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5:40 PM ET, January 8, 2018

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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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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 …
Discussion: Business Insider
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.
CNN:
Read Oprah Winfrey's rousing Golden Globes speech
Brian Flood / Fox News:
NBC slammed for ‘stunningly unprofessional’ tweet declaring Oprah Winfrey ‘our’ next president
Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
Oprah Denies Presidential Ambition After Golden Globes Speech
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 …
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Michael Wolff Presents 'Steve Bannon's What Happened'
Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
Stephen Miller had to be escorted off CNN's set after his interview with Jake Tapper went off the rails
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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Washington Post:
200,000 Salvadorans will be forced to leave the U.S. or face deportation as Trump administration …
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
‘We will lose practically everything’: Salvadorans devastated by TPS decision
Discussion: Mother Jones
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and Political Wire
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.
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’
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:
Cliven Bundy to walk free as federal judge dismisses Bundy Ranch standoff case  —  LAS VEGAS — Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and a militia member will not face a retrial on charges that they led an armed rebellion against federal agents in 2014.
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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 men.
Discussion: thecut
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Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
James Damore just filed a class action lawsuit against Google, saying it discriminates against white male conservatives  —  James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board arguing that women may not be equally represented …
Kansas City Star:
Brownback to get another shot at Trump administration job  —  McClatchy Washington Bureau and The Kansas City Star  —  WASHINGTON  —  Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is going to get another chance to join the Trump administration.  —  President Donald Trump will formally renominate …
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Miss. LGBT law  —  The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear two cases challenging a Mississippi law that allows businesses and government employees to deny services to LGBT people based on their religious beliefs.
Discussion: RedState
Edward Luttwak / Foreign Policy:
It's Time to Bomb North Korea  —  Destroying Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal is still in America's national interest.  —  Nothing can be known about this week's talks between North and South Korea other than their likely outcome.  As in every previous encounter, South Korea …
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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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Exclusive: Pair of lawmakers unveil bipartisan DACA plan  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — Both lawmakers said they hope the deal can provide a basis for Congress to resolve the DACA issue  —  Washington (CNN)A bipartisan pair of House members have reached a compromise on Deferred Action …
 
 
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
White House considering Puzder for administration job
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Romney treated over the summer for prostate cancer: reports
Discussion: ABC News, Axios, RedState, CNBC and IJR
Sarah Mulholland / Bloomberg:
Why Some Shopping Malls May Be in Deeper Trouble Than You Think
Discussion: Business Insider
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Democrats must play Republican-style hardball in 2018
The Nation:
How the Tax Bill Will Doom Republicans This November
Discussion: Business Insider
Robert B. Zoellick / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Courts Economic Mayhem
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
Lindsay Graham reacts to Trump calling himself ‘really smart ... and a very stable genius’
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance
Manu Raju / CNN:
Corker smooths over relationship with Trump, sources say
Discussion: Axios
Associated Press:
Scene quiet before frenzy of big game, planned protests
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and The Daily Caller
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Strong Economies Lift Presidents. Trump Seems an Exception.
Jane Wester / The Charlotte Observer:
This woman's mugshot got compliments, so she turned it into an ad for her business
Discussion: The Root
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Here's a novel idea: If you don't like Jeff Session's marijuana decision, change the law
Discussion: Hit & Run
 

 
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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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