GOP Ukraine mania spreads in Senate

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By Holly Thomas TOP STORIES ‌ Tuesday, December 3 ‌ GOP UKRAINE MANIA SPREADS IN SENATE Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) refused to say whether he’s seen evidence that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election, declining to directly rebut a debunked conspiracy theory floated by some of his fellow GOP lawmakers and President Donald Trump to explain the president's shakedown of Ukraine's leader. [HuffPost] ‌ GOP REP. TO PLEAD GUILTY IN CASE HE CALLED 'WITCH HUNT'  Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) appears poised to plead guilty to federal campaign finance charges on Tuesday morning after more than a year of claiming the federal investigation into his spending habits was a “witch hunt.” [HuffPost] ‌ 5 KEY MOMENTS FROM PRINCE ANDREW ACCUSER'S INTERVIEW Prince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Giuffre told the BBC she felt “ashamed” after allegedly having sex with the Duke of York when she was a teenager, and said “powerful people were my chains.” [HuffPost] ‌ SCHOOL 'RUN AS A CULT' FACES NEW SCRUTINY Atlah World Missionary Church in New York City ― designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center ― faces new scrutiny by city officials as former students tell HuffPost of a K-12 private school where kids have been psychologically abused and systematically taught to fear LGBTQ people. [HuffPost] ‌ TRUMP ACTING OUT 'ORGASM' WAS 'LAST STRAW' Lisa Page, former FBI lawyer and one-time colleague and romantic partner of fired agent Peter Strzok, has spoken out about a series of attacks on the couple by Trump. Page said that the president’s performance of an imagined “orgasm” between the two at a campaign rally was the final straw. [HuffPost] ‌ PREHISTORIC PUPPY STILL HAS FUR AND WHISKERS Russian scientists showed off a prehistoric puppy, believed to be 18,000 years old, found in permafrost in the country’s far east. Discovered last year in a lump of frozen mud near the city of Yakutsk, the puppy is unusually well preserved, with its hair, teeth, whiskers and eyelashes still intact. [AP] ‌ WHAT'S BREWING ‌ ZELENSKY'S DIG AT TRUMP: 'CAN'T GO BLOCKING AID' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about his distrust of foreign leaders and criticized Trump for his waning support of Ukraine in a sprawling interview with Time and European media. [HuffPost] ‌ 20 MILLION HAVE FLED HOMES DUE TO CLIMATE CRISIS SINCE '08 Fiercer weather and worsening wildfires drove more than 20 million people from their homes over the last decade ― a problem set to worsen unless leaders act swiftly to head off surging climate threats, anti-poverty charity Oxfam said. [Reuters] ‌ IRAN STATE TV SAYS 'RIOTERS' SHOT DEAD Iranian state television acknowledged security forces shot and killed what it described as “rioters” in multiple cities amid recent protests over the spike in government-set gasoline prices — the first time that authorities have offered any sort of accounting for the violence they're using to put down the demonstrations. [AP] ‌ NORTH KOREA SAYS U.S. MUST CHOOSE XMAS 'GIFT' North Korea repeated its assertions the Trump administration is running out of time to salvage nuclear negotiations, saying it’s entirely up to the United States to choose what “Christmas gift” it gets from the North. [AP] ‌ TRUMP CAMPAIGN WON'T GIVE PRESS CREDENTIALS TO BLOOMBERG REPORTERS Trump’s reelection campaign won’t give Bloomberg News reporters press credentials to its events because the news organization won't investigate Democratic presidential candidates, including co-founder Michael Bloomberg. [HuffPost] ‌ MEXICO ARRESTS 3 IN MASS KILLING OF MORMON FAMILY MEMBERS Mexican authorities have arrested three more people in the fatal shootings last month of nine members of a U.S.-Mexican Mormon family that investigators have blamed on drug cartels. [HuffPost] BEFORE YOU GO Caitlyn Jenner says she hasn't really spoken to Khloe Kardashian in "five or six years." This is your body on a hangover. Fans mourn the death of celebrity cat Lil Bub. This ridiculously easy eggnog cake will win every holiday party. Chrissie Teigen is totally unfazed by a troll calling out her "chefs and nannies." Kanye West introduced a quirky dictionary game on "KUWTK," and people are into it. 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