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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Schiff: The case that Trump obstructed justice just got stronger  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  The New York Times's blockbuster new report last night adds extensive new detail to our understanding of just how far President Trump and the White House went to try to derail the probe into Russian sabotage …
Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian and Politico
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Senate Judiciary Republicans refer dossier author Chris Steele to DOJ for criminal investigation
Discussion: RedState, New York Post and The Week
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators request criminal investigation of Trump dossier author
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
EPA chief Pruitt is said to be eyeing attorney general job
Discussion: fox13now.com and Political Wire
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Sessions ‘betrayed’ Trump
Discussion: ABC News, RedState and Raw Story
John Solomon / The Hill:
FBI launches new Clinton Foundation investigation
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Mueller's “Pit Bull” Andrew Weissmann under scrutiny as Rosenstein agrees to turn over documents to Nunes
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Pruitt wants to be Trump's attorney general: report
Discussion: RedState
James Bovard / USA Today:   Cliven Bundy-FBI debacle: Another example of why the feds need to be leashed
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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Kimberly Leonard / Washington Examiner:
Michael Wolff: Trump had little interest in repealing Obamacare, floated ‘Medicare for All’
Discussion: The Week and Common Dreams
Peter Baker / New York Times:   For Trump, Book Raises Familiar Questions of Loyalty and Candor
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
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
Scott Wartman / Cincinnati.com:
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel drops out of U.S. Senate race  —  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel quit the race Friday, citing his wife's health.  —  He hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat.  The Enquirer will update this story.
Discussion: Shareblue Media
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Top GOP candidate drops out of Ohio Senate race
Discussion: Politico
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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 …
Liz Moyer / CNBC:
Black unemployment rate falls to record low  — The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 6.8 percent unemployment rate for black workers in December, the lowest in the 45 years the data has been tracked.  —  Unemployment among black workers is at its lowest since at least the early 1970s, when the government began tracking the data.
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Guardian, Deadline, thecut and The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Nominee to Lead Indian Health Services Faces Claims of Misrepresentation  —  Former workers at a Missouri hospital question leadership roles claimed by Robert Weaver, a 39-year-old member of Quapaw tribe, who says he is qualified to lead agency  —  President Donald Trump's nominee …
Discussion: Shareblue Media, CNBC and The Week
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Kobach is prosecuting this confused senior with four counts of felony voter fraud  —  For the past few years, Que J. Fullmer has split his time between Kansas and Colorado.  He owns a cattle company and roughly 1,000 acres in Syracuse, Kansas, and his wife lives in Brighton, Colorado, where the couple owns a home and 300 acres.
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Wisconsin Is Quietly Becoming The Top Senate Race Of 2018  —  Sen. Tammy Baldwin is battling more outside spending by conservative groups than all of her Democratic colleagues.  Combined.  —  Ask a Democrat what Senate races worries them this year, and Missouri, Indiana, West Virginia and North Dakota will likely be near the top.
Eliza Barclay / Vox:
The psychiatrist who briefed Congress on Trump's mental state: this is “an emergency”  —  The case for evaluating the president's mental capacity — by force if necessary.  —  The longer Donald Trump is in office, the more he shocks and alarms us with his strange and extremely unpresidential behavior.
 
 
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Michael Thielen / The Hill:
End of voter fraud commission is a win for the left, but a loss for America
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Cummings hospitalized as wife suspends campaign for governor
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Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
She accused an assemblyman of harassment. Now she's running for his seat
Discussion: Splinter
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CNN:
Tillerson says he's ‘never questioned’ Trump's mental fitness
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico and CNBC
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Van Hollen bullish
Discussion: Political Wire
Daphne Merkin / New York Times:
Publicly, We Say #MeToo. Privately, We Have Misgivings.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Splinter
Kiera Feldman / ProPublica:
Trashed: Inside the Deadly World of Private Garbage Collection
Discussion: Longreads
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About speculative execution vulnerabilities in ARM-based and Intel CPUs
 

 
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