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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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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Hollywood's Loud Silence on Harvey Weinstein's Sexual Harassment Allegations … Early Thursday afternoon—late morning on the West Coast—The New York Times dropped a bombshell investigative report alleging decades of sexual-harassment allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Late-Night Comedy Shows Avoid Harvey Weinstein Allegations... for Now … “Experts say it's unlikely that any self-respecting network will ever hire him.” - Jimmy Fallon — “I mean, it is nice to know that while liberals and conservatives disagree on a lot of things …
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary supporter Harvey Weinstein thinks a ‘right wing conspiracy out to get me’ is reason he has been revealed as serial sexual harasser — Harvey Weinstein believes the revelations of inappropriate sexual behaviour against him are part of a right-wing ‘conspiracy’ to take him down
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Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Lisa Bloom, Harvey Weinstein's Adviser, Criticizes His Behavior Toward Women
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats, Seeking to Disavow Weinstein, Plan to Give His Donations to Charity
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Harvey Weinstein gives first interview after shocking sex harassment claims
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Harvey Weinstein Speaks: My Apology Is Sincere, But I'm Still Suing NY Times
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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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump is treating a potential war like a reality show cliffhanger
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump gathers with military leaders, says 'Maybe it's the calm before the storm'
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump, during photo shoot, talks of ‘calm before the storm’
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Andrea Peterson / Politico:
John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, White House believes
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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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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump Dossier Author Is in Talks With Senate Intel Committee — WASHINGTON — Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence operative who authored a 35-page dossier alleging that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, has been in talks with the Senate Intelligence Committee about speaking …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
10 reasons to stay calm about those Russia Facebook ads
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump just officially made it easier for employers to stop covering birth control — The new rules let big companies end contraceptive coverage — and take effect immediately. — The Trump administration is relaxing an Obama-era requirement that nearly all employers offer health insurance …
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CNN:
Trump administration deals major blow to Obamacare birth control mandate
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate
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Washington Post:
Trump administration narrows Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate
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Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Trump rolls back Obamacare birth control mandate
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Karen Berkowitz / Chicago Tribune:
Highland Park deli co-owner to leave family business after Vegas shooting tweet sparks outrage — Max's Deli in Highland Park has ousted co-owner Greg Morelli over a controversial tweet that was posted Monday after the mass shootings in Las Vegas. — Deli co-owner Joey Morelli released …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Roy Moore in 2009: ‘Only thing I know that the Islamic faith has done in this country is 9/11’ — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Republican nominee for US Senate in Alabama Roy Moore said in a 2009 speech that the only thing that Muslims had done in the United States was the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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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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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump wins, Congress loses with Iran deal politics
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
What Is the Iran Nuclear Deal? And Why Does Trump Hate It?
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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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BuzzFeed:
US Intelligence Unit Accused Of Illegally Spying On Americans' Financial Records — The Treasury Department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis has been illegally rifling through and filing away the private financial records of US citizens, Treasury employees alleged.
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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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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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US lost 33,000 jobs in Sept, vs 90,000 jobs increase expected
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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.
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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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