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CBS News:
Tunisian man identified as new suspect in Berlin Christmas market attack — A new suspect in the deadly terror attack on a Christmas market in Berlin has been identified. — Law enforcement sources told CBS News that police are searching for Anis Amri, a native of Tunisia.
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Hot Air and WCCO | CBS Minnesota
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Daily Mail:
Berlin's most wanted: Police hunt ‘armed and dangerous’ Tunisian asylum seeker, 23, after his ID is found under lorry driver's seat at scene of Christmas market massacre — ID belonging to Anis Amri, 23, who was born in Tataouine, Tunisia, in 1992, found in killer truck's footwell
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Instapundit and PoliPundit.com
The Huffington Post:
The Subpoena That Rocked The Election Is Legal Garbage, Experts Say — The warrant assumes that the mere existence of emails from or to Hillary Clinton is probable cause that a crime occurred. — National Reporter, The Huffington Post Senior Enterprise Editor, The Huffington Post Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post
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Washington Post, New York Magazine, Hullabaloo, Gothamist and Opinion Today
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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Unsealed Search Warrant in Hillary Clinton Email Probe Reveals Little New
Unsealed Search Warrant in Hillary Clinton Email Probe Reveals Little New
Discussion:
Political Wire
Heidi M. Przybyla / USA Today:
Lawyer: ‘Appalled’ by FBI warrant that shook Clinton
Lawyer: ‘Appalled’ by FBI warrant that shook Clinton
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Politicus USA and Occupy Democrats
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Emails between Clinton and top aide, but little else, spurred FBI to resume controversial probe
Emails between Clinton and top aide, but little else, spurred FBI to resume controversial probe
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New York Times, The Week, New York Magazine and Balloon Juice
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton allies rip into FBI after search warrant unsealed
Clinton allies rip into FBI after search warrant unsealed
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ABC News, Bipartisan Report, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, Hot Air and TheBlaze
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Yep, Comey's Decision Was Just as Bad As You Thought
Yep, Comey's Decision Was Just as Bad As You Thought
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama Bans Drilling in Parts of the Atlantic and the Arctic — President Obama announced on Tuesday what he called a permanent ban on offshore oil and gas drilling along wide areas of the Arctic and the Atlantic Seaboard as he tried to nail down an environmental legacy that cannot quickly be reversed by Donald J. Trump.
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twitchy.com, The FADER and The Week
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
President Obama bans oil drilling in large areas of Atlantic and Arctic oceans
President Obama bans oil drilling in large areas of Atlantic and Arctic oceans
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Scared Monkeys, Instapundit, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Jezebel, Power Line, Washington Monthly and New York Magazine
Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:
Obama invokes 1953 law to indefinitely block drilling in Arctic and Atlantic oceans
Obama invokes 1953 law to indefinitely block drilling in Arctic and Atlantic oceans
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Zero Hedge, Engadget, Independent Journal Review and nrdc.org
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump team discussing ‘half-blind’ trust for conflicts of interest — Donald Trump's aides are considering a business arrangement that critics say would allow him or his appointees to sidestep conflict-of-interest laws governing the incoming administration and large investments in private-sector business.
Discussion:
Political Wire, The Week and alan.com
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump posse browbeats Hill Republicans — In early December, Rep. Bill Flores made what seemed like an obvious observation to a roomful of conservatives at a conference in Washington. Some of Donald Trump's proposals, the Texas Republican cautioned, “are not going to line …
Discussion:
EPIC JOURNEY, Raw Story and TheBlaze, more at Mediagazer »
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Access to Donald Trump, for $500,000: Pitfalls for Presidents' Families — The invitation made an extraordinary offer: Donors willing to write a check for $500,000 to $1 million would be granted access to Donald J. Trump the day after he is sworn in as president, along with the opportunity …
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Daily Kos
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Offer of access to Trump and family at fundraiser is pulled back, but ties remain
Offer of access to Trump and family at fundraiser is pulled back, but ties remain
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Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, Balloon Juice, Politicus USA, Hot Air, Liberal Values, NPR, Business Insider, Mediaite, Heat Street and CNBC
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Trump's Sons Might Be the Ones to Sink Him
Trump's Sons Might Be the Ones to Sink Him
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Talking Points Memo and Booman Tribune
Jim Newell / Slate:
How fitting for the 2016 election to end with the dashed hopes and incompetence of liberals. — Few people in the galaxy aren't in need of a nice, long holiday after the deaths, the elections, and the deaths by election that have characterized 2016. These past 12 months have been taxing.
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The Week and Washington Free Beacon
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Trump's doctor on health: ‘If something happens to him, then it happens to him’ — 's personal doctor said he's not worried about the president-elect's health once he takes office. — Dr. Harold Bornstein, who has treated Trump since 1980, said in an interview with STAT News …
Discussion:
Raw Story
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Ike Swetlitz / STAT:
One-on-one with Trump's doctor: Hecklers, house calls, and why Obamacare must be shut down
One-on-one with Trump's doctor: Hecklers, house calls, and why Obamacare must be shut down
Discussion:
Political Wire and The Week
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
New questions complicate Ellison's bid for DNC chair — Opponents of Rep. Keith Ellison's bid to be the next Democratic National Committee chairman are raising new questions about the Minnesota Democrat's past to make the case that he's unfit to be the party's next leader.
Discussion:
Hot Air
Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
Metallica singer James Hetfield says he moved out of San Francisco because he was ‘sick of the elitist attitudes’ and 'showing up with a deer on the bumper doesn't fly in Marin County' — James Hetfield, the co-founder and lead singer for the successful heavy metal band Metallica …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
NPR:
Gingrich Says Trump Must Address Business Conflicts Soon, Urges Monitors — Donald Trump should deal with how to handle his business holdings before he takes office, says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, an adviser to the president-elect. But Gingrich says it would be “an absurdity” to put Trump's holdings in a blind trust.
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Politico, Political Wire, Washington Times, Common Dreams, The New Americana and Outside the Beltway
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Texas officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid — Texas health officials on Tuesday delivered a final legal notice to nix the funding Planned Parenthood receives through the Medicaid program. — After more than a year of delays, Texas is officially kicking Planned Parenthood out of the state's Medicaid program.
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Austin Chronicle, Off the Kuff, New York Magazine, Jezebel, RedState and Refinery29
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Researchers race to copy Obamacare data for fear it will vanish — The White House is encouraging researchers to copy government data on Obamacare out of concern that President-elect Donald Trump might hit the delete key when he takes office. — Spooked by Trump's rhetoric and pledge to repeal Obamacare …
Discussion:
Political Wire
Fox News:
Tomi Lahren: ‘Unloving and intolerant left’ still hasn't accepted Trump's win — “The Blaze” commentator Tomi Lahren told Fox News' “The O'Reilly Factor” Tuesday that many liberal Americans “fail to understand that Donald Trump will be our 45th president, that he will be inaugurated on January 20.”
Jolene Almendarez / The Ithaca Voice:
Man accused of Ithaca homicide: ‘I shot and killed Donald Trump purposely, intentionally and very proudly’ — ITHACA, N.Y. — An Ithaca man accused of killing a UPS driver from Candor said in court Monday afternoon that not only did he believe he shot and killed Donald Trump …
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Theda Skocpol / New York Times:
Trump Is Going After Health Care. Will Democrats Push Back? — Where should Democrats head after their recent electoral rout? As it happens, coming fights about federally subsidized health insurance offer the party a golden opportunity to engage people far beyond its urban strongholds …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Congress: Obama AdminFired Top Scientist to Advance Climate Change Plans — A new congressional investigation has determined that the Obama administration fired a top scientist and intimidated staff at the Department of Energy in order to further its climate change agenda …
Discussion:
The Geller Report and The Gateway Pundit
Tim Alberta / National Review:
Conservatism in the Era of Trump — Where does the Right go from here? — Mick Mulvaney's friends in the House Freedom Caucus couldn't believe what they were hearing. — It was the Monday night following Election Day, and lawmakers were trickling back into Washington to resume their congressional duties.
Libby Hill / Los Angeles Times:
Tom Arnold claims he has footage of Donald Trump saying ‘every dirty, every offensive, racist thing ever’ — Actor Tom Arnold is making waves with recent claims that he has outtakes from “The Apprentice” that feature President-elect Donald Trump using inflammatory language.
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The Guardian and Mother Jones