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3:00 PM ET, January 10, 2017

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CNN:
Booker to testify against fellow senator Sessions in unprecedented move  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is set to testify against Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions Wednesday in an unprecedented move during his attorney general confirmation.  —  This would be the first time in Senate history …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Inside Sessions' strategy to combat racism allegations  —  The Trump team and Senate Republicans have a strategy to usher Sen. Jeff Sessions through his attorney general confirmation hearing that will highlight his ties to moderate Republicans and Democrats and efforts on bipartisan legislation …
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. John Lewis to Testify Against Jeff Sessions for Attorney General  —  Booker to testify against colleague Sessions 6:22  —  Sen. Cory Booker is set to make history this week when he testifies before the Judiciary Committee against Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination …
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Sessions failed to disclose oil interests as required, ethics experts say  —  Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions did not disclose his ownership of oil interests on land in Alabama as required by federal ethics rules, according to an examination of state records and independent ethics lawyers who reviewed the documents.
Andrea Ruth / RedState:   The Left Has Lost its Mind: Cory Booker to Testify Against Sessions
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
The Voter Fraud Case Jeff Sessions Lost and Can't Escape
New York Times:
Trump Pushes Republicans for Immediate Repeal of Obama Health Law  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump pressed Republicans on Tuesday to move forward with the immediate repeal of the Affordable Care Act and to replace it very quickly thereafter, saying, “We have to get to business.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Obamacare Repeal Might Have Just Died Tonight  —  The Republican plan to repeal Obamacare and delay the implementation of the repeal - with a promise to come up with a terrific replacement later - is probably its best way to destroy Obamacare.  Unfortunately for Republicans …
The Hill:
Ryan: GOP's goal is to replace, repeal ObamaCare ‘concurrently’
Discussion: CNN, Political Wire and Daily Kos
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Dems end ObamaCare repeal protest after 5 hours
Discussion: RedState
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan: We'll Try To Repeal And Replace Obamacare ‘Concurrently’
Discussion: The Week
The Huffington Post:
A Half-Dozen GOP Senators Just Fired A Big Warning Shot On Obamacare Repeal
New York Times:
Fox News Settled Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O'Reilly, Documents Show  —  In the weeks after Roger Ailes was ousted as the chairman of Fox News in July, amid a sexual harassment scandal, company executives secretly struck an agreement with a longtime on-air personality …
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Rachel Stockman / Law News:
Exclusive: Fox News Settled With Fmr. Anchor Who Claimed Bill O'Reilly and Fox President Sexually Harassed Her  —  LawNewz.com has learned that in the midst of the fallout from Roger Ailes' ousting, Fox News came to a very quiet settlement arrangement with former Fox News host Juliet Huddy …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
HarperCollins pulls Trump pick Monica Crowley's book amid plagiarism revelations  —  Publisher HarperCollins said Tuesday that it will stop selling a book by Monica Crowley that a CNN KFile investigation found to have more than 50 instances of plagiarism.  —  Crowley was picked …
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
HarperCollins Pulls Book by a Trump Pick After Plagiarism Report
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
David M Jackson / USA Today:
Trump asks vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. to lead study on vaccine safety  —  167 Shares  —  President-elect Donald Trump asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist and skeptic of vaccines, to chair a presidential commission on vaccine safety, Kennedy said Tuesday.
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump to meet with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., proponent of debunked tie between vaccines and autism
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Robby Mook / New York Times:
Russia's D.N.C. Hack Was Only the Start  —  Imagine the headlines if, in 2015, Russian agents had leapt out of a van at 2 a.m. in Southeast Washington and broken into the Democratic National Committee offices using sophisticated tools and techniques to steal tens of thousands of documents …
Discussion: Politico, twitchy.com and The Week
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Clare Hollingworth, Reporter Who Broke News of World War II, Dies at 105  —  From a single gust of wind, Clare Hollingworth reaped the journalistic scoop of the century.  —  Ms. Hollingworth, the undisputed doyenne of war correspondents, who died on Tuesday in Hong Kong at 105 …
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John Otis / Washington Post:
Clare Hollingworth, reporter who broke news about start of World War II, dies at 105
Discussion: The Atlantic
Roxane Gay / Harper's BAZAAR:
MADONNA'S SPRING AWAKENING  —  The pop icon on election-night prayers, aging, and bad wine.  —  Madonna has no patience for bad wine.  I learned this while sitting in a well-appointed living room at her New York City home, with Nina Simone playing softly in the background.
Michael Gartland / New York Post:
Al D'Amato kicked off flight after starting rebellion against crew  —  Former Sen. Al D'Amato was escorted from a JetBlue flight Monday night after trying to lead passengers in a chant protesting seating changes requested by the crew, an eyewitness on the flight told The Post.
Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze:
Obama staffers can't find work in Trump's DC: ‘There are no jobs’  —  As outgoing President Barack Obama plans to head off on vacation when he vacates the White House next week, his staffers and appointees are struggling to find work in Washington, D.C.  —  Following President-elect Donald …
Josephine Mendez / Herald-Dispatch.com:
Huntington High teacher suspended over racially charged tweets  —  HUNTINGTON — A social studies teacher at Huntington High has been suspended with pay following the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared through her personal Twitter account over the span of more than a year, a school official said Monday.
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
How to remove Trump from office  —  Donald Trump is a one-man basket of deplorables.  He is a braggart and a liar.  He is a bully and a demagogue.  He is an ignoramus and a deadbeat, a chiseler and either a sincere racist or an insincere one, and his love for himself is matched only by my loathing of him.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Joe Biden says he will leave Washington by train on Jan. 20  —  will resume a long-held personal ritual when he leaves Washington for his home state of Delaware after President-elect Donald Trump  —  's inauguration on Jan. 20: taking the train.  —  “Jan 20, Jill and I will head home …
 
 
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
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Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
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Discussion: The Week
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USA Today:
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Mike Debonis / Washington Post:
Mo. congressman wants fellow lawmaker charged with theft over removal of student painting from Capitol
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European allies to Trump: Putin does not want to make America great again
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 Earlier Items: 
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Russian town wants to name street for Donald Trump
Discussion: CNN
Steve Cuozzo / New York Post:
Margaritaville restaurant planned for NYC falls through
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
Sorry, Meryl but that hypocritical anti-Trump rant was easily the worst performance of your career …
Amber Randall / The Daily Caller:
Alabama's Bathroom Bill Would Have People Guarding Stalls
Discussion: WHNT-TV, LGBTQ Nation and Hit & Run