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Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing

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*Friday, November 30, 2018 8:00 AM EST*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Biden Blasts Administration In New Video. <#S1>

• Poll Finds Biden Ahead Among Massachusetts Voters For 2020 Primary. <#S2>

• Biden To Talk In Missoula. <#S3>

• Profile Of Warren Includes Exchange With Biden. <#S4>

• Biden Gift Mentioned In Profile Of LGBT Network. <#S5>

• In Announce New LaGuardia Gates, Gov. Cuomo Recalls Biden Comment. <#S6>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Trump Accuses Cohen Of Lying In New Plea Deal To Avoid Longer Prison
Sentence. <#S7>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Citing Aggression Against Ukraine, Trump Cancels Meeting With Putin. <#S8>

• Media Analyses: Trump Sends “Mixed Signals” About Seeking Trade Deal With
China. <#S9>

• Administration Seeks To Reassure European Allies Ahead Of Expected
Withdrawal From INF Treaty. <#S10>

• Corker Urges Pence To Sanction Saudi Crown Prince Before Congress Acts.
<#S11>

• Ryan Says He Supports Continued US Support For Saudi War In Yemen. <#S12>

• US Shows Off Weapons Parts Saudis Say Iran Supplied To Yemeni, Afghan
Militants. <#S13>

• Inhofe: Turkey Cannot Have Access To F-35s If It Buys Russian Missile
System. <#S14>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Tim Scott’s Opposition Appears To Doom Farr’s Nomination To Federal Bench.
<#S15>

• Trump: GM’s Move “Counter” To Industrial Boom Across US. <#S16>

• Democrats Say Trump Threat To Release “Devastating” Documents Won’t Deter
Investigations. <#S17>

• DHS: Most Caravan Migrants Do Not Meet Asylum Requirements. <#S18>

• Acosta Out Of Running To Be Attorney General. <#S19>

• Fed Officials Say Rate Increase Likely “Fairly Soon.” <#S20>

• Administration Proposal Would Allow ACA Subsidies To Be Used For Wider
Variety Of Plans. <#S21>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• NCI’s Dr. Robert Kreitman Interviewed About Novel Leukemia Drug Achieving
Complete Remissions. <#S22>

• Ultrasound Cryoablation May Be Promising Treatment For Early, Low-Risk
Breast Cancer, Research Indicates. <#S23>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S24>

• Washington Post. <#S25>
Biden in the News
Biden Blasts Administration In New Video.

In a new video
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former Vice President Joe Biden “bashed President Donald Trump’s
administration,” the Huffington Post
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(11/30, Moran). In the “Here’s The Deal” segment shared online by media
company ATTN:, “Biden called out the Trump White House for breaking down
international norms and rules” as well as “explained the importance of
international institutions and America’s credibility in the world.” Biden
says in the video, “This is a moment to lead boldly, not to coddle
dictators from the Philippines to Russia.”
Poll Finds Biden Ahead Among Massachusetts Voters For 2020 Primary.

The Washington Examiner
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(11/29, Correll) reports a poll of 750 Massachusetts voters conducted by
the University of Massachusetts Amherst conducted from Nov. 7-14 (+ /
-4.1%) found that in the 2020 Democratic primary 19 percent of respondents
backed former Vice President Joe Biden, 14 percent backed Sen. Bernie
Sanders, and 11 percent backed Sen. Elizabeth Warren, with 27 percent
undecided. Also mentioning Biden in the poll is the Washington Free Beacon
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(11/29, Damron).
Biden To Talk In Missoula.

In a brief, the Missoulian (MT)
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(11/29, Seibold) reports that former Vice President Joe Biden will stop in
Missoula, Montana, on his “America’s Promise” tour. Biden, who “published a
book, ‘Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship and Purpose,’ that
recounts the loss of his son, Beau Biden, to brain cancer at age 45,” will
talk at the Dennison Theatre.
Profile Of Warren Includes Exchange With Biden.

An over 3,500-word profile in Politico Magazine
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(11/30, Kruse) examines how Sen. Elizabeth Warren came to politics,
starting with the publication of her book “The Two-Income Trap,” in which
“she called out Senator Joe Biden.” Politico mentions that in a Senate
hearing in February of 2005 on a bankruptcy bill, Warren was an expert
witness and “found herself jousting with” Biden. He said, “Your problem
with credit card companies is usury rates from your position. It is not
about the bankruptcy bill.” She responded, “But, senator, if you are not
going to fix that problem, you can’t take away the last shred of protection
from these families.” Biden replied, “I got it, OK,” adding, “You are very
good, professor.”
Biden Gift Mentioned In Profile Of LGBT Network.

Newsday (NY)
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(11/29) profiles David Kilmnick’s Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth, which
in 2018 celebrated 25 years of service. LIGALY alumni James Quinn, when he
was working in the Obama Administration’s Office of Scheduling and Advance,
“arranged for Vice President Joe Biden to send a copy of ‘The White House
Cookbook,’ with a handwritten note, as a wedding gift when Kilmnick married
his life partner, Robert Vitelli.” The note, which Kilmnick has kept as a
memento, says, “I wish you the very best and I am proud to stand with both
of you.” This “vice presidential acknowledgment attests to Kilmnick as a
rising national LGBT figure.”
In Announce New LaGuardia Gates, Gov. Cuomo Recalls Biden Comment.

The New York Post
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(11/29, Furfaro, Woods) reports LaGuardia Airport’s brand-new Terminal B
concourse will open Saturday with 11 new gates. Then-Vice President Joe
Biden once said the airport “resembled one belonging to a ‘Third World
country.’” Gov. Andrew Cuomo recalled, “I got calls from other colleagues
and they said, ‘You know, we’re going to sign a letter condemning the vice
president’” over his comments, but Cuomo replied, “Yeah, the only problem
is . . . it’s true.”

        Also mention’s Cuomo’s recollection of Biden’s comments are Metro
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(11/29), the Points Guy
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(11/29, Schagrin), and Crain’s New York Business
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(11/29).

        In broadcast coverage, WABC-TV[image: Image removed by sender.
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New York (11/29, 5:08 p.m. EST) reported, “The governor launched a project
three years ago, when Joe Biden insulted New York, calling LaGuardia ‘like
a third world airport.’”

        WNYW-TV
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New York (11/29, 5:07 p.m. EST) broadcast, “The condition of the airport
was once famously mocked by former Vice President Joe Biden in 2014.” Biden
was shown saying, “If I took him blindfolded to LaGuardia airport in New
York, you must think, ‘I must be in some third-world country.’” Also
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New York (11/29), as well as WNYW-TV
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New York (11/30), WNBC-TV
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New York (11/30), and WPIX-TV
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New York (11/30).
Leading the News
Trump Accuses Cohen Of Lying In New Plea Deal To Avoid Longer Prison
Sentence.

Media reports are casting Michael Cohen’s new plea deal
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with Special Counsel Robert Mueller as a potentially significant
development in the Russia investigation. As the Los Angeles Times
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(11/29, Megerian) puts it, for example, the plea “marked the first time
Cohen faced charges...as part of” Mueller’s “investigation into whether
anyone from Trump’s team conspired with Russians to influence the
presidential election.” Yesterday, the AP
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(11/29, Neumeister) reports, Cohen “pleaded guilty to lying to Congress to
cover up that he was negotiating a real estate deal in Moscow on Trump’s
behalf during the heat of his campaign for the Republican presidential
nomination.” The Hill
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(11/29, Fabian) points out that the lawyer had “previously told Congress
that negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow ended in January 2016.”

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(11/29, lead story, 3:25, Muir) referred to a “seismic development,” the CBS
Evening News
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(11/29, lead story, 3:05, Glor) to “the latest in a series of guilty pleas
and convictions of people once close to the President,” and NBC
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(11/29, lead story, 3:15, Holt) to a plea “putting...Trump’s business
dealings with Russia during his presidential campaign under the spotlight.”
NBC (Williams) added Cohen “revealed” that while “Trump was praising
Vladimir Putin, Cohen and others in the Trump organization were trying to
get Russia’s help to build a Trump Tower project in Moscow.” The Washington
Post
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(11/29, Demirjian) indicates, meanwhile, that “the stunning development has
emboldened Democrats who have long contended that others loyal to the
president...also lied to lawmakers, prompting new demands that those
witnesses be called back to Capitol Hill for further questioning.”

        At any rate, the President and his legal team were quick to dismiss
Cohen’s claims as both untrue and irrelevant to the issue of collusion. USA
Today
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(11/29, Jackson, Fritze) reports, for example, that as he left the White
House on his way to the G20 summit in Argentina, Trump “called his longtime
personal lawyer a ‘weak person’ and accused him of providing false
testimony to get a reduced sentence from...Mueller.” Trump also “said the
Russia deal was publicly known at the time – ‘it was written about in
newspapers’ – but ended in ‘the early part’ of 2016.” Politico
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(11/29, Oprysko) also notes Trump “insisted that the project was public
knowledge,” saying, “It was a well-known project during the early part of
[20]16 and I guess even before that. It lasted a short period of time.”

        To CQ Roll Call
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(11/29, Bennett), however, the President’s “contention the Moscow building
project was well known appears to be false” because “on January 11, 2017,
candidate Trump said he had ‘no deals with Russia.’” The Washington Post
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(11/29, Barrett) notes, meanwhile, that Trump tweeted “in July 2016, ‘For
the record, I have ZERO investments in Russia.’” Jeffrey Toobin said on CNN’s
Situation Room
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(11/29), “What the President said today was, ‘Oh, everybody knew I was
trying to do business in Russia,’ is absolutely not true. No one knew that
during the Republican primaries. It would have been a huge story if he were
negotiating, but he never said it, and that’s significant.”

        ABC World News Tonight
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(11/29, lead story, 3:25, Muir) described Trump as “furious,” and showed
him saying of Cohen, “He’s a weak person and not a very smart person. What
he’s trying to do is end – and it’s very simple. He’s got himself a big
prison sentence and he’s trying to get a much lesser prison sentence by
making up a story. Very simply, Michael Cohen is lying.” ABC World News
Tonight
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(11/29, story 2, 1:05, Karl) also showed footage of the President saying,
“When I run for President, that doesn’t mean I’m not allowed to do
business. I was doing a lot of different things when I was running. After I
won, obviously, I don’t do business.”

        Reuters
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(11/29, Mason) quotes the President as saying, “That was a project that we
didn’t do, I didn’t do. That was a project that wasn’t done for a lot of
reasons. ... I was focused on running for president. I wanted that to be my
primary focus. Not running or building a building.” The Washington Times
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(11/29, Boyer) reports Trump also said, “I was running my business while I
was campaigning. ... There was a good chance that I wouldn’t have won, in
which case I would have gone back into the business. Why should I lose lots
of opportunities?” NBC Nightly News
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(11/29, story 2, 2:05, Welker) reported “Cohen has been a frequent target
of the President since July, when the former fixer who once said he’d take
a bullet for Mr. Trump started cooperating with the special counsel after
pleading guilty to violating campaign finance laws stemming from the hush
money payment to Stormy Daniels.” Trump was shown saying, “It turned out he
wasn’t a very good lawyer.”

        On the CBS Evening News
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(11/29, story 2, 1:25, Glor), legal analyst Rikki Klieman said, “Cohen has
an obligation, once you start to cooperate, even though there’s no
cooperation agreement, but he has to cooperate fully, not partially. So
what happened here is that...Mueller has him plead guilty today to lying,
to false statements before Congress. And it all concerns the Trump project
in real estate in Moscow. So he’s accused of a number of lies, and they’re
really very, very important to Mueller’s ultimate mission, which is what?
We’re talking about Russian collusion and conspiracy with possible people
in the Trump campaign to affect the 2016 elections.”

        Noah Feldman of Bloomberg Opinion
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(11/29) writes, “The key revelation of...Cohen’s new guilty plea is
this:...Mueller is one step closer to showing links between...Trump’s
business interests in Russia and his conduct as a candidate for president.”
Feldman notes that Cohen says he asked Vladimir Putin’s press secretary
“for a meeting with Putin in Russia as part of a deal that would have led
to a Trump Tower being built in Moscow.” Feldman adds, “But the main
takeaway is that Cohen and others in the Trump organization were actively
doing a Russia deal that linked Trump’s emerging presidential candidacy
with his business interest in a Moscow Trump Tower. And Trump knew about
it, to a degree yet to be revealed.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/29, Dawsey) reports Trump “has been labeled in the parlance of criminal
investigations as a major subject of interest, complete with an opaque
legal code name: ‘Individual 1.’” That means “investigators have now
publicly cast Trump as a central figure of their probe into whether Trump’s
campaign conspired with the Russian government during the 2016 campaign.”

        In a featured headlined “‘We Will Be In Moscow’: The Story Of
Trump’s 30-year Quest To Expand His Brand To Russia,” the Washington Post
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(11/29, Hamburger) reports, “It was a dream born in the 1980s: a gleaming
Trump Tower in the heart of Soviet Moscow. For...Trump, that vision never
died, even as he launched a presidential campaign and moved toward
clinching the Republican Party nomination in 2016.” The Post adds that
“Trump’s attempt that year to expand his brand into Moscow capped a
30-year-long effort by the celebrity mogul to do business in Russia,” and
that “his refusal to give up that ambition as he was campaigning for the
White House now colors his public embrace of Putin, whose help Cohen sought
for the project.” The Post quotes Trump as saying in 2007, “Russia is one
of the hottest places in the world for investment. ... We will be in Moscow
at some point.”

        The New York Times
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(11/29, Weiser, Protess, Haberman, Schmidt) reports that Cohen “said he
discussed the status of the project with Mr. Trump on more than three
occasions and briefed Mr. Trump’s family members about it. He also admitted
he agreed to travel to Russia for meetings on the project,” although “the
trips never happened.” The Times notes that “shortly after Mr. Cohen’s
plea, Mr. Trump said his former fixer was once again lying in order to get
a reduced sentence for the crimes he pleaded guilty to earlier this year.”
The New York Times
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(11/29, Sanger) also ponders whether Trump’s potential business deals with
Russia affected his views on sanctions during an interview back in March of
2016, which was “also when Mr. Trump brought into his campaign Paul
Manafort, the longtime Republican lobbyist and strategist who had made
millions of dollars advising and lobbying on behalf of the pro-Russia
leader of Ukraine, Viktor F. Yanukovych.”

        ABC News
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(11/29) reports on its website that Cohen “has been determined to tell
Mueller’s team, other federal prosecutors and the New York State Attorney
General’s Office all that he knows – and his testimony poses a potentially
serious threat to the president.” ABC says its sources “also say Cohen’s
voluntary cooperation has been crucial to the special counsel’s case.” ABC
notes that Cohen’s crime “carries up to a 5-year prison sentence and
potential $200,000 fine, but sentencing guidelines in the plea deal ranged
from zero to six months,” and he “was released without bail.” ABC adds that
Cohen “also acknowledged making multiple false statements during that
testimony but...as part of the deal, the special counsel agreed not to
prosecute Cohen for that other conduct.” The Washington Examiner
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(11/29, Cohen) notes Cohen “concluded his statement in court Thursday
morning, saying: ‘I made these misstatements to be consistent with
Individual 1’s political messaging and out of loyalty to Individual 1.’”

        The Washington Times
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(11/29, Mordock, Boyer) says Cohen “has reportedly spent more than 70 hours
with Mueller’s prosecutors answering questions about contacts between
Russia and Trump campaign officials during the election.” He has also
“spoken to Mueller’s team about Trump’s business ties to Russia and
possible pardons.” Bloomberg News
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(11/29, Dolmetsch, Berthelsen, Larson, Farrell), the Daily Caller
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(11/29, Ross), The Hill
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(11/29, Wise), USA Today
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(11/29, Johnson, Jansen, Jackson), the Wall Street Journal
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(11/29, A1, Hong, Ballhaus), and Politico
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(11/29, Gerstein), among other news outlets, run similar accounts of
Cohen’s plea this morning. The New York Post
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(11/29, Schultz) reports Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the incoming chairman of
the House Intelligence Committee, said, “We will seek Cohen’s cooperation
with our committee, in order to uncover the true facts related to the Trump
Organization’s business dealings and other issues left unresolved by his
testimony.”

        In an editorial, the Washington Post
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(11/29) argues that “the collusion question is still outstanding,” and that
“there is little room for doubt that Mr. Trump wanted to conceal his
business goals in Russia . His denials, as the public can now see more
clearly than ever, are not credible.” The Wall Street Journal
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(11/29) editorializes that it’s best not to overreact to the tenor of most
of the media coverage of the Cohen plea, citing past feeding frenzies about
the Steele Dossier or the Trump Tower meeting. To the Journal, there is
still no evidence of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.

        The New York Times
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(11/29) editorializes, however, that “when all is said and done, the April
raids by federal prosecutors targeting...Cohen’s office and other premises
in Manhattan may been seen as a turning point for...Trump’s presidency.”
While “the facts to which Mr. Cohen admitted on Thursday don’t establish
that Mr. Trump conspired with Russian efforts to win him the
election...they refute Mr. Trump’s frequent, vehement claim that he had
nothing to do with Russia as he sought the White House.” Writing in the New
York Times
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(11/29), meanwhile, Michelle Goldberg says “we still don’t know for certain
if Russia has used leverage over Trump. But there should no longer be any
doubt that Russia has leverage over him.”

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(11/29), “The investigation is about Russia meddling, but the guilty plea
today is not about he election and meddling in the election. In fact, the
statement that Cohen made to Congress, that he pleaded guilty in having
made false statements today, included a statement by him that he was not
involved in collusion with the Russian federation with respect to hacking
anyone. That was not included in his guilty plea today.”

        Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), who is expected to become chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee, said on CNN’s The Lead[image: Image removed by
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(11/29), “The President obviously has to be feeling very upset and angry
now that we know that...Cohen was lying to Congress on his behalf, and he
has to be upset about what...Cohen has admitted to now and presumably what
he will admit to. And what he’s admitted to is that he was negotiating a
corrupt business deal during the campaign when the President was saying
their was no negotiating, there was no business deal.”

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(11/29), “I think what’s really significant is...what other information
other than the Moscow project...does...Cohen have to offer the special
counsel? You could cover that subject in an hour. There have been 70 hours
of interviews, according to published reports. So this is significant in
and of itself because it indicates a connection with Russia that, frankly,
was pretty much dismissed or denied throughout the campaign. But also, I
think the more important is what don’t we know? What is Michael Cohen
testifying to, what information is he offering on a whole range of other
subjects, and I think that’s the bombshell today.”

        Crime and justice reporter Shimon Prokupecz said on CNN’s Situation
Room
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(11/29), “This is probably perhaps right now the biggest threat to the
President, to the Trump organization and to members of the President’s
inner circle and family. The fact that...Cohen has spent so much time with
the special counsel, with FBI agents, is an important point in this, is an
important development in this entire investigation. ... It’s clear that the
special counsel is taking what...Cohen is saying seriously and is going to
continue to take what he’s saying seriously because according to Michael
Cohen’s lawyer, he’s continuing to cooperate. ... I think a lot of people
should be worried about what...Cohen knows.”

        *Trump Again Charges “Witch Hunt” In Early-Morning Tweet. *The
President tweeted
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at 4:52 a.m., “Oh, I get it! I am a very good developer, happily living my
life, when I see our Country going in the wrong direction (to put it
mildly). Against all odds, I decide to run for President & continue to run
my business-very legal & very cool, talked about it on the campaign
trail...” adding
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at 4:59 a.m., “...Lightly looked at doing a building somewhere in Russia.
Put up zero money, zero guarantees and didn’t do the project. Witch Hunt!”

        *“Source” To CNN: Trump “Spooked And Completely Distracted.” *Wolf
Blitzer said on CNN’s Situation Room
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(11/29) that a “well-placed source” told him that after spending 70 hours
with Cohen, “Mueller now knows everything.” Later[image: Image removed by
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in the show, Blitzer said, “A source now sells CNN that White House
officials preparing for the President’s G20 summit in Argentina tomorrow
and Saturday, they say the President is now, in a quote ‘terrible mood,
spooked and completely distracted,’ close quote,” after Cohen’s guilty
plea.

        *“Sources” To Fox: Trump “Rather Nonplussed,” Unconcerned About
Cohen Plea. *John Roberts said on Fox News’ Special Report[image: Image
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(11/29), “Sources tell Fox News that the President first learned of the
Cohen deal last night,” and his “reaction was rather nonplussed. He didn’t
really seem to worry too much about it, saying it only proves what he knew
all along, that Michael Cohen is a liar.”

        *Toobin Says He Now Believes Trump “Might Not Finish His Term.” *The
Week
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(11/29) reports that Toobin told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Thursday night,
“Today’s the first day I actually thought Donald Trump might not finish his
term in office. ... I mean, I think this thing is enormous. ... The
question becomes: When do Republicans start to turn on Trump? Because
that’s the only thing that’s going to get Trump out of office, it’s not
going to be Democrats. And it’s certainly not now, but there may be a point
where it’s too much.”

        *Giuliani: Trump Disclosed Russia Project To Mueller, Who Didn’t
Question Timing Of Cohen Discussions. *The New York Times
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(11/29, Haberman, Schmidt) reports Rudy Giuliani said yesterday that
“Trump’s recollection of discussions about building a Trump Tower in Moscow
aligned with those of...Cohen.” Moreover, said Giuliani, “Trump detailed
those conversations last week in written responses to investigators for the
special counsel investigating Russia’s 2016 election interference.”
Giuliani said, “The President said there was a proposal, it was discussed
with Cohen, there was a nonbinding letter of intent and it didn’t go beyond
that.” Of the Mueller probe, he said, “We have provided them with every
document about this from the beginning – that’s the only reason they know
about it.” The Times also reports “Giuliani said that Mr. Mueller’s office
did not ask the president about the timing of his discussions with Mr.
Cohen about the project.” Reuters
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(11/29, Pierson, Mason) notes that “asked whether there was anything in”
Trump’s answers to Mueller “that contradicted Cohen on the project,
Giuliani told Reuters: ‘Not that I know of.’” The Hill
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(11/29, Samuels) reports “the special counsel’s office declined to comment
on Giuliani’s assertions.”

        ABC World News Tonight
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(11/29, story 4, 0:45, Karl) also reported that “the President’s legal
team...said that” his “written answers were largely consistent with what
Cohen said about that Moscow Trump Tower project,” but added that “would
seem to suggest that the President’s written answers are contradictory to
what he’s said publicly over and over again over the past two years, that
he simply had no business dealings whatsoever with Moscow.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/29, Barrett) reports, meanwhile, that Giuliani also “suggested the
timing of Mueller’s move with Cohen was politically motivated.” Said
Giuliani, “It is hardly coincidental that the special counsel once again
files a charge just as the President is leaving for a meeting with world
leaders at the G20 Summit in Argentina.” Giuliani noted “that Mueller also
unsealed charges before the president left the country for a summit in
Helsinki in July.”

        *Whitaker Notified In Advance About Cohen Plea. *The Washington Post
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(11/29, Zapotosky) reports that Acting Attorney General Whitaker “was
notified in advance that” Cohen “would plead guilty Thursday to lying to
Congress,” and that “notification could strain relations between Whitaker
and Trump.” The Post adds that “as a legal commentator before he came to
the Justice Department, Whitaker was highly critical of Mueller’s work,
even suggesting an acting attorney general could stifle Mueller’s budget to
shut down his probe.” The Post also reports “it was not immediately clear
when the special counsel’s office notified Whitaker of Cohen’s plea, or how
Whitaker reacted.” The Washington Examiner
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(11/29, Cohen) says “Whitaker is a known ally of Trump,” and “has made
prior public statements critical of the special counsel.”

        *Dershowitz: Mueller Forced To “Resort” To Crimes Committed As A
Result Of His Probe. *Breitbart
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(11/29, Baker) reports Alan Dershowitz “called into[image: Image removed by
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Fox News Channel to react to the breaking news of” Cohen’s plea. In his
comments, Dershowitz “slammed the special counsel for having to ‘resort to
false statement prosecutions,’” adding, “I think the weakness of Mueller’s
substantive findings are suggested by the fact that he has to resort to
false statement prosecutions, which really shows that he didn’t start with
very much, and that the very fact that he’s conducting an investigation has
created these crimes.” Dershowitz also said, “In the end, I don’t think
Mueller’s going to come up with very much, in terms of criminal conduct,
that existed before he was appointed, and that’s pretty shocking.”

        Trump wrote on Twitter
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last night, “Alan Dershowitz: ‘These are not crimes. He (Mueller) has no
authority to be a roving Commissioner. I don’t see any evidence of crimes.’
This is an illegal Hoax that should be ended immediately. Mueller refuses
to look at the real crimes on the other side. Where is the IG REPORT?”

        *Report: Trump Company Mulled Giving Putin Penthouse At Moscow
Trump Tower That Wasn’t Built. *BuzzFeed News
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(11/29, Cormier, Leopold) reports “Trump’s company planned to give a $50
million penthouse at Trump Tower Moscow to...Putin as the company
negotiated the luxury real estate development during the 2016 campaign,
according to four people, one of them the originator of the plan.” BuzzFeed
adds “US law enforcement officials told BuzzFeed News
that...Cohen...discussed the idea with a representative of Dmitry Peskov,
Putin’s press secretary.” That “revelation...raises fresh questions
about...Trump’s relationship with the Kremlin,” though “the plan never went
anywhere because the tower deal ultimately fizzled, and it is not clear
whether Trump knew of the intention to give away the penthouse.” BuzzFeed
News says it “first reported in May on the secret dealings of Cohen and his
business associate Felix Sater with political and business figures in
Moscow.”

        The New York Times
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(11/29, McIntire, Twohey, Mazzetti) reports the Russian Trump Tower “effort
was led in large part by Felix Sater, a convicted felon and longtime
business associate with deep ties to Russia,” who “dug into his address
book and its more than 100 Russian contacts – including entries for
President Vladimir V. Putin and a former general in Russian military
intelligence.” Sater “tapped the general, Evgeny Shmykov, to help arrange
visas for Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump to visit Russia, according to emails and
interviews with several people knowledgeable about the events.”

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(11/29), “I don’t know the details oh of the story, because it’s just
breaking but if a very valuable penthouse, anything of value is offered to
a foreign leader in the context of you asking ask for that leader’s help on
something, I think that sure looks like an awful lot like a bribe. Now, the
story is just breaking, let’s see what happens.”

        *Trump Slams “Ridiculous” Investigation By “Mueller And The Angry
Democrats.” *Ahead of the Cohen announcement, Trump had tweeted
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“Did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime? At the same
time Mueller and the Angry Democrats aren’t even looking at the atrocious,
and perhaps subversive, crimes that were committed by Crooked Hillary
Clinton and the Democrats. A total disgrace!” Trump also wrote
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“When will this illegal Joseph McCarthy style Witch Hunt, one that has
shattered so many innocent lives, ever end-or will it just go on forever?
After wasting more than $40,000,000 (is that possible?), it has proven only
one thing-there was NO Collusion with Russia. So Ridiculous!”

        *President Recommends Books About “Phony Witch Hunt.” *Trump also
tweeted
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“@DBongino’s new book, ‘Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J.
Trump,’ is terrific. He’s tough, he’s smart, and he really gets it. His
book is on sale now, I highly recommend! ...
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With all of the new books coming out you can’t forget two of the great
originals written by @GreggJarrett and @JudgeJeanine Pirro. Their books
both went to #1. Go get them now, the phony Witch Hunt is well explained!”

        Upon arriving in Argentina for the G20 summit, Trump tweeted
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“‘This demonstrates the Robert Mueller and his partisans have no evidence,
not a whiff of collusion, between Trump and the Russians. Russian project
legal. Trump Tower meeting (son Don), perfectly legal. He wasn’t involved
with hacking.’ Gregg Jarrett. A total Witch Hunt!” Jarrett made those
comments on Fox News’ Hannity
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(11/29).

        *Comey Sues To Stop Congressional Subpoena. *The Washington Post
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(11/29, Zapotosky) reports “former FBI director James B. Comey is asking a
federal judge to quash a subpoena demanding he testify before the House
Judiciary and Oversight committees next week and postpone the testimony
until that request can be ruled on, court filings show.” The Post adds that
“in a forceful court filing Thursday, lawyers for Comey wrote that the he
was fighting the committee’s bid to force him to testify ‘not to avoid
giving testimony but to prevent the Joint Committee from using the pretext
of a closed interview to peddle a distorted, partisan political narrative
about the Clinton and Russian investigations.’”

        USA Today
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(11/29, Johnson) notes Comey’s lawyers also “said the former director
‘welcomed the opportunity to testify in public,’ but opposed the closed
session because of panels’ ‘history of selective leaking.’” The Washington
Times
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(11/29, Swoyer) reports that “GOP chairmen, who are about to lose power in
the new Congress in January, are trying to bring Mr. Comey to Capitol Hill
to explain his decisions related to the 2016 election, particularly
investigations into Hillary Clinton’s use of her personal email and the
probe into Russian activities during the campaign.”

        The Washington Examiner
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(11/29, Chaitin) reports “the top Republican on the House Judiciary
Committee wonders whether...Comey believes he deserves ‘special treatment’
after he filed a lawsuit in federal court fighting a subpoena to testify in
private sessions.” House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte tweeted
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“The truth IS best served with transparency. What is Director Comey trying
to hide from the American people with his baseless motion to quash? ... It
appears Mr. Comey believes he deserves special treatment, as he is the only
witness refusing to either appear voluntarily or comply with a subpoena.
... He needs to appear before the Committees, as all other witnesses have
done. Let the facts come to light.”
Foreign Policy
Citing Aggression Against Ukraine, Trump Cancels Meeting With Putin.

ABC World News Tonight
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(11/29, story 3, 0:40, Karl) reported that just minutes before departing
for Buenos Aires for the G20 summit, President Trump “confirmed plans to
have a one-on-one meeting” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is
also attending the summit. But “less than an hour later,” Trump tweeted
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aboard Air Force One that he has canceled the meeting. The CBS Evening
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(11/29, story 3, 2:00, Glor) reported that Trump “did so ‘based on the fact
that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from Russia.’
Russia continues to hold three Ukrainian naval vessels and more than 20
sailors it seized last weekend in the Black Sea.”

        NBC Nightly News
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(11/29, story 3, 1:40, Holt) reported the White House said Trump made the
decision to cancel the meeting with Putin after he spoke with Secretary of
State Pompeo, Chief of Staff Kelly, and National Security Adviser Bolton.
The Kremlin “found out when the President tweeted
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about it, suggesting he’s sending a signal” to Russia over its “act of
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(11/29) that the Kremlin was likely “just as shocked as the rest of us when
they heard this meeting had been canceled.” Putin was in flight to Buenos
Aires when the tweet was sent “and was undoubtedly prepping for what he
thought was going to be a two-hour, face-to-face meeting” with Trump.

        USA Today
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(11/29, Fritze, Shesgreen) refers a “stunning decision,” and to the AP
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(11/29, Lucey, Miller), the decision is “injecting fresh drama into what
already promised to be a tense gathering of world leaders.” Reuters
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(11/29, Rampton) points out that Trump’s “decision...comes as a federal
investigation into his 2016 election campaign’s ties to Russia is
intensifying.” According to Reuters, “Trump’s tweet from aboard Air Force
One shortly after takeoff from Washington on the way to Buenos Aires for a
Group of 20 summit, was a sudden turnaround. Roughly an hour earlier, he
had told reporters he would probably meet with Putin at the summit and said
it was ‘a very good time to have the meeting.’”

        The New York Times
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(11/29, Baker) also says Trump “abruptly canceled his planned
meeting...upending his hopes of further cementing the relationship between
the two leaders.” The Times adds, “The president’s decision, announced on
Twitter barely an hour after he told reporters he still expected to go
through with the meeting, came shortly after new revelations that Mr.
Trump’s personal lawyer was secretly negotiating to build a tower in Moscow
during the 2016 presidential election.” The Los Angeles Times
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(11/29, Stokols) says “Trump has faced rising calls from lawmakers in both
parties and foreign policy experts to stand up to Putin over his latest
violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/29, Wagner) reports that before this morning, “other top administration
officials,” including UN Ambassador Haley, “had condemned Russia’s actions,
but Trump had equivocated in recent days.” The Post notes that White House
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders “told reporters on Air Force One that Trump
did not make a decision until talking on board” with Kelly and Pompeo, as
well as by phone with Bolton, who is in Brazil. The Wall Street Journal
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(11/29, Nicholas) likewise says that earlier this week, Haley warned Russia
over the seizure of the ships, which she called “yet another reckless
Russian escalation” and said it would sour US-Russia relations.

        John Roberts reported in the lead story for Fox News’ Special
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(11/29) that despite canceling the meeting at the G20 summit, Trump wrote
in his tweet that he looks “forward to a meaningful summit again as soon as
the situation” with Ukraine “is resolved.” In addition, Jim Acosta reported
on CNN’s Situation Room
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(11/29) that Trump’s move to cancel the meeting “doesn’t necessarily mean
they won’t run into one another ... on the sidelines” of the summit.

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(11/29) that Trump has “held the sanctions against Russia” for its invasion
of Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea, and “he’s increased sanctions as a
result of the chemical agent” attack in the UK. Turner continued that Trump
“has armed Ukraine, which was not done under the previous Administration,
to aid them in their defense.” Speaking of Russia’s latest “aggression”
against Ukraine, Turner said, “This is obviously an escalation, and I think
the President’s” decision to cancel the meeting with Putin “was
appropriate.”

        *Meetings With Turkish, South Korean Leaders Also Canceled.
*The Washington
Times
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(11/29, Miller) reports that during the President’s flight to Argentina,
Sanders “announced that Mr. Trump’s formal meetings with Turkey and South
Korea also had been canceled.” The Times says it was “unclear whether
meetings with South Korea and Turkey were downgraded or the White House
mischaracterized the nature of those meetings when announcing them
Tuesday.”

        *Ukraine Seeks NATO Assistance As Troops Prepare For Russian
Invasion. *Trey Yingst reported on Fox News’ Special Report[image: Image
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(11/29) that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is “calling for backup”
after Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian ships and sailors. Poroshenko has
“asked NATO to deploy warships,” while accusing Russia of wanting to take
over all of Ukraine. Yingst noted that Ukraine is not a member of NATO, but
“as a partner country, Ukraine can ask for assistance if under attack.”
Ukraine is currently under martial law and its “troops are preparing for a
ground invasion.” Tensions between the countries “continue to flare” as “a
Ukrainian Minister said today that Russia is blocking two of his major
seaports, affecting at least 35 vessels.” Russia denies the accusation.

        The AP
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(11/29, Karmanau, Isachenkov) reports that “in an interview published
earlier Thursday with the German daily Bild...Poroshenko laid out his hope
that NATO would ‘relocate naval ships to the Sea of Azov in order to assist
Ukraine and provide security’ against Putin’s expansionist ambitions.” The New
York Times
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(11/29, Kramer) quotes Poroshenko as telling Bild, “Putin wants the old
Russian Empire back. Crimea, eastern Ukraine, he wants the whole country.”
He added, “Germany also has to ask itself. What will Putin do next if we do
not stop him?”

        Reuters
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(11/29, Escritt, Osborn) says Poroshenko’s comments “were part of a
concerted push by Kiev to gain Western support for more sanctions against
Moscow, securing tangible new Western military help, and rallying
opposition to a Russian gas pipeline that threatens to deprive Ukraine of
important transit revenues.” However, Reuters says Poroshenko’s “allies
have so far not offered to provide any of these things, despite his
warnings of a possible Russian invasion after Moscow seized three Ukrainian
naval ships and their crews on Sunday near Crimea.”
Media Analyses: Trump Sends “Mixed Signals” About Seeking Trade Deal With
China.

President Trump tweeted
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Thursday morning, “Billions of Dollars are pouring into the coffers of the
U.S.A. because of the Tariffs being charged to China, and there is a long
way to go. If companies don’t want to pay Tariffs, build in the U.S.A.
Otherwise, lets just make our Country richer than ever before!” Reuters
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(11/29, Mason) reports that Trump “sent mixed signals on Thursday about the
prospects for a trade deal with China, saying an agreement was close but he
was not sure he wanted one, just as he left for Argentina for a meeting
with President Xi Jinping.” He told reporters, “I think we’re very close to
doing something with China but I don’t know that I want to do it.” Peter
Navarro, “Trump’s hardline trade adviser,” will attend the Trump-Xi
meeting, which an unnamed US official says is “meant to send a message to
China about the administration’s resolve on trade.”

        However, Bloomberg News
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(11/29, Jacobs, Donnan, Leonard) reports that Trump was “raising
expectations” with his comments this morning, writing that US and Chinese
officials “have been working for weeks on the contours of a possible deal
for the two leaders to be announced following their dinner on
Saturday...and a road map for talks to follow.” Bloomberg News adds, “Those
discussions, according to people familiar with them, have centered on the
possibility of a truce in which the U.S. would delay ramping up tariffs on
China in exchange for Chinese concessions.” The Wall Street Journal
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(11/29, Davis, Wei) also suggests that the two nations are relatively close
to reaching some kind of agreement that would delay the imposition of
further US tariffs. The New York Post
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(11/29, Fredericks) headlines a brief report “Trump Sends Mixed Messages On
Tariff Negotiations With China.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/29) says in an editorial that the US and China “find themselves at the
edge of a Cold War 2.0. This is in no one’s interest; fortunately, it’s
within the leaders’ power to avoid it.” The Post says Trump’s “bluntly
hostile approach” has gotten “Beijing’s attention,” but it is far from
clear what he intends to do with it. The Post says Trump “should understand
that he has a mandate for a smart course correction, not an aimless,
blunt-force exercise in ‘America First.’”

        USA Today
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(11/29) says in an editorial that Trump, who “has long seen his role as a
maker of deals,” should make one with China. While it is “widely believed
that a full-blown trade war would harm China more than the United States,
Trump’s tariffs are already having a negative impact on this side of the
Pacific. They drive up the price of goods, such as Christmas gifts at
Walmart, to American consumers,” and “are part of the reason that U.S.
automakers have been slashing jobs, as the cost of steel and aluminum
increases.” In an opposing USA Today
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(11/29) op-ed, Michael Stumo of the Coalition for a Prosperous America
writes that the US “has been a victim of China’s trade war since 1994, when
Beijing pegged its currency at an artificially low rate to the dollar,” and
that there is no reason to believe China would stick by any agreement
reached now.

        Fareed Zakaria writes in his Washington Post
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(11/29) column, “China is the largest trading partner of major economies in
Latin America, Africa and Asia,” and “anywhere one goes in the world these
days, leaders talk about the United States’ retreat from the world stage.”
But “nothing animates the Trump administration more than its opposition to
multilateralism of any kind. And so, as the world gets more chaotic, the
forces that could provide order are being eroded. And as is so often the
case, China simply watches quietly and pockets the gains.”

        *US Trade Restrictions Have Impacted $369B Of Chinese Exports This
Year. *Reuters
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(11/29, Miles) reports, “US trade restrictions have hit a total of $369
billion of Chinese exports this year, much higher than the $278 billion of
goods impacted by tariffs alone,” according to the Global Trade Alert, “a
regular monitoring report of G20 trade restrictions.” The New York Times
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(11/29, Tankersley) runs an explainer on how US tariffs work.

        *NYTimes Report: China Ramping Up Corporate Cyber Espionage Amid
Trade Conflicts. *The New York Times
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(11/29, A1, Sanger, Myers) reports that three years ago, President Obama
“struck a deal with China that few thought was possible”: Xi “agreed to end
his nation’s yearslong practice of breaking into the computer systems of
American companies, military contractors and government agencies...usually
on behalf of China’s state-owned firms.” However, soon after Trump took
office, “China’s cyberespionage picked up again and, according to
intelligence officials and analysts, accelerated in the last year as trade
conflicts and other tensions began to poison relations between the world’s
two largest economies.” The Times says that ahead of the meeting of Trump
and Xi, “China’s corporate espionage has once again emerged as a core
American grievance.”

        *Kansas Soybean Farmer Awaits Results Of Trump-Xi Meeting. *The New
York Times
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(11/29, Cohen) runs a feature on Justin Knopf, a Kansas family farmer, and
how President Trump’s tariff policies have affected his soybean crop.
China, “the biggest buyer of American soybeans, all but stopped purchases
after the White House imposed tariffs this summer and set a retaliatory
spiral in motion.” Knopf “is waiting to see what happens” between Trump and
Xi this weekend “before deciding what to do with the rest of his soybean
harvest.” He said, “Some say enough already – it’s a big gamble and the
timing is horrible for us to be messing with trade. Other farmers are
incredibly excited about what the Administration is doing on trade and
truly believe they’ll come up with a better deal for us long term. I’m
probably somewhere in the middle. I’m cautiously hopeful.”

        In a related report, the New York Times
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(11/29, Tarabay) writes that some Australian farmers see an opportunity to
enter the Chinese market as that nation’s trade relationship with the US
falters.
Administration Seeks To Reassure European Allies Ahead Of Expected
Withdrawal From INF Treaty.

The Washington Post
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(11/29, Sonne) reports the Administration is “stepping up efforts to
convince European allies that its looming withdrawal” from the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty “on account of Russian
violations is the right course of action.” Among other steps, the
Administration is “assuring allies that none of the missiles the United
States would contemplate deploying after withdrawing from the Cold War-era
pact would be armed with nuclear warheads, according to a senior US
official.” DNI Coats “headed to Europe on Tuesday for consultations on the
matter, after the administration faced criticism for not coordinating
closely enough with European allies before Trump announced plans to
withdraw.”

        *Kyl, Morell: Russian Aggression Boosts Need For Low-Yield Nuclear
Warheads. *Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and former acting CIA Director Michael
Morell argue in the Washington Post
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(11/29) that “as the government’s mind-set shifts from waging
counterterrorism and counterinsurgency wars to a return of great power
competition with Russia and China, nuclear weapons must continue to
maintain their deterrent effect.” They note that “both Russia and China
have engaged in large-scale nuclear weapons modernization programs and have
kept their respective nuclear workforces up to speed on skills required for
building new nuclear warhead designs.” In order to “convince Moscow that
there are no possible benefits to limited nuclear escalation,” Kyl and
Morell say the US “needs to diversify its nuclear delivery system options
on the lower levels of the escalatory ladder,” including low-yield nuclear
warheads.
Corker Urges Pence To Sanction Saudi Crown Prince Before Congress Acts.

The Washington Examiner
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(11/29, Ferrechio) reports Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) on Thursday pushed Vice
President Pence “to take punitive action in a matter of days against Saudi
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the death of dissident Jamal Khashoggi
before Congress takes matters into its own hands.” The Senate is set next
week “to embark on a rare and potentially lengthy war powers debate that
could end up with the passage of legislation to limit or end US support for
the Saudi-led war in Yemen.” However, Corker and “other senators are hoping
to dodge the entire exercise by convincing the Trump administration to move
on its own, and Corker gave Pence an earful on the matter at a closed-door
Republican lunch on Thursday.”

        In an editorial, the New York Times
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(11/29) says the Senate “delivered a sharp rebuke to President Trump and
his see-no-evil support for the rulers of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday by
advancing a measure that would cut American military support for the
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. But unless Congress enacts and enforces the
bill, which is unlikely, it will be just that, a rebuke, with little
comfort for the starving Yemenis.”

        *G20 Leaders Mull Dealings With MBS Following Khashoggi’s Murder. *The
New York Times
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(11/29, Politi, Kirkpatrick) reports that world leaders at this weekend’s
G20 summit will confront “the delicate question Thursday of how to approach
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, who American intelligence
agencies and other Western officials have blamed for the killing of a Saudi
dissident.” The summit, says the Times, is the “first test “of the crown
prince’s “ability to retain his status as an international statesman after
the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.”
Ryan Says He Supports Continued US Support For Saudi War In Yemen.

The AP
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(11/29, Bauer) reports House Speaker Ryan, “in a break with the
GOP-controlled Senate...said he opposes a resolution passed there calling
for an end to US involvement in the Yemen war, led by Saudi Arabia.” Ryan
“said the Yemen resolution ‘isn’t the way to go’ and instead he favored
invoking the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, which gives
the US government the power to impose sanctions for human rights abuses.”
Ryan is quoted as saying, “Yes, we have lots of strategic interests in
alignment with the Saudis, no two ways about it. Still, we can speak with
moral clarity. We can take actions that address these issues.”

        The Washington Post
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(11/29, Wagner) reports Ryan “said that he considers US-imposed sanctions
on the Saudis to be a ‘smarter tool’ to express ‘moral clarity’ on the
issue.” According to the Post, Ryan “added that even with the imposition of
sanctions, the United States’ strategic alliance with Saudi Arabia would
continue.”

        *Houthis Signal Openness To Attending Peace Talks In Sweden. *According
to Reuters
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(11/29, Ghobari), “Yemen’s warring parties suggested on Thursday that they
would attend UN-sponsored peace talks expected to be held in Sweden next
week as Western countries press for an end to a conflict that has pushed
millions to the edge of starvation.” Reuters says the UN is “trying to
reconvene talks between the Saudi-backed government led by Abd-Rabbu
Mansour Hadi and the Iranian-aligned Houthis who control much of the north
to agree on a framework for peace.” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, head of the
Houthis’ Supreme Revolutionary Committee, “said their delegation would
arrive in Sweden on Dec. 3 ‘if safe exit and return is guaranteed and there
are positive indications peace is a priority.’”
US Shows Off Weapons Parts Saudis Say Iran Supplied To Yemeni, Afghan
Militants.

The Washington Times
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(11/29, Taylor, Muñoz) reports that “President Trump’s point man on curbing
Iranian aggression,” Special Envoy Brian Hook, “offered fresh evidence
Thursday that Tehran is violating a United Nations ban on weapons exports
by sending rockets and other military equipment to proxies around the
Middle East, and warned that the US is prepared to use force to curtail
such activity.” Standing before “a dramatic backdrop of Iranian weaponry
that the US says was captured from Tehran-backed militants in Yemen,
Bahrain and Afghanistan,” Hook said Tehran has been shaping events across
the region through “illegal weapons transfers, proxies and terror – a
deadly trifecta.”

        Reuters
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(11/29, Ali) reports the Pentagon “displayed pieces of what it said were
Iranian weapons deployed to militants in Yemen and Afghanistan.” Reuters
says it is part of the Administration’s effort “to pressure Tehran to curb
its regional activities.” Reuters says “much of” the “hardware...was handed
over by Saudi Arabia.”

        In an interview with the AP
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(11/29, Gambrell, Harb) on Thursday, US Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller
accused Iran of “throwing gasoline on the fire” of conflicts across the
Middle East, vowing that the US will defend its regional interests and not
“shy away when the problems get difficult.” Tueller told the AP, “Wherever
we see instability here in the region – and I’m not saying that Iran is the
source of all of the instability – but we see that opportunistically,
they’re going in. They’re throwing gasoline on the fire in an area of the
world that’s so important to all of us.” The AP says Tueller’s comments
“signal that America’s hard-line approach to Tehran in the wake of
withdrawing from the nuclear deal will continue,” and “also take on even
more importance as Tueller is now President Donald Trump’s nominee to be
the next ambassador in Iraq.”

        A second AP
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(11/29, Lee) report says “the new allegations come as the US ramps up
pressure on Iran to halt what it calls ‘malign activities’ in the Middle
East and elsewhere by reinstating sanctions that had been lifted under the
2015 nuclear deal from which...Trump withdrew in May.” The AP says “the
material was added to a collection presented by US Ambassador to the United
Nations Nikki Haley last December when she laid out a case for pulling out
of the nuclear agreement.”
Inhofe: Turkey Cannot Have Access To F-35s If It Buys Russian Missile
System.

Bloomberg News
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(11/29, Capaccio, Tiron) reports that Senate Armed Services Chairman James
Inhofe says the Turkish government “must choose between purchasing Russia’s
advanced air defense system or staying a partner in the U.S.’s costliest
weapons program, the F-35 jet. ... ‘For Turkey to remain in the F-35
program, it can’t move ahead with procurement’ of the Russian system known
as the S-400...Inhofe...said in a statement to Bloomberg News.” Bloomberg
News says Inhofe “commented in response to a Pentagon report, mandated by
Congress, that warned ‘the administration will reassess Turkey’s continued
participation as one of the eight partner nations should they continue
their purchase of the S-400.’” According to Bloomberg News, “Turkey has
been a partner in building and buying Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 since
2002,” and has “committed $1.25 billion and planned to buy as many as 100
of the fighters.”
Domestic Policy
Tim Scott’s Opposition Appears To Doom Farr’s Nomination To Federal Bench.

The Columbia (SC) State
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(11/29, Dumain, Murphy) reports Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) “said Thursday he
will oppose the nomination of Thomas Farr to the federal bench, assuring
the controversial pick will not be confirmed.” Scott “was the deciding vote
in determining whether Farr, widely accused of efforts to disenfranchise
black voters, would become a federal judge.” Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) “made
it clear earlier in the day he, too, would oppose Farr’s nomination,” and
“Senate Republicans could only afford to lose one vote and still confirm
Farr.” In a statement, “Scott cited a 1991 Department of Justice memo that
was leaked just this week” and “detailed Farr’s involvement in ‘ballot
security’ activities by the 1984 and 1990 campaigns of then-Sen. Jesse
Helms.”

        USA Today
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(11/29, Hofacker, Collins) quotes Scott as stating, “I am ready and willing
to support strong candidates for our judicial vacancies that do not have
lingering concerns about issues that could affect their decision-making
process as a federal judge.” Politico
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(11/29, Levine) says Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
are also “sitting on the fence” on Farr.

        The New York Times
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(11/29, Edmondson) says “the Farr defeat comes just days after” Rep. Mia
Love (R-UT), “the only female black Republican in the House, conceded her
failed re-election campaign by blasting her party for ignoring the nation’s
minorities.”

        The Washington Times
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(11/29, Swoyer) reports Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), “who strongly supports Mr.
Farr, hired an outside investigator to evaluate the claims against him.”
Tillis said earlier this year, “He came back and said, ‘I’m completely
convinced that the inference you would draw from comments from other people
on the other side of the aisle are false. They are not supported by the
facts and I believe you have somebody who is well-qualified to be a
district judge.’”

        Earlier yesterday, CQ Roll Call
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(11/29, Dick) reports that Senate Majority Whip Cornyn said a final vote
was postponed because Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) “had a death in the family.
An aide later clarified it was a family emergency.” To the Washington
Examiner
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(11/29, Ferrechio), “Senate Republicans...delayed” the vote “after a
determination that they” didn’t “yet have to vote to confirm him.”

        The Washington Times
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(11/29, Swoyer) notes “Farr’s nomination has been pending for more than 500
days, and the North Carolina judgeship to which he was nominated has been
vacant since 2005.” President George W. Bush “first nominated Mr. Farr for
the post in 2006, but Democrats declined to take action, and his pick
expired at the end of the Bush administration.” President Barack Obama
“then named two different black women for the seat, but they were blocked
by GOP objections.”

        *WSJournal: Flake Blocking Judicial Nominees Won’t Impact Trump Or
Mueller. *In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal
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(11/29) says Flake’s decision to block all judicial nominees until there is
a vote on a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation
is harming the effort to confirm conservative judges and will have no
impact on Trump or Mueller.
Trump: GM’s Move “Counter” To Industrial Boom Across US.

President Trump tweeted
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yesterday, “General Motors is very counter to what other auto, and other,
companies are doing. Big Steel is opening and renovating plants all over
the country. Auto companies are pouring into the U.S., including BMW, which
just announced a major new plant. The U.S.A. is booming!” Politico
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(11/29, Oprysko) reports “Trump celebrated an announcement earlier this
week that steel producer Steel Dynamics would open a multimillion ton plant
in the US, creating hundreds of new jobs.” However, “the president, who is
prone to embellishment, may be overstating the revival of the steel
industry.” To the AP
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(11/29, Krisher, Boak), meanwhile, “Trump is calling attention to an auto
industry boom that doesn’t exist.” The AP adds “automakers have been
steadily hiring since 2010 when Barack Obama was president,” but “the pace
of job gains has slowed considerably since Trump took office.”

        *Brown Says Trump Agreed To Tweak Tax Law To Address GM Action. *The
Washington Examiner
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(11/29, Caralle) reports that Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) said Thursday that
Trump “told him he’s prepared to support legislation to tweak his tax cut
bill that passed last year in order to help GM, which has said it will
close down manufacturing plants and lay off workers.” Brown “said he talked
to Trump on Wednesday about getting rid of a tax break in the law that
incentivizes US companies to move overseas, which he said the president
agreed was a bad policy.” Brown told CNN[image: Image removed by sender.
Video]
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(11/29), “He wasn’t really aware of that, but he said he would help. ...
We’re gonna work on this and I’m gonna take the President at his word. ...
He doesn’t always do what he says, but he promised this, and we’re going to
move forward and hope we can get this through Congress.”

        *Some GM Employees Do Not Fault Trump For Plant Closings. *The
Washington
Post
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(11/29, Johnson) reports on some employees at an Ohio General Motors
assembly plant that is expected to close next year who do not fault
President Trump, “who had promised residents here and throughout the
industrial Midwest that he would stop the closure of factories.” One former
factory worker said, “It’s a company. Why should the President of the
United States be allowed to tell a company what to do?” Another “agreed and
noted that auto-industry workers have been getting pink slips for decades,
long before Trump took office.” Both of these man are registered Democrats
who voted for Trump.
Democrats Say Trump Threat To Release “Devastating” Documents Won’t Deter
Investigations.

The New York Post
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(11/29, Schultz) reports Democrats who will chair “top congressional
committees next year” say President Trump’s threat to release “devastating”
documents will not deter them from investigating him. Rep. Jerrold Nadler
(D-NY), who is expected to chair the House Judiciary Committee, said, “The
President has to learn that he is not above the law and his threats will
not intimidate us from doing the work that Congress needs to do.” Rep. Adam
Schiff (D-CA), who will likely head the House Intelligence Committee,
tweeted
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“What Trump says: If Democrats play tough I will declassify “devastating
documents.” What he means: If Democrats do legitimate oversight I will burn
sources and allies by selectively declassifying info so my legal team can
misrepresent it to the public. Why he’s doing it: Fear.”

        *Meadows Drafts Plan To Counter House Democrats’ Investigations Of
Trump. *Bloomberg News
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(11/29, House) reports Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), a “top U.S. House ally” of
the President’s, has “drafted a ‘confidential’ plan for how Republicans can
battle an expected onslaught of Democratic-led congressional subpoenas and
investigations against the president and his administration.” A “featured
topic” in a 28-page document prepared by Meadows, who will likely become
the ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee, is titled “Investigations – My Plan to Counter.” On the opening
page, Meadows writes he is “confident that with the right team and member
engagement, our conference will be able to tactically play the Democrats’
politicized activities to our advantage. ... I believe I can position the
committee as an effective platform to win back the House.”
DHS: Most Caravan Migrants Do Not Meet Asylum Requirements.

Fox News’ Special Report
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(11/29) reported that 42 migrants who were arrested during “Sunday’s
protest that ended in tear gas near the border in Tijuana will not be
charged. That decision not to prosecute comes despite President Trump’s vow
that the US will not tolerate lawlessness.” Meanwhile, DHS released a
statement Thursday saying that most of the 7,000 caravan migrants don’t
meet the requirements for claiming asylum, “and that those ineligible
migrants are stretching the resources for those trying to enter the country
illegally.” Townhall
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(11/29, Pavlich) covers the DHS report.

        *Aid Workers Raise Alarm About Deteriorating Conditions At Tijuana
Shelter. *The AP
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(11/30, Sherman) reports, “Aid workers and humanitarian organizations
expressed concerns Thursday about unsanitary conditions at the sports
complex in Tijuana where more than 6,000 Central American migrants are
packed into a space adequate for half that many people.” The AP writes that
“lice infestations and respiratory infections are rampant” and that the
“open-air stadium turned to mud Thursday, making the already miserable
conditions worse.” UNICEF “said it was ‘deeply concerned’ for the
well-being of more than 1,000 migrant children waiting in Tijuana or still
moving north through Mexico. According to local officials, of the more than
6,150 migrants at the shelter as of Wednesday, 1,068 were children.”

        The CBS Evening News
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(11/29, story 5, 2:45, Glor) reported that conditions for those “camped out
at the border...are rapidly going downhill.”

        *Group Of Caravan Women Announces Hunger Strike. *Politico
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(11/29, Rodriguez) reports, “A group of migrant women in the caravan
announced Thursday that they would begin a hunger strike to protest the
slow pace at which they are being allowed to apply for asylum.” Politico
says the protest “represents a dramatic escalation from the migrants” and
“raises the stakes for the governments of the United States and Mexico.”

        *Schumer: Trump Throwing “Temper Tantrum” Over Border Wall Funding.
*The Washington Times
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(11/29, Dinan) reports that Senate Minority Leader Schumer “accused
President Trump of throwing a ‘temper tantrum’ over his demand for $5
billion in border wall money, and said Thursday that Democrats will never
vote for that” and would “filibuster any attempt to spend more than $1.6
billion on the wall.” Schumer said, “The only position that cannot garner
60 votes is the President’s position.”
Acosta Out Of Running To Be Attorney General.

McClatchy
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(11/29, Kumar) reports Labor Secretary Acosta is “out of the running” to be
Attorney General after “a Miami Herald report
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that he oversaw a sweetheart deal for a wealthy financier accused of raping
teenage girls and running a sex-trafficking ring, according to two people
close to the president.” While they said the investigation was “not
helpful,” one added that he was never being seriously considered.

        *Sessions Jokes About Getting His “Pink Slip.” *USA Today
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(11/29, Cummings) reports former Attorney General Jeff Sessions joked about
his ouster “during an address to Illinois law enforcement officials
Wednesday night.” Addressing the Chicago Crime Commission’s annual Stars of
Distinction awards dinner, Sessions said, “Well, a lot has changed since my
visit here a few months ago, about a month ago actually. ... I got a new
title: former. ... A lot of people have gotten pink slips I guess, but
mine’s a little more public than most, I gotta say.” USA Today adds that
Sessions “expressed only warm feelings toward the president.” He said, “I
really enjoyed the honor, and appreciate the President allowing me to serve
almost two years in one of the greatest jobs in the world. ... I’m
satisfied and fulfilled, I think, with what we were able to accomplish. And
I’m excited for those who will continue to lead the great department.”
Fed Officials Say Rate Increase Likely “Fairly Soon.”

Reuters
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(11/29, Schneider, Lange) reports, “Almost all Federal Reserve officials at
their last meeting agreed another interest rate increase was ‘likely to be
warranted fairly soon,’ but also opened debate on when to pause further
hikes and how to relay those plans to the public,” according to minutes of
their November meeting. While “an expected December rate increase was
further cemented into place,” they “also indicated a potential shift in
tone about the future.” Bloomberg News
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(11/29, Torres) reports that the minutes read in part, “Almost all
participants expressed the view that another increase in the target range
for the federal funds rate was likely to be warranted fairly soon.”

        The New York Times
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(11/29, Appelbaum) reports that the Federal Open Market Committee “last
raised its benchmark rate in September, to a range of 2 percent to 2.25
percent, then left the rate unchanged at the November meeting. The central
bank is widely expected to increase the rate by a quarter of a percentage
point in December.” The Wall Street Journal
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(11/29, Timiraos) has a similar report, and Nick Timiraos of the Wall
Street Journal
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(11/29, A1) also looks at how Federal Reserve Chairman Powell has dealt
with regular attacks from President Trump, writing that Powell avoids
referring to or engaging with the President, seeks powerful allies outside
the Administration, and keeps his public comments focused on the economy
and not on politics.
Administration Proposal Would Allow ACA Subsidies To Be Used For Wider
Variety Of Plans.

The Washington Post
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(11/29, Goldstein) reports that the Administration is “urging states to
tear down pillars of the Affordable Care Act, demolishing a basic rule that
federal insurance subsidies can be used only for people buying health plans
in marketplaces created under the law.” The Post says that “federal health
officials” advised that states should be “free to redefine the use of those
subsidies, which have since 2014 provided the first help the government
ever has offered consumers to afford monthly insurance premiums.” According
to the Post, states “could allow the subsidies to be used for health plans
the administration has been promoting outside the ACA marketplaces that are
less expensive because they provide skimpier benefits and fewer consumer
protections.” States could also “let residents with employer-based coverage
set up accounts in which they mingle the federal subsidies with health-care
funds from their job or personal tax-deferred savings funds to use for
premiums or other medical expenses.”

        The Washington Times
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(11/29, Howell) reports that CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the
approach “will give states a freer hand to rectify flaws in the program,
after President Obama kept a lid on state experimentation.” Verma said,
“For far too long states have looked to Washington with a ‘Mother, may I?’
approach. ... Seeing the problems the ACA created and seeing the lack of
federal action to address these problems should be proof enough for why it
was such a mistake to federalize so much of healthcare policy under the
ACA.”
Cancer Research
NCI’s Dr. Robert Kreitman Interviewed About Novel Leukemia Drug Achieving
Complete Remissions.

OncLive
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(11/29) reports that in a recent interview, Robert J. Kreitman, MD, head of
the Clinical Immunotherapy Section at the Center for Cancer Research at the
National Cancer Institute, highlighted the “unmet need for novel agents
that can eradicate” hairy cell leukemia (HCL) in patients “without
excessive myelosuppression.” Dr. Kreitman and colleagues “have spent more
than decade investigating the potential of moxetumomab pasudotox-tdfk
(Lumoxiti) in HCL,” and in the interview, he said the treatment can lead to
“complete remissions in those who have not had good responses with
chemotherapy and it’s because this is a different mechanism of killing.” He
added that in a recent trial, patients “who were minimal residual disease
[MRD]–positive achieved complete remissions that lasted a median of 5.9
months, but investigators observed a significantly prolonged median
duration of response for those who were MRD-negative by comparison.”
Ultrasound Cryoablation May Be Promising Treatment For Early, Low-Risk
Breast Cancer, Research Indicates.

MedPage Today
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(11/29, Susman) reports researchers found that “ultrasound cryoablation
showed promise for treating early, low-risk breast cancer.” The findings
were presented “at the Radiological Society of North America annual
meeting.”
Editorials/Op-Eds
New York Times.

*“Cohen Lied. Here’s Why It Matters.”* The New York Times
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(11/29) editorializes that “when all is said and done, the April raids by
federal prosecutors targeting Michael Cohen’s office and other premises in
Manhattan may been seen as a turning point for...Trump’s presidency.” While
“the facts to which Mr. Cohen admitted on Thursday don’t establish that Mr.
Trump conspired with Russian efforts to win him the election...they refute
Mr. Trump’s frequent, vehement claim that he had nothing to do with Russia
as he sought the White House.”

        *“The Senate Steps Up On Saudi Arabia.” *In an editorial, the New
York Times
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(11/29) says the Senate “delivered a sharp rebuke to President Trump and
his see-no-evil support for the rulers of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday by
advancing a measure that would cut American military support for the
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. But unless Congress enacts and enforces the
bill, which is unlikely, it will be just that, a rebuke, with little
comfort for the starving Yemenis.”
Washington Post.

*“Trump’s Denials About His Business Ties In Russia Are Not Credible.”* In
an editorial, the Washington Post
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(11/29) argues that “the collusion question is still outstanding,” and that
“there is little room for doubt that Mr. Trump wanted to conceal his
business goals in Russia . His denials, as the public can now see more
clearly than ever, are not credible.”

        *“The US And China Are On The Brink Of Cold War 2.0. This Is How to
Avoid It.” *The Washington Post
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(11/29) says in an editorial that the US and China “find themselves at the
edge of a Cold War 2.0. This is in no one’s interest; fortunately, it’s
within the leaders’ power to avoid it.” The Post says President Trump’s
“bluntly hostile approach” has gotten “Beijing’s attention,” but it is far
from clear what he intends to do with it. The Post says Trump “should
understand that he has a mandate for a smart course correction, not an
aimless, blunt-force exercise in ‘America First.’”

        *“How Did A DC Agency Accuse Hundreds Of Fraud – And Get It Wrong
More Than Half The Time.” *The Washington Post
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(11/29) says in an editorial that the District of Columbia’s Office of the
State Superintendent of Education finding in May that nearly 30 percent of
the student body at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts did not live in
the city “were wildly off base, and many families were falsely accused.”
The Post says the “explosive” accusation “tarnished the acclaimed school’s
reputation,” and argues the OSSE’s error raises questions about its
“competency to oversee other aspects of public education.”

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