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4:05 PM 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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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 …
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
The Left Has Lost its Mind: Cory Booker to Testify Against Sessions  —  The Democrats are losing it over Donald Trump's presidency and his selections to fill his cabinet and other administrative positions.  —  In an unprecedented move, Senator Cory Booker (D - NJ) says he will testify …
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
The Voter Fraud Case Jeff Sessions Lost and Can't Escape
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required, ethics experts say
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Corey Booker, No Longer ‘Mr. Bipartisan’
New York Times:
Trump Pushes Republicans for Immediate Repeal of Obama Health Law  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump pressed Republicans on Tuesday to move forward with the immediate repeal of the Affordable Care Act and to replace it very quickly thereafter, saying, “We have to get to business.
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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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
In a new interview, Trump reveals he has no idea what's going on with Obamacare
Discussion: Political Wire
The Hill:
Ryan: GOP's goal is to replace, repeal ObamaCare ‘concurrently’
Discussion: CNN, Political Wire and Daily Kos
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Dems end ObamaCare repeal protest after 5 hours
Discussion: RedState
The Huffington Post:
A Half-Dozen GOP Senators Just Fired A Big Warning Shot On Obamacare Repeal
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
The GOP Dream Of O'care Repeal Now Hinges On Coming Up With Replacement
Discussion: Daily Kos
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan: We'll Try To Repeal And Replace Obamacare ‘Concurrently’
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
Fox News Settled Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O'Reilly, Documents Show  —  In the weeks after Roger Ailes was ousted as the chairman of Fox News in July, amid a sexual harassment scandal, company executives secretly struck an agreement with a longtime on-air personality …
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Rachel Stockman / Law News:
Exclusive: Fox News Settled With Fmr. Anchor Who Claimed Bill O'Reilly and Fox President Sexually Harassed Her  —  LawNewz.com has learned that in the midst of the fallout from Roger Ailes' ousting, Fox News came to a very quiet settlement arrangement with former Fox News host Juliet Huddy …
David M Jackson / USA Today:
Trump asks vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. to lead study on vaccine safety  —  167 Shares  —  President-elect Donald Trump asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist and skeptic of vaccines, to chair a presidential commission on vaccine safety, Kennedy said Tuesday.
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump asks vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. to lead commission on ‘vaccine safety’
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
HarperCollins pulls Trump pick Monica Crowley's book amid plagiarism revelations  —  Publisher HarperCollins said Tuesday that it will stop selling a book by Monica Crowley that a CNN KFile investigation found to have more than 50 instances of plagiarism.  —  Crowley was picked …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
CBC: 'We may just have to kick somebody's ass' over painting removal  —  A spat between black lawmakers and Republicans over a painting on display in the Capitol got uglier Tuesday after a second GOP member removed the painting for the second time in a week — and the chairman …
Discussion: RedState and IJR
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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Clare Hollingworth, Reporter Who Broke News of World War II, Dies at 105  —  From a single gust of wind, Clare Hollingworth reaped the journalistic scoop of the century.  —  Ms. Hollingworth, the undisputed doyenne of war correspondents, who died on Tuesday in Hong Kong at 105 …
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John Otis / Washington Post:
Clare Hollingworth, reporter who broke news about start of World War II, dies at 105
Discussion: The Atlantic
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
Alex Berezow / acsh.org:
Fracking Protesters Are Putin Puppets  —  The much anticipated intelligence report which concluded that Russia tried to influence the recent presidential election had another startling, yet widely ignored, conclusion: The Russian government promotes anti-fracking propaganda in the United States.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
European allies to Trump: Putin does not want to make America great again
Roxane Gay / Harper's BAZAAR:
MADONNA'S SPRING AWAKENING  —  The pop icon on election-night prayers, aging, and bad wine.  —  Madonna has no patience for bad wine.  I learned this while sitting in a well-appointed living room at her New York City home, with Nina Simone playing softly in the background.
Michael Gartland / New York Post:
Al D'Amato kicked off flight after starting rebellion against crew  —  Former Sen. Al D'Amato was escorted from a JetBlue flight Monday night after trying to lead passengers in a chant protesting seating changes requested by the crew, an eyewitness on the flight told The Post.
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Negative Views of Trump's Transition, Amid Concerns About Conflicts, Tax Returns  —  58% say Trump will be ‘too impulsive’ making important decisions  —  Ahead of Donald Trump's scheduled press conference in New York City on Wednesday, the public continues to give the president-elect low marks …
Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze:
Obama staffers can't find work in Trump's DC: ‘There are no jobs’  —  As outgoing President Barack Obama plans to head off on vacation when he vacates the White House next week, his staffers and appointees are struggling to find work in Washington, D.C.  —  Following President-elect Donald …
 
 
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John Kerry: Transition going ‘pretty smoothly’ because it's been ‘fairly limited’
Discussion: The Week
USA Today:
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
If a Best Buy technician is a paid FBI informant, are his computer searches legal?
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
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