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4:05 PM ET, January 16, 2018

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Bannon Is Subpoenaed in Mueller's Russia Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links between …
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CNN:
Steve Bannon to face House Russia investigators Tuesday
Discussion: The A.V. Club
Washington Post:
Inside the tense, profane White House meeting on immigration … When President Trump spoke by phone with Sen. Richard J. Durbin around 10:15 a.m. last Thursday, he expressed pleasure with Durbin's outline of a bipartisan immigration pact and praised the high-ranking Illinois Democrat's efforts …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The recidivism presidency  —  After a triumphant end to 2017, White House sources tell Axios that they see a dangerous pattern forming for this year: a backslide into bad habits of the chaotic early days of the Trump presidency.  —  Be smart: The White House should be making the best use …
Jill Filipovic / The Guardian:
The poorly reported Aziz Ansari exposé was a missed opportunity  —  t was bound to happen.  In the midst of women sharing stories of harassment and assault via the #MeToo movement, and a brewing backlash of hand-wringers wondering if women have perhaps gone too far …
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Aziz Ansari Is Guilty. Of Not Being a Mind Reader.
CBS News:
DHS Secretary on Trump's reported vulgar comments, DACA policy  —  Kirstjen Nielsen, President Trump's Homeland Security secretary, tells CBS News that immigrants in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, need to follow the law.
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Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:   Graham: Immigration debate ‘has turned into an s-show’
Washington Post:
‘I did not hear that word used’: DHS Secretary Nielsen responds when asked about Trump's vulgar comments
Discussion: ABC News, Politico, IJR and Axios
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
DHS asked prosecutors to charge sanctuary city leaders
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:
GOP Access to FBI Files Rattles Agents Caught in Political Fight  —  Sensitive sources or material may be exposed, agents say  —  Republicans question FBI amid probe into Russian collusion  —  The Justice Department's decision to give congressional Republicans access to documents …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump dossier probes now include possible State Department involvement
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Sanders Says Trump Isn't Racist, Citing ‘The Apprentice’  —  White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said claims that President Donald Trump is racist are “outrageous,” citing his success as a public figure and star turn on television as a host on NBC's reality show “The Apprentice.”
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: If Trump Is ‘Racist,’ Why Did NBC Let Him Host ‘The Apprentice?’
Discussion: IJR and Washington Free Beacon
U.S. Department of Justice:
DOJ, DHS Report: Three Out of Four Individuals Convicted of International Terrorism and Terrorism-Related Offenses were Foreign-Born  —  Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Release Data for the First Time on Terrorism-Related Activity  —  Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) …
CNN:
Shackled and emaciated, children of torture suspects are freed  —  (CNN)David and Louise Turpin projected an image of a picture perfect family on social media.  —  They posted photos of themselves with their 13 children, smiling as they celebrated birthdays, renewed wedding vows and visited Disneyland together.
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kim:
She's here!  —  We're so in love.  —  7lbs 6oz  —  Kanye and I are happy to announce the arrival of our healthy, beautiful baby girl.  We are incredibly grateful to our surrogate who made our dreams come true with the greatest gift one could give and to our wonderful doctors and nurses for their special care.
Lauren Fox / CNN:
Clock ticking toward shutdown as Congress returns to one big spending mess  —  What a government shutdown means for you  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)With just four days until a spending deadline, the government could be heading for a shutdown on the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's presidency.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Democrats face make-or-break moment on shutdown, Dreamers
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The Senate's push to overrule the FCC on net neutrality now has 50 votes, Democrats say  —  Fifty senators have endorsed a legislative measure to override the Federal Communications Commission's recent decision to deregulate the broadband industry, top Democrats said Monday.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Dems say they have 50 votes in Senate to overrule net neutrality repeal
Zac Auter / Gallup:
U.S. Uninsured Rate Steady at 12.2% in Fourth Quarter of 2017  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults without health insurance was essentially unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2017, at 12.2%, but it is up 1.3 percentage points from the record low of 10.9% found in the last quarter of 2016.
Jessica Testa / BuzzFeed:
She's 17 And Wants To Be A Politician.  Her Dad Says He Won't Vote For Her.  —  On the eve of President Donald Trump's first anniversary in office, teenage girls and their fathers are facing off in the most divided political climate since Vietnam.  How one family fights through it.  —  Reporting From
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
CNN:
4 South Carolina officers shot after domestic violence call  —  (CNN)A man shot and injured four law enforcement officers — one of them critically — early Tuesday near a South Carolina home, a sheriff's spokesman said, after deputies initially were called there for a complaint of domestic violence.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Savage Nation
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TMZ.com:
Seal Under Investigation for Sexual Battery  —  Seal is under criminal investigation for sexual battery, just one week after he publicly encouraged sexual abuse victims to come forward ... but the singer denies any wrongdoing.  —  Actress Tracey Birdsall tells us she and Seal were neighbors in Los Angeles in the fall of 2016.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski Lawyers Up for Russia Probe  —  Corey Lewandowski, the president's erstwhile campaign manager, has lawyered up.  The Daily Beast has learned that Peter Chavkin, of Mintz Levin, is representing Lewandowski for purposes of the Russia investigations.
Discussion: Axios
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
BlackRock's Message: Contribute to Society, or Risk Losing Our Support  —  On Tuesday, the chief executives of the world's largest public companies will be receiving a letter from one of the most influential investors in the world.  And what it says is likely to cause a firestorm …
Discussion: Splinter
Shanti Das / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'I don't want n***ers on my set anymore!'  Security guards who worked on House of Cards claim their company was let go after Kevin Spacey ‘refused to acknowledge or shake hands with predominantly black staff’  — Earl Blue's company VIP Protective Services was hired to manage …
David Roberts / Vox:
In Colorado, a glimpse of renewable energy's insanely cheap future  —  Even with storage, new renewables beat existing coal.  —  This month, energy nerds are very excited about a utility bid solicitation.  —  Wait, hear me out.  It really is exciting!  —  Usually, when we talk …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims January 16, 2018, as Religious Freedom Day  —  Faith is embedded in the history, spirit, and soul of our Nation.  On Religious Freedom Day, we celebrate the many faiths that make up our country, and we commemorate the 232nd anniversary of the passing …
Discussion: LifeNews.com and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
U.S. Chamber of Commerce to push Trump, Congress to raise the gas tax to fund infrastructure
Discussion: Axios
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, Trump's approval among black Americans hasn't doubled
Reuters:
Japan issues false alarm over missile launch, days after Hawaii alert gaffe
Discussion: CNN, ThinkProgress, NPR and Mediaite
Rebecca Klein / HuffPost:
Trump Admin To Transgender Kids: We Won't Deal With Your Civil Rights Complaints
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Charles McGrath / New York Times:
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column What if diversity isn't America's strength?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's first-year report card: Voters say he's no genius
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
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