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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 …
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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mprnews.org:
Sen. Al Franken: ‘This has been a shock to me’
Sen. Al Franken: ‘This has been a shock to me’
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Franken says he's ‘ashamed’ by allegations, will return to work Monday
Franken says he's ‘ashamed’ by allegations, will return to work Monday
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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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.
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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 …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Ivana Trump: Donald Trump ‘missing a little bit of his old life’
Ivana Trump: Donald Trump ‘missing a little bit of his old life’
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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
Conyers allegations put Pelosi in tight spot
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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 …
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