Today in Black History: Legendary Harlem congressman and minister Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908.
The New York Times
National
NBC Fires Matt Lauer Over Misconduct Allegation
Younger Democrats Hope Conyers’s Fall Heralds Big Change
EDITORIAL: Senate Considers Making a Terrible Tax Bill Worse
What the Tax Bill Would Look Like for 25,000 Middle-Class Families
Tax Bill Clears Senate Panel as Support Widens Among G.O.P.
Trump Feuds With Democrats as Budget Deadline Looms
The Repeal of Net Neutrality Hastens the Internet’s Death
Air Force Did Not Report Convictions to Gun Database
Gunman Opens Fire From Reno Condominium
Hawaii Brings Back a Cold War-Era Nuclear Warning System
Local
Pushing New Yorkers Beyond the End of the Line
New York’s Tilt Toward Congestion Pricing Was Years in the Making
Warring Democrats in New York Pledge a Truce, for Now
Philly.com
Burned body found atop SEPTA train identified as Philadelphia teen
Philly jazz great Archie Shepp's 1972 album about African American mass incarceration is scarily relevant today
Feds raid offices, home of Philly nonprofit CEO
Pa. justices weigh if rapper's words were a crime or protected by First Amendment
The Detroit Free Press
New Conyers accuser says lawmaker stripped in Washington hotel room
Conyers' son says treatment of dad disconcerting
Michigan's school improvement plan gets OK from DeVos
Ex-utility director gets praise, reduced charge in Flint water plea
The Star-Ledger
Fellow Democrats not sold on Murphy's big plans for legal weed, millionaire's tax
Cop charged with assault for allegedly kicking handcuffed person in the face
PATH extension to Newark airport set for public meetings this week
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland City Council reallocates $9 million left over in the budget from unfilled jobs
Ohio mother accused of encouraging fight at high school
Ohio high school band director accused of rape
Cleveland man who livestreamed gang threats and his arrest on Instagram gets prison time
The Chicago Tribune
Man left with brain damage after jail nightmare that began with minor traffic stop
Gutierrez tries to anoint Garcia successor in Chicago politics shake-up
Johnson Publishing building to become apartments after $10 million sale
The Washington Post
‘He creates his own reality’: From ‘Access Hollywood’ to Russia, Trump paints the rosiest possible picture
Inside the White House, Michael Flynn pushed a proposal from a company he said he had advised
North Korea’s latest missile launch appears to put entire U.S. within its range
White House correspondent for right wing website arrested as UConn students disrupt his speech
Undercover conservative activist rented basement apartment in home of top Democratic operative
The Finance 202: Sen. Johnson and small business groups have concerns about tax package. But they may support it anyway.
Jealous names Susan Turnbull, a former vice chair of the DNC, as his running mate
Milloy: An advocate for diversity in the media is still pressing for representation
Hogan unveils new paid sick-leave measure in hopes of avoiding veto override
Montgomery, Prince George’s reach deal to preserve affordable housing along Purple Line
The Los Angeles Times
What happens if Congress doesn't fund the health insurance used by almost 2 million kids and pregnant women in California?
President Trump seems keen on picking fights with athletes. Or is it with black athletes?
Sexual harassment allegations lead to one state legislator's immediate resignation
USA Today
Trump retweets several videos alleging physical attacks by Muslims posted by far-right British leader
Suspect arrested in series of Tampa homicides
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