Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Evening Edition: Either outcome in Alabama is a self-inflicted wound by Senate GOP

 
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Either outcome in Alabama is a self-inflicted wound by Senate GOP
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell helped elevate Republican Roy Moore's controversial candidacy. It backfired, leaving McConnell and top lieutenants with few options other than to contain the damage of what will be a brutal defeat in any result of today's election between Moore and Democrat Doug Jones.
Trump attacks Gillibrand in tweet critics say is sexually suggestive and demeaning
President Trump wrote that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) "would come to my office 'begging' for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them)." Gillibrand has called for Trump to resign after sexual harassment allegations.
 
Inside Trump's legal team: Trying to protect the president from Mueller's 'killers'
As counsel for the world's highest-profile client, every move and utterance by President Trump's lawyers in the Russia probe has been scrutinized — and the criticism has been unkind.
 
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The 'Weinstein effect': Firms rethink holiday parties amid sexual harassment concerns
As party season descends, companies are nervously wondering whether any of us can truly come together and drink spiked egg nog without someone who means to pat a colleague on the back accidentally putting his hands inside her blouse instead. (Which happened to Garrison Keillor. Even though it's impossible. Right, ladies?)
 
Congressional GOP in advanced talks to reduce the tax rate for top earners to 37 percent as part of final tax bill
Lawmakers could announce later today or Wednesday that they've reached a tentative agreement reconciling the House and Senate tax bills, said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who is among the group of lawmakers working to meld the proposals into a final product. Republicans want to have the measure on President Trump's desk before Christmas.
 
'I want to see you naked': When alcohol flowed, Mario Batali turned abusive, workers say
One woman alleges groping and another harassment at a Vanity Fair party in Los Angeles in 2010. Batali stepped away from his TV show and restaurant empire on Monday after four women's allegations were published.
 
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Former Facebook VP says social media is destroying society
Chamath Palihapitiya used to be in charge of Facebook's growth. Now he doesn't let his kids use the platform.
 
Poll: Most Americans — including 3 out of 4 Republicans — oppose plan to repeal net neutrality rules
The University of Maryland survey attempted to brief respondents as much as possible before asking their opinion. The results come two days before the FCC is set to vote on repealing net neutrality rules.
 
DEA official says 2016 law that undermined enforcement should be changed
A Senate committee is looking into whether to repeal the law that curbed the DEA's powers to go after drug companies that do not report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers from pharmacies. The effort behind the law was highlighted in October by The Washington Post and "60 Minutes."
 
 
This visitor from beyond our solar system will be probed for signs of life
Astronomers in Hawaii say the cylindrical, quarter-mile long object is an asteroid. But some scientists have not yet ruled out more extraordinary origins. In either case, all eyes will be on this space oddity zipping through our solar system.
 
This Alaskan city is warming so fast, algorithms removed the data because it seemed unreal
As they pulled together data for NOAA's monthly climate report, scientists noticed something strange: One of their key climate monitoring stations had fallen off the map, in what they later described as "an ironic exclamation point to swift regional climate change in and near the Arctic."
 
Movie Review
'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' brings the band back together, with love
It's overlong and too plotty, but the sequel honors the franchise with affection and humor.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 

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