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4:50 PM ET, January 18, 2017

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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Assange lawyer: Manning commutation doesn't meet extradition offer's conditions  —  The attorney for Julian Assange said President Obama's commutation of Chelsea Manning's sentence does not meet the conditions of the WikiLeaks head's offer to be extradited to the United States if Manning were pardoned.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Earnest: GOP intellectually dishonest on Manning pardon  —  President Obama's top spokesman on Wednesday blasted Republicans who criticized his decision to commute the sentence of former Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning.  —  White House press secretary Josh Earnest said GOP lawmakers have put on …
Discussion: alan.com and RedState
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In final news conference, Obama defends his last acts in office  —  President Obama held his final news conference at the White House on Wednesday, defending the importance of the free press and some of the final decisions he has made before leaving office.  —  But even as touted …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Reality bites: Trump's wake-up call  —  NEW YORK — On Twitter and in public, Donald Trump remains an uncompromising mix of bluster and bombast.  Behind the scenes, he's confronting, and in some cases succumbing (slightly) to, the hard truths of governing and leading a world that hangs on his every word.
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Tara Fowler / ABC News:
Trump on Intel Briefings: 'I'll Solve the Problems'
Discussion: Axios and Talking Points Memo
Tegna / KHOU-TV:
President Bush moved to ICU; Mrs. Bush also hospitalized  —  Former President George H.W. Bush has been at Houston Methodist Hospital for treatment of pneumonia.  Mrs. Bush has also been admitted to the hospital due to “fatigue and coughing”. … HOUSTON - Former President George H.W. Bush …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
George H.W. Bush to Trump: Doctor says going to inauguration could ‘put me six feet under’  —  Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife could end up “six feet under” if they sit outside for Donald Trump's inauguration this week, the former president wrote the president-elect in a personal letter.
Discussion: ABC News
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
How Donald Trump came up with ‘Make America Great Again’ … “Make America Great Again.”  —  The four words that would help propel Donald Trump to the White House were an inspiration born years before, when hardly anyone but Trump himself could imagine him taking the oath of office as the 45th president of the United States.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's new 2020 campaign slogan is very, well, Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump, who wasted no time after the 2012 presidential election to pick his slogan for 2016, isn't waiting much longer when it comes to his reelection slogan.  —  It's “Keep America Great!”
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The Betsy DeVos Hearing Was an Insult to Democracy  —  Who are the real grizzlies?  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.—It was not a hearing.  It was the mere burlesque of a hearing, rendered meaningless by a preposterously accelerated process that rendered all questioning perfunctory and that left …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Conway: Dems trying to humiliate Cabinet picks
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Eliza Shapiro / Politico:
De Blasio: Don't ‘overstate the threat’ DeVos poses to city
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year  —  Marking another milestone for a changing planet, scientists reported on Wednesday that the Earth reached its highest temperature on record in 2016 — trouncing a record set only a year earlier, which beat one set in 2014.
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Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
U.S. scientists officially declare 2016 the hottest year on record. That makes three in a row.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's D.C. hotel bans press during inauguration week  —  The Trump International Hotel in Washington is banning the media from its premises during inauguration week.  —  “Media is not allowed in this week in respect of the privacy of our guests,” Patricia Tang, the hotel's director of sales and marketing wrote in an email.
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Washington Post:
Man apparently sets himself on fire outside Trump Hotel in D.C.
Discussion: RedState and New York Magazine
NBC4 Washington:
Man Tries to Set Himself on Fire Outside Trump International Hotel in Protest
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘Tell Me What Your Real Name Is’: Tucker Carlson Confronts Guest Over Hoax in Bonkers Interview  —  The video above contains quite possibly one of the most bizarre interviews you will ever watch.  —  Here's how Tucker Carlson began the interview: … Okay, let's back up a second.
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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Ads in Dozens of Cities Offer to Pay Protesters Up to $2,500 to Disrupt Trump Inauguration; UPDATE: It Was a Hoax
Discussion: Washington Post and The Slot
New York Times:
Price: 'Nobody's Interested in Pulling the Rug Out' on Health Coverage  —  Right Now: President Obama is addressing the press corps for the last time from the White House.  Follow our live coverage and analysis.  —  Representative Tom Price of Georgia, the nominee for health and human services secretary …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Nikki Haley breaks with Trump on Russia
Discussion: ABC News
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Haley: No Muslim registry under Trump administration
Discussion: Raw Story
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
At least 32 JCCs across US targeted in second wave of bomb threats  —  This is a developing story.  —  WASHINGTON (JTA) — At least 32 Jewish community centers in 16 states have received bomb threats, Jewish security officials said, in the second wave of such mass disruption in two weeks.
Discussion: Tennessean.com and Hot Air
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Taly Krupkin / Haaretz:
Jewish Centers Across U.S. Evacuated Amid New Wave of Bomb Threats
Discussion: ThinkProgress and WSVN-TV
Paul Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Tom Price Just Contradicted Trump Team's Defense Of His Questionable Stock Trades  —  Trump's pick for HHS secretary admitted he, not an independent financial adviser, chose to buy stock in a biotech firm.  —  Money in Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Democratic Rep. Gabbard Makes Secret Trip to Syria  —  The Hawaii lawmaker, who has bucked both parties on the issue of Syria, met with government officials on a “fact finding” trip.  —  Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has just departed war-torn Damascus following a trip her aides described as a …
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Trump Budget Nominee Did Not Pay Taxes for Employee  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump's choice for White House budget director failed to pay more than $15,000 in payroll taxes for a household employee, he admitted in a statement to the Senate Budget Committee …
NBC News:
Democrats: Left in the Lurch  —  The curious decline and uncertain future of the Democratic Party  —  When President-elect Donald Trump replaces Barack Obama on January 20, the Democratic Party will find itself more removed from power than at almost any point since the party's creation.
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Senate Armed Services panel recommends Mattis to be defense secretary  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee today overwhelmingly recommended retired Marine Gen. James Mattis be the next Defense secretary.  —  The vote was 26-1 during a closed-door meeting.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
 
 
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Kiss the ring! GOP Senate candidates told to make nice with Trump
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump's aim in his inaugural address: National unity
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Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Report: 300,000 Small Business Jobs Lost Due to Obamacare
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders 4 Homeland Security officials to preserve private-account emails
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U.S. Catholics, non-Catholics continue to view Pope Francis favorably
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
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The Daily Beast:
New Trump Adviser Being Sued for Hiring Whites to Attack Blacks
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