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9:35 AM ET, December 29, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. ‘Look Very Bad’  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump said Thursday that he believes Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, will treat him fairly, contradicting some members of his party who have waged a weekslong campaign …
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New York Times:
Excerpts From Trump's Interview With The Times  —  President Trump spoke on Thursday with a reporter from The New York Times, Michael S. Schmidt.  The interview took place in the Grill Room of his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., whose noise made some portions at times hard to hear.
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth … An accountant discovered the discrepancy while reviewing the budget for new train platforms under Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.  —  The budget showed that 900 workers were being paid to dig caverns for the platforms as part …
Apple:
A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance  —  We've been hearing feedback from our customers about the way we handle performance for iPhones with older batteries and how we have communicated that process.  We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down.  We apologize.
Amy Harder / Axios:
Trump mocks global warming in tweet  —  President Trump mocked the idea of global warming in a tweet Thursday, making one of his first (if not the first) such public comments on the topic since entering the White House almost a year ago.  —  Why it matters: Trump has tweeted in the past …
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New York Times:
Bronx Fire, City's Deadliest in Decades, Kills at Least 12 and Injures More  —  At least 12 people were killed when a fire tore through a century-old apartment building in the Bronx on a frigid Thursday night, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.  It was the deadliest fire in New York City in more than a quarter-century.
Discussion: Splinter, The Daily Beast, NPR and The Root
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump, the Insurgent, Breaks With 70 Years of American Foreign Policy  —  President Trump has transformed the world's view of the United States from an anchor of the international order into something more inward-looking and unpredictable.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was already revved …
Heather Mac Donald / National Review:
Don't Take the Wrong Lessons from NYC's Murder Drop  —  Proactive policing still matters.  —  Cop critics who assiduously ignored the 20 percent increase in the national homicide rate over the previous two years have suddenly become enthusiastic purveyors of crime statistics.
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
It was good for Alabama that Roy Moore didn't concede  —  In this Nov. 30, 2017 file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, in Dora, Ala. In the Alabama Senate race, national Democrats and the liberal grassroots are treading lightly …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Moore refuses to concede after Jones certified winner
Discussion: Associated Press and RedState
Alexandra Glorioso / Politico:
Billionaire kingmakers swarm Florida governor's race after Trump endorsement  —  After Donald Trump appeared to endorse Ron DeSantis' campaign for Florida governor last week, a handful of the biggest and most influential billionaires in Republican politics threw their support behind …
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Examiner:
In 2017, the media flunked the Trump challenge  —  President Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration was notable for more than just its small crowd sizes.  It was notable because it marked the beginning of the worst year of political journalism in modern history.  —  On the same day that Trump was sworn …
Dorsa Derakhshani / New York Times:
Why I Left Iran to Play Chess in America  —  Right now in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the World Chess Championships are underway.  But some world champions are noticeably absent: The Israeli players were blocked from participating when Saudi Arabia denied them visas.
Discussion: Washington Post
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Inc. Had a Rough Year, but His D.C. Hotel Is Killing It … For a host of Trump-branded properties, 2017 brought...hiccups.  —  Workers removed the “TRUMP” sign from the hotel formerly known as TRUMP SOHO last week in the dark of night.  The move came six months after the hotel formerly known …
Fox News:
Bumped United passenger fires back at Rep. Jackson Lee's racism charge, airline  —  A United passenger whose first-class seat on a recent flight from Houston to D.C. was given to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is firing back at the Democratic congresswoman's accusations of racism - while challenging the airline's account of the incident.
Discussion: Instapundit, bizpacreview.com and IJR
Tim Starks / Politico:
The latest 2018 election-hacking threat: A 9-month wait for government help  —  States rushing to guard their 2018 elections against hackers may be on a waiting list for up to nine months for the Department of Homeland Security's most exhaustive security screening, according to government officials familiar with the situation.
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
Was 2017 the Craziest Year in U.S. Political History?  —  Imagine how future historians might try to summarize 2017: A U.S. president, his family and his political aides came under investigation by a special counsel for possibly helping a foreign government meddle in the election.
Discussion: Raw Story
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Breitbart quietly deletes recent interview with openly racist congressional candidate  —  The site's leadership falsely claims it has not covered the candidate in “months.”  —  Breitbart News is covering up its recent promotion of an openly white nationalist and anti-Semitic congressional candidate, Paul Nehlen.
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
Indianapolis Star:
Colts fans offended by anthem kneeling could receive refunds under legislative proposal  —  An Indiana lawmaker is filing legislation that would require the Indianapolis Colts to offer fans refunds if Colts players kneel during the national anthem at home games.
Albany Times Union:
2 children, 2 adults killed in Troy were targets for slaying  —  Deaths inside Second Avenue apartment were not random acts, chief said  —  TROY - Police Chief James Tedesco called it an act of “savagery”: two adult women and two children found murdered in their Second Avenue basement apartment the day after Christmas.
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Amanda Fries / Albany Times Union:
Troy police identify Lansingburgh homicide victims
Discussion: The Daily Gazette and NBC News
Christal Hayes / USA Today:
Number of officers killed hits 2nd-lowest in more than 50 years  —  A makeshift memorial for fallen law enforcement officers in Dallas continues to grow in front of the city's police department.  Mike Rawlings, the city's mayor, says he has gotten “texts from all over the world.”  (July 9) AP
Discussion: The Crime Report and Hit & Run
Toni Airaksinen / Campus Reform:
Profs: Farmers' markets cause ‘environmental gentrification’  — Two San Diego State University professors contributed a chapter to a new anthology arguing that farmers' markets are “insidious” “white spaces where the food consumption habits of white people are normalized.”
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Rachel Maddow closes 2017 by beating the pants off Sean Hannity  —  MSNBC landed its largest audience ever this year and now has Fox News in its sights for 2018.  —  MSNBC's unabashed liberal primetime lineup produced a stunning ratings success for the network in 2017 …
 
 
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Huma's Cousin, Who Partnered With ‘Russian Donald Trump,’ Convicted of Fraud, Tampered With Case By Deleting Emails
Discussion: Page Six, IJR and bizpacreview.com
Sean Davis / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Sean Davis: The top 10 undercovered news stories of 2017
Discussion: Mother Jones
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
How a Liberal Scholar of Conspiracy Theories Became the Subject of a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory
Discussion: Althouse
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Polls show Americans distrust the media. But talk to them, and it's a very different story.
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Poll: Mark Cuban would beat Trump in deep-red Texas in 2020
Discussion: Business Insider and RedState
CIS.org:
1.8 Million Immigrants Likely Arrived in 2016, Matching Highest Level in U.S. History
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Quiet jockeying for McCain seat angers Republicans
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Davey Alba / BuzzFeed:
YouTube's Search Algorithms Keep Promoting Child Exploitation. Here's How They're Being Taught.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Magazine
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Nikki Haley (Apparently) Duped by Prank Call From Fake Polish Prime Minister
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Romanian hackers took over D.C. surveillance cameras just before presidential inauguration, federal prosecutors say
Discussion: Axios
Sharon Lerner / The Intercept:
Banned From the Banking Industry for Life, a Scott Pruitt Friend Finds a New Home at the EPA
Discussion: DCReport.org
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Bitcoin Is an Implausible Currency