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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.
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Saving Roy Moore Isn't Worth It — I argued that conservatives should disassociate themselves from Roy Moore and denounce him weeks before credible allegations surfaced today that he preyed on teenage girls, one only 14 years old. So I'm pretty locked-in. — I suppose it's good that some Republicans see this as a bridge too far.
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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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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 — MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE—At a speech in New Hampshire Thursday night, GOP strategist Steve Bannon compared the accusations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to the release of President Trump's infamous “Access Hollywood” video during the 2016 election.
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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
After Endorsing Democrat in Alabama, Bezos's Washington Post Plans to Hit Roy Moore with Allegations …
al.com:
Roy Moore's full statement on teen sex encounter allegation
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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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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Lib Media Accuses AL Republican Roy Moore of Illicit Advances on 14-Yr-Old in 1979 …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Moore allegations threaten to spark a GOP Senate crisis
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Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Doug Jones, Roy Moore talk law enforcement in Montgomery stops
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The Atlantic
The Daily Beast:
GOP Senators Run Away From Accused Child Molester Roy Moore
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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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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Here's What Could Happen With Roy Moore And The Alabama Senate Ballot
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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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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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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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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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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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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Romney moves toward Senate bid — Mitt Romney is edging closer to a 2018 Senate run. — The former GOP presidential nominee is huddling with Utah's class of GOP power brokers, contacting the state's major political donors, and hitting the trail for candidates running in local races amid …
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Axios
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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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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Justin Kroll / Variety:
Sandra Bullock to Star as Filibustering Senator Wendy Davis in ‘Let Her Speak’ — Sandra Bullock will star in the spec “Let Her Speak” as Texas senator Wendy Davis, whose 11-hour filibuster helped stall an anti-abortion bill in the Texas state house. — Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal …
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Sandra Bullock Attached To Play Filibustering Texas Pol Wendy Davis In ‘Let Her Speak’
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Washington Free Beacon
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
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Thoughts and Prayers for Anti-Gun Freaks Grieving Over Death of The Narrative — The synchronized leftist response to this latest attack on normal Christians was pre-planned, and it didn't matter that this time it was another militant atheist weirdo instead of an ISIS-loving foreigner.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Republican panic boosts tax cut chances — With the release of the Senate's plan yesterday, tax cuts are off to a stronger start than health reform's fraught debut earlier this year. — The bottom line: You've got high top rates on wealthy people, a concession to the left — yet tons of loopholes and crony tax breaks.
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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