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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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Project Veritas:
BREAKING: Undercover Video Exposes Washington Post's Hidden Agenda
BREAKING: Undercover Video Exposes Washington Post's Hidden Agenda
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Conservative Tries to Prove the Washington Post Is Fake News, Proves Opposite by Mistake
Conservative Tries to Prove the Washington Post Is Fake News, Proves Opposite by Mistake
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
A woman approached The Post with dramatic …
A woman approached The Post with dramatic …
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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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Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
Cokie Roberts: Oh, We All Knew To Avoid Getting in An Elevator With Rep. Conyers
Cokie Roberts: Oh, We All Knew To Avoid Getting in An Elevator With Rep. Conyers
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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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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’
Navajo Nation delegate rips Trump: Code talkers aren't ‘pawns to advance a personal grudge’
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Navajo Nation president calls Trump's ‘Pocahontas’ quip an ethnic slur
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Rick Scott Consultant Denies He Used Ice Penis to Hump Mannequin … Joshua Cooper, a Tallahassee political consultant paid more than $500,000 by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to dig up dirt on Scott's enemies over the years, swears the photo above was simply a snapshot taken at an unfortunate angle.
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Schumer, Pelosi cancel meeting with Trump after Twitter attack — House and Senate Democratic leaders on Tuesday abruptly withdrew from a scheduled White House meeting about averting a government shutdown after President Donald Trump publicly slammed them and cast doubt on the negotiations.
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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 …
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Associated Press:
Illinois Rep. Gutierrez to retire after 13 House terms — FILE - In this July 25, 2016 file photo, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill. during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Gutierrez will announce he is retiring and won't seek re-election next year.
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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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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
What Lankford, Flake and Corker want before voting on the tax bill
What Lankford, Flake and Corker want before voting on the tax bill
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CBS News:
Uzbekistan incident raises suspicions of Russian involvement in Cuba attacks — A newly revealed incident reported by a USAID officer who is based at the American embassy in Uzbekistan is raising suspicions Russia may have been involved and could have had a hand in bizarre attacks targeting U.S. diplomats …
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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 …
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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 …
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
The Limits of ‘Believe All Women’ — Ever since Eve gave Adam that forbidden fruit, demonizing and disbelieving women has been the planet-wide policy. You don't need to reach back to the Pleistocene to see the truth of that. — “You're just a child,” Roy Moore is accused of saying …
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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.
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Bloomberg:
Manafort Bankers, Associates Summoned to Talk to Manhattan D.A. — Investigators want to know how Manafort used money from loans — Ex-Trump campaign chairman already charged in separate probe — Manhattan prosecutors investigating Paul Manafort's New York business activities …
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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 …
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Tillerson's Redesign Chief Quits After Three Months
Tillerson's Redesign Chief Quits After Three Months
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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.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Biggest Tax Scam in History — Donald Trump likes to declare that every good thing that happens while he's in office — job growth, rising stock prices, whatever — is the biggest, greatest, best ever. Then the fact-checkers weigh in and quickly determine that the claim is false.
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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 …
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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.
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Congressman Slept With And Then Sued Allegedly Drug-Addicted Staffer — Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green had sex with staffer who he said was a drug addict and then sued her when she threatened to go public with claims she suffered a hostile work environment, saying he “will not be extorted or blackmailed.”
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Sam Thielman / Talking Points Memo:
Mulvaney Tells CFPB Staff He's In Charge After Another English Email — Mick Mulvaney, in his battle with Leandra English over the acting directorship of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, asked staff to forward “additional communications from her ... in any form” to the Wall Street watchdog's general counsel.
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