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7:55 PM ET, January 19, 2017

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump team prepares dramatic cuts  —  is ready to take an ax to government spending.  —  Staffers for the Trump transition team have been meeting with career staff at the White House ahead of Friday's presidential inauguration to outline their plans for shrinking the federal bureaucracy, The Hill has learned.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Steven Mnuchin, Treasury Nominee, Failed to Disclose $100 Million in Assets  —  WASHINGTON — Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald J. Trump's pick to be Treasury secretary, failed to disclose nearly $100 million of his assets on Senate Finance Committee disclosure documents and forgot …
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Spicer on Trump going to hotel: 'Shouldn't be a shocker'  —  President-elect Donald Trump's decision to spend time at his Washington, D.C., hotel does not represent a move to profit off the presidency and does not blur the lines between his business and his administration, incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday.
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New York Times:
Washington Hotel Presents Trump With a ‘Minefield’ of Potential Scandal  —  WASHINGTON — With sirens blaring, a fleet of limousines and security personnel raced down Pennsylvania Avenue twice in less than the last 24 hours to deliver Donald J. Trump to inauguration events.
Discussion: TMZ.com
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
4 Recent Examples Show Why No One Trusts Media Coverage Of Trump  —  One may have hoped that the media would respond to their 2016 failures and resulting lack of credibility by reforming.  Instead, it seems that many in political media are quadrupling down on the mistakes that served …
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Jesse Singal / New York Magazine:
The Times May Have Launched a False Rumor About Rick Perry (Updated)
Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Ivanka Trump Says She Will Not Be Filling In as First Lady in Trump Administration  —  Ivanka Trump dispelled speculation that she would be filling in as a surrogate first lady or occupying the East Wing office of the White House, traditionally reserved for the president's wife.
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
First on ABC: George W. Bush's Inauguration Day Letter to Barack Obama  —  Writing a letter to the next commander-in-chief has been a tradition for outgoing presidents.  —  As Barack Obama prepares to hand the baton to Donald Trump, ABC News has obtained an exclusive look at the missive …
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and Mediaite
Neil Eggleston / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
The Reinvigoration of the Clemency Authority  —  Today, the President granted commutation to 330 individuals.  The President has now granted commutation to a total of 1,715 individuals, including 568 people who had been sentenced to life in prison.  The vast majority of these men and women …
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Wyden objection to Pompeo could push vote to Monday  —  Trump CIA pick backs intel on Russian hacking  —  (CNN)Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a vocal privacy advocate, has formally objected to the Senate voting Friday on CIA director nominee …
Holly Christodoulou / The Sun:
ASSANGE LATEST WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands by offer to be extradited to US following Chelsea Manning release  —  The creator of the secret-spilling website had previously said he would leave the Ecuadorian embassy if the former soldier was freed  —  WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange …
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John Ziegler / Mediaite:
A Final Reminder: Here's Who ‘Owns’ the Trump Presidency and Who Will Get the Blame/Praise  —  As we all brace for the official start to a Donald Trump presidency which most of us never thought would happen, it is important to set down some markers.  Specifically, who will get the credit/blame …
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
El Chapo, Mexican Drug Kingpin, Extradited to the U.S.  —  Mexico City — Joaquin Guzman Loera, the notorious drug lord known as El Chapo, who twice slipped out of high-security Mexican prisons and into criminal legend, was being extradited to the United States on Thursday night, officials said …
President Barack Obama / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
Thank You  —  Editor's note: President Obama sent this final message to the White House email list this morning.  —  My fellow Americans,  —  It's a long-standing tradition for the sitting president of the United States to leave a parting letter in the Oval Office for the American elected to take his or her place.
CNN:
CNN Announces Washington Correspondent Assignments  —  Washington, D.C. - Jan. 18 - Today, CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker announced the following assignments for the network's Washington, D.C. based correspondents.  — Dana Bash will continue as the network's chief political correspondent.
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:   Daughter of close Obama adviser will cover DOJ for CNN
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats prepare for Trump with one of the earliest resistance movements ever to greet a new president  —  When Donald Trump takes the presidential oath of office on Friday, thousands of protesters will be marching his way from an “Occupy the Inauguration” rally at Malcolm X Park.
Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
CNN: Assassinating Trump Could Keep Obama Administration in Power  —  As the nation prepares for the peaceful transfer of power on Inauguration Day, CNN is dreaming up scenarios whereby the Obama administration can keep power if President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence …
Jessica Schulberg / The Huffington Post:
Trump Sought Military Equipment For Inauguration, Granted 20-Plane Flyover  —  “It's very Red Square,” said Stephen Kerrigan, who oversaw the past two inaugurations.  —  Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON Part of being a great president is showing off America's …
Zachary Crockett / Vox:
Americans seem more interested in inauguration protests than in the inauguration  —  On Friday, an estimated 800,000 people are expected to gather around the National Mall in Washington, DC, for Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony.  The following day, the Women's March on Washington …
Heather Hansman / The Guardian:
Congress moves to give away national lands, discounting billions in revenue  —  Though recreation on federal lands creates $646bn in economic stimulus and 6.1m jobs, Republicans are setting in motion a giveaway of Americans' birthright  —  n the midst of highly publicized steps …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and The Slot
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Ronna Romney McDaniel tapped to be new RNC chair  —  The Republican National Committee has officially found its replacement for outgoing chairman Reince Priebus, electing Ronna Romney McDaniel to steer the party as President-elect Donald Trump arrives in the White House.
Andrew Gomes / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
Facebook's Zuckerberg sues to force land sales  —  When Facebook's co-founder Mark Zuckerberg paid around $100 million for 700 acres of rural beachfront land on Kauai two years ago to create what Forbes magazine described as a secluded family sanctuary, he actually acquired a not-so-secluded property.
Bloomberg:
Russia Fears That Trump Won't Be Such a Great Deal After All  —  Top officials fret furor in U.S. over hacking could hurt thaw  —  Doubts about Trump hints that sanctions could be eased  —  Russia is giving Donald Trump the kind of fawning television coverage usually reserved for Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: Hot Air and Shareblue
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
This is the most ominous Inauguration Day in modern history  —  Why is this inauguration different from any other?  —  Let's start with the fact that most Americans are not happy that Donald Trump is about to become president.  The Post/ABC News poll this week found that Trump enters …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
North Korea may be prepping missile launch to test Trump: report  —  North Korea could be making preparations for a missile launch to test President-elect Donald Trump  —  U.S. intelligence officials said that there are indications that Pyongyang could hold a launch in the coming days or weeks.
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
The Troublemaker Behind Donald Trump's Words  —  Ever since he was a teenager in progressive Santa Monica, Stephen Miller was a troublemaker.  —  “If you're a conservative in a place like that, you're inevitably a contrarian,” said Mark Krikorian, a leading activist for a stricter immigration system.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
 
 
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump begins inaugural festivities as he prepares for the presidency
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Wayne Barrett, Fierce Muckraker at The Village Voice, Dies at 71
Bloomberg:
BCBG to Close Stores, Restructure as Online Shift Takes Toll
Discussion: AOL and New York Magazine
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: Never Trumpers ‘on a respirator’
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
In video praising Trump, Jerusalem mayor says Obama ‘surrendered’ to radical Islam
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:
Executive actions ready to go as Trump prepares to take office
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 Earlier Items: 
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: My Cabinet has ‘highest IQ of any Cabinet ever assembled’
Discussion: The Guardian
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans look to avoid YouTube moments in fight over Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Politicus USA and Daily Kos
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer grills Trump on ‘swamp cabinet’
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
$1.9 billion error adds to California deficit projection
Discussion: Hot Air, OpenMarket and twitchy.com
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's biggest whoppers
Discussion: TheBlaze and Althouse
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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