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9:45 AM ET, December 11, 2017

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New York Post:
Suspected bomber in custody after explosion at Port Authority  —  A suicide bomber set off a device at the Port Authority bus terminal Monday morning, law enforcement sources said.  —  The suspected bomber - who had wires attached to him - was armed with a pipe bomb and a battery pack, sources said.
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New York Times:
New York Explosion Empties Port Authority; Suspect Is in Custody  —  A peaceful beginning to the workweek was shattered Monday after an explosion rattled through one of the busiest transit hubs in New York City, causing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of commuters and throwing the morning into chaos.
CBS News:
Explosion reported at Port Authority bus terminal in New York City - live updates  —  NEW YORK — The New York Police Department says it is responding to a report of an explosion near Times Square.  —  The response is centered in the area of the Port Authority bus terminal.
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
New York explosion: 1 in custody after blast at Port Authority bus station
Discussion: Hollywood Life
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Roy Moore in 2011: Getting rid of amendments after 10th would ‘eliminate many problems’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore appeared on a conspiracy-driven radio show twice in 2011, where he told the hosts in an interview that getting rid …
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
First on CNN: Obama tells Alabama voters to reject Roy Moore  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Former President Barack Obama is adding his voice to the Alabama Senate race, imploring voters to go to the polls Tuesday to reject the candidacy of Roy Moore as part of an aggressive effort by Democrats …
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
How Trump came around to an accused child molester  —  Mitch McConnell had publicly disavowed Roy Moore when the Senate majority leader received one of several phone calls from President Donald Trump.  McConnell wanted Trump's help to push Moore out of the Alabama Senate race after he'd been accused …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Rise of the Roypublicans  —  If Alabama voters on Tuesday elect …
Discussion: al.com
New York Times:
Liberal Outsiders Pour Into Alabama Senate Race, Treading Lightly
NBC News:
18 crucial days: What did the president know and when did he know it?  —  WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller is trying to piece together what happened inside the White House over a critical 18-day period that began when senior officials were told that National Security Adviser Michael Flynn …
Discussion: Axios, The Week and Raw Story
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
As Russia probes progress, one name is missing: Bannon's  —  As special Russia counsel Robert Mueller wraps up interviews with senior current and former White House staff, one name has been conspicuously absent from public chatter surrounding the probe: Steve Bannon.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
PUTIN in Syria — WSJ: Some will pay 100 percent marginal rate — WHERE IS ROY MOORE?
Discussion: Bloomberg
Irene Plagianos / Eater NY:
Mario Batali Steps Away From Restaurant Empire Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations  —  Four women accuse the chef of inappropriate touching in a pattern of behavior that spans at least two decades, according to dozens of Eater interviews  —  About 10 years ago, at the after-party …
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Why Conservatives Should Embrace Bob Mueller  —  Conservatives have strong reasons to embrace—rather than try to discredit—Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.  An effort appears underway to damage the credibility of Mueller's team in anticipation that damning evidence may emerge …
Discussion: National Review
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
The Trump-Russia Probe Is About to Get Uglier
Discussion: CNN
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:   Schiff: Evidence of coordination between Trump campaign and Russia ‘pretty damning’
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
The Taxman Cometh: Senate Bill's Marginal Rates Could Top 100% for Some  —  Certain high-income business owners would face backwards incentives; lawmakers work to bridge gap  —  WASHINGTON—Some high-income business owners could face marginal tax rates exceeding 100% under the Senate's tax bill …
Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
The Myth of Vladimir Putin the Puppet Master  —  I. The Hack  —  The large, sunny room at Volgograd State University smelled like its contents: 45 college students, all but one of them male, hunched over keyboards, whispering and quietly clacking away among empty cans of Juicy energy drink.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jack Cashill / American Thinker:
In 1990, when liberal journalists still had some sense of obligation to the truth, Michael Kelly wrote the following for GQ: … The incident above took place in 1985 at the restaurant La Brasserie in Washington, D.C., where Loh and Gavigilio both worked as waitresses.
Wall Street Journal:
Can a President Obstruct Justice?  —  Yes, but not by doing any of the things we know Trump to have done.  —  Speculation about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has turned toward obstruction of justice—specifically, whether President Trump can be criminally prosecuted …
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Four thoughts on the story that almost broke the #ToddlerinChief thread  —  Regarding the sixty-source New York Times story confirming that the president has the emotional maturity of a four-year old.  —  The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts has taken great pains to curate …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Associated Press:
Pioneering black journalist Simeon Booker dies at age 99  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Simeon Booker, a trail-blazing African-American journalist and the first full-time black reporter at The Washington Post, died Sunday at the age of 99.  —  Booker died at an assisted-living community in Solomons …
Discussion: The Root
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Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Simeon Booker, intrepid chronicler of civil rights struggle for Jet and Ebony, dies at 99
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Trump UN Ambassador Nikki Haley Wishes Jewish Host Jake Tapper A ‘Merry Christmas’  —  One of the Trump administration's top diplomats, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, wished CNN host Jake Tapper a “Merry Christmas” on Sunday — even though he is Jewish.  —  At the end of an interview with Haley …
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
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Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
Rep. Chris Collins pushes business partner's brother for federal judgeship
Discussion: Roll Call
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Paper Tiger  —  Here is a very short history of Donald Trump's …
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
The economy is on a sugar high, and tax cuts won't help
Heather Long / Washington Post:
‘Very, very scary’: 8.8 million Americans face big tax hike if Republicans scrap the medical deduction
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
The Middle Class Might Not Even Notice If the GOP Cuts Their Taxes
Bloomberg:
Trump Takes Credit for Killing Hundreds of Regulations That Were Already Dead
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Shadowy Facebook Ads That Pushed Trump Are Back in Alabama
Discussion: Raw Story
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
China's foreign influence operations are causing alarm in Washington
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Precision sacrificed for speed as GOP rushes ahead on taxes
Aziza Musa / Arkansas Online:
Faculties' outcries slow UA System's tenure-policy redo
Discussion: Instapundit and The Daily Caller
The Boston Globe / BostonGlobe.com:
BOSTON. RACISM. IMAGE. REALITY.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Splinter
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Most Americans doubt GOP bill will cut their taxes or boost the economy
Discussion: New York Magazine, Mediaite and AOL
Yonhap News Agency:
Trump nominates Cha as U.S. ambassador to S. Korea: sources
New Yorker:
In Memory of Otis Redding and His Revolution
Discussion: Althouse
miamiherald:
‘What I am detained for?’ Comedian Hannibal Buress arrested in Miami
Discussion: AOL and The Root