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7:35 AM ET, November 16, 2017

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Two more women describe unwanted overtures by Roy Moore at Alabama mall — Kayla McLaughlin, left, and Gena Richardson worked together at Sears in the late 1970s. The pair is seen in this image from 1977. Richardson says Roy Moore, then in his 30s, visited her at Sears and that Moore later called her school to ask her out.

Anna Claire Vollers / al.com:

New Roy Moore accuser: 'He didn't pinch it; he grabbed it' — A Gadsden woman says Roy Moore groped her while she was in his law office on legal business with her mother in 1991. Moore was married at that time. — In the past week, Moore has been accused by five other women of a range …

Eliana Johnson / Politico:

GOP leaders weigh drastic plan to save Alabama Senate seat — Republican leaders are exploring a dramatic remedy to salvage the Alabama Senate seat as fresh polling shows Roy Moore's prospects fading fast. — With less than four weeks until the special election and no sign …

Discussion: Axios, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Boing Boing, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, VICE News and twitchy.com

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

NRSC poll: Moore trails Jones by 12 — Republican Roy Moore is trailing Democrat Doug Jones by 12 points in the Alabama special Senate election, according to a poll conducted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee after five women accused Moore of pursuing them as teenagers.

Discussion: BostonGlobe.com, Shareblue Media, New York Magazine, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, ABC News, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Kos, Fox News Insider, Axios, Politicus USA and JONATHAN TURLEY

Rich Lowry / Politico:

Roy Moore Is Pure Steve Bannon — Roy Moore is the Steve Bannon project in a nutshell. — For the former Trump operative, the Alabama Senate candidate's tattered credibility is a feature, not a bug. If Moore had well-considered political and legal views, good judgment and a sterling reputation …

Discussion: RedState

Kent Faulk / al.com:

AL.com: We will not be silenced or slowed by Roy Moore's threat — Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore has threatened to file a lawsuit against AL.com based on its reporting about him. He claims the media organization has falsely reported information and has attempted to orchestrate a …

Discussion: NBC News, New York Magazine and Politico

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans look to Trump to restore order amid Alabama upheaval

Discussion: New York Times, USA Today, The Daily Caller and Slate

Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
The Latest Ploy GOP Considers to Avoid a Roy Moore Senate Problem Likely Violates the 17th Amendment

Discussion: New York Magazine

Toi Thornton / WALA-TV:
Local pastor calls GOP “sissies” for asking Moore to “step aside”

Discussion: Weekly Standard, IJR, Washington Post, Mediaite, Joe.My.God. and Breitbart

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Moore lawyer: Canadian MSNBC host's ‘background’ could help him understand dating minors

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Politico, RedState, ThinkProgress, Above the Law, Business Insider and Joe.My.God.

Leada Gore / al.com:
Roy Moore removes all endorsements from website; pastor letter remains

Discussion: LGBTQ Nation, Daily Kos, Shareblue Media and Jezebel

William S. Brewbaker III / New York Times: Roy Moore and the Sorry State of Evangelical Politics

Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon not backing down on Moore because he believes denials

Discussion: Politico, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill

David Edwards / Raw Story: MSNBC segment goes off the rails when Roy Moore attorney suggests Canadian Muslim host would date 14-year-old

Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Opposes GOP Senate Tax Package — Wisconsin Republican says plan unfairly benefits corporations over other businesses, says he finds bill's process ‘offensive’ — WASHINGTON—Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) said he opposes the Senate Republican tax package …

Discussion: CNN, Crooked Media, IJR, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, AOL, Politico, The Atlantic and Axios

Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
How Cotton brought Obamacare repeal back from the dead

Discussion: Axios, The Henry J. Kaiser …, Vox, Forbes, Bloomberg and Politicus USA

New York Times:
Tax Bill Thrown Into Uncertainty as First G.O.P. Senator Comes Out Against It

Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones, Shareblue Media and Refinery29

Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The GOP tax plan will be a massive political nightmare for Republicans

Discussion: Daily Kos, Vox, New York Magazine and Washington Monthly

Timothy Cama / The Hill:

Trump to allow imports of African elephant trophies — The Trump administration is reversing an Obama administration ban on bringing to the United States the heads of elephants killed in two African countries. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) said it has determined …

Discussion: Politicus USA

Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Trump admin. to reverse ban on elephant trophies from Africa

Discussion: VICE News, Gizmodo and Mother Jones

Wayne Pacelle: Interior Department to allow imports of elephant and lion trophies from Africa, reversing Obama policies

Luke Harding / The Guardian:

How Trump walked into Putin's web — oscow, summer 1991. Mikhail Gorbachev is in power. Official relations with the west have softened, but the KGB still assumes all western embassy workers are spooks. The KGB agents assigned to them are easy to spot. They have a method.

Discussion: Raw Story

CNN:
Fusion GPS co-founder: Steele didn't pay sources for dossier on Trump

Discussion: Raw Story

Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider: ‘Dossier’ author Christopher Steele: Trump's hotel and land deals with Russians need to be examined

Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Christopher Steele believes his dossier on Trump-Russia is 70-90% accurate

Discussion: Politico, The Daily Caller and Politicus USA

Catherine Lucey / Associated Press:

Ivanka Trump says child tax credit ‘not a pet project’ — BAYVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Yes, it turns out, there is something that chafes at the unflappable Ivanka Trump. — The presidential daughter and adviser, in a “full-blown sprint” as she sells the Republican tax overhaul plan and juggles …

Discussion: CNBC, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, AOL, Mediaite, IJR, Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller

Betsy Klein / CNN:
Ivanka Trump slams Roy Moore: 'There's a special place in hell for people who prey on children'

Discussion: KTLA, Business Insider and Raw Story

Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:

A notorious far-right blogger may have provoked WikiLeaks' outreach to Donald Trump Jr. — Far-right blogger Charles Johnson may have played a role in WikiLeaks' eventual outreach to Donald Trump Jr. — Trump Jr.'s exchanges with WikiLeaks over the course of 10 months have come under scrutiny …

Discussion: Raw Story

Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
We Knew Julian Assange Hated Clinton. We Didn't Know He Was Secretly Advising Trump.

Discussion: VICE News, Raw Story, BillMoyers.com and The Gateway Pundit

Chris Cillizza / CNN:

What Donald Trump's UCLA tweet reveals about him — Washington (CNN)Think about this: You've just spent nearly two weeks halfway around the world. You've spent most of the last 24 hours on a plane. Your body clock is somewhere between 12-14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. You are 71 years old.

Discussion: ESPN, Shareblue Media, Fox News, Press Enterprise, Vox, NewsBusters, New York Magazine, Mediaite and The Daily Caller

New York Times:

Koch Brothers Said to Back Time Inc. Deal Talks With Meredith — Time Inc. is said to be in talks to sell itself to the Meredith Corporation, in a deal backed by Charles G. and David H. Koch, the billionaire brothers known for supporting conservative causes.

Discussion: New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

Michael Grunwald / Politico:

The IRS Is Building a Safe to Hold Trump's Tax Returns — Before John Koskinen became the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in 2013, he was a successful corporate turnaround artist, a specialist in fixing large and distressed organizations. That's why President Barack Obama asked …

Discussion: The Hill

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

Hope Hicks may hold the keys to Mueller's Russia puzzle — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is preparing to interview the woman who's seen it all: Hope Hicks. — She's been part of Donald Trump's inner circle for years, first at Trump Tower and then as an omnipresent gatekeeper …

Discussion: CNN

Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:

At Least My Generation Will Have Our Revenge On The Millennials — With all the awful things happening now - the discord, the anger, the stupidity - at least those of my generation can rest easy knowing that the Millennials are going to suffer after we're gone.

Discussion: Vox Popoli

Ari Berman / Mother Jones:

Hillary Clinton on Trump's Special Counsel Threat: “This Is Such an Abuse of Power” — Hillary Clinton responded on Wednesday to news that the Trump administration is considering appointing a special counsel to investigate her alleged ties to the Uranium One deal, calling the move …

Discussion: ABC News, bizpacreview.com, The Daily Caller, Axios, Mediaite, Vox, Washington Post, New York Times and The Atlantic, more at Mediagazer »

Bill Chappell / NPR:

Death Toll In California Shooting Rises To 6 After Police Find Body Of Gunman's Wife — Authorities in Northern California say a fifth person was killed by a man who went on a shooting rampage Tuesday. Police have discovered the dead body of the gunman's wife hidden beneath the floor at their rural home 120 miles north of Sacramento.

Discussion: Washington Post, KQED News, Mercury News and IJR