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11:05 PM ET, October 25, 2017

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Dave McKenna / Deadspin:
Second Woman: George H.W. Bush Groped Me  —  Earlier this week, actress Heather Lind said in a now-deleted Instagram post that former president George H.W. Bush had sexually assaulted her.  “He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side,” she wrote.
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Lisa Respers France / CNN:
George H.W. Bush responds after actress accuses him of sexual assault  —  (CNN)Former president George H.W. Bush has responded after an actress alleged that he touched her inappropriately while he was sitting in his wheelchair during a photo op that took place a few years ago.
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
The Trump campaign is scrambling to distance itself from Cambridge Analytica amid Assange-Hillary Clinton email flap  — The Trump campaign's executive director and digital director downplayed Cambridge Analytica's work for the campaign in separate remarks on Wednesday.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Key Russia Probe Splinters as Grassley, Feinstein Set Own Paths  —  Judiciary chairman, top Democrat launch separate inquiries  —  Grassley looking into Hillary Clinton emails, uranium case  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee's bipartisan Russia probe has fractured, with Chairman Chuck Grassley …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
FEC complaint accuses Clinton campaign, DNC of violating campaign finance law with dossier payments
Discussion: NewsBusters
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Here Are The 10 Most Important Reported Claims About The Steele Dossier On Russia
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
GOP spin about the new ‘Steele Dossier’ story is disingenuous nonsense
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Storms erode Trump's ratings  —  Was it the tweet storms or the hurricanes?  Something hit President Trump's numbers.  His personal ratings have deteriorated and his job approval has hit a low.  —  Thirty-eight percent of voters approve of the job Trump is doing in a new Fox News poll, down from 42 percent last month.
Discussion: Axios and Politicus USA
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Fox News poll: Dems lead by 15 points on generic ballot
Discussion: Political Wire
David Weigel / Washington Post:
McConnell allies declare open warfare on Bannon  —  Allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared open warfare on Wednesday against Stephen K. Bannon, the former White House chief strategist and leader of an insurrection aimed at defeating mainstream GOP candidates in next year's midterm elections.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Associated Press:
Conservatives say no to immigration in spending bill
Discussion: Politico
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Pitched as Calming Force, John Kelly Instead Mirrors Boss's Priorities  —  WASHINGTON — Last summer, the Trump administration debated lowering the annual cap on refugees admitted to the United States.  Should it stay at 110,000, be cut to 50,000 or fall somewhere in between?  John F. Kelly offered his opinion.
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Republican tax plan could affect 401(k) plans, despite Trump assurances  —  Republican tax writers on Capitol Hill are still considering changes to 401(k) retirement savings programs, downplaying President Donald Trump's repeated pledges not to touch retirement accounts popular with middle-class Americans in the GOP tax overhaul.
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Bloomberg:   Tax Kickoff Threatened by GOP Moderates' Defense of State Break
John Solomon / The Hill:
FBI informant in Obama-era Russian nuclear bribery cleared to testify before Congress  —  The Justice Department on Wednesday night released a former FBI informant from a confidentiality agreement, allowing him to testify before Congress about what he witnessed undercover …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Hill's flimsy Russia-uranium story lands with maximum effect
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
Jason Cherkis / HuffPost:
‘I Was Blind And Complicit And Just, Like, Did Nothing’: New Republic Staffers Speak Out  —  The magazine's literary editor, Leon Wieseltier, is accused of harassment and inappropriate behavior.  —  WASHINGTON Soon after the long-whispered allegations concerning Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein came …
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 …
Mike Snider / USA Today:
Kellogg's to replace racially insensitive Corn Pops boxes following Twitter call out  —  Kellogg's will be redesigning Corn Pops cereal boxes after a complaint about racially insensitive art on the packaging.  —  The Battle Creek, Mich.-based cereal and snack maker said on Twitter Wednesday …
Discussion: grubstreet, The Root and Vox Popoli
Jason Johnson / The Root:
Hey, I Can Play This Game Too, Guys  —  I have a confession to make.  I'm black.  —  I'm a black guy with black parents and black relatives and even some black friends.  I also work at Morgan State, a historically black university.  And since we're keeping it 100, I'm the political editor at The Root …
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?
Hot Air:
Progressive, “Fair Wage” Pizza Shop Closing Its Doors  —  In the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston back in 2015, the people at the nonprofit organization Haley House came up with a novel idea.  They would open a pizza shop based on the principles of economic justice and fair wages to support the community.
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Cristela Guerra / BostonGlobe.com:
Roxbury's Dudley Dough, a fair-wage pizza shop, to close its doors
Discussion: IJR and RedState
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.
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 …
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
San Juan mayor calls for canceling ‘alarming’ contract for Puerto Rican power repairs … WASHINGTON — A $300 million contract to fix Puerto Rico's hurricane-damaged power grid that was given to a tiny Montana company should be voided, said San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz …
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
Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed:
Reddit Is Removing Nazi And Alt-Right Groups As Part Of A New Policy And Some Users Are Confused  —  “The front page of the internet” is removing violent and hateful material — Nazi and alt-right groups were some of the first to go.  —  Reddit is purging Nazi, white supremacist …
Associated Press:
Vice President Pence to visit Israel and Egypt in December  —  Vice President Mike Pence announced Wednesday that he will travel to Israel and Egypt in late December, and said the U.S. will redirect funds aimed at helping persecuted Christians and other minorities away from the United Nations.
Discussion: Axios
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 …
 
 
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Washington Times:
Pentagon advocates requiring women to sign up for military draft
Discussion: RedState and IJR
Holly K. Michels / Helena Independent Record:
Woman who said she ‘would have shot’ reporter resigns from Gallatin GOP group
Discussion: The Guardian
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Senior health officials in the dark about Trump's opioid declaration
Tara Golshan / Vox:
The Trump administration is delaying Russia sanctions that Congress demanded
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania finds 544 possibly illegal ballots since 2000
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump congratulates Chinese president on ‘extraordinary elevation’
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Network executives are scrambling to solve the growing problem of crashing ratings for the …
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Adriel Bettelheim / Politico:
Judge denies request to force Trump to pay Obamacare insurance subsidies
Brianna Calix / Fresno Bee:
Clovis student who participated in racist messages is beat up at school
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
With my husband deployed, covering the news hits home
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Lydia Polgreen / Highline:
Four Quitters Walk Into a Bar...
Discussion: The Atlantic and Political Wire
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

 
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