Tipsheet: Winners and losers in the Alabama special election

View in your browser     Winners and losers in the Alabama special election By Niall Stanage   Democrat Doug Jones won the special Senate election in Alabama on Tuesday — easily the biggest political upset of the Trump era to date. As of midnight Tuesday, Republican Roy Moore, a former state Supreme Court judge, was refusing to concede, instead seeking a recount. Read the full story here     Listen to the HillCast AM View: Alabama voters reject Moore, and today's latest news By Alexis Simendinger   Democrat Doug Jones defeated GOP rival Roy Moore in Alabama’s hard-fought Senate special election, defying the conservative politics of a deeply red state. Listen to The Hill's podcast here     Jones wins Alabama Senate seat for Dems By Ben Kamisar and Lisa Hagen MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Democrat Doug Jones pulled off a stunning upset Tuesday in Alabama, defeating Republican Roy Moore in the race for an Alabama Senate seat and dealing a huge blow to President Trump in the process. Read the full story here     McConnell allies see Moore loss as fatal blow for Bannon By Reid Wilson Top allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) see Tuesday's election results in Alabama as a deep — and possibly fatal — wound for Stephen Bannon, their arch-rival in the battle for the soul of the Republican Party. Read the full story here       GOP edges away from 20 percent corporate rate By Alexander Bolton and Scott Wong Republican negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to raise the corporate rate in their joint House-Senate tax bill from 20 to 21 percent as they seek revenue to pay for a variety of significant changes that could be sold as tax relief for individuals. Read the full story here     Feud with Trump boosts Gillibrand By Amie Parnes Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) hit the political jackpot on Tuesday after President Trump triggered a full-fledged feud with the possible 2020 contender in a suggestive tweet that said she “would do anything” in return for money. Read the full story here     Democratic women unite on demand to investigate Trump By Cristina Marcos Nearly all of the women in the House Democratic Caucus on Tuesday called for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to investigate allegations that President Trump engaged in sexual misconduct before winning the White House. Read the full story here     Rosenstein on hot seat as parties allege FBI bias By Katie Bo Williams Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will be on the hot seat Wednesday over alleged political bias in the Justice Department — and in a twist, he’ll be hearing it from both sides of the aisle. Read the full story here     Republicans fear deep losses in 2018 elections By Reid Wilson CORONADO, Calif. — After years of strong gains in states across the country, Republicans now fear they stand to lose hundreds of state legislative seats in next year’s midterm elections if there is a significant voter backlash against President Trump. Read the full story here     Zero hour nears for net neutrality rules By Ali Breland and Harper Neidig The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving forward with a plan to scrap net neutrality rules, defying a massive outcry from activists, Democrats and consumers. Read the full story here     The FCC is doing the right thing in returning to internet openness By Garrett Johnson and Brent Skorup OPINION | The Federal Communications Commission took a big step in November toward undoing the 2015 Open Internet Order and its vague, over-broad regulations by proposing the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO). This order is expected to pass this week in a party-line vote. Read the full story here     Congress must capitalize on this moment in time to restore integrity By Betsy Wright Hawkings and Meredith McGhee OPINION | The growing chorus of sexual harassment allegations is finally being heard on Capitol Hill. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is resigning. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) resigned, Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) is returning his $84,000 settlement to the taxpayers, and after first saying he would leave Congress early in the new year, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) abruptly left office last week. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Analysis: Trump bets on Moore and suffers stinging defeat By Julie Pace Rarely has a sitting president rallied behind such a scandal-plagued candidate the way Donald Trump did with Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. And rarely has that bet failed so spectacularly. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Many GOP blunders put seat at risk, even before scandal By Alexander Burns Republicans made a lengthy list of errors, giving Democrats an opening well before Roy Moore was accused of sexual misbehavior. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Democrats are jubilant — and newly confident about 2018 — as they win on Trump’s turf By Robert Costa   After more than a year of partywide bickering in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s defeat, Democrats found solace in a stunning feat — beating a Trump-style Republican in one of the most ruby-red states in the nation. Read the full story here     Reuters: Tillerson says US ready to talk to North Korea; Japan wants pressure By David Brunnstrom and Christine Kim   U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered to begin direct talks with North Korea without pre-conditions, backing away from a key U.S. demand that Pyongyang must first accept that giving up its nuclear arsenal would be part of any negotiations. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Millions of people post comments on federal regulations. Many are fake. By James V. Grimaldi and Paul Overberg A Wall Street Journal investigation uncovered thousands of fraudulent posts on agencies’ dockets, in hot-button areas such as net neutrality and payday lending. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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