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BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge extends court-ordered block on Trump's renovation plans for historic public golf course in Washington.

Trump goes on a long rant about Obama's ballroom comments. "He said, 'This isn't a Cheesecake Factory.' Can you believe it? Which is a very successful company. He doesn't like successful companies, but you know, he was very critical about me."

BREAKING WaPo: Brazil's right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro just effectively conceded defeat to the incumbent left-wing president — minutes after Trump indicated he would not intervene on his behalf.

Reuters: US APPEALS COURT DENIES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S REQUEST TO STOP CALIFORNIA FROM COUNTING MAIL BALLOTS FROM ALLEGED NONCITIZENS

Reuters: COMEY HAS MOVED TO DISMISS CASE -COURT FILING

Reuters: US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGES FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY WITH TRANSMITTING NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION IN 2016 -COURT DOCUMENT

A group of former federal prosecutors and human rights lawyers is coming together to investigate political corruption and law enforcement violence that it says is being ignored by the Trump DOJ. "The rule of law is on life support, but it's all of our responsibility to make sure it doesn't die."

Republican Shellie Flockhart, who called Iowa Democratic House candidate Sarah Trone Garriott "dangerous" for kids, actually pleaded guilty to endangering kids herself after authorities said she drove drunk with her children in the car in 2017.

NEW: Press freedom groups have sued the Trump administration — alleging in federal court that attempting to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House violates the First Amendment rights of ordinary citizens to access information about the U.S. government.

Reuters: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S FIRING OF PROSECUTOR MAURENE COMEY WAS UNLAWFUL, JUDGE RULES

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.

BREAKING: RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins fourth term, according to electoral court.

BREAKING: BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

Sen. Adam Schiff tells NBC that Pete Hegseth and "anyone who has knowledge of what happened" should testify before the Senate on Ukraine's Starlink disruptions. "Somebody is lying here. Maybe they're all lying in different ways, but we need to find out."

Trump just blamed "third world douches" for the unrest in France.

Trump just called Libya, Yemen, Haiti, and Somalia "shithouse" and "shitass" countries.

President Obama has endorsed Angie Nixon in the Florida Senate race.

President Obama: There seems to be "no line" Vivek Ramaswamy will not cross. "There's a decency that we should expect out of our public officials. And I don't know what's happened where the standards of behavior have gotten so low that somebody can run an ad like that."

President Obama: Trump "should be on HGTV." "He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory. Just gold everywhere."

President Obama: "As a former president, I can tell you sometimes factors beyond a president's control end up foiling the best-laid plans." "That is not the case here. In this case, this administration's actions are directly responsible for rising costs."

Trump says he's spoken to Elon Musk about Ukraine but won't reveal what the conversations were about.

Alaska Senate Democratic nominee Mary Peltola and national Democrats have filed a legal motion to fight the Trump DOJ's lawsuit over the Alaska Senate race — asking a judge to grant a motion to intervene and ultimately dismiss the case.

10 days before the midterms, Trump is at his Florida golf club, according to the pool report.

Trump White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers — as Trump allies press the administration to protect lower-ranked officials from prosecution and other legal challenges, according to two sources familiar with the conversations.

ProPublica: Ken Paxton says he's tough on crime. His trust invested $600,000 in a convicted fraudster's company. "The blind trust's investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general's financial ties with … executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates."

Trump is considering converting the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House into a swimming pool.

Trump just said this about his DOJ's Alaska lawsuit: "I'm the one that said do it."

Real words from Trump on Abdul El-Sayed: "He was a member, probably still is, of the Muslim Brotherhood. We can't have him. We can't have him in the United States Senate." "He's a jihadist. He's a vicious, violent jihadist, and he has no place in our government."

Trump has the lowest approval rating for any president before a midterm since Harry Truman in 1946.

Nearly 2 in 3 U.S. adults younger than 30 who plan to vote in midterms say their main motivation is to oppose Trump and his policies, according to a new Harvard Youth Poll. 77% disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy — including about half of young Republicans.

Justice Elena Kagan has sharply criticized the Supreme Court's conservative majority — saying it undermined democracy in a series of rulings, including several that prompted the wave of gerrymandering. "[T]he court has blinded itself to the very deleterious effects of their rulings."

BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Corey Lewandowski over accusations that he personally profited from his role as a top adviser to the Department of Homeland Security, according to two officials with knowledge of the situation.

Trump is now urging Vivek Ramaswamy to continue airing that vile attack ad against Amy Acton in Ohio.

Todd Blanche won't rule out trying to block states from certifying midterm results. Asked whether the Trump DOJ might try to block a state from certifying results, Blanche said: "Yes. Of course there are scenarios that we could all come up with hypothetically. Some doomsday scenario, for example."

Peter Thiel has — privately, not publicly — broken with Trump on the Iran war. "I think we should not have done it." "There were a lot of mistakes that were made."

BREAKING: MIAMI (AP) - Federal judge orders Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11.

Pete Hegseth wanted Dwight Eisenhower's globe for his office. His staff broke it. Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.

BREAKING: COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) - Ohio GOP Gov. DeWine says Vivek Ramaswamy was wrong to run campaign ad featuring Democratic opponent's estranged mother.

BREAKING: A federal judge just restricted Trump's Department of Homeland Security from election-related investigations in nine states — finding that error-prone government lists could sweep U.S. citizens into the effort.

Armed and in uniform, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been knocking on doors in several states to ask residents about their immigration status — and to inquire if they have registered to vote or cast votes in past elections, a CBS News Investigation has found.

The Arlington, Virginia County Board has sued the Trump administration to prohibit it from authorizing armed federal agents to be present at polling places.

Neil Bush, the brother of former President George W. Bush, says he voted for James Talarico in Texas.

69% disapprove of Trump's handling of the cost of living, 65% disapprove of his handling of the war in Iran, and nearly three-quarters disapprove of his handling of gas prices.