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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments “To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016” — The FBI is scrutinizing more than 60 money transfers sent by the Russian foreign ministry to its embassies across the globe, most of them bearing a note that said the money was to be used “to finance election campaign of 2016.”
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Washington Post, Axios, Mashable, Business Insider, Raw Story and Mediaite
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Roy Moore challenged Alabama law that protects rape victims, documents reveal — Cases were among 10 where Moore, as Alabama's top judge, dissented from court's majority view and sided with alleged offenders, Guardian review finds … Roy Moore challenged the scope of an Alabama law …
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Says Roy Moore Should Abandon ‘Collapsing’ Senate Bid — Senate majority leader wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to seek his old Alabama seat — WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deepened his bid to persuade Roy Moore to drop out of the race …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
al.com:
Our view: Roy Moore grossly unfit for office — New sexual misconduct allegations against Roy Moore — Roy Moore simply cannot be a U.S. Senator. Even if his party and many of its adherents still think it possible, it is unthinkable — for his state, and his country.
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Mo Brooks sticking by Moore: GOP agenda ‘vastly more important than contested sexual allegations’ — U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, is sticking with Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, arguing Monday that the conservative agenda is …
The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon And Allies Have Second Thoughts About Roy Moore, Sources Say … Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon is keeping the door open to ditching Roy Moore as the sexual-assault allegations against the Alabama Republican Senate candidate continue to pile up.
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Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg and The Gateway Pundit
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Alabama Senate: One Hot Mess Moves to Toss Up
Alabama Senate: One Hot Mess Moves to Toss Up
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Weekly Standard, New York Times, Politico, Philly.com, CNN, Washington Post, Axios, Washington Times and New York Magazine
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Alabama GOP Moves Toward Deciding Roy Moore's Fate Later This Week
Alabama GOP Moves Toward Deciding Roy Moore's Fate Later This Week
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The Atlantic, CNN, Townhall.com, Towleroad, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God., Denver Post, Washington Post, al.com, Washington Monthly, RedState and NRSC
Associated Press:
The Latest: McConnell: GOP still hopes to keep Alabama seat
The Latest: McConnell: GOP still hopes to keep Alabama seat
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Washington Times and ABC News
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Whether Roy Moore wins or loses, there is no good outcome for Senate Republicans
The Daily 202: Whether Roy Moore wins or loses, there is no good outcome for Senate Republicans
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Daily Kos
Redding Record Searchlight:
Five people confirmed dead in Rancho Tehama shooting — Five people have been killed, including the shooter, in a small community about 15 miles southwest of Red Bluff. — Undersheriff Phil Johnston with the Tehama County Sheriff's Office said there were seven shooting scenes and there may be more victims.
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CW33 NewsFix, Business Insider, RT, KQED News, AOL and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Los Angeles Times:
3 dead after shooting at elementary school in Northern California — Rancho Tehama School near Corning (KTLA) — Authorities said at least three people are dead following a shooting at an elementary school in Northern California on Tuesday morning. — Among the dead are the gunman, who was killed by police, authorities said.
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KQCA-TV, Mother Jones, Snopes.com, twitchy.com, Bearing Arms, IJR and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
At least 4 dead after gunman ‘randomly picking targets’ shoots at California school and other locations, police say — Authorities said at least four people were killed Tuesday morning in Northern California after a gunman shooting at random opened fire at an elementary school and several other locations.
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Shakesville
Heidi Rene / KHSL News:
Tehama Sheriff's Office: Multiple deaths at school shooting in Tehama County — Tehama County Sheriff deputies are at the scene of a reported shooting in the area of Rancho Tehama in Tehama County at this hour. — UPDATE 10:25 a.m.: According to Enloe Medical center three people were transported by ground and one by helicopter.
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NPR, RedState, The Root, WSAV-TV, CBS Los Angeles, CBS13, CBS New York, CBS Dallas, Jezebel, KLFY-TV, TheBlaze and Mediaite
Haleigh Pike / KRCR-TV:
Five dead, seven scenes being investigated after Rancho Tehama shooting — CORNING, Calif. - Officials said they are investigating seven scenes in connection with the shooting that took place in Rancho Tehama, Tuesday morning that killed five people, including the shooter.
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ABC News, twitchy.com and New York's PIX11
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
At Least 4 Killed in Shooting in Northern California
At Least 4 Killed in Shooting in Northern California
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CBS San Francisco
CNN:
‘Nothing about it felt right’: More than 50 people describe sexual harassment on Capitol Hill — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Be extra careful of the male lawmakers who sleep in their offices — they can be trouble. Avoid finding yourself alone with a congressman or senator in elevators …
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New York Post, Talking Points Memo, Axios, Mediaite, Business Insider, CBS San Francisco, Shakesville, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Congresswoman Says At Least 2 Members Of Congress Are Sexual Harassers — Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has been an outspoken advocate for making it easier for Congress workers to report sexual misconduct. — WASHINGTON Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that she knows of two members …
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Talking Points Memo, IJR, ThinkProgress, CNN, The Daily Caller and Washington Post
The Daily Beast:
Troll Smearing Roy Moore's Accuser Stole Dead SEAL's Identity … The rightwing blog The Gateway Pundit pushed a single-sourced rumor from the anonymous Twitter account @Umpire43 that claimed one of Roy Moore's accusers was offered $1,000 by The Washington Post to go public with her claims.
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Media Matters for America and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Senate Plans to End Obamacare Mandate in Revised Tax Proposal — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have decided to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act's requirement that most people have health insurance in a sprawling overhaul of the tax code, merging the fight over health care with the high-stakes effort to cut taxes.
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The Hill, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Washington Post and Washington Times
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Washington Post:
Senate GOP to add repeal of Obamacare insurance mandate into tax bill
Senate GOP to add repeal of Obamacare insurance mandate into tax bill
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New Republic
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Senate's GOP tax reform bill seeks repeal of Obamacare individual mandate
Senate's GOP tax reform bill seeks repeal of Obamacare individual mandate
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The Daily Signal, IJR, Washington Free Beacon, NBC News, New York Times and Business Insider
Politico:
Sessions casts doubt on need for Hillary Clinton special counsel — Trump allies have been clamoring for a new investigation of a 2010 deal that transferred some U.S. uranium production capacity to a company with Kremlin links. — Attorney General Jeff Sessions threw cold water Tuesday …
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Townhall.com, ABC News, New York Times, Towleroad and RedState
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
What Is the Uranium One Deal and Why Does the Trump Administration Care So Much?
What Is the Uranium One Deal and Why Does the Trump Administration Care So Much?
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Politico, Washington Free Beacon and RT
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Shatters Longstanding Norms by Pressing for Clinton Investigation
Trump Shatters Longstanding Norms by Pressing for Clinton Investigation
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CNN, Vox, CBS News, Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Resurgent, Business Insider and ThinkProgress
Associated Press:
Trump in Asia: A break from the past but uncertain results — In his travels across Asia, President Donald Trump offered himself as a sharp break from presidents past. He pushed regional leaders to reshape trade deals to America's liking, opted against spotlighting human rights abuses …
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Axios
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CBO's Publications:
Effects of legislation that would raise deficits by an estimated $1.5 trillion over the 2018-2027 period — Letter to the Honorable Steny H. Hoyer — Information about the effects of legislation that would raise deficits by an estimated $1.5 trillion over the 2018-2027 period …
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Niv Elis / The Hill:
GOP tax bill could spur $25 billion in Medicare cuts: CBO
GOP tax bill could spur $25 billion in Medicare cuts: CBO
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National Review
Max Jaeger / New York Post:
De Blasio staffer says pizza from Chicago is better than New York — This was clearly a half-baked idea. — The press secretary for the mayor of New York City — America's pizza epicenter — took to Twitter to claim that a Chicago pizzeria makes better pies than all of New York.
James T. Areddy / Wall Street Journal:
Three UCLA Basketball Players Set to Leave China — President Trump says he spoke to China's Xi about the players — SHANGHAI—Three UCLA basketball players detained for a week in China were set to fly back home late Tuesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had requested assistance …
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CBS Los Angeles, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, NBC News, The Guardian, Washington Free Beacon, Deadspin and TMZ.com
Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo:
Arianna Huffington Ignored Sexual Misconduct at The Huffington Post — When Susan Fowler rocked Uber's world with a meticulous account of the company's sexual harassment and gender discrimination issues, the ride-sharing service turned to its only female board member to help clean up its culture (and its image).
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The Daily Caller
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Socialist’ doctor ‘assaulted’ Kentucky Senator Rand Paul because the congressman's trees were ‘in the way’ and were ‘devaluing his $740,000 home that he is desperately trying to sell’ — Rene Boucher, 59, told neighbor Rand Paul that he hadn't been able to sell his house …
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Business Insider and The Gateway Pundit
Shaun Walker / The Guardian:
Russia's ‘irrefutable evidence’ of US help for Isis appears to be video game still — The Russian defence ministry used social media to claim US connivance in Syria - using screenshot from AC-130 Gunship Simulator, online sleuths say — Russia's defence ministry has tried to pass off …
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Meduza.io, Conflict Intelligence Team and IJR
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Reflections of an Affirmative-Action Baby — In 1991, the African American Yale Law School professor Stephen Carter wrote a book called Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby. I remember reading part of it at the time. Little did I realize that the book's title applied to me.
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Weekly Standard and bradford-delong.com
Boston Herald:
College to name school for late journalist Gwen Ifill — BOSTON — A college in Boston will name one of its schools after the late Gwen Ifill (EYE'-ful), a co-host of PBS' “NewsHour” and veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates. — Simmons College announced Tuesday …
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The Root
Union of Concerned Scientists:
1992 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity — World Scientists' Warning to Humanity (1992) — Some 1,700 of the world's leading scientists, including the majority of Nobel laureates in the sciences, issued this appeal in November 1992. The World Scientists' Warning to Humanity was written …
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress, RT, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CBS Boston, Watts Up With That?, Big Think and AOL
Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
Did Donald Trump Jr. Cross the Line With WikiLeaks? — Donald Trump Jr.'s private exchanges with WikiLeaks on Twitter during the 2016 campaign raise a host of new questions about the Trump team's communications with foreign entities before the election. But the messages alone don't appear to cross any clear-cut legal lines.
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Crooked Media, The Guardian and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »