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9:20 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.
Dan Levine / Reuters:
U.S. judge blocks Trump move to end DACA program for immigrants
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:   A division for Democrats pondering a government shutdown: 2018 versus 2020
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:   A Federal Judge Just Ordered The Trump Administration To Partially Revive DACA
Wall Street Journal:
The House Chairmen's Plan for Immigration Reform
Discussion: Breitbart
Los Angeles Times:   Federal judge in San Francisco temporarily blocks Trump's decision to end DACA program
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 …
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 …
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
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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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:   The Ideas and the Vessel: Why Breitbart Chose Trump Over Bannon
Pete Madden / ABC News:
Michael Cohen, Trump's personal attorney, files lawsuits against Fusion GPS, BuzzFeed over infamous ‘dossier’  —  Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's personal attorney and close confidant, filed a pair of lawsuits on Tuesday, one in state court against the popular website BuzzFeed and the other in federal court …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:   BREAKING OVERNIGHT: S.F. federal judge BLOCKS Trump from ending DACA …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Senate Democrats just released full testimony on the Trump-Russia dossier. Here's what's in it
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Newly released Senate testimony debunks a key conservative theory on Trump and Russia
Discussion: New York Magazine
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
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
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Speier invites lawmakers to wear black to Trump's State of the Union  —  (D-Calif.) said she and other female House members are inviting lawmakers — both male and female — to wear black to President Trump  —  's State of the Union address later this month in solidarity with the anti-sexual harassment …
Discussion: ABC News
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Geoff Bennett / NBC News:
Democratic women plan all-black fashion statement for State of the Union
Discussion: Althouse, ABC News and Mediaite
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 …
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.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 40 most remarkable lines from Trump's 55-minute immigration talk-a-thon  —  (CNN)Usually when the president holds a meeting with key lawmakers of both parties to talk about a major — and majorly contentious — issue, the press comes in at the beginning of the gathering for a few minutes.
Discussion: KTLA
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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.
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
James R. Rogers / Law & Liberty:
Why Scalia's Originalism Trumps “Original Intent”  —  Modern legal originalism evolved dramatically over the four decades of its renewed life in public debate.  The speed of that evolution sometimes leaves proponents as well as opponents gasping for breath.
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
At least 13 dead as heavy rains trigger flooding, mudflows and freeway closures across Southern California  —  At least 13 people were killed Tuesday when a rainstorm sent mud and debris coursing through Montecito neighborhoods and left rescue crews to scramble through clogged roadways and downed trees to search for victims.
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
 
 
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