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David Palmer / The Cullman Times:
Ed Henry on Moore accusations: I'm not buying it — State Rep. Ed Henry lashed out at Roy Moore's accusers and Republicans who said the U.S. Senate candidate should back out of the special election in an interview Thursday evening with The Times. — Henry, R-Hartselle …
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Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service:
Conservatives defend Roy Moore — invoking Joseph, Mary and the Ten Commandments — RNS) — Conservative Christian supporters of Roy Moore are defending the U.S. Senate candidate against allegations of molesting a teenager decades ago — and one of them used the biblical story of Mary …
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Nancy French / Washington Post:
What it's like to watch men like Roy Moore as a conservative and as a sex abuse survivor — I used to admire men like Roy Moore, because I loved everything about church — the off-key a cappella rendition of “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” the typos in the bulletin, the ladies who smelled …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Alabama GOP lawmaker: Roy Moore accusers should be prosecuted for not coming forward sooner — Republican Alabama State Representative Ed Henry said on Friday that he wanted someone to bring charges against the women who accused GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore of making sexual advances on them when they were teenagers.
New York Times:
Sex Allegations Against Roy Moore Send Republicans Reeling
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
This is what 44 seconds of GOP senators not responding to questions about Roy Moore sounds like
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP senator asks to be taken off Moore fundraising appeals
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Mike Lee wants Roy Moore to stop using his image on fundraising ads
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: As Roy Moore declines to step aside, a tale of two Republican parties emerges
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Alabama state auditor defends Roy Moore against sexual allegations, invokes Mary and Joseph
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Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probes Flynn's Role in Alleged Plan to Deliver Cleric to Turkey — Under alleged plan, ex-Trump adviser and his son were to be paid millions to forcibly remove Fethullah Gulen from U.S. and deliver him to Turkish custody — WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating …
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NBC News:
Mueller Probing Possible Deal Between Turks, Flynn During Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are examining whether former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn met with senior Turkish officials just weeks before President Donald Trump's inauguration …
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The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Advised Mark Cuban to Run in 2020 as a Democrat … As he publicly flirts with a run for the presidency in 2020, Mark Cuban has also privately been in touch with potential allies and strategists to plot out a campaign. — The Dallas Mavericks owner confirmed that he has corresponded …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Key Takeaways From Steve Bannon's Interview With The Times — Stephen K. Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News and the former White House chief strategist, spoke with Jeremy W. Peters, a reporter for The New York Times, in a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday.
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Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Bannon compares Moore report to Trump Access Hollywood tape
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Bannon compares Moore accusations to infamous Trump Access Hollywood tape
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Trump judge nominee, 36, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley discusses his panel's plans to move forward on President Trump's judicial nominees. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump adviser claims he lied to FBI out of loyalty to Trump: Source — George Papadopoulos, the Trump foreign policy aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, initially misled agents out of what he claimed was loyalty to President Donald Trump, according to a person with direct knowledge of the investigation.
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CBS News:
Aly Raisman says she was sexually abused by U.S. national team doctor — In an interview with 60 Minutes, the Olympic gold medalist says she spoke with FBI investigators after the Rio games — One of America's biggest Olympic stars has come forward to accuse the former U.S. women's gymnastics team doctor of sexual abuse.
Matt Zoller Seitz / Vulture:
Louis C.K. Is Done — Louis C.K. is done. — A New York Times investigation published today put names and specifics to unsourced stories that had been circulating for years, alleging that the filmmaker-performer pressured five female colleagues to watch or listen to him masturbate.
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Sandra Gonzalez / CNNMoney:
Louis CK allegations prompt action by HBO, FX
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House bracing for another staff shakeup — Deputy chief of staff Rick Dearborn is expected to be reassigned to the Commerce Department or another federal agency. — The White House is bracing for another staff shakeup upon President Donald Trump's return from Asia …
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Lindsey Adler / Deadspin:
Teen Girl Posed For 8 Years As Married Man To Write About Baseball And Harass Women — For the last eight years, baseball fan-turned-writer Becca Schultz has presented herself online as Ryan Schultz, a false identity she assumed when she was 13 years old, duping and harassing women on Twitter along the way.
Los Angeles Times:
Kevin Spacey's unprecedented fall from grace tests a stunned Hollywood — No other scandal has affected so many entertainment projects with such immediacy as the fall of Kevin Spacey (Nov. 10, 2017) — In early October, Kevin Spacey was right where he wanted to be: singing and hamming it up in front of an admiring crowd.
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RT:
Washington orders RT America to register as foreign agent by Monday … Washington will apply its Foreign Agents Registration Act to RT America, the channel has announced. The Department of Justice has given the broadcaster until Monday to register as a foreign agent, otherwise …
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The Hill:
Mounting GOP retirements threaten House majority — A retirement wave has hit House Republicans, emboldening Democrats who have become increasingly bullish about their prospects of winning back a majority in 2018. — House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte
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Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Rural Wisconsin voters swung for Trump and change, but found frustration — Rural counties in western Wisconsin have become difficult to predict politically. Richland County is one of 19 counties in the U.S. to vote for every winning president since 1980. Rick Wood and Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Biden sees one Democrat who can beat Trump in 2020: Joe Biden — Joe Biden thinks it's critical that Donald Trump not get a second term — and though it's early, he doesn't yet see anyone else who could stop that from happening. — So, he's been telling people privately, that might mean he'll just have to run himself.
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