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Harvey Weinstein's Wife Georgina Chapman Is Leaving Him: ‘My Heart Breaks for All the Women Who Have Suffered’ — Harvey Weinstein's wife, Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, is leaving him — as more women continue to step forward to accuse the movie mogul of decades of sexual harassment and assault.
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories — Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive. — 1. — Since the establishment of the first studios a century ago, there have been few movie executives …
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New York Times:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Others Say Weinstein Harassed Them — “This way of treating women ends now,” Ms. Paltrow said as she and other actresses accused the producer of casting-couch abuses. — When Gwyneth Paltrow was 22 years old, she got a role that would take her from actress to star …
Heather Graham / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein Implied I Had to Have Sex With Him for Movie Role (EXCLUSIVE) — Heather's Most Recent Stories — Following the publication on Tuesday morning of two more exposes detailing sexual assault and harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, actress Heather Graham recalls indirectly …
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Matt Damon Denies Trying To Kill 2004 NYT Harvey Weinstein Story: “If There Was Ever An Event And Harvey Was Doing This...I Would Have Stopped It” — EXCLUSIVE: The daily bombshells involving Harvey Weinstein are involving widening circles of Hollywood people, and hasty mis-characterizations are inevitable.
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
‘Email prankster’ reaches Harvey Weinstein, Lisa Bloom — ‘Email prankster’ fools Harvey Weinstein — Washington (CNN)A self-described “email prankster” who has fooled a number of White House officials also fooled Harvey Weinstein and his now-former adviser, Lisa Bloom.
Tina Brown / New York Times:
What Harvey and Trump have in common
What Harvey and Trump have in common
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Ali Watkins / Politico:
Carter Page says he won't testify before Senate Intelligence panel in Russia probe — Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, informed the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that he will not be cooperating with any requests to appear before the panel …
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CNN:
Nunes signs off on new subpoenas to firm behind Trump-Russia dossier — (CNN)The chairman of the House intelligence committee has issued subpoenas to the partners who run Fusion GPS, the research firm that produced the dossier of memos on alleged Russian efforts to aid the Trump campaign, according to sources briefed on the matter.
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Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump's ex-adviser Carter Page will not testify in Russia probe: Politico
Trump's ex-adviser Carter Page will not testify in Russia probe: Politico
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New York Times:
How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets — It was a case of spies watching spies watching spies: Israeli intelligence officers looked on in real time as Russian government hackers searched computers around the world for the code names of American intelligence programs.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Israel hacked Kaspersky, then tipped the NSA that its tools had been breached — In 2015, Israeli government hackers saw something suspicious in the computers of a Moscow-based cybersecurity firm: hacking tools that could only have come from the National Security Agency.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Mocks Bob Corker's Height, Escalating Feud with a Key Republican — WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated his attack on Senator Bob Corker on Tuesday by ridiculing him for his height, even as advisers worried that the president was further fracturing his relationship …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A brief history of Trump challenging people to IQ tests
A brief history of Trump challenging people to IQ tests
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump's IQ obsession, in 22 quotes
Donald Trump's IQ obsession, in 22 quotes
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Claims We Tricked Bob Corker. Here's the Truth.
Trump Claims We Tricked Bob Corker. Here's the Truth.
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Los Angeles Times:
New disclosure shows a casino guard alerted hotel to gunman before Vegas massacre began. So why did it take so long to stop him? — Police say gunman Stephen Paddock shot a security guard before opening fire on concertgoers. — Before the Las Vegas massacre began, a wounded Mandalay Bay …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump ‘likely obstructed justice’ in Comey firing, could be impeached, Brookings Institution says — President Donald Trump “likely obstructed justice” when he fired FBI Director James Comey and could face impeachment, according to an analysis from the Brookings Institution.
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Barry H. Berke / Brookings Institution:
Presidential obstruction of justice: The case of Donald J. Trump
Presidential obstruction of justice: The case of Donald J. Trump
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BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Privately Slammed Pence VP Pick — “This is the price we pay.” — Steve Bannon privately slammed the selection of Mike Pence as Donald Trump's running mate a month before taking over the Trump campaign, according to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Bannon vented about Pence VP pick before joining campaign: report
Bannon vented about Pence VP pick before joining campaign: report
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Mensa offers to host IQ test for Trump and Tillerson — Bring on the IQ test — Mensa says it's willing to host President Trump and secretary of State Rex Tillerson — in a battle of the brains. — In an interview with Forbes published Tuesday, Trump suggested he and Tillerson …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump challenges Tillerson to an ‘IQ test.’ The White House claims it was ‘a joke.’
Trump challenges Tillerson to an ‘IQ test.’ The White House claims it was ‘a joke.’
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Wildfire on Highway 121 in Sonoma County, heading toward Napa … Latest developments in the North Bay fires: — 9 a.m. Small vegetation fire in San Rafael: A vegetation fire less than one acre large started off Professional Center Parkway. Firefighters stopped forward progress.
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Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Ditka on America's race issues: ‘No oppression in the last 100 years’ — Sign-Up for our News & Politics Newsletter … Former Bears coach Mike Ditka appeared on Westwood One's Monday Night Football pregame show with Jim Gray before the Vikings-Bears game.
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BBC:
North Korea ‘hackers steal US-South Korea war plans’ — Hackers from North Korea are reported to have stolen a large cache of military documents from South Korea, including a plan to assassinate North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un. — Rhee Cheol-hee, a South Korean lawmaker, said the information was from his country's defence ministry.
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Justin McCurry / The Guardian:
Jimmy Carter offers to talk peace with North Korea's Kim, says academic
Jimmy Carter offers to talk peace with North Korea's Kim, says academic
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Kansas Tried a Tax Plan Similar to Trump's. It Failed. — WICHITA, Kan. — In December 2014, the University of Kansas agreed to pay David Beaty $800,000 a year, plus incentives, to be the football program's head coach, but with an interesting structure: More than two-thirds of that pay …
Kevin Seifert / ESPN:
Roger Goodell sends letter to NFL teams, wants players to stand during anthem — The NFL has developed a plan to “move past” its ongoing debate about player protests during the national anthem and could enact it next week, commissioner Roger Goodell wrote Tuesday in a letter to all 32 teams.
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Zinke: If We Take Down Confederate Statues, ‘Indians’ Will Complain About Union Ones — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says that the Trump Administration will not remove Confederate monuments from federal lands out of consideration for the feelings of “native Indians.” — “Where do you start and where do you stop?”
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Lola Ogunyemi / The Guardian:
I am the woman in the ‘racist Dove ad’. I am not a victim — When Dove offered me the chance to be the face of a new body wash campaign, I jumped. I had no idea I would become the unwitting poster child for racist advertising … rom a very young age, I've been told, “You're so pretty ... for a dark-skinned girl.”
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