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12:20 PM ET, December 17, 2017

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Mike Allen / Axios:
New: Trump officials demand Mueller return thousands of emails  —  Officials of President Trump's transition team plan to ask Special Counsel Robert Mueller to return “many tens of thousands” of transition emails they contend were unlawfully provided to him.
Discussion: Politico, IJR and Political Wire
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
3 Ways Trump Or His Allies Might Try To Disrupt The Mueller Russia Probe  —  From the airwaves of conservative media to the hearing rooms of the House of Representatives, Republican allies of the White House are attacking the Department of Justice investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Mueller obtains “tens of thousands” of Trump transition emails  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has obtained “many tens of thousands” of Trump transition emails, including sensitive emails of Jared Kushner, transition team sources tell Axios.  — Trump officials discovered Mueller …
Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Mueller's allegedly lawless acts have corrupted his probe and demand his removal  —  FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2013, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How Fox News and President Trump create an anti-Mueller ‘feedback loop’
Discussion: New York Magazine
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:   Mueller unlawfully obtained emails, Trump transition team claims
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP lawmaker: Top FBI officials will be subpoenaed
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
Trump transition lawyer: Mueller improperly obtained documents in Russia probe
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump allies say Mueller unlawfully obtained thousands of emails
Discussion: The Hill
Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
NBC Made Payment To Staffer After Sexual Harassment Claim Against Chris Matthews  —  An NBC spokesman confirmed Saturday the company made a separation-related payment to one of Chris Matthews employees after the woman complained about sexual harassment.  —  Two sources familiar …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
NBC paid out severance to staffer who accused Chris Matthews of sexual harassment
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Democrats hold biggest lead in congressional preference since 2008  —  WASHINGTON — Fresh off their victory in Alabama's special Senate election, Democrats now enjoy their largest advantage in congressional preference in nine years, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll …
Discussion: Axios
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Voters Increasingly Favor Democrats for Congress, New Poll Shows
Discussion: Political Wire
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
A Democratic winner in Virginia says it's time for bipartisanship  —  Gov.-elect Ralph Northam said he wants to lead Virginia in a civil, bipartisan manner.  He said voters are “looking for a moral compass right now.”  (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)  —  RICHMOND — Virginia …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A War Trump Won  —  There is nothing more characteristic of the Trump era, with its fire hose of misinformation, scandal and hyperbole, than that America and its allies recently managed to win a war that just two years ago consumed headlines and dominated political debate and helped Donald Trump himself …
Tiffany Stanley / Politico:
This Evangelical Leader Denounced Trump.  Then the Death Threats Started.  —  Last fall, Jen Hatmaker, a popular evangelical author and speaker, started getting death threats.  Readers mailed back her books to her home address, but not before some burned the pages or tore them into shreds.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
UN Security Council weighs resolution saying Jerusalem decisions are void  —  The United Nations (U.N.) Security Council is weighing a draft resolution that would essentially seek to nullify any move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.  —  The resolution, drafted by Egypt …
New York Times:
As Venezuela Collapses, Children Are Dying of Hunger  —  For five months, The New York Times tracked 21 public hospitals in Venezuela.  Doctors are seeing record numbers of children with severe malnutrition.  Hundreds have died.  —  Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world.
Washington Post:
Words banned at multiple HHS agencies include ‘diversity’ and ‘vulnerable’ … The Trump administration has informed multiple divisions within the Department of Health and Human Services that they should avoid using certain words or phrases in official documents being drafted for next year's budget.
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
What happened in Wisconsin, cont'd  —  Last week I noted that by order dated December 6 a Wisconsin judge unsealed an 88-page report on the state Department of Justice's (WisDoJ) investigation into a leak of sealed evidence from the politically motivated “John Doe” investigation of Gov. Scott Walker …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Putin phoned Trump to thank him for CIA intel that foiled a planned terrorist attack in Russia, the Kremlin says
Yonhap News Agency:
S. Korean, U.S. forces hold drill for removing North Korea's WMDs
Discussion: AOL
New York Times:
Kirsten Gillibrand, Long a Champion of Women, Finds the Nation Joining Her
Discussion: Mediaite
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
File Your Taxes on a Postcard? A G.O.P. Promise Marked Undeliverable
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Fox News Insider:
FIERY Bongino on FBI's Trump ‘Insurance Policy’ Emails: 'If This Happened in 2008, the Country Would've Exploded'
Discussion: TheBlaze and IJR
Washington Post:
Journalists around the world sit behind bars for telling the truth
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Why depression and suicide are rampant among American farmers
New York Times:
The Winners and Losers in the Tax Bill
 Earlier Items: 
Salon:
Sorry, NRA: The U.S. was actually founded on gun control
Discussion: NewsBusters and twitchy.com
Bonnie Wertheim / New York Times:
Are High Heels Headed for a Tumble?
Discussion: Althouse
Josh Keefe / International Business Times:
Senator Bob Corker Said He Hasn't Read The Tax Bill, Denies Changing His Vote In Exchange For Personal Tax Breaks
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Lincoln Plaza Cinema, Renowned Art House Theater, to Close
Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Anita Hill chosen to lead Hollywood sexual harassment commission
Gary Martin / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Kihuen, accused of sexual harassment, says he won't seek re-election
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
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