Top Items:
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
F.B.I. Arrests Wife of Killer in Orlando Mass Shooting — WASHINGTON — The wife of the man who carried out a deadly terrorist attack in Orlando, Fla., has been arrested in connection with the mass shooting, a law enforcement official said Monday. — Noor Salman was taken into custody …
RELATED:
CBS News:
Noor Salman, widow of Orlando massacre shooter Omar Mateen, arrested in San Francisco — The widow of Omar Mateen, the shooter in the Orlando nightclub massacre, has been arrested in San Francisco, sources tell CBS News. — Noor Salman is facing charges of aiding and abetting …
Discussion:
CBS New York, New York Magazine, The Week and CBS Miami
Mike Arroyo / Fox News:
FBI arrests wife of Orlando nightclub killer Omar Mateen
FBI arrests wife of Orlando nightclub killer Omar Mateen
Discussion:
Hot Air and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Washington Times:
Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House — GOP foreign policy adviser Monica Crowley said Monday she will relinquish the senior job she'd been poised to take in the Trump White House. — Ms. Crowley, who had been tapped to be senior director of strategic communications …
RELATED:
CNNMoney:
Monica Crowley bows out of Trump administration post following plagiarism revelations
Monica Crowley bows out of Trump administration post following plagiarism revelations
Discussion:
Towleroad, Outside the Beltway and TheBlaze, more at Mediagazer »
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump national security spokeswoman Monica Crowley to forgo post amid plagiarism charges
Trump national security spokeswoman Monica Crowley to forgo post amid plagiarism charges
Discussion:
Patterico's Pontifications
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Monica Crowley not taking role in Trump administration
Monica Crowley not taking role in Trump administration
Discussion:
ABC News, New York Post and IJR
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN to Sean Spicer: Jim Acosta ‘has our complete support’ — The Trump transition team's calls for an apology from CNN correspondent Jim Acosta are being met by something else: a strong statement from CNN supporting Acosta. — “Being persistent and asking tough questions is his job …
Discussion:
Politicus USA and Business Insider
RELATED:
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Case for Not Being Crybabies — Last week I watched a conversation on MSNBC in which the anchor asked a guest whether it wasn't a problem that Buzzfeed had published the Trump ‘dossier’ because this would now give Trump some credibility in dismissing any reporting he didn't like as “fake news”.
Discussion:
JustOneMinute, more at Mediagazer »
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Is Making Journalism Great Again
Trump Is Making Journalism Great Again
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, Daily Wire, Raw Story and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Martinlongman / Washington Monthly:
Our Country Is Currently in Cardiac Arrest — If Donald Trump has the goal of destroying American power, breaking up the European Union, dismantling NATO, lifting Russian sanctions, and helping to elect a bunch of Russian-aligned far right fascist parties in Western Europe, at least he's willing to tell us exactly that.
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Washington Post and RedState
RELATED:
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Dem dilemma: Stand with Lewis? — Once Donald Trump responded to John Lewis's “illegitimate president” attack, the question wasn't whether Trump's pushback would cause a Twitter furor. It would. The question was how many Democrats, beyond those who occupy the left-most wing …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Washington Post and FOX News Radio
Justin Huggler / Telegraph:
Germany hits out at Donald Trump after he labels Nato ‘obsolete’ and threatens car makers with 35pc tariffs
Germany hits out at Donald Trump after he labels Nato ‘obsolete’ and threatens car makers with 35pc tariffs
Discussion:
New York Times, Hot Air and Reuters
CNN:
Trump rattles NATO with ‘obsolete’ blast
Trump rattles NATO with ‘obsolete’ blast
Discussion:
Vox, New Century Times, Daily Kos, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite and Reuters
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
With All Due Disrespect — As a young man, Congressman John Lewis, who represents most of Atlanta, literally put his life on the line in pursuit of justice. As a key civil rights leader, he endured multiple beatings. Most famously, he led the demonstration that came to be known as Bloody Sunday …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Washington Post and BizPac Review
RELATED:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
John Lewis ‘a racist pig,’ Gwinnett commissioner writes on Facebook — On the Saturday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, one of Gwinnett County's highest elected officials took to his personal Facebook page to call United States Rep. John Lewis “a racist pig.”
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Raw Story, alan.com, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, NBC News, Political Insider blog and BizPac Review
TMZ.com:
Obamas Jet to Palm Springs After Inauguration — President Obama and Michelle Obama will be leaving frigid Washington D.C. for sunny Palm Springs ... TMZ has learned. — We're told when the First Family leaves the Capitol after the inauguration, they'll take a chopper …
Discussion:
Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan — President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama's signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing …
Discussion:
Vox, Politicus USA, The Mahablog, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, NPR, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Wire, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, BizPac Review, TheBlaze, New York Magazine, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, The Week, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, New York Times, Washington Free Beacon, CNN, ACASignups.net, Here & Now, Mediaite, NBC News, Raw Story, Mother Jones, Political Wire and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Steve Neavling / Motor City Muckraker:
Audio: Mayor Fouts compares black people to ‘chimps,’ ridicules women — Join us on Facebook for exclusive stories in metro Detroit. — Warren Mayor Jim Fouts used the n-word, compared black people to “chimps” and called old women “dried-up c**ts” in new audio recordings obtained exclusively by Motor City Muckraker.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
That Time Trump Sued Bill Maher After Joke About His Mom Having Sex with Orangutan — Just days before Donald Trump is sworn in as our 45th President, we've been spending this MLK holiday weekend searching for legal-related stories to fill your news feed. For some reason, on Facebook …
Discussion:
Mediaite
RELATED:
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bill Maher Isn't High on Trump: The State of Free Speech in a New Era
Bill Maher Isn't High on Trump: The State of Free Speech in a New Era
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, Taylor Marsh and Economic Principals
Matthew Sheffield / Salon:
The alt-right eats its own: Neo-Nazi podcaster “Mike Enoch” quits after doxxers reveal his wife is Jewish — Bad day for the Fourth Reich: Founder of popular alt-right blog The Right Stuff resigns after foes expose him — Donald Trump hasn't even taken office yet, but the racist alt-right movement …
Discussion:
Mediaite and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Trump expanding Scottish golf course after vow of no new foreign deals: report — A multi-million dollar expansion of President-elect Donald Trump — 's golf resort in Scotland is reportedly underway just days after his attorneys said no new foreign deals would be made.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, RedState, Raw Story and TheBlaze
RELATED:
Mary Papenfuss / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Expanding Scottish Golf Resort After Vowing Not To Make New Foreign Deals
Donald Trump Expanding Scottish Golf Resort After Vowing Not To Make New Foreign Deals
Discussion:
ThinkProgress