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6:00 PM ET, January 12, 2017

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ThinkProgress:
In one night, the GOP voted to take away these 6 essential health benefits  —  Republicans showed exactly where they stand.  —  By Melissa Boteach and Jeremy Slevin  —  Last night while you were sleeping, the Senate debated and ultimately passed a budget resolution that provides a pathway …
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New York Times:
Senate Takes Major Step Toward Repealing Health Care Law  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans took their first major step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, approving a budget blueprint that would allow them to gut the health care law without the threat of a Democratic filibuster.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Repealing Obamacare: Just what the doctor ordered for wealthy investors
Discussion: Daily Kos
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Nancy Pelosi's one Obamacare regret? Relying too much on other Democrats for messaging.
Discussion: Politico and twitchy.com
New York Times:
Comey Letter on Clinton Email Is Subject of Justice Dept. Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general's office said Thursday it would open an investigation into the decision in October by James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to inform Congress about a new review …
Discussion: Hullabaloo, New York Magazine and Vox
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department inspector general to investigate pre-election actions by department and FBI  —  The Department of Justice Inspector General will review broad allegations of misconduct involving the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's email practices and the bureau's controversial decision shortly …
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Justice, FBI to be investigated over Clinton probes
Discussion: Townhall.com
Bloomberg:   FBI Chief Under Fire Again With Justice Department Investigation
Bloomberg:   Justice Watchdog Opens Probe of Comey, FBI Election Actions
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ watchdog opens review of Comey's Clinton email investigation
Discussion: twitchy.com
Doris Truong / Washington Post:
Trolls decided I was taking pictures of Rex Tillerson's notes.  I wasn't even there.  —  What it's like to be at the center of a fake-news conspiracy theory.  —  There's a joke among Asian Americans that people think we all look the same.  That joke became my own personal Pizzagate late Wednesday …
GreatAgain:
President-Elect Trump Announces Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to Lend Expertise to Cyber Security Efforts  —  (New York, NY)—President-elect Trump is very pleased to announce former Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be sharing his expertise and insight as a trusted friend concerning private sector …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Rex Tillerson's struggles show the risk of a president and secretary of state …
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Tillerson on Russia: 'We're not likely to ever be friends'
Discussion: ABC News, FiveThirtyEight, Politico and CNN
Cherine Akbari / WSVN-TV:
Obama scrapping ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident, a senior administration official said Thursday.
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Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Obama to end ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans  —  The Obama administration is ending the 20-year-old “wet foot, dry foot” policy that allows most Cuban migrants who reach U.S. soil to become legal permanent residents after one year.  —  The decision was confirmed Thursday …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
As Trump Berates News Media, a New Strategy Is Needed to Cover Him  —  Well, that sure escalated quickly.  —  “That” was Donald J. Trump's inaugural news conference as a duly elected United States president-to-be, in which he called BuzzFeed a “failing pile of garbage,” dismissed CNN as …
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Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
The only hookers in this story are the cheap, lazy journalists who ran with fake Trump sleaze …
Discussion: BizPac Review
Michael Brendan Dougherty / The Week:   Why the media's Trump dossier coverage is suicidal
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
President Obama Surprises Vice President Biden With Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  President Obama surprised Vice President Joe Biden with the nation's highest civilian honor - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - at a tribute event at the White House this afternoon.
Discussion: Vox and Washington Post
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama surprises Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom
Discussion: ABC News
TMZ.com:
Obama Dog Sunny Bites White House Guest (PHOTO)  —  Obama Dog Sunny — Bites White House Guest  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  President Obama had to deal with a small domestic crisis at the White House — a family friend was bitten by Sunny, the First Family's 4-year-old dog.
TMZ.com:
Newt Gingrich — CNN Reporter Was an Idiot ... Gotta Respect ‘Trumpism’  —  Newt Gingrich wants to start treating reporters like hockey players — when they step out of line ... they go in Donald Trump's penalty box.  —  We got Newt in D.C. where he explains his concept of “Trumpism” …
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Earnest implicitly rebukes Sean Spicer after press conference  —  White House press secretary Josh Earnest on Thursday issued an implicit rebuke of his successor, Sean Spicer, who tangled with a CNN reporter in New York on Wednesday at Donald Trump's first news conference as president-elect.
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Mattis views on women in combat takes center stage  —  Retired Gen. James Mattis's stance on women in combat and LGBT troops will be thrust in the spotlight Thursday when he faces senators for his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of Defense.  —  The man whom Mattis is in line to replace …
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Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Mattis breaks with Trump on Iran, Russia
Discussion: Business Insider and alan.com
Amazon.com:
Amazon to Create More Than 100,000 New, Full-Time, Full-Benefit Jobs across the U.S. over the Next 18 Months  —  Already one of the country's biggest employers, Amazon plans to grow its full-time U.S.-based workforce from 180,000 in 2016 to over 280,000 by mid-2018
Deidra Dukes / WAGA-TV:
Girl's ‘suicide video’ sparks outrage online  —  POLK COUNTY, Ga. - Days after a 12-year-old girl broadcast her suicide live on a social media site; Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd said he can't stop people from sharing the video online.  —  In the video, Katelyn Nicole Davis claimed …
Discussion: IJR, AOL and KFOR-TV
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Corey Charlton / The Sun:
FACEBOOK DEATH Girl, 12, streams her own suicide on Facebook Live for 20 minutes after being …
Discussion: Mashable
The Guardian:
Donald Trump dossier: intelligence sources vouch for author's credibility  —  Ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele, named as writer of Donald Trump memo, is ‘highly regarded professional’  —  His denials - at least some of them - were emphatic, even by the standards that Donald Trump has come to be judged by.
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Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, who produced Donald Trump Russian dossier, 'terrified …
Wall Street Journal:
Billionaire George Soros Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Weeks After Trump Election  —  Billionaire hedge-fund manager George Soros lost nearly $1 billion as a result of the stock-market rally spurred by Donald Trump's surprise presidential election.
New York Times:
Intelligence Chief's Olive Branch to Trump Gets Twisted in Translation  —  James R. Clapper, the director of national intelligence, offered a public olive branch to President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday night, which Mr. Trump appears to have twisted.  —  Team Trump went to war …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
In Iowa, Trump Voters Are Unfazed by Controversies  —  MONTICELLO, Iowa — The Table of Knowledge was delving into President-elect Donald J. Trump's plans to upend government, and marveling at how he had forced his fellow Republicans in the House to reverse themselves on gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics.
Discussion: Mother Jones
 
 
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Arizona Republic:
DPS chief: Driver came upon wounded trooper and killed man who shot him; I-10 closed near Tonopah
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Says ‘96 Million’ Are Looking for Work
Discussion: CNBC
Slate:
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Discussion: New York Magazine, IJR and twitchy.com
Elana Schor / Politico:
Manchin: I'll help GOP ‘repair’ Obamacare
Discussion: America Rising and ABC News
Rachel Brown / WWD:
Q&A: Melania Trump's Makeup Artist Nicole Bryl
Discussion: IJR and Washington Post
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Jeff Bezos is the anonymous buyer of the biggest house in Washington
 Earlier Items: 
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cruz, Graham offer bill to cut off funding to UN over Israel vote
Discussion: RedState
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's prepared HUD testimony included accidental plagiarism — but he didn't use it
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Graham apologizes for calling for Cruz's murder
Discussion: RedState
Ynetnews:
US intel sources warn Israel against sharing secrets with Trump administration
Discussion: Daily Wire
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Anthony Weiner hoping Huma will call off divorce
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Trump's ‘Cadillac One’ limo will have tear gas cannon, shotgun: report
Discussion: RedState
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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