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9:40 AM ET, January 5, 2018

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Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
Furious Trump Fires Off Tweet With New Nickname for Bannon  —  President Donald Trump seems absolutely furious about the upcoming Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, and he's making sure everyone knows it, firing off another tweet not only attacking the book …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Mercer issues rare public rebuke of former ally Bannon  —  Stephen K. Bannon's main financial backer is formally cutting ties with the former Trump adviser.  —  In a new statement Thursday, billionaire conservative donor Rebekah Mercer said that she has not spoken to Bannon …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Everyone in Trumpworld Knows He's an Idiot  —  One of the more alarming anecdotes in “Fire and Fury,” Michael Wolff's incendiary new book about Donald Trump's White House, involves the firing of James Comey, former director of the F.B.I. It's not Trump's motives that are scary …
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
I asked Trump a blunt question: Do you read?  —  Michael Wolff's tantalizing takedown of President Trump's White House is so tightly packed with tales of political convulsion and personal betrayal that official Washington will be buzzing off its sugar high for weeks.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and AOL
Mike Allen / Axios:
The Wolff lines on Trump that ring unambiguously true  —  There are definitely parts of Michael Wolff's “Fire and Fury” that are wrong, sloppy, or betray off-the-record confidence.  But there are two things he gets absolutely right, even in the eyes of White House officials …
Wall Street Journal:
Breitbart Owners Debate Ousting Bannon Amid Trump Feud  —  Former White House strategist's longtime benefactors, billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, are distancing themselves from him  —  President Donald Trump's growing feud with Steve Bannon is threatening …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Got Wolffed  —  President Donald Trump could have saved himself a lot of grief if he—or one of his people—had read Michael Wolff's 2008 book, The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch, before permitting the writer seemingly unfettered access to the White House and his underling Steve Bannon.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Bannon allies say statement praising Trump Jr. was spiked after Trump went nuclear  —  Breitbart News chairman Stephen Bannon on Wednesday was about to issue a statement praising Donald Trump Jr.  —  and disputing his quotes in a book from Michael Wolff, but the statement was spiked after President Trump
New York Times:
Led by the Mercers, Bannon's Allies Abandon Him  —  WASHINGTON — Enthusiasm for Stephen K. Bannon's plans for a fiery Republican revolution had already been fading among some of the donors and candidates upon whom he was relying to upend the party's establishment.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
The Worst Thing Donald Trump Says in Michael Wolff's Book … If you think you know everything about how the president feels about women, listen as former co-chief of staff and chief strategist Steve Bannon relays the president's disgust for Yates.  Trump, Wolff writes …
Discussion: Politico
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Michael Wolff's Withering Portrait of President Donald Trump
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's legal threats backfire as Wolff book surges
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Jonathan S. Tobin / National Review:   Judge Trump by His Record, Not Gossip
Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times:
Why believe Michael Wolff? Because, for now, this stuff is too good not to
Discussion: The Mahablog
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
It's Been an Open Secret All Along
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Michael Wolff, fabulist
Politico:
Nerdcast: Trump blasts Bannon
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Michael Wolff, From Local Media Scourge to National Newsmaker
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
'Yesterday morning, he was key. Today, I'm not sure': Bannon's allies start to abandon him
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump's Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House's top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department's investigation into whether …
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CNN:
Ryan backed Nunes in spat with Justice Dept. over Russia documents, sources say  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan backed his fellow congressional Republican, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, during a meeting over the Russia investigation Wednesday …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Shareblue Media
John Solomon / The Hill:
FBI launches new Clinton Foundation investigation  —  The Justice Department has launched a new inquiry into whether the Clinton Foundation engaged in any pay-to-play politics or other illegal activities while Hillary Clinton  —  served as Secretary of State, law enforcement officials and a witness tells The Hill.
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP Source: Trump had lawyer urge AG against Russia recusal
Discussion: New York Magazine
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Mueller's “Pit Bull” Andrew Weissmann under scrutiny as Rosenstein agrees to turn over documents to Nunes
Discussion: Washington Post
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Tillis no longer involved in key Senate negotiations on Dreamers  —  WASHINGTON  —  Editor's note: This story has been updated to include additional comments from Sen. Thom Tillis' office.  —  Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who has sought to make immigration one of his signature issues …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Ted Hesson / Politico:   Inside the faltering Dreamer talks
Apple Support:
About speculative execution vulnerabilities in ARM-based and Intel CPUs  —  Security researchers have recently uncovered security issues known by two names, Meltdown and Spectre.  These issues apply to all modern processors and affect nearly all computing devices and operating systems.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump, Romney talk on phone amid speculation over Utah Senate bid  —  President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Mitt Romney on Thursday evening, a conversation that comes amid mounting speculation that Romney — a fierce Trump critic — is preparing to run for Senate in Utah.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Roy Moore PAC Shifts to Back Mia Love Against Romney
Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune and Roll Call
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Those Iguanas Falling From Trees in Florida?  They Probably Aren't Dead  —  Read the latest on the “bomb cyclone” winter storm hitting the East Coast with Thursday's live updates.  —  Beware the falling iguanas in South Florida.  —  When temperatures dip into the 30s and 40s …
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Seeks $18 Billion Over Decade to Expand Border Wall  —  Expansion would cover about half of the entire southwest border, as described in document sent to senators  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is asking Congress for nearly $18 billion to construct more than 700 miles …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Woman who accused Roy Moore of unwanted sexual contact sues him for defamation  —  In a lawsuit that echoes a civil case against President Trump, an Alabama woman on Thursday sued failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and his campaign for defamation, citing harsh personal attacks she faced …
Natalie Kitroeff / New York Times:
U.S. Added 148,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment at 4.1%  —  The Labor Department released the latest figures on hiring and unemployment, with another gain capping a year of increasing opportunities for American workers.  —  The Numbers  —  • 148,000 jobs were added last month …
Discussion: Politico and Althouse
 
 
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump administration angers vulnerable Republicans with offshore-drilling expansion …
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Postpones an Obama Fair-Housing Rule
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I've Studied the Trump-Fox Feedback Loop for Months. It's Crazier Than You Think.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump, GOP leaders to discuss 2018 election at Camp David Friday
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Daily Mail:
‘#MeTooSoon’: Bill Maher met with outrage for mocking Al Franken's infamous groping photo …
Discussion: EW.com, NewsBusters and Althouse
Greg Garrison / al.com:
Roy Moore's wife reveals their ‘Jewish attorney’ and he's a Christian
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