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12:10 PM ET, January 2, 2018

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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Abedin Forwarded State Passwords To Yahoo Before It Was Hacked By Foreign Agents  —  Huma Abedin forwarded sensitive State Department emails, including passwords to government systems, to her personal Yahoo email account before every single Yahoo account was hacked, a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump suggests Huma Abedin be jailed after State Department email release  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested Hillary Clinton's longtime aide, Huma Abedin, should be jailed after the State Department's release last week of classified emails found on the laptop of Abedin's estranged husband, Anthony Weiner.
Discussion: Associated Press
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump urges Justice Department to ‘act’ on Comey, suggests Huma Abedin should face jail time
Discussion: Mashable, Balloon Juice, IJR and Raw Story
Bwittes / Lawfare:
Why Trump's War on the Deep State Is Failing—So Far
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The West Can Help Iranians Take Back Their Country  —  The perfect man for the job: Barack Obama.  —  In case anyone was wondering, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the rest of America's political class are with the protesters in Iran.  Statements have been issued.  Tweets have been tweeted.
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CNN:
Key developments  — Nine people were killed on Monday …
Ben Shapiro / National Review:   Trump Reverses the Obama Doctrine on Iran
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Anthony Scaramucci Is Telling Pals That Donald Trump Wants Him Back … Losing your job in a fit of self-immolation after a mere ten days may seem like the type of professional stumble that doesn't lend itself to a comeback.  But Anthony Scaramucci, a.k.a. the Mooch, appears to be positioning himself to give politics another go.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Scaramucci bragging of possible return to White House: report
Discussion: RedState and The Week
Jake Sherman / Politico:
AND WE'RE BACK: Washington kicks into gear for bruising January ... ADVANTAGE DEMOCRATS?
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House aides already anxious about 2018
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Hoda Kotb joins Savannah Guthrie as co-anchor of TODAY  —  Hoda Kotb has been named the co-anchor of TODAY, making her official debut Tuesday just after an announcement by NBC News Chairman Andy Lack.  —  Kotb, 53, will join Savannah Guthrie at the anchor desk during the first two hours of the morning news program.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Hoda Kotb named permanent co-host of NBC's ‘Today’  —  Hoda Kotb, who has filled in on NBC's “Today” show since Matt Lauer was fired in November, is now officially replacing him.  —  The promotion means that Kotb and Savannah Guthrie will co-host the famed morning show.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Warren positions herself for potential 2020 run  —  Elizabeth Warren has spent the past year making a series of below-the-radar moves that would put her in prime position to run for president in 2020 if she decides to.  —  The liberal icon and Republican bete noire has amassed more money …
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Warren has raised more campaign money than nearly any senator ever: report
Discussion: RedState and The Week
John Bowden / The Hill:
2017 was safest year ever for commercial air travel, with zero deaths  —  Zero deaths were reported for passenger jet travel in 2017, making it the safest year on record for commercial aviation, according to the Dutch aviation group To70 and the Aviation Safety Network.
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Donald Trump's Year of Living Dangerously  —  When President Donald Trump sat down for dinner on September 18 in New York with leaders of four Latin American countries on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly, anxieties were already running high.
Discussion: WBUR and Raw Story
Reuters:
Pakistan summons U.S. ambassador after Trump's angry tweet  —  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's angry tweet about Pakistan's “lies and deceit”, while Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif dismissed the outburst as a political stunt.
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The one question likely to decide 2018 elections  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)As the 2018 election year begins, one question above all is likely to shape its outcome: Will Americans vote to constrain President Donald Trump by electing a Democrat-led Congress that will challenge and resist him …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
John Dean: Nixon 'Might Have Survived If There'd Been a Fox News'  —  John Dean, the former Nixon White House counsel, has a stark warning for White House lawyer Ty Cobb and the rest of President Donald Trump's defenders as they enter 2018: Believing the investigation and prosecutions will be over anytime soon is “wishful thinking.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Republicans can't generate buzz for Ros-Lehtinen's seat, and some say it's unwinnable  —  WASHINGTON  —  The GOP's inability to find top-shelf candidates to run for Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's U.S. House seat has some Republicans ready to write off the race and shift money and attention to more winnable contests.
Discussion: Roll Call
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Iowa went big for Trump, but there are signs its voters are souring on the president  —  DES MOINES — As Republicans celebrated their tax bill passing Congress late last month, Iowa Democrats raised a toast of their own.  Candidates for Congress and governor, gathered at the annual Progress …
Candice Reed / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed We're semi-retired and living in an RV.  It's not as ghastly as it may sound  —  The author and her RV outside of Olympia Washington.  (Ralph Reed)  —  In 2017 my husband, Ralph, and I moved 23 times.  It wasn't difficult because our house has wheels.
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
A Note From Our New Publisher  —  IN 1896 my great-great-grandfather left his hometown, Chattanooga, and traveled north to purchase a small, fading newspaper in New York.  —  The moment was not unlike our own.  Technological, economic and social turmoil were upending the traditions of the country.
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
‘Fake News’: Wide Reach but Little Impact, Study Suggests  —  Fake news evolved from seedy internet sideshow to serious electoral threat so quickly that behavioral scientists had little time to answer basic questions about it, like who was reading what, how much real news they also consumed …
New York Times:
The Trump Effect: Business, Anticipating Less Regulation, Loosens Purse Strings  —  WASHINGTON — A wave of optimism has swept over American business leaders, and it is beginning to translate into the sort of investment in new plants, equipment and factory upgrades that bolsters economic growth …
Discussion: IJR, The Daily Caller and Althouse
 
 
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Katie Kilkenny / Billboard:
Dave Chappelle Says Louis C.K. Accuser Has a ‘Brittle Ass Spirit’ in Netflix Special
Discussion: The Root
Yuval Levin / National Review:
The 2018 Republican Agenda  —  With tax reform behind …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
The Criminal Underworld Is Dropping Bitcoin for Another Currency
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller and The Week
Kyle Smith / National Review:
We Were Wrong about Stop-and-Frisk  —  Crime in New York City fell …
Discussion: New York Daily News
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
South Korea Proposes Border Talks With North Korea After Kim's Overture
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
First, this town lost its Macy's. Then Sears. Now, all eyes were on J.C. Penney.
Discussion: Althouse
Tim Lockette / Anniston Star:
Star's former publisher accused of assaulting reporters in 1970s
Steve Andrews / WFLA-TV:
Children ordered to sleep in bed with murdered brother's body
Discussion: The Root and AOL
 Earlier Items: 
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
President Trump has made 1,950 false or misleading claims over 347 days
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
GOP Obamacare quandary — easy to hate, hard to kill
Discussion: The Week
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
'It's a giant present to the tax lobbying community'
Robin Pogrebin / New York Times:
Peter Martins Retires From New York City Ballet After Misconduct Allegations
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC, The Week and thecut
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Emboldened Israeli Right Presses Moves to Doom 2-State Solution
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Colorado shooting suspect was an Iraq War vet who posted alt-right ‘Pepe’ memes on social media
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mediaite
 

 
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans

Neal Mohan / The Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan argues that creators should be eligible for Emmys, as the awards “should reflect what viewers are actually watching on their TV screens”

Max Tani / Semafor:
Hunterbrook Media's publisher failed to disclose its ownership stake in a rival to a company that was recently the subject of a critical Hunterbrook article

 
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