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Booker to testify against fellow senator Sessions in unprecedented move — Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is set to testify against Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions Wednesday in an unprecedented move during his attorney general confirmation. — This would be the first time in Senate history …
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required, ethics experts say — Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions did not disclose his ownership of oil interests on land in Alabama as required by federal ethics rules, according to an examination of state records and independent ethics lawyers who reviewed the documents.
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Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. John Lewis to Testify Against Jeff Sessions for Attorney General — Booker to testify against colleague Sessions 6:22 — Sen. Cory Booker is set to make history this week when he testifies before the Judiciary Committee against Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Inside Sessions' strategy to combat racism allegations — The Trump team and Senate Republicans have a strategy to usher Sen. Jeff Sessions through his attorney general confirmation hearing that will highlight his ties to moderate Republicans and Democrats and efforts on bipartisan legislation …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
What Jeff Sessions's Role in Prosecuting the Klan Reveals About His Civil-Rights Record
What Jeff Sessions's Role in Prosecuting the Klan Reveals About His Civil-Rights Record
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Trump AG nominee Jeff Sessions faces grilling in Senate hearing
Trump AG nominee Jeff Sessions faces grilling in Senate hearing
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight — The Republican plan to repeal Obamacare and delay the implementation of the repeal - with a promise to come up with a terrific replacement later - is probably its best way to destroy Obamacare. Unfortunately for Republicans …
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The Hill:
Ryan: GOP's goal is to replace, repeal ObamaCare ‘concurrently’ — (R-Wis.) said on Tuesday that some elements required to replace ObamaCare could be included in the earlier process to repeal the healthcare law. — Ryan, however, didn't identify specific elements or get into other details of how that process would work.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan: We'll Try To Repeal And Replace Obamacare ‘Concurrently’ — House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday indicated that Republicans in Congress will look to repeal and replace Obamacare at the same time, diverging from Republicans' previous plan of repealing the health care law quickly but delaying passing a replacement plan.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Dems end ObamaCare repeal protest after 5 hours
Senate Dems end ObamaCare repeal protest after 5 hours
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters skeptical of Obamacare repeal without a replacement plan
Voters skeptical of Obamacare repeal without a replacement plan
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The Huffington Post:
A Half-Dozen GOP Senators Just Fired A Big Warning Shot On Obamacare Repeal
A Half-Dozen GOP Senators Just Fired A Big Warning Shot On Obamacare Repeal
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus looks to delay budget — and Obamacare repeal
Freedom Caucus looks to delay budget — and Obamacare repeal
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Political Wire
Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
HarperCollins pulls Trump pick Monica Crowley's book amid plagiarism revelations — Publisher HarperCollins said Tuesday that it will stop selling a book by Monica Crowley that a CNN KFile investigation found to have more than 50 instances of plagiarism. — Crowley was picked …
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
HarperCollins Pulls Book by a Trump Pick After Plagiarism Report — HarperCollins is withdrawing the digital edition of Monica Crowley's 2012 book “What the (Bleep) Just Happened?” from retailers, after evidence of plagiarism. — Its decision to recall the book comes after a report by CNN …
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Grace Watkins / Politico:
Trump Pick Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation
Trump Pick Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation
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New York Times:
Fox News Settled Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O'Reilly, Documents Show — In the weeks after Roger Ailes was ousted as the chairman of Fox News in July, amid a sexual harassment scandal, company executives secretly struck an agreement with a longtime on-air personality …
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Rachel Stockman / Law News:
Exclusive: Fox News Settled With Fmr. Anchor Who Claimed Bill O'Reilly and Fox President Sexually Harassed Her
Exclusive: Fox News Settled With Fmr. Anchor Who Claimed Bill O'Reilly and Fox President Sexually Harassed Her
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Robby Mook / New York Times:
Russia's D.N.C. Hack Was Only the Start — Imagine the headlines if, in 2015, Russian agents had leapt out of a van at 2 a.m. in Southeast Washington and broken into the Democratic National Committee offices using sophisticated tools and techniques to steal tens of thousands of documents …
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Roxane Gay / Harper's BAZAAR:
MADONNA'S SPRING AWAKENING — The pop icon on election-night prayers, aging, and bad wine. — Madonna has no patience for bad wine. I learned this while sitting in a well-appointed living room at her New York City home, with Nina Simone playing softly in the background.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
U2 delays album release after Trump win — The band U2 is delaying the release of its new album in the aftermath of the unexpected victory of President-elect Donald Trump — The band is reconsidering some aspects of “Songs of Experience,” a follow-up to its 2014 album, “Songs of Innocence.”
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Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
The Edge Breaks Down U2's Upcoming ‘Joshua Tree’ Tour
The Edge Breaks Down U2's Upcoming ‘Joshua Tree’ Tour
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Michael Gartland / New York Post:
Al D'Amato kicked off flight after starting rebellion against crew — Former Sen. Al D'Amato was escorted from a JetBlue flight Monday night after trying to lead passengers in a chant protesting seating changes requested by the crew, an eyewitness on the flight told The Post.
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Josephine Mendez / Herald-Dispatch.com:
Huntington High teacher suspended over racially charged tweets — HUNTINGTON — A social studies teacher at Huntington High has been suspended with pay following the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared through her personal Twitter account over the span of more than a year, a school official said Monday.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Joe Biden says he will leave Washington by train on Jan. 20 — will resume a long-held personal ritual when he leaves Washington for his home state of Delaware after President-elect Donald Trump — 's inauguration on Jan. 20: taking the train. — “Jan 20, Jill and I will head home …
Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze:
Obama staffers can't find work in Trump's DC: ‘There are no jobs’ — As outgoing President Barack Obama plans to head off on vacation when he vacates the White House next week, his staffers and appointees are struggling to find work in Washington, D.C. — Following President-elect Donald …
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
How to remove Trump from office — Donald Trump is a one-man basket of deplorables. He is a braggart and a liar. He is a bully and a demagogue. He is an ignoramus and a deadbeat, a chiseler and either a sincere racist or an insincere one, and his love for himself is matched only by my loathing of him.
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John Otis / Washington Post:
Clare Hollingworth, reporter who broke news about start of World War II, dies at 105 — In early 1939, peace activist Clare Hollingworth arrived on the Polish-German border to aid Jews and other refugees fleeing from the Sudetenland, newly annexed by Nazi Germany.
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Alex Berezow / acsh.org:
Fracking Protesters Are Putin Puppets — The much anticipated intelligence report which concluded that Russia tried to influence the recent presidential election had another startling, yet widely ignored, conclusion: The Russian government promotes anti-fracking propaganda in the United States.
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
If a Best Buy technician is a paid FBI informant, are his computer searches legal? — At a giant Best Buy repair shop in Brooks, Ky., Geek Squad technicians work on computers owned by people across the country, delving into them to retrieve lost data. Over several years …