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9:50 AM ET, November 23, 2017

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Washington Post:
Congressman told woman he would report her to Capitol Police if she exposed his secret sex life  —  (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Associated Press)  —  Rep. Joe Barton, who apologized Wednesday for a lewd photo of him that circulated on the Internet, told a woman to whom he had sent sexually explicit photos …
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Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton apologizes for graphic online photo  —  Texas Congressman Joe Barton released a statement Wednesday apologizing for a graphic nude photo of him that circulated on social media earlier this week.  He announced his re-election bid earlier this month.
Katie Leslie / Dallas Morning News:
Joe Barton apologizes for explicit photo, but doesn't plan to resign
Discussion: Washington Post
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP congressman Barton apologizes for nude selfie
HuffPost:
Two More Women Accuse Sen. Al Franken Of Inappropriate Touching  —  One woman told HuffPost that Franken had grabbed her backside at an event honoring women.  —  Two more women have told HuffPost that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) touched their butts in separate incidents.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Two More Women Accuse Franken
Discussion: AOL and Balloon Juice
John Bowden / The Hill:
Two additional woman accuse Franken of groping
Discussion: RedState
Howard Blum / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: What Trump Really Told Kislyak After Comey Was Canned  —  During a May 10 meeting in the Oval Office, the president betrayed his intelligence community by leaking the content of a classified, and highly sensitive, Israeli intelligence operation to two high-ranking Russian envoys, Sergey Kislyak and Sergey Lavrov.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
A Russian Journalist Explains How the Kremlin Instructed Him to Cover the 2016 Election  —  On a recent Saturday in November, Dimitri Skorobutov, a former editor at Russia's largest state media company, sat in a bar in Maastricht, a college town in the Netherlands, with journalists from around …
Discussion: Raw Story
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Roy Moore's Communications Director Resigns  —  John Rogers confirms he's left the Alabama Senate candidate's campaign.  —  John Rogers has resigned as communications director from Roy Moore's Senate campaign, according to a source familiar with the matter.  —  Reached by phone on Wednesday, Rogers confirmed his resignation.
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David Choi / Business Insider:
'If it was my daughter, I'd break his face': Republican lawmaker and former Navy SEAL unleashes on Roy Moore  — Republican Rep. Scott Taylor of Virginia on Wednesday said he didn't “feel comfortable” with Roy Moore's response to allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Tens of thousands with outstanding warrants purged from background check database for gun purchases  —  Handguns for sale at a gun shop in Merrimack, N.H. (Dominick Reuter/AFP/Getty Images)  —  Tens of thousands of people wanted by law enforcement officials have been removed this year …
Discussion: VICE News
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Eric Beech / Reuters:
Jeff Sessions orders review of gun background check system
Discussion: Axios
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Mike Flynn business partner Bijan Kian now subject of Mueller probe  —  WASHINGTON — A former business associate of Michael Flynn has become a subject of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation for his role in the failure of Flynn's former lobbying firm to disclose its work on behalf …
NBC 10 Philadelphia:
Livid Over Temporary Protective Status Change for Immigrants, Kenney Says Trump Is a ‘Bully’ and ‘Punk’  —  Kenney questioned Trump's upbringing saying “his family didn't do a good job raising that guy.”  —  Si quieres leer esta historia en español haz clic aquí.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politico
New York Times:
Trump Organization Will Walk Away From Its Struggling SoHo Hotel in New York  —  The announcement came on his television show, “The Apprentice.”  Donald J. Trump would open his second luxury hotel in New York, a “work of art” in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan that would become “an awe-inspiring masterpiece.”
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Ethics lawyer says Conyers mistreated her during her years on Capitol Hill  —  A high-profile Washington lawyer specializing in congressional ethics said Wednesday that Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) harassed and verbally abused her when she worked for him on Capitol Hill in the 1990s …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Ethics lawyer: Conyers summoned me to his office while wearing underwear
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
WaPo columnist: Sanders humiliates the media daily  —  A Washington Post columnist said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders humiliates the media on a daily basis.  —  In a column published Tuesday, opinion writer Kathleen Parker referenced Sanders asking reporters earlier …
Discussion: Washington Post
Annys Shin / Washington Post:
Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem  —  On Nov. 16, Anita Hill sat down at The Washington Post offices with five current and former Democratic lawmakers: Nita M. Lowey (N.Y.), Barbara A. Mikulski (Md.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.) …
Discussion: Axios
Eve Fairbanks / BuzzFeed:
Mark Halperin Poisoned Our Politics  —  Reports of sexual harassment destroyed his reputation and his career.  But I want to talk about the deeper, subtler, more insidious effect Mark Halperin had on our politics.  —  In mid-2005 I packed two duffel bags and took a train to Washington …
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Peter Thiel May Be Looking To Buy Gawker.com  —  In a federal bankruptcy court filing on Wednesday, lawyers for venture capitalist Peter Thiel objected to the ongoing sale process of Gawker.com, arguing that the billionaire has been unfairly excluded from bidding for the assets of the defunct news website.
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
States Warn of Budget Crunch Under Republican Tax Plan  —  WASHINGTON — Since getting crushed by the recession a decade ago, the state of Oregon has been on an economic upswing.  The jobless rate has dipped below 4 percent from a high of 12 percent in 2009, home values are up and people are flocking to the state.
Discussion: Mother Jones
CNBC:
Jamie Dimon says he would bet on Trump being a one-term president  — Dimon has described himself as “barely” a Democrat, but has been more active on range of business and economic issues.  —  Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, on Wednesday said he expects to see a new U.S. president …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fighting Gay Rights and Abortion With the First Amendment  —  WASHINGTON — The details were spare when the event appeared this summer on Attorney General Jeff Sessions's public schedule.  He would speak on religious liberty to a group called Alliance Defending Freedom.  No exact location was specified.
Discussion: National Review
Pete Jones / CNN:
Sebelius: The Clinton White House doubled down on ‘abusive behavior’ and it's fair to criticize Hillary Clinton  —  (CNN)As a wave of stories unfold about sexual harassment and assault by men in power, a senior Democratic leader says her party should reflect on how it handled such charges …
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite and Althouse
Anthony Tommasini / New York Times:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Silver-Maned Baritone From Siberia, Dies at 55  —  Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the charismatic Siberian baritone who won critical acclaim and devoted fans around the world for his burnished voice, uncanny breath control and rueful expressivity, died on Wednesday in London.  He was 55.
Discussion: The Guardian
 
 
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
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Trump and congressional leaders to hold talks to avoid shutdown
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Ken Klippenstein / The Daily Beast:
Accused Nazi War Criminal Is a ‘Lifelong Republican’ Who Gave Thousands to GOP
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
The Young Turks and Reporter Abruptly Part Ways Following Sexual Assault Allegations
George Joseph / ProPublica:
Extreme Digital Vetting of Visitors to the U.S. Moves Forward Under a New Name
Discussion: Gizmodo and Axios
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Legal complaint filed over Conway's comments on Moore race
Discussion: Law & Crime, The Daily Caller and Axios
Tory Newmyer / Reuters:
The Finance 202: There is something very strange about the GOP tax plan
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