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Poll: Roy Moore should be kicked out of Senate if he wins — A majority of voters nationwide say Republican Roy Moore should be expelled from the Senate if he wins a seat in the chamber in Tuesday's special election in Alabama, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
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Roy Moore Emerges From Hiding for Election Eve Rally, and Good Lord, Was It Weird
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Baker Backing Democrat Jones In Alabama Senate Race
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Roy Moore arrives to vote on horseback
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Either outcome in Alabama is a self-inflicted wound by Senate GOP
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Kayla Moore: ‘One of our attorneys is a Jew’
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Pence Stays Silent on Roy Moore in Rare Break From Trump
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Sessions doesn't say how he voted in Alabama Senate contest
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Trump lawyers want second special counsel appointed now — President Trump's legal team believes Attorney General Jeff Session's Justice Department and the FBI — more than special counsel Robert Mueller himself — are to blame for what they see as a witch hunt.
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Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump. Congress must protect his investigation — Mueller is coming. — The investigation into Trump campaign coordination with Russia appears to be closing in on the president. The three indictments earlier this month of Trump campaign chairman …


Inside Trump's legal team: Trying to protect the president from Mueller's ‘killers’

Justice Department won't disclose details on Mueller ethics waiver
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Will the Senate Still Protect Robert Mueller From Donald Trump's Ax?
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CNN's Jim Acosta cites access threat from White House's Sarah Huckabee Sanders — President Trump's tweeting Tuesday morning set off the usual scramble among White House reporters for all manner of clarifications and amplifications. Look at the tweet, and it's not hard to understand why:
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Trump attacks Gillibrand in tweet critics say is sexually suggestive and demeaning
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Trump Says Gillibrand ‘Would Do Anything’ for Campaign Donations
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Sixth senator says Trump should resign
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Trump attacks Gillibrand after call for his resignation, suggests she'd ‘do anything’ for campaign contributions
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Trump and Gillibrand face off on Twitter
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Exclusive: Grassley urges Trump to reconsider controversial judicial picks — Trump packing courts with conservatives — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley issued a rare rebuke Tuesday of two of President Donald Trump's …
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In final-hour order, court rules that Alabama can destroy digital voting records after all — Alabama is allowed to destroy digital voting records created at the polls during today's U.S. Senate election after all. — At 1:36 p.m. Monday, a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge issued …
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State Supreme Court stays order directing Alabama not to destroy voting records — Update - 9:05 a.m. Dec. 12, 2017: Late Monday night, the Alabama Supreme Court stayed the Montgomery County Circuit Court's order earlier that day directing Alabama election officials to preserve digital ballot images during Tuesday's Senate election.


Boy behind viral anti-bullying video amazed by support, celebrity responses — A young Tennessee boy whose story gained national attention after his mother posted a heart-wrenching video of him addressing his bullies said he is amazed by all the support he's received on social media this week.
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NFL Harassment Suit Alleges Groping by Top Executive, Ex-Players — Former employee says ex-producer sent several nude photos — NFL Network says employees suspended pending investigation — A former executive producer at the National Football League's TV network and ex-players including Marshall Faulk …
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3 NFL Network analysts suspended amid accusations of sexual harassment
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This is the list of ‘eyewitnesses’ the White House says exonerate Trump — On Monday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders promised that she would produce a list of eyewitnesses to exonerate President Trump from allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
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Why Melania, Ivanka and Jared's mayoral election votes didn't count — Good thing last month's mayoral election wasn't close because if New Yorkers needed the Trump family to decide the outcome, they would have been out of luck. — President Trump and his family of New Yorkers …
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Ken Friedman, Power Restaurateur, Is Accused of Sexual Harassment — Natalie Saibel, a longtime server at the Spotted Pig, a West Village restaurant with celebrity investors, didn't quit in 2015 after the owner, Ken Friedman, ran his hands over her buttocks and then her groin in a room crowded …
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dead at 65 — San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday morning at age 65, his office said. — The sudden news came in an email from the office at 2:23 a.m. It read: “It is with profound sadness and terrible grief that we confirm that Mayor Edwin M. Lee passed away …
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12/12: Majority Views Tax Bill as Adding Financial Injury... POTUS Favors Wealthy, Say Americans — The tax reform bill is highly unpopular among the American people. — The tax reform bill is highly unpopular among the American people. In fact, a majority of U.S. residents (52%) …
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What Happened to the 19 Women Who Accused Trump of Sexual Misconduct — This post was originally published in November 2017. It has been updated with additional harassment claims and public statements from Trump's accusers. — As new sexual-harassment accusations — sometimes several per day …
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U.S. House Democratic women seek probe of Trump misconduct accusations
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Speaker at Moore event says he accidentally went with Moore to a brothel with child prostitutes — Roy Moore, who is running for U.S. Senate in Tuesday's special election, is facing multiple allegations of child sex abuse. He has largely avoided the campaign trail since these allegations first surfaced.
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Trump to Let Assad Stay Until 2021, as Putin Declares Victory in Syria — Despite the deaths of as many as half a million people, dozens by chemical weapons, in the Syrian civil war, the Trump Administration is now prepared to accept President Bashar al-Assad's continued rule until Syria's …


After 9-point loss in Va., Gillespie says he would not encourage others to run for office because of ‘poisonous atmosphere’ — Ed Gillespie, who has been at the forefront of GOP politics for decades, said he wouldn't encourage others to run for office in his first interview since losing the heated Virginia governor's race last month.