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12:15 PM ET, January 23, 2018

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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 …
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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 …
Fox News:
More than 50,000 texts exchanged between FBI officials Strzok and Page, Sessions says
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Mueller's office questioned Sessions in Russia investigation
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What's next in the investigation of those missing FBI texts
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
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.
The Daily Beast:
Teen Who Threatened CNN Also Menaced Local Islamic Center
Discussion: Detroit Free Press
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Schumer Sells Out the Resistance  —  This weekend, more than one million people took to the streets nationwide for the first anniversary of the Women's March.  Though not nearly as big as the protests a year ago, it was still a larger public manifestation than anything the Tea Party ever managed.
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
The Case For The Democratic ‘Cave’
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
CBS News:
Kentucky school shooting: At least 5 shot at Marshall County High School - live updates  —  BENTON, Ky. — Authorities say at least five students were shot Tuesday morning at a southwestern Kentucky high school.  A suspect in the incident at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky …
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CNN:
1 killed, 7 taken to hospitals after Kentucky high school shooting  —  (CNN)At least one person was killed in a shooting Tuesday at a Kentucky high school, Gov. Matt Bevin said.  —  “Tragic shooting at Marshall County HS ... Shooter is in custody, one confirmed fatality, multiple others wounded,” Bevin tweeted.
Stephen Lance Denee / Associated Press:
1 dead, 7 hospitalized, suspect held in high school shooting
Discussion: CBS Chicago and CBS Dallas
Krystle Callais / WPSD Local 6:
LIVE NOW: Shooting at Marshall County High School
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Shooting at Italy High School in Texas leaves teen wounded, suspect in custody
Discussion: Axios
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.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Trump evangelicals have lost their gag reflex  —  The Rev. Billy Graham has been one of the most visible, respected and influential Christians in the world since the 1950s.  But he often had a blind spot when it came to politics.  Graham was President Richard Nixon's golfing buddy and spiritual adviser.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Tony Perkins: Evangelicals gave Trump a ‘mulligan’ on past behavior  —  Evangelical leader Tony Perkins in a new interview said President Trump  —  got a “mulligan” on his past behavior, adding that the president is providing the leadership the country needs.  —  “We kind of gave him—'All right, you get a mulligan.
Discussion: RedState
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Florida voters will be able to restore voting rights to over a million former felons in November  —  Florida voters will have a chance to restore voting rights to more than 1 million former felons through a ballot initiative this November.  —  The proposed constitutional amendment …
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Florida Takes Big Step Toward Expanding Voting Rights To Over 1.5 Million People  —  The state has some of the country's harshest laws disenfranchising felons.  That could change in November.  —  Floridians will get to decide in November whether they want to amend the state constitution …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Michael Wolff: Trump does not want to be president  —  Author Michael Wolff said in a new interview that he believes President Trump  —  does not want to be the president.  —  “There is nothing to indicate that ... Trump is going to find his footing as the president of the United States …
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Conservatives push Ryan for vote on hardline immigration bill  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)As Senate moderates pushed their leader to make a commitment to have a bipartisan immigration vote, House conservatives on Tuesday were pushing their leadership to tack to the right on the issue.
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.
Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
Donald Trump has finally dealt his first blow to China's economy  —  The president ends a year of procrastinating on tough trade actions with big new tariffs on solar panels.  —  President Donald Trump has finally dealt his first blow to China's economy.  —  On Monday afternoon …
Discussion: Reuters and New Republic
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 …
 
 
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to address annual RNC meeting at his D.C. hotel
Trisha Powell Crain / al.com:
Hoover High School teacher placed on leave for using racial slur in classroom
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Sean McElwee / VICE:
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Megan Cassella / Politico:
Trump makes his first mark as enforcer-in-chief
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
OMB director: Trump's position on Dreamers ‘depends on what we get in exchange’
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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 …
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WATCH: Hot mic catches GOP senator ogling ‘beautiful’ teenaged girls with fellow lawmaker
CNN:
Susan Collins had senators in bipartisan meetings use talking stick