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Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
“You Can't Make This S— Up”: My Year Inside Trump's Insane White House — Author and columnist Michael Wolff was given extraordinary access to the Trump administration and now details the feuds, the fights and the alarming chaos he witnessed while reporting what turned into a new book.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Wolff taped interviews with Bannon, top officials — Michael Wolff has tapes to back up quotes in his incendiary book — dozens of hours of them. — Among the sources he taped, I'm told, are Steve Bannon and former White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh.
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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.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM — Jeffrey Smith / New York Magazine (Used by permission) — Amid the firestorm over Michael Wolff's forthcoming book “Fire and Fury,” a lawyer for President Trump says legal action against Steve Bannon is “imminent,” accusing the former White House aide of breaking a confidentiality …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: White House officials discuss removing Katie Walsh from outside group — Senior White House officials are debating whether Katie Walsh should be fired from Trump's main outside group, America First, after comments she reportedly made to the author Michael Wolff, according to two sources with direct knowledge.
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump legal team blasts explosive Michael Wolff book in cease-and-desist letter — President Donald Trump's lawyer, Charles Harder, has demanded on behalf of his client that author Michael Wolff and his publisher immediately “cease and desist from any further publication, release or dissemination” …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Questions about Trump's fitness raised by bombshell new book pose growing threat for Republicans in 2018 elections — In a new book informed by extensive White House access, top officials described the president with words like “crazy” and “stupid.” — “It raises the question about whether …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Bannon loses support of pro-Trump billionaire backer over media fights — Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon has reportedly lost the support of billionaire backer Rebekah Mercer after he suggested he might run for president himself. — A person close to Mercer told …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
White House Bans Staff From Using Personal Mobile Phones at Work — Trump administration cites security concerns for new policy — Staff can conduct business on government-issued devices — The White House is banning its employees from using personal mobile phones while at work in the West Wing …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
McConnell told Trump the White House reaction on Bannon was ‘perfect’: report
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
GOP strategist: Republicans will turn on Trump, impeach him if party is blown out in midterms
Madison Park / CNN:
Despite blast by Trump, Bannon reiterates support for President
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Diana Stancy Correll / Washington Examiner:
Top Trump donor Rebekah Mercer cuts off Steve Bannon
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's break with Bannon over Wolff book shows the limits of loyalty
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Bannon and Trump: Monsters they can't control
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Peter Thiel Is Exploring The Creation Of A Conservative Cable News Network
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Michael Wolff tells a juicy tale in his new Trump book. But should we believe it?
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Robert Kraychik / Breitbart:
Bannon Praises Trump: POTUS ‘Is a Great Man... I Support Him Day In and Day Out’
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon, calling Trump a ‘great man,’ says he still supports him in first comments after eruption
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Sadie Gurman / Associated Press:
AP NewsBreak: US to end policy that let legal pot flourish — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the Obama-era policy that had paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.
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Washington Examiner:
Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan: It's time for Jeff Sessions to go, as shown by the latest FBI leak … As the first year of the Trump administration comes to a close, one can't help but look back on how allegations of “Russian collusion” dominated the headlines of almost every news agency.
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Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Sessions to rescind Obama-era rules on non-interference with states where pot is legal — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)In a seismic shift, Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce Thursday that he is rescinding a trio of memos from the Obama administration that adopted a policy …
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Sessions will end policy that allowed legalized marijuana to prosper
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Kansas City Star:
Trump disbands Kobach-led voter fraud commission after resistance from states — President Donald Trump has disbanded a commission intended to investigate voter fraud after a massive data request by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach led to a backlash from state officials across the political spectrum.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's explanation for shutting down his voter fraud commission is just as untrue and partisan
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Reason to celebrate: Trump shuts down his phony voting integrity commission
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud
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CNN:
Trump dissolves voter fraud commission
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump abolishes controversial commission studying alleged voter fraud
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Justice Department ‘Looking Into’ Hillary Clinton's Emails— Again … Justice Department officials are taking a fresh look at Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state, The Daily Beast has learned. — An ally of Attorney General Jeff Sessions who is familiar …
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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 York Daily News:
Socialite Jacqueline Kent Cooke accused of smacking lawyer with her glass purse in anti-Semitic attack — Millionaire NFL heiress Jacqueline Kent Cooke allegedly got blitzed on New Year's Eve, spewed anti-Semitic remarks in a Manhattan restaurant and then bashed a man bloody with her glass purse …
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Lee Drutman / Vox:
There is no separation of powers without divided government — Partisan loyalty has triumphed over institutional loyalty. — A year ago, as we approached the opening days of the Trump administration, it was still possible to make a hopeful, albeit long-shot, argument that 2017 …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
2018 is the year that will decide if Trumpocracy replaces American democracy
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republican wins drawing to decide control of Virginia statehouse — Republicans will fully control Virginia's House of Delegates after an incumbent GOP member won a drawing Thursday to decide a tied election — and potentially the fate of Medicaid expansion in the state.
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Holds Onto Virginia House Of Delegates After Winning Random Drawing For Tied Race
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