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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal Abuse  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has stayed in touch with Rob Porter, the former White House staff secretary who stepped down after allegations that he had abused his two former wives came to light, according …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Larry Kudlow asks Gary Cohn's National Economic Council staff to stay on
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels accuses Trump attorney of defamation … Stormy Daniels ramped up her legal battle against President Trump on Monday, alleging in court that his personal attorney Michael Cohen defamed her by insinuating that she lied about an affair with Trump more than a decade ago.
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Washington Post:
‘Not in a punch-back mode’: Why Trump has been largely silent on Stormy Daniels … The counterpuncher, so far, has held his punch.  —  President Trump exercised uncharacteristic public restraint Monday following a “60 Minutes” interview in which adult film star Stormy Daniels described …
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story, Mediaite and Bustle
John Koblin / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels Attracts 22 Million Viewers to ‘60 Minutes’
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Mediaite
CNN:
Stormy Daniels sues Trump lawyer Michael Cohen for defamation
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Anderson Cooper's Stormy Daniels interview draws highest ratings for ‘60 Minutes’ in 10 years
The Daily Beast:
Dan Webb and Tom Buchanan Latest Lawyers to Decline to Join Trump's Legal Team … Two more high-power attorneys have had to turn down President Donald Trump.  Tom Buchanan and Dan Webb confirmed to The Daily Beast that Trump reached out to them about representing him, and that they couldn't do it.
Discussion: RedState, Axios, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Abigail Tracy / Vanity Fair:
“A Target, Not a Witness”: Will Trump's Legal B-Team Collapse Before Mueller?  —  The president's struggle to recruit experienced lawyers could mask more ominous concerns.  “As far as I can tell, Ty Cobb is the only attorney left on the Trump team with experience handling federal criminal investigations,” says one former prosecutor.
Washington Post:
Another prominent lawyer declines offer to represent Trump in Russia investigation
Discussion: Axios, The Week and Politico
Ray Hagar / Nevada NewsMakers:
Rumor is Ryan will resign as U.S. House Speaker; Scalise will replace him, Amodei says  —  Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, said on Nevada Newsmakers Monday that Rep. Paul Ryan may soon resign as Speaker of the U.S. House.  —  Amodei said he was repeating a rumor that's around Capitol Hill.
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Nevada lawmaker: ‘Rumor mill’ says Ryan headed for exit
Discussion: CNN and Breitbart
CBS News:
Jimmy Carter says John Bolton as national security adviser is “worst mistake” Trump has made  —  Former President Jimmy Carter says President Trump's choice of John Bolton as his new national security adviser is “the worst mistake” Mr. Trump has made.  —  “I have been concerned at some of the things he's decided.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Why I changed my mind about John Bolton
Susan Page / USA Today:
Jimmy Carter calls Trump's decision to hire Bolton ‘a disaster for our country’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Breitbart
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:
Trump Brings “Christmas For Neocons”
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Wall Street Journal:
White House Probes Loans to Kushner's Business  —  White House attorneys are examining whether two loans totaling more than $500 million to Jared Kushner's family business may have violated any criminal laws or federal ethics regulations, according to a letter from a federal ethics agency.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Mediaite
CNN:
CNN Poll: 42% approve of Trump, highest in 11 months  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating has rebounded to its highest level since the 100-day mark of his presidency, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, even as his approval ratings for handling major issues remain largely negative.
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Z. Byron Wolf / CNN:
Trump's approval rating is *this* close to Obama's and Reagan's
Discussion: TheBlaze
San Francisco Chronicle:
Citizenship question on 2020 census may result in undercount  —  The size of your child's kindergarten class.  Homeland security funds for your community.  Natural disaster preparation.  Highway and mass transit resources.  Health care and emergency room services.
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Department of Commerce:
U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Reinstatement of Citizenship Question to the 2020 Decennial Census
Discussion: Reuters
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
ICE Uses Facebook Data to Find and Track Immigrants, Internal Emails Show  —  Cambridge Analytica may have had access to the personal information of tens of millions of unwitting Americans, but a genuine debate has emerged about whether the company had the sophistication to put that data effectively …
Discussion: Axios, ThinkProgress and Splinter
Sara Ganim / CNN:
Sources: Zinke tells employees diversity isn't important  —  Washington (CNN)Several employees at the Interior Department have told CNN that Secretary Ryan Zinke repeatedly says that he won't focus on diversity, an apparent talking point that has upset many people within the agency.
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VICE News:   How the spouses of Trump's Cabinet are spending your tax money
Tim Hrenchir / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Linda Brown, center of Brown v. Board case, dies at 76  —  Linda Brown, who as a little girl in Topeka was at the center of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ended school segregation in the United States, has died at age 76.  —  Brown's sister, Cheryl Brown Henderson …
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CNN:
Multiple suspicious packages sent to DC area military installations  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI has taken custody of multiple suspicious packages sent to military locations in the Washington, DC area, a law enforcement official said Monday.  The official said two of the packages were sent to Fort Belvoir and Fort McNair.
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Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Packages with explosive material sent to military installations in DC area
Pamela Wood / Baltimore Sun:
Sheriff: Maryland high school shooter died by shooting himself  —  Austin Wyatt Rollins, the 17-year-old who opened fire on classmates at Great Mills High School in Southern Maryland last week, injuring one and killing another, died by shooting himself in the head, officials investigating the case said Monday.
Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
CBS Video Confusing.  Hogg Was on Campus.  —  UPDATE: This video shows Hogg apparently in a closet during the shooting:  —  His comments quoted below to CBS still don't make sense.  Did he leave campus and then violate the lockdown to enter campus and interview students?  How did he get home and back?
New York Times:
After Stormy Daniels, Republicans Face a Referendum on Trump's Conduct  —  WASHINGTON — When Representative Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania announced on Sunday that he would join more than 40 other congressional Republicans not seeking re-election in November, he left no doubt about the reason …
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Corey Lewandowski considering legal action against reporter who entered office without permission  —  Corey Lewandowski said he may take action against New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi after she admitted she entered his home office without permission.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Has Had Countless Privacy Scandals.  But This One Is Different.  —  Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal has everything: peculiar billionaires, a once-adored startup turned monolith, a political mercenary who resembles a Bond villain and his shadowy psychographic profiling firm …
Bloomberg:
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Visiting China, Sources Say  —  Kim Jong Un has made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said.  —  Further details of the visit, including how long Kim …
Aaron Gell / Task & Purpose:
Paul Bremer, Ski Instructor: Learning To Shred With The Bush Administration's Iraq War Fall Guy  —  Lots of people want to be ski instructors at the Okemo Mountain Resort.  Nobody gets rich doing it, but there are perks, including a free season pass and half-price meals at the Sitting Bull Bar & Lounge.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Three more lose jobs at Ben Carson's housing department  —  Three contractors in the office of Hud's information chief are out amid a widening ethics controversy … Three more people lost their jobs at Ben Carson's Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) on Monday, amid a widening ethics controversy.
Discussion: ABC News
Online NewsHour:
In response to racist violence, more African Americans look to bear arms  —  The National African American Gun Association, known as NAAG, has tripled its chapters from 14 to 42 since President Donald Trump's inauguration, as more people of color join gun clubs and refute the NRA.
 
 
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Reuters:
Trump nominates Schumer aide to Federal Trade Commission
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
'The View's' Meghan McCain lashes out at Parkland student David Hogg for using profanity to attack the NRA
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Silicon Valley has gone from liberating to creepy. Next stop, government regulation.
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
U.S. Experts Say Why Trump Should Support Iran Deal
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Trump Fund-Raiser Files Hacking Lawsuit Against Qatar
Jessie Balmert / Cincinnati.com:
Butler Co. lawmaker mocks teen gun control activists as Doritos-eating video game players
Discussion: Raw Story
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Publisher Pal Puts Saudi Propaganda Magazine in U.S. Supermarkets
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Concerns About Healthcare High; Energy, Unemployment Low
John Eligon / New York Times:
They Push. They Protest. And Many Activists, Privately, Suffer as a Result.
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Liberals refuse to face the left's growing anti-Semitism
Discussion: Instapundit and New York Times
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
AggregateIQ Created Cambridge Analytica's Election Software, and Here's the Proof
Lauren Pearle / ABC News:
Exclusive: Cambridge Analytica accused of violating US election laws in new legal action
Discussion: Tablet Magazine, Deadline and Splinter
Federal Trade Commission:
Statement by the Acting Director of FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection Regarding Reported Concerns …
 

 
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Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
Russian national Alexander Vinnik, one of the operators of crypto exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017, pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering

Agence France-Presse:
Ukraine unveils an AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson called Victoria Shi, who will make official statements “written and verified by real people”

 
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