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New York Times:
Trump Pressed Top Republicans to End Senate Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump over the summer repeatedly urged senior Senate Republicans, including the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to end the panel's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election …
Vivian Ho / San Francisco Chronicle:
Kate Steinle trial: Garcia Zarate acquitted in San Francisco pier killing  —  A homeless man whose undocumented immigration status intensified a national debate over the ethics of sanctuary laws was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges Thursday in the shooting of Kate Steinle …
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Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
Have we been lied to about the Kate Steinle case?  —  The illegal immigrant who killed Kate Steinle in 2015 was found not guilty of her murder by a San Francisco jury today.  Outrageous, right?  —  Before the killing, Garcia Zarate had been released from a San Francisco jail despite a standing federal deportation order.
CNN:
Kate Steinle death: Garcia Zarate acquitted of homicide  — Kate Steinle's death spurred legislation called “Kate's Law,” though it has not passed the Senate  —  San Francisco (CNN) A jury on Thursday found Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of homicide charges in the July 2015 death of Kate Steinle in San Francisco.
John Diaz / San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Kate Steinle's family talks about the anguish and frustration  —  As they awaited the verdict in the trial of Kate Steinle's accused killer, her parents and brother had one overriding wish.  It had nothing to do with the severity of the defendant's conviction.
Tara Fowler / ABC News:
Jury finds undocumented immigrant not guilty of murder of Kate Steinle
Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
Republicans rewriting tax bill hours before expected vote  —  Senate Republicans have dropped a plan to create a so-called trigger for tax hikes meant to satisfy deficit hawks, leaving the GOP scrambling to change its plan and win over enough votes to pass their massive tax code overhaul.
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Wall Street Journal:
Senate Bill Hits Obstacle Over Deficit Concern
Discussion: Business Insider and Mother Jones
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Corker: No agreement yet on debt trigger in tax bill
Discussion: RedState
Ivana Hrynkiw / al.com:
Minister who sang for Roy Moore lied for son accused of molesting Honduran orphans  —  One of the ministers who serves a Theodore church where Roy Moore spoke Wednesday night was federally convicted of trying to block an investigation involving claims his son molested children in Honduras.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., AOL, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Roy Moore Campaign to Jimmy Kimmel: If You Want to 'Mock Our Christian Values …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump isn't going to Alabama to campaign for Moore — but plans to hold a rally next door
New York Times:
White House Envisions Tillerson Ouster From State Dept., to Be Replaced by Pompeo, Within Weeks  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has developed a plan to force out Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, whose relationship with President Trump has been strained, and replace him with Mike Pompeo …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Interrogators Blast Trump's ‘Clueless’ CIA Pick Tom Cotton
CNN:
White House wanted to publicly shame Tillerson, source says
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Paul Kane / Washington Post:   Cotton to CIA? The move would say a lot about how the GOP star views his party's future
Yohana Desta / Vanity Fair:
Graphic, Disturbing Details of Matt Lauer's Alleged Sexual Misconduct  —  A bombshell Variety report alleges Lauer gave one female colleague a sex toy, and more.  —  Shocking new allegations have emerged about the sexual misconduct scandal that is quickly enveloping Matt Lauer.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:   Matt Lauer's lawyers trying to get him $30M payout after firing
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Conservative Megadonor Robert Mercer Funded Project Veritas  —  The Mercers, secretive billionaires who are among President Trump's most powerful donors, also helped to fund Project Veritas, the controversial activist organization, tax filings obtained by BuzzFeed News show.
Washington Post:
Trump tells confidants that a government shutdown might be good for him … President Trump has told others that a government shutdown could be good for him politically and is focusing on his hard-line immigration stance as a way to win back supporters unhappy with his outreach to Democrats this fall …
Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Inspector general launches inquiry into whether Treasury hid Republican tax bill analysis  —  The Treasury Department's inspector general has launched an inquiry into whether the department hid an analysis of the Republican tax bill — or even did one at all.
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Saleha Mohsin / Bloomberg:
Treasury Watchdog Probes Mnuchin's Missing Tax Analysis
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Week
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Congress secretly paid near $100,000 to settle harassment claims against disgraced congressman  —  The Congressional Office of Compliance secretly paid close to $100,000 in taxpayer funds to settle sexual harassment claims from at least two young male staffers who worked for disgraced former …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Vice fires three employees amid investigations into sexual harassment  —  Vice Media fired three employees on Thursday amid a probe into sexual harassment and improper workplace conduct, according to a memo obtained by CNNMoney.  —  Vice did not name the employees.
Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Administration Is Mulling A Pitch For A Private “Rendition” And Spy Network  —  A private company has proposed that the US government pay it millions to undertake intelligence and covert operations.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  WASHINGTON — The White House and CIA …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Donald Trump's ‘working visit’ to UK dropped as tensions with Theresa May grow over president's far-Right retweets  —  US diplomats have dropped plans for Donald Trump to conduct a visit to Britain in January amid a war of words between the two countries' leaders.
John Bowden / The Hill:
Mulvaney: Authority I have at consumer bureau ‘should frighten people’ … White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney  —  said Thursday that the authority wielded by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) chief “should frighten people” days after he assumed the role of acting director.
Katie Leslie / Dallas Morning News:
Rep. Joe Barton: I will not seek re-election  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Joe Barton, whose private life came under national scrutiny after sexual images he shared in an extramarital relationship were made public, won't seek re-election.  —  The Ennis Republican announced his retirement in an interview …
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Trump draws embarrassingly tiny crowd for National Christmas Tree lighting  —  As Donald Trump nears the end of his first year in office, it is clear that nothing about the man has changed since the election.  —  His holiday party was marred by the awkwardness of his petty exclusion of prominent black and LGBT journalists.
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite and TMZ.com
Jennifer Hassan / Washington Post:
'I'm just waiting for a call from the White House with an apology.' Britain's ‘wrong’ Theresa May speaks out.  —  LONDON — President Trump got the wrong woman, and Twitter users were there to screen-grab the evidence.  —  Trump's tweet came about 1 a.m. Thursday London time, when many Brits were fast asleep.
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Washington Post:
Britain furious, Trump unapologetic as fallout swells from anti-Muslim videos
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Self-Destruction of American Democracy  —  President Trump has single-handedly done more to undermine the basic tenets of American democracy than any foreign agent or foreign propaganda campaign could.  —  “Trump is a political weapon of mass self-destruction for American democracy …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
In Snub to U.S., Russia and Egypt Move Toward Deal on Air Bases
Discussion: The Daily Signal
 
 
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump to donate part of his salary to combat opioid addiction
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Paul Mozur / New York Times:
Drone Maker D.J.I. May Be Sending Data to China, U.S. Officials Say
Discussion: BGR and Gizmodo
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
YouTube Is Disabling Predatory Comments — But Leaving Up The Predators' Accounts
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
CNN:
Erik Prince details Seychelles meeting with Russian banker
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Emily Chang / Bloomberg:
Uber Investor Shervin Pishevar Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Multiple Women
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Mueller expense report to be released next week
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James B. Stewart / New York Times:
Trump Says G.O.P. Tax Bill Won't Benefit Him. That's Not True.
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Yvonne Abraham / BostonGlobe.com:
Four men allege sexual misconduct by Senate president's husband
Discussion: Political Wire
Amber Tamblyn / New York Times:
I'm Not Ready for the Redemption of Men
Discussion: Mashable
Robert S. McElvaine / Washington Post:
I'm a Depression historian. The GOP tax bill is straight out of 1929.
Jenny Lumet / Hollywood Reporter:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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