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Michael Wolff / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Didn't Want to Be President — One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration's shocked first days. — Election Night: It “looked as if he had seen a ghost.” — On the afternoon of November 8, 2016, Kellyanne Conway settled into her glass office at Trump Tower.
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump Tower meeting with Russians ‘treasonous’, Bannon says in explosive book … Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president's son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon touches the third rail of Trumpworld — Steve Bannon gave an interview to author Michael Wolff that is jaw dropping — even by Bannon's extreme standards. — Why this matters: Bannon's comments won't surprise anyone who's spoken to him, but as on the record statements they are shocking sources close to the president.
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Hope Hicks fled the room after Trump called her ‘the best piece of tail’ Lewandowski will ever have: report — Bombshell reports from Michael Wolff's new Fire and Fury book continued to roil President Donald Trump's White House as even more revelations are reported.
Washington Post:
Trump slams Bannon: ‘When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind’ … President Trump unleashed on his former chief strategist and campaign manager Wednesday, issuing a long and unusual statement questioning Stephen K. Bannon's mental stability, honesty and political influence.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Enraged Trump Personally Dictated Scathing Denouncement Strategist Steve Bannon … The publication Wednesday of salacious excerpts from a new book on the Trump presidency re-opened a major fissure between the president and his former campaign CEO and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
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Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon Privately Called Trump A “Narcissist” Before Taking Over His Campaign — Steve Bannon privately expressed ambivalence about Donald Trump as a presidential candidate before taking over his campaign, calling Trump a “narcissist” and stating that he didn't care if Trump won, according to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News.
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Furious: Steve Bannon ‘Not Only Lost His Job, He Lost His Mind’
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump called ex-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates ‘such a c*nt,’ book alleges
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
New book: Rupert Murdoch called Trump a ‘f—ing idiot’
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New York Times:
Trump Breaks With Bannon, Saying He Has ‘Lost His Mind’
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Breitbart:
Book: Steve Bannon Calls Kushner, Manafort, Don Jr. Trump Tower Meeting with Russians ‘Treasonous’
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Trump asked who John Boehner was the day after the election: report
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump unloads on former top aide Bannon: ‘He lost his mind’
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Bannon said there's ‘zero’ chance Trump didn't know about Don Jr.'s Russia meeting: report
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The scary reality behind Trump's long Tuesday of weird tweets — He's relying on Fox News for all his information. — As many of the people I follow on social media headed to bed on January 2 alarmed by President Donald Trump's decision to tweet out a penis size comparison challenge …
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Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Some White House officials fear accidental war
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CNN:
North Korea calls hotline to South Korea in diplomatic breakthrough
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Paul Musgrave / Washington Post:
There is no secret master plan. Trump is the WYSIWYG president.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Biden cautions Trump against North Korea taunts: ‘This is not a game’
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Trump ex-campaign chair Manafort sues Mueller, Rosenstein, and Department of Justice — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has sued special counsel Robert Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and the U.S. Department of Justice. — The suit alleges that Mueller …
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Rosenstein meeting with Paul Ryan about Russia investigation — (R-Wis.) on Wednesday about the House Russia investigation, a GOP aide confirmed. — Rosenstein walked by a number of reporters who were staking out budget negotiations between top White House officials and top congressional leaders.
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Manafort sues Mueller, Justice Department — 's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort — , has filed a lawsuit challenging the authority of special counsel Robert Mueller — In a court filing, lawyers for Manafort argue that the order establishing Mueller's investigation is overly broad …
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Manafort sues DOJ, Mueller over Russia probe authority
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lohud.com:
Fire reported at Hillary and Bill Clinton's house in Chappaqua — New Castle police have confirmed a fire at the Clintons' home in Chappaqua. — Police declined to give further details on the fire at 15 Old House Lane where Bill and Hillary Clinton have lived for nearly 20 years after buying it for $1.7 million in 1999.
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TMZ.com:
Paul Sorvino Says About Harvey Weinstein, ‘I Will Kill That MF’ for Blacklisting Mira — Paul Sorvino seems to prefer street justice to the whole judicial thing ... because he wants revenge against Harvey Weinstein in the worst way. — Sorvino was leaving Bristol Farms in WeHo Tuesday night …
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider:
Trump plans to attend Georgia-Alabama football championship game — President Donald Trump is planning to attend the national college football championship game between Georgia and Alabama on Monday in Atlanta, according to three people with direct knowledge of his plans.
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Ben A. Potter / Nature:
Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans — Abstract — Despite broad agreement that the Americas were initially populated via Beringia, the land bridge that connected far northeast Asia with northwestern North America during the Pleistocene epoch …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The person anonymously leaking racist attacks on the Mueller grand jury sounds a lot like Trump — A tipster straight out of “central casting.” — On Tuesday, the New York Post published an extraordinary leak about the grand jury impaneled by Robert Mueller as part of his investigation …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Some Trump Supporters Think Mueller's Grand Jury Has Too Many Black People
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on Power and the #MeToo Moment — In a wide-ranging conversation, the stars discuss President Trump, the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein case and why they hadn't worked together until “The Post.” — “The Post” tells of the tense days leading …
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New York Times:
The Republicans' Fake Investigations — A generation ago, Republicans sought to protect President Richard Nixon by urging the Senate Watergate committee to look at supposed wrongdoing by Democrats in previous elections. The committee chairman, Sam Ervin, a Democrat, said that would be …
The Register:
‘Kernel memory leaking’ Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign — Other OSes will need an update, performance hits loom — A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug.
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Sen. Feinstein Says Trump's Social-Media Guru “May Have Corresponded With Russian Nationals” — President Donald Trump's social-media manager, Dan Scavino, “may have corresponded with Russian nationals regarding Trump campaign social media efforts,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) …
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