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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Oprah Winfrey ‘actively thinking’ about running for president — Oprah Winfrey in 96 seconds — Oprah Winfrey is “actively thinking” about running for president, two of her close friends told CNN Monday. — The two friends, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely …
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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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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Case Against President Oprah — Nope-rah? — BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief — When Donald Trump was elected in the fall of 2016, some analysts saw the end of normal politics and the rise of a new wave of celebrity candidates. — “Voters have demonstrated their thirst for the Big Gulp …
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Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
Oprah for President? Why Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes Stump Speech Just Changed Everything … Oprah Winfrey, as she is wont to do, just gave the most galvanizing, inspiring, and possibly life-saving speech in awards show history. (And, as she has been wont to do lately …
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Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
Oprah Denies Presidential Ambition After Golden Globes Speech
Oprah Denies Presidential Ambition After Golden Globes Speech
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CNN:
Read Oprah Winfrey's rousing Golden Globes speech
Read Oprah Winfrey's rousing Golden Globes speech
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Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:
Meryl Streep just endorsed an Oprah Winfrey presidential run
Meryl Streep just endorsed an Oprah Winfrey presidential run
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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 …
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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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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Trump Administration Rules That Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans Must Leave, Officials Say — LOS ANGELES — Nearly 200,000 people from El Salvador who have been allowed to live in the United States for more than a decade must leave the country, two government officials familiar with the decision said on Monday.
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200,000 Salvadorans will be forced to leave the U.S. or face deportation as Trump administration ends immigration protection — The Department of Homeland Security will not renew the Temporary Protected Status designation that has allowed the Salvadorans to remain in the United States since at least 2001 …
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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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Bloomberg:
Bannon's Olive Branch Too Late for Angry Trump
Bannon's Olive Branch Too Late for Angry Trump
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
We're still better off with Trump than Clinton
We're still better off with Trump than Clinton
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
“Fire And Fury” Is The First Book Of The Post-Truth Social Media Era
“Fire And Fury” Is The First Book Of The Post-Truth Social Media Era
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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.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Allow us to figure out just how much of your life is spent on Trump's ‘executive time’
Allow us to figure out just how much of your life is spent on Trump's ‘executive time’
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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.
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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Google Memo Author James Damore Sues Company For Discrimination Against White Males — The author of a controversial memo that sparked debates about gender and diversity at Google sued his former employer on Monday alleging that the company discriminates against politically conservative white males.
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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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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Stephen Miller escorted off set after heated CNN interview
Stephen Miller escorted off set after heated CNN interview
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David Ferrara / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Judge in Las Vegas dismisses case against Cliven Bundy, 2 sons — Defendants Ammon Bundy, left, and his brother Ryan Bundy talk to the news media outside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse on Dec. 20, 2017, after a mistrial was declared in the Bunkerville standoff case involving their father, rancher Cliven Bundy.
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Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
Cliven Bundy to walk free as federal judge dismisses Bundy Ranch standoff case
Cliven Bundy to walk free as federal judge dismisses Bundy Ranch standoff case
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Tom Steyer will plow $30 million into midterms, but won't run for office in 2018 — Democratic donor Tom Steyer, who has spent more than $100 million since 2016 on political campaigns, will forgo any run for office this year and focus instead on ending Republican control of the House of Representatives.
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Jane Wester / The Charlotte Observer:
This woman's mugshot got compliments, so she turned it into an ad for her business — When Shia Yearwood was arrested and charged with violating a domestic protective order in Mecklenburg County on Wednesday, it seemed like a rough start to the new year. — Shia Yearwood, 24 …
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ABC News:
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The Nation:
How the Tax Bill Will Doom Republicans This November — New analysis shows Democrats should enthusiastically bash the legislation. — and , — Republicans claim to be confident their tax bill will lead to victory at the ballot box this fall during the midterm Congressional elections.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Romney treated over the summer for prostate cancer: reports — was treated over the summer for prostate cancer, according to multiple reports. — A source close to Romney said that the former GOP presidential nominee was treated surgically over the summer at a hospital in California, according to CNN.
Shaun King / The Intercept:
ACLU Says New Jersey Prisons' Banning of “The New Jim Crow” Is Unconstitutional — America's jails and prisons have long since banned and censored books that the institutions determined posed a material danger to the safety of inmates and employees. There is a logic, at least …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Corker smooths over relationship with Trump, sources say — Corker's biggest Trump criticisms (so far) — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Sen. Bob Corker, who is traveling Monday on Air Force One with President Donald Trump, has repaired his relationship with the commander in chief …
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