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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 …
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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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Elizabeth Zwirz / Fox News:
Kate Steinle's accused killer found not guilty of murder — Jurors have found Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of killing Kate Steinle on Pier 14 in San Francisco in July 2015 in the trial that sparked a national debate over illegal immigration. — Jurors reached the decision Thursday …
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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.
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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.
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Tara Fowler / ABC News:
Jury finds undocumented immigrant not guilty of murder of Kate Steinle
Jury finds undocumented immigrant not guilty of murder of Kate Steinle
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Lyanne Melendez / abc7news.com:
Kate Steinle suspect found not guilty, acquitted of murder and manslaughter
Kate Steinle suspect found not guilty, acquitted of murder and manslaughter
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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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GOP to reduce tax relief by $350B to win over deficit hawks
GOP to reduce tax relief by $350B to win over deficit hawks
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Wall Street Journal:
Senate Bill Hits Obstacle Over Deficit Concern
Senate Bill Hits Obstacle Over Deficit Concern
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CNN:
White House wanted to publicly shame Tillerson, source says — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Reports that the White House has a tentative plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that emerged Thursday were an effort to express President Donald Trump's deep displeasure …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Cotton to CIA? The move would say a lot about how the GOP star views his party's future
Cotton to CIA? The move would say a lot about how the GOP star views his party's future
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Interrogators Blast Trump's ‘Clueless’ CIA Pick Tom Cotton
Interrogators Blast Trump's ‘Clueless’ CIA Pick Tom Cotton
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Roy Moore Campaign to Jimmy Kimmel: If You Want to ‘Mock Our Christian Values,’ ‘Come Down Here’ to Alabama to ‘Do It Man to Man’ — THEODORE, Alabama — The U.S. Senate campaign of Judge Roy Moore is firing back at Jimmy Kimmel and his paid trickster Rich Barbieri—also known as …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump isn't going to Alabama to campaign for Moore — but plans to hold a rally next door
Trump isn't going to Alabama to campaign for Moore — but plans to hold a rally next door
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Ivana Hrynkiw / al.com:
Minister who sang for Roy Moore lied for son accused of molesting Honduran orphans
Minister who sang for Roy Moore lied for son accused of molesting Honduran orphans
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Christopher Harress / al.com:
Jake Byrd heckles Roy Moore: Jimmy Kimmel comedian crashes Alabama church rally
Jake Byrd heckles Roy Moore: Jimmy Kimmel comedian crashes Alabama church rally
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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
Matt Lauer's lawyers trying to get him $30M payout after firing
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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.
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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
Treasury Watchdog Probes Mnuchin's Missing Tax Analysis
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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.
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 …
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ABC News:
Officials: Trump might declare Jerusalem the Israeli capital — President Donald Trump is considering recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, officials say, a highly charged declaration that risks inflaming tensions across the Middle East but would be a way to offset a likely decision delaying …
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CNNMoney:
Why Twitter didn't delete anti-Muslim tweets — Outrage after Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos — President Trump has been heavily criticized for his decision to retweet three graphic anti-Muslim videos. — But why did Twitter allow them in the first place?
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Maybe Trump knows his base better than we do — Watching the Republican tax plan race through Congress, one is reminded of a big apparent difference between President Trump's program and other populist movements in the Western world. In the United States, Trump is leading something …
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