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4:10 PM ET, January 17, 2017

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
As GOP Pushes Repeal, Obamacare Has Never Been More Popular: NBC News/WSJ poll  —  As Republicans get closer to repealing it, President Barack Obama's federal health-care law — or Obamacare — has never been more popular, according to results from a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal.
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Confidence drops in Trump transition  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump will become president Friday with an approval rating of just 40%, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, the lowest of any recent president and 44 points below that of President Barack Obama, the 44th president.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Trump will take office as least popular president in at least 4 decades  —  After a tumultuous campaign and transition, President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office Friday as the least popular incoming president in at least four decades, but a majority of Americans nevertheless …
Washington Post:
Washington Post-ABC News poll January 12-15, 2017
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: Approval polls are rigged against me
CBO's Publications:
How Repealing Portions of the Affordable Care Act Would Affect Health Insurance Coverage and Premiums  —  CBO reports on the estimated changes in health insurance coverage and premiums that would result from leaving the Affordable Care Act's insurance market reforms in place while repealing the law's mandate penalties and subsidies.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
CBO report: Obamacare repeal would lead to 32 million more uninsured by 2026
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:   The Trumpcare Conundrum  —  As congressional Republicans race …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Hair stylist to Marla Maples: No free services in exchange for Inauguration Day ‘exposure’  —  Though Donald Trump and his family project an image of boundless wealth, a Washington-based hairstylist says the president-elect's second wife tried to get out of paying her to style her tresses …
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
More Than 40 Democratic Lawmakers Are Boycotting Trump's Inauguration
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
More than 50 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trump's inauguration
Bloomberg:
Putin Says Doesn't Believe Trump Met Prostitutes in Russia  —  Attacks on Trump seek to undermine election result, Putin says  —  Unsubstantiated claims are ‘obvious fabrications,’ Putin says  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin said he doesn't believe that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump met …
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Bloomberg:
In Davos, Trump Aide Talks Deals With Sanctioned Kremlin Fund
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Christopher Cousins / State & Capitol:
LePage: Chellie Pingree should resign, John Lewis should thank white presidents  —  Republican Gov. Paul LePage had tough words Tuesday morning for Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree regarding her decision to skip President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Most Successful Democrat Since F.D.R.  —  When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, he understood, without quite saying it, that there had been no highly successful Democratic president in decades.  —  Bill Clinton made the country a better place, but his biggest legislative plans failed and he was beset by scandal.
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
‘He Is Going to Test Our Democracy as It Has Never Been Tested’  —  Sometime early last fall, John Dean says he began having nightmares about a Trump presidency.  He would wake in the middle of the night, agitated and alarmed, struggling to calm his nerves.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Boom: Trump eyes 10% spending cuts, 20% slash of federal workers  —  Making good on a promise to slash government, President-elect Trump has asked his incoming team to pursue spending and staffing cuts.  —  Insiders said that the spending reductions in some departments could go as high …
Discussion: alan.com
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Return of the leftover left  —  The leftover left that materialized during the Bush administration is returning in force as of January 20.  Whatever they do to disrupt events related to the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, it is a preview of coming attractions.
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Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
“Statistical Evidence Not Required”  —  The conclusions of the Justice Department's damning report on the Chicago Police Department were probably foreordained.  —  Public safety  —  Politics and law  —  The most important statement in the Justice Department's damning report …
Discussion: Daily Wire
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Artwork depicting cops as animals permanently removed from Capitol complex  —  Capitol authorities permanently removed the controversial student painting depicting a confrontation between black protesters and police officers portrayed as animals early Tuesday morning.
Discussion: RedState and Mediaite
Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
CIA Director John Brennan Rejects Donald Trump's Criticism  —  Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan rejected Donald Trump's suggestions that he may have leaked an unsubstantiated dossier on the president-elect while defending the U.S. intelligence community more broadly.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Alt-Right Comes to Washington  —  East Lansing, Michigan—Lounging at the back of his tour bus in a parking lot behind the Springhill Suites, Milo Yiannopoulos, the flamboyant right-wing British provocateur known for his bleach-blond frosted tips and relentless campaign against Islam …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Monmouth University:
Public expects middle class proposals, but rich will benefit  —  West Long Branch, NJ - As Barack Obama exits the White House with solid job approval ratings, Donald Trump enters with a much more mixed set of expectations.  This is particularly true when it comes to helping middle class Americans …
Kristina Rizga / Mother Jones:
Betsy DeVos Wants to Use America's Schools to Build “God's Kingdom”  —  It's Christmastime in Holland, Michigan, and the northerly winds from Lake Macatawa bring a merciless chill to the small city covered in deep snow.  The sparkly lights on the trees in downtown luxury storefronts illuminate …
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
U.S. Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe v. Wade  —  The abortion rate in the United States fell to its lowest level since the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalized abortion nationwide, a new report finds.  —  The report by the Guttmacher Institute …
 
 
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Frank Schultz / GazetteXtra:
Police chiefs, Rep. Ryan, talk about preventing police shootings
Discussion: Bearing Arms
Andrew Malcolm / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Disregard all those farewells: Obama isn't really leaving
Discussion: Hot Air
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
New York Times Study Calls for Rapid Change in Newsroom
Washington Post:
Nigerian military ‘mistake’ kills at least 50 in strike on refugee camp
Discussion: NPR
Sam Frizell / TIME:
Donald Trump's Cabinet Pick Invested in 6 Drug Companies Before Medicare Fight
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Exclusive: Trump Team Embraces FCC Remake Blueprint
Discussion: Morning Consult and Deadline
 Earlier Items: 
Todd S. Purdum / Vanity Fair:
Barack Obama Belongs to the Ages
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Poll: Obama leaves office with 58 percent favorability
Discussion: Politico, alan.com and AOL
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Clinton Global Initiative's Ignominious End
Discussion: LifeNews.com and Washington Times
New York Times:
In ‘Brexit’ Speech, Theresa May Outlines Clean Break for U.K.