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Stoking Fears, Trump Defied Bureaucracy to Advance Immigration Agenda … WASHINGTON — Late to his own meeting and waving a sheet of numbers, President Trump stormed into the Oval Office one day in June, plainly enraged. — Five months before, Mr. Trump had dispatched federal officers …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
At Vice, Cutting-Edge Media and Allegations of Old-School Sexual Harassment — A media company built on subversion and outlandishness was unable to create “a safe and inclusive workplace” for women, two of its founders acknowledge. — One woman said she was riding a Ferris wheel at Coney Island …
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Washington Post:
Facing Republican attacks, FBI's deputy director plans to retire early next year … Andrew McCabe, the FBI's deputy director who has been the target of Republican critics for more than a year, plans to retire in a few months when he becomes fully eligible for pension benefits, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Was the Steele Dossier the FBI's ‘Insurance Policy’? — Clinton campaign propaganda appears to have triggered Obama administration spying on Trump's campaign. — The FBI's deputy director Andrew McCabe testified Tuesday at a marathon seven-hour closed-door hearing of the House Intelligence Committee.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski apologizes for remarks about Mark Halperin victims — Mark Halperin apologizes after sexual harassment claims — MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski apologized Friday evening after she angered some of the women who had accused veteran journalist Mark Halperin …
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WGAL-TV:
Harrisburg gunman had ties to Middle East; Authorities ask anyone with information to call 911 — Device found near body has been removed — HARRISBURG, Pa. — An active shooter was loose in downtown Harrisburg Friday afternoon, firing shots at police officers in multiple locations.
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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Examine Loan Made to Kushner Cos. Before Election — Unclear whether request is related to inquiry regarding company's use of EB-5 investment-for-immigration program — Federal prosecutors in New York are examining a $285 million loan that Deutsche Bank AG made one month …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Fox News host: 'Mueller's basically the Democrat candidate for president' — Fox News host Jesse Watters sharply on Friday called special counsel office Robert Mueller “basically” the Democrats' 2020 nominee for president. — Watters said Friday while guest-hosting Laura Ingraham's …
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Former US attorneys, GOP officials come to Mueller's defense
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Russian submarines are prowling around vital undersea cables. It's making NATO nervous. — BRUSSELS — Russian submarines have dramatically stepped up activity around undersea data cables in the North Atlantic, part of a more aggressive naval posture that has driven NATO to revive a Cold War-era command …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
‘I hope I can quit working in a few years’: A preview of the U.S. without pensions — TULSA — Tom Coomer has retired twice: once when he was 65, and then several years ago. Each time he realized that with just a Social Security check, “You can hardly make it these days.”
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Mother Jones
Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
Trump Gives Presidential Challenge Coin a Makeover, and It Shows — What's big and shiny and gold and features Donald J. Trump's name splashed across the front? No, it's not a new development on the West Side of Manhattan. It's the redesigned presidential challenge coin.
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Elham Khatami / ThinkProgress:
Trump gives Presidential coin tacky, ego-driven redesign
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ZSL:
ZSL London Zoo statement - 23 December 2017 — ZSL London Zoo can confirm that at approximately 6am on Saturday 23 December a fire broke out in the Animal Adventure section of the Zoo, and spread to an adjacent shop. — We have keepers living on site and they, along with our security team …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
The next special election that could portend a Democratic wave — A March special election in a conservative-leaning stretch of western Pennsylvania that Donald Trump won by 20 points is the next big test of whether a Democratic wave will sweep the party into the House majority for the first time 2010.
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Raw Story
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Fox News website beefs up and ‘goes a little Breitbart’ — A sleeping media giant may be about to wake up: Fox News' website — known for its high traffic, but not strong identity —is staffing up and sharpening its voice in hopes of equaling the impact of its increasingly pro-Trump television partner.
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Raw Story
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Norwegian herder ordered to put down dozens of reindeer in controversial cull — Sami herder claims cull is infringement of indigenous rights, but Oslo says policy is needed to prevent overgrazing of fragile tundra landscape … Days before Rudolph and his team set off with Santa's sleigh …
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Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Send Antitank Weaponry to Ukraine, Entering New Phase in Conflict — Decision to send Javelin antitank missiles places U.S. closer to the conflict in eastern Ukraine — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has signed off on a decision to provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weaponry …
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The Daily Caller
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