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7:45 AM ET, January 8, 2018

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Libby Hill / Los Angeles Times:
Oprah at the Golden Globes: Is she running for president?  She should!  —  Oprah Winfrey for president was something of a running theme throughout the Golden Globes on Sunday, beginning with Seth Meyers' opening monologue.  He jokingly forbade Winfrey from considering the presidency.
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Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
Oprah Denies Presidential Ambition After Golden Globes Speech  —  Minutes after giving a rousing speech at the Golden Globes Awards that promised “a new day” for women, minorities and the downtrodden, Oprah Winfrey said she has no ambitions to run for president.
Discussion: Axios, Mashable and The Daily Beast
Megan Friedman / Esquire:
Oprah Continues a 63-Year Streak of Living Up to the Hype  —  The icon's Cecil B. DeMille award speech at the Golden Globes was phenomenal.  —  Oprah Winfrey was the recipient of the Golden Globes' annual Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement, and gave a powerful acceptance speech during Sunday night's ceremony.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Seth Meyers Savages Sexual Predators Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey in Golden Globes Monologue
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
2018 Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Pictures
Discussion: thecut and ThinkProgress
Erin Nyren / Variety:
Emma Stone, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern To Be Accompanied by Activists at Golden Globes
Discussion: The Daily Beast and twitchy.com
Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
Stephen Miller had to be escorted off CNN's set after his interview with Jake Tapper went off the rails  — Stephen Miller needed to be escorted off a CNN set on Sunday.  — His appearance on “State of the Union” ended abruptly after host Jake Tapper pressed him on damaging claims about President Donald Trump.
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CNN:
Tapper cuts off interview with Trump adviser  —  In a heated interview, White House adviser Stephen Miller talks with CNN's Jake Tapper about Michael Wolff's book “Fire and Fury” and its revelations about life inside the Trump campaign and White House.
The Daily Beast:
Jake Tapper Cuts Off WH Adviser Stephen Miller in Tense Interview
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
We're still better off with Trump than Clinton  —  Now that Steve Bannon has carried his political jihad to its logical conclusion, martyrdom never looked so meaningless.  A bright and talented man has sacrificed himself over nothing more significant than anger and vanity.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Bannon finds his regrets aren't good enough for Trump  —  Steve Bannon, like his onetime brother-in-arms President Donald Trump, is known as someone whose instinct is to double down, not kiss up.  —  That made his belated attempt on Sunday to de-escalate mounting tension with the commander-in-chief …
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
WikiLeaks shares full text of Wolff's Trump book  —  WikiLeaks posted the full text of Michael Wolff's explosive new book about President Trump  —  on Sunday.  —  The website's official account tweeted a link to a Google Drive containing the full text of the book.  —  “New Trump book ‘Fire and Fury’ by Michael Wolff.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Bannon apologizes  —  Battered by the backlash from Michael Wolff's book, Steve Bannon is trying to make amends with the Trump family, providing a statement to Axios that expresses “regret” to President Trump and praises his son, Donald Trump Jr. Show less “Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man.
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Mixed signals on infrastructure plan emerge from Trump retreat  —  President Trump expressed misgivings about his administration's infrastructure plan Friday at Camp David, telling Republican leaders that building projects through public-private partnerships is unlikely to work …
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
We Live in Stupid Times
New York Times:
Steve Bannon's Statement on Donald Trump Jr.
Simon Walters / Daily Mail:
Trump would resent not being invited to Harry and Meghan's wedding, could put a post-Brexit deal …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
CIA director pushes back on claim in Wolff book: Trump reads
Discussion: Breitbart
NBC News:
Initial talks underway about Trump interview in Mueller Russia probe  —  WASHINGTON — Anticipating that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will ask to interview President Donald Trump, the president's legal team is discussing a range of potential options for the format, including written responses …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's secret, shrinking schedule  —  President Trump is starting his official day much later than he did in the early days of his presidency, often around 11am, and holding far fewer meetings, according to copies of his private schedule shown to Axios.
Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
FORGING AHEAD, TRUMP TEAM CONFIDENT ITS PEACE PLAN APPEALS TO PALESTINIANS  —  “A peace process and a credible conclusion to that process can't happen without the US- they know that.  And once the plan is revealed, it will speak for itself,” a senior White House official said.
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Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
You'll miss me, Jersey!  And with that, Chris Christie's just getting warmed up  —  Gallery: Governor Christie reflects on his time in office  —  The first time I asked Gov. Chris Christie a question we were 2,000 miles from New Jersey.  I was a year into my first newspaper job in southeast New Mexico.
Jasper Craven / VTDigger:
UPDATED: Grand jury takes sworn testimony in Burlington College case  —  Editor's note: This story has been updated with a quote from Jeff Weaver, a spokesman for the Sanders family.  —  The federal probe into a 2010 land deal orchestrated by former Burlington College president Jane Sanders …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Seven Days
 
 
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Doug Palmer / Politico:
White House preparing for trade crackdown
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Eric Garland Has Blown Our Cover
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Schiff: ‘We have a seriously flawed human being in the Oval Office’
Merle Ginsberg / Page Six:
Academy members now regret banning Weinstein so hastily
Discussion: TheBlaze, Power Line and Instapundit
Annie Karni / Politico:
The Mooch's gift to Trump staff: A taxpayer-funded stylist
Discussion: The Week and twitchy.com
Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
20 groups that advocate boycotting Israel will now be denied entry
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