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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.
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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 …
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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 …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump voters have buyer's remorse in North Carolina focus group — Supporters listen as Donald Trump speaks during a rally on the eve of the 2016 election in Raleigh, N.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) — THE BIG IDEA: Republican women who voted for President Trump …
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NBC News:
Alabama GOP refuses to abandon Roy Moore after another wild day
Alabama GOP refuses to abandon Roy Moore after another wild day
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Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
The Latest Ploy GOP Considers to Avoid a Roy Moore Senate Problem Likely Violates the 17th Amendment
The Latest Ploy GOP Considers to Avoid a Roy Moore Senate Problem Likely Violates the 17th Amendment
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
What Roy Moore's 8 accusers have said and his responses
What Roy Moore's 8 accusers have said and his responses
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Kent Faulk / al.com:
AL.com: We will not be silenced or slowed by Roy Moore's threat
AL.com: We will not be silenced or slowed by Roy Moore's threat
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Political Insider, Political Wire, New York Magazine and Politico
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Roy Moore Is Pure Steve Bannon
Roy Moore Is Pure Steve Bannon
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
How Doug Jones could pull off a stunner in Alabama
How Doug Jones could pull off a stunner in Alabama
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Aestep / KABC-AM:
Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There's Nothing Funny About It — In December of 2006, I embarked on my ninth USO Tour to entertain our troops, my eighth to the Middle East since the 9/11 attacks. My father served in Vietnam and my then-boyfriend (and now husband …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The tax bill drama in the Senate — Parts of the Senate's tax bill — like the repeal of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and the sunset of the individual and small business tax cuts despite a permanent corporate tax cut — are endangering its passage.
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Opposes GOP Senate Tax Package
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Opposes GOP Senate Tax Package
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
How Cotton brought Obamacare repeal back from the dead
How Cotton brought Obamacare repeal back from the dead
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Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times:
Charles Manson hospitalized in Bakersfield; severity of illness unclear — Authorities confirmed Wednesday that mass murderer Charles Manson is back in a Bakersfield hospital, though the severity of his condition is unclear. — Kern County Sheriff's Lt. Bill Smallwood confirms that Manson …
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Houston Chronicle:
Sheriff's warning to ‘F— TRUMP’ truck owner draws outrage on Facebook — Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls on Wednesday created a social media firestorm with a Facebook post threatening to bring disorderly conduct charges against the driver of a truck displaying a profane anti-Trump message on its rear window.
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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.
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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 …
Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Trump admin. to reverse ban on elephant trophies from Africa — The Trump administration plans to allow hunters to import trophies of elephants they killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia back to the United States, reversing a ban put in place by the Obama administration in 2014 …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Trump to allow imports of African elephant trophies
Trump to allow imports of African elephant trophies
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Karl Rove Has Seen the Enemy and He Is Steve Bannon — Inside the feud between two men battling for the soul of the G.O.P. — To readers of Breitbart News these days, Karl Rove is a familiar, sinister presence. The Republican strategist who twice helped George W. Bush win the Presidency is now …
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Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Did the Feds Flip Turkish Businessman Reza Zarrab—and Could He Bring Down Michael Flynn? … A man who may be part of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of alleged misdoings by President Donald Trump's campaign and administration was secretly removed from a federal prison earlier this month.
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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 …
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Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
We Knew Julian Assange Hated Clinton. We Didn't Know He Was Secretly Advising Trump.
We Knew Julian Assange Hated Clinton. We Didn't Know He Was Secretly Advising Trump.
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Republican Tax Plans Put Corporations Over People — WASHINGTON — There are tough choices at the heart of the Republican tax bills speeding through Congress, and they make clear what the party values most in economic policy right now: deep and lasting tax cuts for corporations.
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Robert E. Rubin / Washington Post:
The Republican tax plan's five worst dangers
The Republican tax plan's five worst dangers
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's core supporters are about to be handed the bill for tax reform — President Trump's white working-class supporters don't gain much from the Republican tax cut push. — In a study following the 2016 election, Trump's core supporters expressed disdain for Wall Street and advocated higher, not lower, taxes on the wealthy.
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.
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Shannon Sims / Bloomberg:
The U.S. Flooded One of Houston's Richest Neighborhoods to Save Everyone Else — The Army Corps of Engineers sent water cascading into West Houston's Energy Corridor to avoid a catastrophic reservoir failure during Hurricane Harvey. Now a web of lawsuits could change how the government handles extreme weather.
Carrie Severino / National Review:
Sleeper SCOTUS Blockbuster may be the Next Kelo — It took many people by surprise when the Supreme Court ignited a firestorm in the now-infamous Kelo case by giving cities the ability to seize personal property from a private owner and give it to a developer for the alleged “public purpose” of increasing tax revenues.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
White-on-White Voting — Dravosburg, Pa. is a small — population 1,746 — working-class suburb that lies along the Monongahela River 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. If we want to understand what actually propelled Donald Trump to victory last November, presidential voting patterns there provide a vital clue.
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
In Reversal, Immigration Agency Will Consider Delayed DACA Requests — After nearly 100 applications to renew permits that let immigrants stay and work in the United States legally were rejected because they had been delayed in the mail, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services agency …
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The curious journey of Carter Page, the former Trump adviser who can't stay out of the spotlight — Carter Page, PhD, is texting us in big paragraphs, from somewhere in New York, about his upended life. — “It's sort of like an extended plebe year . . .” he writes. — “. . .
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Exclusive: Steyer launches second $10 million anti-Trump ad buy — Billionaire spends $10M to impeach Trump — (CNN)Tom Steyer is spending another $10 million to put a second anti-Donald-Trump advertisement on national television — this time taking aim at the President's tax overhaul push.
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