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10:15 PM ET, December 17, 2017

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CBS News:
Sen. John McCain returns to Arizona, will miss vote on GOP tax bill  —  Republican Sen. John McCain is returning to Arizona after spending several days in a Maryland hospital recovering from side effects from chemotherapy treatment for brain cancer, CBS News has learned.
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David Sirota / International Business Times:
Tax Bill: John Cornyn Says Tax Cut Potentially Benefiting Bob Corker Was Part Of Effort To Secure Votes For Passage  —  Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the majority whip, on Sunday said a tax provision, which could personally enrich key Republican lawmakers, was added to the final tax bill as part of an effort to …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and ABC News
Emily Stewart / Vox:
John Cornyn doesn't have a good answer on tax bill loophole that means millions for Corker and Trump  —  “What we've tried to do is cobble together the votes we needed to get this bill passed.”  —  Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Sunday said the decision to include a provision in the Republican tax plan …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
McCain returns to Arizona, won't vote on GOP tax bill: report
Discussion: CBS News
New York Times:
The Winners and Losers in the Tax Bill
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump: “My people are very upset” about Mueller obtaining emails  —  Officials of President Trump's transition team plan to ask Special Counsel Robert Mueller to return “many tens of thousands” of transition emails they contend were unlawfully provided to him.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Mueller team defends obtaining Trump transition emails  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's office on Sunday defended its work after a lawyer for President Trump  —  's transition team accused investigators of improperly obtaining thousands of emails from transition officials.
Discussion: RedState and AOL
Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
Former Nixon White House Counsel: Trump Might Have Obstructed Justice to Prevent Russia Investigation
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Firing Mueller ‘obviously’ up to Trump, Mnuchin says
Discussion: CNN
Carrie Johnson / NPR:   3 Ways Trump Or His Allies Might Try To Disrupt The Mueller Russia Probe
Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Mueller's allegedly lawless acts have corrupted his probe and demand his removal
Discussion: IJR
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Kremlin says Putin thanked Trump for CIA tip on bombings  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned U.S. President Donald Trump Sunday to thank him for a CIA tip that helped thwart a series of bombings in St. Petersburg, the Kremlin said.
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Poolreports / Public Pool:
Subject: Readout of President Donald J. Trump's Call with President Vladimir Putin
Discussion: IJR
David Filipov / Washington Post:
Putin thanks Trump for CIA intel that foiled a planned terrorist attack in Russia
Washington Post:   Putin phoned Trump to thank him for CIA intel that foiled a planned terrorist attack in Russia, the Kremlin says
CNN:
Power outage cripples Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport  —  (CNN)A power outage at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world's busiest airport, is leaving thousands of passengers stranded and planes grounded indefinitely.  —  The Federal Aviation Administration issued …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Ex-Obama transportation chief on Atlanta airport power outage: ‘Total and abject failure’  —  A former transportation secretary in the Obama administration ripped Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for its response to a massive power outage on Sunday.  —  “Total and abject failure here at ATL Airport today.
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Cornel West / The Guardian:
Ta-Nehisi Coates is the neoliberal face of the black freedom struggle  —  The disagreement between Coates and me is clear: his view of black America is narrow and dangerously misleading  —  a-Nehisi Coates' We Were Eight Years in Power, a book about Barack Obama's presidency and the tenacity …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Mark Hamill strikes back at Cruz: Thanks for ‘smarm-spaining’ net neutrality to me  —  Mark Hamill struck back at Sen. Ted Cruz  —  (R-Texas) after Cruz tried to use the actor's “Star Wars” movies to defend net neutrality.  —  “Luke, I know Hollywood can be confusing …
Discussion: Politico, RedState, IJR and The Daily Beast
New York Times:
E.P.A. Employees Spoke Out.  Then Came Scrutiny of Their Email.  —  WASHINGTON — One Environmental Protection Agency employee spoke up at a private lunch held near the agency headquarters, saying she feared the nation might be headed toward an “environmental catastrophe.”
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
How China got a U.S. senator to do its political bidding  —  A congressional delegation led by Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) presents frozen steaks to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on April 10 in Beijing.  The gift was meant to underscore the importance of opening Chinese markets to U.S. beef imports.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Paranoia grips Capitol Hill as harassment scandal spreads  —  The details change almost daily, but the rumor won't die: A credible news organization is preparing to unmask at least 20 lawmakers in both parties for sexual misconduct.  —  Speculation about this theoretical megastory is spreading …
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Sarah Palin's oldest son, Track, arrested on domestic violence charges  —  Track Palin is shown at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., in September 2008.  (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images)  —  Track Palin, the oldest son of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Democrats hold biggest lead in congressional preference since 2008  —  WASHINGTON — Fresh off their victory in Alabama's special Senate election, Democrats now enjoy their largest advantage in congressional preference in nine years, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll …
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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William Buckner / Quillette:
Romanticizing the Hunter-Gatherer  —  O Man, to whatever country …
Tony Romm / Recode:
Twitter's new rules could result in a major purge of alt-right accounts
Discussion: Gizmodo and madamasr.com/en
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
CNN Contributor Accuses Georgetown Student Of Anti-Semitism
Discussion: Power Line and New York Post
Salman Masood / New York Times:
Pakistan Church Attacked by 2 Suicide Bombers
Discussion: CNN, AOL, RedState and The Daily Caller
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
The Next Crisis for Puerto Rico: A Crush of Foreclosures
Discussion: Splinter
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Jones promises he will consider voting Republican in the Senate
Discussion: Politico, Vox, RedState and The Week
Washington Post:
‘We feel like our system was hijacked’: DEA agents say a huge opioid case ended in a whimper
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: US soldier ambushed in Niger wasn't captured
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CNN's Stelter Goes Off on ‘Friends of Trump’ at Fox News: ‘Talking Like Propagandists’
New York Times:
As Venezuela Collapses, Children Are Dying of Hunger
Discussion: Power Line and twitchy.com
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
File Your Taxes on a Postcard? A G.O.P. Promise Marked Undeliverable
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
A Democratic winner in Virginia says it's time for bipartisanship
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Tiffany Stanley / Politico:
This Evangelical Leader Denounced Trump. Then the Death Threats Started.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Why depression and suicide are rampant among American farmers
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A War Trump Won
Discussion: Power Line