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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: CIA director Pompeo considered to replace Tillerson — Trump advisers and allies are floating the idea of replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, age 53 — someone who's already around the table in the Situation Room, and could make the switch without chaos.
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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 …
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Andrea Peterson / Politico:
John Kelly's personal cellphone 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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Rebecca Traister / thecut:
Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual-Harassment Allegations Didn't Come Out Until Now — I have been having conversations about Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual harassment for more than 17 years. — The conversations started when I was a young editorial assistant at Talk, the magazine he financed …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary supporter Harvey Weinstein thinks a ‘right wing conspiracy out to get me’ is reason …
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary supporter Harvey Weinstein thinks a ‘right wing conspiracy out to get me’ is reason …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats, Seeking to Disavow Weinstein, Plan to Give His Donations to Charity
Democrats, Seeking to Disavow Weinstein, Plan to Give His Donations to Charity
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New York Times:
Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein
Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein
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Melissa Mackenzie / The American Spectator:
A great moment in Sleazeland.
A great moment in Sleazeland.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Senate ‘Russia Probe’ Is Not Investigating Russia … The Senate Judiciary Committee has demanded documents on Russian meddling from the CIA, interviewed Donald Trump Jr. about his infamous Trump Tower meeting, and subpoenaed Paul Manafort, the president's Kremlin-friendly former campaign chairman.
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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 …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
10 reasons to stay calm about those Russia Facebook ads
10 reasons to stay calm about those Russia Facebook ads
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Russian-linked group sold merchandise online
Exclusive: Russian-linked group sold merchandise online
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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.
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Official: Las Vegas shooter tried to buy tracer rounds before massacre — (CNN)Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock tried to buy tracer ammunition at a gun show in the Phoenix area in recent weeks, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation tells CNN.
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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.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Inside Tim Murphy's reign of terror — Rep. Tim Murphy, a staunch anti-abortion advocate, thought he could withstand the media furor that engulfed him after reports that he'd encouraged his extramarital lover to end her apparent pregnancy. — He was wrong.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Tim Murphy resigns from Congress
Tim Murphy resigns from Congress
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Economy lost 33,000 jobs in September — The economy lost jobs in September for the first time in seven years, a consequence of late-summer hurricanes. — The Labor Department reported Friday morning that the economy lost 33,000 jobs, down from 169,000 jobs added in August.
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Akin Oyedele / Business Insider:
US economy sheds jobs for first time since 2010 as hurricanes hit
US economy sheds jobs for first time since 2010 as hurricanes hit
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US lost 33,000 jobs in Sept, vs 90,000 jobs increase expected
US lost 33,000 jobs in Sept, vs 90,000 jobs increase expected
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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 …
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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 …
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump, during photo shoot, talks of ‘calm before the storm’ — https://apnews.com/b65b8810738b457a81ad ec4be7006a65 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump delivered a foreboding message Thursday night, telling reporters as he posed for photos with his senior military leaders …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
That's Disturbing — At 6:10 PM this evening President Trump began …
That's Disturbing — At 6:10 PM this evening President Trump began …
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Weekly Standard:
Getting to No — Donald Trump was frustrated. Five days earlier, on July 12, 2017, the president had decided for the second time in his young administration that he would certify to Congress Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal he'd promised as a candidate to dismantle.
Bloomberg:
Inside the Saudi King's 1,500-Person Entourage in Moscow — Saudi officials booked two entire luxury hotels and brought their own carpets and hotel staff with King Salman bin Abdulaziz on his historic visit. — , and — Evgenia Pismennaya — Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz brought 1,500 people …
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Washington Post:
Russian government hackers used antivirus software to steal U.S. cyber capabilities — Russian government hackers lifted details of U.S. cyber capabilities from a National Security Agency employee who was running Russian antivirus software on his computer, according to several individuals familiar with the matter.
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 …
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The Cancer in the Constitution — One of the great disconnects of our history is how a nation birthed on the premise that all men are created equal could enshrine an entire race of people as three-fifths of a human being. We tried to fix that, through our bloodiest war and a series of amendments that followed.
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Democrats' Gerrymandering Obsession — Judging by the press coverage of what happened in the Supreme Court Tuesday, Justice Anthony Kennedy may be ready to cast the decisive fifth vote to put constitutional limits on the practice of political gerrymandering.
Sarah Parvini / Los Angeles Times:
USC medical school dean out amid revelations of sexual harassment claim, $135,000 settlement with researcher — In this file photo, Rohit Varma arrives at the 3rd Biennial Rebels with a Cause Fundraiser. Varma was accused of sexually harassing a young female researcher 15 years ago.
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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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