• Senate has the votes to pass GOP tax bill (The Washington Post)

• Jury finds Garcia Zarate not guilty in Steinle murder trial; Trump calls verdict “disgraceful” (CBS San Francisco)

• Michael Flynn, Trump’s ex-national security adviser, pleads guilty to lying to the FBI (CNBC)

• White House plans Tillerson ouster from State Dept., to be replaced by Pompeo (The New York Times)

• Matt Lauer wants $30 million from NBC after his firing for sexual harassment (Fox News)

• Congress secretly paid nearly $100,000 to settle harassment claims against disgraced congressman (ABC News)

• Want to end sexual harassment? AG hopeful says “elect candidate who doesn’t have a penis” (CBS Detroit)

• CNN fires senior producer on Jake Tapper show for inappropriate behavior (USA Today)

• Abortion issue powerful enough to swing Senate race in Alabama (The Washington Times)

• Gun background check improvement bill passes House committee (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Pharmacy giant to buy health insurance giant — what could go wrong? (Reuters)

• Trump donates salary to HHS to combat opioid crisis (CNS News)

• Policy: Four misleading arguments against the tax reform bills (Manhattan Institute)

• Policy: Recommendations for a future National Defense Strategy (American Enterprise Institute)

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