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6:50 PM ET, January 5, 2018

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New York Times:
Republican Senators Recommend Charges Against Author of Trump Dossier  —  WASHINGTON — More than a year after Republican leaders promised to investigate Russian interference in the presidential election, two influential Republicans on Friday made the first known congressional criminal referral …
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Washington Post:
The FBI is investigating the Clinton Foundation … The FBI has been quietly investigating the Clinton Foundation for months, reviving a probe that was dialed back during the 2016 election amid tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents about the politically charged case, according to people familiar with the matter.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans become Trump accomplices in manipulating the system  —  The Post reports: … This is an outrageous political stunt, one with no legal ramifications and obviously designed to take the heat off the White House as damning reports bolstering an obstruction-of-justice claim …
Washington Post:
Senior Republican refers Trump-Russia dossier author for possible charges … The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Friday that the Justice Department investigate for possible criminal charges the author of the now-famous “dossier” alleging the Trump campaign coordinated …
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Senate Judiciary Republicans refer dossier author Chris Steele to DOJ for criminal investigation  — Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham on Friday sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department about Christopher Steele, the author of the so-called Trump-Russia dossier.
Discussion: RedState, New York Post and The Week
The Guardian:   Republican senators want ex-British spy behind Trump dossier to be investigated
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:   GOP Senators Hand Trump Defenders Some Talking Points
CNN:
Feds actively investigating Clinton Foundation
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Mueller's “Pit Bull” Andrew Weissmann under scrutiny as Rosenstein agrees to turn over documents to Nunes
James Bovard / USA Today:   Cliven Bundy-FBI debacle: Another example of why the feds need to be leashed
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Republican Senators Target Christopher Steele—and the Reason Is Obvious
Discussion: Washington Press
Anna Claire Vollers / al.com:
Roy Moore accuser's Gadsden home burns; arson investigation underway  —  Roy Moore accuser Tina Johnson lost her home Tuesday in a fire that is now under investigation by the Etowah County Arson Task Force.  —  Tina Johnson, who first came to public notice for accusing Senate candidate Roy Moore …
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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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Michael Wolff says he ‘absolutely’ spoke to President Trump for his tell-all book
Kimberly Leonard / Washington Examiner:
Michael Wolff: Trump had little interest in repealing Obamacare, floated ‘Medicare for All’
Discussion: NewsBusters, The Week and Common Dreams
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Trump campaign digital director: ‘Not one person made a decision’ without Kushner and Eric Trump's ‘approval’
Discussion: Washington Press
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
‘Fire and Fury’ author Wolff calls Trump least credible person who has ever walked on earth
Peter Baker / New York Times:   For Trump, Book Raises Familiar Questions of Loyalty and Candor
Jgoldsmith / Lawfare:
Why Hasn't Rod Rosenstein Recused Himself from the Mueller Investigation?  —  One puzzle that deepens with Mike Schmidt's New York Times story on “Trump's Struggle to Keep [a] Grip on [the] Russia Investigation” is why Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has not recused himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why Trump and Sessions are now in a heap of legal trouble
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
EPA chief Pruitt is said to be eyeing attorney general job
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon was warned  —  Friends and allies of Steve Bannon had been warning him for weeks to lay off Jared Kushner — telling him that President Trump would turn against him if he kept publicly attacking the son-in-law.  —  What we're hearing: Tommy Hicks, a Trump campaign fundraiser …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon's strange “obsession” with Andrew Weissmann
Discussion: Mediaite
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Band of the Insulted: The Nicknames of Trump's Adversaries
Discussion: Daily Wire
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Read the Trump Atonement That Steve Bannon Was Going to Release—Until Trump Dropped a Bomb on Him
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and Politico
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
FBI documents: Andrew McCabe had no conflict in Hillary Clinton email probe  —  WASHINGTON — FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, whom President Trump has blamed for influencing the decision not to criminally charge Hillary Clinton for her use of private email server, did not oversee that inquiry …
Discussion: The Week
Twitter:
World Leaders on Twitter  —  There's been a lot of discussion about political figures and world leaders on Twitter, and we want to share our stance.  —  Twitter is here to serve and help advance the global, public conversation.  Elected world leaders play a critical role in that conversation …
CNN:
Exclusive: Top Pence aides quietly depart in new year  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence's chief lawyer and domestic policy director are leaving his office at the beginning of the New Year, according to four sources familiar with the staff turnover.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
The Increasing Unfitness of Donald Trump  —  The West Wing has come to resemble the dankest realms of Twitter, in which everyone is racked with paranoia and everyone despises everyone else.  —  What made the Emperor Nero tick, Suetonius writes in “Lives of the Caesars,” was …
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 …
Discussion: Awful Announcing and AOL
Associated Press:
4 women accuse filmmaker Paul Haggis of sexual misconduct  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A civil lawsuit charging Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis with raping a publicist has prompted three additional women to come forward with their own sexual misconduct accusations, including another publicist …
Ciro Scotti / The Daily Beast:
The Trouble With Kirsten Gillibrand … Back when she had an A rating from the NRA, Kirsten Gillibrand used to brag that she and her family shot their own turkeys for Thanksgiving.  —  But in her relentless positioning for a possible presidential run in 2020, was she too quick on the trigger …
 
 
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Philly.com:
Krasner fires 31 from Philly DA's Office in dramatic first-week shakeup
Bruce Vielmetti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
David Clarke to face trial Jan. 22 over airport incident, but most claims dismissed
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState
Cory Bennett / Politico:
NSA's Rogers to retire this spring
Katerina Eva Matsa / Pew Research Center:
Fewer Americans rely on TV news; what type they watch varies by who they are
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Kobach is prosecuting this confused senior with four counts of felony voter fraud
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Scott Wartman / Cincinnati.com:
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel drops out of U.S. Senate race
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Nominee to Lead Indian Health Services Faces Claims of Misrepresentation
Discussion: CNBC, The Week and Shareblue Media
Apple Support:
About speculative execution vulnerabilities in ARM-based and Intel CPUs
 

 
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Om Malik / On my Om:
AI platforms are unlikely to become a major source of traffic or ad revenue for media outlets, with content deals offering only a short-term revenue boost

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
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