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7:25 AM ET, November 27, 2017

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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
GOP leaders in advanced talks to change tax plan in bid to win over holdouts  —  Senate Republicans are seriously considering several last-minute changes to their tax legislation in an effort to mollify wavering members, four people familiar with the discussions said, as GOP leaders seek …
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds  —  The Senate Republican tax plan gives substantial tax cuts and benefits to Americans earning more than $100,000 a year, while the nation's poorest would be worse off, according to a report released Sunday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Bernie Becker / Politico:
Tax reform hangs in balance in critical week for GOP  —  GOP leadership has a narrow window to push through its tax bill in the Senate.  —  It's do-or-die time for Senate Republicans on tax reform.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) doesn't appear to have locked down 50 votes …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Congress stares down shutdown amid December deluge
Discussion: Axios
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Consumer bureau's top lawyer sides with Trump in leadership clash  —  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's top lawyer sided with the Justice Department over President Donald Trump's appointment of Mick Mulvaney to lead the CFPB as a leadership battle over the controversial watchdog agency escalated.
Discussion: New York Magazine, NPR and NBC News
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Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Leandra English, the woman at the center of a White House battle for control of the CFPB, files lawsuit against Trump pick to lead watchdog agency  —  The tug-of-war over leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau intensified Sunday as a high-ranking agency official sued …
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. consumer finance agency lawyer sides with Trump over succession - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top lawyer for the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has concluded that President Donald Trump has the authority to name its acting director …
Discussion: Washington Post
Kate Berry / American Banker:   CFPB's English sues Trump administration to block Mulvaney appointment
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Bharara compares Trump to Jan Brady after Russia tweet  —  For U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara invoked the classic sitcom “The Brady Bunch” after President Trump lamented coverage of the Russia investigation, comparing Trump's “Russia, Russia, Russia” comment to Jan Brady's famous “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” line.
Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Readers Accuse Us of Normalizing a Nazi Sympathizer; We Respond  —  The Reader Center is a newsroom initiative that is helping The Times build deeper ties with our audience.  —  We have asked our national editor, Marc Lacey, to respond to feedback on our recent profile of a white nationalist.
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The New York Times Can't Figure Out Where Nazis Come From In 2017.  Pepe Has An Answer.  —  In a follow-up to his New York Times feature on Tony Hovater, the 29-year-old white nationalist and “Nazi sympathizer next door,” Richard Fausset confessed that “there was a hole at the heart” of his story.
Katie J.M. Baker / BuzzFeed:
More Than 180 Women Have Reported Sexual Assaults at Massage Envy  —  Across the US, people go to Massage Envy spas in search of a soothing, affordable escape.  More than 180 people say what they got instead was sexual assault.  But the billion-dollar company says that's not its problem to solve.
Discussion: NBC News and AOL
Jennifer Brooks / Star Tribune:
‘Ashamed’ Franken says he'll return to work on Monday  —  Breaking an eight-day silence, the Minnesota senator tells the Star Tribune that he needs to regain trust of those he's let down.  —  Sen. Al Franken broke his eight-day silence Sunday, reaching out to Minnesota media outlets to talk …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Franken says he's ‘ashamed’ by allegations, will return to work Monday
Discussion: NPR and RedState
New York Times:
Time Inc. Sells Itself to Meredith Corp., Backed by Koch Brothers  —  A long chapter in media history came to an unlikely close on Sunday night with a sale agreement for Time Inc., the publisher of once-prestigious magazine titles including Time, Sports Illustrated and People.
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CNBC:
Meredith, backed by Koch brothers affiliate, to acquire magazine publisher Time
Discussion: New York Magazine
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Roy Moore Is Deplorable, and Donald Trump Condoning His Sins Is Unforgivable … A society where nothing is forgivable is as untenable as one where every transgression is hand-waved away.  The things we forgive in the name of compassion should be many.  The things we forgive in the name of comity should be large.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
“She Didn't Want This Come Hell or High Water”: Inside Melania Trump's Secretive East Wing  —  Understanding the most enigmatic First Lady—and unusual marriage—in modern political history.  —  I. “NOT MY THING”  —  Back in 2014, when Donald Trump was considering yet again a run for president …
Discussion: Politico, AOL and Raw Story
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Hot Air:
Pelosi Chokes, Won't Say That “Icon” Conyers Should Resign Over Settlement Of Harassment Allegations; Update: Conyers Quits Top Spot On Judiciary Committee  —  An astounding performance, in which the first woman Speaker in American history goes to bat for a credibly accused harasser in the midst …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Conyers allegations put Pelosi in tight spot
New York Times:
John Conyers Steps Aside From Judiciary Post Amid Sex Harassment Inquiry
Discussion: Althouse and Instapundit
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's long history of misleading the media  —  Trump has been playing the media like a fiddle for more than 30 years.  I was reminded of that fact this week while reading Harry Hurt's 1993 book, “Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump.”  —  Hurt recounts how Trump used …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Associated Press:
Israel races to head off UN settlement ‘blacklist’
Nicole Russell / Washington Examiner:
For the love of God, why can't Democrats leave the Little Sisters of the Poor alone?
UAA Communications / Florida Gators:
University of Florida Selects Dan Mullen as Head Football Coach
Discussion: WBRC-TV, WHNT-TV and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Archbishop of Canterbury baffled by Christians who back Trump
Discussion: ITV and Raw Story
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox News Anchor Bret Baier Hangs With Trump at Mar-a-Lago During Thanksgiving Weekend
Discussion: AOL and Mediaite
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Unhinged coverage of Trump is hurting the media
Discussion: Instapundit
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Pentagon tried to block independent report on child sex among Afghan forces, Senate office says
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 Earlier Items: 
Raquel Laneri / New York Post:
I went to jail for leaving my baby outside a restaurant
Discussion: The Guardian
Bernard Darty / Fox News:
Holocaust survivor: I'm giving $1 million to help wounded American veterans, to express my thanks
Discussion: IJR
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

 
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