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10:00 PM ET, February 10, 2017

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CNN:
US investigators corroborate some aspects of the Russia dossier  —  Washington (CNN)For the first time, US investigators say they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent, multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CNN.
The Hill:
Trump not planning to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court  —  The Trump administration is not planning to appeal a temporary hold on the president's travel ban to the Supreme Court, a White House official said Friday.  —  But the White House said it will forge ahead on the broader battle …
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NBC News:
White House Rewriting Trump's Controversial Travel Ban Order: Sources  —  Donald Trump learning how things work 21:41  —  Still regrouping from a federal appeals court's refusal to reinstate President Trump's controversial ban of nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries …
CNN:
White House considers revising, replacing immigration executive order  —  (CNN)The White House is looking at several options to save President Donald Trump's controversial executive order on immigration, sources say.  —  In the aftermath of a federal appellate court's decisive blow …
Michael McConnell / Hoover Institution:
A Flawed Restraining of a Flawed Order
Discussion: Power Line
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump brings up vote fraud again, this time in meeting with senators  —  President Donald Trump can't stop—won't stop—talking about the election.  —  On Thursday, during a meeting with 10 senators that was billed as a listening session about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch …
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Madness of King Donald  —  I guess I should start by saying this is not a blog.  Nor is it what one might call a column.  It's an experiment of sorts to see if there's something in between those two.  Most Fridays, from now on, I'll be writing in this space about, among other things …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump vexed by challenges, scale of government  —  Being president is harder than Donald Trump thought, according to aides and allies who say that he's growing increasingly frustrated with the challenges of running the massive federal bureaucracy.  —  In interviews, nearly two dozen people who've spent …
NBC News:
Russia Considers Returning Snowden to U.S. to ‘Curry Favor’ With Trump: Official  —  U.S. intelligence has collected information that Russia is considering turning over Edward Snowden as a “gift” to President Donald Trump — who has called the NSA leaker a “spy” and a “traitor” who deserves to be executed.
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states  —  U.S. immigration authorities made a series of arrests in at least half a dozen states across the country on Thursday and Friday, sweeping up an unknown number of undocumented immigrants, immigration lawyers and advocates said.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Just how much trouble is Michael Flynn in?  —  On Wednesday, national security adviser Michael Flynn told The Washington Post that he and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak had never discussed the sanctions put in place by the Obama administration in a series of communications in December 2016.
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Bombshell Report Suggests Trump's National Security Adviser Is Dishonest and a Threat to US Policy
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pence was told Flynn didn't discuss sanctions, aides say
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Daily Wire
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump has some awkward exchanges with the Japanese prime minister  —  President Donald Trump's grin-and-grip with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Oval Office on Friday came off more like a power play between world leaders — and ended with an exaggerated eye roll from Abe.
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Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump and the art of the super-awkward handshake
Discussion: WREG-TV, FOX6Now.com and twitchy.com
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Japanese prime minister's stay at Mar-a-Lago will be a gift from President Trump
Discussion: RedState
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:   Trump Says New Action on Immigration to Be Issued Next Week
Sam Sweeney / WJLA-TV:
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos physically blocked by protesters from entering D.C. school  —  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was physically blocked by protesters from entering Jefferson Academy in SW, D.C. Friday morning.  This was her first visit to a public school.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Americans Now Evenly Divided on Impeaching Trump  —  PPP's new national poll finds that Donald Trump's popularity as President has declined precipitously just over the last two weeks.  On our first poll of his Presidency voters were evenly divided on Trump, with 44% approving of him and 44% also disapproving.
CNN:
First on CNN: Trump nixes Elliott Abrams for State Department job  —  (CNN)CNN has learned that Elliott Abrams will not get the number two position at the State Department, according to Republican sources.  —  President Donald Trump met with Abrams and the sources said that the meeting went …
CNN:
Anger erupts at Republican town halls  —  Murfreesboro, Tennessee (CNN)More than seven years after angry anti-Obamacare town halls erupted across the country, raw emotions are boiling over again — this time, as the Republican Party under President Donald Trump gears up to dismantle Barack Obama's legacy.
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:   A Utah Congressman Faces the ‘Resistance’ in his Home State
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Exclusive: White House Has Interviewed Carl Higbie for Press Secretary  —  Carl Higbie has interviewed for the position of White House press secretary, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the matter.  “Well, I can say that I've offered my services,” Higbie confirms for Washingtonian when reached by phone.
Chicago Sun Times:
Four accused in Facebook Live torture case plead not guilty  —  Brittany Covington, 18, of Chicago; (clockwise from upper left) Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago; Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville; and Tanishia Covington, 24, of Chicago.  Each is charged with a hate crime, aggravated kidnapping …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and WGN-TV
The White House:
Readout of the President's Call with President Xi Jinping of China  —  President Donald J. Trump and President Xi Jinping of China had a lengthy telephone conversation on Thursday evening.  The two leaders discussed numerous topics and President Trump agreed, at the request of President Xi, to honor our “one China” policy.
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Gordon G. Chang / The Daily Beast:
China Hangs Tough. Trump Folds. China Ups the Ante.
Mikael Wood / Los Angeles Times:
Katy Perry gets political: Listen to her new song ‘Chained to the Rhythm’  —  Pop Music Critic  —  You know America's in a troubling spot when even Katy Perry is singing about the illusion of freedom.  —  That's the subject of “Chained to the Rhythm,” the once-carefree pop star's new single …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Hundreds of thousands rally in Iran against Trump, chant ‘Death to America’: TV  —  Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Friday to swear allegiance to their clerical leaders and reject U.S. President Donald Trump's warning that he had put the Islamic Republic “on notice”, state TV reported.
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Conflict Over Trump Forces Out an Opinion Editor at The Wall Street Journal  —  The Wall Street Journal's editorial features editor has left the paper following tensions over the section drifting in a pro-Donald Trump direction.  —  News of the departure of Mark Lasswell …
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
University: Woman Behind Hitler Valentine Was Not A Student, Left Town  —  The woman who created an anti-Semitic Valentine's card featuring Adolf Hitler that was handed out by Central Michigan University College Republicans earlier this week admitted her role and has left the university's town, the school said in a statement Friday.
Associated Press:
UNDER FIRE, CONWAY MAINTAINS SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kellyanne Conway, the high-profile White House counselor, has come under fire from Democratic and Republican lawmakers, fact checkers and the media.  But she's so far maintained the support of her boss, President Donald Trump.
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Cited Italian Thinker Who Inspired Fascists  —  ROME — Those trying to divine the roots of Stephen K. Bannon's dark and at times apocalyptic worldview have repeatedly combed over a speech that Mr. Bannon, President Trump's ideological guru, made in 2014 to a Vatican conference …
Larry Schweikart / Breitbart:
Democrats Are in Worse Shape than Even They Think  —  Warnings — or, in some cases, celebrations — that the Democrats are on the verge of a disastrous collapse have been growing more frequent recently.  —  Since the election, Rush Limbaugh has been hammering the point that the campaign …
 
 
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Mickey White / RedState:
Breaking: Mob Gathering Outside Mitch McConnell's Home in Kentucky
Discussion: TheBlaze
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump's Travel Ban Is Not Recruiting More Terrorists
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Obamas sign with agency for speaking gigs
Discussion: RedState
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Roommates Wanted. Trump Supporters Need Not Apply.
Discussion: Daily Wire and Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Feds, Trump attorneys wrangle over president's D.C. hotel lease
St. Louis American:
Tishaura Jones slams Post editorial board while declining interview
Discussion: The Slot and alicublog
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Daytime TV's New Star? Sean Spicer
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
White House: Cohn-Led Tax Plan Is Real and It's Phenomenal
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, Donald Trump's father didn't create racist ads for a mayoral bid
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Erika Martin / KTLA:
Protest Erupts in Downtown L.A. Following Reports of Immigration Raids at Homes Across Southern California
Art Swift / Gallup:
Americans See US World Standing as Worst in a Decade
Discussion: Vox
 

 
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