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3:15 PM ET, January 10, 2019

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CNN:
Exclusive: Robert Mueller met with Trump's pollster  —  Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller sought information directly last year from one of Donald Trump's campaign pollsters who is also a former business associate of Paul Manafort's.  —  Mueller's team met with pollster Tony Fabrizio …
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Paul Seamus Ryan / Just Security:
Trump Campaign in Legal Jeopardy Over Manafort's Sharing Data with Russian Agent  —  According to a court filing earlier this week, former 2016 Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared presidential campaign polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian citizen with ties to Russian intelligence.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNBC and Breitbart
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says he knew nothing about Manafort sharing polling data with Russian associate
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Christal Hayes / USA Today:
Trump's team had over 100 contacts with Russian-linked operatives, report shows
Discussion: Shakesville, KTLA and Washington Post
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Before Trump, Steve King Set the Agenda for the Wall and Anti-Immigrant Politics  —  Years before President Trump forced a government shutdown over a border wall, triggering a momentous test of wills in Washington, Representative Steve King of Iowa took to the House floor to show off a model of a 12-foot border wall he had designed.
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Justin Wise / The Hill:
Steve King asks how terms ‘white nationalist’ and ‘white supremacist’ became offensive  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is questioning how terms such as “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” became offensive in the U.S.  —  “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?”
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
White Supremacist Rep. Steve King Gets A Primary Challenger
Discussion: Roll Call and Splinter
NBC News:
Test of steel prototype for border wall showed it could be sawed through  —  NBC News obtained a photo showing results of a test on a steel wall prototype.  —  President Donald Trump has repeatedly advocated for a steel slat design for his border wall, which he described as …
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump will “probably” declare national emergency absent a deal in Congress  —  President Trump indicated Thursday he will likely declare a national emergency if Congress doesn't reach an agreement to fund his border wall — a move that is sure to set off challenges in the courts if he goes ahead with it.
Discussion: twitchy.com, TheBlaze and CNN
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Lawmakers scramble to break impasse as Trump threatens national emergency
Discussion: Breitbart
Sam Mintz / Politico:
Air traffic controllers, working without pay, ramp up shutdown pressure
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's past comments raise questions about Supreme Court retirement
Discussion: Daily Wire and TMZ.com
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's one way out  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SHUTDOWN ... DAY 20 ... TRUMP'S ONLY WAY OUT ...  THERE IS AN INCREASING RECOGNITION in the White House and among his most important allies on Capitol Hill that the only way for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP to get movement …
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Doug Sovern / KCBS 740AM:
Kamala Harris Ready To Enter Race For President, Sources Say  —  She's Finalizing Plans For Bay Area Rally To Announce Candidacy  —  Sen. Kamala Harris has decided to run for president in 2020 and will announce her candidacy on or around Martin Luther King Jr. Day, probably at a campaign rally in Oakland …
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CBS News:
Kamala Harris set to toss hat into presidential ring: Sources
Discussion: Roll Call, twitchy.com and Mediaite
Justin Wise / The Hill:
O'Rourke talks border during Instagram video at dentist  —  Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) recorded his trip to the dentist on Thursday to showcase his hygienist's experiences growing up near the southern border.  —  “So I'm here at the dentist and we're going to continue our series …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Althouse
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David Siders / Politico:
'So, I'm here at the dentist': Beto O'Rourke livestreams teeth-cleaning
Discussion: Political Wire
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Pompeo repudiates Obama Mideast policy, takes aim at Iran  —  CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration's Mideast policies on Thursday as he denounced the former president for “misguided” and “wishful” thinking that diminished America's role …
Discussion: Axios and Conservative News Today
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘American shame is over’: Pompeo vows to quell Obama's Mideast ‘mistakes’
Discussion: The Daily Beast
TMZ.com:
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos Did NOT Have a Prenup so $137 Billion on the Line in Divorce  —  Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos did NOT have a prenuptial agreement so, by all rights, they will split their incredible fortune right down the middle ... sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ,.
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National Enquirer:
Married Amazon Boss Jeff Bezos Getting Divorce Over Fling With Movie Mogul's Wife
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump on Jeff Bezos' divorce: 'It's going to be a beauty'
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Texas landowners prepare wall fight; Trump to visit border  —  HIDALGO, Texas (AP) — As President Donald Trump travels to the border in Texas to make the case for his $5.7 billion wall, landowner Eloisa Cavazos says she knows firsthand how the project will play out if the White House gets its way.
Todd Herman / MyNorthwest.com:
Was video of President Trump's Tuesday address doctored?  —  A listener to my program sent me a video that appears to show a deceptively edited video of President Trump's speech from the Oval Office.  We performed a side-by-side comparison of the video from our listener …
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The Seattle Times:   Q13 FOX staffer fired after TV station airs altered Trump video
Owen Daugherty / The Hill:
Texas county GOP set to vote this week to remove leader because he is Muslim  —  The Tarrant County Republicans in Texas will vote this week to remove their vice chairman because he is Muslim.  —  Republican Dorrie O'Brien is leading a group of colleagues in an attempt to unseat Shahid Shafi …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump: I never said Mexico would ‘write out a check’ for border wall  —  President Donald Trump said Thursday that he never promised Mexico would literally write a check to pay for a border wall — even though his 2016 presidential campaign said it had a plan to make Mexico fork over the cash.
Discussion: Breitbart and Hullabaloo
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Zusha Elinson / Wall Street Journal:
Police Issue Warrant for Soccer Superstar Ronaldo's DNA in Rape Case  —  After discovering DNA on dress of alleged victim, Las Vegas police want to know if it matches Ronaldo's  —  Authorities in Las Vegas have issued a warrant to obtain the DNA of soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo …
Discussion: TMZ.com and The Daily Caller
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Sanders apologizes to female ex-staffers for harassment on 2016 campaign  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) apologized Thursday to women who said they were sexually harassed while working on his 2016 presidential campaign.  —  His comments to reporters in the Capitol came shortly after POLITICO reported …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Splinter
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Top Bernie Sanders 2016 adviser accused of forcibly kissing subordinate
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
Beware the Lindsey Graham amnesty betrayal  —  Only in politics can the very people who created a problem then be tasked with solving the problem.  And they try to solve it with more of what caused it in the first place.  —  DACA and similar amnesty magnets created the new wave of Central American migration since 2013.
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Kendra Pierre-Louis / New York Times:
Ocean Warming Is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds  —  Scientists say the warming of the world's oceans is accelerating more quickly than previously thought, a finding with dire implications for climate change given that the vast majority of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases ends up stored there.
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
The ‘doomsday’ scenario: Here's what happens if the shutdown drags on  —  Economists warn that a catastrophe is in the making if the partial government closure continues for weeks or months.  —  The country would face an economic hellscape if the government shutdown lasts “months or even years …
Discussion: The Democrats
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Exclusive: Pentagon preparing options to build border wall as Trump weighs emergency declaration  —  WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is preparing options to build barriers on the southern border in the event that President Donald Trump declares a national emergency there, the latest indication …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed News:
Here's Trump Allies' Plan To Meddle In The 2020 Democratic Primary  —  The pair of outside groups tied closely to President Donald Trump has retained the top Republican opposition group in an effort to smother Democrats seeking to challenge him — and perhaps even help pick his 2020 challenger.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Fact-checking the mob song from ‘Beauty and the Beast’ … An angry mob, having learned that a Beast lives near their village in rural France, 18th century  —  GASTON AND VILLAGERS: We're not safe until he's dead.  —  First off, there are many ways to die that are not directly related to beast attacks!
 
 
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Associated Press:
Payday without pay hits federal workers as shutdown drags on
Tom McTague / Politico:
Japanese PM warns UK: ‘World is watching’ on Brexit
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
AWFUL!  Star CNN Contributor Ana Navarro Files Nails on Live TV as Guest Discusses Murders by Illegal Aliens (VIDEO)
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Financial Times' Agenda Pulls Quotes From ‘Les Moonves’ Interview He Denied Ever Happened
Kurt Repanshek / National Parks Traveler:
Joshua Tree National Park To Close For Cleanup, Repairs To Vandalism, Illegal Roads
Discussion: Axios
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Polls: Voters Oppose Trump On Shutdown By Wide Margins In Key 2020 Senate States
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
White House Intervened in Case of Trump's Casino Pal Steve Wynn
Tom Elliott / Grabien News:
Things Democrats Have Funded that Cost More than the Border Wall
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
How an Experimental Billion-Dollar Privacy Lawsuit Could Clobber Facebook
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump's Wall Could Cost Him in 2020
Discussion: CNN
Alan Cross / The Bulwark:
Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Trumpian Theology
Discussion: Raw Story and New Yorker
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Rick Scott blindsides DeSantis on his way out
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The 5 Key Constituencies Of The 2020 Democratic Primary
 

 
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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