memeorandum: In a 30-minute interview, President Trump made 24 false or misleading claims (Glenn Kessler/Washington Post)

9:35 PM ET, December 29, 2017

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:

Our Reporter Mike Schmidt on His Golf Club Interview With President Trump — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Shortly after 1 p.m. on Thursday, President Trump came off the 18th hole of his golf course here and walked into the club house's Grill Room. Waiters scurried to bring menus and drinks …

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Washington Post:

Time at Mar-a-Lago is a respite for Trump — and a headache for his staff … PALM BEACH, Fla. — When President Trump sat down with a reporter for a wide-ranging, 30-minute interview at his private golf club here Thursday, not a single aide or adviser was present at the table …

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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Interview Is a Portrait of a Man in Cognitive Decline — I don't care whether Michael Schmidt was tough enough. We've got bigger problems. — On Thursday, El Caudillo del Mar-A-Lago — sat down with Michael Schmidt of The New York Times — for what apparently was an open-ended, one-on-one interview.

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Julia Manchester / The Hill:

White House surprised, frustrated by Trump's New York Times interview: report — Various White House officials were taken off guard and frustrated by President Trump — 's impromptu Florida interview with The New York Times, according to Friday report from The Washington Post.

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Ezra Klein / Vox:

Incoherent, authoritarian, uninformed: Trump's New York Times interview is a scary read — The president of the United States is not well. — The president of the United States is not well. That is an uncomfortable thing to say, but it is an even worse thing to ignore.

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Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:

Donald Trump made 25 false claims in his latest New York Times interview — Trump made nearly one false claim per minute in the 30-minute interview in Florida on Thursday. — WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump sat down Thursday for a rare interview with a media outlet other than Fox News …

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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:

In a 30-minute interview, President Trump made 24 false or misleading claims — President Trump gave an impromptu half-hour interview with the New York Times on Dec. 28. We combed through the transcript and here's a quick roundup of the false, misleading or dubious claims that he made, at a rate of one every 75 seconds.

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Linda Qiu / New York Times: 10 Falsehoods From Trump's Interview With The Times

John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump displays delusions in his New York Times interview

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Nichole Manna / Wichita Eagle:

Call of Duty gaming community points to ‘swatting’ in deadly Wichita police shooting — Online gamers have said in multiple Twitter posts that the shooting of a man Thursday night by Wichita police was the result of a “swatting” prank involving two gamers. — Swatting is an internet prank …

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Nichole Manna / Wichita Eagle:
Family says son killed by police in ‘swatting’ was unarmed, didn't play video games

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Martin Gould / Daily Mail:

EXCLUSIVE: White power at the White House - Trump intern flashes ‘alt-right’ symbol used by notorious extremists during group photo with the president — Former White House intern Jack Breuer held up a ‘white power’ sign during a photo-op with President Trump and fellow interns in the East Room in November

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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
White House Intern Accused Of White Nationalism Clears The Air

Discussion: Washington Times

Daily Mail:

BREAKING NEWS: Jailed pervert Anthony Weiner had CLASSIFIED emails belonging to wife Huma Abedin on his laptop - which the FBI seized after he sexted 15-year-old girl — The FBI found 2,800 of Huma Abedin's work-related emails and documents on disgraced husband Anthony Weiner's computer

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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
State Department releases Huma Abedin emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop

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Callum Paton / Newsweek:

TRUMP FIRES HIV/AIDS COUNCIL IN ITS ENTIRETY BY FEDEX LETTER, REPORT CLAIMS — President Donald Trump fired the remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Wednesday, reportedly informing them without explanation with a letter delivered by FedEx.

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Ben Guarino / Washington Post: Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council

Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Trump fires all members of HIV/AIDS council without explanation

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BBC:

Iran cities hit by anti-government protests — Anti-government demonstrations that began in one city on Thursday have now spread to several major cities in Iran. — Large numbers reportedly turned out in Rasht, in the north, and Kermanshah, in the west, with smaller protests in Isfahan, Hamadan and elsewhere.

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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Scattered Protests Erupt in Iran Over Economic Woes

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The Weather Channel:

Trump Tweets About the Bitter Cold and Global Warming, Confusing Weather and Climate — President Trump tweeted about the cold snap hitting the East Coast. — He seemed to confuse the difference between weather and climate. — President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that …

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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Weather Channel Schools Trump On Difference Between Weather, Climate

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Mike Allen / Axios:

Trump unchained: staff leaves, hardline ideas rise — If you ask some close to President Trump what worries them most about 2018, it's not Robert Mueller's probe. It's that establishment guardrails of 2017 come down — and Trump's actual instincts take over.

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Mike Allen / Axios: A rising White House power: true-believer Stephen Miller

Reuters:

Exclusive: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea — Guy Faulconbridge, Jonathan Saul, Polina Nikolskaya — LONDON/MOSCOW - Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea …

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David Wasserman / NBC News:

Key races for control of the House as Democrats take slight edge into 2018 — WASHINGTON — Democrats ended 2016 dejected and despondent after Donald Trump shocked Hillary Clinton — and the world — by a tiny combined margin of 77,744 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to win the presidency.

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Bipartisan DACA, spending talks set to commence with White House

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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:

Breitbart's Astonishing Confession — Every so often, a right-wing commentator who purports to abhor dishonesty among media elites admits that they've been guilty of dishonestly purveying propaganda. — These figures are not marginal. — In the final years of the Bush administration …

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BBC:

New Year's Eve party in Berlin to have ‘safe zone’ for women — Organisers of Berlin's New Year's Eve celebrations are to set up a “safe zone” for women for the first time. — The new security measures planned for the Brandenburg Gate party come amid concerns about sexual assaults.

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Sam Amick / USA Today:

Warriors coach Steve Kerr: There's an ‘assault on our institutions and on our core values’ — SAN FRANCISCO - Outspoken Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr sat down with USA TODAY Sports recently following a tour of the team's Chase Center construction site.

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CNN:

No, Trump's approval rating hasn't caught up to Obama's — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his approval ratings at this point in his presidency rival those of Barack Obama, citing a report from “Fox & Friends.” — “While the Fake News loves to talk …

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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:

'Don't screw with me on this': Mattis defends U.S. efforts to prevent civilian casualties in Yemen — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis gave a full-throated defense Friday of U.S. efforts to prevent civilian casualties in the conflict in Yemen, making the case that without American involvement, there would be more.

Discussion: IJR

Sewell Chan / New York Times:

Recy Taylor, Who Fought for Justice After a 1944 Rape, Dies at 97 — Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old African-American sharecropper, was walking home from church in Abbeville, Ala., on the night of Sept. 3, 1944, when she was abducted and raped by six white men. — The crime was extensively covered …

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