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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Billy Bush arrives at the Operation Smile's 2014 Smile Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. NBC News has fired "Today" show host Billy Bush, who was caught on tape in a vulgar conversation about women with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump before an "Access Hollywood" appearance. Bush was suspended at the morning show two days after contents of the 2005 tape were reported on Oct. 7. NBC and Bush's representatives had been negotiating terms of his exit before Monday's announcement. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Billy Bush arrives at the Operation Smile's 2014 Smile Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. NBC News has fired "Today" show host Billy Bush, who was caught on tape in a vulgar conversation about women with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump before an "Access Hollywood" appearance. Bush was suspended at the morning show two days after contents of the 2005 tape were reported on Oct. 7. NBC and Bush's representatives had been negotiating terms of his exit before Monday's announcement. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Billy Bush: ‘Of Course’ ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape Is Real, ‘He Said It’
12.04.17 | 7:38 am
Pelosi Calls On Another Dem To Resign Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
12.02.17 | 5:50 pm
Trump: I ‘Had To Fire Flynn Because He Lied To The VP And The FBI’
12.02.17 | 4:58 pm
President Donald Trump is introduced to speak to U.S. military troops at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Saturday, May 27, 2017, in Sigonella, Italy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Donald Trump is introduced to speak to U.S. military troops at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Saturday, May 27, 2017, in Sigonella, Italy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump On Flynn Guilty Plea: ‘We’re Very Happy’ There’s Been ‘No Collusion’
12.02.17 | 10:48 am
FILE -- In this file photo from Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., attends a news conference about the investigation into President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the top Democrat in the House, said today, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, that Rep. Conyers, should resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, calling them serious, disappointing and very credible. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file) FILE -- In this file photo from Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., attends a news conference about the investigation into President Donald Trump's relationship with Russia, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the top Democrat in the House, said today, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, that Rep. Conyers, should resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, calling them serious, disappointing and very credible. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Lawyer: Conyers Will Make Decision About Future In Next Several Days
12.01.17 | 3:27 pm
Reports: Farenthold Is Lawmaker Behind $84K Sex Harassment Settlement
12.01.17 | 2:00 pm
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, in Washington, April 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, in Washington, April 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
House Ethics Cmte. Request Records Of Alleged Misconduct By Sitting Members
12.01.17 | 12:08 pm
WATCH: Michael Flynn Arrives At Federal Courthouse In D.C.
12.01.17 | 10:35 am
** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, OCT. 25-26 ** Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District, right, talks with Gene Simes, left, before accepting the endorsement of The Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008. A fiscal conservative and a former Republican, the 49-year-old Massa spent 24 years in the Navy, survived a battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the late 1990s, and talks up his independent streak, a customary stance for challengers of all stripes in upstate New York. (AP Photo/David Duprey) ** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, OCT. 25-26 ** Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District, right, talks with Gene Simes, left, before accepting the endorsement of The Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008. A fiscal conservative and a former Republican, the 49-year-old Massa spent 24 years in the Navy, survived a battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the late 1990s, and talks up his independent streak, a customary stance for challengers of all stripes in upstate New York. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
Report: Congress Paid $100K To Settle Groping Claims Against Ex-Rep. Massa
12.01.17 | 10:00 am
Mick Mulvaney holds up his hand as he speaks during a news conference after his first day as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Mick Mulvaney holds up his hand as he speaks during a news conference after his first day as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Mulvaney Aims To Alter CFPB: Authority I Have ‘Should Frighten People’
12.01.17 | 8:41 am

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