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1:40 PM ET, December 26, 2018

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Steve Eder / New York Times:
Did a Queens Podiatrist Help Donald Trump Avoid Vietnam?  —  In the fall of 1968, Donald J. Trump received a timely diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels that led to his medical exemption from the military during Vietnam.  —  For 50 years, the details of how the exemption came about …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Selective Service Records  —  For many years, Donald J. Trump asserted that it was “ultimately” a high draft lottery number that kept him out of the Vietnam War, rather than a medical condition.  But his Selective Service records, obtained from the National Archives, suggest otherwise.
Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Incorrectly Claims Academic All-American Honors  —  Claim from Whitaker's University of Iowa football days listed on résumé and government documents  —  Matthew Whitaker, the acting U.S. Attorney General, has incorrectly claimed …
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee Defends Trump: It's Not Like He's 'Boiling The Little Girl's Rabbit'  —  After President Trump was roasted for appearing to mock a 7-year-old girl for still believing in Santa Claus earlier this week, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) raised eyebrows when he took it upon himself to defend Trump …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:   The campaign to confirm a diplomatic novice to America's top U.N. post
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Path to the Presidency Could Be Harder for White Democrats in 2020  —  Before Barack Obama's election in 2008, the relationship between white racial views and partisanship wasn't as clear-cut as one might think.  Yes, Republicans won the large majority of white voters who believed black disadvantage …
CNN:
Trump's frustration with Mnuchin rising after failed attempt to calm markets, source says  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's frustration with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is ratcheting up further after markets suffered their worst Christmas Eve drop ever following Mnuchin's attempts …
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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Economic growth is slowing all around the world
Discussion: Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Trump vows not to reopen federal government until wall funding is secured
Discussion: Mother Jones, POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Brown seeks Obama meeting as he considers presidential run  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown hasn't decided whether he's running for president — but he's checking off a lot of the boxes that come along the way.  —  The Ohio Democrat is reaching out to fellow senators and party officials in early primary and caucus states.
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:   Black Voters, a Force in Democratic Politics, Are Ready to Make Themselves Heard
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Shutdown standoff continues
Daily Mail:
Ivanka Trump wears a summer dress and a bizarre full straw visor hat  —  Ivanka Trump rang in the holiday on Tuesday by heading out for a stroll near her family's Palm Beach, Florida estate on Christmas Day with husband Jared Kushner.
Washington Post:
More than 4 million children endured lockdowns last school year, a groundbreaking Washington Post analysis found.  The experience left many traumatized.  —  Locked behind their green classroom door, MaKenzie Woody and 25 other first-graders huddled in the darkness.
Discussion: Splinter and The Week
Department of Homeland Security:
CBP Shares Additional Information about Recent Passing of Guatemalan Child  —  An eight year-old Guatemalan national, previously apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, died shortly before midnight on December 24 at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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Associated Press:
US says 2nd Guatemalan child dies in immigration custody
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Post-holiday, partial government shutdown to gain impact  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Christmas has come and gone but the partial government shutdown is just getting started.  —  Wednesday brings the first full business day after several government departments and agencies closed up over the weekend due …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Federal workforce starts to feel pinch of prolonged shutdown
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Christian Whiton / Fox News:
After Mattis, Trump needs a very different kind of defense secretary  —  President Trump's decision to replace Defense Secretary James Mattis on Jan. 1 - rather than allowing him to stay on the job until Feb. 28, as the retired Marine general requested when he resigned Thursday - was the right move.
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Sarah Lindemann-Komarova / The Nation:
Maria Butina and the Criminalization of Citizen Diplomacy  —  Prosecuting Butina endangers NGO activists in both Russia and the US.  —  30-year-old, flame-haired Maria “Red Sparrow” Butina plead guilty this month to one act count of conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent.
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
I thought fraud in reporting was done for.  I was wrong.  —  Nearly 30 years ago, the Cold War's end opened Germany's border to the formerly Soviet-dominated east.  Asylum seekers from poor and war-torn nations poured across it.  A violent backlash from ultra-right-wing Germans ensued.
Discussion: RedState
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital after cancer surgery  —  Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday and is recuperating at home after undergoing surgery, according to a court spokesperson.
Amy Russo / HuffPost:
Trump Ditches Tradition, Passing Up Christmas Visits To Troops  —  The commander in chief opted for digital holiday greetings, video conferencing with military members around the globe from the Oval Office.  —  Though every president since 2002 has made a habit of visiting the troops on Christmas …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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New York Times:
A Gutted I.R.S. Makes the Rich Richer  —  With enforcement enfeebled, as much as 20 percent of potential tax revenues go uncollected.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
 
 
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The Guardian:
Arab League set to readmit Syria eight years after expulsion
New York Post:
Vagrants not charged for wild subway melee with cop
Discussion: Gothamist
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Holiday Retail Sales Are Strongest in Years, Early Data Show
Discussion: CNBC and Daily Wire
Erika Esquivel / KDBC:
Day three of mass migrant releases on Christmas Day
Discussion: Daily Wire and Breitbart
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
He Survived Two Mass Shootings. Now He Is About to Deploy to Afghanistan.
Sun-Sentinel:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
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Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
With support from Steve Bannon, a medieval monastery could become a populist training ground
Discussion: Althouse
Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg:
Russia Considers Constitution Changes as Putin Faces Term Limits
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Selling Real Estate in Russia? Are You Crazy?