Monday 19 November 2018

Politics A.M.: Trump says he won’t listen to audio of journalist’s killing, calls it 'suffering tape'

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Trump says he won't listen to audio of journalist's killing, calls it 'suffering tape'
Despite the conclusions of the CIA, President Trump indicated that he believes claims by the Saudi crown prince that he had nothing to do with the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. He also dismissed a growing clamor among lawmakers for the kingdom to face more consequences for the murder.
Today's WorldView • Analysis
Trump just can't quit MBS
The CIA has decided that the Saudi crown prince ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but Trump is still running interference.
 
Trump's attack on retired admiral who led bin Laden raid escalates a war of words
Remarks about Adm. William H. McRaven come amid broader questions about the president's relationship with the military.
 
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Power Up: 'My military'? Trump has yet to visit U.S. troops in a combat zone
Thanksgiving would be a traditional time to do so.
 
'Takes all of the oxygen out': Trump further divides political map for 2020
Final results from midterm elections show how the president's near-constant campaign presence made politics more tribal, effectively erasing lighter shades of red and blue.
 
Fact Checker • Analysis
President Trump's crowd-size estimates: Increasingly unbelievable
The president loves to inflate his crowd sizes, sometimes adding tens of thousands of people to the count. But the reality is much, much lower.
 
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In a world of blue and red candidates, some voters chose one of each
Even in this hyperpartisan era, many voters ended up on both sides in the midterm elections, voting for Democrats and Republicans in different races.
 
From dire warnings to happy talk: Trump changes his tune after the midterms
The president has abruptly abandoned incendiary issues that advisers acknowledge he used as part of a Hail Mary effort to bolster Republicans in the elections.
 
Analysis
The Trailer: The voting wars aren't over. They're just beginning.
In this edition: The voting wars of 2018 are rolling into the voting wars of 2020, as both parties prepare to play hardball from their differing camps.
 
 
Trump says he wouldn't stop acting attorney general from curtailing Mueller inquiry
The president also mocked a House Democrat who criticized the acting attorney general, deriding the lawmaker, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), as "little Adam Schitt" in a tweet.
 
Analysis
Trump suggests Californians can rake their forests to prevent wildfires. (He is wrong.)
Finland's president denied telling President Trump that his country rakes its forests. Trump may have gotten the idea from watching TV.
 
'Something being legal does not make it right': Abrams says she still has concerns about Georgia's election
"The law as it stands says that he received an adequate number of votes to become the governor of Georgia," she told CNN on Sunday. "But we know sometimes the law does not do what it should."
 
 
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