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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 …
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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 …
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 …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
A window inside Trump's morning ‘executive time’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump rises around 5:30 a.m. and begins making his first calls to aides and lawmakers as early as 6.  He's dressed in his signature dark suit by 8 a.m. at the latest …
CNN:   WH directs Bannon to avoid answering Hill queries in Russia probe
Congresswoman Mia Love:
Rep. Mia Love Statement on White House Meeting
Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune and Roll Call
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Bad news for GOP: Mueller probe could collide with midterms
Discussion: Political Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Lawmakers vow to force answers from Bannon in Russia probe after he defies subpoena
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
WHERE WE ARE: Gov't shutdown edition ... RYAN and MCCARTHY make their play, as MEADOWS remains …
Discussion: Althouse
The Hill:
‘Total free-for-all’ as Bannon clashes with Intel members
Discussion: RedState
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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats flip state Senate seat in Wisconsin  —  The 2018 election season kicked off Tuesday with an upset in rural Wisconsin, where Democrats flipped a state Senate seat that had been held by Republicans since the start of the century.  —  With every precinct counted in the race …
DLCC Communications / Democratic Legislative …:
Wisconsin Democrats Flip 34th Seat From Red To Blue
Discussion: IJR
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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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News shelved story on Trump and porn actress Stormy Daniels before election  —  Fox News had a story at the height of the presidential election that detailed an alleged sexual relationship between porn actress Stephanie Clifford — whose stage name is “Stormy Daniels” — and Donald Trump …
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
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.
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Ex-C.I.A. Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants Is Arrested  —  WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer suspected of helping China identify the agency's informants in that country has been arrested, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.  Many of the informants were killed …
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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: Political Wire
Dan Gartland / SI.com:
Athletes Who Are the Same Size as Donald Trump  —  Trump is 6'3" and 239 pounds, according to his annual physical.  You can't teach size, the old adage goes.  —  “I was always the best athlete, people don't know that,” Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal last week ahead of his much-anticipated annual physical.
Emily Swanson / Associated Press:
Trump ends 1st year with lowest average approval rating  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — This is a record not to be coveted: Donald Trump is wrapping up a year in office with the lowest average approval rating of any elected president in his first year.  —  That's according to polling by Gallup …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Politicus USA
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Voters Currently Don't Want Oprah to Run for President  —  Golden Globes acclaim may not translate into national support  —  Getty Images / Morning Consult illustration  — 41% of voters said a president should have experience in an elected government position before entering the Oval Office.
Discussion: National Review and Political Wire
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Oprah 2020 gets low ratings from voters
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alexbalk / The Awl:
Awl Ends  —  It is with a mixture of disappointment and relief that we are announcing the cessation of editorial operations on The Awl at the end of this month.  For nearly a decade we followed a dream of building a better Internet, and though we did not manage to do that every day we tried …
Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Abbas cancels peace negotiations due to Saudi leaked Jerusalem plan  —  According to reports, the Trump plan would create a Palestinian entity that is less than a state, and would not be based on the pre-1967 lines.  —  Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decided to deliver Sunday's speech …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's terrifying plan to win the 2018 midterms  —  A Washington Post report suggests he's hoping for a terrorist attack.  —  Is Donald Trump hoping foreign terrorists attack the United States?  —  That terrifying question is subtly embedded in a story this weekend reported by Michael Scherer …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times:
California bullet train cost surges by $2.8 billion: ‘Worst-case scenario has happened’  —  The estimated cost of building 119 miles of bullet train track in the Central Valley has jumped to $10.6 billion, an increase of $2.8 billion from the current budget and up from about $6 billion originally.
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
The Antitrust Case Against Facebook, Google and Amazon  —  A few technology giants dominate their worlds just as Standard Oil and AT&T once did.  Should they be broken up?  —  Standard Oil Co. and American Telephone and Telegraph Co. were the technological titans of their day, commanding more than 80% of their markets.
Discussion: Instapundit
Navy.mil The Official Website …:
U.S. Navy Statement on USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain Consolidated Disposition Authority Accountability Actions  —  WASHINGTON (NNS) — Below is a statement released January 16 by U.S. Navy Chief of Information (Acting), Capt. Greg Hicks on Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) …
Discussion: The Week, New York Times and NPR
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fine, Trump Doesn't Have Dementia.  He's Just a Moron.  —  A recent Washington Post story chronicled the rise of Kevin McCarthy, the House majority leader, who has gained special influence with President Trump.  McCarthy's methods include obsequiousness, attention to detail …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Salon, First Draft, IJR, Eater and AOL
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
GOP activist from Virginia quits Republican Party over Trump's remarks  —  A young Republican activist from Northern Virginia who was seen as a potential rising star quit the party Tuesday, citing President Trump's “appalling comments” about Haitian immigrants and what he called a nativist streak in his home state.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Trump to shield doctors who refuse to do abortions
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Liberals accuse Trump of being a dictator, then promptly vote to give Trump more power
Conrad Black / National Review:
The Exhausted Racism Charge
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fans Threatened Psychologists Who Warned Trump Was Inciting Violence
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Daily News
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Are There Any Sharks Left to Jump?
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Deborah Wrigley / abc13.com:
Source: Couple killed in NW Harris Co. gated community were ‘executed’
Discussion: Daily Mail and Breitbart
New York Times:
Debate Continues Over What Trump Said. But Does the Exact Word Matter?
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