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Ashley Collman / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Gunman in custody after killing five and injuring six at Florida's Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport — A gunman is in custody after a deadly shooting at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport. — Sources tell DailyMail.com that the shooter killed five people and injured six more Friday afternoon.
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German Lopez / Vox:
Shooting at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airport: what we know — The shooter opened fire at the airport shortly before 1 pm. — At least eight people were injured and five were killed in a shooting at the airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to law enforcement officials.
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CNN:
Fort Lauderdale airport shooting: Suspect in custody, 9 injured — Reports: Shots fired at Florida airport — (CNN)At least nine people were injured in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport on Friday, a US official familiar with the incident said. The shooter is in custody, according to the official.
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The Daily Beast:
Esteban Santiago ID'd as Airport Gunman — Esteban Santiago has been identified as the gunman who opened fire at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to Senator Bill Nelson of Florida. Nelson told MSNBC that Santiago had a military ID and handgun with him when he shot …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Five people killed in shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport, suspect in custody — Police said five people were killed in a shooting Friday afternoon at the Fort Lauderdale international airport that also sent several others to the hospital. — The suspected shooter is in custody …
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
At Least 5 Dead, 8 Injured in Shooting at Fort Lauderdale Airport; Suspect in Custody
At Least 5 Dead, 8 Injured in Shooting at Fort Lauderdale Airport; Suspect in Custody
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Nicole Lopez-Alvar / WSVN-TV:
BSO: 5 dead, 8 hurt after shooting at FLL
BSO: 5 dead, 8 hurt after shooting at FLL
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Says Focus on Russian Hacking Is a ‘Political Witch Hunt’ — WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump said in an interview Friday morning that the storm surrounding Russian hacking during the presidential campaign is a political witch hunt being carried out by his adversaries …
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
'Don't You Say That Again': Conway and Cuomo Get Into Transfixing War of Words Over Russia Hacks — In a meaty interview that raged on for the better part of twenty minutes this morning, CNN New Day anchor Chris Cuomo sparred with Kellyanne Conway of the Trump campaign on a wide variety of controversies …
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Jeremy Ashkenas / New York Times:
Was It a 400-Pound, 14-Year-Old Hacker, or Russia? Here's Some of the Evidence — In recent weeks, President-elect Donald J. Trump has taken to Twitter to cast doubt over a United States joint intelligence assessment that Russian intelligence services are responsible for hacking …
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Leon Panetta: Donald Trump should not be tweeting intelligence criticism
Leon Panetta: Donald Trump should not be tweeting intelligence criticism
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Bloomberg:
Growing GOP Doubts Jeopardize Swift Obamacare Repeal in Senate — Four Republican senators express strong doubts about strategy — McConnell says GOP can act later in year to address gaps — A fourth Republican senator has voiced strong doubts about the party's current strategy …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP won't promise ObamaCare fix will cover all — Republican leaders are refusing to commit to their ObamaCare replacement plan covering as many people as President Obama's health law. — Congressional Republicans are quickly moving forward to pass a repeal of ObamaCare and say a replacement plan will come later this year.
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CNN:
Republican Obamacare fan hopes Trump's stance softens
Republican Obamacare fan hopes Trump's stance softens
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Watch: President Obama on the future of Obamacare
Watch: President Obama on the future of Obamacare
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Scandals Aplenty — The media just pretended they didn't exist. — Less than a fortnight after his successor was elected, Barack Obama got to work on shaping his legacy. “I'm extremely proud of the fact that over eight years we have not had the kinds of scandals that have plagued other administrations,” he said.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
In Break With Precedent, Obama Envoys Are Denied Extensions Past Inauguration Day
In Break With Precedent, Obama Envoys Are Denied Extensions Past Inauguration Day
Campbell Brown / Facebook:
I have some exciting news to share. This month I will be joining Facebook to lead its News Partnerships team. This is a different role for me, but one where I will be tapping my newsroom experience to help news organizations and journalists work more closely and more effectively with Facebook.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Facebook Hires Campbell Brown to Lead News Partnerships Team
Facebook Hires Campbell Brown to Lead News Partnerships Team
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Fox News:
GOP congressman takes down colleague's sponsored ‘art’ depicting police as pigs — A Republican congressman took matters into his own hands Friday and personally removed a painting depicting police officers as pigs that a colleague had allowed to be displayed at the U.S. Capitol complex.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker removes painting depicting police as pigs
GOP lawmaker removes painting depicting police as pigs
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New England Journal of Medicine:
Repealing the ACA without a Replacement — The Risks to American Health Care — Health care policy often shifts when the country's leadership changes. That was true when I took office, and it will likely be true with President-elect Donald Trump. I am proud that my administration's work …
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IC ON THE RECORD:
ODNI Statement on Declassified Intelligence Community Assessment of Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections — On December 9, 2016, President Barack Obama directed the Intelligence Community to conduct a full review and produce a comprehensive intelligence report assessing …
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IJR, The Week and Diplopundit
CNN:
Sources: Trump will ask Congress, not Mexico, to pay for border wall — The Trump transition team says he his preference is to fund the border wall through the appropriations process — The move would break a key campaign promise when Trump promised to force Mexico to pay for the wall
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Vicente Fox blasts Trump over ‘his racist monument’
Vicente Fox blasts Trump over ‘his racist monument’
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Gwynne Hogan / DNAinfo New York:
Sex Attacks Up 62 Percent in Greenpoint as Most Cases Remain Unsolved — GREENPOINT — There has been a 62 percent jump in sex attacks reported in Greenpoint over the last year with the majority not resulting in arrests, police statistics show. — In 2016, the NYPD was told about 13 rapes …
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TMZ.com:
President Obama Builds a Wall for Rental House (PHOTO GALLERY) — President Obama is taking a cue from Donald Trump ... he's building himself a wall. — We got photos of construction at Obama's soon-to-be D.C. rental. You also see construction in the garage. As we reported, it will become an office with a bathroom.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Mattis clashing with Trump transition team over Pentagon staffing — The honeymoon seems to be ending between retired Gen. James N. Mattis and Donald Trump's transition team amid an increasingly acrimonious dispute over who will get top jobs in the Defense Department — and who gets to make those decisions.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Age of Fake Policy — On Thursday, at a rough estimate, 75,000 Americans were laid off or fired by their employers. Some of those workers will find good new jobs, but many will end up earning less, and some will remain unemployed for months or years. — If that sounds terrible to you …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Rosie O'Donnell to Paul Ryan: ‘F— u’ — Rosie O'Donnell appears to have another foe in Washington, with the former “View” co-host slamming House Speaker Paul Ryan — (R-Wisc.). — The comedian wrote to her more than 900,000 followers on Twitter on Friday: “f— you paul ryan - shame.”
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New York Times:
Clinton vs. de Blasio for New York Mayor? Unlikely Idea Has People Talking — From political circles in New York City to cocktail parties on Capitol Hill, on right-of-center Facebook pages and among left-of-center donors, two of the biggest untethered threads in New York politics are being drawn together around a single question.
Belinda Cleary / Daily Mail:
Millennials are entitled, narcissistic and lazy - but it's not their fault: Expert claims ‘every child wins a prize’ and social media has left Gen Y unable to deal with the real world — Leadership consultant Simon Sinek has been told that millennials - people born after 1982 - are 'entitled …