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9:50 AM ET, January 10, 2018

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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
55 minutes at the table: Trump tries to negotiate and prove stability  —  He acted the part, listening intently and guiding the conversation with the control of a firm but open-minded executive.  He spoke the part, offering a mix of jesting bon mots and high-minded appeals for bipartisanship.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge blocks Trump wind-down of Dreamers program  —  A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's effort to shut-down the Obama-era program that provides quasi-legal status and work permits to foreigners who entered the U.S. illegally as children.  —  In a ruling Tuesday evening …
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge says DACA can't end while lawsuit is pending  —  A federal judge in San Francisco issued a nationwide preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking the Trump administration's decision to phase out a program that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
Discussion: CNN, Above the Law and Splinter
Dan Levine / Reuters:
U.S. judge blocks Trump move to end DACA program for immigrants
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:   A Federal Judge Just Ordered The Trump Administration To Partially Revive DACA
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:   A division for Democrats pondering a government shutdown: 2018 versus 2020
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 40 most remarkable lines from Trump's 55-minute immigration talk-a-thon
Discussion: KTLA
Ben Smith / New York Times:
I'm Proud We Published the Trump-Russia Dossier  —  Exactly one year ago BuzzFeed published what's now known simply as “the dossier”: a set of reports put together by a former British intelligence officer named Christopher Steele during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:
New dossier testimony reveals how badly NYT screwed up — in Trump's favor  —  The New York Times faced heavy and justified criticism for its obsessive focus on the bogus Hillary Clinton email story during the 2016 election, but it turns out the paper also had a hand in silencing information …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
BREAKING OVERNIGHT: S.F. federal judge BLOCKS Trump from ending DACA …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Andrea Mandell / USA Today:
Exclusive: Wahlberg got $1.5M for ‘All the Money’ reshoot, Williams paid less than $1,000  —  Mark Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million for reshooting his scenes in All the Money in the World, three people familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly about it tell USA TODAY …
Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Baker's Popularity Continues To Soar, While Trump's Continues To Slump 04:58  —  Play  —  Gov. Charlie Baker continues to enjoy the kind of approval ratings that most politicians can only dream of.  —  That's according to a new WBUR poll (topline results, crosstabs) …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Steps Down From Breitbart Post  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon is stepping down from his post as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the company announced Tuesday.  —  Mr. Bannon's departure, which was forced by a onetime financial patron, Rebekah Mercer …
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered  —  A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina's congressional map on Tuesday, declaring it unconstitutionally gerrymandered and demanding that the Republican-controlled General Assembly redraw district lines before this year's midterm elections.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Court Strikes Down North Carolina's Congressional Map For Being A “Partisan” Gerrymander
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Michael Douglas Gets Out Front Of Potential Harassment Story To Preemptively Deny Sordid Accusation  —  Groundbreaking journalism that exposed decades old accusations of sexual harassment and sexual assault beginning with Harvey Weinstein has ended the careers of a growing list of powerful Hollywood men.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
Tonya Harding Would Like Her Apology Now  —  In the movie, “I, Tonya,” the disgraced figure skater looks back on the 1994 Nancy Kerrigan scandal and her struggles to tell her side of the story.  —  BATTLE GROUND, Wash. — Tonya Harding's name isn't Tonya Harding anymore.
Timothy Puko / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Says New Drilling Won't Be Allowed Off Florida Coast  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says he made decision after meeting with Republican Gov. Rick Scott  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration told Florida's governor it won't consider new oil and gas drilling off the state's coast …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
White House Official Floated Withdrawing U.S. Forces to Please Putin … A senior National Security Council official proposed withdrawing some U.S. military forces from Eastern Europe as an overture to Vladimir Putin during the early days of the Trump administration, according to a former administration official in the room with him.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Geoff Bennett / NBC News:
Democratic women plan all-black fashion statement for State of the Union  —  WASHINGTON — Taking their cue from the Golden Globes, a group of Democratic women in Congress plans to wear black to President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address later this month.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Speier invites lawmakers to wear black to Trump's State of the Union
Discussion: ABC News
Valeriya Safronova / New York Times:
Catherine Deneuve and Others Denounce the #MeToo Movement  —  Just one day after Hollywood offered a show of support for the #MeToo movement on the Golden Globes red carpet and stage, a famous actress on the other side of the Atlantic lent her name to a public letter denouncing the movement …
Discussion: NPR, Refinery29 and TheBlaze
CNN:
Facing staffing exodus, Trump struggles to fill West Wing  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)White House aides have been told to decide before the end of January whether they intend to leave the administration or stay through the November midterm elections, an official said …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
White House plans to destroy Trump election fraud commission's voter data  —  The White House intends to destroy voter data collected by the election fraud commission President Donald Trump recently shut down, the Justice Department said in a court filing Tuesday night.
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Ben White / Politico:
‘The world is on the edge right now’: Jack Lew on a risky global landscape
Discussion: Business Insider
Washington Post:
President Trump has made more than 2,000 false or misleading claims over 355 days … President Trump has broken 2,000.  —  With just 10 days before he finishes his first year as president, Trump has made 2,001 false or misleading claims in 355 days, according to our database that analyzes …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Trump's inner circle escapes televised grillings on Russia  —  Among the most memorable quotes from a new tell-all book about the Trump White House is Steve Bannon's prediction that President Donald Trump's oldest son would be hauled before Congress and grilled on live television about his contacts with Russians.
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Jared's policy push on prison reform  —  President Trump tomorrow will hold a listening session on prison reform, after six months of quiet exploration of the issue by senior adviser Jared Kushner (who turns 37 today).  —  Why it matters: The White House sees this as a conservative issue …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Sirota / International Business Times:
Trump Administration Waives Punishment For Convicted Banks, Including Deutsche — Which Trump Owes Millions  —  The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks whose affiliates were convicted and fined for manipulating global interest rates.
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Who is attacking Russia's bases in Syria?  A new mystery emerges in the war.  —  BEIRUT — A series of mysterious attacks against the main Russian military base in Syria, including one conducted by a swarm of armed miniature drones, has exposed Russia's continued vulnerability …
 
 
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Reuters:
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