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3:45 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 Mediaite
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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The truth about the FBI's Russia probe
Discussion: Althouse and New York Times
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 …
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  —  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 …
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 …
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.
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” …
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 …
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
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Axios, Politico and Mediaite
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
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
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: Washington Post, NPR and AOL
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 …
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Star Swears He Isn't Fantasizing About Trump's Penis  —  Fox News political analyst Brit Hume late Tuesday offered reassurances on Twitter that he is not “having fantasies about Trump's penis” in a heated debate about the president's recent physical exam.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Stranger …
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.
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
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: CNN, theGrio, Daily Wire, AOL and The Daily Beast
Science:
The accuracy, fairness, and limits of predicting recidivism  —  6211 Sudikoff Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.  —  See all authors and affiliations Vol. 4, no. 1, eaao5580 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao5580  —  You are currently viewing the abstract.
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
 
 
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Douglas Murray / Coffee House:
Watch: Cathy Newman's catastrophic interview with Jordan Peterson
Discussion: Daily Wire
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Gay Olympian Adam Rippon blasts selection of Mike Pence to lead U.S. delegation
Discussion: IJR and Towleroad
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Mexican columnist is stabbed 21 times in front of family, underscoring deadly risks faced by journalists
Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
US border patrol routinely sabotages water left for migrants, report says
Discussion: The Week
Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC:
Apple announces plans to repatriate billions in overseas cash, says it will ‘contribute’ …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy met with birther movement activists in his office in 2013
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
 Earlier Items: 
Darrell M. West / Brookings:
What internet search data reveal about Donald Trump's first year in office
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