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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Breitbart aims to discredit Roy Moore's accusers — Steve Bannon has sent two of Breitbart News' top reporters, Matt Boyle and Aaron Klein, to Alabama. Their mission: to discredit the Washington Post's reporting on Roy Moore's alleged sexual misconduct with teenagers.
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Everyone Knew Roy Moore Dated High School Girls, Says Former Colleague — And they thought it was “weird,” according to former deputy district attorney. — A former prosecutor who worked in Alabama with GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore in the early 1980s told CNN on Saturday that it was …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Alabama Polls: Judge Roy Moore Maintains Double Digit Lead Over Democrat Doug Jones Before, After WaPo Smear — MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Two new polls demonstrate that GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate Judge Roy Moore remains unaffected entirely by smears in the Washington Post against him …
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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE - Mother of Roy Moore Accuser Contradicts Key Detail of Daughter's Sexual Misconduct Story — Birmingham, ALABAMA — The mother of Leigh Corfman, who says that Alabama Senatorial Candidate Roy Moore tried to engage in a sexual encounter with her when she was 14, has contradicted a key detail of Corfman's story.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP fears Roy Moore will cost them a Senate seat
GOP fears Roy Moore will cost them a Senate seat
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Moore backers stand by their man
Moore backers stand by their man
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump dominates the GOP base. Party leaders live with the consequences.
Trump dominates the GOP base. Party leaders live with the consequences.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
In Alabama, Republican Voters Stand by Roy Moore
In Alabama, Republican Voters Stand by Roy Moore
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Democrat: Effort to delay Alabama Senate election like a ‘dictatorship’
Democrat: Effort to delay Alabama Senate election like a ‘dictatorship’
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Pricing access to the Trump White House: the strange case of the Times social media policy — Follow these events with me. Then I will share my view of what is going on here. — On Sep. 17, Glenn Thrush, White House reporter for the New York Times, posted this on Twitter:
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Former U.S. intelligence officials: Trump being ‘played’ by Putin — Two top former U.S. intelligence officials said Sunday that President Trump is being “played” by President Vladimir Putin on Russia's interference in the 2016 election and accused him of being susceptible to foreign leaders who stroke his ego.
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump clarifies Putin comments: 'I'm with our agencies' on election meddling
Trump clarifies Putin comments: 'I'm with our agencies' on election meddling
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
After a Disciplined Week in Asia, Trump Unloads on Critics
After a Disciplined Week in Asia, Trump Unloads on Critics
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Frances Robles / New York Times:
The Lineman Got $63 an Hour. The Utility Was Billed $319 an Hour. — SAN JUAN — The small energy outfit from Montana that won a $300 million contract to help rebuild Puerto Rico's tattered power grid had few employees of its own, so it did what the Puerto Rican authorities could have done: It turned to Florida for workers.
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New York Times:
Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core — A serial leak of the agency's cyberweapons has damaged morale, slowed intelligence operations and resulted in hacking attacks on businesses and civilians worldwide. — WASHINGTON — Jake Williams awoke last April in an Orlando …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
In ‘Watershed Moment,’ YouTube Blocks Extremist Cleric's Message — WASHINGTON — For eight years, the jihadist propaganda of Anwar al-Awlaki has helped shape a generation of American terrorists, including the Fort Hood gunman, the Boston Marathon bombers and the perpetrators of massacres in San Bernardino, Calif., and Orlando, Fla.
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
How the ex-DNC chair ruined Clinton's chance at 2020 — MORE FROM: … Who's afraid of the Clintons? Not Donna Brazile. — The explosive book by the former head of the Democratic National Committee is rocking the political world with its tales of Hillary Clinton's brazen corruption and tawdry deceits.
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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Army lifts ban on waivers for recruits with history of some mental health issues — WASHINGTON - People with a history of “self-mutilation,” bipolar disorder, depression and drug and alcohol abuse can now seek waivers to join the Army under an unannounced policy enacted in August, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.
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ESPN:
Sources: Committee to talk Roger Goodell contract; last commish proposal included $49.5M salary, private jet — The NFL's Compensation Committee will hold a conference call Monday to discuss and further push ahead the proposed extension for commissioner Roger Goodell, sources confirmed to ESPN.
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94 — Liz Smith, the longtime queen of New York's tabloid gossip columns, who for more than three decades chronicled little triumphs and trespasses in the soap-opera lives of the rich, the famous and the merely beautiful, died on Sunday at her home in Manhattan.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Tom Perez: ‘I am not talking about impeachment’ — Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez — said Sunday he's not focusing on impeaching President Trump despite a $10 million ad campaign from a Democratic mega-donor. — “I am not talking about impeachment,” Perez said on ABC's “This Week.”
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Nicki Zink / ABC News:
Democrats can ‘compete and win everywhere,’ DNC chair says
Democrats can ‘compete and win everywhere,’ DNC chair says
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