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5:40 AM ET, January 9, 2018

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Sebastian Gorka / The Hill:
Don't believe Michael Wolff's book about Trump if you want the truth  —  BY SEBASTIAN GORKA, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 01/08/18 12:00 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  When I worked in the White House, I was viewed as strange by many of my colleagues on Sean Spicer
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
From ‘Fire and Fury’ to Political Firestorm  —  Inside the Trump White House  —  312 pp.  Henry Holt & Company.  $30.  —  He is a New Yorker in Washington, far more consumed with the news media and personalities than policy issues.  He elides facts, fudges the specifics and dispenses …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Gorka says he was told to cooperate with Wolff book  —  Former White House adviser Sebastian Gorka  —  says that he was instructed to cooperate with author Michael Wolff for the book “Fire and Fury” while he was working at the White House last year.  —  Writing in an op-ed for The Hill on Monday …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump renominates McFarland to be ambassador to Singapore
Discussion: CNN, ThinkProgress and Democrats.com
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Wolff: Conway, Spicer, Hicks all helped get interviews for my book
Discussion: RedState and Politicus USA
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Trump booed on live TV at Alabama-Georgia championship football game  —  Donald Trump is used to surrounding himself with adoring fans at political rallies.  —  But when he steps outside of that pre-scripted setting to attend events open to the public, he is met with derision and protests …
Discussion: Vox, Breitbart and Mediaite
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Alabama player yells ‘f— Trump’ ahead of college football title game … An Alabama football player yelled “f— Trump” as he took the field at the College Football Playoff national championship on Monday, which was attended by President Trump  —  Alabama running back Bo Scarbrough yelled …
John Solomon / The Hill:
FBI agents' text messages spur congressional probe into possible news leaks  —  Republican-led House and Senate committees are investigating whether leaders of the Russia counterintelligence investigation had contacts with the news media that resulted in improper leaks, prompted in part …
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Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:   Congressional Committees look to identify leakers amid new DOJ text message dump
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: House Intel Committee Has Received All Docs On Trump Dossier From DOJ, FBI
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
It wasn't about her.  It was about us.  —  I loved Oprah's Golden Globes speech on Sunday.  It was mesmerizing, pitch perfect, and gave voice to many lifetimes of frustration and vindication with eloquence and a full authority she has earned.  But I found the strange Facebook response of …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Trevor Noah Explains Why Oprah Is the ‘Perfect Opponent’ for Trump
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Spy Satellite Believed Lost After SpaceX Mission Fails  —  Secret payload code-named Zuma failed to reach orbit after Sunday launch; industry officials estimate satellite worth billions  —  An expensive, highly classified U.S. spy satellite is presumed to be a total loss after it failed …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Decline of Anti-Trumpism  —  Let me start with three inconvenient observations, based on dozens of conversations around Washington over the past year:  —  First, people who go into the White House to have a meeting with President Trump usually leave pleasantly surprised.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Mueller likely to interview Trump as part of Russia probe; questioning could happen within weeks, according to a person close to the president  —  Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has raised the likelihood with President Trump's legal team that his office will seek an interview with the president …
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New York Times:
Mueller Is Said to Likely Seek to Interview Trump
Discussion: Business Insider and IJR
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Amid Signs of a Thaw in North Korea, Tensions Bubble Up  —  Trump administration weighs a risky strategy as Seoul and Pyongyang prepare to meet  —  As one sign of how fraught the confrontation with North Korea remains despite the tentative onset of diplomatic activity, consider this …
Discussion: Business Insider, Axios and TheBlaze
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Edward Luttwak / Foreign Policy:   It's Time to Bomb North Korea
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea to Send Athletes to Olympics in South Korea in Breakthrough
Discussion: New York Magazine
Mark Minton / The Garden City Telegram:
Rep. Steve Alford cites belief blacks more susceptible to marijuana  —  During Saturday's Legislative Coffee session at St. Catherine Hospital, State Rep. Steve Alford, R-Ulysses, made an ostensibly racist comment when citing domestic Jim Crow-era drug policies.
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Kansas City Star:
Kansas lawmaker makes racist comments about African Americans, marijuana
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
CNN:
Bannon group shopped anti-Trump document in 2015  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Before Donald Trump and Steve Bannon were enemies, they were allies.  And not long before that, Bannon was part of an effort to sink Trump's presidential hopes — even if Trump didn't know it.
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and Politicus USA
Washington Post:
The White House struggles to silence talk of Trump's mental fitness … The White House is struggling to contain the national discussion about President Trump's mental acuity and fitness for the job, which has overshadowed the administration's agenda for the past week.
Los Angeles Times:
California Republican Rep. Ed Royce won't seek reelection  —  House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce will not run for reelection, he announced Monday.  —  Royce, a Republican from Fullerton who was first elected to Congress in 1992, is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee …
Discussion: Axios, IJR and The Week
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Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Chairman Ed Royce Statement
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Tillerson tells AP Cuba still risky; FBI doubts sonic attack  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States would be “putting people intentionally in harm's way” if it sent diplomats back to Cuba, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says in an Associated Press interview, even as a new FBI report casts doubt …
Discussion: Axios
BuzzFeed:
An Alt-Right Personality Lost His Job As A Substitute Teacher After Officials Discovered His Identity  —  Greg Conte, under the alias Greg Ritter, is a director at a prominent white supremacist think tank and had been working at a private all-girls high school since 2014.
Discussion: The Week
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Breanna Edwards / The Root:
Substitute Teacher Fired After Private High School Discovers He Works for Richard Spencer's White Supremacist Think Tank
Discussion: AOL and TheBlaze
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
To Pay for Wall, Trump Would Cut Proven Border Security Measures  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration would cut or delay funding for border surveillance, radar technology, patrol boats and customs agents in its upcoming spending plan to curb illegal immigration — all proven security measures …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Puzder resurfaces in Trump's White House in spite of #MeToo movement  —  The #MeToo movement has created an atmosphere of zero tolerance for any claims of sexual harassment involving prominent men in entertainment, the media, business and Congress — but so far it seems that rule doesn't apply in the Trump administration.
Discussion: Splinter and Political Wire
CNN:
Republican senators who once criticized Trump have learned how to work with him  —  Lindsey Graham's 180 degree turn on Donald Trump  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)In fewer than two years, Sen. Lindsey Graham has turned from a political rival who called Donald Trump a “jackass” …
 
 
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Burlington Free Press:
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Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Huma Abedin backed up her emails to Anthony Weiner's laptop after leaving …
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Wall Street Journal:
Mike Pence Plans Active Role in GOP's 2018 Campaign
Discussion: Axios
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Renominates Court Picks Rated ‘Not Qualified’ To Serve
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Fusion GPS Founder Hauled From the Shadows for the Russia Election Investigation
Discussion: Washington Post
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump hits familiar themes in Nashville speech: Anthem protests, his 2016 win
Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
Netanyahu son bragged about gas deal outside strip club, tape reveals
Kansas City Star:
Brownback to get another shot at Trump administration job
Discussion: New York Times
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Case Against President Oprah
Discussion: CNN and Business Insider
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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