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Mike Levine / ABC News:
Special Counsel sends wide-ranging request for documents to Justice Department — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating whether President Donald Trump sought to obstruct a federal inquiry into connections between his presidential campaign and Russian operatives has now directed …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘A long winter’: White House aides divided over scope, risks of Russia probe — Six months into a special counsel's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, White House aides and others in President Trump's close orbit are increasingly divided in their assessments …
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Business Insider, Raw Story and Politicus USA
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Jeffrey Tambor Exits ‘Transparent’ After Sexual Harassment Allegations — EXCLUSIVE: Facing two accusations of sexual harassment by members of the Transparent team that he has strongly denied, Jeffery Tambor today has decided not to return to the Amazon series.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The publisher of AL.com blasts back at legal threats from Roy Moore — After The Post published an investigative article documenting Roy Moore's pursuit of a 14-year-old girl in 1979, the Republican Senate candidate from Alabama pledged to sue the newspaper.
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al.com:
Our view: Alabama voters must reject Roy Moore; we endorse Doug Jones for U.S. Senate
Our view: Alabama voters must reject Roy Moore; we endorse Doug Jones for U.S. Senate
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Alabama's biggest newspapers urge voters to ‘reject Roy Moore’
Alabama's biggest newspapers urge voters to ‘reject Roy Moore’
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Splinter
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Moore harassment scandal spreads to 2018 battle for Congress
Moore harassment scandal spreads to 2018 battle for Congress
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Raw Story
Stan Collender / Forbes:
GOP Tax Bill Is The End Of All Economic Sanity In Washington — No doubt many of you read the above headline and immediately started to tweet that the GOP tax bill can't be the end of economic sanity in Washington because there never was any to begin with. — I have two responses.
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Ellie Smith / ABC News:
Republican Sen. Susan Collins: ‘I want to see changes’ in Senate tax bill
Republican Sen. Susan Collins: ‘I want to see changes’ in Senate tax bill
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National Review and Politico
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Is Fooling Itself on Taxes
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump campaign chair trafficked kids for sex after accusing immigrants of doing the same — Former Oklahoma Republican state Sen. Ralph Shortey, who also served as the Trump's campaign chair in the state, agreed this week to plead guilty to child sex trafficking charges after getting caught earlier …
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The Reality-Based Community
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Luke Harding / Politico:
The Hidden History of Trump's First Trip to Moscow — It was 1984 and General Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov had a problem. The general occupied one of the KGB's most exalted posts. He was head of the First Chief Directorate, the prestigious KGB arm responsible for gathering foreign intelligence.
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Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
Russell Simmons and Brett Ratner face new allegations of sexual misconduct — Keri Claussen Khalighi was a 17-year-old fashion model from a farm town in Nebraska when she met Brett Ratner and Russell Simmons at a casting call. — Ratner was an up-and-coming music video director and a protege of Simmons, the Def Jam Recordings mogul.
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Jennifer Brooks / Star Tribune:
Sidelined by scandal, Sen. Al Franken faces questions about ability to do his job — A once-bright political career now hangs in the balance. — WASHINGTON - A political star on the rise, Sen. Al Franken had emerged in recent months as a leading voice in opposition to President Donald Trump …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
No, Al Franken has not admitted what his accuser alleged
No, Al Franken has not admitted what his accuser alleged
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NPR, 89.3 KPCC, Politico and Power Line
cbp.gov:
Border Patrol Agent from Big Bend Sector Killed in Line of Duty — A U.S. Border Patrol agent died this morning as a result of injuries sustained while on patrol in the Big Bend Sector. — Agent Rogelio Martinez and his Big Bend Sector partner were responding to activity …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
As clock ticks on tax bill, White House signals a compromise — President Trump's budget director said Sunday that the White House is willing to remove a contentious provision taking aim at the Affordable Care Act from the Republican tax overhaul plan if politically necessary …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Mulvaney: White House ‘OK’ pulling individual mandate repeal from tax bill
Mulvaney: White House ‘OK’ pulling individual mandate repeal from tax bill
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Mother Jones
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Judicial appointments are the sleeper story that matters — Tax reform and the end of year spending deal will consume all of Washington's oxygen until the end of the year. But quietly, a potentially far more important, though far less sexy story is unfolding.
Graham Rapier / Business Insider:
An ‘Uber for buses’ startup is launching an ICO to end tipping altogether — and it's already raised $6 million — Skedaddle, an ‘Uber-for-buses’ startup, is launching a blockchain project that aims to completely eliminate tipping. — Users can rate any interaction with a service worker …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
LaToya Cantrell elected first female mayor of New Orleans — (CNN)New Orleans voters elected LaToya Cantrell as mayor Saturday, making her the first woman to hold that position in the city's 300-year history. — Cantrell, a city councilwoman, got 60% of the votes over her opponent …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
What if Ken Starr Was Right? — In the longstanding liberal narrative about Bill Clinton and his scandals, the one pushed by Clinton courtiers and ratified in media coverage of his post-presidency, our 42nd president was only guilty of being a horndog, his affairs were nobody's business but his family's …
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Power Line
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Hillary Effect — WASHINGTON — Would the war against preying …
The Hillary Effect — WASHINGTON — Would the war against preying …
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