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11:20 PM ET, December 8, 2017

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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prominent appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski accused of sexual misconduct  —  Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, pictured in 2003.  Six women — all former clerks or externs in the 9th Circuit — alleged to The Washington Post in recent weeks that Kozinski …
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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:   9th Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski is accused by former clerks of making sexual comments
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Female aides fretted Franks wanted to have sex to impregnate them  —  Arizona Rep. Trent Franks allegedly made unwanted advances toward female staffers in his office and retaliated against one who rebuffed him, according to House GOP sources with knowledge of a complaint against him.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Ex-aide: Franks offered $5m to carry his child  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Arizona Rep. Trent Franks' resignation (all times EST):  —  A former aide to Republican Rep. Trent Franks has told The Associated Press the congressman repeatedly pressed her to carry his child …
CNN:
Exclusive: Email shows effort to give Trump campaign WikiLeaks documents  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and others in the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address …
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Washington Post:
Email pointed Trump campaign to WikiLeaks documents that were already public … A 2016 email sent to President Trump and top aides pointed the campaign to hacked documents from the Democratic National Committee that had already been made public by the group WikiLeaks a day earlier.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
CNN Botches Major ‘Bombshell’ Alleging Contacts Between Don Jr. And WikiLeaks
Discussion: Mediaite and IJR
New York Times:
F.B.I. Warned Hope Hicks About Emails From Russian Operatives  —  WASHINGTON — F.B.I. officials warned one of President Trump's top advisers, Hope Hicks, earlier this year about repeated attempts by Russian operatives to make contact with her during the presidential transition, according to people familiar with the events.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump aide warned by FBI about contacts from Russians: report
Discussion: Sputnik International
Fox News:
Roy Moore accuser admits she wrote part of yearbook inscription attributed to Alabama Senate candidate  —  One of the women who accused Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of making advances on her when she was a teen and he a local prosecutor admitted Friday to writing part of the yearbook inscription she offered as proof.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox News issues correction on Roy Moore accuser yearbook ‘forgery’ headline
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Roy Moore accuser Beverly Young Nelson ‘scared to go anywhere’ since her sexual assault allegation
John Haltiwanger / Newsweek:
ROY MOORE: LAST TIME AMERICA WAS ‘GREAT’ WAS DURING ‘SLAVERY’
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Bombshell: Roy Moore Accuser Beverly Nelson Admits She Forged Yearbook
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Ex-Fox News anchor claims Trump tried to kiss her  —  Former Fox News anchor Juliet Huddy said President Donald Trump tried to kiss her in an elevator around the time he married First Lady Melania.  —  Huddy, who left Fox News after allegedly receiving a settlement after she made a complaint …
Stephanie Akin / Roll Call:
Exclusive: Taxpayers Paid $220K to Settle Case Involving Rep. Alcee Hastings  —  The Treasury Department paid $220,000 in a previously undisclosed agreement to settle a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment that involved Florida Democrat Alcee L. Hastings, according to documents obtained by Roll Call.
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Graphic video shows Daniel Shaver sobbing and begging officer for his life before 2016 shooting  —  After the officer involved was acquitted of second-degree murder charges, officials in Arizona publicly released graphic video showing Daniel Shaver crawling on his hands and knees and begging …
Discussion: TheBlaze
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Washington Post:
Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser, to depart Trump White House … Deputy national security adviser Dina Powell, a driving force behind the Trump administration's Middle East policy, plans to leave the White House as part of an anticipated wave of departures following President Trump's …
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New York Times:   Dina Powell, Influential Foreign Policy Adviser, Is Set to Exit White House
The Daily Beast:
Cadet Run Out of West Point After Accusing Army's Star Quarterback of Rape … Madeline Lewis was born to go to West Point.  She says her parents brought her home from the hospital wearing a onesie with “West Point” emblazoned across the chest.  For several Halloweens in a row, she dressed up as a West Point Cheerleader.
Washington Post:
Trump calls Romney ‘a great man,’ but works to undermine him and block Senate run  —  Before Ronna Romney McDaniel took over as Republican National Committee chairwoman earlier this year, President Trump had a request: Would she be willing to stop using her middle name publicly?
Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Roy Moore is the last straw, you can now call me a Democrat  —  The GOP would rather elect a sexual predator who preys on teenagers than a prosecutor who happens to be a Democrat.  That's it, I'm switching parties.  —  My first exposure to politics was at the local level.
Discussion: AOL
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Is Rotting  —  A lot of good, honorable Republicans used …
New York Times:
Lobbyists Ask for Votes.  Some Lawmakers Want Much More.  —  Vanessa Alarid was a lobbyist in New Mexico when she asked a lawmaker over drinks one night if she could count on his support for a bill that appeared to be coming down to a single vote.  —  “You can have my vote if you have sex with me …
New York Times:
Official Toll in Puerto Rico: 62.  Actual Deaths May Be 1,052.  —  Homes were flattened.  Power was knocked out.  And all across Puerto Rico, bodies began showing up at morgues.  —  Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico with great fury but the government there has reported …
Discussion: Latino USA and The Daily Caller
National Geographic:
Lack of sea ice is making it more difficult for polar bears to find food.  —  When photographer Paul Nicklen and filmmakers from conservation group Sea Legacy arrived in the Baffin Islands, they came across a heartbreaking sight: a starving polar bear on its deathbed.  —  Nicklen is no stranger to bears.
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Trump will not speak publicly at opening of Mississippi's Civil Rights Museum  —  President Donald Trump will participate in a separate private event at the new Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday morning, rather than in the public ceremony.
Discussion: Shareblue Media and WGNO
Kathryn Rossetter / Hollywood Reporter:
New Dustin Hoffman Accuser Claims Harassment and Physical Violation on Broadway (Guest Column)  —  Kathryn Rossetter performed eight times a week with the star in ‘Death of a Salesman’ — but, she writes, a dream job soon became “a horrific, demoralizing and abusive experience at the hands (literally) of one of my acting idols.”
Bella DePaulo / Washington Post:
I study liars.  I've never seen one like President Trump.  —  He tells far more lies, and far more cruel ones, than ordinary people do.  —  President Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday.  (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)  —  I spent the first two decades of my career …
Discussion: Politicus USA
Associated Press:
Supreme Court blocks for now DACA case document disclosure  —  The Supreme Court on Friday blocked for now a judge's order requiring the Trump administration to disclose all emails, letters and other documents it considered in its decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation.
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Gregory Hellman / Politico:
Trump approves new Russia sanctions for violating Cold War arms pact  —  The Trump administration is levying new sanctions on Russia it hopes will force it to comply with a Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty it has violated by deploying a banned cruise missile, according to a senior administration official.
Discussion: TASS and Washington Free Beacon
Ashley Balcerzak / Center for Public Integrity:
Mystery money floods Alabama in Senate race's final days  —  Super PACs backing both Roy Moore and Doug Jones are exploiting legal loopholes that allow them to hide their donors  —  Alabama Senate candidates Roy Moore, left, and Doug Jones, right.  —  likes
Discussion: Weekly Standard, al.com and TVNewser
 
 
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Geoff Ziezulewicz / Navy Times:
Sailor staged racist vandalism, Navy says
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Assemblyman Matt Dababneh to resign following sexual misconduct allegations
Discussion: KTLA and Townhall.com
Detroit News:
Most of Detroit to go 11 months without rep in Congress
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Trump admin scraps Obama-era proposal requiring airlines to disclose bag fees
Discussion: The Verge and Daily Kos
Mark Arsenault / BostonGlobe.com:
WBUR places Tom Ashbrook on leave over unspecified allegations
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Lanny J. Davis / The Hill:
Lanny Davis: DoJ is not Trump's law firm
Discussion: Reuters and Vox
Brendan O'Connor / Splinter:
How Did a White Supremacist Get a Job as an Equal Employment Officer?
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
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