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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 …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Wolff: Conway, Spicer, Hicks all helped get interviews for my book
Wolff: Conway, Spicer, Hicks all helped get interviews for my book
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump renominates McFarland to be ambassador to Singapore
Trump renominates McFarland to be ambassador to Singapore
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Michael Wolff Presents 'Steve Bannon's What Happened'
Michael Wolff Presents 'Steve Bannon's What Happened'
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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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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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Kyle Smith / National Review:
About That Golden Globes Fiasco
About That Golden Globes Fiasco
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Case Against President Oprah
The Case Against President Oprah
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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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Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Trump booed on live TV at Alabama-Georgia championship football game — Even in the reddest of red states, Trump can't go anywhere without facing vocal opposition. — Donald Trump is used to surrounding himself with adoring fans at political rallies. — But when he steps outside …
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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 …
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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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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
DOJ official who concealed meetings with Trump dossier figures loses another job title — A Justice Department official demoted late last year for concealing his meetings with the men behind the anti-Trump “dossier” has been stripped of yet another title, Fox News has learned.
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: House Intel Committee Has Received All Docs On Trump Dossier From DOJ, FBI
EXCLUSIVE: House Intel Committee Has Received All Docs On Trump Dossier From DOJ, FBI
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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 …
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Amid Signs of a Thaw in North Korea, Tensions Bubble Up
Amid Signs of a Thaw in North Korea, Tensions Bubble Up
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Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Chairman Ed Royce Statement — Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement:
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Royce to retire
House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Royce to retire
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Mark Minton / The Garden City Telegram:
Alford cites '30s-era 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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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.
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.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Puzder resurfaces in Trump's White House in spite of the #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.
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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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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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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 …
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