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11:10 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
Discussion: Above the Law
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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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
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.
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United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin Releases Report Detailing Two Decades of Putin's Attacks on Democracy …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicole Gaouette / CNN:   US must act now to ward off more Russian election meddling, report says
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.
Discussion: The Week and Althouse
KNXV:
POLL: Joe Arpaio in dead heat with Martha McSally in GOP race for U.S. Senate seat in Arizona  —  abc15.com staff, wire reports  —  PHOENIX - A Tuesday poll from ABC15/OHPI shows Joe Arpaio skyrocketing to the top of the Republican Primary for U.S. Senate in Arizona.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Political Wire
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Poll: Arpaio statistically tied with McSally in GOP primary for Arizona Senate
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
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.
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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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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Are Democrats' Senate Chances In 2018 Overrated?  —  After Democrat Doug Jones won a stunning victory in Alabama's special election for the U.S. Senate last month, lots of smart people whose work I read and follow, such as The New York Times's Nate Cohn, declared that the battle for Senate control in 2018 was a “toss-up.”
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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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
‘A Lot of Butthurt to Go Around’ as Breitbart Battle Splits Billionaires
Discussion: The Atlantic
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, Political Wire and Raw Story
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Republicans Love Dumb Presidents  —  Michael Wolff's account of the Trump administration has forced the president and his supporters to address the president's mental fitness, or lack thereof.  On Saturday, Trump labeled himself a “very stable genius.”  On Sunday, he tweeted out quotes …
Discussion: New York Times
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
J.D. Vance Is Now Seriously Considering Running For Senate In Ohio  —  The Hillbilly Elegy author is fielding increased calls for him to enter the race now that Josh Mandel has dropped out.  And he's in Washington this week, talking to Republican leaders about the possibility.
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 and New York Magazine
Rob Haskell / Vogue:
Serena Williams on Motherhood, Marriage, and Making Her Comeback  —  On a moist South Florida morning at the end of a relentless hurricane season, their wedding only a week away, Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian are seated side by side at their long kitchen table discussing the Marshmallow Test.
Megan Jula / Mother Jones:
How Oprah Helped Spread Anti-Vaccine Pseudoscience  —  Calls for Oprah Winfrey to run for president may have begun as a joke, but in the wake of her rousing Golden Globes speech, speculation has swirled.  CNN even ran live updates on a potential “Oprah 2020” campaign on Monday.
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 …
Ben White / Politico:
‘The world is on the edge right now’: Jack Lew on a risky global landscape  —  NEW YORK — The Trump administration has gotten lucky so far on the economy and in the stock market, according to former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.  —  Story Continued Below  —  In the latest POLITICO Money podcast …
Discussion: Business Insider
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
White House plans to destroy Trump election fraud commission's voter data
Discussion: AOL and Common Dreams
James Griffiths / CNN:
South Korea's Moon credits Trump with ‘huge’ contribution to North Korea talks  —  (CNN)South Korean President Moon Jae-in has credited his US counterpart Donald Trump with making a “huge” contribution to bringing the North and South together for landmark talks.
Brittany De Lea / Fox Business:
Red Robin eliminates bus boys as restaurants combat minimum wage hikes  —  At the beginning of January, minimum wage increases took effect in 18 states and 20 cities across the nation, and some industries are struggling to keep pace with rising labor costs.  —  Late Monday, casual dining …
 
 
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Dan Sweeney / Sun-Sentinel:
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Brian Faler / Politico:
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James R. Rogers / Law & Liberty:
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Valeriya Safronova / New York Times:
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Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Who is attacking Russia's bases in Syria? A new mystery emerges in the war.
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President Trump has made more than 2,000 false or misleading claims over 355 days
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mediaite
Donald McRae / The Guardian:
Jaylen Brown: ‘Sport is a mechanism of control in America’
Discussion: AOL
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
At least 13 dead as heavy rains trigger flooding, mudflows and freeway closures across Southern California
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Republican Retirements Raise Talk of Democratic Wave in November
Eric Lieberman / The Daily Caller:
Google's New Fact-Check Feature Almost Exclusively Targets Conservative Sites