Subject: FW: Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing for Thursday, November 8, 2018
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Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing

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*Thursday, November 8, 2018 8:00 AM EST*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Poll: At 30%, “None Of The Above” Atop List Of Potential 2020 Democrats;
Biden At 25%. <#S1>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Sessions Out At DOJ With Mueller Probe Critic Whitaker As Temporary
Replacement. <#S2>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Trump Says He Will Not Meet With Putin In France, But Will At The G20
Meeting. <#S3>

• Pompeo Meeting Postponed, But Trump Still Hopes To Meet With Kim Next
Year. <#S4>

• US Warns Against Allowing Iranian Tankers Into Ports. <#S5>

• High Court Considers Case Related To USS Cole Bombing. <#S6>

• Saudis Reportedly Murdered Journalist Who Exposed Human-Rights Abuses.
<#S7>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Media Analyses: “Defiant” Trump Claims “Tremendous Success” In Midterms.
<#S8>

• White House Accuses CNN’s Acosta Of “Placing His Hands” On Intern, Pulls
His Credentials. <#S9>

• Trump Warns Democrats About Launching Investigations. <#S10>

• Trump: Pelosi “Deserves To Be Chosen” As Speaker. <#S11>

• Trump Says He Wants To Work With Congress On Border Wall, DACA. <#S12>

• Trump Open To Corporate Tax Hike In Exchange For Middle-Class Tax Relief.
<#S13>

• Administration Rolls Back Obamacare Birth Control Rule. <#S14>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• Indiana Cancer Researchers Receive $2.3M NCI Grant To Test Molecule For
CIPN. <#S15>

• NIH Grant Supports UCLA To Develop Blood Test For Liver Cancer. <#S16>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S17>

• Washington Post. <#S18>
Biden in the News
Poll: At 30%, “None Of The Above” Atop List Of Potential 2020 Democrats;
Biden At 25%.

The Hill
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(11/7, Sheffield) reported that a Hill.TV American Barometer poll of “680
registered voters who identified themselves as Democrats or independents,”
taken Nov. 3-4, “found that ‘none of the above’ was the most popular choice
among potential 2020 challengers to President Trump. Thirty percent of the
sample said they would prefer that ‘none of the above’ become the
Democratic nominee when asked to choose” between former Vice President Joe
Biden, Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Bernie Sanders
(I-VT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), ex-New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg, and Hillary Clinton. Among the potential candidates listed,
Biden led they way with 25%, followed by Sanders at 18%, Clinton at 12%,
and Bloomberg, Harris, and Warren each with 4%.

        *Exit Poll: At 32%, Biden Currently Top 2020 Choice For Democratic
Voters. *The Washington Post
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(11/7) reports, “On Election Day, The Washington Post and Schar School of
Policy and Government at George Mason University polled voters in 69
districts expected to be competitive to see what they think, how they feel
and – ultimately – how they voted. The 1,536 battleground voters who
supported a Democrat in a congressional election were presented with 10
potential candidates for the next presidential race and asked: ‘Which of
the following candidates would you like to see win the 2020 Democratic
presidential nomination?’” At 32%, Biden was the top choice of those
surveyed, followed by Sanders at 15%, Bloomberg, Harris, and Warren at 10%
each, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) at 9%, Booker at 7%, Sen. Kirsten
Gillibrand (D-NY) and Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) each at 2%, and Los
Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) at 0%.

        *UK Bookmaker Pegs Harris As Favorite In 2020 Democratic Race. *The New
York Post
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(11/7, Musumeci) reports that “UK bookmakers are already setting their
sights on the 2020 US presidential election with projections for a showdown
between President Trump and Kamala Harris. Coral, one of the top British
bookmakers, made” Harris “its early favorite, putting the odds of her
winning the Democratic Party nomination at 5-1,” followed by O’Rourke and
Warren each “at 6-1 odds.,” Biden “at 8-1,” Sanders “at 10-1 odds,” and
Bloomberg “at 16-1,” and others sporting longer odds. The Post adds that
Trump “was the favorite for the 2020 nomination of the Republican Party at
2-7 odds and Vice President Mike Pence at 8-1.”

        *Breitbart: Iranian State Media “Captivated” By 2020 Poll Showing
Biden Is Trump’s Top Threat. *Breitbart
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(11/7, Hayward) reported, “Iran’s PressTV was captivated on Wednesday by a
Reuters/Ipsos exit poll of US midterm voters that” showed
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“Biden is the greatest threat to...Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign. The
Iranians greatly preferred the administration Biden served to the one
currently occupying the White House. PressTV ran down the poll results for
Democrats, asserting that Biden has the most support from Democrat primary
voters and was also favored to beat Trump 51-39 in the general election.”

        *McClatchy: Biden Would Be A Top Contender In California’s 2020
Democratic Presidential Primary. *Under the headline “Which Democrat Can
Win Presidential Delegates In California?” McClatchy
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(11/8, Cadei) reports, “California’s move to a March 3 primary date, from
June, means the state will” play a key role in determining “the Democratic
nominee to take on...Trump” in 2020. McClatchy offers “a look at five
leading Democrats” who may run in 2020 – Biden, Harris, Garcetti, Sanders,
and Warren – “and how they stack up in California.” McClatchy reports,
“Strategists say Biden has the mix of high name recognition and longtime
relationships with the Democratic donor community to defeat even
California’s native daughters and sons in the state’s primary. His biggest
challenge would be overcoming the growing push amongst younger Democrats
for a new generation of leaders.”

        *Media Highlights Field Of Potential 2020 Democratic Hopefuls. *Several
media outlets offer early looks at the field of potential 2020 White House
hopefuls. For example, writing at Mic
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(11/7), Alison Durkee says that a number of Democrats “are already
signaling they’re” likely to run in 2020. Durkee says that Biden “is
currently considered a frontrunner in the 2020 race, although he told CBS
in October that his decision would be based largely on his family,
including the 2015 loss of his son, Beau Biden. However, Biden has been on
the campaign trail in recent weeks, making stops in Iowa and other key
primary states.” McClatchy
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(11/7, Wollner) highlights the various potential 2020 Democratic
candidates,

        Under the headline “What The 2020 Candidates Learned From The
Midterms,” Politico
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(11/7, Korecki) reported that Biden, Booker, Harris, Sanders, and Warren
“all knew if they wanted to launch a presidential bid, they needed to roll
up their sleeves and pitch in on this year’s most competitive campaigns.”
Among that group, “Harris topped the bunch by raising and donating a
combined $9 million, with Warren at $8 million, Booker at $7 million and
Sanders at $2.6 million. Biden’s camp did not calculate fundraising
numbers, but his PAC had doled out more than $500,000.” Politico added,
“Standouts for state visits were Booker and Biden, who each traveled to 24
states to campaign for other candidates. Sanders visited 18 states, Harris
visited 15 and Warren visited 11. Only Warren skipped Iowa and New
Hampshire.”
Leading the News
Sessions Out At DOJ With Mueller Probe Critic Whitaker As Temporary
Replacement.

President Trump took to Twitter
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yesterday afternoon to write, “We are pleased to announce that Matthew G.
Whitaker, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the
Department of Justice, will become our new Acting Attorney General of the
United States. He will serve our Country well. ...
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We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well!
A permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date.” Sessions
resignation is being described as a “firing” by virtually all media
outlets, which also highlight the move’s potential impact on Robert
Mueller’s investigation.

        For instance, CNN
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(11/7, Jarrett) reports that Trump “fired” Sessions, and the New York Post
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(11/7, Fredericks) that “Sessions was canned by...Trump.” The CBS Evening
News
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(11/7, lead story, 3:20, Pegues) called Whitaker “a critic of the Mueller
investigation,” and the Washington Times
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(11/8, Mordock) says he “has publicly advocated for limiting the scope of
that investigation.” Politico
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(11/7, Samuelsohn, Oprysko) reports that “while the change atop DOJ doesn’t
affect Rod Rosenstein...it does mean Rosenstein will no longer oversee the
special counsel’s work.” A DOJ spokesperson “confirmed” to Breitbart
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(11/7, Spiering) that “Whitaker would reassert control of the Mueller
Russia investigation,” The Hill
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(11/7, Chalfant) says the development “is likely to spark a firestorm of
criticism following the midterm elections,” and the Los Angeles Times
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(11/7, Megerian) that it ends “a tortured relationship with...Trump” and
opens “what could be historic fight over the sprawling criminal
investigation that has clouded Trump’s White House tenure.”

        The CBS Evening News
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(11/7, story 2, 1:20, Reid) reported that “clearly the White House wanted
new leadership to oversee the special counsel investigation,” because “if
they were happy with the job that Rosenstein was doing, they would have
left him in charge.” ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed by sender.
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(11/7, story 3, 0:45, Thomas) reported, “That said, Mueller’s not someone
to buckle to pressure. He’ll end this investigation when he sees fit. Some
of my sources are hoping Mueller will wrap up by the end of the year, with
more indictments potentially coming sooner, possibly in weeks or days.”

        The CBS Evening News
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(11/7, lead story, 3:20, Pegues) reported DOJ “employees saluted...Sessions
as he departed the building hours after resigning,” and that “earlier he
delivered a letter
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to the White House, which started bluntly, ‘Dear Mr. President, At you
request I am submitting my resignation.’” CBS News “has learned White House
Chief of Staff John Kelly called Sessions this morning to inform him of the
President’s decision.” The Washington Times
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(11/8, Mordock) notes Sessions also wrote, “I have been honored to serve as
Attorney General and have worked to implement the law enforcement agenda
based on the rule of law that formed a central part of your campaign for
the Presidency.” The Daily Caller
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(11/7, Enjeti) reports he added, “We prosecuted the largest number of
violent offenders and firearm defenders in our country’s history. We took
on transnational gangs that are bringing violence and death across our
borders and protected national security.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7, Zapotosky) reports, “To...Sessions...Trump was the man who could do
no wrong. To Trump, Sessions was the attorney general who could do no
right.” ABC World News Tonight
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(11/7, lead story, 1:50, Karl) reported “Sessions has been on thin ice for
nearly two years. One of Trump’s earliest and staunchest supporters, he
infuriated the President shortly after becoming AG by recusing himself from
the Russia investigation.” ABC added that “the Attorney General’s decision
ultimately led to the appointment of special counsel...Mueller,” and “Trump
never forgave him.”

        USA Today
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(11/7, Johnson) says that “laser-focused on Sessions’ decision to recuse
himself from the Russia investigation, Trump has savaged him in interviews,
tweets, and press conferences as ‘beleaguered’ and often expressing
‘disappointment’ in his attorney general.” In September, “Trump took his
criticism to a new level when he appeared to completely disassociate
Sessions with the administration, including the attorney general’s border
enforcement efforts.” The President told Hill. TV, “I don’t have an
attorney general. It’s very sad.” According to the Washington Examiner
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(11/7, Cohen), Trump also “called Sessions an ‘idiot’ in May 2017” and
“‘disgraceful’ in February of this year.” CQ Roll Call
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(11/7, Bennett), Bloomberg News
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(11/7, Strohm)and Wall Street Journal
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(11/7, Gurman, Viswanatha), among other news outlets, run similar reports
on Sessions’ resignation.

        Marc Thiessen of the Washington Post said on Fox News’ Special
Report
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(11/7), “I think the President of the United States is learning from his
mistakes. If he had done this with James Comey after the 2016 election,
there would be no Mueller probe today. It is absolutely normal after an
election for the President of the United States to reshuffle his cabinet,
to ask some people to leave and other people to come. . ... This is a
normal process. If he had waited to do this and then and all of a sudden
some development came in the Mueller probe or some controversy with the
Justice Department, then...we would be into conspiracy theories about
obstruction of justice. Here it is just very clear the election has changed
and he’s moving on. It is a smart move.”

        House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said on Fox News’
Special Report
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(11/7), “It was going to happen, I knew it was going to happen after the
election. I didn’t think it would happen before all the votes had been
counted but he’s been a proverbial dead man walking for several months
now.”

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(11/7), “I have known Jeff Sessions a long time, I personally thought he
would be a great attorney general. Thought it was a great choice. I know
him to be a good man. I know that for a fact. For whatever reason...the
President and Sessions, they just clashed from the get-go. And it started
with the recusal, which shocked everybody, especially the President. And I
think this probably was not the right job at the right time if that was his
intention from the get-go.” Hannity added, “Sadly, Sessions was MIA on one
of the most important issues ongoing inside the halls of the DOJ. In just
the first few weeks of taking office, Sessions recused himself from all
things Russia. He should’ve told the President, in my belief, ahead of
time.”

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(11/7), “Sessions was the champion of this President’s agenda. ... He
supported him in lock step. But his original sin was the fact that just
very soon after he took charge here, he recused from all matters related to
the Russia investigation, and clearly the President never forgave him for
it.”

        CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta said on CNN’s
Situation Room
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(11/7) that the President “forcing Jeff Sessions to resign...did change the
narrative, did change the news cycle from a President claiming that
everything had gone just fine last night. Now we’re all talking about Jeff
Sessions being out the door instead of what happened last night in the
midterms across the country.”

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sender. Video]
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(11/7), “Fired is not the only issue for Robert Mueller. He could remain in
place and have his legs cut out from underneath him if you have somebody
who is overseeing his probe, who is curtailing his efforts at subpoena
power, who is curtailing his efforts in the budgetary concerns, or maybe
trying to guide or stymie the investigation other ways.”

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(11/7), “I don’t think it’s that far gone to picture the President firing
the special counsel, because a., he’s tried to do it before. It’s not like
it’s some area he hasn’t come close to. He’s tried to do it before. And b.,
what was one of the things he was tweeting about this morning when he was
talking about the rash of election results from last night? He was citing a
poll believing Americans did not find the Mueller investigation to be
worthy of continuing to go on. So the President can use that mentality or
he clearly has that mentality. He thinks his supporters and he’s been
surrounded by them for two weeks now, saying witch hunt and having the
crowd cheer, agree with him.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7) editorializes that “Sessions’s performance as attorney general was
far from praiseworthy,” though “at some crucial moments, such as when he
properly recused himself from the Russia investigation, he showed a
fidelity to the independence and integrity of the Justice Department, and
it was for that essential loyalty that the president could not tolerate
him.” The Post adds, “The Justice Department is now in peril.”

        In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal
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(11/7) cautions Whitaker and his permanent successor not to fire Mueller, USA
Today
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(11/7) says “an acting head of the Justice Department – particularly a
presidential ally who hasn’t been confirmed by the Senate – should not be
allowed to interfere.” The New York Times
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(11/7) editorializes, meanwhile, that “it’s not even clear Mr. Whitaker may
legally hold the post of acting attorney general, since he has never been
confirmed by the Senate. But if so, he could do a lot of damage, much of it
behind closed doors.” To the Times, “Trump has made clear that he thinks
the attorney general should function as a president’s personal lawyer,
protecting him from justice and persecuting his enemies.”

        In an editorial, the Los Angeles Times
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(11/7, Board) says “the president might finally try to shut down the
Justice Department investigation of possible ties between Russia and his
2016 campaign,” and “he must not be allowed to do so.”

        Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy21, and Norman Eisen,
chairman of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, write in
the New York Times
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(11/7), “Whether or not Mr. Whitaker steps aside, Mr. Trump’s audacity now
demands additional safeguards. Congress must quickly put in place a plan to
protect the Russia investigation before...Trump makes any further efforts
to control the special counsel’s office.” Writing in the Washington Post
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(11/7, Lacovara), however, Philip Allen Lacovara, “former president of the
District of Columbia Bar and counsel to the Watergate special prosecutors,”
warns that “given Senate Republicans’ ardent support for Trump, and their
fortified majority, House Democrats likely would face an impossible task in
pursuing an effective impeachment, no matter what Mueller uncovers.”
Lacarova adds, “The net effect: Trump may be emboldened to strangle the
Mueller investigation. The president has many ways to end the
inquiry...with no fear of paying a serious political price. The most
drastic step would be simply to pardon everyone involved in the case, even
trying to include himself.”

        *Whitaker Has Been Critical Of Mueller Probe, Wrote He Would Indict
Clinton. *NBC Nightly News
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(11/7, lead story, 2:00, Holt) cast the move as “placing a question mark
over the future of the Mueller investigation,” and said in a separate
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(11/7, story 2, 1:20, Williams) that “when he was a conservative
commentator for CNN,” Whitaker “was wary of giving the special counsel too
much power and said the Russia investigation could be throttled back.”
Whitaker was shown saying, “I could see a scenario where...Sessions is
replaced with a recess appointment and that Attorney General doesn’t fire
Bob Mueller but reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to
a halt.”

        Moreover, the AP
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(11/7, Tucker) reports, “in an op-ed for CNN
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Whitaker wrote: ‘Mueller has come up to a red line in the Russia 2016
election-meddling investigation that he is dangerously close to crossing.’”
The New York Times
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(11/7, Baker, Benner) describes Whitaker as “a loyalist who will now take
charge of the special counsel investigation into Russia’s election
interference, a defiant move just a day after a midterm election loss.” The
Times also reports that in his op-ed, “Whitaker wrote that Mr. Mueller
would be going too far if he examined the Trump family’s finances,” which
to him “would raise serious concerns that the special counsel’s
investigation was a mere witch hunt.”

        The Daily Caller
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(11/7, Enjeti) reports “Whitaker also wrote an op-ed” for USA Today
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“in July 2016 that he would indict former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton for her use of a private email server, saying: A reasonable
prosecutor may ask, if on numerous occasions, an unknown State Department
employee had taken top secret information from a secured system, emailed
that information on a Gmail account, and stored the information on a
personal server for years, would that individual be prosecuted? I believe
they would.”

        The New York Post
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(11/7, Feis) reports “Whitaker previously served under the George W. Bush
administration as US attorney for Iowa’s Southern District from 2004 to
2009.” He also “mounted a 2014 Senate bid to represent the Hawkeye State,
but failed to garner enough support to win the Republican primary.” On its
website, meanwhile, NBC News
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(11/7, Smith) described Whitaker as a “conservative legal commentator.”

        *Schumer, Pelosi Call For Whitaker Recusal; Nadler Hints At House
Investigation. *ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed by sender.
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(11/7, story 2, 1:55, Muir) also reported “Democrats are warning of a
constitutional crisis if Whitaker doesn’t recuse himself and interferes in
any way with the investigation,” and “some Republicans are expressing
concerns, as well, including Susan Collins and senator-elect Mitt Romney.”
The Washington Examiner
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(11/7, Lim) reports “Romney said Wednesday that it was critical...Mueller
to be allowed to finish his federal Russia probe as incoming acting
Attorney General Matthew Whitaker takes the reins of the Justice
Department.”

        USA Today
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(11/7, Johnson, Groppe) reports Senate Minority Leader Schumer “vowed to
protect Mueller, saying it would create a constitutional crisis if
Session’s departure were a prelude to ending, or greatly limiting,
Mueller’s investigation.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by sender.
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(11/7, story 3, 1:15, Holt) showed Schumer saying, “Any Attorney General,
whether this one or another one, should not be able to interfere with the
Mueller investigation in any way.” Reuters
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(11/7, Beech) notes that in a statement, Schumer further said, “Given his
previous comments advocating defunding and imposing limitations on the
Mueller investigation, Mr. Whitaker should recuse himself from its
oversight for the duration of his time as acting attorney general.”

        The Hill
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(11/7, Burke) reports House Minority Leader Pelosi also “called
for...Whitaker to recuse himself from ‘any involvement’ in...Mueller’s
Russia probe,” writing on Twitter
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“It is impossible to read Attorney General Sessions’ firing as anything
other than another blatant attempt by [Trump] to undermine & end Special
Counsel Mueller’s investigation.”

        The Washington Examiner
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(11/7, Correll) reports Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), “who is poised to become
the next chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the panel would be
‘holding people accountable’ soon after a resignation was announced.”
Nadler tweeted
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“Americans must have answers immediately as to the reasoning behind
@realDonaldTrump removing Jeff Sessions from @TheJusticeDep. Why is the
President making this change and who has authority over Special Counsel
Mueller’s investigation? We will be holding people accountable.”

        Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said on CNN[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(11/7), “It didn’t take long for the President to act immediately to
protect himself, because it’s always about him, all of the time, every
time. So first he fires Jeff Sessions, and then he names Matthew Whitaker
as acting attorney general. Very, very troubling knowing Mr. Whitaker’s
views about the investigation. It raises, of course, a conflict of interest
with regard to Whitaker, and it certainly goes to the obstruction of
justice by the President. This is why Congress has to pass legislation to
protect the Mueller investigation.”

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(11/7) if this was the first step toward ending Mueller’s investigation.
Castro said, “I very well believe that it could be. You know, the President
had signaled for a long time that he didn’t want Jeff Sessions to be the
Attorney General any longer, and he finally after the midterm elections
actually took the step of firing him. And so we need to find out more about
the reason he was fired. But we also need to make sure that the Mueller
investigation is protected, that it’s adequately funded.” Castro was also
asked if the President taking steps to end the Mueller investigation could
lead to impeachment proceedings. He said, “I have said for quite a while
that I believe I’ve seen evidence of obstruction of justice. And if it
becomes clear that this is another move to shut down the Mueller
investigation, that is something we’ll have to seriously consider.”

        Rep. Ruben Gallego (R-AZ) said on CNN’s Situation Room[image: Image
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(11/7), “The President clearly is scared that there will be oversight
coming from the Democrats in the House. He believes that...Mueller is about
to release a report or come down with indictments that are going affect the
investigation. ... At the end of the day it really shows that the President
is scared and wants to move fast to try to basically snuff this out.”

        Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) said on CNN[image: Image removed by sender.
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(11/7) that Whitaker “is exactly the wrong person to oversee the Mueller
probe. The whole reason there was a special counsel investigation is
because there was a conflict of interest for the President to oversee the
investigation through the White House. To have Matt Whitaker there is
exactly the same problem.” Asked if he believes Mueller’s job is in
jeopardy, Lieu said, “I do not believe Robert Mueller’s job is in jeopardy
right now. I think the President does see that as a red line. I do believe
putting Matt Whitaker in is probably a red line, as well, but we’ll see
what Matt Whitaker has to say. And in terms of firing Robert Mueller under
Department of Justice regulations, he could still only be fired for good
cause. He can’t just be fired just because Whitaker doesn’t like him or
what he’s doing.”

        House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy was asked on Fox
News’ Special Report
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(11/7) about concerns voiced by Senate Minority Leader Schumer and other
Democrats that Whitaker will limit or interfere with Mueller’s
investigation. Gowdy said, “Every prosecutor has jurisdictional boundaries.
I don’t know a single prosecutor that does not. Mueller’s jurisdictional
boundaries were set by Rod Rosenstein in the memo that you have seen and
they were amended in the memo that we have not seen. There has never been a
prosecutor that just had unfettered power to go investigate whatever the
heck he or she wanted to do. ... The notion that we are going to create a
special counsel that has no boss, no jurisdictional strictures at all is
just typical Chuck Schumer and I think it’s why so few people take him
seriously.”

        *Trump Highlights NBC Poll Showing Plurality Of Voters Disapprove
Of “Disgusting Witch Hunt.” *Trump tweeted
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yesterday, “According to NBC News, Voters Nationwide Disapprove of the
so-called Mueller Investigation (46%) more than they Approve (41%). You
mean they are finally beginning to understand what a disgusting Witch Hunt,
led by 17 Angry Democrats, is all about!”

        *Donald Trump Jr. Concerned Mueller Could Indict Him As Early As
This Week. *The Washington Examiner
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(11/7, Lim) reports “Donald Trump Jr. is concerned he may be indicted
by...Mueller’s team as early as this week, according to multiple reports.”
Trump Jr. “has told at least one person close to him that Mueller could
charge him with making false statements to Congress and the FBI regarding
whether the infamous June 2016 Trump Tower meeting.”

        Vanity Fair
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(11/7, Sherman) reports “one person close to Don Jr. speculated that
Mueller could indict him for making false statements to Congress and the
F.B.I. about whether he had told his father about the ..meeting.” Vanity
Fair adds “this source had heard that the case could revolve around Trump’s
former deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, who’s cooperating with Mueller
and who was deeply involved in the campaign at the time of the meeting.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7, Leonnig) reports that “for more than seven weeks,” Mueller “has been
silent,” which the Post says is “in keeping with Justice Department
guidelines that prosecutors should avoid taking steps that could be
perceived as intending to influence the outcome of the vote.” The Post says
now “with the midterm elections now over, Mueller faces key decision points
in his 18-month-old investigation into Russian interference in the 2016
campaign.” The Post adds, “Among the most pressing matters now before the
special counsel: a probe into longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone’s
activities and ongoing negotiations with Trump’s legal team over a request
to interview him.”

        Bloomberg News
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(11/7) says with Sessions’ exit from the Justice Department, Mueller “may
feel extra pressure to complete his work as quickly as possible” because “a
replacement for Sessions...could fire him or rein in the probe.” Citing
“two U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter,” Bloomberg News says
Mueller is “expected to soon produce some investigative findings on
collusion and obstruction of justice.”

        Politico
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(11/7, Samuelsohn) says Mueller “will soon have a friendly audience of
Democratic chairmen on one end of Capitol Hill who are primed with subpoena
power to fight the White House if it tries to block the public release of
his final report.” Politico adds, “House Democrats say they’re also ready
to act as a backstop if Trump follows through on more than 18 months of
pent-up angst and fires Mueller or tries to meddle with the special
counsel’s work through a major shakeup at the Justice Department.”

        *In Grand Jury Testimony, Filmmaker Supported Stone’s Claims About
Credico. *The Daily Caller
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(11/7, Ross) reports filmmaker David Lugo, who is an associate of Roger
Stone, “has provided the FBI and the special counsel’s office with more
than a year’s worth of emails and text messages he exchanged with the Trump
confidant and Randy Credico, the left-wing comedian who Stone claims was
his source of information about WikiLeaks’ plans during the 2016 campaign.”
Lugo “told The Daily Caller News Foundation that he provided the
communications to the FBI during an interview at his home on Oct. 11.” Lugo
“also appeared before a federal grand jury being used in the special
counsel’s investigation on Oct. 19.” He “said he testified in support of
Stone’s claim that Credico was his conduit of sorts to WikiLeaks.”

        *Luther Strange: “Sessions For Senate In 2020.” *The Washington
Examiner
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(11/7, Yilek) reports that “former Sen. Luther Strange, the Alabama
Republican who filled...Sessions’ seat when he became US attorney general,
suggested Alabamians elect Sessions back to the Senate just before news
broke Wednesday afternoon that Sessions had resigned from the Trump
administration.” A couple of hours before Sessions’ resignation became
public, Strange wrote on Twitter
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“Jeff Sessions for Senate in 2020!”

        *Marijuana Stocks Soar In Wake Of Sessions’ Resignation. *The New
York Post
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(11/7, Gray) reports “pot stocks were stoked on the news...Sessions was
fired Wednesday.” The Post adds “shares of Canadian cannabis grower Tilray
jumped 34 percent to close at $139.60 as marijuana tracking funds in the US
jumped 9 percent in late trading to new highs.”

        *AG Speculation Includes Azar, Bondi, Giuliani. *The Wall Street
Journal
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(11/7, Nicholas, Ballhaus) lists some of the top contenders to permanently
succeed Jeff Sessions as attorney general, including HHS Secretary Azar,
George H.W. Bush Administration Attorney General William Barr, Florida
Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Trump attorney and former New York City
mayor Rudy Giuliani. Acting Attorney General Whitaker could also be
considered to take the job permanently. The Journal reports that a source
close to Azar said last month that Azar was not interested in the post.
Foreign Policy
Trump Says He Will Not Meet With Putin In France, But Will At The G20
Meeting.

The New York Times
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(11/7, Baker) reports that at his press conference today, President Trump
said he will not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this weekend,
“contradicting the Kremlin, which said earlier in the day that the two
would have a discussion while in Paris for an unrelated gathering of world
leaders.” The Times adds, “Instead, Mr. Trump said he expects to sit down
with Mr. Putin later in the month in Buenos Aires on the sidelines of the
annual meeting of the Group of 20, or G20. ‘That’s where we’re actually
looking forward to meet,’ Mr. Trump said.”

        The AP
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(11/7) reports Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov on Wednesday
said the two countries “have agreed not to hold a summit in Paris,”
reportedly adding that “France conveyed concern that a Putin-Trump summit
would steal the limelight from” the weekend commemorations marking the
100th anniversary of World War I’s end. AFP
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(11/7) reports that at his news conference Wednesday, Trump said: “I
believe that President Putin will be there, we do not have anything
scheduled. ... And I am coming back very quickly.”

        *Russians View US House Results As Negative. *The Daily Beast
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(11/7, Davis) reports Russian state TV on Wednesday described Democrats
taking the control of the House as a “very negative” outcome for the
Kremlin, while “predicting ‘political chaos’ in Washington and new
sanctions on Russians now a certainty.” The Daily Beast adds that Russian
state media reported “there is no longer any need for Vladimir Putin to
meet with Trump in Paris during First World War commemoration ceremonies
this week.”

        USA Today
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(11/7, Stanglin) quotes Russian Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked about US
House elections, saying, “One can assume with a high degree of confidence
that, of course, no bright prospects for normalizing Russian-American
relations are in the offering.”

        *Russia Says Any New Sanctions By US Against Russia Would Be
“Illegal.” *Reuters
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(11/7, Auyezov) reports on Wednesday, Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
that Russia believes that any “restrictions imposed by the United States
against Russia [would be] illegal,” after the State Department said that
the US may “impose additional sanctions on Russia” because “Moscow failed
to give reasonable assurances it would not use chemical weapons after a
nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England.” USA Today
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(11/7, Stanglin) reports State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert “did
not say when they would be applied.”
Pompeo Meeting Postponed, But Trump Still Hopes To Meet With Kim Next Year.

Reuters
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(11/7, Mason, Brunnstrom) reports that at his press conference today,
President Trump said he “expects to meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong
Un some time early next year and that an expected meeting between”
Secretary of State Pompeo and North Korean officials “will be rescheduled.”
Trump is quoted as saying, “We’re very happy how it’s going with North
Korea. We think it’s going fine. We’re in no rush. ... I’d love to take the
sanctions off, but they (North Korea) have to be responsive, too.” Reuters
adds that the State Department said “conversations continue to take place”
with North Korea, and added, “The United States remains focused on
fulfilling the commitments agreed to by President Trump and Chairman Kim at
the Singapore summit in June.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7, Denyer) reports that the State Department announced earlier today
that Pompeo’s meeting had been “called off at the last minute...without
giving any explanation or new date.” According to the Post, “South Korea’s
government warned against reading too much into” the change, but the Post
sees “signs of a growing rift between Washington and Pyongyang over the
denuclearization process.” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said
the meeting would occur “at a later date.”

        The Washington Times
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(11/7, Sands) reports the meeting was “postponed without explanation” while
adding that according to the State Department, it would happen “when
[their] respective schedules permit.”

        The New York Times
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(11/7, Wong), in its analysis, says that the goal for the meeting was to
“nail down a plan for a second summit between President Trump” and North
Korea’s Kim Jong-un, “but finalizing the meeting itself” between Pompeo and
Kim Yong-chol “proved harder than expected.” The Times adds that the
postponement “leaves little doubt that the diplomatic process between the
United States and North Korea is now mired in quicksand.”

        Adam Taylor of the Washington Post
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(11/7, Taylor) says the cancellation of Pompeo’s scheduled meeting is “yet
another sign of how diplomacy has stagnated in the months since the summit”
in Singapore. According to Taylor, “at the working level, where the details
are actually hammered out, progress has been slow at best.”

        *Russia Wants UN Meeting On Easing North Korean Sanctions. *Fox
News’ Special Report
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(11/7) reported that Russia has requested that the UN Security Council
discuss possible easing of sanctions against North Korea during a Security
Council session tomorrow. Moscow’s request “comes as Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo postpones a meeting with North Korea officials in New York.”
US Warns Against Allowing Iranian Tankers Into Ports.

The AP
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(11/7, Lee) reports the US “is warning foreign countries not to allow
Iranian oil tankers into their territorial waters or ports.” According to
the State Department, allowing their presence “may run afoul of U.S.
sanctions.” The department added that “insuring Iranian tankers is also a
violation of the U.S. sanctions that came into force this week.”

        *WPost: Sanctions Unlikely To Cause Iran To Change. *The Washington
Post
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(11/7) in an editorial says that US sanctions “may be justified” in
response to Iran’s “stepped up...aggressions,” and adds that “President
Barack Obama’s hopes” of “a moderation of Iran’s malign activity were
illusory.” But, the Post adds, “the chance of a sea change in Tehran
remains small.” The Post says that while “Iran may find it harder” to
finance its activities, “the Revolutionary Guard Corps is unlikely to
retreat from Iraq or the Levant.” The Post urges President Trump to
consider seeking a “grand bargain” based on a “balance of its [Iran’s]
interests with those of Saudi Arabia,” which also, according to the Post,
“needs to have its aggressions placed in check.”
High Court Considers Case Related To USS Cole Bombing.

The AP
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(11/7, Gresko) reports that Supreme Court on Wednesday considered “whether
to overturn a nearly $315 million judgment against Sudan stemming from the
bombing of the USS Cole.” The Court is being asked to decide “where notice
of the lawsuit against Sudan should have been mailed, to its embassy in
Washington or its foreign ministry in the country’s capital, Khartoum.” The
AP says it was unclear “how the justices would rule.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7, Barnes) reports that the lawsuits against Sudan “were sent to the
Sudanese embassy in Washington,” but Christopher Curran, the attorney
representing Sudan, “told the court that they should have been sent to the
foreign minister’s office in Khartoum.” If the Court agrees, “the judgments
against the country would be vacated.” The Post says one appeals court
“decided mailing a notice to the embassy was fine,” but another “sided with
Curran. The justices seemed similarly divided.”
Saudis Reportedly Murdered Journalist Who Exposed Human-Rights Abuses.

The Daily Mail (UK)
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(11/7) reports that “another dissident journalist has reportedly been
tortured and killed in Saudi Arabia.” According to the Daily Mail, “Turki
Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Jasser is said to have been murdered in jail a month
after Jamal Khashoggi was slaughtered in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate.”
The Daily Mail says “news site The New Khaleej reported Al-Jasser’s death
on Saturday quoting human rights sources,” which said “the Saudi government
believed Al-Jasser secretly ran a Twitter account called Kashkool, which
exposed human rights violations by officials and the royals.”
Domestic Policy
Media Analyses: “Defiant” Trump Claims “Tremendous Success” In Midterms.

President Trump claimed victory in the midterm elections on Wednesday,
tweeting
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at 7:07 a.m., “Those that worked with me in this incredible Midterm
Election, embracing certain policies and principles, did very well. Those
that did not, say goodbye! Yesterday was such a very Big Win, and all under
the pressure of a Nasty and Hostile Media!” Less than an hour later, he
tweeted
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“To any of the pundits or talking heads that do not give us proper credit
for this great Midterm Election, just remember two words – FAKE NEWS!”

        The President reiterated this stance during his news conference,
and media analyses portray him as defensive and in denial, downplaying the
loss of the House and blaming defeated GOP incumbents for their losses.
Jeff Glor reported on the CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by sender.
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(11/7, story 4, 2:15), “Even though the Republicans lost control of the
House, the President is calling the midterm elections a ‘tremendous
success.’” CBS’ Chip Reid reported that the President “celebrated the
election results today, focusing on the seats Republicans gained in the
Senate, and he gave the lion’s share of the credit to himself.” Trump: “I
only had me. I didn’t have anybody else.” On NBC Nightly News[image: Image
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(11/7, story 4, 2:50, Holt), Peter Alexander reported that “a defiant
President Trump framed the voters’ verdict as a ‘tremendous success’ for
himself.” Trump: “I thought it was a very close to complete victory.”
Alexander: “The President mocking eight defeated members of his party who
refused to embrace him” during “a combative 87-minute news conference.”

        The AP
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(11/7, Colvin, Lemire, Miller) reports that Trump, “rejecting any hint of a
setback...mocked members of his own party who were defeated.” The President
“was quick to distance himself from losing GOP House members who had been
critical of his heated rhetoric,” such as Reps. Mike Coffman (R-CO), Carlos
Curbelo (R-FL), and Mia Love (R-UT), though some Trump supporters including
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) were also defeated. The Wall Street Journal
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(11/7, Ballhaus, Salama) reports that Trump mocked several defeated
Republicans, saying of Love, “Mia Love gave me no love, and she lost. Too
bad, Mia.” Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA), who is retiring, “tweeted his
displeasure” with Trump’s remarks, writing
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“To deal w harassment & filth spewed at GOP [members of Congress] in tough
seats every day for 2 yrs, bc of POTUS; to bite ur lip more times you’d
care to; to disagree & separate from POTUS on principle & civility in ur
campaign; to lose bc of POTUS & have him p--- on u. Angers me to my core.”

        The Hill
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(11/7, Fabian) reports that Trump “noted that of the 11 candidates he
campaigned with during the final week of the race, nine won,” and “called
out several House lawmakers by name, saying their failure to embrace him
led to their defeats even though they ran in districts where he is
unpopular.” The Daily Caller
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(11/7, Enjeti) reports that Trump also “ridiculed” retiring Sen. Jeff Flake
(R-AZ), “claiming that he was responsible for his departure from Congress.”

        Reuters
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(11/7, Mason, Rampton) reports that though the GOP lost control of the
House, “Trump shrugged that off, casting Tuesday’s congressional election
results as ‘very close to complete victory’ for Republicans.” The Washington
Times
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(11/7, Miller) reports that Trump said the GOP “scored Senate wins despite
a huge disadvantages, including a flood of money from liberal donors,
hostile media coverage and a record number of House Republican
retirements.”

        Politico
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(11/7, Choi) reports that Kellyanne Conway also called the midterms a
victory for Republicans. Appearing on Fox News’ Fox & Friends[image: Image
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(11/7), Conway said, “This President has made history yet again last night.
In the last 80 years, the party in power has only picked up eight Senate
seats. Last night the President through his leadership and his engagement
on the ground for these candidates again and again has produced at least
three new Senate seats.”

        Under the headline “Trump’s Rambling, Angry News Conference Shows
He Ignored The Message Voters Sent Him,” the Washington Post
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(11/7) editorializes, “Nothing tests character like defeat.” Tuesday’s
elections “presented Mr. Trump with his first real reversal, and he did not
respond well. ... There was nothing in his rambling, angry news conference
Wednesday to suggest he had heard the message that millions of voters, many
of them formerly supporters of the GOP, tried to send him.” Breitbart
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(11/7, Key) reports that on CNN, Jake Tapper said, “What we saw here was a
President who clearly feels threatened and was responding by threatening.
... And he made it very clear no matter how many times he kept saying that
he had a tremendous night, it was close to a complete victory, he knew in
his heart that was not the truth.”

        The Wall Street Journal
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(11/7) says in an editorial that unlike past Republican presidents, Trump
has failed to expand his base of support, which should serve as a warning
going forward. Karl Rove writes in his Wall Street Journal
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(11/7) column that both parties won some bragging rights Tuesday, and that
while Trump said the midterms were about him, he and the GOP have a lot of
work to do.
White House Accuses CNN’s Acosta Of “Placing His Hands” On Intern, Pulls
His Credentials.

Following a contentious exchange between CNN’s Jim Acosta and the President
during yesterday’s White House press conference, Press Secretary Sarah
Sanders took to Twitter
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to write, “President Trump believes in a free press and expects and
welcomes tough questions of him and his Administration. We will, however,
never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to
do her job as a White House intern.” Acosta tweeted
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in response, “This is a lie.” The Washington Examiner
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(11/7, Lim) reports the story under the headline “CNN’s Acosta Denies
Touching White House Intern Despite Video Evidence,” and reports that
“video of the interaction shows Acosta...appeared to momentarily push down
on the young woman’s arm with his wrist.”

        Later Wednesday, Acosta said on Twitter
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“I’ve just been denied entrance to the WH. Secret Service just informed me
I cannot enter the WH grounds for my 8pm hit. ...
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The US Secret Service just asked for my credential to enter the WH. As I
told the officer, I don’t blame him. I know he’s just doing his job.” On CNN’s
Anderson Cooper 360
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(11/7), Acosta addressed the White House suspending his press pass. Acosta
said that when he went to the White House Wednesday evening, “the Secret
Service came out and informed me that my press credentials were being, I
guess, revoked temporarily, suspended.” Acosta added, “You can see in the
video, the intern came up to me...and attempted to take the microphone away
from me. ... Obviously, you know, I didn’t put my hands on her or touch her
as they are alleging. And it’s just unfortunate that the White House is
saying this.”

        Politico
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(11/7, Griffiths, Schwartz) reports that “the reasons Sanders gave for
pulling Acosta’s press pass were clearly fabricated,” though “later in the
evening, Sanders tweeted
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a video that included an NFL-instant-replay-like zoomed-in version of the
incident, saying that the White House stood by its earlier decision.” The New
York Times
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(11/7, Baker) says “a review of the video...did not suggest that Mr. Acosta
put his hands on the woman,” while the AP
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(11/7, Bauder) says “the interaction between Acosta and the intern was
brief, and Acosta appeared to brush her arm.”

        The Los Angeles Times
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(11/7, Mai-Duc) says “a female White House aide unsuccessfully tried to
grab the microphone from Acosta,” the New York Post
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(11/7, Tacopino) that there was a “tussle for the microphone between Acosta
and a White House intern,” and the Washington Times
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(11/7, Boyer) that the White House cited his “his ‘absolutely unacceptable’
conduct for tussling with a White House intern.” To the Washington Post
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(11/7, Farhi), “a female White House intern tried to take the microphone
from Acosta,” who “held onto it and raised an arm to shield it, in the
process making contact with the aide,” saying, “Pardon me, ma’am.”

        Ahead of the White House decision to suspend Acosta’s credentials,
his interaction with the intern had been ignored in many mainstream media
reports – though some did mention it. USA Today
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(11/7, Cummings) reported, for example, that “when a White House aide tried
to take the mic from him, Acosta yanked it back,” and The Hill
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110801biden&r=email-8112&l=084-b1e&t=c>
(11/7, Keller) that he “clutched the microphone as a White House aide tried
to take it from him.” The Washington Times
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(11/8, Miller), meanwhile, described Acosta as “wrestling away the
microphone from a young female White House aide who attempted to pass it to
another reporter.”

        Sean Hannity, on Fox News’ Hannity[image: Image removed by sender.
Video]
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(11/7), described Acosta as “physically strong-arming a female White House
aide,” and the Federalist
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(11/7, Payton) reports that he “physically prevented a female White House
staffer from taking away the microphone after...Trump told him to stop
talking. ... When she was able to grab ahold of the microphone, Acosta
locked his arms and pulled away.” The Daily Caller
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110801biden&r=email-8112&l=088-736&t=c>
(11/7, Johnson) reported the “female White House staffer even attempted to
pry the microphone away from Acosta, but he held onto it.” That “action
drew Trump’s ire and the president went on a tirade about CNN and Acosta.”
The Washington Free Beacon
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(11/7, Cawthorne) similarly recounted that “Trump wanted to move onto
another reporter, but Acosta wouldn’t give up the microphone when an aide
sought to tug it away from him.”

        Politico
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(11/7, Choi) reports “CNN released a statement on Twitter
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shortly after the briefing standing behind Acosta.” Said CNN, “This
President’s ongoing attacks on the press have gone too far. They are not
only dangerous, they are disturbingly un-American. While President Trump
has made it clear he does not respect a free press, he has a sworn
obligation to protect it.” USA Today
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(11/7, Hayes) notes “Sanders called CNN’s statement ‘outrageous,’” saying
in a statement, “The fact that CNN is proud of the way their employee
behaved is not only disgusting, it is an example of their outrageous
disregard for everyone, including young women, who work in this
Administration.”

        The CBS Evening News
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(11/7, story 15, 0:50, Glor) reported on the “contentious exchange” between
Trump and Acosta about the caravan, and showed Trump saying, “I consider it
to be an invasion.” Acosta retorted, “As you know, Mr. President, the
caravan is not an invasion. It’s a group of migrants moving up from Central
America towards the border with the US,” to which the President said,
“Thank you.” CBS added, “Eventually there, after a brief struggle and an
odd moment, the White House aide took the microphone back from...Acosta.” The
Hill
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(11/7, Keller) recounts Trump “went on to say that he didn’t think he
demonized immigrants by his portrayal of the caravan,” and when “Acosta
began to try to ask another question” he said, “OK, that’s enough. That’s
enough,” and asked him to put down his microphone. The Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110801biden&r=email-8112&l=08f-3db&t=c>
(11/7, Bever) notes “Trump then told the reporter: ‘CNN should be ashamed
of itself having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person. You
shouldn’t be working for CNN. ... You’re a very rude person. The way you
treat Sarah Huckabee is horrible. And the way you treat other people are
horrible. You shouldn’t treat people that way.”

        The Federalist
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(11/7, Jashinsky) reports “the presser was full of fantastic quotes and
Trumpian moments,” though “things went off the rails...when” Acosta
“refused to cede the microphone after Trump tried to toss it to NBC’s Peter
Alexander. There was no turning back.” The Federalist quotes Trump as
telling Acosta, “‘I think you should let me run the country. You run CNN.
And if you did it well, your ratings would be much better.”

        USA Today
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(11/7, Cummings) reports that “after his barrage against Acosta, Trump next
called on NBC News reporter Peter Alexander, who tried to come to Acosta’s
defense as a ‘diligent reporter.’” Trump then “turned his ire on
Alexander,” saying, “Well, I’m not a big fan of yours either.” USA Today
adds that “even as the news conference went on, Acosta thanked Alexander on
Twitter
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On NBC Nightly News
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(11/7, story 4, 2:50, Holt), Alexander described Trump as “at times angry.”
NBC shows Alexander asking Trump, “You said ‘Democrats would unleash a wave
of violent crime that endangers families everywhere.’ Why are you pitting
Americans against one another?” Trump replied, “Peter, are you trying to be
him? ... Because they are very weak on crime.” Alexander retorted, “The
question is why are you pitting Americans against one another, sir?”

        Business Insider
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(11/7, Haltiwanger) reports Trump “came out with guns blazing,” and goes on
to describe him as “lambasting reporters for asking basic questions.”
The Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review
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(11/7, Adams) says “Trump shut down questions from a reporter,” and the New
York Post
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(11/7, Schwab, Fredericks) that the President was “combative” and “got into
an angry confrontation with reporters.” To Politico
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(11/7, Schwartz), “in case there were any questions over whether Trump
would soften his tone after the Democratic takeover of the House on
Tuesday, in the news conference he delivered his most strident and personal
attacks on the press – a high bar for a president who has declared war on
the media from Day One.” To the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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(11/7, Ho), meanwhile, “the battle between...Trump and his favorite media
foil CNN continued...the day after the midterm election.”

        The Boston Globe
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(11/7, Weiss) reports the press conference “quickly devolved into a war of
words with reporters,” and that “Trump had particularly nasty words
for...Acosta,” Bloomberg News
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(11/7, Jacobs, Olorunnipa, Beene) refers to one of Trump’s “most direct
confrontations with a reporter,” and Yahoo! News
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(11/7, Knowles) says that “as more clashes with reporters followed, Trump,
exasperated but energized, summed up what is sure to be repeated at the
rallies where chants of ‘CNN sucks!’ have become a favorite chorus.” Said
the President, “It’s such a hostile media. It’s so sad.” The AP
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110801biden&r=email-8112&l=09c-754&t=c>
(11/7, Bauder) recounts that the President “I can do something fantastic,
and they make it look not good. ... I came in here as a nice person wanting
to answer questions and I had people jumping out of their seats screaming
questions at me.”

        The CBS Evening News
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(11/7, story 4, 2:15) reported that Trump “repeatedly lashed out at
reporters,” and showed Trump saying, “That’s enough. That’s enough. Sit
down.” Acosta: “Mr. President, if I could ask one other question.” Trump:
“That’s enough.” Acosta: “Pardon me, ma’am.” Trump: “Sit down. Sit down. I
didn’t call you. I didn’t call you.” CBS also accused Trump of “hurling
insults when he thought questions were unfair.” Yamiche Alcindor of PBS
News Hour was shown saying, “You call yourself a nationalist. Some people
saw that as emboldening white nationalists.” Trump replied, “That’s a
racist question.” The Washington Times
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(11/7, Miller) reports that the reported has asked him whether “he foments
white nationalism.” Trump replied, “To say that is so insulting to me. ...
That’s such a racist question. ... You know what the word is, I love our
country.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7, Sonmez) reports “White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday
defended...Trump for calling a black reporter’s question about his
self-professed nationalism ‘racist,’ arguing that ‘there’s a difference
between nationalism and white nationalism.’” Conway said[image: Image
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on PBS NewsHour, “I believe that what he was saying to your colleague
Yamiche is that the implication of racism in the word ‘nationalist’ is very
unfortunate, because there’s a difference between nationalism and white
nationalism.”

        *RNC, Graham, Hannity, Kurtz, CBN Reporter, Pavlich Among Trump
Defenders After Press Conference. *Fox News
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(11/7, Shaw) reported that the RNC “pointed to the exchange that the media
was going ‘overboard’ with its ‘grandstanding.’” RNC Chairwoman Ronna
McDaniel said on Twitter
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“We all value a free press, but it’s unfortunate that some reporters seem
more interested in getting their own cable show than doing their jobs.”

        Sen. Lindsay Graham tweeted
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about the incident, writing, “Certain members of the press cannot stand the
fact that President @realDonaldTrump and Republicans defied expectations in
the midterm elections – actually growing our Senate majority.” The Washington
Post
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(11/7, Bever) reports Graham also said on Twitter
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“It’s apparent to me the White House press corps lives in a bubble,” and
“the way they are conducting themselves today will do NOTHING to improve
their standing with the American people.” The Post adds David Brody, “a
reporter with the Christian Broadcasting Network, agreed, saying that the
‘mainstream media should be ashamed.’” Brody also tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018110801biden&r=email-8112&l=0a6-708&t=c>,
“Certain liberal reporters became totally unhinged today. Jim Acosta
wouldn’t give up the mic, April Ryan standing up without a mic and so many
more examples. No wonder the media is disliked in this country. Entitled?”

        Hannity said on Fox News’ Hannity[image: Image removed by sender.
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(11/7) that at his press conference, Trump “came out with a conciliatory
tone. Kind words for likely incoming Speaker Pelosi, urging bipartisanship
in the newly divided Capitol Hill. But guess what, people in the media,
they wanted none of it. Especially true of...Acosta, as he all but called
the President a racist, tried to debate the President, thinking that ‘Oh,
it is my TV show,’ and physically strong-arming a female White House aide,
clearly angry that the blue wave his network predicted never materialized.
This conduct is beyond reprehensible. Imagine anybody doing this to Obama.”

        Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz said on Fox News’ Special
Report[image:
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(11/7), “Trump said he hoped the tone of relations would improve but that
it starts with the media. The press corps didn’t help itself today with
interruptions by Acosta and others that came off sounding rude.”

        Townhall’s Katie Pavlich also took to Twitter
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to ask during the tense exchange between Trump and Acosta, “Does Jim Acosta
have a question? Or is he just going to give his opinion?”
Trump Warns Democrats About Launching Investigations.

On ABC World News Tonight
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(11/7, story 5, 1:50, Muir), Mary Bruce reported that while House
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and President Trump “are pledging to work
together, [Trump] knows full well house Democrats have something else in
mind, too: They want to hold his Administration accountable, now armed with
the power to subpoena, Democrats are poised to launch an onslaught of
investigations. The President says if that happens, he’ll go after them,
with help from the Republican-led Senate.” Trump: “They can play that game,
but we can play it better. Because we have a thing called the United States
Senate. And all you’re going to do is end up in back and forth and back and
forth, and two years is going to go up, and we won’t have done a thing.” On
the CBS Evening News
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(11/7, story 3, 3:10, Glor), Nancy Cordes reported that Democrats will have
the “power to investigate the President or his Cabinet members for
suspected ethics lapses, like extravagant travel. They can subpoena
documents like the President’s tax returns, or they can compel top
officials to testify about controversial policies or foreign investments in
Trump properties.”

        USA Today
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(11/7, Fritze, Jackson) reports that Trump said during his “testy press
conference” that the federal government “would come ‘to a halt’ if
Democrats pursue investigations against his administration, threatening a
political landscape that would be ‘warlike.’” Trump “repeated a threat to
launch counter-investigations if Democrats look into his past business
practices and decision-making in the White House. Asked what he would do if
Democrats attempt to pursue his tax returns, Trump repeated his claim he is
under audit and said most voters would not understand the returns.”
The Washington
Post
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(11/7, Paletta) reports that the President “and newly empowered
congressional Democrats appeared to be on a collision course over the
release of the president’s tax returns.” Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), who is
expected to become chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, “plans
to insist Trump voluntarily release his tax returns, he said in an
interview. If Trump doesn’t, then Neal will file a legal request with the
treasury secretary that would require the returns be disclosed to a small
group of people on Capitol Hill.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7, Dawsey) reports that though the President “repeatedly praised”
Pelosi during his news conference and vowed to work with Democrats on
policy, he “said that he would react aggressively to any attempt to look
into possible corruption in his administration or investigate his personal
finances or conduct in office.” The President tweeted
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Wednesday morning, “If the Democrats think they are going to waste Taxpayer
Money investigating us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced
to consider investigating them for all of the leaks of Classified
Information, and much else, at the Senate level. Two can play that game!”
Asked on CNN’s New Day
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(11/7) if the President is concerned about House Democrats looking into his
tax returns, Kellyanne Conway asked rhetorically, “Is this really what
we’re talking about today?”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7, Pogrund) reports that Democrats “are prepared to open multiple
investigations of President Trump when they take control in January but are
wary of immediately pursuing impeachment.” Reuters
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(11/7, Morgan, Cornwell) reports that Pelosi told reporters, “We have a
constitutional responsibility for oversight. This doesn’t mean we go
looking for a fight. But it means that if we see a need to go forward, we
will.” The AP
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(11/7, Sullivan, Charlton) reports that “Trump’s Russian business ties,
Jared Kushner’s relationship with the Saudi crown prince, [and] Ivanka
Trump’s Chinese trademarks” could all “come under new scrutiny.”

        USA Today
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(11/7, Groppe) reports that Senate Majority Leader McConnell “warned
Democrats against aggressively going after President Donald Trump.” He told
reporters, “The Democrats in the House will have to decide just how much
presidential harassment they think is good strategy. I’m not so sure it
will work for them.”

        *Trump Says He Is Open To Working With Democrats. *The Wall Street
Journal
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(11/7, Hook, Tau) says Trump’s tone was divided between his warnings and
calls for policy cooperation. Politico
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(11/7, Orr) reports that Trump “said he is open to working with
congressional Democrats ‘to continue delivering for the American people,’
citing infrastructure, trade, immigration and the economy as possible areas
of cooperation.” The AP
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(11/7, Lemire) calls it “a measured outreach for bipartisan legislation.”
In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal
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(11/7) says the best outcome would be for two years of gridlock, since
Pelosi will try to lead Trump into making deals that are bad policy. Bloomberg
News
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(11/7, Jacobs, Hous) and the New York Post
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(11/7, Moore) also report on Trump’s warning and outreach to Democrats.
Trump: Pelosi “Deserves To Be Chosen” As Speaker.

President Trump tweeted
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Wednesday, “In all fairness, Nancy Pelosi deserves to be chosen Speaker of
the House by the Democrats. If they give her a hard time, perhaps we will
add some Republican votes. She has earned this great honor!” Karen Tumulty
writes in her Washington Post
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(11/7) column, “President Trump is absolutely right...but not for the
reasons the president gave when he sent out this tweet.” Pelosi should be
speaker “because she is good at it.”

        *Pelosi Facing “Serious Math Problem” In Bid For Speaker. *The Hill
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(11/7, Zanona) reports that at least 14 returning and newly elected House
Democrats have either vowed to vote against Pelosi altogether or “are
vowing to withhold their votes for Speaker unless the candidate agrees to
overhaul House rules.” With the Democratic majority expected to be slim,
that could be a problem for Pelosi. In a second story, The Hill
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(11/7, Zanona, Hagen, Lillis) reports that Pelosi “knows she has little
room for error and has already been taking steps to whittle down her
potential numbers problem.” One Democratic lawmaker “who has been in
contact with both anti-Pelosi candidates and incumbents” said, “She’s got a
serious math problem.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7, DeBonis) reports on its front page that Pelosi must “surmount
internal Democratic politics” to reclaim the gavel, a job that “would hand
Pelosi the burden of chief Democratic strategist and the party’s public
face, at least until a 2020 presidential nominee emerges.” Pelosi “refused
to directly address the palace intrigue” on Wednesday. The Washington Times
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(11/7, Sherfinski) reports Pelosi said she is “confident she’ll have
sufficient support among her colleagues to be chosen.” But the Wall Street
Journal
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(11/7, Andrews, Peterson) says it is not yet clear if she will be. Rep.
Seth Moulton (D-MA), a vocal Pelosi critic, said, “We need someone who
builds a bench rather than clears it.”
Trump Says He Wants To Work With Congress On Border Wall, DACA.

Reuters
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(11/7, Mason) reports that in a news conference Wednesday President Trump
“said he hopes he can work with Congress on immigration to fund his border
wall, as well as possibly addressing the thousands of young immigrants
living in the United States without legal status.” Trump said, “We need the
money to build the wall, the whole wall, not pieces of it. ... We need the
wall, many Democrats know we need the wall, and we’re just going to have to
see what happens.” Trump “also said he saw potential to work with
Democrats” on DACA “but would have to see how the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
on the issue.”

        Meanwhile, Politico
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(11/7, Everett) says Trump and congressional Republicans “are girding for a
potentially brutal confrontation with Democrats” over the wall next month.
With Democrats set to take control of the house in January, Republicans are
facing “their last, best opportunity to get border wall funding. And part
of the government, including the Department of Homeland Security, runs out
of funding on Dec. 7, providing the most leverage the GOP will have before
Democrats have power over money to build a wall on the border with Mexico.”
However, the lengths to which Republicans will go “is an open question.”
After Senate Majority Leader McConnell “cautioned against a shutdown, Trump
declined to rule one out,” and said he wants “money to build the wall, the
whole wall, not pieces of it.”
Trump Open To Corporate Tax Hike In Exchange For Middle-Class Tax Relief.

Bloomberg News
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(11/7) reports that during his press conference Wednesday, President Trump
said he is “open to raising some tax rates to help pay for a bigger tax
break for middle-class Americans.” When the President was “asked if that
could include a corporate rate increase,” he said, “Yeah.” Bloomberg News
adds that Democrats “have criticized the 2017 tax law for cutting taxes for
corporations and the wealthy too much, while not directing enough relief to
middle-class families.” Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), who is expected to chair
the House Ways and Means Committee, “has repeatedly said he wants hearings
on the GOP tax law to give those he says were shut out of the overhaul
debate a chance to be heard. Democrats plan to use the hearings to focus on
middle-class tax cuts, and how the law could be tweaked, including an
incremental increase in the corporate tax rate.”
Administration Rolls Back Obamacare Birth Control Rule.

The Washington Examiner
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(11/7, Leonard) reports a rule released Wednesday by the Administration
“will exempt employers from providing insurance coverage for birth control
if it conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs, scaling back a rule
created under the Obama administration.” The rule “will take effect in 60
days and will affect between 6,400 and 127,000 women, according to the
Trump administration. The religious exemption applies to any type of
employer, but the moral exemption doesn’t apply to publicly traded
businesses or government entities.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/7, Goldstein) says the “circumvention of this mandate” is “part of the
administration’s alliance with social conservatives for whom ‘religious
liberty’ has become a central cause and who had objected to the
contraceptive mandate.” The Post says the rules “drew vehement protests
from civil liberties and women’s rights advocates, along with Democrats in
Congress and in state attorneys general offices.”
Cancer Research
Indiana Cancer Researchers Receive $2.3M NCI Grant To Test Molecule For
CIPN.

Inside INdiana Business
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(11/7, Parker) reports Indiana University School of Medicine researchers
Jill Fehrenbacher and Mark Kelley have been awarded a $2.3 million National
Cancer Institute grant to “test the effectiveness of a targeted molecule to
prevent or reverse chemotheraphy-induced peripheral neuropathy, or CIPN,
caused by various cancer drugs in mice with tumors.” Fehrenbacher, an
associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the university, said,
“For patients with CIPN, this might be an option for pain relief or
neuropathic symptom relief in the future.”
NIH Grant Supports UCLA To Develop Blood Test For Liver Cancer.

The Los Angeles Business Journal
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(11/7, Bartholomew) reports the National Institutes of Health awarded a
five-year, $3.5 million grant to UCLA researchers to support their work on
“an affordable blood-based” screening test to detect liver cancer.
Xianghong Jasmine Zou, a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at
the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, said, “This test we’re
creating may predict cancer at a very early stage – maybe even years before
it would develop.”
Editorials/Op-Eds
New York Times.

*“Trump Strikes At Justice.”* The New York Times
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(11/7) editorializes, that “it’s not even clear [Matthew] Whitaker may
legally hold the post of acting attorney general, since he has never been
confirmed by the Senate. But if so, he could do a lot of damage, much of it
behind closed doors.” To the Times, “Trump has made clear that he thinks
the attorney general should function as a president’s personal lawyer,
protecting him from justice and persecuting his enemies.”

        *“A Patriot Returns” *In an editorial, the New York Times
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(11/7) says it is appropriate that the remains of Brent Taylor, “the mayor
of North Ogden, Utah, and a major in the National Guard,” who “was killed
in Afghanistan on Saturday” returned to the US on Tuesday as “Americans
headed to the polls.” The Times quotes Taylor’s wife who said, “It seems
only fitting that Brent, who in death now represents something so much
greater than any of our own individual lives has come home to U.S. soil in
a flag-draped casket on our Election Day.”
Washington Post.

*“The Trump Administration Wants To Force Iran To Change. Can It?”*
The Washington
Post
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(11/7) in an editorial says that US sanctions “may be justified” in
response to Iran’s “stepped up...aggressions,” and adds that “President
Barack Obama’s hopes” of “a moderation of Iran’s malign activity were
illusory.” But, the Post adds, “the chance of a sea change in Tehran
remains small.” The Post says that while “Iran may find it harder” to
finance its activities, “the Revolutionary Guard Corps is unlikely to
retreat from Iraq or the Levant.” The Post urges President Trump to
consider seeking a “grand bargain” based on a “balance of its [Iran’s]
interests with those of Saudi Arabia,” which also, according to the Post,
“needs to have its aggressions placed in check.”

        *“Jeff Sessions’s Ouster Is Not Surprising. But It’s Still
Shocking.” *The Washington Post
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(11/7) editorializes that “[Jeff] Sessions’s performance as attorney
general was far from praiseworthy,” though “at some crucial moments, such
as when he properly recused himself from the Russia investigation, he
showed a fidelity to the independence and integrity of the Justice
Department, and it was for that essential loyalty that the president could
not tolerate him.” The Post adds, “The Justice Department is now in peril.”

        *“Trump’s Rambling, Angry News Conference Shows He Ignored The
Message Voters Sent Him.” *The Washington Post
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(11/7) editorializes, “Nothing tests character like defeat.” Tuesday’s
elections “presented Mr. Trump with his first real reversal, and he did not
respond well. ... There was nothing in his rambling, angry news conference
Wednesday to suggest he had heard the message that millions of voters, many
of them formerly supporters of the GOP, tried to send him.”

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