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1:20 PM ET, January 17, 2018

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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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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.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Bannon to meet with Mueller's investigators  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on investigations into Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia (all times local):  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon will meet with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story, Mediaite and Eschaton
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 …
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
White House official: House intel panel broke an agreement on limiting scope of questions for Bannon
Discussion: The Week
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:   A window inside Trump's morning ‘executive time’
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
WHERE WE ARE: Gov't shutdown edition ... RYAN and MCCARTHY make their play, as MEADOWS remains …
Discussion: Althouse and Axios
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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 …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News shelved story on Trump and porn actress Stormy Daniels before election
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 …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
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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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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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.
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 and Raw Story
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Sen. Jeff Flake condemns Trump's media attacks, compares rhetoric to Stalin  —  In a searing speech on the Senate floor Wednesday morning, Sen. Jeff Flake denounced President Donald Trump for his sustained attacks against the news media, going so far as to compare his rhetoric to that of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
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Politico:
Full text: Jeff Flake on Trump speech transcript
Discussion: Political Wire
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
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:   Bad news for GOP: Mueller probe could collide with midterms
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 …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fine, Trump Doesn't Have Dementia. He's Just a Moron.
Discussion: thecut, Salon, Mother Jones and First Draft
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Claims His Approval Among Black Americans Has Doubled  —  WASHINGTON — Even as he is embroiled in an immigration policy debate that has focused on whether he used vulgar language to describe Haiti and African countries, President Trump is claiming that he is delivering for black Americans …
Discussion: theGrio, CNN, Daily Wire, AOL and The Daily Beast
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New York Times:
Poll Finds Upturn in Sentiment on Tax Overhaul and Economy
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Goldman's No. 2 Allegedly Swindled Out of $1.2 Million of Wine by Assistant  —  Personal assistant is indicted for taking, reselling bottles  —  Domaine de la Romanee-Conti wines were taken, U.S. says  —  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Co-President David Solomon's personal assistant has been charged …
Discussion: BloombergQuint
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 …
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.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's credibility crisis on Capitol Hill  —  Donald Trump ran for president as a bipartisan deal-maker.  But if there's one thing he's proven after a year in office, he's better at killing bipartisan deals than clinching them.  —  On the cusp of a deal for the second time with Democrats …
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.
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.
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
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: Raw Story and The Root
 
 
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The Times of Israel:
Iranian spies in Germany targeted Israel embassy, Jewish kindergartens — report
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Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite:
Ashleigh Banfield Fires Back After Getting Insulting Email from Writer of Aziz Ansari Piece
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
NBC taps first female executive producer for key ‘Today’ show time slot
Discussion: The Daily Beast and thecut
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How Sex Trumped Race
Darrell M. West / Brookings:
What internet search data reveal about Donald Trump's first year in office
Economic Policy Institute:
Women would lose $4.6 billion in earned tips if the administration's ‘tip stealing’ rule is finalized
Discussion: New Republic
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
House Report Concluded Pakistanis Made ‘Unauthorized Access’ To Congressional Servers
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Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
GOP activist from Virginia quits Republican Party over Trump's remarks
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Emily Swanson / Associated Press:
Trump ends 1st year with lowest average approval rating
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Politicus USA