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2:35 PM ET, January 17, 2018

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In Touch Weekly:
‘In Touch’ Explosive Interview With Stormy Daniels: Donald Trump Cheated on Melania With Me … Allegations of an affair between President Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels recently resurfaced after a Wall Street Journal article reported that the porn star was paid a reported $130,000 to stay silent.
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Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
InTouch to Drop 5,000 Words From Stormy Daniels on Sex With Trump  —  According to the source, the transcript contains details of “[w]hat he's like in bed, pillow talk, she talks about what he's like down there...”  —  On Wednesday, InTouch magazine ran excerpts from an interview …
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
This is why the Stormy Daniels story is so dangerous
Discussion: TODAY.com and Washington Post
CNN:
Bannon will do interview with special counsel, avoiding grand jury for now  —  Washington (CNN)Steve Bannon has struck a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's team and will be interviewed by prosecutors instead of testifying before the grand jury, two people familiar with the process told CNN.
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NBC News:
FBI agents visited Steve Bannon's home last week to discuss subpoena in Russia probe  —  FBI agents showed up at Steve Bannon's Washington home last week intent on serving him with a subpoena to appear before a grand jury investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller, Source Says  —  Trump's one-time chief strategist and current frenemy may have been tight lipped with Congress.  He won't be that way with the Special Counsel.  —  BETSY WOODRUFF1.16.18 9:33 PM ET  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon broke …
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
White House official: House intel panel broke an agreement on limiting scope of questions for Bannon
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Week
BuzzFeed:
Investigators Are Scrutinizing Newly Uncovered Payments By The Russian Embassy  —  US authorities are poring over hundreds of newly uncovered payments from Russian diplomatic accounts.  Among them are transactions by former ambassador Sergey Kislyak 10 days after the 2016 presidential election …
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
How Michael Wolff Got Into the White House for His Tell-All Book  —  Some of president's staff thought they were authorized to talk  —  Wolff's working title suggested sympathetic view of Trump  —  Author Michael Wolff's pitch to the White House to win cooperation for his book included …
John McCain / Washington Post:
Mr. President, stop attacking the press  —  John McCain, a Republican, represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate.  —  After leaving office, President Ronald Reagan created the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award to recognize individuals who have fought to spread liberty worldwide.
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Politico:
Full text: Jeff Flake on Trump speech transcript
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sanjay Gupta: By all standards, Trump has heart disease  —  CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, said Wednesday that he believes tests reveal that President Trump  —  has heart disease.  —  Gupta said dating back to 2009, Trump started to have “these tests that are actually looking …
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:   Sanjay Gupta calls out doctor over Trump's ‘excellent’ …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Nearly all members of National Park Service advisory panel resign in frustration  —  Three-quarters of the members of a federally chartered board advising the National Park Service abruptly quit Monday night out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting last year.
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Liz Ruskin / Alaska Public Media:
Knowles quits National Parks panel, says new administration won't listen
Discussion: NPR and AOL
Washington Post:
Letter of resignation from members of the National Park System Advisory Board
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Democrats grab key Wisconsin Senate seat in Tuesday's special elections  —  MADISON - Democrats snagged a GOP-leaning state Senate seat in western Wisconsin on Tuesday, buoying progressive hopes that they could ride a wave of victory this fall.  —  Patty Schachtner, the chief medical examiner …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Unexpected defeat in rural Wisconsin special election sets off alarm bells for Republicans
Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite:
Ashleigh Banfield Fires Back After Getting Insulting Email from Writer of Aziz Ansari Piece … HLN's Ashleigh Banfield has not been shy in her dismissal of Katie Way, the Babe.net writer who reported anonymous allegations against Aniz Ansari, suggesting that she has “chiseled away” …
CBS13 | CBS Sacramento:
New California Declares Independence From Rest Of State  —  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — With the reading of their own version of a Declaration of Independence, founders of the state of New California took the first steps to what they hope will eventually lead to statehood.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Case for New California  —  California was once the land …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's terrifying plan to win the 2018 midterms  —  A Washington Post report shows again he doesn't understand governing beyond self-interest.  —  Is Donald Trump hoping foreign terrorists attack the United States?  —  That terrifying question is subtly embedded in a story …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine, IJR and Raw Story
Lindy West / New York Times:
Aziz, We Tried to Warn You  —  In 1975, 42 years before the comedian Aziz Ansari reportedly brought a date home to his apartment and repeatedly tried to initiate sex with her after she told him “next time” and “I don't want to feel forced,” Susan Brownmiller published “Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape.”
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Beth Greenfield / Yahoo:
Gay couple sues printing company over homophobic wedding pamphlets … Two men who ordered programs for their September  —  wedding from a popular printing company but instead received a boxful of anti-gay pamphlets warning, “Satan entices your flesh with evil desires,” …
Discussion: New York Post, Splinter and Towleroad
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Gay couple ordered wedding programs from printing company, received homophobic pamphlets instead
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
Ben Protess / New York Times:
He Leaked a Photo of Rick Perry Hugging a Coal Executive.  Then He Lost His Job.  —  As a photographer for the Department of Energy, Simon Edelman regularly attended meetings with Secretary Rick Perry and snapped pictures for official purposes.  —  Now he is out of a job …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says Russia helping North Korea skirt sanctions; Pyongyang getting close on missile  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting …
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Two Dem House members back challenger to anti-abortion rights Dem  —  Two Democratic House members are endorsing a primary challenger looking to unseat fellow Rep. Daniel Lipinski  —  (D-Ill.), one of the only House Democrats opposed to abortion rights.  —  Illinois Reps. Jan Schakowsky
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:   Schakowsky, Gutierrez endorsing Lipinski Democratic primary rival Marie Newman
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The truth about the FBI's Russia probe  —  “Does this concern you at all?” asks a tart email message from a Trump supporter who wonders why the mainstream media doesn't take a closer look at allegations that the Justice Department's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election has been tainted by bias.
Discussion: New York Times and Althouse
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Ellen Pompeo, TV's $20 Million Woman, Reveals Her Behind-the-Scenes Fight for “What I Deserve”  —  The 'Grey's Anatomy' star recalls in her own words the personal struggles and advice from Shonda Rhimes that led to a milestone: highest-paid actress on a primetime drama.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy met with birther movement activists in his office in 2013  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy hosted members of the birther movement in his office for a meeting in 2013, where he was shown a video alleging then-President Barack Obama …
WKBW-TV:
Indiana teen ‘ashamed’ after video of him chanting racial slurs and wearing Nazi flag goes viral  —  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — After a video of a Noblesville (Ind.) high school student chanting racial slurs with a Nazi flag draped over his shoulders went viral, the student captured in that video is apologizing for his actions.
Discussion: theGrio, Raw Story and The Root
Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
With A Possible Shutdown Hours Away, Republicans Are Negotiating With Themselves  —  House conservatives could throw the government into chaos.  —  WASHINGTON Just a few days before a shutdown, lawmakers are still sorting out how they plan to fund the government past Friday.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and New Republic
Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC:
Apple announces plans to repatriate billions in overseas cash, says it will ‘contribute’ $350 billion to the US economy over the next 5 years  —  Apple on Wednesday made a slew of announcements about its investment in and contribution to the U.S. economy.  —  The headline from Apple is that it will …
 
 
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Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
US border patrol routinely sabotages water left for migrants, report says
Discussion: The Week
Daniel Denvir / IN JUSTICE TODAY:
Philadelphia Media Slam Newly Elected DA Krasner for Firings but House Cleaning Advances His Promise of Equal Justice
S.P. Sullivan / New Jersey Online:
N.J. gets first Sikh attorney general in U.S. history
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How Sex Trumped Race
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Goldman's No. 2 Allegedly Swindled Out of $1.2 Million of Wine by Assistant
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Darrell M. West / Brookings:
What internet search data reveal about Donald Trump's first year in office
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's credibility crisis on Capitol Hill
Economic Policy Institute:
Women would lose $4.6 billion in earned tips if the administration's ‘tip stealing’ rule is finalized
Discussion: New Republic
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fans Threatened Psychiatrists Who Warned Trump Was Inciting Violence