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11:35 AM ET, October 25, 2017

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Washington Post:
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier  —  The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between …
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The Daily Beast:
Republicans on House's Trump-Russia Probe Not That Interested in Trump or Russia
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Clinton Campaign and Democratic Party Helped Pay for Russia Trump Dossier
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Trump-Russia investigators gathering documents from estate of GOP operative, sources say
Discussion: Politico and Last Men and OverMen
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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Kate Feldman / New York Daily News:
Actress Heather Lind accuses former President George H.W. Bush of sexual assault  —  An AMC actress claims that former President George H.W. Bush groped her from his wheelchair during a screening.  —  Heather Lind, who starred in “Turn: Washington's Spies,” detailed her accusations in a lengthy …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
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.
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
George H.W. Bush Apologizes After Actress Says He Sexually Assaulted Her
Discussion: Shakesville and Deadline
Julia Manchester / The Hill:   George H.W. Bush apologizes after actress accuses him of sexual assault
Fox News:
George HW Bush apologizes after ‘sexual assault’ allegation
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Tom Porter / Newsweek:
GEORGE H.W. BUSH APOLOGIZES AFTER ACTRESS HEATHER LIND ACCUSES HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Discussion: Vox
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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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Jeff Flake's Defiant Surrender  —  In 1911, in the midst of a debate about whether Britain's House of Lords should willingly give up its veto power over legislation or fight a doomed battle to retain its privileges, a British peer, Lord Selborne, framed the debate for his fellow lords this way …
ABC News:
Analysis: Can the GOP survive the Trump presidency?
Discussion: Politico
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Trump under siege from retiring Republicans
Discussion: The Hill
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.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
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.
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Eleanor Ainge Roy / The Guardian:
Scott Brown: US ambassador to New Zealand investigated over inappropriate comments
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Julia Manchester / The Hill:   Scott Brown admits investigation into inappropriate comments
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: Raw Story and twitchy.com
Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
Enough  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Arizona.  —  As I contemplate the Trump presidency, I cannot help but think of Joseph Welch.  —  On June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Welch, who was the chief counsel for the Army, famously asked the committee chairman …
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: Political Wire
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 …
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Carson: Critics of Trump's call to Army widow are ‘just looking for something to complain about’  —  on Wednesday defended President Trump's controversial call to the widow of fallen U.S. soldier, saying the president's critics are “just looking for something to complain about.”
Discussion: Raw Story
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters see Trump as reckless, not honest
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 …
NBC News:
Breakdown in North Korea Talks Sounds Alarms on Capitol Hill  —  WASHINGTON — Diplomatic efforts between the United States and North Korea are in peril with Pyongyang shunning talks in response to President Donald Trump's increased public attacks on Kim Jong Un, according to multiple U.S. government and congressional officials.
Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Faces Another Money-Laundering Probe  —  Manhattan U.S. attorney's inquiry comes as President Donald Trump is weighing candidates to run the office  —  The Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is pursuing an investigation into possible money laundering …
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.
Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times:
Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits  —  Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to strike down a sweeping new rule that would have allowed millions of Americans to band together in class-action lawsuits against financial institutions.  —  The overturning of the rule …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Senate votes to repeal consumer rule
Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico and Axios
 
 
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