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11:15 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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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 …
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
Patterico / RedState:
Report: Sloppy Steve Was JUST ABOUT to Dispute Those Quotes...  According to a report from the Hill, Breitbart News Chairman “Sloppy Steve” Bannon was totally on the verge yesterday of issuing a statement disputing those quotes about President Donald J. Trump and his family.
Discussion: Politico and The Week
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
Discussion: New York Magazine and Raw Story
Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
The Worst Thing Donald Trump Says in Michael Wolff's Book
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Breitbart Owners Debate Ousting Bannon Amid Trump Feud
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: RedState, 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 Atlantic and The Mahablog
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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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.
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 …
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Mueller's “Pit Bull” Andrew Weissmann under scrutiny as Rosenstein agrees to turn over documents to Nunes  —  The Department of Justice has agreed to turn over all documents related to the controversial dossier to the House Intelligence Committee after four months of wrangling and legal threats ended …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
CNN:
Feds actively investigating Clinton Foundation
Discussion: Daily Wire and bizpacreview.com
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why Trump and Sessions are now in a heap of legal trouble
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP Source: Trump had lawyer urge AG against Russia recusal
Discussion: New York Magazine
Matthew Gertz / Politico:
I've Studied the Trump-Fox Feedback Loop for Months.  It's Crazier Than You Think.  —  On Tuesday night, I, along with many Americans, was shocked when President Donald Trump tweeted that his “Nuclear Button” is “much bigger & more powerful” than North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's.
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 …
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Tillis no longer involved in key Senate negotiations on Dreamers
Discussion: Breitbart
Ted Hesson / Politico:   Inside the faltering Dreamer talks
Daphne Merkin / New York Times:
Publicly, We Say #MeToo.  Privately, We Have Misgivings.  —  You can be sure that this weekend at the Golden Globes, Hollywood celebrities, not exactly known for their independent thinking, will turn the red carpet into a #MeToo moment replete with designer duds.
Discussion: Notes
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 …
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.
Saeed Shah / Wall Street Journal:
Pakistan Foreign Minister No Longer Sees an Alliance With U.S.  —  America has turned Islamabad into a ‘whipping boy,’ its foreign minister said, after the U.S. suspended security aid to the country  —  ISLAMABAD—The U.S. failed to behave as an ally and turned Islamabad into a “whipping boy” …
Discussion: Defense One
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Washington Post:
Pakistan official accuses U.S. of betrayal after suspension of military aid
Discussion: New York Times
ESPN:
For Kraft, Brady and Belichick, is this the beginning of the end?  —  THE PROBLEM WITH living your life under the spotlight is that the camera captures only the public eruption, not the months of silent anger.  On Dec. 3, when the New England Patriots played the Buffalo Bills …
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
How HQ Trivia Became the Best Worst Thing on the Internet  —  On New Year's Eve, I went to dinner in Los Angeles to close out 2017 with friends.  Naturally, the meal ended with me white-knuckling my phone, my eyeballs glued open and my mind laser-focused on spitting up ephemeral internet trivia …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump administration angers vulnerable Republicans with offshore-drilling expansion and marijuana crackdown  —  THE BIG IDEA: With the proposed expansion of offshore drilling and a crackdown on marijuana, the Trump administration created huge political headaches Thursday …
Discussion: Political Wire
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Brian Ross is returning to ABC News, but with a different job  —  ABC News boss excoriates staff over Ross' error  —  Brian Ross's four-week unpaid suspension is over.  He is coming back to ABC News — but not to his old job.  —  His title will still be “chief investigative correspondent.”
Discussion: Mediaite and TVNewser
Lori Pilger / Lincoln Journal Star:
FBI accuses white supremacist of terror attack on Amtrak train in rural Nebraska  —  The FBI says an armed 26-year-old Missouri man who breached a secured area to stop an Amtrak train in southwest Nebraska in October has links to a white supremacist group and expressed an interest in …
Kiera Feldman / ProPublica:
Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection  —  Waste removal is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country.  On the darkened streets of New York City, it's a race for survival.  —  Shortly before 5 a.m. on a recent November night, a garbage truck with a New York Yankees decal …
 
 
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Janine Puhak / Fox News:
US soldier in Iraq hops 10 flights home to witness daughter's birth
R Street Institute / LegBranch.com:
No, gerrymandering is not THE cause for non-competitive congressional elections and legislative polarization
Discussion: New York Times
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Federal Judge Deals HUGE Blow To Fusion GPS In Bank Records Battle
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
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Trump's Voter Fraud Crusade Is Just Beginning
Matt Dixon / Politico:
DeSantis makes it official, enters governor's race
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Roy Moore PAC Shifts to Back Mia Love Against Romney
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Postpones an Obama Fair-Housing Rule
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Republicans, Democrats plan aggressive campaigns in Western Pa. special election
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump, GOP leaders to discuss 2018 election at Camp David Friday
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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