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12:15 PM ET, November 28, 2017

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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
James O'Keefe tweeted about his ‘confrontation’ with a Post reporter.  Here's what really happened.  —  The Washington Post on Monday published a report about a woman who falsely claimed Roy Moore sexually assaulted her as a teenager — and who appeared to work with Project Veritas …
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore.  She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.  —  A woman who falsely claimed to The Washington Post that Roy Moore, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama, impregnated her as a teenager appears …
Project Veritas:
BREAKING: Undercover Video Exposes Washington Post's Hidden Agenda  —  Joey Marburger, Director of Product for Washington Post: “If Trump just disappeared tomorrow, our traffic would drop by thirty percent.”  —  Dan Lamothe, a National Security Writer for WaPo: “Woah, I work for that place?” in Reference to Biased Editorial Section
George Hunter / Detroit News:
Second ex-staffer accuses Conyers of sexual harassment  —  A former staffer of U.S. Rep. John Conyers said the veteran lawmaker made unwanted sexual advances toward her, including inappropriate touching, adding to allegations by other unnamed former employees that have prompted a congressional investigation.
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Change Research:
Moore Opens Up 49-44 Lead in Alabama; Just 9% of Trump Voters Believe Allegations Against Moore  —  Alabama Republican Roy Moore has reopened a 49-44 lead over Democrat Doug Jones in the race for U.S. Senate.  In Change Research's third poll since the sexual misconduct allegations against Moore …
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Paul Gattis / al.com:
Roy Moore says allegations ‘completely false,’ gets standing ovations at north Alabama rally
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Here's the deal with Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)From “Lyin' Ted” Cruz and “Lil' Marco” Rubio to “Crooked Hillary” Clinton, Donald Trump has consistently conjured up demeaning nicknames for his campaign foes.  —  Which brings us to Elizabeth Warren.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Navajo Nation delegate rips Trump: Code talkers aren't ‘pawns to advance a personal grudge’  —  A Navajo Nation Council delegate is ripping President Trump after the president called Sen. Elizabeth Warren  —  (D-Mass.) “Pocahontas” during an event honoring Native American code talkers.
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Mike Allen / Axios:
The Senate tax bill's “seesaw” trap  —  With administration and leadership aides frantically negotiating with holdout senators, the Senate's tax vote scheduled for late this week could lapse into next week.  — That would raise everyone's blood pressure: Everything is fragile.
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New York Times:
Senators Scramble to Advance Tax Bill That Increasingly Rewards Wealthy  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican tax bill hurtling through Congress is increasingly tilting the United States tax code to benefit wealthy Americans, as party leaders race to shore up wavering lawmakers who are requesting more help for high-earning business owners.
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
What Lankford, Flake and Corker want before voting on the tax bill
New York Times:
Dismantling the Foreign Service  —  The Foreign Service, our country's irreplaceable asset for understanding and interacting with a complex and dangerous world, is facing perhaps its greatest crisis.  President Trump's draconian budget cuts for the State Department and his dismissive attitude toward …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Tillerson's Redesign Chief Quits After Three Months
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CBS News, CNN and IJR
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Brings Foreign Policy Back to Earth
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Roy Moore campaign staff push, shove Fox News camera crew at rally  —  Campaign staffers for Senate candidate Roy Moore late Monday night got into a scuffle with two Fox News camera crews prior to a rally in the town of Henagar, Ala.  —  Organizers told the media that Moore was expected …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Odds Are, Russia Owns Trump  —  Three months ago, The Washington Post reported that even as Donald Trump ran for president, he pursued plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.  The next day, The New York Times published excerpts from emails between Felix Sater, a felon with ties to Russian organized crime …
Discussion: Scripting News
Matthew Shaer / New York Times:
How Far Will Sean Hannity Go?  —  The Fox News host is willing to defend Trump at all costs — and is reaching more than 13 million people a day.  —  When he finally went to bed early in the morning on Oct. 2, Sean Hannity had a good sense, as he typically does, of how he would structure that night's Fox News Channel broadcast.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump says 'I don't see a deal' on spending  —  The Latest on President Trump's discussions with lawmakers on taxes and the budget (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is casting doubt on whether he and congressional leaders can agree to keep the government funded.
Discussion: Politico
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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Trump vowed to end the ‘war on Christmas.’ Here's how the White House is decorated this season.
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
Trump Paid Over $1 Million in Labor Settlement, Documents Reveal  —  In 1980, under pressure to begin construction on what would become his signature project, Donald J. Trump employed a crew of 200 undocumented Polish workers who worked in 12-hour shifts, without gloves, hard hats or masks …
Star Tribune:
Franken's apology fails the full candor test  —  He seems to be saying, 'I'm sorry for what you think I did.'  —  U.S. Sen. Al Franken broke his self-imposed silence over the weekend, submitting to a series of media interviews on the sexual misconduct allegations against him, professing his shame and embarrassment.
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Rep. Green issues unprompted statement on ‘settled’ allegations  —  Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) issued an unprompted joint statement with a female former staffer who years ago made and later dropped allegations of sexual assault, with the two on Monday calling the matter “absolutely resolved.”
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Anita Singh / Telegraph:
Angela Lansbury: attractive women ‘must sometimes take the blame’ for sexual harassment  —  Women must accept some blame for sexual harassment and abuse because they “go out of their way to make themselves attractive” to men, Dame Angela Lansbury has said.  —  While other Hollywood actresses …
Natisha Lance / WXIA-TV:
Woman feels she was profiled after being mistaken for human trafficking victim on Delta flight  —  Stephanie Ung says she and a friend were greeted by federal agents after stepping off the plane from vacation, and made to feel more like criminals than victims of sex trafficking.
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
America is in crisis.  The Republican tax plan will make that worse  —  The plan would comfort the already very comfortable and further afflict many of the afflicted - all while causing the national debt to soar  —  hen Donald Trump was sworn in as president last January, the nation faced several domestic crises.
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Feds Flip Turkish Crook; Did He Rat on Michael Flynn? … Reza Zarrab, a Turkish businessman accused of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, pleaded guilty and will testify against his co-defendant, a federal court heard Tuesday.  Zarrab's cooperation with federal prosecutors could have implications …
Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal:
Wells Fargo Bankers, Chasing Bonuses, Overcharged Hundreds of Clients  —  Employees say lofty rewards tied to revenue pushed foreign-exchange staff to ignore agreed-upon fees  —  The whispers among employees had been around for years.  They finally heard some facts during a conference call …
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva quietly arranged a “severance package” in 2015 for one of his top staffers who threatened a lawsuit claiming the Arizona Democrat was frequently drunk and created a hostile workplace environment, revealing yet another way that lawmakers can use taxpayer dollars to hide their misbehavior on Capitol Hill.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Gutiérrez won't seek reelection  —  Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), a leading national voice on immigration reform, will not seek reelection, three Democratic sources with knowledge of the decision told POLITICO.  —  Gutiérrez, who has held his seat since 1993 …
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Arby's to acquire Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.4B in restaurant shakeup  —  Wings.  Beer.  And Arby's.  —  Fast-food chain Arby's Restaurant Group said Tuesday that it reached a deal to acquire Buffalo Wild Wings, which promotes the slogan “wings, beer, sports” in its advertisements, for $2.4 billion in cash.
Discussion: grubstreet
 
 
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The Limits of ‘Believe All Women’
Emily Atkin / New Republic:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Will the tax plan break the Republican coalition?
Discussion: National Review and AOL
Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
Menendez won't say who crossed him during trial, but ‘they know who they are’
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
'He's a little obsessed with me': Hillary Clinton reflects with raw honesty on Trump and 2016
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Social Platforms Promised A Level Playing Field For All.  The Russian Trolls Showed That Was Never True.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Court: Military must take transgender service members by Jan. 1
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Tre'vell Anderson / Los Angeles Times:
Q&A Actor Bambadjan Bamba comes out as undocumented: 'We just can't be scared anymore.'
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Why are Republicans in such a rush to pass tax reform? To outrun the truth.
Discussion: Tax Analysts and TaxVox
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Biggest Tax Scam in History
Discussion: Business Insider
Washington Examiner:
Lawless Democrats launch a coup at the CFPB
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
The perks of being a member of Congress
Thomas Mulier / Bloomberg:
Chicago Immigration Raid Leaves Swiss Baker Scrambling to Restaff
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
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