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5:00 PM ET, January 29, 2018

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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
On Flight to Davos, Trump Erupted Over DOJ Role in Russia Probe  —  President is said to be angered by Justice Department warning  —  Kelly reproached officials in meetings, calls last week  —  President Donald Trump's frustrations with the Russia investigation boiled over on Air Force …
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Trump's gripes against McCabe included wife's politics, Comey's ride home  —  WASHINGTON — The day after President Donald Trump fired James Comey, he became so furious watching television footage of the ousted FBI director boarding a government-funded plane from Los Angeles back to Washington …
New York Times:
Secret Memo Hints at a New Republican Target: Rod Rosenstein  —  WASHINGTON — A secret, highly contentious Republican memo reveals that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein approved an application to extend surveillance of a former Trump campaign associate shortly after taking office last spring …
NBC News:
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepping down  —  WASHINGTON — FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepped down Monday, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.  —  McCabe will remain on the FBI payroll until he is eligible to retire with full benefits in mid-March, the sources said.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Mark Warner: 'We've Had New Information That Raises More Questions'  —  Congress late last year received “extraordinarily important new documents” in its investigation of President Donald Trump and his campaign's possible collusion with the 2016 Russian election hacking …
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
New Book: McCabe Initiated White House Meeting That Led To Leak  —  The FBI's top brass initiated conversations with a White House official that were quickly leaked to CNN, according to a new book.  —  Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe asked to speak privately with White House chief …
New York Times:
Andrew McCabe Steps Down as F.B.I. Deputy Director Under Pressure  —  WASHINGTON — Andrew G. McCabe abruptly stepped down on Monday as the F.B.I.'s deputy director after months of withering criticism from President Trump, telling friends he felt pressure from head of the bureau to leave, according to two people close to Mr. McCabe.
CBS News:
Andrew McCabe steps down as deputy FBI director amid pressure  —  FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is retiring from the FBI, CBS News' Pat Milton has confirmed.  According to Milton, a source familiar with the matter confirms that McCabe was urged to step down.  He is currently on leave and will official retire in March.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Shakesville
Fox News:
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe ‘removed’ from the bureau  —  Top FBI official Andrew McCabe has been “removed” from his post as deputy director, Fox News is told, leaving the bureau after months of conflict-of-interest complaints from Republicans including President Trump.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
THE MORNING PLUM:  —  The Sunday shows confirmed an alarming development: Republicans in Congress do not feel any urgency to protect special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation, even though it has now been confirmed that Trump tried to fire Mueller — and that the possibility …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
An Article of Impeachment Against Donald J. Trump
Discussion: The Week
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN's Jeffrey Toobin: ‘I regret my role’ in Hillary Clinton false equivalence … So long as President Trump continues disgracing the Oval Office, thoughtful people will probe their own role in helping him get there.  —  Such appeared to be the motivation behind a mea culpa issued …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House GOP chairman in competitive district announces retirement  —  (R-N.J.), the chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced Monday that he will not seek reelection in an increasingly competitive district.  —  “I have worked in a bipartisan manner …
Discussion: TheBlaze and Joe.My.God.
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Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen announces retirement from House
Discussion: RedState and IJR
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Frelinghuysen won't seek reelection
Discussion: New York Times, Axios and NPR
Paul Heintz / News + Opinion, Seven Days:
Sanders Backs Out of Interview After Failing to Dictate Conditions  — Congressman Peter Welch and Sen. Bernie Sanders at a press conference Monday morning at Burlington International Airport  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) backed out of an interview with Seven Days Monday morning …
David Waldstein / New York Times:
Indians Will Abandon Chief Wahoo Logo Next Year  —  The Cleveland Indians will stop using the Chief Wahoo logo on their uniforms beginning in 2019, according to Major League Baseball, which said the popular symbol was no longer appropriate for use on the field.
Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:
Exxon Mobil to invest $50 billion in US over 5 years, citing tax reform  — Exxon Mobil on Monday said it plans to invest $50 billion in the United States over the next five years, saying its decision is partly due to corporate tax cuts.  — The investment will go towards increasing production …
Discussion: The Week
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Darren Woods / Energy Factor:
Tax and regulatory reform's economic boon
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Mark Zuckerberg:
Our next update on our 2018 focus to make sure Facebook isn't just fun but also good for your well-being and for society...  We're making a series of updates to show more high quality, trusted news.  Last week we made an update to show more news from sources that are broadly trusted across our community.
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Facebook:
News Feed FYI: More Local News on Facebook
Discussion: Business Insider and The Verge
Wall Street Journal:
Melania Trump's Military Flights Before Her Move to Washington Cost More Than $675,000  —  First lady flew 21 flights in three-month period while living in New York after President Donald Trump's inauguration  —  First lady Melania Trump took 21 flights in a three-month period on Air Force jets …
Stefanie Tuder / Eater NY:
Jared Kushner Played a Role in Guy Fieri's Restaurant Closure  —  His company was the landlord for the Times Square grill  —  Turns out President Trump son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner was Guy Fieri's landlord at the now-shuttered Guy's American Kitchen & Bar …
Reuters:
Few U.S. adults report bonuses, raises from Republican tax law  —  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two percent of U.S. adults said they had gotten a raise, bonus or other additional benefits due to the Republican tax law enacted a month ago by President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.
Washington Post:
'He's not God': In the wake of porn-star allegations, most evangelicals stand by Trump … When news first broke this month about President Trump's alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, it seemed the kind of story that would devastate a group of voters once known as “The Moral Majority.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Aviv / New Yorker:
What Does It Mean to Die?  —  When Jahi McMath was declared brain-dead by the hospital, her family disagreed.  Her case challenges the very nature of existence.  —  Before having her tonsils removed, Jahi McMath, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl from Oakland, California …
Discussion: National Review
Katie Leslie / Dallas Morning News:
Beto O'Rourke outraises Cruz again, taking in $2.4M in latest quarter  —  Updated at 10:50 p.m. to include the latest fundraising figures from Sen. Ted Cruz.  —  WASHINGTON — The Texas Democrat hoping to oust Sen. Ted Cruz is posting his largest campaign fundraising haul yet: $2.4 million.
Discussion: IJR and Weekly Standard
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
If Pelosi brings ‘Dreamers’ to the State of the Union, Trump should bring ICE agents  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and a number of other Democrats plan to fill the House gallery with illegal aliens when President Trump delivers his first State of the Union address on Tuesday.
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Oops: House issues tickets for State of the ‘Uniom’  —  President Donald Trump may declare the state of the union to be strong in his address to Congress on Tuesday night.  But Trump would instead tout the state of the “uniom,” according to a picture of official tickets set to be distributed to House guests.
Daniel Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
The Steele Dossier Fits the Kremlin Playbook  —  The likely objective was to undermine Republicans, Democrats—and American democracy.  —  When the “Steele dossier” was first published a year ago, it looked like a bombshell.  The document, drawn up by the British ex-spy Christopher Steele …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
In Age of Trump, Political Reporters Are in Demand and Under Attack
CNN:
Russian jet flies within 5 feet of US Navy plane, Pentagon says
Discussion: Business Insider
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Eighth State Quietly Quit Free Anti-Voter-Fraud Program Over Security Concerns and ‘Unreliable’ Results
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
From Annapolis to Congress? These Three Women Know Tough Missions
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
In ‘Brave,’ Rose McGowan Exposes Hollywood Exploitation
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and East Bay Times
Steve Patterson / Florida Times Union:
Ex-U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown starts 5-year prison sentence
 Earlier Items: 
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
‘Fox & Friends’ host says the media's Trump coverage is ‘anti-American’
Discussion: Salon, CNBC, the daily howler and The Week
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republican House ‘leaders’ are complicit in obstruction
Discussion: NBC News and Althouse
NBC News:
Poll: Millennials say the country is on the wrong track, but they're not
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Trump Tower Russian Lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, Exposed in Swiss Corruption Case
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Arkansas Resident: Cotton's Office Sent Cease And Desist When I Said ‘Bullsh*t’
Discussion: ArkansasTimes and Raw Story
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump is winning  —  Trump is making us a little more like him …
USA Today:
Trump abuses show we must turn traditions into laws: Bharara and Whitman