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4:30 PM ET, January 14, 2019

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CNN:
Transcripts detail how FBI debated whether Trump was ‘following directions’ of Russia  —  (CNN)In the chaotic aftermath at the FBI following Director James Comey's firing, a half-dozen senior FBI officials huddled to set in motion the momentous move to open an investigation into President Donald Trump …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Trump's AG nominee: ‘Vitally important’ Mueller finish work  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general will tell senators at his confirmation hearing “it is vitally important” that special counsel Robert Mueller be allowed to complete his Russia investigation …
Discussion: ABC News, The Daily Caller and Axios
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's and Pompeo's weird non-denials about Trump working for Russia  —  Pompeo's may actually be more telling — especially now that Trump has denied it … It's been about 60 hours since it was first reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation launched an inquiry into whether President Trump was working for Russia.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
NYT Reveals FBI Retaliated Against Trump For Comey Firing
Discussion: Lawfare, twitchy.com and The Atlantic
Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is going to Canada for surgery  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, one of the fiercest political critics of socialized medicine, will travel to Canada later this month to get hernia surgery.  —  Paul, an ophthalmologist, said the operation is related to an injury in 2017 when his neighbor …
Washington Post:
Bipartisan Senate group forming in search of shutdown deal amid impasse between Trump, party leaders  —  A bipartisan group of rank-and-file senators are planning to hold discussions on how to end the weeks-long government shutdown, with talks between congressional leaders and the White House at a standstill.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Shutdown Has Been a Year in the Making  —  Trump rejected several offers on border security, immigration  —  President Trump on Monday said it is up to Congress to end the government shutdown and the impasse over his request for border-wall funding.  Yet Mr. Trump has three times rejected offers …
Hayley Miller / HuffPost:
Raj Shah Out As White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Michael Knowles / Fox News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the voice of an ignorant generation
Discussion: twitchy.com
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is freaking out the news media. And it's working for her.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, RedState and Yahoo News
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Game of Pseudo-Authenticity  —  Americans always have been prone …
Senior Trump Official / The Daily Caller:
I'm A Senior Trump Official, And I Hope A Long Shutdown Smokes Out The Resistance  —  The Daily Caller is taking the rare step of publishing this anonymous op-ed at the request of the author, a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose career would be jeopardized by its disclosure.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Wire
Congressman Bobby Rush:
Rush Responds to Steve King's Rabid Racism with Censure Resolution  —  WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) released the following statement announcing that he will be introducing a resolution to formally censure U.S. Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) for his pattern of racist and xenophobic statements:
Discussion: Axios, Joe.My.God., IJR, The Week, Daily Kos and WGNO
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
House Democrats move to censure Steve King over ‘white supremacy’ remarks
Discussion: Breitbart and Talking Points Memo
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
What's the Difference Between Steve King and Donald Trump?
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, NPR and Contemptor
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Rasmussen poll shows Trump with lowest approval in a year  —  A conservative-leaning poll released Monday showed President Trump with his lowest approval ratings in almost a year.  —  The Rasmussen poll found that 43 percent of likely voters polled approve of Trump's job performance …
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Ivanka Trump to Help Pick World Bank Chief But Isn't a Contender  —  Ivanka Trump is helping manage the U.S. nomination of a new leader of the World Bank, the White House said Monday.  —  President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser will work with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House: Ivanka Trump not under consideration for World Bank chief
Discussion: Political Wire
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's DC Circuit Nominee — And Reported Supreme Court Contender — Wrote Inflammatory Op-Eds In College  —  WASHINGTON — Neomi Rao — President Donald Trump's pick for a powerful federal judgeship and a reported US Supreme Court contender — wrote a string of op-eds in college …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Pompeo: Trump Admin Will Help Iranian People Take ‘Control of Their Capital’  —  SecState appeals to Iranian public to rein in expansionist Islamic regime  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Following meetings with top Saudi Arabian leaders in the country's capital on Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   Pompeo's enabling of Trump comes with a big cost
Bloomberg:
The Next American Car Recession Has Already Started  —  These should be boom times for Detroit.  Unemployment is at a half-century low, gasoline is cheap and auto sales in the U.S. were near record levels last year.  Yet American automakers are closing factories, cutting shifts and laying off thousands of workers.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
P&G Challenges Men to Shave Their ‘Toxic Masculinity’ in Gillette Ad  —  Spot pegged to #MeToo asks ‘Is this the best a man can get?’  —  Gillette is embracing the #MeToo movement in a new digital ad campaign aimed at men, the latest message from an advertiser attempting to change societal norms.
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib photographed with pro-Hezbollah activist who says Israel has no right to exist  —  Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was photographed with a Palestinian activist who praised the terrorist group Hezbollah, said Israel did not have the right to exist …
Nika Shakhnazarova / The Sun:
SPIDERS OF MARS Skin-crawling moment hundreds of spiders ‘rain’ from the sky in Brazil leaving terrified residents running for cover  —  The 14-year-old who filmed the incredible moment said it left him ‘stunned and scared’ as the arachnids floated in the air
Discussion: Mashable
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
No Coincidence Here: Trump's Bezos Attack Was a Valentine to The Enquirer  —  Even by the tweeting habits of the 45th president of the United States, it was a puzzler.  —  Until you examined it.  Then it started to make sense.  —  A Twitter post on Sunday night showed Mr. Trump …
Discussion: Breitbart, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
'A 10 isn't enough': This UCLA gymnast's flawless floor routine just broke the Internet  —  As the first strains of Tina Turner's “Proud Mary” filled the Anaheim Arena on Saturday, Katelyn Ohashi came alive.  —  As she executed a quick body roll with a giant smile plastered across her face …
Discussion: USA Today, abc7ny.com, Boing Boing and KTLA
Jamie O'Grady / The Cauldron:
So, What Really Happened To The Cauldron?  —  Thinking about launching your own media startup?  You might want to consider my crazy story first.  —  Jamie O'GradyBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing  —  The call came in late winter of 2013 from a New York City number I didn't recognize.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin Blessed Russia's NRA Operation, U.S. Intel Report Says  —  When Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin's brought NRA bigwigs to Moscow, it wasn't a rogue mission.  It was okayed from the very top, according to a report reviewed by The Beast.  —  Betsy Woodruff
Noah Rothman / NBC News:
Trump's shutdown gamble now hinges on a wall many Republicans were never truly sold on  —  For two years, the GOP had many opportunities to fund Trump's wall both in part or in whole and it declined on every occasion.  —  On Friday, January 11, a dubious milestone was reached.
New York Times:
It's Time for T.S.A. Workers to Strike  —  The shutdown is painful, but it is also an opportunity for labor to take a stand.  —  Ms. Ehrenreich is the author of “Nickel and Dimed” and the founder of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.  Mr. Stevenson is a former labor organizer.
Discussion: National Review
Judith Kohler / Denver Post:
Big win for oil and gas industry: Colorado Supreme Court reverses Appeals Court ruling in Martinez case  —  Ruling says state regulators correct to balance development with public health, environmental impacts … In a big win for the oil and gas industry, the Colorado Supreme Court …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP's John Kasich is looking to join CNN or MSNBC amid speculation he could run for president in 2020  — Republican John Kasich, who is thinking about running for president in 2020, is likely to announce this week that he will join a major cable news network.
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
You can now look up charges at your local hospital.  Good luck understanding them.  —  What “2-D ECHO TTE COMP NO CONTRST” tells you about modern health care.  —  The Trump administration rang in 2019 by enacting a seemingly great health care policy: requiring all hospitals to list the price …
Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Times
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Democrats' desire to subpoena interpreters in Trump, Putin meetings raises ethical questions  —  A bombshell Washington Post report that revealed over the weekend that President Trump had seized interpreter notes from a private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin reignited Democrats' desire …
Discussion: ABC News, The Atlantic, NB Blog, IJR and Salon
 
 
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John Solomon / The Hill:
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 Earlier Items: 
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
U.S. ambassador in Berlin warns Germans about Russian gas pipeline, triggering applause elsewhere
Discussion: Bloomberg
Emily Ekins / The Federalist:
Americans Used To Support A Border Wall. What Changed Their Minds?
Mike Eckel / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
World-Renowned Scientific University Quietly Untangles Itself From Russian Billionaire
Washington Examiner:
Kamala Harris and Mazie Hirono deserve scorn for effort to establish an anti-Catholic religious test
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Compelled to work without pay, federal employees sue Trump, accusing him of violating 13th Amendment
Discussion: TheStreet and Shakesville
John R. Kasich / USA Today:
Republican Party is mired in the 1950s and ignores today's America at its peril
David French / The Atlantic:
The Unmanning of Conservatism  —  In Trump's view of masculinity …