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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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Axios, Business Insider, Mediaite and Raw Story


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.
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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 …
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Alabama Senate: One Hot Mess Moves to Toss Up — It's been five days since a Washington Post report detailed the stories of four women who allege that Republican nominee Roy Moore engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with them when they were between the ages of 14 and 18 years old and Moore was in his 30s.
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CNN, Weekly Standard, Washington Post, Politico, Philly.com, Axios, HuffPost, Washington Times and New York Magazine


Alabama GOP Moves Toward Deciding Roy Moore's Fate Later This Week — As national Republicans ramp up the pressure to force Roy Moore to drop his Alabama Senate campaign, the small group of local GOP power players who will ultimately determine Moore's political fate are taking reluctant steps towards deciding whether to cut him loose.
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Locals Were Troubled by Roy Moore's Interactions with Teen Girls at the Gadsden Mall
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The Latest: McConnell: GOP still hopes to keep Alabama seat
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Washington Times and ABC News

Long Before Assault Allegations, Roy Moore Betrayed Conservatism
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New York Times, Power Line, Chicago Business and alicublog

Sessions on Moore: ‘I have no reason to doubt these young women’
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WQAD-TV, Washington Free Beacon and FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV

IT'S A FAKE! Analyst Says Judge Roy Moore Signature Inside Gloria Allred Accuser's Yearbook Was FORGED
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The Resurgent, New York Times, CBS News, FiveThirtyEight and No More Mister Nice Blog

The Daily 202: Whether Roy Moore wins or loses, there is no good outcome for Senate Republicans
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Daily Kos

In new TV ad, Alabama Democrat hits Roy Moore over ‘awful’ allegations
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Politico, The Daily Caller and The Daily Beast


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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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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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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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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At least 4 dead after gunman ‘randomly picking targets’ shoots at California school and other locations, police say
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KQED News and Shakesville

Shooting reported at Northern California elementary school
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twitchy.com


Sessions considering second special counsel to investigate Republican concerns, letter shows — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is entertaining the idea of appointing a second special counsel to investigate a host of Republican concerns — including alleged wrongdoing by the Clinton Foundation …
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Jeff Sessions Displays Unsteady Recall on Trump-Russia Matters
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Mediaite and Joe.My.God.

Sessions said he never lied about communications between Russia, Trump campaign
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Politicus USA and AOL

Trump Shatters Longstanding Norms by Pressing for Clinton Investigation
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Washington Post, CBS News, CNN, Business Insider, The Resurgent and IJR


‘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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Rand Paul to offer ObamaCare mandate repeal in Senate tax bill — (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he will propose amending the Senate GOP tax bill to repeal ObamaCare's individual mandate and create a property-tax deduction similar to that in the House bill. — “Today I am announcing my intention …
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Senate Plans to End Obamacare Mandate in Revised Tax Proposal
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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.


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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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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President Trump has made 1,628 false or misleading claims over 298 days — For some reason, our year-long project analyzing, categorizing and tracking every false or misleading claim by President Trump had seemed like quite a burden in the past month. Well, the numbers are in and now we know why …
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Mother Jones, The White House and Outside the Beltway


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


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).


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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Watch a 10-Year-Old's Face Unlock His Mom's iPhone X — HACKING FACE ID, the facial recognition system built into Apple's iPhone X, isn't easy. Unless, it turns out, you're a very specific hacker—say, a rare 10-year-old kid, trying to break into the phone of whichever of your parents looks the most like you.
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