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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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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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Melissa Mackenzie / The American Spectator:
A great moment in Sleazeland.
A great moment in Sleazeland.
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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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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Russian-linked group sold merchandise online
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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Mic:
‘People’ profiled a Las Vegas shooting victim — but his identity can't be confirmed anywhere else
‘People’ profiled a Las Vegas shooting victim — but his identity can't be confirmed anywhere else
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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.
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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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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Akin Oyedele / Business Insider:
US economy sheds jobs for first time since 2010 as hurricanes hit — The US economy in September lost more jobs than it created for the first time in seven years. — Amid the damage caused by the hurricanes Harvey and Irma, nonfarm payrolls fell by 33,000, the Labor Department said Friday in its monthly report.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Economy lost 33,000 jobs in September
Economy lost 33,000 jobs in September
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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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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.
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Washington Post:
Trump plans to declare that Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest
Trump plans to declare that Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Video shows Utah police fatally shooting man from behind as he fled — Police face no charges amid accusations of racial profiling and ‘brutal execution’ in case of Patrick Harmon, 50, who was pulled over for cycling without a light … Police in Utah fatally shot a man from behind …
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