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New York Times:
Trump Once Said the ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape Was Real. Now He's Not Sure. — WASHINGTON — Shortly after his victory last year, Donald J. Trump began revisiting one of his deepest public humiliations: the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape of him making vulgar comments about women.
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From ‘Access Hollywood’ to Russia, Trump seeks to paint the rosiest picture … President Trump has expressed certainty that the special-counsel probe into his campaign's possible collusion with Russia will be finished by the end of the year, complete with an exoneration from Robert S. Mueller III …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
NBC Fires Matt Lauer Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations — NBC has fired its leading morning news anchor Matt Lauer over sexual harassment allegations, the network's president for news said in a memo to staff on Wednesday. — “On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
NBC fires Matt Lauer after complaint about ‘inappropriate sexual behavior’ — Matt Lauer was fired from NBC News on Wednesday after an employee filed a complaint about “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace,” the network announced. — Savannah Guthrie made the announcement at the top of the “Today” show.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Matt Lauer allegedly sexually assaulted staffer during Olympics — Matt Lauer allegedly sexually assaulted a female NBC staffer during the Rio Olympics, sources told Page Six. — The staffer, who has not been named and wishes to remain anonymous, complained to NBC News bosses yesterday, prompting them to move fast and fire him.
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
NBC News fires ‘Today’ anchor Matt Lauer after sexual misconduct review — Matt Lauer, the anchor of “Today” for two decades, was fired by NBC News after a detailed complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. — “Today” co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb announced …
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Paul Gattis / al.com:
Exclusive: Accuser to Roy Moore, ‘Where does your immorality end?’ — In an impassioned letter released exclusively today to AL.com, Leigh Corfman, who accused Roy Moore of undressing her when she was 14 and he was 32, demanded the Republican Senate candidate stop calling her a liar …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Conservative media critic: O'Keefe is ‘hurting the conservative movement’ — Conservative writer Brent Bozell slammed conservative activist James O'Keefe on Tuesday after his botched undercover sting on The Washington Post, saying O'Keefe should be “condemned” for trying to plant a fake story …
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea's latest missile launch appears to put U.S. capital in range — TOKYO — North Korea claimed the entire United States mainland was within reach after “successfully” testing a new kind of intercontinental ballistic missile, which it called the Hwasong-15, and said could carry a “super large heavy warhead.”
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New York Times:
North Korea Fires a Ballistic Missile, in a Further Challenge to Trump
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CNN:
Trump on North Korean missile launch: ‘We will take care of it’
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Hawaii Brings Back a Cold War-Era Nuclear Warning System
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New York Times:
Republicans Clear Major Hurdle as Tax Bill Advances — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took a significant step toward passing a sweeping tax overhaul on Tuesday, with a key panel giving its approval and several wavering senators indicating they would support the tax package …
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Wall Street Journal:
Senate Tax Revamp Gains Traction
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Bloomberg:
Revenue Trigger Looms as Source of Friction (5:20 p.m.)
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Senate committee advances GOP tax bill, moving closer to floor vote
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
CNN to boycott White House Christmas party — Adding fuel to its growing feud with President Donald Trump, CNN told POLITICO it will be boycotting the White House Christmas party for the media this year. — “CNN will not be attending this year's White House Christmas party,” a CNN spokesperson said.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump, next to empty chairs, tears into Dems for skipping meeting
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump retweets inflammatory and unverified anti-Muslim videos — President Trump Wednesday shared three inflammatory anti-Muslim videos on Twitter posted by a far-right British activist. — The videos — whose authenticity could not be independently verified — were first shared by Jayda Fransen …
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
President Trump Tweets Out ISIS ‘Snuff Film’ … LONDON—Donald Trump retweeted an apparent snuff video to his 40 million followers Wednesday morning, with footage depicting what looked like a brutal murder carried out by an ISIS mob that had been posted by a far-right British political activist.
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump retweets anti-Islam videos from far-right British politician
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Victorious Trump moves to reshape consumer bureau — Hot off a legal victory handing him control of the government's top consumer watchdog, President Donald Trump is moving rapidly to nominate a permanent director to rein in the agency's reach. — A U.S. District Court judge in Washington …
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Washington Post:
Federal judge rules that Trump's choice can remain at head of consumer watchdog bureau
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Associated Press:
House to vote on mandatory sexual harassment training — Rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct, the House is moving ahead on legislation to require anti-sexual harassment training for all members and their staffs. — The vote comes amid a wave of accusations against lawmakers …
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Conyers faces new pressure to resign after fourth accuser alleges harassment
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CNN:
Several black caucus members in talks with Conyers to get him to resign
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Trump's Tax Promises Undercut by CEO Plans to Reward Investors — Corporate leaders say tax cut proceeds will go to shareholders — President has said corporate tax cut will boost hiring, wages — Major companies including Cisco Systems Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. say they'll turn …
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Political Wire
Rebecca Lurye / Hartford Courant:
Lucian Wintrich, White House Correspondent For Gateway Pundit, Arrested After Altercation At UConn Talk — Lucian Wintrich, of Gateway Pundit, tries to give his talk, “It Is OK To Be White,” at UConn on Tuesday night, before an altercation that led to his arrest. (Rebecca Lurye / Hartford Courant)
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Stuart Rothenberg / sturothenberg.com:
Why Evangelicals Stick with Donald Trump & Roy Moore — Nobody should be surprised that evangelical voters are sticking with the GOP. — I've been watching evangelical voting behavior since I worked for Paul Weyrich's Free Congress Foundation in the 1980s, and I've come to believe that …
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Balloon Juice
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn's Promotion of Nuclear-Plant Project Went Deep Into the White House — Project backers drafted memos for President Trump and Flynn allies continued to push the plan after the Trump security adviser was ousted — Private-sector backers of a controversial Middle East nuclear plan worked …
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BuzzFeed:
Mueller's Russia Probe May Now Include Flynn's DIA Tenure — BuzzFeed News requested documents relating to Michael Flynn from the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014. The agency denied the request this month, citing ongoing “law enforcement investigative activities.” — Reporting From Washington, DC
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