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6:45 PM ET, January 16, 2017

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Manu Raju / CNN:
First on CNN: Trump's cabinet pick invested in company, then introduced a bill to help it  —  Tom Price in 60 seconds Story highlights  —  Washington (CNN)Rep. Tom Price last year purchased shares in a medical device manufacturer days before introducing legislation that would have directly benefited …
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 …
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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 …
Mike Arroyo / Fox News:
FBI arrests wife of Orlando nightclub killer Omar Mateen
CNN:
Orlando shooting: Omar Mateen's wife arrested
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
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 …
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CNNMoney:
Monica Crowley bows out of Trump administration post following plagiarism revelations  —  Monica Crowley bows out of Trump post after plagiarism revelations  —  Conservative author and television personality Monica Crowley is stepping away from her appointment to a senior communications role …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump national security spokeswoman Monica Crowley to forgo post amid plagiarism charges
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Monica Crowley not taking role in Trump administration
Discussion: ABC News, New York Post and IJR
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
European leaders shocked as Trump slams NATO and E.U., raising fears of transatlantic split  —  BRUSSELS — European leaders grappled with the jolting reality of President-elect Donald Trump's skepticism of the European Union on Monday, saying they might have to stand without the United States at their side during the Trump presidency.
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Justin Huggler / Telegraph:
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
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”.
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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 …
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Springsteen band cancels inaugural gig out of ‘respect’ for Bruce  —  The B Street Band, a Bruce Springsteen cover group, has canceled its slated performance at the New Jersey State Society's Thursday night ball marking President-elect Donald Trump  —  's inauguration.
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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 …
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Tampa Bay Times:
Marco Rubio still mulling vote on Tillerson confirmation
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
More than 4 in 10 say Trump should sell his businesses — but even more say he shouldn't, poll finds  —  A narrow majority of Americans say Donald Trump should not have to sell his businesses to separate them from his duties as president — but a large majority say the president-elect …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Public Splits on Trump's Ethics Compliance; Three-Quarters Want Tax Returns Released (POLL)
Discussion: Common Dreams and Mediaite
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
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: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Obama Loves Martin Luther King's Great Quote—But He Uses It Incorrectly  —  Throughout his campaign and presidency, President Barack Obama cited Dr. Martin Luther King's precept that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”  The quote is so important to Obama …
Discussion: TheBlaze
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Jason Sokol / New York Times:   Which Martin Luther King Are We Celebrating Today?
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
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bill Maher Isn't High on Trump: The State of Free Speech in a New Era
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 …
New York Times:
For Trump, Three Decades of Chasing Deals in Russia  —  It was 2005, and Felix Sater, a Russian immigrant, was back in Moscow pursuing an ambitious plan to build a Trump tower on the site of an old pencil factory along the Moscow River that would offer hotel rooms, condominiums and commercial office space.
 
 
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