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5:40 PM ET, January 24, 2018

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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Flynn kept FBI interview concealed from White House, Trump  —  WASHINGTON — A year ago today, Donald Trump's newly sworn-in national security adviser, Michael Flynn, met privately in his West Wing office with FBI investigators interested in his communications with Russia's ambassador …
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CNN:
Mueller set to question Bannon on Flynn and Comey
Reuters:
Mueller asked U.S. intelligence officials about Trump: sources
Discussion: Political Wire
Jake Gibson / Fox News:
Thousands of FBI cellphones affected by glitch that lost Strzok-Page texts, officials say  —  EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of FBI cellphones were affected by the technical glitch that the DOJ says prevented five months' worth of text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Evidence suggests a massive scandal is brewing at the FBI  —  During the financial crisis, the federal government bailed out banks it declared “too big to fail.”  Fearing their bankruptcy might trigger economic Armageddon, the feds propped them up with taxpayer cash.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Clinton-Obama Emails: The Key to Understanding Why Hillary Wasn't Indicted
Eric Levenson / CNN:
Larry Nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for decades of sexual abuse  —  Judge to Nassar: I signed your death warrant  —  (CNN)Once a world-renowned sports physician treating America's foremost Olympic women gymnasts, Larry Nassar now will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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New York Times:
More than 160 women say Larry Nassar sexually abused them.  Here are his accusers in their own words.
Discussion: Women in the World
Charles P. Pierce / SI.com:
Burn It All Down: It's Time For Every Last Coward Who Enabled Larry Nassar To Pay For Their Sins
Graham Couch / Lansing State Journal:   Michigan State's callous response to Nassar victims rightfully catches NCAA's eye
Indianapolis Star:   Rachael Denhollander's brave journey: Lone voice to ‘army’ at Larry Nassar's sentencing
BuzzFeed:
Cecile Richards Plans To Step Down As President Of Planned Parenthood, After More Than A Decade  —  Richards greatly expanded Planned Parenthood's political prominence, as well as its organizing and fundraising capacities, during her time leading the organization.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Demands Documents and Threatens to Subpoena 23 Jurisdictions As Part of 8 U.S.C. 1373 Compliance Review  —  The Department of Justice today sent the attached letters to 23 jurisdictions, demanding the production of documents that could show whether each jurisdiction …
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CNN:
Democratic mayors blast Trump, decline White House invite
Bloomberg:
Inside the Dysfunctional Relationship of Donald Trump and Theresa May  —  When Theresa May returned to the grandeur of the British Embassy on Washington's Massachusetts Avenue in January last year, her aides had no idea how spectacularly awry her visit to Donald Trump's White House had gone.
CNN:
Senate Intelligence Committee not given access to Nunes FISA memo  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr's staff has not been given access to a classified memo drafted by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes …
Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and Washington Times
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Jane Coaston / Vox:
ReleaseTheMemo and the conservative war on the FBI, explained  —  How one four-page memo took Republicans — and Trump-Russia probe detractors — by storm.  —  Let's say there was a memo that would show, without a shadow of a doubt, that the investigation into the Trump presidential campaign's ties …
Kansas City Star:
With Pence breaking 49-49 tie, U.S. Senate advances Brownback's nomination  —  WASHINGTON  —  Kansas Republican Sam Brownback, one of the most unpopular governors in the country, barely survived a key vote on his bid for a big Trump administration job on Wednesday, as Vice President Mike Pence broke …
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Chao rebuffs Trump critics in Davos: 'Those who don't want to listen to him can leave'  —  Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao had a clear message Wednesday for critics of President Donald Trump during his trip to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland: If you don't want to hear from him, you can leave.
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Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:   Corker: Trump's unpredictability is working
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America  —  A request by the Justice Department to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census could shift the nation's balance of political power from cities to more rural communities over the next decade and give Republicans …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balkinization
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Report: Felons, people under foreign influence got national security clearances  —  WASHINGTON — A Defense Department report obtained by NBC News found that 165 defense contractors had their initial security clearances revoked last year after further investigation linked the recipients …
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Sessions congratulates Trump for ending imaginary crime wave  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is crediting President Trump for leading an effort to end a violent crime wave in America.  There's just one problem — that crime wave never existed in the first place.
Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Toys R Us to close 180 stores across the US  — Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet.  —  Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet …
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Erykah Badu  —  “I'm gathering ideas,” says Erykah Badu, talking over dinner at a vegan restaurant in midtown Manhattan.  “I'm uploading.”  Badu, in a baggy sweater, oversized eyeglasses, and giant fedora, is talking about why she hasn't released an album of new material since 2010's …
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Tillerson's Overhaul at State in Doubt as USAID Suspends Role  —  The U.S. Agency for International Development has suspended cooperation with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's bid to overhaul the State Department, a move that highlights rising discord and impatience with the top diplomat's signature initiative.
Andrea Drusch / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democratic poll: O'Rourke within single digits of Cruz  —  WASHINGTON  —  Democrat Beto O'Rourke trails Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz by single digits — 45-37 percent — according to new internal polling released by a Democratic group aimed at keeping corporate money out of politics.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Forbes and IJR
Samantha Cole / Motherboard:
We Are Truly Fucked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now  —  A user-friendly application has resulted in an explosion of convincing face-swap porn.  —  Daisy Ridley's face in a porn performer's video, made using FakeApp.  —  In December, Motherboard discovered …
Discussion: The Verge
Leinz Vales / CNN:
Evangelical leader Franklin Graham says Trump is a ‘changed person’  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is a “changed person” amid recent reports of an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, said the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Ben Caspit / Jerusalem Post:
Kerry to Abbas confidante: ‘Stay strong and do not give in to Trump’  —  The former US Secretary of State also surprised his interlocutor by saying he was seriously considering running for president in 2020.  —  While the White House confirms that since the “Jerusalem Declaration” …
Lisa Rose / CNN:
The massive FBI sting to bring down an ISIS-supporting weightlifter in Key West  —  (CNN)Harlem Suarez grabbed a jalapeno pepper from his plate and took a big bite.  The heavily tattooed Cuban-American crepe-maker was eating dinner with two new friends, Shariff and Mohammed, at a Denny's in Key West on a warm June night.
Los Angeles Times:
Earthquake fault runs through Rodeo Drive and Beverly Hills' shopping district, California geologists say  —  New data from state geologists show that an earthquake fault runs below Rodeo Drive and Beverly Hills' shopping district, heightening the known seismic risk in an area famous for Cartier, Gucci, Prada and other luxury brands.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Joe Malchow / Power Line:
Eek!  A man!  —  Every once in a while San Francisco's NPR affiliate, KQED, offers up a news report too hilarious not to share.  Last night, the San Francisco City Board of Supervisors experienced a putsch of sorts.  A new mayor was appointed.  He is Mark Farrell, the city's second interim …
Erica Pandey / Axios:
White House will roll out legislative framework for immigration Monday  —  Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday that President Trump will release a framework for what he hopes to see in an immigration reform bill on Monday.  —  Asked whether that'll include a fix for Dreamers …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Eight Humanitarian Activists Face Federal Charges After Leaving Water for Migrants in the Arizona Desert  —  A faith-based humanitarian group that provides aid and shelter to undocumented migrants on the southwestern border fears it has become the latest target in the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration advocates.
Courier-Journal:
What we know now: Marshall County High School shooting … Benton, Kentucky was shaken to its core Tuesday when a 15-year-old sophomore went on a shooting rampage at Marshall County High School, killing two students and injuring more than a dozen.  —  Here's what we know now.  —  Rising numbers
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
NY Times reporter called Trump ‘racist,’ said RNC staffers were ‘complicit’  —  Jonathan Martin, the national political correspondent of The New York Times, called Donald Trump a “racist” and “fascist” during two campaign conversations with a Republican National Committee staff member …
Discussion: Mediaite
nsarchive.gwu.edu:
Rumsfeld Snowflakes Come in from the Cold  —  SecDef Said Biggest Threat on 9/10/2001: Pentagon Bureaucracy  —  Archive FOIA Lawsuit Wins Monthly Releases Thanks to Pro Bono Representation by Skadden Arps  —  READ the First Full Tranche of Snowflakes  —  Martin Hoffmann advises Rumsfeld that the …
Discussion: New Republic
 
 
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Josh Goldman / Union of Concerned Scientists:
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Lauren Dake / OPB:
Oregon Voters Approve Measure 101
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
‘Totally improper’: Senators react to Trump's question to McCabe
Discussion: Raw Story
Lee Smith / Tablet Magazine:
How Glenn Simpson Caught the American Press in a Conspiracy Theory
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TMZ.com:
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
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Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Call for Special Prosecutor to Investigate FBI
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New York Times:
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