1.US pulling out of northern Syria; full withdrawal possible (AP)
2.Merkel tells Erdoğan to halt Syrian offensive (POLITICO)
3.Hunter Biden resigns from Chinese firm following Trump attacks (CNBC)
4.Voters weary of more investigations as impeachment ramps up (AP)
5. President Donald Trump’s politically appointed ambassadors have long drawn skepticism, even resentment, from career U.S. diplomats. (POLITICO)
6.Hostage-taking, a gold stick and Black Rod. What to look out for in the Queen's Speech (CNN)
美国主流媒体文摘 The US Mainstream Media Quotes Oct 13, 2019
Warren-Zuckerberg feud intensifies ahead of 2020 AXIOS by Sara Fischer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Mark Zuckerberg are convenient political targets for one another. Warren can paint Facebook as an example of capitalism gone wild, while Facebook can point to Warren as a misguided regulator who wants to break up its business because she doesn't understand how it works.
Defense chief defends Trump decision on Syria under questioning from Chris Wallace The Hill by By Zack Budryk - 10/13/19 09:41 AM EDT
Defense Secretary Mark Esper defended President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria during an interview with Fox News's Chris Wallace, insisting that Turkey was ready to invade the country to attack Kurdish forces regardless of the U.S. actions.
ISIS members escape as Turkish forces approach key Syrian town AP By LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and SARAH EL DEEB
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkish forces approached a key Kurdish-held town in northern Syria on Sunday, setting off clashes that allowed hundreds of Islamic State supporters to escape from a camp for displaced people and prompted U.S. soldiers to withdraw from a nearby base.
12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. One Culprit: Russia The Washington Post
“The Russian Air Force has repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria in order to crush the last pockets of resistance to President Bashar al-Assad,” according to an investigation by the New York Times.
Hunter Biden Steps Down from Chinese Board as Trump Attacks bloomberg.com by By Stephanie Baker
Hunter Biden is stepping down from the board of a Chinese-backed private equity company and promising to forego all foreign work if his father, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, is elected president in 2020.
Mark Esper: Pentagon ‘will do everything we can’ to respond to impeachment subpoena Politico.com by QUINT FORGEY
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday signaled that he would attempt to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats related to their impeachment inquiry, but did not commit to honoring the order’s deadline for documents from the Pentagon.
Lock Them Up? Rashida Tlaib Says House Dems Discuss Detaining Trump’s Tongue-Tied Aides deadlinedetroit.com by Joe Lapointe
If the Donald Trump administration continues to defy Congressional subpoenas, can House Democrats have them arrested and locked up until they testify?
That’s remotely possible and highly doubtful.
But Rashida Tlaib – a first-term representative from Detroit – said Saturday that the Democratic caucus has discussed the possibility in conversations during the current Congressional recess.
Trump threatens to sue top Democrats Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi amid impeachment inquiry CNN by By Kate Sullivan, Nikki Carvajal and Jeremy Diamond
President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday night to sue top congressional Democrats Rep. Adam Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the House impeachment inquiry into the President.
Andrew Yang on creating a "trickle-up" economy CBS News "Our economy functions much better when we have money to spend, where we can participate in the market, where businesses are responsive to us," he said. "We'll start more businesses. We'll be able to change jobs more easily. So, the money doesn't disappear in our hands. It creates a trickle-up economy from our people, our families, and our communities up."
Gov. John Bel Edwards to meet Eddie Rispone in runoff for Louisiana governor's race The Advocate by BY MARK BALLARD | Capitol Bureau editor
Republican
millionaire Eddie Rispone, making his first bid for public office,
edged his way into a Nov. 16 runoff with incumbent Democratic Gov. John
Bel Edwards.
英语政治和媒体词典 Dictionary of Politics & Media
gerrymander verb [ T ] & noun /ˈdʒer·iˌmæn·dər/ US
Meaning to divide the constituencies of (a voting area) so as to give one party an unfair advantage 选区变更（指某政党为了有利于胜选而改变选区的大小范围）
Citation Apart from his ongoing feud with Trump, Schwarzenegger has been on a crusade in recent years to end partisan gerrymandering, the controversial practice by which state legislatures draw electoral maps that are skewed toward one political party. It’s a practice that only seems to be becoming more intense, as statistical advancements have allowed mapmakers to pinpoint exactly where Democratic and Republican voters live. In the 2018 midterms, for example, according to The New York Times, Democrats in North Carolina got 48.3 percent of the total vote in House races, but won just three of 13 seats in the state.
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