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4:00 PM ET, December 15, 2018

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Shirley Wang / WBUR:
My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley 14:24 … Play  —  When Charles Barkley's mother, Charcey Glenn, passed away in June 2015, Barkley's hometown of Leeds, Alabama, came to the funeral to pay respects.  But there was also an unexpected guest.  —  Barkley's friends couldn't quite place him.
Washington Post:
Interior Secretary Zinke resigns amid investigations  —  Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted his resignation to the White House Saturday, facing intense pressure from the White House amid multiple probes tied to his real estate dealings in Montana and conduct while in office.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Splinter
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Zinke's likely replacement has been ‘the man behind the curtain’  —  Like former EPA chief Scott Pruitt before him, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has an experienced deputy steeped in the world of bureaucratic infighting ready to fill his shoes — one with longstanding ties to the energy industry he now regulates.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Trump's Interior Chief Zinke to Step Down Amid Ethics Probes  — Montanan had been subject of seven internal investigations  — Congressional Democrats vowed to deepen scrutiny in January  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will leave the Trump administration at the end of the year amid …
New York Times:
What the Lawless Obamacare Ruling Means  —  It's not based on a solid legal argument.  It's an exercise in raw judicial power.  —  Mr. Adler is a professor of law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.  Abbe R. Gluck is a professor of law and the faculty director …
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David Nather / Axios:
You should take the Obamacare ruling seriously  —  The Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature achievement, may be headed back to the Supreme Court after a conservative federal judge in Texas struck down the individual mandate as unconstitutional last evening.
Bloomberg:
Democrats Vow Rapid Action After Obamacare Tossed by Judge
New York Times:
Texas Judge Strikes Down Obama's Affordable Care Act as Unconstitutional
Jeffrey Young / HuffPost:
Federal Judge In Texas Rules Against Obamacare
Discussion: Vox and NPR
Washington Post:
Mounting legal threats surround Trump as nearly every organization he has led is under investigation  —  Two years after Donald Trump won the presidency, nearly every organization he has led in the past decade is under investigation.  —  Trump's private company is contending with civil suits digging …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As Trump prepares for his holiday respite in Florida, he is more isolated than ever  —  President Trump, more isolated than at any point in his presidency, is scheduled to leave Washington at the end of this week for a holiday respite: two-plus weeks at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago.
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
‘Stop,’ 'I wasn't there,' 'I don't know anything about that': Republicans dodge or dismiss Trump's legal woes  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  A reporter hadn't even finished asking about President Trump and the sentencing of his former lawyer Michael Cohen …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Philip Ewing / NPR:
The Russia Investigations: An Unfinished Case Looks Weaker Than Ever  —  This week in the Russia investigations: Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison ... Maria Butina pleaded guilty ... but the finish line looks no closer  —  The shifting sands
Mike Allen / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Mick Mulvaney's move to chief of staff  —  President Trump had a meeting scheduled Monday with a possible candidate for White House chief of staff.  Guess that guy ain't getting it.  —  You can tell so much about West Wing dynamics by the way Trump announced Mick Mulvaney …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Next Chief of Staff Called Him ‘A Terrible Human Being’ Just Before He Was Elected President  —  Mulvaney left his House seat the next year to serve Trump as both director of the Office of Management and Budget and Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Mick Mulvaney Trashes ‘Terrible’ Donald Trump In Newly Resurfaced Video
Discussion: Daily Wire, RedState and The Atlantic
New York Times:
As the Trumps Dodged Taxes, Their Tenants Paid a Price  —  They were collateral damage as Donald J. Trump and his siblings dodged inheritance taxes and gained control of their father's fortune: thousands of renters in an empire of unassuming red-brick buildings scattered across Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
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New York Times:   Welcome to Брайт он Бич, Brooklyn
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine Asserts Major Russian Military Buildup on Eastern Border  —  MOSCOW — Ukrainian officials have been raising alarms about what they say is a huge buildup of Russian troops, tanks and artillery pieces along their border that could signal preparations for an invasion.
New York Times:
How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments  —  This year's McKinsey & Company retreat in China was one to remember.  —  Hundreds of the company's consultants frolicked in the desert, riding camels over sand dunes and mingling in tents linked by red carpets.
Elizabeth Bruenig / Washington Post:
My advice to progressives: Don't back down  —  A reductive, but not incorrect view of the Democratic debacle in the 2016 elections holds that when President Trump took office, centrists lost the present and leftists lost the future.  In 2020, Democrats will have a new opportunity …
Pamela Brown / CNN:
Mueller continues to be interested in interviewing Trump  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team continues to be interested in interviewing the President Donald Trump, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.  —  Mueller's stance on interviewing the President has been constant …
Discussion: HuffPost, POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
 
 
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Dartmouth Alumni Magazine:
Best of 2018  —  Here are the top 15 most-read stories published …
Discussion: Power Line
Jordan Crucchiola / Vulture:
Benedict Cumberbatch Is the Man Who Scammed a Nation in the Trailer for HBO's Brexit
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
New Jersey Democrats Play Power Games Too
Discussion: NJ Spotlight
Annie Karni / New York Times:
For Kushner, Criminal Justice Has Been a Personal Issue and a Rare Victory
Discussion: Politico
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The GOP majority's last words: But her emails!
RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Kasparov: Russia Increasingly Losing Its Standing On World Stage
Discussion: News Agency UNIAN
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Trump Kicks Away Obama Traditions Even at the Dinner Table
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
America's hidden war in Syria
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Drenched city: 2018 is now Washington's wettest year ever recorded.
Discussion: NPR
Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic:
Bruce Springsteen Explains It All
New York Times:
Star Economist at Harvard Faces Sexual Harassment Complaints
Jackie Speier / San Francisco Chronicle:
Strange real estate deal raises specter of Putin buying Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Lindsay Wise / Kansas City Star:
Yoder wants ‘autopsy’ to determine reasons for heavy Republican losses in House
Anna Silman / The Cut:
The Real Sex Lives of Historical Queens
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
VA secretary gave inaccurate answers on pro-Confederate ties during confirmation process
 

 
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

 
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