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O'Reilly Settled New Harassment Claims, Then Fox Renewed His Contract — In January, the Fox News host was said to have agreed to a $32 million settlement with a former network analyst, the largest of his known payouts. — Last January, six months after Fox News ousted its chairman amid …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump pledges to personally pay some legal bills of WH staff and associates — President Trump has promised to spend at least $430,000 of his own money to defray legal costs incurred by campaign associates and White House staff due to the Russia investigations, a White House official tells Axios.
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Amanda Holpuch / The Guardian:
Republican official ‘would have shot’ Guardian reporter attacked by Gianforte — Montana Republican official Karen Marshall told radio program she would have shot reporter Ben Jacobs if ‘that kid had done to me what he did to Greg’ … A Montana Republican party official “would have shot” …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump viciously lashes out as Gold Star family lays Sgt. La David Johnson to rest — Army Sgt. La David Johnson will be laid to rest today in Hollywood, Florida, more than two weeks after he was killed in an ISIS-led ambush in Niger. He was one of four Army Special Forces troops killed on Oct. 4 …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump arrives at golf resort as Gold Star family buries soldier he sent on doomed mission
Trump arrives at golf resort as Gold Star family buries soldier he sent on doomed mission
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Dakin Andone / CNN:
Loved ones say good-bye to Sgt. La David Johnson, US soldier slain in Niger
Loved ones say good-bye to Sgt. La David Johnson, US soldier slain in Niger
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Linley Sanders / Newsweek:
WHAT DOES ‘EMPTY BARREL’ MEAN AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? — One day after White House Chief of Staff John Kelly insulted a member of Congress be calling her an “empty barrel,” the world has been asking one question: What the hell is an “empty barrel,” anyway?
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E.A. Crunden / ThinkProgress:
Five former presidents are raising money for hurricane relief. Trump is playing golf. — Your friendly reminder that most of Puerto Rico is still without power. — All five living former U.S. presidents are set to participate in a fundraiser for hurricane relief efforts on Saturday …
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Carolina Moreno / HuffPost:
Doctors Fear A Potentially Deadly Disease Outbreak In Puerto Rico
Yonette Joseph / New York Times:
After Making Mugabe a ‘Good-Will Ambassador,’ W.H.O. Chief Is ‘Rethinking’ It — The World Health Organization's decision to name President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe a “good-will ambassador” has provoked outrage from medical professionals, rights groups, opposition leaders and others who took …
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BBC:
Robert Mugabe's WHO appointment condemned as ‘an insult’
Robert Mugabe's WHO appointment condemned as ‘an insult’
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Trump plans to release JFK assassination documents despite concerns from federal agencies — President Trump announced Saturday morning that he planned to release the tens of thousands of never-before-seen documents left in the files related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination held …
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
Steve Bannon delivers blistering attack on former President George W. Bush — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Anaheim, California (CNN)Steve Bannon delivered a withering attack on George W. Bush Friday night, bluntly questioning the former President's intelligence and his grasp of the concepts …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Stephen Bannon takes fierce aim at George W. Bush in wake of speech seen as critical of President Trump
Stephen Bannon takes fierce aim at George W. Bush in wake of speech seen as critical of President Trump
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Steve Bannon's ‘Season of War’ Roadshow
Yvonne Abraham / BostonGlobe.com:
How rage over a woman's anti-cop Facebook post killed a Lynn coffee shop — LYNN — So this is how the world works now. — It's not enough to just disagree with somebody who says something some find odious. No, angry mobs must be set upon them, to terrify them and destroy their lives.
Brent Solomon / KSLA-TV:
Police investigate video showing MS students simulating sex, yelling racist rants — Henrico police are now investigating a video posted on social media showing middle school students simulating sex and shouting racially insensitive remarks. Parents are angry over the video.
Josh Saul / Newsweek:
STEPHANIE MCKELLOP, TEACHER WHO CALLS ON BLACK WOMEN, NOT MALE STUDENTS, BECOMES LATEST CULTURE WAR BATTLE — After a teaching assistant at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania tweeted about a strategy to encourage classroom participation by minority students, the tweets sparked …
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Republicans Consider Sharp Cut in 401(k) Contribution Limits — WASHINGTON — House Republicans are considering a plan to sharply reduce the amount of income American workers can save in tax-deferred retirement accounts as part of a broad effort to rewrite the tax code, according to lobbyists …
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Lena Felton / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Is Rush-Shipping Condolences to Military Families — The Trump administration is scrambling to defend the president's characterization of his communications with grieving military families, including rush-delivering letters from the president to the families of servicemembers killed months ago.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Uber's Whistle-Blower Is Developing a Movie and Having a Baby — In her first interview since the essay that started a wave of sexual-harassment revelations, Susan Fowler tells her life story and looks to the future. — SAN FRANCISCO — Susan Fowler was, she recalls, “over the moon” in January 2016.