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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  —  There are credible allegations that the President of the United States engaged in an affair with an adult film actress, paid her over $100,000 to keep quiet about it weeks before the election, and is now actively engaged in an elaborate cover-up.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and TODAY.com
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the room: What Steve Bannon told Congress yesterday  —  Steve Bannon made one conspicuous slip up in his closed-door hearing on Tuesday with the House Intelligence Committee, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the confidential proceedings.
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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.
NBC News:
FBI agents visited Steve Bannon's home last week to discuss subpoena in Russia probe
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller, Source Says
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
White House official: House intel panel broke an agreement on limiting scope of questions for Bannon
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:
Trump ex-aide Bannon agrees to Mueller probe interview, avoiding grand jury
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump takes hard line on immigration, rejects ‘horrible’ bipartisan plan
Discussion: The Guardian and Political Wire
Tara Golshan / Vox:
An archconservative revolt is taking the government closer to shutdown
Discussion: The Atlantic and IJR
Burgess Everett / Politico:   Trump's credibility crisis on Capitol Hill
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The chances of a government shutdown are growing
Discussion: Vox
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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump's Physical Revealed Serious Heart Concerns, Outside Experts Say
Discussion: CNN and Washington Free Beacon
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” …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Wolff's ‘Fire and Fury’ to Become TV Series (Exclusive)  —  Endeavor Content has purchased rights to the best-selling exposé of the Trump White House and plans to adapt it for the small screen.  —  Michael Wolff's controversial Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is coming to television.
Politico:
Full text: Jeff Flake on Trump speech transcript  —  Prepared remarks for Sen. Jeff Flake, who delivered a speech to the Senate on Jan. 17, 2018.  —  Mr. President, near the beginning of the document that made us free, our Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote …
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John McCain / Washington Post:
Mr. President, stop attacking the press
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Sen. Jeff Flake condemns Trump's media attacks, compares rhetoric to Stalin
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 …
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 …
Apple:
Apple accelerates US investment and job creation  —  $350 Billion Contribution to US Economy Over Next Five Years  —  Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a new set of investments to build on its commitment to support the American economy and its workforce, concentrated in three areas …
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Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC:
Apple announces plans to repatriate billions in overseas cash, says it will ‘contribute’ …
Discussion: IJR and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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
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
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 …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Kelly calls some of Trump's campaign pledges on immigration, wall ‘uninformed,’ meeting attendees say  —  White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly told Democratic lawmakers Wednesday that the United States will never construct a physical wall along the entire stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border …
Andy Wells / Yahoo! News:
Swiss town denies passport to Dutch vegan because she is ‘too annoying’  —  A Dutch vegan who applied for a Swiss passport has had her application rejected because the locals found her too annoying.  —  Nancy Holten, 42, moved to Switzerland from the Netherlands when she was eight years old …
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,” …
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 …
Max Read / New York Magazine:
The Awl and the Hairpin's Best Stories, Remembered by Their Writers  —  Yesterday, the Awl and the Hairpin, two of the most influential blogs on the internet over their near-decade runs (the Awl was founded in 2009; the Hairpin in 2010), announced that they would cease publication at the end of this month.
Douglas Murray / Coffee House:
Watch: Cathy Newman's catastrophic interview with Jordan Peterson  —  In the magazine this week (out tomorrow) I have written a piece about the Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson.  He has been in the UK over the last week to talk about his new book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.
Discussion: Daily Wire
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
 
 
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Brandon Morse / RedState:
Katie Couric's Return to Broadcasting Proves that Lying Is Okay If You're Lying About the Right Thing
Ceylan Yeginsu / New York Times:
U.K. Appoints a Minister for Loneliness
Discussion: The Guardian and NBC News
Roy Beck / The Hill:
Despite amnesty, DACA bill favors American wage-earners
Discussion: CNBC
David French / National Review:
Cory Booker's Rant Exposed the Left's Gender Hypocrisy
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh / Oregonian:
Portland activist finds himself snared in #MeToo movement
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Gay Olympian Adam Rippon blasts selection of Mike Pence to lead U.S. delegation
Discussion: ThinkProgress, IJR and Towleroad
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Star Swears He Isn't Fantasizing About Trump's Penis
Discussion: Mediaite and The Stranger …
 Earlier Items: 
Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
US border patrol routinely sabotages water left for migrants, report says
Discussion: Jezebel and The Week
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy met with birther movement activists in his office in 2013
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Goldman's No. 2 Allegedly Swindled Out of $1.2 Million of Wine by Assistant
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Economic Policy Institute:
Women would lose $4.6 billion in earned tips if the administration's ‘tip stealing’ rule is finalized
Discussion: New Republic
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The truth about the FBI's Russia probe
Discussion: Althouse and New York Times
CBS13 | CBS Sacramento:
New California Declares Independence From Rest Of State