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10:20 AM ET, January 16, 2018

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Washington Post:
Inside the tense, profane White House meeting on immigration … When President Trump spoke by phone with Sen. Richard J. Durbin around 10:15 a.m. last Thursday, he expressed pleasure with Durbin's outline of a bipartisan immigration pact and praised the high-ranking Illinois Democrat's efforts …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
The Democrat Trumpworld fears most  —  In early December, as President Donald Trump's approval rating reached a new low of 32 percent, the commander-in-chief was rating the 2020 Democratic field from behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders …
Mike Allen / Axios:
The recidivism presidency  —  After a triumphant end to 2017, White House sources tell Axios that they see a dangerous pattern forming for this year: a backslide into bad habits of the chaotic early days of the Trump presidency.  —  Be smart: The White House should be making the best use …
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and The Week
New York Times:
As Shutdown Talk Rises, Trump's Immigration Words Pose Risks for Both Parties  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's incendiary words about immigration have dampened the prospects that a broad spending and immigration deal can be reached by the end of the week, raising the possibility …
Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: Shutdown is the new ‘s-word’ as blame game begins
Discussion: Politico, WPLG-TV, Roll Call and TheBlaze
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
DNC overhaul struggles as Sanders-Clinton rivalries persist
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Perez: GOP Must Answer for ‘Appalling Silence’ on Trump
Discussion: Washington Times
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Shutdown looms as Republicans seek short-term spending deal for government
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Aziz Ansari Is Guilty.  Of Not Being a Mind Reader.  —  I'm apparently the victim of sexual assault.  And if you're a sexually active woman in the 21st century, chances are that you are, too.  —  That is what I learned from the “exposé” of Aziz Ansari published this weekend …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Babe editor stands by Aziz Ansari story  —  Aziz Ansari responds to sexual assault accusation  —  Amid all the debate over an anonymous woman's account of a sexual encounter with Aziz Ansari, the editors at Babe.net who published the story have remained quiet.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The President and the Porn Star
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Warned Jared Kushner About Wendi Deng Murdoch  —  Officials said the businesswoman could be trying to further Beijing's interests, people familiar with the matter say  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:   THREE DAYS until a shutdown, and we break down the stakes …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
US officials warned Kushner about friendship with Wendi Deng Murdoch: report
Discussion: RedState
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
13 Siblings, Some Shackled to Beds, Were Held Captive by Parents, Police Say  —  A 17-year old girl who said she was being held captive by her parents in her home in Perris, Calif., escaped on Sunday and alerted the authorities, who then rescued her 12 siblings — several of whom were found shackled …
Discussion: CNN, KTLA, The Gateway Pundit and FOX40
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Bloomberg:
GOP Access to FBI Files Rattles Agents Caught in Political Fight  —  Sensitive sources or material may be exposed, agents say  —  Republicans question FBI amid probe into Russian collusion  —  The Justice Department's decision to give congressional Republicans access to documents …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump dossier probes now include possible State Department involvement
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Niraj Warikoo / USA Today:
Too old for DACA, man who spent 30 years of his life in U.S. is deported … Jorge Garcia, 39, of Lincoln Park, hugs his wife and two kids before being escorted by ICE agents to be deported to Mexico, on Jan. 15, 2018, at Detroit Metro Airport.  Erik Shelley
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Zac Auter / Gallup:
U.S. Uninsured Rate Steady at 12.2% in Fourth Quarter of 2017  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults without health insurance was essentially unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2017, at 12.2%, but it is up 1.3 percentage points from the record low of 10.9% found in the last quarter of 2016.
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column What if diversity isn't America's strength?  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham says he scolded the president for saying something scatological about certain countries and their immigrants.  “Diversity has always been our strength,” he allegedly said.  By my count, this makes Graham …
CNN:
Steve Bannon to face House Russia investigators Tuesday  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Bannon's interview will be his first appearance before any committee investigating Russian election meddling  —  Washington (CNN)Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist whose political fortunes …
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Trump Voters Have Turned On Steve Bannon
Discussion: Daily Wire
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The Senate's push to overrule the FCC on net neutrality now has 50 votes, Democrats say  —  Fifty senators have endorsed a legislative measure to override the Federal Communications Commission's recent decision to deregulate the broadband industry, top Democrats said Monday.
Jose Lambiet / miamiherald:
Trump's Mar-a Lago cited by state inspectors for poor maintenance  —  A year after the discovery of foods that could sicken people at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, his Winter White House was just cited by inspectors for poor maintenance.
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Devin Nunes is under mounting pressure to release the transcript of a House Intel interview with Fusion GPS  — Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee want its Republican chairman, Devin Nunes, to release the transcript of the panel's interview with Fusion GPS cofounder Glenn Simpson.
Discussion: The Hill, Roll Call and TheBlaze
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
BlackRock's Message: Contribute to Society, or Risk Losing Our Support  —  On Tuesday, the chief executives of the world's largest public companies will be receiving a letter from one of the most influential investors in the world.  And what it says is likely to cause a firestorm …
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Why Trump voters need the immigrants they want to turn away  —  What does Trump's immigration stance mean for GOP?  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)The irony in President Donald Trump's hostility to immigration, expressed again in reports of his vulgar comments about Africa and Haiti last week …
 
 
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Patrick Wilson / www.richmond.com:
Most of the Democratic gun control agenda dies early in Senate committee
Discussion: Breitbart
Mary Ellen Klas / Tampa Bay Times:
Jack Latvala's latest accuser: ‘He unbuttoned my jacket and he felt me up.’
Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
North Korea scoffs at Trump's ‘nuclear button’ tweet
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Sender of Hawaii's False Alarm Is Reassigned, but Not Named
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Post
Jules Darmanin / BuzzFeed:
Marine Le Pen Worked With Trump's Campaign Pollster In The Closing Days Of The French Election
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Says No, Hundreds Of Twitter Employees Are Not Reading Your DMs
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
New study: Flake's DACA dream is Arizona's crime nightmare
Discussion: CNN, Power Line and IJR
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ivanka and Jared ‘love it in Washington’
Kurt Erickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Amid scandal, Greitens puts off public appearances, pledges to move ahead with tax overhaul
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:
Five Decades of White Backlash