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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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.
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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 …
Kimberly Leonard / Washington Examiner:
Michael Wolff: Trump had little interest in repealing Obamacare, floated ‘Medicare for All’ — A book detailing the first year of President Trump's time in office claims he floated the idea of covering all Americans through Medicare and had little interest in repealing Obamacare.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Bannon allies say statement praising Trump Jr. was spiked after Trump went nuclear
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Patterico / RedState:
Report: Sloppy Steve Was JUST ABOUT to Dispute Those Quotes...
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Forget ‘Harry Potter.’ In D.C., people lined up at midnight for Michael Wolff's Trump exposé.
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Michael Wolff's Withering Portrait of President Donald Trump
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Bannon Banished for Telling Truths About Trump as MAGA Monsters Turn on Each Other
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Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
The Worst Thing Donald Trump Says in Michael Wolff's Book
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Michael Wolff says he ‘absolutely’ spoke to President Trump for his tell-all book
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
‘Fire and Fury’ author Wolff calls Trump least credible person who has ever walked on earth
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New York Times:
Led by the Mercers, Bannon's Allies Abandon Him
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Got Wolffed
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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 …
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CNN:
Feds actively investigating Clinton Foundation — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — The investigation, led by the FBI field office in Little Rock, Arkansas, is being overseen by the US attorney's office in the state — (CNN)Federal authorities are actively investigating allegations of corruption related …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why Trump and Sessions are now in a heap of legal trouble — Michael S. Schmidt's report in the New York Times contains so many blockbusters that it's hard to know where to begin. Here are the most critical claims: — Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has evidence …
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Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Mueller's “Pit Bull” Andrew Weissmann under scrutiny as Rosenstein agrees to turn over documents to Nunes
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Schiff: The case that Trump obstructed justice just got stronger
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Politico, Washington Press, Shareblue Media and Mediaite
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP Source: Trump had lawyer urge AG against Russia recusal
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New York Magazine
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 …
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Akin Oyedele / Business Insider:
Jobs report misses expectations, unemployment rate holds at 17-year low
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Job growth slows to a six-year low in Trump's first year
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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Andrew J. Nelson / Omaha World-Herald:
FBI: Man with white supremacist ties stopped train in rural Nebraska with intent to harm passengers
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New Republic
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.
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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.”
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 …
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Trump White House Asks to Screen Steven Spielberg's ‘The Post’ (Exclusive) — The period drama about ‘The Washington Post’ stars two of Trump's Hollywood critics, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. — This weekend, filmmaker Steven Spielberg's The Post expands into additional theaters — including the White House.
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