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CBS News poll: Alabama Republicans call allegations against Roy Moore false — A new CBS News poll finds 71 percent of Alabama Republicans say the allegations against Roy Moore are false, and those who believe this also overwhelmingly believe Democrats and the media are behind those allegations.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Is Roy Moore winning? Don't ask the pollsters
Is Roy Moore winning? Don't ask the pollsters
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New York Magazine, America First Policies and Washington Post
Yamiche Alcindor / New York Times:
McConnell Says He'll Let Alabama Voters ‘Make the Call’ on Roy Moore
McConnell Says He'll Let Alabama Voters ‘Make the Call’ on Roy Moore
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Washington Monthly
The Daily Beast:
McConnell Walks Back Roy Moore Criticisms: It's Up to Alabama to Decide
McConnell Walks Back Roy Moore Criticisms: It's Up to Alabama to Decide
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Politico, Washington Post, ABC News and Axios
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Finds Loopholes in Chief of Staff's New Regime — Kelly establishes control, but the president's ‘workarounds’ show its limits — WASHINGTON—Chief of Staff John Kelly over the past five months has imposed discipline and rigorous protocols on a freewheeling White House.
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Politicus USA, Raw Story, Hullabaloo, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump has given staffers assignments and told them not to tell Kelly: report — President Trump has reportedly given staffers direct assignments by calling them secretly to the residence in the evenings, in an attempt to circumvent chief of staff John Kelly
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Feinstein: Senate Russia probe building obstruction case against Trump — WASHINGTON — A Senate investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election has revealed a possible obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said on “Meet The Press” Sunday.
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Charles Kaiser / The Guardian:
Was Michael Flynn asked to wear a wire in Mueller hunt for evidence on Russia? — Plea agreement includes clause showing Flynn consented to participate in 'covert law enforcement activities" if required — The least-noticed sentence in Michael Flynn's plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump lawyer's backstory for a stunning tweet
Trump lawyer's backstory for a stunning tweet
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CNN, IJR and The Daily Caller
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Operative Offered Trump Campaign ‘Kremlin Connection’ Using N.R.A. Ties — WASHINGTON — A conservative operative trumpeting his close ties to the National Rifle Association and Russia told a Trump campaign adviser last year that he could arrange a back-channel meeting between Donald J. Trump …
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ThinkProgress, Balloon Juice, Political Wire, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, RedState and Joe.My.God.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump, Defending Himself After Flynn Guilty Plea, Says F.B.I. Is in ‘Tatters’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at the F.B.I. on Sunday, defending himself after the guilty plea by his former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, by charging that the bureau's reputation was …
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Politico, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, AOL, Washington Free Beacon, RedState, bizpacreview.com and The Week
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Chris Riotta / Newsweek:
Jared Kushner failed to disclose he led a foundation funding illegal Israeli settlements before U.N. vote — Jared Kushner failed to disclose his role as a co-director of the Charles and Seryl Kushner Foundation from 2006 to 2015, a time when the group funded an Israeli settlement considered …
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Axios:
What to make of Kushner's remarks on Middle East peace — President Trump's son in law and senior adviser Jared Kushner was the administration's key note speaker today at the Saban Forum in Washington. It was the first time Kushner spoke publicly about the administration's efforts to promote …
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Politico
Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Why did Flynn lie and why did Mueller charge him with lying? — BY ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 12/02/17 03:50 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — The charge to which retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty …
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Althouse
Prynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Grassley Implies Working Class Spends Tax Cuts On “Booze Or Women Or Movies” — Home- 2017- December- 3- Grassley Implies Working Class Spends Tax Cuts On “Booze Or Women Or Movies” — After pretending for a brief moment in 2016 that the Republican Party stood for working people …
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Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite:
MSNBC Host Joy Reid Wrote Numerous Anti-Gay Articles on Her Old Blog — Recently resurfaced internet archives show political commentator Joy Reid wrote a dozen blog posts in 2007, 2008, and 2009 that contained homophobic conspiracies and anti-gay jokes. — The MSNBC weekend host ran …
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IJR, bizpacreview.com, thecut and Washington Free Beacon
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Pence tells Christian broadcaster: ‘Trump is a believer’ — Vice President Pence said Sunday that President Trump is a “believer” who is also “grateful [for] the support of believers.” — “Let me be clear: President Trump is a believer and so am I,” Pence told Christian Broadcast Networking …
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New York Post:
Legendary opera conductor molested teen for years: police report — Legendary Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine molested an Illinois teenager from the time he was 15 years old, sexual abuse that lasted for years and led the alleged victim to the brink of suicide, according to a police report obtained by The Post.
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ABC News, NBC News, NPR and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Met Opera to Investigate James Levine Over Sexual Abuse Accusation
Met Opera to Investigate James Levine Over Sexual Abuse Accusation
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thecut
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
'I don't think it's going to help': In a pro-Trump area, many voters are skeptical of GOP tax plan — STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — On a busy weeknight at the 5 Star Lanes bowling alley in this Detroit suburb that voted heavily for President Trump, there was little excitement about the Republican plan to cut taxes.
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Raw Story
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
Trump Boycotts U.N. Migration Talks — The White House's ‘America First’ policy makers see little gain in setting the global rules for migration. — President Donald Trump has decided to boycott a global conference on migration scheduled to begin Monday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico …
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CNN and The Daily Caller
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
McMaster speaks to Trump's tweets, North Korea and Middle East peace
McMaster speaks to Trump's tweets, North Korea and Middle East peace
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CNN, The Week, Business Insider and Al Jazeera English
Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times:
ICE tracks down immigrant who spoke to media in SW Washington: ‘You are the one from the newspaper’ — After talking to The Seattle Times about his girlfriend's arrest by immigration officials, a Pacific County man was detained himself. He said an agent told him it was because of what had been written.
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