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12:20 AM ET, September 27, 2017

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New York Times:
Roy Moore Wins Senate G.O.P. Runoff in Alabama  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Roy S. Moore, a firebrand former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, overcame efforts by top Republicans to rescue his rival, Senator Luther Strange, defeating him on Tuesday in a special primary runoff, according to The Associated Press.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Regrets?  In Alabama Senate race, Trump had a few  —  President Donald Trump began distancing himself from Sen. Luther Strange before ballots were even cast in Alabama's GOP Senate primary, saying at a dinner on Monday night that the candidate he backed was likely to lose …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
After Alabama, GOP anti-establishment wing declares all-out war in 2018  —  Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore spoke Sunday at a campaign rally in Fairhope, Ala. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)  —  The stunning defeat of President Trump's chosen Senate candidate in Alabama on Tuesday amounted …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
New York Times:
Alabama Election Results: Roy Moore Advances in Race for U.S. Senate Seat  —  Roy Moore, a former State Supreme Court chief justice, defeated Senator Luther Strange on Tuesday in the Republican runoff to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions, now the attorney general.
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
McConnell Says Republicans Are Giving Up on Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders on Tuesday officially pulled the plug on the latest plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, scrapping a planned vote on the measure and effectively admitting defeat in the last-gasp drive …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump deletes tweets backing Strange after primary loss
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Prepares the Shiv for Mitch McConnell: ‘He Needs To Go.’
Discussion: Mother Jones, NPR, CNN and IJR
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
With lack of wins, GOP faces '18 primary woes
Discussion: Politico
Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:
Alabama Republican Senate primary: Roy Moore defeats Trump-backed Luther Strange
Discussion: The Week
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Moore wins Republican Senate primary, dealing blow to GOP establishment
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, ABC News and TheBlaze
CNN:
Exclusive: IRS shares information with special counsel in Russia probe  —  Washington (CNN)The IRS is now sharing information with special counsel Robert Mueller about key Trump campaign officials, after the two entities clashed this summer over both the scope of the investigation …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Blumenthal: ‘99 percent sure’ of Russia indictments  —  Criminal charges against two former top advisers to President Donald Trump are virtually certain, Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday.  —  Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort are almost sure to be indicted as a result …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Sean Spicer Lawyers Up As Russia Probe Heats Up
John Bowden / The Hill:
IRS shares information with Mueller's special counsel probe
Discussion: RedState
Timothy Gardner / Reuters:
U.S. denies request for Puerto Rico shipping waiver  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday denied a request to waive shipping restrictions to help get fuel and supplies to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying it would do nothing to address the island's main impediment to shipping, damaged ports.
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Death and Taxes:
Trump defaulted on payments for his Puerto Rico golf course, leaving the territory with a $33 million tax debt
John Bowden / The Hill:
US won't waive shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico relief
Discussion: rubber hose
Alexia Fernández Campbell / Vox:
Here's what Trump could actually do to help Puerto Rico
mccain.senate.gov:   SENATOR JOHN McCAIN URGES DHS TO WAIVE THE ARCHAIC JONES ACT FOR PUERTO RICO TO AID HURRICANE RECOVERY EFFORTS
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Head of Drug Enforcement Administration to Leave, Alluding to Dismay Over Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration will resign at the end of the week, according to law enforcement officials, who said he had become convinced that President Trump had little respect for the law.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Acting DEA chief who criticized Trump plans to quit
Discussion: ABC News
Washington Post:
DEA administrator plans to step down
Discussion: TalkLeft and Axios
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Price's private-jet travels included visits with colleagues, lunch with son  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price took a government-funded private jet in August to get to St. Simons Island, an exclusive Georgia resort where he and his wife own land, a day and a half before he addressed …
Tennessean.com:
Sen. Bob Corker will not seek re-election next year  —  Sen. Bob Corker said Tuesday he will not seek re-election next year.  —  “After much thought, consideration and family discussion over the past year, Elizabeth and I have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires …
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
EPA spending almost $25,000 to install a secure phone booth for Scott Pruitt  —  The Environmental Protection Agency is spending nearly $25,000 to construct a secure, soundproof communications booth in the office of Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to government contracting records.
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:   E.P.A. to Spend Nearly $25,000 on a Soundproof Booth for Pruitt
ABC News:
Special counsel probing flow of Russian-American money to Trump political funds  —  WATCH: One of the FBI's top investigators, tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller just weeks ago to help lead the probe of Russian meddling in last year's presidential election, has left Mueller's team, sources tell ABC News.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA
Twitter:
Giving you more characters to express yourself  —  Trying to cram your thoughts into a Tweet - we've all been there, and it's a pain.  —  Interestingly, this isn't a problem everywhere people Tweet.  For example, when I (Aliza) Tweet in English, I quickly run into the 140 character limit and have to edit my Tweet down so it fits.
Alex Pareene / Splinter:
You Are Jonathan Chait's Enemy  —  New York's Jonathan Chait writes today about the “dangerous consequences” of the left's use of the label “white supremacist” to describe Donald Trump, the alt-right, and American conservatism in general.  —  In the course of defending his piece on Twitter …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Root
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea seeks help from Republican analysts: 'What's up with Trump?'  —  BERN, Switzerland — North Korean government officials have been quietly trying to arrange talks with Republican-linked analysts in Washington, in an apparent attempt to make sense of President Trump and his confusing messages to Kim Jong Un's regime.
Discussion: AOL, The Week and Raw Story
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Agrees to Let Women Drive  —  Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it would allow women to drive, ending a longstanding policy that has become a global symbol of the repression of women in the ultraconservative kingdom.  —  The change, which will take effect in June of next year …
Molly Olmstead / Slate:
Georgetown Law Professors Kneel in Protest of Jeff Sessions' Speech  —  In response to a scheduled talk about campus free speech by Jeff Sessions at Georgetown University Law Center on Tuesday afternoon, law professors took a knee outside the auditorium, where student protests also formed.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Russian-funded Facebook ads backed Stein, Sanders and Trump
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
South Carolina restaurant bans NFL games until protests end
Discussion: The Root
Los Angeles Times:
GOP gives up on voting on Obamacare repeal, but bipartisan approaches remain in doubt
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Dem lawmaker threatens to force Trump impeachment vote next week
James Robbins / USA Today:
NFL commits suicide by Trump with politically correct protests
Discussion: The Week
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon basically just admitted Trump is easily duped
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Ivanka Trump and Donald Jr. tried to ‘bump’ Tiffany out of her inheritance, according to newly released recordings
Discussion: Splinter and RedState
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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