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2:00 AM ET, January 4, 2018

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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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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump attorney sends Bannon cease and desist letter over ‘disparaging’ comments  —  Lawyers on behalf of President Donald Trump sent a letter Wednesday night to former White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon demanding he refrain from making disparaging comments against the president and his family.
CNN:
Inside Trump's two days of fury  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump started 2018 in a fury partly fueled by anger at his legal team for offering shifting timelines about when the Russia investigation would end, according to two sources familiar with the President's mindset.
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” …
Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers send cease-and-desist letter to Bannon … Lawyers for President Trump sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump's former senior strategist Stephen K. Bannon, arguing he had violated a non-disclosure agreement in speaking about his time on the campaign and in Trump's most trusted inner circle.
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Michael Wolff tells a juicy tale in his new Trump book.  But should we believe it?  —  Among the many things he's been called — “blunt,” “pathetic,” “calculating” — the one thing Michael Wolff has never been described as is boring.  —  A provocateur and media polemicist …
Summer Meza / Newsweek:
TOP 20 REVELATIONS FROM TRUMP ‘FIRE AND FURY’ BOOK ABOUT GOLDEN SHOWERS, IVANKA, BANNON AND MORE  —  A new book by Michael Wolff offers an insider look at President Donald Trump's candidacy and first year in office, and reveals dozens of fascinating details about the administration.
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.
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   Hope Hicks fled the room after Trump called her ‘the best piece of tail’ Lewandowski will ever have: report
The Hill:
Trump lawyer sends cease-and-desist letter to Bannon: report
Discussion: RedState
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Enraged Trump Personally Dictated Scathing Denouncement of Strategist Steve Bannon
Eli Stokols / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump Denounces Steve Bannon After Comments in Book
CNN:
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump dissolved his much-touted voter fraud commission on Wednesday, attributing the step to various states' refusal to participate in the board, which was criticized as a misguided step to solve a practically non-existent problem.
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud  —  President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday evening to disband a White House commission investigating claims of voter fraud, ending an inquiry started after he falsely claimed that unauthorized votes had cost him the popular vote in the presidential election.
The Hill:
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission
Discussion: Vox and The Daily Caller
Annie Karni / Politico:
Washington's growing obsession: The 25th Amendment  —  Lawmakers concerned about President Donald Trump's mental state summoned Yale University psychiatry professor Dr. Bandy X. Lee to Capitol Hill last month for two days of briefings about his recent behavior.
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New Yorker:   How to Survive Trump's Second Year: Engage Politically
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Deputy AG, FBI director make unannounced visit to Paul Ryan's office  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray made an unannounced visit to Speaker Paul Ryan's office Wednesday as the Justice Department grapples with an increasingly hostile faction …
Discussion: The Last Refuge, The Stream and Axios
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Rosenstein meeting with Paul Ryan about Russia investigation
Discussion: Washington Press and RedState
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Top FBI, DOJ officials huddle with Ryan to talk dossier
Weekly Standard:
GOP Senators: ‘Trump Being Trump’ in Nuclear-Button Spat with Kim Jong-un  —  Meanwhile, the president also takes credit for increased communications between the North and South.  —  Republican senators on Wednesday night brushed off President Donald Trump's tweet threatening North Korean leader Kim Jong-un …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The scary reality behind Trump's long Tuesday of weird tweets
Greta Van Susteren / Voice of America:
VOA Interview: Vice President Mike Pence Discusses Iran, North Korea
Discussion: Breitbart
Ankit Panda / The Diplomat:
When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City
Discussion: Gizmodo, The Daily Caller and The Week
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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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump's media uses Clinton house fire to invent totally bonkers conspiracy  —  Firefighters in Chappaqua, New York, responded to what was described as a “small fire” in a building owned by Bill and Hillary Clinton Wednesday afternoon.  The fire was put out within 25 minutes and was not located in the home where the Clinton's live.
Discussion: Associated Press
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CBS News fires political director amid allegations of ‘inappropriate behavior’  —  CBS News said Wednesday that it has fired its political director, Steve Chaggaris, amid allegations of “inappropriate behavior” in his past.  —  Chaggaris was a longtime CBS News employee.
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Jason Schreier / Kotaku:
IGN Fires Editor-In-Chief For ‘Alleged Misconduct’
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
New interim US attorneys include Giuliani law partner  —  (CNN)A new year brought the Trump administration a crop of new top prosecutors Wednesday to lead several of the nation's most high-profile US attorney's offices.  —  CNN has learned that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has tapped …
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New York Post:
Trump picks Preet Bharara's replacement
Discussion: The Week
Brett Samuels / The Hill:   Trump picks Giuliani law partner to replace Preet Bharara in NY
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Peter Thiel Is Exploring The Creation Of A Conservative Cable News Network  —  Peter Thiel addresses the final night of the 2016 Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.  —  Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images  —  Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel wants …
Nora Krug / Washington Post:
Two dying memoirists wrote bestsellers about their final days.  Then their spouses fell in love.  —  SAN MATEO, Calif. — The literary pairing was inevitable.  —  “When Breath Becomes Air,” Paul Kalanithi's memoir of his final years as he faced lung cancer at age 37, was published posthumously …
Discussion: thecut
Sam Thielman / Talking Points Memo:
Russian Social Media Giant Gave Info on Trump Contacts to Senate Probe  —  The Russian social media giant Vkontakte has given information to Senate investigators about contacts between an executive at the company and the Trump campaign, TPM has learned.  —  The Russian tech firm appears …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Press
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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Sen. Feinstein Says Trump's Social-Media Guru “May Have Corresponded With Russian Nationals”
Discussion: Washington Press
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 …
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
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Washington Post:   Ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort challenges his indictment in Russia probe by filing lawsuit against Mueller
 
 
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Discussion: Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Rubio's Tax Lament
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Baltimore Sun:
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Discussion: Baltimore Brew and The Root
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Special Forces soldier killed in Afghanistan was hit by gunfire on patrol, Pentagon says
Helen Pidd / The Guardian:
Homeless man who was hailed as hero admits Manchester bombing thefts
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Discussion: Breitbart
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Vox employees are going on a ‘Slack Strike’ to push for a union
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Rep. Blake Farenthold has not yet paid back $84K for settlement
Discussion: New York Magazine and TheBlaze
Ronald L. Rubin / Weekly Standard:
Donald Trump Evicted Elizabeth Warren from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on Power and the #MeToo Moment