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CNN

Trump plans to release classified JFK documents

Ken Hughes, a presidential researcher at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, told CNN the files could shed light on the US involvement in the attempts to assassinate Castro as well as the US-approved coup of South Vietnamese leader Ngô Đình Diệm in 1963. "There's a lot for conventional historians -- we non-conspiracy theorists -- to look forward to," he said.
Ken Hughes
The Hill

In America's governors we trust

We do believe we need to give greater priority to reversing the extreme partisanship now at the core of American politics. Doing so can, in turn, restore some faith in our federal democratic institutions. We hold no illusions of a quick or easy fix. Still, we believe one important path back to deliberative democracy in Washington actually lies outside the Beltway. Bet on governors.
William Antholis
WBIR

Trump's world: It's different from what others see

"Since he first emerged as a presidential candidate, Trump has regularly asserted things that aren't true in order to either avoid uncomfortable questions or paint a rosy (or dystopian) picture of whatever issue he's talking about," said Nicole Hemmer, an assistant professor with the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Nicole Hemmer
BackStory

First draft 10.20

In this week’s roundtable, the hosts tackle three stories that have been in the news: the Boy Scouts’ decision to include girls, growing GOP support for war with North Korea, and America’s identity as a Judeo-Christian nation.
Brian Balogh
USA Today

Trump's world: It's different from what others see

"Since he first emerged as a presidential candidate, Trump has regularly asserted things that aren't true in order to either avoid uncomfortable questions or paint a rosy (or dystopian) picture of whatever issue he's talking about," said Nicole Hemmer, an assistant professor with the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Nicole Hemmer