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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Data Guru: I Tried to Team Up With Julian Assange … Alexander Nix, who heads a controversial data analytics firm that worked for President Donald Trump's campaign, wrote in an email last year that he reached out to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about Hillary Clinton's missing 33,000 emails.
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The Daily Beast:
Republicans on House's Trump-Russia Probe Not That Interested in Trump or Russia
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Salon
Jessica Finn / Daily Mail:
Former US president George HW Bush apologises after actress claims he ‘sexually assaulted’ her from his WHEELCHAIR in this photograph - with his wife Barbara standing by his side  — Actress Heather Lind made allegations Tuesday claiming when she met former President George H.W. Bush, 93 …
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Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
George H. W. Bush Apologizes to Actress After She Claims He ‘Sexually Assaulted’ Her During a Photo Shoot  —  George H. W. Bush has apologized to an actress who accused him of sexually assaulting her while they posed for a photograph together four years ago.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Here Are The 10 Most Important Reported Claims About The Steele Dossier On Russia  —  There's a lot of misinformation swirling about that shoddy dossier on Trump and Russia compiled by Christopher Steele.  Here's what's actually been reported on the matter.
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:   Key Russia Probe Splinters as Grassley, Feinstein Set Own Paths
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The Trump dossier was Clinton's dirtiest political trick
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Clinton camp and DNC funded what became the Trump-Russia dossier: Here's what it means
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Tax Cuts Are the Glue Holding a Fractured Republican Party Together  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican tax plan is a bit like having a baby to save a failing marriage.  —  With divisions roiling the party, the prospect of a once-in-a-generation bill to cut taxes on businesses …
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Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
YouTube Trumpkin and Former Milo Intern Kills His Own Dad for Calling Him a Nazi … Something had set Lane Davis off, but that wasn't unusual.  —  It was a clear summer afternoon on July 14, on Samish Island—a small, idyllic community off the northwest coast of Washington state—where Lane …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and twitchy.com
Jack Date / ABC News:
Las Vegas shooter's laptop missing its hard drive  —  A laptop computer recovered from the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock launched the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was missing its hard drive, depriving investigators of a potential key source of information on why he killed …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I went to an Ivy league college’  —  President Trump on Wednesday cited his Ivy League education in pushing back at the notion that he is an uncivil leader.  —  “You know people don't understand, I went to an Ivy League college,” he told reporters at the White House.  “I was a nice student.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cruz on GOP-Trump feud: ‘Shut up and do your job’
Discussion: RedState
David Kamp / Vanity Fair:
Why Joe Biden Didn't Run . . . And Why He's Not Ruling Out 2020  —  In a cruel twist, Joe Biden's planned 2016 presidential campaign was upended by the death of its foremost booster, his 46-year-old son, Beau, from brain cancer.  Will the former vice president make a run in 2020?
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InStyle.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden on a Potential 2020 Presidential Run, Losing His Son, and How to Keep Up the Fight
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
House GOP tax leader threatens to break Trump's promise not to change 401(k) rules  —  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on Wednesday suggested a tax bill he is preparing to introduce could force changes to 401(k) plans and other retirement accounts, potentially bucking …
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Bloomberg:   Tax Kickoff Threatened by GOP Moderates' Defense of State Break
NAACP:
NAACP Issues National Travel Advisory for American Airlines  —  Calls for Meeting with Airlines to Discuss Troublesome Issues  —  (October 24, 2017) - The NAACP, the nation's original and largest social justice advocacy organization, has released the following statement today announcing …
Lydia Polgreen / Highline:
Four Quitters Walk Into a Bar...  I have met Trump haters before, lots of them, the kind who seize upon every conspiracy theory and refuse to give him any benefit of any doubt.  The four people I recently spent the morning with at Solly's Tavern in D.C. (sans booze, don't worry) were not Trump haters.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Political Wire
Sam Baker / Axios:
Judge sides with Trump in dispute over ACA payments  —  The Trump administration does not need to resume paying the Affordable Care Act's cost-sharing subsidies, a federal judge ruled today.  The court said the administration “appears initially” to have “the stronger legal argument” over its decision to terminate the payments.
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Victoria Colliver / Politico:
Judge denies request to force Trump to pay Obamacare insurance subsidies
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Record-High Support for Legalizing Marijuana Use in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to warm to legalizing marijuana, with 64% now saying its use should be made legal.  This is the highest level of public support Gallup has found for the proposal in nearly a half-century of measurement.
Tracy Watkins / Stuff.co.nz:
US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown faced complaints over ‘cultural misunderstanding’  —  U.S Ambassador Scott Brown explains his conduct during a Peace Corps function in Samoa.  —  US Ambassador Scott Brown has fronted over mounting “innuendo and rumour” about a State Department investigation into his behaviour.
Will Ripley / CNN:
North Korean official: Take hydrogen bomb threat ‘literally’  —  Pyongyang (CNN)A senior North Korean official has issued a stern warning to the world that it should take “literally” his country's threat to test a nuclear weapon above ground.  —  The official, Ri Yong Pil …
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and IJR
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USA Today:
Trump says he did not ‘specifically’ authorize Niger mission that killed four U.S. soldiers  —  WASHINGTON - President Trump on Wednesday said he did not “specifically” authorize the Niger mission that killed four U.S. soldiers earlier this month.  —  Asked by reporters whether he gave …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Trump: ‘My generals’ had decision-making authority on Niger mission
Discussion: RedState
Randy Wimbley / WJBK-TV:
Black customer terrified by locksmith's racist text message  —  SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) - A Southfield woman in need of a locksmith was shocked after getting a glimpse of a text conversation the worker had about her.  —  The message may have been a joke but that woman was not laughing - instead she was pretty shaken up.
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Hill's flimsy Russia-uranium story lands with maximum effect  —  The Hill is having an impact day.  In a news conference Tuesday, House Republicans announced that two panels — the House Intelligence Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee …
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
With my husband deployed, covering the news hits home  —  Gen. Kelly speaks at White House (full remarks)  — A CNN correspondent whose husband is on his sixth deployment anchors a show and struggles to keep it together as the White House briefing turns to military deaths
Discussion: TVNewser and Mediaite
Brooke Marine / W Magazine:
Rosie O'Donnell Breaks Her Silence on Donald Trump: “I Seriously Worry Whether I Will Be Able to Live Through His Presidency”  —  As someone who's always been outspoken and especially so about her politics, it's been an unexpectedly quiet year for Rosie O'Donnell.
Brianna Calix / Fresno Bee:
Clovis student who participated in racist messages is beat up at school  —  Buchanan High School students are reporting that a student who participated in a racist Snapchat conversation was beat up last week upon his return to school.  —  A video circulating on social media shows …
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Washington Post:
With business booming under Trump, private prison giant gathers at president's resort  —  DORAL, Fla. — In recent years, the private prison company GEO Group has held its annual leadership conference at venues near its Boca Raton headquarters.  But this year, the company moved its gathering …
 
 
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Corker vows to get answers on Trump's Russia sanctions delay
Discussion: Vox
Oliver Laughland / The Guardian:
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Bloomberg:
Trump Decides Against Gary Cohn for Fed Chair
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CBC News:
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters see Trump as reckless, not honest