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10:35 PM ET, January 24, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump Says He Is Willing to Speak Under Oath to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he was willing to speak under oath to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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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 …
Washington Post:
Trump says he would speak to Mueller under oath in Russia investigation … President Trump said Wednesday he is “looking forward” to testifying before special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and that he would speak under oath.  —  “I would love to do it, and I would like to do it as soon as possible,” Trump said at the White House.
Elana Schor / Politico:
Judiciary Democrats want to share Trump Jr. testimony with Mueller  —  Two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday pressed the committee's Republican chairman to provide special counsel Robert Mueller with transcripts of the panel's interviews with key witnesses in its Russia probe, including Donald Trump Jr.
Discussion: Palmer Report, Axios and Political Wire
CNN:
Mueller gives Trump's attorneys possible topics for interview  —  WH: Trump ‘fully cooperative’ on Russia probe  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has provided lawyers for President Donald Trump with a range of topics he wants to ask about as part of ongoing negotiations regarding …
Discussion: Washington Press and Daily Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
One year ago, Paul Ryan made a heartfelt promise to a ‘dreamer.’ Now she's back.
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Exclusive: The full ‘secret society’ text between FBI agents: Was it meant in jest?  —  For the past 24 hours, a number of Republican lawmakers have been suggesting that a months-old text message between two FBI officials reveals a “secret society” of federal law enforcement officials clandestinely plotting …
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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 …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Texts and Dueling Memos Escalate Fight Over Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department warned the House Intelligence Committee chairman on Wednesday that it was “extraordinarily reckless” for Republicans to push to release a committee memo that draws on classified information …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Conservative conspiracy theory about FBI texts is bullshit, according to ... Fox News  —  A new FoxNews.com article contradicts wild claims made by, among others, Fox News's leading television hosts.  —  Fox News just published a story that directly cuts against a conspiracy theory being pushed …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Using the Russian Playbook on the FBI
Discussion: Hullabaloo
The State News:
SOURCE: MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon to step down before end of week  —  MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will resign before the week is over, The State News has learned.  —  According to a knowledgable source to whom we have granted anonymity because the information was told in confidence …
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Eric Levenson / CNN:
Larry Nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for decades of sexual abuse
Washington Post:   Michigan State president resigns in wake of abuse scandal involving athletics doctor
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
Discussion: The Mahablog and Eschaton
The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes' Anti-FBI Memo Names James Comey, Rod Rosenstein, and Andrew McCabe … A controversial Republican memo alleging surveillance abuse specifically names GOP bêtes noires in the Justice Department and FBI, The Daily Beast has learned.  Two current top officials …
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
DOJ warns House Intel chairman about purported secret memo on FBI
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jane Coaston / Vox:
ReleaseTheMemo and the conservative war on the FBI, explained
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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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
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.
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Associated Press:
Trump heads to Swiss forum to push economic policies
Discussion: Politico
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump puts path to citizenship for some ‘dreamers’ on the table in immigration deal  —  President Trump said for the first time Wednesday that he is open to a path to citizenship for some younger undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” in an immigration deal being negotiated by Congress …
Discussion: RedState and Outside the Beltway
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New York Times:
Trump Expresses Interest in Giving ‘Dreamers’ Path to Citizenship
Discussion: FOX 61
Associated Press:
The Latest: WH says ‘dreamer’ citizenship under discussion
Discussion: Breitbart
Samantha Cole / Motherboard:
We Are Truly Fucked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now  —  In December, Motherboard discovered a redditor named ‘deepfakes’ quietly enjoying his hobby: Face-swapping celebrity faces onto porn performers' bodies.  He made several convincing porn videos of celebrities …
Discussion: Jezebel and The Verge
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 …
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
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 …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Budget talks progress, as Senate Dems drop Dreamer demand  —  Senate Democrats are willing to drop their demand that relief for Dreamers be tied to any long-term budget agreement — a potential boost for spending talks, but which could face opposition from their House counterparts.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Journalists at an Intervention  —  My article called “1 Son, 4 Overdoses, 6 Hours” started out as one story but ended up as another.  —  I was originally planning to write about why New Hampshire has such a severe problem with heroin and fentanyl.  I reached out to researchers at Dartmouth …
YouTube:
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Discussion: Engadget, The Daily Caller and Reuters
 
 
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Jean Marc Manach / The Intercept:
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Errant court filing suggests feds had informant at Manafort firm
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
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Reuters:
North Korea sends rare announcement to all Koreans, calls for unification
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
How an Arizona couple's innocent bath-time photos of their kids set off a 10-year legal saga
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TMZ.com:
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Discussion: Decider, WQAD-TV and Towleroad
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Tillerson's Overhaul at State in Doubt as USAID Suspends Role
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balkinization
Leinz Vales / CNN:
Evangelical leader Franklin Graham says Trump is a ‘changed person’