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9:55 AM ET, January 13, 2017

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Barbara Bush / TIME:
The Bush Sisters Wrote the Obama Girls A Letter  —  Bush is the CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps  —  Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a cold November day, we greeted you on the steps of the White House.  We saw both the light and wariness in your eyes as you gazed at your new home.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Why did Obama dawdle on Russia's hacking?  —  “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” mutters Marcellus as ghosts and mad spirits haunt Elsinore castle in the first act of Shakespeare's “Hamlet.”  —  After this past week of salacious leaks about foreign espionage plots and indignant denials …
Politico:
Chaffetz threatens to subpoena federal ethics watchdog over Trump criticism  —  House Republicans have found a subject for their opening review of conflicts of interest under Donald Trump: the federal official in charge of investigating conflicts of interest.
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Lawmaker Hints at Investigating Ethics Chief Critical of Trump  —  The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday issued a stern letter, including a veiled threat of an investigation, to the federal government's top ethics monitor, who this week …
Bloomberg:
Davos Wonders If It's Part of the Problem  —  Did the global elite's devotion to borderless capitalism sow the seeds of a populist backlash?  —  by  —  Kenneth Rogoff can pinpoint the moment he started to grow concerned Donald Trump would be the next U.S. president: It was when Rogoff's fellow attendees …
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Alan Gomez / USA Today:
Obama to end ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans
The White House:
Statement by the President on Cuban Immigration Policy
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Obama ending special immigration status for migrants fleeing Cuba
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Ryan: GOP will repeal, replace Obamacare at same time  —  (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday Republicans plan to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law at the same time they approve a GOP replacement plan.  —  “We want to do this at the same time, and in some cases in the same bill …
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Henry Farrell / Washington Post:
Republicans say their midnight vote was about bridge building. Actually, it was bridge burning.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Repealing Obamacare: Just what the doctor ordered for wealthy investors
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Daily Kos
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
'It's Game of Thrones, the Apprentice, and Survivor all mixed into one'  —  Behind closed doors, Chris Christie — unceremoniously sent packing from Donald Trump's transition headquarters in Washington two months ago — is telegraphing a message to his confidants: I'll be back.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Robert Reich speechless after Jeffrey Lord claims Trump free to flout ethics because he won  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Robert Reich doesn't understand why Donald Trump isn't going out of his way to reassure Americans that there are no conflicts of interest in his businesses and political dealings.
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
Freshman Democrat Kamala Harris grills CIA director nominee on climate change  —  Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., grilled CIA director Mike Pompeo on whether climate change was a leading national security threat during his Senate confirmation hearings Thursday.
RADAR:
His Way!  Inside Paul Anka's Top-Secret Performance Plan For Trump Inauguration  —  The music legend is re-writing the lyrics to an entire song.  —  President Donald Trump did it his way — and Paul Anka will let him know it!  —  A source close to the “(You're) Having My Baby” crooner …
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
C-Span Online Broadcast Interrupted by Russian Network  —  At 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Representative Maxine Waters was on the floor of the House of Representatives, arguing for the importance of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  —  “At this time,” Ms. Waters, Democrat of California …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Approval of Trump Transition Still Low as Inauguration Nears  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In Gallup polling conducted two weeks before Inauguration Day, President-elect Donald Trump continues to garner historically low approval for his transition performance, with 51% of Americans disapproving …
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
GOP governors fight their own party on Obamacare  —  Republican governors who reaped the benefits of Obamacare now find themselves in an untenable position — fighting GOP lawmakers in Washington to protect their states' health coverage.  —  This rift between state and federal GOP officials …
Discussion: Political Wire
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
'It's not partisan chowder': Legal Sea Foods dropped from inauguration menu  —  WASHINGTON — Ever since Ronald Reagan rode into this town, there's been a certain tradition here regarding seafood.  When new presidents move into the White House, the festivities include a steaming hot cup of New England clam chowder.
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
Obama's New Policy List Rhymes With ‘Bucket List’  —  Coming up in the next {{countdown}} {{countdownlbl}}  —  Coming up next:  —  {{nextVideo.title}}  —  {{nextVideo.description}}  —  Skip to this video now  —  Related Extras Related Videos Video Transcript
Discussion: Power Line
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.
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Manisha Ganguly / The Guardian:
WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages  —  Exclusive: Privacy campaigners criticise WhatsApp vulnerability as a ‘huge threat to freedom of speech’ and warn it could be exploited by government agencies  —  A security backdoor that can be used to allow Facebook and others …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
With a single tweet on Thursday, President-elect Donald J. Trump pulled L. L. Bean, the Maine retailer known for its boots, jackets and preppy New England aesthetic, back into a political crossfire.  —  The company was already facing a boycott from liberal customers after reports that Linda Bean …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Anthony Scaramucci is hired for a top job in Trump's White House  —  Anthony Scaramucci, a prominent New York financier and confidant to President-elect Donald Trump, has accepted a top position on the incoming White House staff, where he will coordinate the administration's engagement …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
FBI director briefed Trump on dossier: reports  —  FBI Director James Comey briefed President-elect Donald Trump  —  on a two-page summary of an unverified dossier claiming Russia had compromising information on the real estate mogul, CNN reported Thursday.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's Cabinet nominees keep contradicting him  —  Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, in their first round of confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, have one after another contradicted the president-elect on key issues, promising to trim back or disregard some of the signature promises on which he campaigned.
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Obama Designates National Monuments Honoring Civil Rights History  —  In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, today, President Obama is designating three new national monuments honoring our country's civil rights history and taking new steps to promote diversity in our national parks and other public lands.
Discussion: Shareblue and The Week
 
 
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
You've probably never heard of this creepy genealogy site. But it knows a lot about you.
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CNN:
FBI, Justice Department to be investigated over Clinton probe
BostonGlobe.com:
LePage after surgery: 'There's 50 less pounds of me to hate'
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Dana Ferguson / Argus Leader:
Lawmakers vote against barring ‘sexual contact’ with interns
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
What Happens to the Democratic Party After Obama?
Chris Edelson / The Hill:
Remedy for Russian meddling should be new election
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rubio's choice: Buck Trump or back down on Tillerson?
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Here I am Again, My Friends!
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Yahoo:
Assange agrees to extradition if US releases whistleblower
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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 …
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