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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Another woman says Franken tried to forcibly kiss her — A former Democratic congressional aide said Al Franken tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006, three years before he became a U.S. senator. — The aide, whose name POLITICO is withholding to protect her identity …
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Kirsten Gillibrand:
Senator Franken Should Step Aside — I have been shocked and disappointed to learn over the last few weeks that a colleague I am fond of personally has engaged in behavior towards women that is unacceptable. I consider Senator Franken to be a friend and have enjoyed working with him in the Senate …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Seven female Dem senators call on Franken to resign
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Washington Examiner:
Court records suggest Roy Moore dated wife while she was still married — Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore's account of when he began dating his wife Kayla would place the start of their courtship before her divorce from her first husband, according to court documents.
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Bannon on Romney: ‘You hid behind your religion’ to avoid Vietnam — Bannon hits Romney for avoiding Vietnam — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Steve Bannon bashed Mitt Romney Tuesday night for, as he put it, hiding behind his religion to avoid getting drafted into the Vietnam War.
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Has Privately Decided the Sexual-Assault Allegations Against Roy Moore Are Bunk … President Donald Trump has privately told confidants over the past week that he firmly believes Roy Moore's innocence and feels no hesitation at all about endorsing the embattled Alabama Senate candidate …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Moore campaign complains about super PAC ad — The Latest on the U.S. Senate race in Alabama (all times local): — Republican Roy Moore's Alabama Senate campaign is demanding that a political group quit running a commercial about sexual misconduct allegations against the candidate.
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New York Times:
Trump's Endorsement of Roy Moore Points Up a G.O.P. Problem: Chaos
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Conway defends Trump's Moore endorsement: ‘The president has tremendous moral standards’
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Brian Faler / Politico:
‘Holy crap’: Experts find tax plan riddled with glitches — Republicans' tax-rewrite plans are riddled with bugs, loopholes and other potential problems that could plague lawmakers long after their legislation is signed into law. — Some of the provisions could be easily gamed, tax lawyers say.
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
The Silence Breakers are TIME's 2017 Person of the Year — TIME has named The Silence Breakers, the individuals who set off a national reckoning over the prevalence of sexual harassment, as its 2017 Person of the Year. — The magazine's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal revealed …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Time picks women who sparked ‘#MeToo’ movement as ‘Person of the Year’
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New York Times:
Weinstein's Complicity Machine — HARVEY WEINSTEIN BUILT his complicity machine out of the witting, the unwitting and those in between. He commanded enablers, silencers and spies, warning others who discovered his secrets to say nothing. He courted those who could provide the money …
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Los Angeles Times:
Several homes burning in Bel-Air as fire closes the 405 Freeway and forces evacuations — Several homes in Los Angeles' Bel-Air neighborhood were burning Wednesday morning as a wind-driven wildfire prompted a full closure of the 405 Freeway as well as mandatory evacuations in an area of multimillion-dollar homes.
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Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Double-crossing FBI agent must be held accountable — FBI investigator Peter Strzok not only let Hillary Clinton off the hook, he may have used Democratic Party opposition research as an excuse to spy on Trump campaign advisers. — Strzok became such a political liability …
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Power Line and Fox News
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Financial Times:
Pope joins voices warning Trump against Jerusalem decision … Sam Fleming in Washington, Erika Solomon in Beirut, James Politi in Rome and Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem — Foreign leaders warned Donald Trump that his plans to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday and relocate …
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Doctors identify brain abnormalities in Cuba attack patients — WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors treating the U.S. Embassy victims of mysterious, invisible attacks in Cuba have discovered brain abnormalities as they search for clues to explain the hearing, vision, balance and memory damage, The Associated Press has learned.
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Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Conyers faced mounting sexual misconduct allegations as he weighed his future — As Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) this week weighed calls for his resignation from a Michigan hospital bed, more women were coming forward with accounts of sexual misconduct by the lawmaker.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Accuser: Conyers brought up Chandra Levy when I turned down his advances
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Diana Falzone / Fox News:
Corey Feldman's 1993 audio files naming alleged sexual predators found by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office — Has Corey Feldman been vindicated? — The former child actor claimed in October that he had given the names of sexual predators in Hollywood to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office …
Phil Van Stockum / Politico:
I Saw the Kate Steinle Murder Trial Up Close. The Jury Didn't Botch It. — I was an alternate juror in the Kate Steinle murder trial in San Francisco. I didn't get a vote, but I saw all of the evidence and the jury instructions, and I discussed the verdict with the jury after it was delivered.
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The richest 1 percent now owns more of the country's wealth than at any time in the past 50 years — The wealthiest 1 percent of American households own 40 percent of the country's wealth, according to a new paper by economist Edward N. Woolf. That share is higher than it has been at any point since …
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CNNMoney:
How a joke, and Mike Cernovich, got Sam Seder booted from MSNBC — In 2009, Sam Seder told a vulgar joke on Twitter that would eventually cost him a job he didn't yet have — and make him a target of a movement that didn't yet exist. — MSNBC said Monday that it will not renew Seder's contract …
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Atlanta Mayoral Race Poised to Move to a Recount — ATLANTA — For the second time in eight years, the mayoralty of the South's most influential city is likely to head to a recount. — Fewer than 800 votes separated Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood after local officials tallied …
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fns.usda.gov:
USDA Promises New SNAP Flexibilities to Promote Self-Sufficiency — Release No. — USDA Press (202) 720-4623 press@oc.usda.gov — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is promising increased cooperation with states in the operation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program …
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New York Times:
Consumer Bureau's New Leader Steers a Sudden Reversal — The defanging of a federal consumer watchdog agency began last week in a federal courthouse in San Francisco. — After a nearly three-year legal skirmish, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appeared to have been victorious.
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