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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Sessions Is Interviewed in Mueller's Russia Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week by the special counsel's office as part of the investigation into Russia's meddling in the election and whether the president obstructed justice …
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
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 and Mediaite
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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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.
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.
Jim Newell / Slate:
Why Democrats Caved  —  Shortly after voting to end a government shutdown on Monday afternoon, a group of a 10 or so centrist Senate Democrats, along with a handful of Republicans, gave a press conference outside the chamber to congratulate themselves on the extraordinary bipartisan achievement …
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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 and Splinter
New York Times:
Senate Democrats' Vote to End Shutdown Infuriates Some on the Left
Ben Terris / Washington Post:   The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Schumer's rare double-buckle on the shutdown infuriates Democrats on the left
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle
Discussion: Politico, New York Times and Hullabaloo
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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
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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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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Krystle Callais / WPSD Local 6:
Shooting at Marshall County High School  —  MARSHALL COUNTY, KY — People at the scene have confirmed a shooting at Marshall County High School.  —  There is a heavy police presence and ambulances on the scene.  —  Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin says on Twitter that one person has been confirmed dead …
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: bizpacreview.com and RedState
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Peter Spiliakos / National Review:
Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, and the Future of the GOP
Discussion: Mother Jones
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
A Billionaire Keeps Pushing to Impeach Trump.  Democrats Are Rattled.  —  Democratic leaders have pressed Tom Steyer privately, urging him to tone down his campaign calling for President Trump's impeachment.  They have prodded him in public, declaring on television that they consider impeachment an impractical idea.
Discussion: NTK Network
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 …
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Florida voters will be able to restore voting rights to over a million former felons in November  —  The initiative got enough signatures Tuesday to appear on the ballot.  —  Florida voters will have a chance to restore voting rights to more than 1 million former felons through a ballot initiative this November.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
KSBY-TV:
Uber driver suspected of San Luis Obispo rapes charged with 10 felonies  —  The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office has filed 10 felony charges against an Uber driver suspected of sexually assaulting at least four women in San Luis Obispo.  The DA says there could be more victims …
 
 
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Alex Hobson / SEIA:
President's Decision on Solar Tariffs is a Loss for America
Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
Donald Trump has finally dealt his first blow to China's economy
Discussion: Reuters and New Republic
Prashant S. Rao / New York Times:
21st Century Fox Bid for Sky Is Provisionally Rejected by U.K. Regulator
Ellie Geranmayeh / Foreign Policy:
Europe Must Fight to Preserve the Iran Deal
German Lopez / Vox:
Trump has had a year to confront the opioid epidemic. He's done almost nothing.
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David Dayen / New Republic:
Trump's Regulators Want to Kill a Key Financial Rule That Even Republicans Support
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Davos Man  —  President Donald Trump boards Air Force …
Discussion: HuffPost
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Tesla's Pay Deal to Keep Elon Musk: All or Nothing
Discussion: Electrek and 444
EW.com:
Chasing Hillary memoir will detail 10 years of reporting on Hillary Clinton
Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
Most Americans don't trust President Trump with the ‘nuclear button’
Christopher Clarey / New York Times:
For Tennys Sandgren, Success Brings Scrutiny of His Political Views
Discussion: Mashable and The Guardian
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Advice to Young Ladies in This Very, Very Stupid Era
Discussion: bizpacreview.com, WTVR-TV and USA Today
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
WATCH: Hot mic catches GOP senator ogling ‘beautiful’ teenaged girls with fellow lawmaker
Christina Caron / New York Times:
No Passport or Ticket: How a Woman Evaded Airport Security and Flew to London
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96
Discussion: The Week, thecut and CBS Los Angeles
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

 
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