel in what his advisors insist they believe is the end stages of the Mueller probe and
Axios
George Soros
George Soros' foundations blast Facebook as threat to democracy
Axios - Michael Sykes
Responding to a bombshell New York Times piece, the president of George Soros' Open Society Foundations, Paul Gaspard, said Facebook's "methods …
Roll Call
Donald Trump
Awkward Moments from Donald Trump's Veterans Day Do-Over
Roll Call - John T. Bennett
VA secretary managed to out-Trump embellishment-prone Trump ANALYSIS | President Donald Trump got around Thursday to commemorating Veterans Day on …
Fox News
U.S. Politics
Kamala Harris compares ICE to KKK, gets slammed for 'disgusting,' 'horrifying' remarks
Fox News - By
Video Sen. Harris draws comparison between ICE and KKK California Democrat and likely 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris drew fury after comparing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to