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New York Times:
Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein  —  Two decades ago, the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein invited Ashley Judd to the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for what the young actress expected to be a business breakfast meeting.  Instead, he had her sent up to his room …
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New York Times:
Statement From Harvey Weinstein  —  The New York Times received the following statement from Harvey Weinstein responding to allegations about his treatment of women in Hollywood.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein to Sue N.Y. Times, Says His Attorney  —  Charles Harder says that proceeds from the case will be donated to women's organizations.  —  On the heels of The New York Times' bombshell expose published Thursday about “decades of harassment” on the part of Harvey Weinstein …
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Former Obama Adviser Anita Dunn Helped Harvey Weinstein Strategize Before New York Times Story
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Harassment Claims Put Obamas, Clintons in Tough Spot
Emily Smith / Page Six:   Harvey Weinstein gives first interview after shocking sex harassment claims
Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Battling N.Y. Times, New Yorker Over Potentially Explosive Stories (Exclusive)
Discussion: East Bay Times
Andy Cush / SPIN:
Harvey Weinstein Used a Made-Up Jay-Z Quote in His Statement About Sexual Harassment Allegations
Discussion: thecut
Sonny Bunch / Washington Free Beacon:
Shorter Harvey Weinstein: 'I'm a Liberal, Maybe Gimme a Pass?'
Discussion: IndieWire and Mediaite
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Senate Democrats Pledge to Give Tainted Harvey Weinstein Donations to Charity
Discussion: The Atlantic and Mediaite
Andrea Peterson / Politico:
John Kelly's personal cell phone was compromised, White House believes  —  White House officials believe that chief of staff John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December, according to three U.S. government officials.  —  The discovery raises concerns …
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NBC News:
Tillerson Summoned to White House Amid Presidential Fury  —  WASHINGTON — John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, abruptly scrapped plans to travel with President Donald Trump on Wednesday so he could try to contain his boss's fury and manage the fallout from new revelations …
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream  —  In August, after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville ended in murder, Steve Bannon insisted that “there's no room in American society” for neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates, and the KKK.
CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team met with Russia dossier author  —  Washington (CNN)Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators met this past summer with the former British spy whose dossier on alleged Russian efforts to aid the Trump campaign spawned months of investigations that have hobbled …
New York Times:
Las Vegas Shooting: Investigators Grapple With Gunman's ‘Secret Life’  —  LAS VEGAS — Investigators on Thursday were still piecing together the life of the gunman who killed 58 concertgoers in Las Vegas, and remained at a loss to explain what drove him to commit the massacre.
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
NRA bans bump stocks at its own firing range
John Bresnahan / Politico:
NRA moves to head off gun control fight in Congress
Discussion: IJR and ABC News
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Seven Flights for $800,000: Mnuchin's Travel on Military Jets  —  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has flown on military aircraft seven times since March at a cost of more than $800,000, including a $15,000 round-trip flight to New York to meet with President Trump at Trump Tower …
Discussion: Raw Story and VICE News
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Julia Horowitz / CNNMoney:   The 7 trips Steven Mnuchin took on government planes for $811,800
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Treasury inspector general finds no wrongdoing in Mnuchin plane travel
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Hackers Stole NSA Data on U.S. Cyber Defense  —  The breach, considered the most serious in years, could enable Russia to evade NSA surveillance and more easily infiltrate U.S. networks  —  WASHINGTON—Hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the U.S. penetrates …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump plans to declare that Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest  —  President Trump plans to announce next week that he will “decertify” the international nuclear deal with Iran, saying it is not in the national interest of the United States and kicking the issue to a reluctant Congress …
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Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
45 After Dark: Phone Trouble edition
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
For Republican Leaders in Congress, the Headaches Keep Mounting  —  WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress are under intensifying attack from all sides of their own party, battered by voters from the right and left, spurned by frustrated donors and even threatened by the Trump White House …
Discussion: Last Men and OverMen
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Tim Murphy resigns from Congress  —  Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), the embattled anti-abortion lawmaker who allegedly encouraged his lover to terminate a pregnancy, on Thursday announced his plan to resign from office later this month — just a day after announcing his plan to retire following the 2018 election.
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Jeff Sessions Just Reversed A Policy That Protects Transgender Workers From Discrimination  —  The Justice Department under Obama decreed that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned transgender discrimination in the workplace.  But in a new memo, the attorney general rescinded the policy.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is poised to roll back the federal requirement for employers to include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans, vastly expanding exemptions for those that cite moral or religious objections.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Repeal the Second Amendment  —  I have never understood the conservative fetish for the Second Amendment.  —  From a law-and-order standpoint, more guns means more murder.  “States with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides …
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Come And Take Them, Bret Stephens
Discussion: Hit & Run and Mediaite
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
That's Disturbing  —  At 6:10 PM this evening President Trump began a meeting with top military leaders and gave a short prepared statement to pool reporters at the White House.  It was quite an aggressive statement but not terribly different from other things we've heard from the President.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Top House Democrat: 'I think it's time' for Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn to go  —  A senior House Democrat said Thursday that it's time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her leadership team to prepare to step down and make way for the next generation of lawmakers in her caucus.
Elspeth Reeve / VICE News:
Congressman suggests Charlottesville was George Soros-backed conspiracy  —  For more on the legal challenge to Rep. Gosar's blocking followers on Facebook, tune into tonight's episode of VICE News Tonight on HBO.  —  Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar suggested the participants in the white nationalist rally …
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Cut Russia Out of April Report on Election Influence  —  The drafting of the report sparked internal debate over how much information to disclose about Russian influence campaigns on the social network  —  Facebook Inc. FB 1.67% cut references to Russia from a public report in April …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
FEMA removes statistics about drinking water access and electricity in Puerto Rico from website  —  As of Wednesday, half of Puerto Ricans had access to drinking water and 5 percent of the island had electricity, according to statistics published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
 
 
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Nominates a Coal Lobbyist to Be No. 2 at E.P.A.
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Street Artist Targets Jimmy Kimmel
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
As ACA enrollment nears, administration keeps cutting federal support of the law
Discussion: Politicus USA
Julia Fair / USA Today:
Secret Service spent $137K on golf carts to protect Trump at New Jersey, Florida clubs
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
House passes $4.1 trillion budget, the first concrete step toward tax reform
Discussion: New York Magazine and Axios
Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Texas AG Ken Paxton faces new investigation under bribery statute over $100K gift
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
Does God believe in Trump? White evangelicals are sticking with their “Prince of Lies”
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
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Hannah Lang / CNN:
Dem congressional hopeful calls female incumbent a ‘child’
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ga. sheriff indicted for sexual battery in high school drug search
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
Man's Jack Daniel's flag mistaken for ISIS flag by ‘worried’ neighbors
Discussion: TheBlaze
Dan Abrams / Mediaite:
Hate for Megyn Kelly is Everything That's Wrong With America Today
Manu Raju / CNN:
Grassley: ‘No way of avoiding’ public hearing for Trump Jr
David Dayen / The Nation:
Alleged fraud put JPMorgan Chase hundreds of millions of dollars ahead …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
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