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11:40 AM ET, January 30, 2018

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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 he fired James Comey as director of the FBI, a furious President Donald Trump called the bureau's acting director, Andrew McCabe, demanding to know why Comey had been allowed to fly …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The great disorientation machine  —  The coming release of a secret House memo, hotly sought by conservatives, will intensify the great muddying of the Russia investigation in the public's mind.  —  Why the memo matters: Trump's allies are betting that when all is said and done …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Republicans Vote to Release Secret Memo on Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, disregarding Justice Department warnings that their actions would be “extraordinarily reckless,” voted Monday evening to release a contentious secret memorandum …
The Guardian:
FBI has second dossier on possible Trump-Russia collusion  —  Memo written by former journalist Cody Shearer independently sets out many of the allegations made by British ex-spy Christopher Steele  —  The FBI inquiry into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 US presidential election …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Some TRUTH TALK about SOTU — HOUSE DEM CANDIDATE on the border says ‘no way’ to wall, and ties GOP candidate to Trump — SPOTTED at the French embassy dinner for Charlie Rivkin  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — A Democrat running for the House on the Texas-Mexico border is running …
New York Times:
Taunted by Trump and Pressured From Above, McCabe Steps Down as F.B.I. Deputy
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
On Flight to Davos, Trump Erupted Over DOJ Role in Russia Probe
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Humane Society CEO is subject of sexual harassment complaints from three women, according to internal investigation
Discussion: The Week and HumaneWatch
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Memo war: GOP to release memo aimed at Justice Department, while Dems push memo aimed at GOP
Discussion: Power Line
Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt once said Trump 'would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama — and that's saying a lot' … Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a 2016 interview that “Donald Trump in the White House would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Nick Surgey / Documented:
PRUITT CALLED TRUMP A THREAT TO CONSTITUTION IN 2016 INTERVIEW  —  In a stinging 2016 radio interview, Scott Pruitt lambasted then candidate Donald Trump, warning of the danger to the constitution should he become president.  —  “If Donald Trump is the nominee and eventually the president …
Discussion: New York Times and Axios
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump's State of the Union speech  —  President Trump is seeking to parlay his first State of the Union address on Tuesday into cash for his reelection campaign by offering supporters a chance to see their name flashed on the screen during a broadcast of the speech.
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Armstrong Williams / The Hill:   Expect Trump's State of the Union to celebrate America — and provide a roadmap to the future
CNN:
Trump admin declines to impose new Russia sanctions  —  US-Russia relations after Trump's first year  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration has declined to impose sanctions against companies and foreign countries doing business with blacklisted Russian defense and intelligence entities.
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Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:   Trump Administration Baffles and Enrages Lawmakers With Latest Punt on Russia Sanctions
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump Turns GOP Into a Conspiracy of Dunces
Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
There's No Way Mueller Will Indict Trump  —  The latest revelations about President Trump have, once again, excited the interest of the public, leading to speculation that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may have amassed sufficient evidence to charge the president with obstruction of justice.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Rod Rosenstein Is Shirking His Duty to Supervise Robert Mueller
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Dylan Dethier / Golf.com:
LPGA star on golf with Trump: ‘He cheats like hell’  —  Stories of 2017: President Trump steals the spotlight at U.S. Women's Open  —  LPGA legend Suzann Pettersen is fond of the sitting U.S. president.  But she's not so sure about his handicap.  —  In an interview with Norwegian newspaper …
Discussion: IJR, The Guardian and TMZ.com
Asha Rangappa / Just Security:
Five Questions the Nunes Memo Better Answer  —  The House Intelligence Committee has voted to release the Nunes Memo, which allegedly outlines widespread abuses by the DOJ and FBI in obtaining a surveillance order against former national security advisor to the Trump Campaign, Carter Page.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Booman Tribune
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump's Approval Highest in West Virginia, Lowest in Vermont  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating averaged 38% throughout the U.S. in 2017, but at the state level it ranged from a high of 61% in West Virginia to a low of 26% in Vermont.
Business Wire:
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to partner on U.S. employee healthcare  —  Goal is to improve U.S. employee satisfaction while reducing overall costs  —  SEATTLE & OMAHA, Neb. & NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) …
Discussion: NPR
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New York Times:
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Team Up to Disrupt Health Care
New York Times:
Melania Trump, Out of Sight Since Report of Husband's Infidelity, to Attend State of the Union  —  WASHINGTON — Over the past week, Melania Trump, a notoriously private first lady, made three very public decisions: She canceled a trip abroad with the president, made an impromptu visit …
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
The Slut-Shaming of Nikki Haley  —  Imagine this: The author of the most popular book in the country goes on Bill Maher's show and says the following about President Barack Obama: “There is something in the book that I was absolutely sure of but it was so incendiary that I just didn't have the ultimate proof,” he says.
Adrian Florido / NPR:
FEMA To End Food And Water Aid For Puerto Rico  —  In the days after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, residents of some of the hardest hit rural areas found themselves stranded — cut off from more populated areas by mudslides, crumbled roads and bridges, and toppled trees and power lines.
Discussion: Reuters, Earther and Unfogged
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Top DNC official out after less than a year on the job  —  WASHINGTON — The CEO of the Democratic National Committee is leaving after less than a year on the job, NBC News has learned.  —  Veteran Democrat operative Jess O'Connell took the helm of the DNC last May with a mandate …
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Hillary's ‘Sure’ Victory Explains Most Everything  —  Stretching or breaking the law on her behalf would have been rewarded by a President Clinton.  —  What exactly were top officials in the FBI and DOJ doing during the election of 2016?  —  The Page-Strzok text exchanges might offer a few answers.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
How Trump handles scandal: Conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory  —  Just as Bill Clinton's 1998 State of the Union address is known as the speech after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union address is likely to be remembered as the speech before Robert S. Mueller III's report arrived.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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CNN:
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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump's Presidency Is the Libertarian Moment
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Wall Street Journal:
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Carl Bernstein Bashes ‘Enablers’ Putting Trump Over Country: McCabe Departure is ‘Monday Night Slaughter’
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