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8:40 PM ET, January 18, 2018

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Used Private Company, Pseudonyms to Pay Porn Star ‘Stormy Daniels’  —  President Donald Trump's lawyer used a private Delaware company to pay a former adult-film star $130,000 in return for her agreeing to not publicly discuss an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Stormy Daniels Once Claimed She Spanked Donald Trump With a Forbes Magazine  —  Last week, the Wall Street Journal triggered a new scandal for President Donald Trump when it reported that his lawyer, Michael Cohen, had paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about a decade-old sexual relationship …
Elise Young / Bloomberg:
Mortal Again: Christie Blocked at VIP Entrance to Newark Airport  —  Police officer sends him to Terminal B with rest of nobodies  —  Three days out of office and Port Authority ends prized perk  —  Meet Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and current nobody at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Discussion: Washington Press and IJR
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:   On Stage Was Springsteen, in the Audience, Chris Christie
Burgess Everett / Politico:
House passes spending bill, but shutdown threat remains  —  Updated 7:38 p.m.: The House voted 230-197 to keep the government funded for four more weeks, but prospects of a shutdown still hinge on the Senate.  —  Federal funding will lapse at midnight Friday if Republican leaders …
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New York Times:
House Passes Short-Term Spending Bill, Setting Up Shutdown Battle in Senate
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How Trump's TV habits raised the risk of a shutdown
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)WARNING: This story contains graphic language.  —  Trump administration appointee Carl …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump  —  WASHINGTON  —  The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency, two sources familiar with the matter have told McClatchy.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Accusations Of ‘Frat House’ Behavior Trail ‘LA Times’ Publisher's Career  —  The Los Angeles Times has given prominent coverage to recent revelations of sexual harassment of women by prominent men, particularly in entertainment and media.  Yet a review by NPR finds that the newspaper's own CEO and publisher …
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:   Los Angeles Times publisher under investigation by parent company over alleged misconduct
Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
Hungarian Police Have A Warrant Out For Former Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka  —  Gorka's warrant on gun charges was in effect the entire time he was in the White House.  —  Former Trump White House staffer Sebastian Gorka has an active warrant out for his arrest in Hungary, according to the Hungarian police's website.
Murray Waas / Foreign Policy:
Trump Ordered Bannon to Limit Testimony  —  The president relied on a key legal advisor, but his advice could have a downside  —  President Donald Trump personally made the decision to curtail the testimony of former chief White House political strategist Steve Bannon before the House …
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
A Bombshell House Intelligence report exposing extensive FISA abuse could lead to the removal of senior government officials  —  A review of a classified document outlining what is described as extensive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse was made available to all House members Thursday …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House committee takes step toward making Trump dossier findings public
Discussion: RedState and Power Line
Max Brantley / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
Activists say Tom Cotton has issued do-not-call-or-write notice to some constituents.  UPDATE.  Such letters sent in ‘extreme circumstances’ says Cotton's office.  —  Ozark Indivisible, the activist group that has been pressing members of Congress from Arkansas on health care …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court blocks order to redraw North Carolina congressional map  —  The Supreme Court has blocked a lower court's order requiring North Carolina's legislature to redraw the state's congressional district boundaries for this year's elections.  —  The justices appear to have split …
Discussion: RedState
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Supreme Court blocks redrawing of North Carolina congressional maps
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says North Carolina does not have to immediately redraw congressional maps …
Wall Street Journal:
Talking to Trump: A How-To Guide  —  Insights from more than 50 people the president met with in his first year in office  —  President Donald Trump has received huge public exposure in his first year through blanket TV coverage, speeches and tweets.  But what is he like in person?
Discussion: Raw Story
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
One year after Trump's inauguration, no one will say how they spent the extra money  —  WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after President Trump's inauguration, the committee that raised a record $106.7 million for the event has not disclosed how much surplus money it still has or provided a final accounting of its finances.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Maya Rajamani / Newsweek:
Hillary Clinton could still become president if Russia probe finds conspiracy evidence  —  Nearly a year after President Donald Trump's inauguration, a Harvard University professor says 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton could still become commander in chief.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Conservative Ed Martin Out as CNN Contributor  —  The pundit was brought on by CNN to help replace Jeffrey Lord, whom the network fired in August.  —  Former Missouri politician and reliable Trump supporter Ed Martin is out as a CNN contributor, a network spokesperson confirmed Thursday to The Hollywood Reporter.
Donna Borak / CNNMoney:
Trump consumer protection chief requests $0 in funding  —  Mulvaney defends role at CFPB, promises changes  —  The Trump administration has requested zero funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the latest sign change may be coming to the agency.
Discussion: Washington Press
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Politico:
House panel releases transcript of interview with Fusion GPS co-founder  —  The co-founder of the firm behind a controversial Russia-related dossier urged lawmakers last year to look into what he said were ties between President Donald Trump and Russian money laundering …
Discussion: ABC News, NPR and Power Line
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The Daily Beast Latest Articles:   Fusion GPS: Kremlin ‘Purged’ Suspected Spies After Trump Dossier Release
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Map Has Changed, but the Math Remains the Same  —  House Democrats, as we have been reporting now for months, have the wind firmly at their back this year.  All signs are pointing to a better than 50-50 shot at taking control of the House, perhaps by a decent margin.
The Guardian:
The boss, the boyfriend and the FBI: the Italian woman in the eye of the Trump-Russia inquiry  —  No wonder Robert Mueller's investigation came knocking  —  imona Mangiante never expected that a flirtation that began on LinkedIn would lead to a subpoena to appear before federal agents working …
Bloomberg:
The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought  —  Silicon Valley CEOs are supposed to be sacrosanct.  So how did it all go wrong at Uber?  —  A year ago, before the investor lawsuits and the federal investigations, before the mass resignations …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi is going to be a guest judge on 'RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars'  —  She might be more familiar with democracy, but top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi is soon going to show her expertise on a certain kind of monarchy: The California congresswoman is slated to appear as a guest judge …
Amazon.com:
Amazon Announces Candidates for HQ2  —  Amazon expects to create 50,000 high-paying jobs and invest over $5 billion in the city where it opens HQ2, a full equal to its Seattle HQ  —  Amazon reviewed 238 proposals from across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to host HQ2, the company's second headquarters in North America.
CBS News:
Dylan Farrow details her sexual assault allegations against Woody Allen  —  Only on “CBS This Morning,” Dylan Farrow is speaking candidly for the first time on television about her sexual assault allegations against her adoptive father, actor and director Woody Allen.
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Feinstein warns people will die if the government shuts down  —  Hours before shutdown, Trump tweet creates confusion  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Sen. Dianne Feinstein warned Wednesday that when the federal government shuts down “people die, accidents happen” and it's hard to assess …
 
 
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Senator Jon Tester:
After Passing 3 Short-Term Budgets, We Need a Long-Term Solution
Discussion: Politico
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Prosecutors drop charges against more than 100 inauguration riot defendants
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump evangelical board members unite with Pelosi on DACA
Associated Press:
Sen Cardin places a hold on a nomination over TPS
Discussion: Politico
Arizona Republic:
Phoenix police: Double-murder suspect tied to 7 other killings
Discussion: IJR and AOL
Kristinakbravo / KTLA:
Perris Couple Faces 94 Years to Life in Prison After Being Charged With Torture, False Imprisonment; Pleads Not Guilty
Discussion: WQAD-TV and AOL
New Yorker:
The End of the Awl and the Vanishing of Freedom and Fun from the Internet
 Earlier Items: 
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
NYPD officers raid Newsweek headquarters
Office of Civil Rights / Latest News Releases:
HHS Announces New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
The planet just had its hottest 4 years in recorded history.  Trump is dismantling efforts to fight climate change.
NBC News:
The Mueller effect: FARA filings soar in shadow of Manafort, Flynn probes
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump pushes back on chief of staff claims that border wall pledges ‘uninformed’
 

 
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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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