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4:45 PM ET, January 18, 2018

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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.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:   On Stage Was Springsteen, in the Audience, Chris Christie
CBS New York:
Gate-gate?  Former NJ Gov. Chris Christie Stopped After Trying To Avoid Security At Newark Liberty Airport
Discussion: Boing Boing
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell plans for shutdown  —  Mitch McConnell is making contingency plans for the growing possibility of a government shutdown.  —  The Senate majority leader intends to keep the chamber in session through the weekend and stage a series of votes designed to put Democrats from conservative states …
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Trump Upsets Republican Strategy to Avoid Shutdown
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Shutdown Threat Looms: Senate Dems Stiffen Spines, House In Chaos
Discussion: Roll Call, Politico and Political Wire
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump pushes back on chief of staff claims that border wall pledges ‘uninformed’  —  White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly told Democratic lawmakers Wednesday that some of the hard-line immigration policies President Trump advocated during the campaign were “uninformed,” …
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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: Political Wire
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
“Dumpster” RNC Faces Criticism From Republicans After Fake News Awards  —  President Trump and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel.  —  Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images  —  The Fake News Awards were expected to be a surreal, probably riveting Trump event …
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Donald J. Trump / GOP.com:
The Highly-Anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards
Office of Civil Rights / Latest News Releases:
HHS Announces New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pleased to announce the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR).  The announcement will take place …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump administration creates new religious, moral protections for health workers
Discussion: Washington Post and IJR
Adam Ciralsky / Vanity Fair:
“Harvey's Concern Was Who Did Him In”: Inside Harvey Weinstein's Frantic Final Days  —  Before the story of his alleged abuses broke in October, Harvey Weinstein hunkered down in his Tribeca bunker—even as the producer refused to believe the end was near.  —  HOLLYWOOD 2018
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
The GOV'T shuts down Fri.: What we see happening …
Discussion: Washington Post
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
NYPD officers raid Newsweek headquarters  —  About two dozen NYPD offficers and investigators from the Manhattan district attorney's office raided the offices of Newsweek and its parent company, IBT Media, on Thursday.  —  IBT Media was co-founded by Jonathan Davis and Etienne Uzac.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
NBC News:
The Mueller effect: FARA filings soar in shadow of Manafort, Flynn probes  —  WASHINGTON — The data firm whose work for Donald Trump's campaign attracted the interest of Robert Mueller's investigators recently filed paperwork showing it had helped spread negative information about Qatar …
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
Patrick Sisson / Curbed:
Apple announces second campus, promises to bring 20,000 jobs  —  Part of $350 billion U.S. investment, it may set off Amazon #HQ2-like scramble among cities  —  On the heels of the frenzied competition between cities for Amazon's HQ2, Apple announced earlier today that it will also be building …
Kim Kozlowski / Detroit News:
What MSU knew: 14 warned of Nassar abuse  —  8 WOMEN REPORTED ABUSE CLAIMS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH REACHED PRESIDENT  —  Reports of sexual misconduct by Dr. Larry Nassar reached at least 14 Michigan State University representatives in the two decades before his arrest, with no fewer …
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.
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Julie Ray / Gallup:
World's Approval of U.S. Leadership Drops to New Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — One year into Donald Trump's presidency, the image of U.S. leadership is weaker worldwide than it was under his two predecessors.  Median approval of U.S. leadership across 134 countries and areas stands at a new low of 30%, according to a new Gallup report.
New Yorker:
The End of the Awl and the Vanishing of Freedom and Fun from the Internet  —  Blogging, that much-maligned pastime, is gradually but surely disappearing from the Internet, and so, consequently, is a lot of online freedom and fun.  Before I came to The New Yorker, my only professional writing experience …
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Mulvaney requests no funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  Every quarter, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau formally requests its operating funds from the Federal Reserve.  Last quarter, former director Richard Cordray asked for $217.1 million.
 
 
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Pew Research Center:
Public Sees Better Year Ahead; Democrats Sharpen Focus on Midterm Elections
Christopher Buskirk / USA Today:
While Trump's critics keep talking, our president is fulfilling his promises
Adella Beaini / Sydney Morning Herald:
Drone used to save two swimmers caught in rough surf at Lennox Head
Discussion: The Verge, NPR, Boing Boing, Engadget and Gizmodo
Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
‘Entire aisles are empty’: Whole Foods employees reveal why stores are facing a crisis of food shortages
Discussion: Eater
Robert Draper / New York Times:
36 Hours in Washington, D.C.
Discussion: CityLab
Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:
U.S. Jobless Claims Plunge to Lowest Weekly Tally Since 1973
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
The planet just had its hottest 4 years in recorded history.  Trump is dismantling efforts to fight climate change.
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
When States Add Paperwork, Even Eligible People Lose Medicaid
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Majority Of Americans See Trump's First Year As A Failure
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
‘The Purpose of This From the Beginning Has Been to Cut Legal Immigration’
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Reuters:
Exclusive: Exercise? I get more than people think, Trump says
Discussion: ABC News, Washington Post and thecut
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

New York Times:
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

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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