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9:50 AM ET, January 23, 2018

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: FBI director threatened to resign amid Trump, Sessions pressure  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions — at the public urging of President Donald Trump — has been pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, but Wray threatened to resign if McCabe was removed …
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Fox News:
More than 50,000 texts exchanged between FBI officials Strzok and Page, Sessions says  —  More than 50,000 texts were exchanged between two FBI officials who have come under fire for exchanging anti-Trump messages during the 2016 election, Attorney General Jeff Sessions revealed Monday.
Washington Post:
Tensions swell between Sessions and FBI over senior personnel from Comey era … FBI Director Christopher A. Wray has been resisting pressure from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to replace the bureau's deputy director, Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of criticism from President Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What's next in the investigation of those missing FBI texts
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
Jgoldsmith / Lawfare:
Power and Integrity at the FBI: Chris Wray Stands Up to the President and the Attorney General
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jonathan Carlson / WGCL-TV:
Feds: Man threatened to kill CNN employees  —  A Michigan man was arrested after an FBI investigation, accused of threatening to travel to Atlanta to commit mass murder at CNN headquarters.  —  According to federal court documents, the man, from a Detroit suburb, made 22 calls to CNN about a week ago.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees  —  A Michigan man was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot and kill CNN employees, WGCL-TV reported Monday.  —  The FBI launched an investigation after the man, who is unnamed in the CBS report, reportedly called CNN 22 times about a week ago.
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
'Fake news.  I'm coming to gun you all down': Mich. man accused of making threatening calls to CNN  —  On Jan. 9, an operator in Atlanta manning the public contact number for CNN received a phone call.  According to a federal arrest affidavit unsealed Monday, the male caller launched into a threat.
Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
The Case For The Democratic ‘Cave’  —  It's not really a cave if you're just continuing the fight.  —  WASHINGTON After Senate Democrats voted for a three-week government funding extension Monday, Republicans and liberal progressives seemed to agree about one thing: Democrats had caved.
Discussion: New York Times
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New York Times:
Senate Democrats' Vote to End Shutdown Infuriates Some on the Left  —  WASHINGTON — The decision by Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown on Monday in exchange for a promised immigration vote enraged liberals, who accused the lawmakers of betrayal and threatened to mount primaries against some of the Democrats who voted yes.
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun  —  The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have a great time.  —  Democrat Amy Klobuchar gave Republican Lindsey O. Graham an awkward high-five, their fingers becoming interlocked into a vertical handshake.
Jim Newell / Slate:
Why Democrats Caved  —  Shortly after voting to end …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle
Discussion: New York Times and Hullabaloo
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
GOVERNMENT OPEN ... SCALISE talks to Playbook about what's next …
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:   Support for Democrats' DACA Strategy Grew During Government Shutdown, Polls Show
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump will no longer join the President in Davos  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)First lady Melania Trump, in a change of plans, will not be joining President Donald Trump on his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, later this week.
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Populism Is Waning, Which Is Reason to Party in Davos
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Tony Perkins: Trump Gets ‘a Mulligan’ on Life, Stormy Daniels  —  Donald Trump is still the answer to many conservative evangelical leaders' prayers.  Or at least to their continuing grievances.  —  They embrace Trump the policymaker, says Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, despite being uneasy about Trump as a man.
Neil Diamond:
NEIL DIAMOND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CONCERT TOURING AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES CANCELLED  —  NEIL DIAMOND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CONCERT TOURING  —  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES CANCELLED  —  Legendary singer, songwriter and performer Neil Diamond today announced …
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Hawaii governor didn't correct false missile alert sooner because he didn't know his Twitter password  —  Minutes after the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency mistakenly sent a missile alert at 8:07 a.m. on Jan. 13 — terrifying residents and visitors across the state — some officials …
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Kevin Dayton / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
After false missile alarm, Ige couldn't log on to Twitter
Discussion: Daily Wire and Engadget
CNN:
Susan Collins had senators in bipartisan meetings use talking stick  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)During bipartisan talks between senators to discuss passing a funding bill to end the government shutdown, Sen. Susan Collins whose office was being used for the negotiations, figured out a civil way to create discussion.
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Politico:
DONNA SHALALA might run for Congress — Why shutdown politics suck — Zinke on defense after zigzag — OOPS: Florida voter data breach — Hurricane Maria's sick legacy  —  By Marc Caputo (mcaputo@politico.com; @MarcACaputo) and Matt Dixon (mdixon@politico.com; @Mdixon55), with Emily Goldberg …
Rachel Louise Ensign / Wall Street Journal:
Bank of America: No More Free Checking for Customers With Low Balances  —  eBanking customers switched into accounts that typically require direct deposit or a minimum balance to avoid $12 monthly fee  —  Bank of America Corp. BAC .69% has eliminated a free checking account popular …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
George Papadopoulos is the ‘John Dean’ of the Russia investigation, his fiancee says  —  He has been mocked by President Trump as a “low level volunteer” and “proven to be a liar.”  —  But the fiancee of George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who pleaded guilty in October …
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
WATCH: Hot mic catches GOP senator ogling ‘beautiful’ teenaged girls with fellow lawmaker  —  As the Senate prepared to pass the continuing resolution that would re-open the government, a Mississippi Republican was caught on a hot mic making comments about the appearances of high-school aged pages.
Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
Most Americans don't trust President Trump with the ‘nuclear button’  —  A slim majority of Americans are concerned that President Trump might launch a nuclear attack without justification, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Pew Research Center:
Republicans and Democrats Grow Even Further Apart in Views of Israel, Palestinians  —  Netanyahu remains a deeply polarizing figure in the U.S.  —  The partisan divide in Middle East sympathies, for Israel or the Palestinians, is now wider than at any point since 1978.
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
OMB director: Trump's position on Dreamers ‘depends on what we get in exchange’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — The comments come following a government shutdown over congressional disagreements on immigration policy  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's budget director said Tuesday …
Washington Times:
Shock poll: Americans want massive cuts to legal immigration  —  Cutting chain migration even more popular than legalizing Dreamers  —  A government shutdown is in the rearview mirror, but the outlines of a looming immigration deal remain murky with the sides still far apart …
Discussion: RedState
German Lopez / Vox:
Trump has had a year to confront the opioid epidemic.  He's done almost nothing.  —  The consensus from experts and advocates: “a lot of talk, little action.”  —  If you listen to President Donald Trump's words about the opioid epidemic, he seems to understand it's an emergency.
Discussion: Addicting Info
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96  —  Unsung for seven decades, the real Rosie the Riveter was a California waitress named Naomi Parker Fraley.  —  Over the years, a welter of American women have been identified as the model for Rosie, the female war worker …
Discussion: The Week, thecut and CBS Los Angeles
Christina Caron / New York Times:
No Passport or Ticket: How a Woman Evaded Airport Security and Flew to London  —  With neither a ticket nor a passport, Marilyn Hartman slipped into Chicago O'Hare International Airport last week, sneaked onto a British Airways flight and traveled to London, where she was apprehended by customs officials …
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Davos Man  —  President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland  —  The annual Davos event has become a gathering of the very people responsible for a perverse version of globalization—one that has undermined the livelihoods of ordinary people …
Discussion: HuffPost
David Dayen / New Republic:
Trump's Regulators Want to Kill a Key Financial Rule That Even Republicans Support  —  Conservatives who are working to undo Obama-era Wall Street reforms do have one regulation they'd like to keep in place: high capital requirements for financial institutions, so that big banks can pay …
 
 
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Michelle Kosinski / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump expected to invite France's Macron for first state visit of his presidency
Discussion: Splinter and Political Wire
Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Just Security
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
A Billionaire Keeps Pushing to Impeach Trump. Democrats Are Rattled.
Discussion: NTK Network
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Tesla's Pay Deal to Keep Elon Musk: All or Nothing
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EW.com:
Chasing Hillary memoir will detail 10 years of reporting on Hillary Clinton
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Wary, Weary or Both, Southern Lawmakers Tone Down Culture Wars
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Peter Spiliakos / National Review:
Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, and the Future of the GOP
Discussion: Mother Jones
Christopher Clarey / New York Times:
For Tennys Sandgren, Success Brings Scrutiny of His Political Views
Discussion: Mashable and The Guardian
Sean McElwee / The Nation:
How the Right's War on Unions Is Killing the Democratic Party
Discussion: The Stranger …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Advice to Young Ladies in This Very, Very Stupid Era
Discussion: bizpacreview.com, USA Today and WTVR-TV
Amanda Erickson / Washington Post:
Ecuador's president calls Julian Assange ‘more than a nuisance’