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Rebecca Traister / thecut:
Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual-Harassment Allegations Didn't Come Out Until Now  —  I have been having conversations about Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual harassment for more than 17 years.  —  The conversations started when I was a young editorial assistant at Talk, the magazine he financed …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats, Seeking to Disavow Weinstein, Plan to Give His Donations to Charity  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Thursday began giving away some of the thousands of dollars in campaign contributions they had received from Harvey Weinstein, a wealthy Hollywood producer …
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary supporter Harvey Weinstein thinks a ‘right wing conspiracy out to get me’ is reason he has been revealed as serial sexual harasser  — Harvey Weinstein believes the revelations of inappropriate sexual behaviour against him are part of a right-wing ‘conspiracy’ to take him down
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Harvey Weinstein gives first interview after shocking sex harassment claims  —  MORE FROM: … Harvey Weinstein told The Post he “bears responsibility” for his past bad behavior, but also blasted the New York Times for “reckless reporting” in their bombshell piece alleging he subjected women to decades of sexual harassment.
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Democrats Begin Shunning Harvey Weinstein Campaign Donations
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: CIA director Pompeo considered to replace Tillerson  —  Trump advisers and allies are floating the idea of replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, age 53 — someone who's already around the table in the Situation Room, and could make the switch without chaos.
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NBC News:
Tillerson Summoned to White House Amid Presidential Fury  —  WASHINGTON — John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, abruptly scrapped plans to travel with President Donald Trump on Wednesday so he could try to contain his boss's fury and manage the fallout from new revelations …
Andrea Peterson / Politico:
John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, White House believes
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump just officially made it easier for employers to stop covering birth control  —  The new rules let big companies end contraceptive coverage — and take effect immediately.  —  The Trump administration is relaxing an Obama-era requirement that nearly all employers offer health insurance …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Trump Administration Set to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is poised to roll back the federal requirement for employers to include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans, vastly expanding exemptions for those that cite moral or religious objections.
Washington Post:
Trump administration narrows Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate  —  The Trump administration issued a rule Friday that sharply limits the Affordable Care Act's contraception coverage mandate, a move that could mean many American women would no longer have access to birth control free of charge.
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Trump rolls back Obamacare birth control mandate
Discussion: Vox and Common Dreams
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump administration is relaxing Obamacare birth control mandate
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama Rule on Birth-Control Coverage
Discussion: RedState
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Official: Las Vegas shooter tried to buy tracer rounds before massacre  —  (CNN)Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock tried to buy tracer ammunition at a gun show in the Phoenix area in recent weeks, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation tells CNN.
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Karen Berkowitz / Chicago Tribune:
Highland Park deli co-owner to leave family business after Vegas shooting tweet sparks outrage
Discussion: Chicagoist, Raw Story and IJR
New York Times:
Las Vegas Shooting: Coroner Identifies Gunman's Victims
Discussion: Raw Story and FOX6Now.com
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Senate ‘Russia Probe’ Is Not Investigating Russia … The Senate Judiciary Committee has demanded documents on Russian meddling from the CIA, interviewed Donald Trump Jr. about his infamous Trump Tower meeting, and subpoenaed Paul Manafort, the president's Kremlin-friendly former campaign chairman.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Cut Russia Out of April Report on Election Influence  —  The drafting of the report sparked internal debate over how much information to disclose about Russian influence campaigns on the social network  —  Facebook Inc. FB 1.67% cut references to Russia from a public report in April …
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Russian-linked group sold merchandise online
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Economy lost 33,000 jobs in September  —  The economy lost jobs in September for the first time in seven years, a consequence of late-summer hurricanes.  —  The Labor Department reported Friday morning that the economy lost 33,000 jobs, down from 169,000 jobs added in August.
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Akin Oyedele / Business Insider:
US economy sheds jobs for first time since 2010 as hurricanes hit
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and AOL
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US lost 33,000 jobs in Sept, vs 90,000 jobs increase expected
Discussion: Politicus USA
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream  —  In August, after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville ended in murder, Steve Bannon insisted that “there's no room in American society” for neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates, and the KKK.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Inside Tim Murphy's reign of terror  —  Rep. Tim Murphy, a staunch anti-abortion advocate, thought he could withstand the media furor that engulfed him after reports that he'd encouraged his extramarital lover to end her apparent pregnancy.  —  He was wrong.
Associated Press:
AP: Bergdahl expected to plead guilty  —  WASHINGTON — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is expected to plead guilty soon to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy rather than face trial for leaving his Afghanistan post.  —  That's according to two individuals with knowledge of the case.
Discussion: Axios
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Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to plead guilty to desertion, misbehavior
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team met with Russia dossier author  —  Washington (CNN)Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators met this past summer with the former British spy whose dossier on alleged Russian efforts to aid the Trump campaign spawned months of investigations that have hobbled …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Seven Flights for $800,000: Mnuchin's Travel on Military Jets  —  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has flown on military aircraft seven times since March at a cost of more than $800,000, including a $15,000 round-trip flight to New York to meet with President Trump at Trump Tower …
Bloomberg:
Inside the Saudi King's 1,500-Person Entourage in Moscow  —  Saudi officials booked two entire luxury hotels and brought their own carpets and hotel staff with King Salman bin Abdulaziz on his historic visit.  —  , and  —  Evgenia Pismennaya  —  Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz brought 1,500 people …
Discussion: The Express Tribune
John Hayward / Breitbart:
Three Green Berets Killed, Two Wounded in Niger Ambush  —  A joint U.S.-Nigerian patrol came under attack near the country's border with Mali on Wednesday, resulting in the death of three American Green Berets and one other soldier from an unspecified “partner nation.”  Two other U.S. soldiers were wounded in the attack.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Roy Moore in 2009: ‘Only thing I know that the Islamic faith has done in this country is 9/11’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Republican nominee for US Senate in Alabama Roy Moore said in a 2009 speech that the only thing that Muslims had done in the United States was the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
 
 
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Lauretta Brown / Townhall.com:
SBA List Poll: Majority of Voters Support 20 Week Abortion Ban in States Key to Senate Dems in 2018
Discussion: TheBlaze and LifeNews.com
BuzzFeed:
US Intelligence Unit Accused Of Illegally Spying On Americans' Financial Records
Discussion: Hit & Run
Dillon Kato / Missoulian:
UM professor finds racially-charged flyer on African-American studies program board
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump, during photo shoot, talks of ‘calm before the storm’
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
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Washington Post:
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David Montero / Los Angeles Times:
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
As ACA enrollment nears, administration keeps cutting federal support of the law