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10:35 PM ET, January 25, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the firing last June of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, according to four people told of the matter …
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Washington Post:
Trump moved to fire special counsel Mueller in June, bringing the White House's top lawyer to the brink of quitting  —  President Trump sought the firing of Robert S. Mueller III last June, shortly after the special counsel took over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election …
Discussion: Business Insider and NPR
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Attorney Says No Decision to Talk to Mueller  —  John Dowd, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, told The Daily Beast on Wednesday he will be the one to decide whether or not Trump sits down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller.  Dowd also said he hasn't made any decision …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Mueller Wasn't Interested in Bannon Until ‘Fire and Fury,’ Source Says
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Josh Meyer / Politico:   Source: Trump ordered special counsel Robert Mueller to be fired last year
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
White House jumps back into Dreamer battle with citizenship offer  —  President Donald Trump on Monday will propose a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children — a key concession to Democrats that he hopes will win their support for a massive border wall with Mexico.
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Cruz Blasts Citizenship Path for Dreamers Suggested by Trump  —  Senator Ted Cruz blasted the idea of giving young undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship, a day after President Donald Trump said he was open to the idea as part of immigration legislation being negotiated in Congress.
Tal Kopan / CNN:
White House proposes path to citizenship for 1.8 million people  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is proposing giving 1.8 million young undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship in exchange for $25 billion for his long-promised wall and a host …
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
The Trumps asked to borrow a Van Gogh for the White House.  The Guggenheim offered an 18K gold toilet instead.  —  The emailed response from the Guggenheim's chief curator to the White House was polite but firm: the museum could not accommodate a request to “borrow” a painting by Vincent Van Gogh …
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
‘Secret Society’ FBI Text Actually Began With A ‘Beefcake’ Putin Calendar  —  The backstory to the message that's been blowing up conservative media is pretty funny.  —  WASHINGTON It was hours after Donald Trump became the president-elect, and two FBI officials, like many of their fellow citizens, were flabbergasted.
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Fox News:
DOJ recovers missing text messages between anti-Trump FBI agents Strzok and Page
David Shortell / CNN:
DOJ watchdog says missing texts recovered
Discussion: IJR and Mediaite
Jonathan Tamari / Philly.com:
Rep. Pat Meehan will not seek reelection after sexual harassment furor  —  Rep. Pat Meehan will not seek reelection amid a furor over his use of taxpayer dollars to settle a sexual harassment claim against an aide, and the national response to his describing the woman as his “soul mate.”
Discussion: Axios, Roll Call and Joe.My.God.
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Russians got tens of thousands of Americans to RSVP for their phony political events on Facebook  —  Russian operatives used Facebook to publicize 129 phony event announcements during the 2016 presidential campaign, drawing the attention of nearly 340,000 users — many of whom said they were planning …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Kris Kobach's Office Leaks Last 4 Social Security Digits of Nearly Every Kansas Lawmaker and Thousands of State Employees, Including Kris Kobach  —  This is starting to just get sad.  —  Prior to receiving notice from Gizmodo this morning, Kris Kobach's office was leaking sensitive information belonging …
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Magazine
Page Six:
NBC stunned by how far Megyn Kelly went with Fonda attack  —  Megyn Kelly got approval from higher-ups at NBC before launching her hair-raising attack on Jane Fonda, Page Six has learned — but we're told that prominent members of the organization were then stunned by how far the broadside went.
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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: NBC staffers ‘horrified’ …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Mark Krikorian / National Review:
The Art of the Choke  —  The White House immigration outline was released today and it's not good.  It could change tomorrow, for all we know, but as it stands now, this is a preemptive surrender on several issues.  —  The enforcement component is fine, as far as it goes - there's no E-Verify …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Neil Munro / Breitbart:   WH Plan: Big Amnesty Now, Nothing for Americans Until 2027
David Edwards / Raw Story:
GOP Senate candidate flips out over 'women's rights': ‘I want to come home to a cooked dinner every night’  —  Republican U.S. Senate candidate for Missouri Courtland Sykes blasted “women's rights” this week.  —  In a statement posted to Facebook on Tuesday, Sykes said that he had been asked if he “supports women's rights.”
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Kansas City Star:
Senate candidate wants daughters to be homemakers, not ‘career obsessed banshees’
Discussion: Political Wire and thecut
Huib Modderkolk / De Volkskrant:
Dutch agencies provide crucial intel about Russia's interference in US-elections  —  Hackers from the Dutch intelligence service AIVD have provided the FBI with crucial information about Russian interference with the American elections.  For years, AIVD had access to the infamous Russian hacker group Cozy Bear.
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Casey Affleck Withdraws From Oscars: Won't Present Best Actress Award  —  EXCLUSIVE: Casey Affleck has withdrawn from presenting the Best Actress Award at the upcoming Oscars, Deadline hears.  He has notified the Academy he will not be attending the event, sources said.
Johnny Manziel / ESPN:
Vince McMahon: XFL to return in 2020 without gimmicks  —  WWE founder and chairman Vince McMahon announced Thursday he is giving a professional football league another go.  —  It will be called the XFL, the same name of the league McMahon and NBC tried for one season in 2001 …
Ian Kerner / CNN:
Cuckolding can be positive for some couples, study says  —  (CNN)In our current political climate, the term “cuck” — short for “cuckservative” — has become an insult of the so-called alt-right, aimed at men they view as spineless and emasculated.  The slur has its roots in the concept of cuckolding, or having an adulterous partner.
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Grassley Says ‘Spooked’ Kushner Won't Agree to Russia Interview  —  Committee to release other transcripts on Trump Tower meeting  —  ‘That section of our investigation is done,’ senator says  —  A “spooked” Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Palmer Report
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN reinstates Ryan Lizza  —  CNN is reinstating Ryan Lizza, the Washington political reporter who was fired from the New Yorker for alleged sexual misconduct.  “Upon learning of The New Yorker's decision to sever ties with Ryan Lizza in December, CNN pulled him from future on-air appearances …
BostonGlobe.com:
Joe Kennedy to deliver Democratic response to State of the Union address  —  WASHINGTON - Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, one of the Democratic Party's rising political stars, has been tapped by top party leaders to deliver the official Democratic response to President Trump's State of the Union address next week.
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
The Photo That Never Saw The Light of Day: Obama With Farrakhan In 2005  —  A journalist announced last week that he will publish a photograph of then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama (D) and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan that he took in 2005 at a Congressional Black Caucus meeting …
John Nolte / Breitbart:
CNN's Climate of Hate Comes Home to Roost  —  For nearly five years, going all the way back to the Trayvon Martin uproar, Breitbart News has aggressively documented CNN's devolution into a 24/7 hate network.  This week, CNN's climate of hate finally came home to roost when a Michigan man …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Megan Smolenyak:
Mike Pence's Immigrant Saga Makes a Case for Compassion
Discussion: Raw Story
Lili Loofbourow / The Week:
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Nikki Haley skewers Mahmoud Abbas at UN Security Council meeting
The Hill:
More than 30 senators join push for immigration deal
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein's Ex-Assistant Sues for Harassment, Says He Regularly Dictated Emails Naked
CNN:
First they were burned and whipped, then their families were sent the videos
Discussion: theGrio
Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
Poll shows Richard Cordray narrowly leading wide-open Democratic race, DeWine up big
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge seems open to emoluments suit against Trump
Discussion: Washington Post
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Be Smart: Mike Allen Wrote The Rules Of Washington And Now Donald Trump's Destroying Them
Angus Deaton / New York Times:
The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem
Discussion: Splinter
Bloomberg:
Putin Family Split Offers Peek at Secret Dealings of Russia Inc.
Discussion: 444 and The Week