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Washington Post:
Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32 — Leigh Corfman says she was 14 years old when an older man approached her outside a courtroom in Etowah County, Ala. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her mother, they both recall, when the man introduced himself as Roy Moore.
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Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Alabama state auditor defends Roy Moore against sexual allegations, invokes Mary and Joseph — Judge Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for Alabama's upcoming special Senate election, denies allegations that he romantically pursued teenagers as young as 14 when he was in his 30s.
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
After Endorsing Democrat in Alabama, Bezos's Washington Post Plans to Hit Roy Moore with Allegations of Inappropriate Relations with Teenagers; Judge Claims Smear Campaign — The Washington Post is imminently planning to run a piece targeting Judge Roy Moore, claiming that he engaged …
al.com:
Roy Moore's full statement on teen sex encounter allegation — The Roy Moore campaign this afternoon released this statement in response to an article from The Washington Post claiming the U.S. Senate candidate had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl in 1979 when Moore was 32.
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New York Times:
Sex Allegations Against Roy Moore Send Republicans Reeling — ATLANTA — Republicans in Washington seemed near panic Thursday in the light of a news report in which four women said Roy S. Moore, the Republican nominee for a United States Senate seat in Alabama and an evangelical Christian …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Moore fundraises off of report alleging relationships with teenagers — Alabama Republican Roy Moore sent a fundraising email Thursday afternoon asking for donations to combat the “Obama-Clinton Machine's liberal media lapdogs,” hours after The Washington Post published accounts from four women …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Roy Moore declines to debate Dem opponent
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Elana Schor / Politico:
McConnell calls on Moore to step aside if report on relations with teenagers is true
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Moore after sexual allegations: ‘I refuse to stand down’
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Here's What Could Happen With Roy Moore And The Alabama Senate Ballot
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Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue Media:
Breitbart editor: It's OK if Roy Moore is a pedophile because he was single at the time
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Top Alabama GOPers Blast McConnell, Defend Roy Moore After Underage Sex Allegations
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Strange encouraged to run write-in campaign after Moore allegations
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New York Times:
Louis C.K. Crossed a Line Into Sexual Misconduct, 5 Women Say — In 2002, a Chicago comedy duo, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, landed their big break: a chance to perform at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo. When Louis C.K. invited them to hang out in his hotel room for a nightcap …
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Jezebel:
On Rumors — The revelation in Thursday's New York Times that comedian Louis CK acted sexually inappropriate with women comedians was not a revelation to us here at Jezebel. In 2012, Jezebel's sibling site, Gawker, ran a blind item about a “critically cherished sitcom auteur” …
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Katherine Schaffstall / Hollywood Reporter:
Louis C.K.'s Movie Premiere Canceled in Advance of N.Y. Times Story — The ‘I Love You, Daddy’ screening was abruptly axed just hours before it was set to take place. — The New York premiere of Louis C.K.'s upcoming film, I Love You, Daddy, set for Thursday, has been canceled.
NBC News:
Trump Bodyguard Keith Schiller Testifies Russian Offered Trump Women, Was Turned Down — WASHINGTON — After a business meeting before the Miss Universe Pageant in 2013, a Russian participant offered to “send five women” to Donald Trump's hotel room in Moscow, his longtime bodyguard told Congress this week …
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CNN:
Mueller interviews top White House aide — Washington (CNN)White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller has been interviewed as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, according to sources familiar with the investigation. — The interview brings the special counsel investigation …
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Russia Twitter trolls deflected Trump bad news — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disguised Russian agents on Twitter rushed to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump just before last year's presidential election while straining to refocus criticism on the mainstream media …
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Trump, Clinton camps both offered slice of dossier firm's work: sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The same political research firm that prepared a dossier on Trump campaign ties to Russia had unrelated information on Clinton Foundation donors that a Russian lawyer obtained and offered …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
White House chief of staff tried to pressure acting DHS secretary to expel thousands of Hondurans, officials say — Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke meets with Britain's Home Secretary on Oct. 20. Duke refused to bow to pressure from White House Chief …
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Ali Watkins / Politico:
Mysterious Putin ‘niece’ has a name — Federal investigators have a name for a mysterious Russian woman who offered to help broker meetings between former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and Kremlin officials: Olga Vinogradova. — The name, which has not previously been reported …
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CNN:
Rand Paul and his neighbor haven't talked in years — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)It's a case so mysterious that it borders on preposterous: A US senator allegedly tackled by a neighbor while mowing his lawn, an attack so vicious that Rand Paul ended up with six fractured ribs and bruises to his lungs that made it hard to breathe.
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Washington Post:
Senate GOP plan would delay corporate tax cut until 2019, breaking with Trump — Senate Republicans on Thursday plan to propose delaying a cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent until 2019, four people briefed on the planning said, a major departure from President Trump's insistence …
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Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
Senate GOP's tax bill points to nasty fight ahead
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Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Dear Sutherland Springs, you deserve an apology from the news media — When I drove into town Sunday afternoon, it was still quiet. Just a few hours had passed since the massacre at First Baptist, and only a handful of local journalists were there. By day's end, dozens more had descended.
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Heather Timmons / Quartz:
Beijing is playing Trump “like a fiddle,” an ex-ambassador to China says — Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's recent hosting of Donald Trump was a masterclass in how to make the US president comfortable—feed him familiar food, take him on his favorite outing, golf, and tell him how much you like him.
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TMZ.com:
O.J. Simpson Thrown Out of Vegas Cosmopolitan Hotel for Belligerence (UPDATE) — O.J. Simpson was booted from the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday night after allegedly getting wasted and then being extremely unruly. — Simpson had been frequenting bars at the hotel since his release from prison.
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Zack Sharf / IndieWire:
‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner Accused of Sexual Harassment by Writer Kater Gordon — Gordon won an Emmy award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series with Weiner for her work on “Mad Men.” — Matthew Weiner, best known as the creator of “Mad Men,” has been accused of sexual harassment by Kater Gordon.
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Trump Thinks Scientology Should Have Tax Exemption Revoked, Longtime Aide Says — Lynne Patton told an actress the Trump family “couldn't agree more” that the church shouldn't be exempt. — President Donald Trump believes the Church of Scientology should have its tax exemption revoked …
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Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Seek Plea Deal With Manafort's Former Son-in Law — Jeffrey Yohai, who worked with his father-in-law on real-estate deals, hasn't been charged with any crime — The Justice Department is seeking to reach a plea deal in its criminal investigation of the former son-in-law of Paul Manafort …
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