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12:40 PM ET, December 1, 2017

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New York Times:
Flynn to Plead Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, will plead guilty on Friday to lying to the F.B.I. about a conversation with the Russian ambassador last December.  —  The plea was the latest indication …
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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 …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Flynn has promised special counsel ‘full cooperation’ in Russia probe: Source  —  Retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn has promised “full cooperation” in the special counsel's Russia investigation and, according to a confidant, is prepared to testify that Donald Trump directed him to make contact with the Russians …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn charged with making false statement to the FBI  —  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was charged Friday with making a false statement to the FBI about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, marking another monumental development in the wide-ranging probe of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Flynn charged with one count of making false statement  —  Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has charged former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn with “willfully and knowingly” making “false, fictitious and fraudulent statements” to the FBI regarding conversations with Russia's ambassador.
CNBC:
Stocks fall sharply on report that Michael Flynn was directed by Trump to talk to Russians  —  Stocks fell Friday on a report that Michael Flynn was directed by President Trump to talk to Russians.  —  ABC News reported that Flynn, the former national security adviser …
Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Michael Flynn Charged With Lying to FBI … Michael Flynn has been charged with making a false statement to the FBI, according to an indictment filed by the special counsel's office Friday.  Flynn will reportedly plead guilty to the charge, which alleges he misled FBI agents during …
Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation tops $5 million
Discussion: Axios and IJR
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Leaders Claim They've Sewn Up 50 Votes For Tax Bill  —  When you're ramming a massive tax bill through Congress at record speed, there are bound to be a few speed bumps.  —  But after some drama on the Senate floor Thursday night, with a handful of Republican deficit hawks withholding …
Discussion: Slate and Balloon Juice
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Bloomberg:
Senate GOP Working to Address Deficit Concerns (8:14 a.m.)  —  Senate Republicans made a lot of progress overnight in crafting a new approach to address deficit concerns in their sweeping tax legislation, according to a Senate GOP aide.  —  More work remains in the next few hours …
Discussion: Axios, Vox, Joe.My.God. and BloombergQuint
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Top GOP senators say they have the votes to pass tax bill  —  Top Republicans said on Friday that they have the votes to pass their tax plan after two key holdouts came on board.  —  “I believe so,” Sen. John Cornyn  —  (R-Texas) told reporters, asked if they had the votes needed to pass the legislation.
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Why it's such a big deal the Senate tax bill would add $1 trillion to debt
Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Inspector general launches inquiry into whether Treasury hid Republican tax bill analysis
CNN:
Uncertainty looms over Senate's tax bill
Discussion: WTVR-TV, KTLA and Political Wire
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Contradicted by deficit study, Republican tax plan in disarray
Discussion: Shakesville and ThinkProgress
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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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 …
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump White House Faces Prospect of More Senior Departures  —  Secretary of State Tillerson is most likely to leave as first anniversary approaches, say officials  —  WASHINGTON—The White House is facing the prospect of another round of senior departures in the coming weeks …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Tillerson says reports of his demise ‘laughable’
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Fox News:
White House releases ‘explosive’ tally of green cards issued in ‘chain migration’
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 …
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Tax bill could trigger historic spending cuts
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
NPR:
Transcript: Paul Ryan's Full Interview With NPR's Steve Inskeep  —  President Trump wants a tax overhaul plan passed by Christmas.  Both the Senate and the House have versions of the plan with the goal of cutting taxes.  Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep talks to House Speaker Paul Ryan …
RTDNA Recent Articles:
Walmart pulls threatening shirt at RTDNA's urging  —  UPDATE: Less than 24 hours after Walmart removed the shirt from its website, Teespring.com, the third-party seller that had been offering the shirt on Walmart.com removed it from its site as well.  —  The nation's largest retailer Wednesday removed …
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and CBS Philly
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Walmart Pulls T-Shirts That Hint At Lynching Journalists
Claire Spellberg / Decider:
Meredith Vieira Found A “Huge Bag Of Sex Toys” In Matt Lauer's Office  —  When it rains, it pours.  Today, TMZ unearthed a video of Meredith Vieira calling out ex-NBC host Matt Lauer for having a “huge bag of sex toys” hidden in his office closet.  —  Back in 2016, Lauer …
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Trump's mind-numbing media manipulation machine  —  There is a very specific — and dangerous — formula for manipulating the media and hijacking the Twitter/cable/conventional media industrial complex.  Trump sets this formulaic trap increasingly often.  And news organizations keep falling for it.
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.
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
House votes to overturn Obama mining ban in Minnesota  —  The House voted Thursday to overturn the Obama administration's decision to temporarily ban mining in an area of northern Minnesota's Superior National Forest.  —  The Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest …
Discussion: Twin Cities and The Daily Caller
 
 
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
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