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RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment allegations
Politico
Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn on Saturday stepped down as Republican National Committee finance chairman, according to three senior Republicans briefed on the decision. The decision followed a Friday report in the Wall Street Journal alleging that ...
Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigns as RNC finance chair amid sexual assault allegationsUSA TODAY
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Hillary Clinton Praises “Activist Bitches Supporting Bitches” in Video
Slate Magazine
Secretary Hillary Clinton speaks onstage during The Teen Vogue Summit LA: Keynote Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton and actress Yara Shahidi on December 2, 2017 in Playa Vista, California. Vivien Killilea/Getty Images. At a time when Hillary ...

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'It's a Massacre': Taliban Bomb in Ambulance Kills 95 in Kabul
New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — A bomb placed in an ambulance set off a huge explosion on a busy Kabul street on Saturday, killing at least 95 people and injuring at least 158 others, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack ...
Kabul attack: Taliban kill 95 with ambulance bomb in Afghan capitalBBC News
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Saudi billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal freed after paying settlement
BBC News
One of the world's richest men, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, has been released two months after being detained in Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption purge. He was freed after a financial settlement was approved by the state prosecutor, an official said ...
Prince Alwaleed's Release to Reassure Investors in Global PortfolioU.S. News & World Report
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Stephen Wynn, Casino Mogul, Accused of Decades of Sexual Misconduct
New York Times
Stephen Wynn's perch at the top of the casino industry was badly shaken on Friday following the disclosure of allegations that he engaged in a long pattern of sexual misconduct with employees of his casinos. A detailed investigative report in The Wall ...
Republicans are urged to return their own scandal-engulfed major donor's moneyCNN
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Exclusive: Detained Saudi Billionaire Alwaleed Confident His Troubles Will End Soon
U.S. News & World Report
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom's sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and released from custody within days, with his vast ...
Saudi Billionaire, Media Tycoon Freed as Ritz EmptiesBloomberg
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Counsel Quietly Trying to Corral Trump While Pushing GOP's Agenda
New York Times
WASHINGTON — When Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, moved into his corner office on the West Wing's second floor last January, he chose not to decorate its walls or fill its glass-paneled shelving with personal items. He told colleagues ...
Frustrated by Russia investigation, Trump turns ire toward RosensteinCNN
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Kentucky lawmakers push to allow armed staff in schools following campus shooting
Los Angeles Times
People gather in Benton, Ky., on Thursday night for a vigil honoring the victims of a fatal shooting at Marshall County High School. (Robert Ray / Associated Press). In response to a deadly school shooting in western Kentucky this week, some state ...
Dad saw his son's socks as he raced to school shooting -- and knew it was badCNN
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In Davos Speech, Trump Mixes Facts With Fiction
New York Times
WASHINGTON — In a speech on Friday to world and financial leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump mixed facts, falsehoods and claims that could use context. Below are some statements from the speech about the economy ...
Davos elites get a dose of the Trump First messagePolitico
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The 10 Events You Need To Know To Understand The Almost-Firing Of Robert Mueller
NPR
President Trump's reported order last summer to fire Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller is all about obstruction of justice — whether it happened, and whether it could be proven. Trump ordered White House counsel Don McGahn to fire ...
Trump has consistently tried to steer the Russia probe in a different direction — or into a ditchWashington Post
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