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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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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 …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next … Investigators looking into the so-called “Trump dossier” were not surprised when news broke Tuesday night that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, working through the Democrats' law firm, Perkins Coie, financed the “salacious and unverified” …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Clinton camp and DNC funded what became the Trump-Russia dossier: Here's what it means
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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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.
Kate Feldman / New York Daily News:
Actress Heather Lind accuses former President George H.W. Bush of sexual assault
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
George H.W. Bush Apologizes After Actress Says He Sexually Assaulted Her
Discussion: Shakesville and Deadline
Tom Porter / Newsweek:
GEORGE H.W. BUSH APOLOGIZES AFTER ACTRESS HEATHER LIND ACCUSES HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Discussion: Vox
Fox News:
George HW Bush apologizes after ‘sexual assault’ allegation
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Kieran Corcoran / Business Insider:
George H.W. Bush apologizes after an actress accuses him of sexual assault in a #MeToo post on Instagram
Discussion: Washington Post and IndieWire
Julia Manchester / The Hill:   George H.W. Bush apologizes after actress accuses him of sexual assault
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 …
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: RedState, Raw Story and twitchy.com
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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CNNMoney:
NAACP warns black passengers about traveling with American Airlines
Discussion: AOL
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
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 …
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.
ACLU:
After a Month of Obstruction by the Trump Administration, Jane Doe Gets Her Abortion  —  WASHINGTON — More than a month after she made her decision, Jane Doe was able to obtain an abortion this morning.  She was able to get the abortion care after an appeals court in Washington, D.C. …
Discussion: Politico
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Undocumented teen gets abortion that Trump administration tried to block
Discussion: National Review, twitchy.com and Rewire
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 …
Discussion: Axios
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?
Discussion: Political Wire
Karma Allen / ABC News:
2 dead after campus shooting at Grambling State University  —  Two men were fatally shot early Wednesday morning on the campus of Grambling State University in northern Louisiana, authorities said.  —  The suspect fled the scene, according to the Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Department …
Discussion: abc11.com and The Root
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Washington Post:
Student and campus visitor killed in shooting at Grambling State University, authorities say
Discussion: The Daily Caller and FOX2now.com
Bloomberg:
Under Trump, Made in America Is Losing Out to Russian Steel  —  An oligarch-owned steel company is winning pipeline contracts, and foreign steel imports are up 24 percent this year.  —  Four days after his inauguration, Donald Trump signed a handful of executive memos to advance …
 
 
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
GOP chairman threatens to subpoena DEA over investigation into ‘pill dumping’ in West Virginia
Discussion: The Daily Caller
TMZ.com:
Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock's Brother Arrested for Child Porn
Discussion: The Daily Caller, IJR and AOL
Sam Baker / Axios:
CBO: Bipartisan ACA bill would save taxpayers $3.8 billion
Discussion: Politico
Gwen Thompkins / NPR:
Fats Domino, Architect Of Rock And Roll, Dead At 89
Discussion: Philly.com, TMZ.com and The Root
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Roy Price canceled ‘Good Girls Revolt.’ For the show's stars, it's ‘horribly meta.’
 Earlier Items: 
Tina Moore / New York Post:
Off-duty NYPD cop flips out over chocolate store closing
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock your front door
Brianna Keilar / CNN:
With my husband deployed, covering the news hits home
Discussion: TVNewser and Mediaite
Graham Ruddick / The Guardian:
Michael Bloomberg: Brexit is stupidest thing any country has done besides Trump
Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times:
Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits
 

 
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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

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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