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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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John M. Donnelly / Roll Call:
Exclusive: Pentagon Document Contradicts Trump's Gold Star Claims — Email undermines veracity of president's statement about Gold Star contacts — Contrary to Rhetoric, Military Mishaps Have Been Declining Senate Diluted Tough Oversight of Israeli Antimissile Program Safety Experts: Some F-35 Ejections Pose ‘Serious’ Death Risk
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Herman Wong / Washington Post:
Here are the four-star generals Donald Trump has publicly bashed
Here are the four-star generals Donald Trump has publicly bashed
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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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Dakin Andone / CNN:
Loved ones say good-bye to Sgt. La David Johnson, US soldier slain in Niger — Sources: Soldier found about a mile from ambush — Cooper City, Florida (CNN)A heartbreaking truth began to dawn for the family of slain Army Sgt. La David Johnson as loved ones held a private funeral Saturday …
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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.
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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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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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.
Thomas Frank / The Guardian:
What Harvey Weinstein tells us about the liberal world — et us now consider the peculiar politics of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie producer. Today Weinstein is in the headlines for an astonishing array of alleged sexual harassment and assaults, but once upon a time he was renowned …
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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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.
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BBC:
Robert Mugabe's WHO appointment condemned as ‘an insult’ — The choice of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador has been criticised by several organisations including the British government. — It described his selection as …
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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.
New York Times:
10 Minutes. 12 Gunfire Bursts. 30 Videos. Mapping the Las Vegas Massacre. — The shots began at 10:05. Twelve bursts of gunfire later, police broke down Stephen Paddock's door at the Mandalay Bay. Using forensic analysis, The Times mapped 30 videos that show a vivid picture of what happened that night.
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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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Raphael Minder / New York Times:
Spain Will Remove Catalonia Leader, Escalating Secession Crisis — BARCELONA — The escalating confrontation over Catalonia's independence drive took its most serious turn on Saturday as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain announced that he would remove the leadership of the restive region …
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Young subscribers flock to old media — As President Donald Trump wages daily war against the press, millennials are subscribing to legacy news publications in record numbers—and at a growth rate, data suggests, far outpacing any other age group. — Since November's election, the New Yorker …
Caroline Kenny / CNN:
Five former US presidents to appear at hurricane relief concert — Former presidents team up for hurricane relief — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)It'll be a rare joint appearance of five members of an exclusive club. — All five living former US presidents will take part …
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