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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.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Political Wire, Raw Story, The Week, Mediaite, ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »

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.

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Fox News, Mashable, RedState, twitchy.com, Vox, New York Times, emptywheel, The Last Tradition, Politico, New York Magazine, NBC News and The Week

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.

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, RedState and Washington Press

New York Times:

Steve Bannon's Statement on Donald Trump Jr. — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, expressed regret on Sunday after an uproar over comments he made to Michael Wolff, the author of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” In the book, Mr. Bannon is quoted …

Discussion: National Review and Daily Kos

Simon Walters / Daily Mail:

Trump would resent not being invited to Harry and Meghan's wedding, could put a post-Brexit deal at risk - and will treat The Queen like a ‘reality contestant’ if he gets a state visit, claims author Wolff — Theresa May's hopes of a Brexit trade deal with the US could be wrecked if Donald Trump …

Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Business Insider

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
CIA director pushes back on claim in Wolff book: Trump reads

Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart

Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Mixed signals on infrastructure plan emerge from Trump retreat

Discussion: Breitbart

The Daily Beast:
Jake Tapper Cuts Off WH Adviser Stephen Miller in Tense Interview

Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News, CNBC, The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, TheBlaze, Business Insider, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politicus USA, Washington Press, IJR, Hullabaloo, AOL and Washington Free Beacon

KQED News:
Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer: We're Hand-Delivering New Anti-Trump Book to All of Congress

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, Fox News Insider, IJR, Breitbart, AOL, British GQ, BBC and The Guardian

Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump: ‘Now I have to put up with a Fake Book’

Discussion: ABC News and Breitbart

Cara Buckley / New York Times:

Golden Globes 2018: Stars Will Take Activists to the Red Carpet — In their push to highlight the problems of sexual harassment and gender inequality, eight actresses at Sunday night's Golden Globes ceremony are extending their political statements to their plus-ones.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, thecut, USA Today, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, The FADER, Mashable and Mediaite

Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:

Seth Meyers Savages Sexual Predators Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey in Golden Globes Monologue … Seth Meyers wasted no time bringing up the black-clad elephant in the room at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday night. — “Good evening ladies and remaining gentlemen,” he began.

Discussion: Breitbart

New York Times:

2018 Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Pictures — Given the enormity of the past year's cultural reckoning with how women are treated in the workplace and in Hollywood, the Styles department decided to take a fresh approach to the Golden Globes red carpet. We've assigned Damon Winter …

Discussion: 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

Amber Tamblyn / New York Times:
Redefining the Red Carpet

Discussion: Washington Post, thecut and Althouse

Harvey Weinstein / Telegraph:
Golden Globes: Stars struggling to find black dresses, stylists say

Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire

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.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, IJR, RedState, The Daily Caller and Mediaite

Jesse Drucker / New York Times:

Kushner's Financial Ties to Israel Deepen Even With Mideast Diplomatic Role — Last May, Jared Kushner accompanied President Trump, his father-in-law, on the pair's first diplomatic trip to Israel, part of Mr. Kushner's White House assignment to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Discussion: The Hill

Tom McKay / Gizmodo:

Eric Garland Has Blown Our Cover — Terrible news. Project Gizmodnik, our brilliant plan to secretly infiltrate the U.S. tech media for the glorification of Matushka Rossiya's Great Leader Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and/or the destruction of global capitalism*, has been compromised by American “super spy” Eric Garland.

David W. Chen / New York Times:

In New York, Drawing Flood Maps Is a ‘Game of Inches’ — As FEMA revises the maps to account for climate change, deciding who is in the flood zone will be a battle with millions of dollars at stake. — With its 520 miles of coastline and thousands of acres of waterfront development …

Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:

20 groups that advocate boycotting Israel will now be denied entry — JERUSALEM — Members of 20 international organizations that promote a boycott campaign of Israel, many of them affiliated with the BDS movement, will be banned from entering the country, according to a list published Sunday by the Ministry of Strategic Affairs.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

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: Seven Days and The Gateway Pundit