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11:20 AM ET, January 10, 2017

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CNN:
Booker to testify against fellow senator Sessions in unprecedented move  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is set to testify against Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions Wednesday in an unprecedented move during his attorney general confirmation.  —  This would be the first time in Senate history …
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required, ethics experts say  —  Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions did not disclose his ownership of oil interests on land in Alabama as required by federal ethics rules, according to an examination of state records and independent ethics lawyers who reviewed the documents.
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. John Lewis to Testify Against Jeff Sessions for Attorney General  —  Booker to testify against colleague Sessions 6:22  —  Sen. Cory Booker is set to make history this week when he testifies before the Judiciary Committee against Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Inside Sessions' strategy to combat racism allegations  —  The Trump team and Senate Republicans have a strategy to usher Sen. Jeff Sessions through his attorney general confirmation hearing that will highlight his ties to moderate Republicans and Democrats and efforts on bipartisan legislation …
Discussion: ABC News, Political Wire and The Week
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Pompeo's confirmation hearing to be CIA director postponed one day
Discussion: RedState and Talking Points Memo
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Senate postpones confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump's education pick
The Hill:
Five things to watch for in Sessions confirmation hearing
Discussion: Hot Air
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight  —  The Republican plan to repeal Obamacare and delay the implementation of the repeal - with a promise to come up with a terrific replacement later - is probably its best way to destroy Obamacare.  Unfortunately for Republicans …
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The Huffington Post:
A Half-Dozen GOP Senators Just Fired A Big Warning Shot On Obamacare Repeal  —  Cries to slow down and wait for a replacement are getting louder.  —  Senior National Correspondent, The Huffington Post  —  Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus looks to delay budget — and Obamacare repeal  —  The House Freedom Caucus wants to delay a vote on a budget that includes Obamacare repeal instructions, a potential setback for the GOP's — and Donald Trump's — top priority.  —  The group of hardline conservatives wants …
Discussion: Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Breakaway Senate Republicans Push to Delay Obamacare Repeal
CNN:   Republicans increasingly worried about Obamacare plan
Associated Press:
GOP Anxiety Mounts Over Voiding Health Law Without Own Plan
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Magazine
Robby Mook / New York Times:
Russia's D.N.C. Hack Was Only the Start  —  Imagine the headlines if, in 2015, Russian agents had leapt out of a van at 2 a.m. in Southeast Washington and broken into the Democratic National Committee offices using sophisticated tools and techniques to steal tens of thousands of documents …
Discussion: Politico, twitchy.com and The Week
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:   The Russia hacking report is an indictment of Obama, not Trump
Grace Watkins / Politico:
Trump Pick Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation  —  Monica Crowley, President-Elect Donald J. Trump's pick for a top National Security Council job, plagiarized numerous passages in her Ph.D. dissertation, Politico Magazine has found.  —  An examination of the dissertation …
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Alyssa Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The Trump team's embarrassing defense of fraudulence
Discussion: New York Magazine
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
Sorry, Meryl but that hypocritical anti-Trump rant was easily the worst performance of your career (apart from that time you gave a child rapist a standing ovation)  —  Oh, Meryl.  —  Not you, too?  —  Just when I thought we'd exhausted the reservoir of Trump-hating luvvies …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House defends Meryl Streep's anti-Trump speech
Discussion: ABC News, Hot Air and The Guardian
New York Times:
Obama Watchdog in Congress Has New Target in Trump Era: Postal Reform
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
If You're Freaking Out Over Donald Trump's Presidential Powers, Thank a Liberal!
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and New York Times
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
U2 delays album release after Trump win  —  The band U2 is delaying the release of its new album in the aftermath of the unexpected victory of President-elect Donald Trump  —  The band is reconsidering some aspects of “Songs of Experience,” a follow-up to its 2014 album, “Songs of Innocence.”
Josephine Mendez / Herald-Dispatch.com:
Huntington High teacher suspended over racially charged tweets  —  HUNTINGTON — A social studies teacher at Huntington High has been suspended with pay following the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared through her personal Twitter account over the span of more than a year, a school official said Monday.
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Vince Golle / Bloomberg:
U.S. Small-Business Optimism Index Surges by Most Since 1980  —  NFIB gauge jumps to 105.8 in month after presidential election  —  Expectations for business conditions are highest since 2002  —  Optimism among America's small businesses soared in December by the most since 1980 as expectations …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Russian town wants to name street for Donald Trump  —  has boasted about the many buildings and products that bear his name.  Now, he could add a Russian street to that list.  —  Residents of Ryazan, a town about 125 miles southeast of Moscow, are circulating a petition to rename Godless Street …
Discussion: CNN
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Women's March on Washington Opens Contentious Dialogues About Race  —  Many thousands of women are expected to converge on the nation's capital for the Women's March on Washington the day after Donald J. Trump's inauguration.  Jennifer Willis no longer plans to be one of them.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Chaffetz Still Not Ready To Drop Probe Into Hillary Clinton's Emails  —  Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, on Monday maintained that he is not done investigating Hillary Clinton even though she lost the presidential election, as he stated just after the election.
Discussion: alan.com, The Week and BuzzFeed
 
 
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
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New York Times:
Trump's National Security Pick Sees Ally in Fight Against Islamists: Russia
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
THE RYAN-KUSHNER MEETING — What SESSIONS, COLLINS AND KELLY will say at confirmation hearings …
Media Matters for America:
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Obama Paradox  —  Our first black president has an unyielding faith …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Daily Caller
Benjamin Wermund / Politico:
DeVos' donations spark questions about her stance on campus sexual assault
Discussion: RedState