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2:50 PM ET, November 27, 2017

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David Dayen / The Intercept:
White House Memo Justifying CFPB Takeover Was Written by Payday Lender Attorney  —  The lawyer who wrote the Office of Legal Counsel memo supporting the Trump administration's viewpoint that the president can appoint Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau represented …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
2 Bosses Show Up to Lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  WASHINGTON — On Monday, Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brought in doughnuts.  Around the same time, Leandra English, the agency's other acting director, sent an all-staff email thanking employees for their service.
Reuters:
White House's Mulvaney tells CFPB staff to ‘disregard’ Leandra English: memo
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump wants to destroy Elizabeth Warren's brainchild. In a new interview, Warren hits back.
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
At the CFPB, two acting directors show up to take command; one brings doughnuts, the other well-wishes
Discussion: CNN, FiveThirtyEight and The Guardian
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Consumer bureau's top lawyer sides with Trump in leadership clash
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Leandra English, the woman at the center of a White House battle for control of the CFPB …
James LaPorta / The Daily Beast:
Marine Colonel Announces He's Running Against Roy Moore: ‘Hold My Beer’ … When retired Marine Col. Lee Busby read it was too late for a write-in candidate for the Alabama senate race, he said, “Hold my beer, we will just see about that.”  —  Busby told The Daily Beast on Monday he is launching …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Retired Marine colonel to launch Senate write-in campaign in Alabama  —  A retired Marine colonel who once served as a top aide to White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly plans to launch a long-shot write-in campaign Monday afternoon to become Alabama's next senator, with just 15 days left in the campaign.
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
The Latest: Moore pushes back on allegations in new TV ad  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (all times local):  —  Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is using a new television ad to push back on allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
Caroline Kenny / CNN:
Graham rues Trump's support for Roy Moore  —  Graham: Trump throwing Moore a lifeline  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — “If you think winning with Roy Moore is going to be easy for the Republican party, you're mistaken,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said.  —  Washington (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham bemoaned …
Sen. Rand Paul / Fox News:
Here's why I plan to vote for the Senate tax bill (and my colleagues should step up)  —  One of the fundamental problems in Washington is the attitude that the money that people make belongs to the government.  That's why you hear arguments about how much a tax cut “costs,” …
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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.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump wants ‘a few changes’ to tax plan
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Michael Flynn's lawyer meets with members of special counsel's team, raising specter of plea deal  —  The lawyer for President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn met Monday morning with members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team, the latest indication …
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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
A key witness in the Russia probe had a ‘lengthy conversation’ with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:   SPOTTED at Mar-a-Lago
David Usborne / Esquire:
THE LAST DETAIL  —  When Donald Trump won the presidency, many Americans hoped John McCain would live up to his maverick image and resist his agenda.  But after the senator was diagnosed with brain cancer in July, his contrarian resolve revealed itself in unexpected ways that may shape his legacy—and our future.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
McCain: Trump doesn't have any ‘principles and beliefs’
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump White House ethics lawyer exits  —  The ranks of former White House ethics lawyers available to comment on the ongoing controversies engulfing President Donald Trump's administration has just grown by one — an attorney who's certain to offer a much different perspective …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:   Top White House lawyer prepares for questioning in Russia probe
John Hilliard / BostonGlobe.com:
Tufts postpones Scaramucci event after he threatens to sue student, paper  —  Tufts University postponed a Monday event featuring Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump White House spokesman, after he threatened to sue a student and the school newspaper for defamation following the publication of an op-ed column criticizing him.
Bloomberg:
White House Weighs Personal Mobile Phone Ban for Staff  —  The White House may ban its employees from using personal mobile phones while at work, raising concerns among staff including that they'll be cut off from family and friends, according to five administration officials.
Discussion: Political Wire
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Al Franken apologizes for past sexual misconduct  —  Democratic Sen. Al Franken apologized to his staff, the people of Minnesota, and “everyone who has counted on him to be a champion of women” for his past history of sexual misconduct during a press conference outside of his office Monday.
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Al Franken on whether he will face more groping allegations: 'I don't know. I can't say.'
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Melanie McDonagh / Spectator:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: the union of royalty and showbiz
Discussion: New Republic, The Guardian and Mashable
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Claire McCaskill Took Action to Hide Travel on Private Plane From Public  —  Email records show FAA was asked to hide tracking data of Democratic senator's plane in April  —  Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) took action earlier this year to make her family's private plane untrackable by the public …
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn's role in Mideast nuclear project could compound legal issues  —  In June 2015, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn took a little-noticed trip to Egypt and Israel, paid for by a U.S. company he was advising.  The company hoped to build more than two dozen nuclear plants in the region in partnership with Russian interests.
Discussion: Arutz Sheva
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.
 
 
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Long Divided, Iran Unites Against Trump and Saudis in a Nationalist Fervor
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Baltimore Sun:
‘House of Cards’ production crew to be paid for additional two weeks while on hiatus
F.H. Buckley / New York Post:
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Morrissey: I would kill Trump ‘for the safety of humanity’
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Republicans' latest plan to repeal Obamacare's insurance requirement could wreak havoc in some very red states
Discussion: Mother Jones
Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg:
Ryan Dismisses Deficit Concerns to Chase a Political Win on Taxes
Bloomberg:
Tax-Hike Fears Trigger Talk of Exodus From Manhattan and Greenwich
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
CBS boss told me to sleep with coworkers to get ahead: suit
Discussion: bizpacreview.com and Mediaite
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump's Russian Schizophrenia
Discussion: Raw Story
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie makes moves pointing to 2020 run
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Financial Times:
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