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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: RedState and alan.com
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump  —  WASHINGTON  —  The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including whether money …
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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Eliza Shapiro / Politico:
De Blasio: Don't ‘overstate the threat’ DeVos poses to city
Discussion: ABC News and RedState
Alastair Jamieson / NBC News:
Betsy DeVos Cites Grizzly Bears During Guns-in-Schools Debate
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Betsy DeVos apparently ‘confused’ about federal law protecting students with disabilities
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Above the Law
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Trump inauguration time, how to watch, and what to expect  —  After more than a year of campaigning, 26 primary and general election debates, and countless press conferences, attack ads, victory speeches, public apologies, and early morning Twitter rants, Donald Trump's inauguration is here.
Discussion: WFXT, Politico and USA Today
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama says he'll speak up post-White House if he sees ‘core values’ at risk
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Obama tells nation: 'I think we're going to be OK'
Discussion: Washington Post
David Jackson / USA Today:   Trump's aim in his inaugural address: National unity
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
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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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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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump aide: Dems are trying to humiliate Cabinet nominees  —  's close aide Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday blasted Democrats for “trying to embarrass” the incoming administration's Cabinet nominees.  —  “This idea of humiliating and trying to embarrass qualified men and women who just wish …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Conway: Dems trying to humiliate Cabinet picks
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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.
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 …
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Gabbard makes secret trip to Syria
Discussion: RedState
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
At least 32 JCCs across US targeted in second wave of bomb threats  —  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.  —  Paul Goldenberg …
Discussion: Tennessean.com and Hot Air
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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 …
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
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.
Robert Frank / CNBC:
Take a peek inside the most expensive home for sale in the US  —  This is the most expensive home in America  —  A newly built modern palace overlooking Los Angeles has just become the most expensive home listed in the United States.  Price tag: $250 million.
Discussion: Forbes
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Kiss the ring!  GOP Senate candidates told to make nice with Trump  —  Republicans considering a 2018 Senate bid are being advised to meet with President-elect Trump to ensure they have his seal of approval.  —  Trump isn't demanding that potential Republican Senate candidates and incumbents seek his blessing before running.
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
Man apparently sets himself on fire outside Trump Hotel in D.C.  —  A man was burned Tuesday night after apparently setting himself on fire in the street outside the Trump Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, according to a public safety source with knowledge of the incident.
Discussion: RedState and New York Magazine
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NBC4 Washington:
Man Tries to Set Himself on Fire Outside Trump International Hotel in Protest
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders 4 Homeland Security officials to preserve private-account emails  —  A federal judge has ordered four current or former top officials at the Department of Homeland Security, including Secretary Jeh Johnson, to preserve emails in their private accounts that may be responsive to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
 
 
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The Hill:
Trump Treasury pick to defend foreclosure record
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Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress:
Trump's HHS pick won't say whether health care is a right
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump's Army Secretary Pick Was Once Accused of Punching Auction Worker
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Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Report: 300,000 Small Business Jobs Lost Due to Obamacare
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
U.S. Catholics, non-Catholics continue to view Pope Francis favorably
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Senate Armed Services panel recommends Mattis to be defense secretary
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Yuval Levin / National Review:
The Republican Health-Care Debate
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Nikki Haley breaks with Trump on Russia
Discussion: ABC News
Kevin O'Leary / CNBC:
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Jenny Deam / Houston Chronicle:
Woodlands crowd grills Brady over ACA repeal
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
NBC News:
Democrats: Left in the Lurch
The Daily Beast:
New Trump Adviser Being Sued for Hiring Whites to Attack Blacks
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Magazine