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5:40 PM ET, January 9, 2018

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Washington Post:
Fusion GPS founder told Senate investigators the FBI had a whistleblower in Trump's network … The ex-British spy who authored a dossier of allegations against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was told the FBI had someone inside Trump's network providing agents with information …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Senate Democrats just released full testimony on the Trump-Russia dossier.  Here's what's in it  — Sen. Dianne Feinstein released the full transcript of Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.  — Simpson touched on a wide array of topics …
The Daily Beast:
Democrats Release the Fusion GPS Testimony on Trump and Russia  —  Senate Democrats on Tuesday released the transcripts from a closed-door Senate Judiciary interview with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson as part of the committee's Russia probe.  Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a Republican …
Discussion: Axios, RedState and Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Human source’ in Trump orbit contacted FBI, Fusion GPS co-founder told senators  —  Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, whose firm commissioned a controversial dossier alleging secret ties between President Donald Trump and the Kremlin, told congressional investigators in August that the FBI found …
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
'Somebody's already been killed' because of Trump dossier, Fusion GPS rep revealed
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Feinstein posts testimony of Fusion GPS co-founder
Discussion: Axios
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Steve Bannon to Step Down From Breitbart Post  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon is stepping down from his post as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the company will announce on Tuesday.  —  Mr. Bannon's departure, which was forced by a onetime financial patron, Rebekah Mercer …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon leaves Breitbart after blow-up over comments in Trump book
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon out at Breitbart
Discussion: New York Magazine and Breitbart
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Joe Arpaio running for Senate in Arizona  —  Republican Joe Arpaio, a close ally of President Trump and former sheriff known for his provocative approach to combatting illegal immigration, is running for Senate in Arizona.  —  The 85-year-old Arpaio could shake up the late August Republican primary …
USA Today:
In extraordinary public negotiation with Congress, Trump promises to sign DACA bill  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump promised Tuesday to sign what he called a “bill of love” to extend protections to 800,000 immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children — if Congress can work out the details.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump says he'll ‘take the heat’ over immigration reform
Discussion: Business Insider
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
If Russia probe goes near Trump's finances, 'he's sunk,' ‘Fire and Fury’ author Michael Wolff says  —  People around President Donald Trump think that if the Russia investigation touches the president's finances, it could take the president down, the author of an explosive tell-all book claimed Tuesday.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Michael Wolff: People close to Trump ‘afraid’ for the country
Discussion: Hullabaloo and RedState
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:   Wolff: WH officials think if Mueller targets Trump's finances, 'he's sunk'
CNN:
Facing staffing exodus, Trump struggles to fill West Wing  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)White House aides have been told to make a decision before the end of January whether they intend to leave the administration or stay through the November midterm elections, an official said …
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.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“I sometimes wonder if the Invisible White House has learned to use the Potemkin White House …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Bernie Sanders / Washington Post:
It's on Republicans to stop a shutdown  —  Bernie Sanders, an independent, represents Vermont in the U.S. Senate.  —  I do not know why President Trump and the Republican Party — which controls the White House, the Senate and the House — are so willing to shut down the government.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Republicans: Budget deal prospects are dimming
Discussion: Breitbart and The Week
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
McConnell: DACA deal will be separate from spending bill
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Los Angeles Times:
At least 5 dead as heavy rains trigger flooding, mudflows and freeway closures across Southern California … At least five people were killed Tuesday when a rainstorm sent mud and debris coursing through Montecito neighborhoods and left rescue crews to scramble through clogged roadways and downed trees to search for victims.
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
John Dickerson Of CBS's ‘Face The Nation’ Is Set To Replace Charlie Rose  —  Rose was fired by CBS following allegations of sexual misconduct.  —  John Dickerson, anchor of the CBS Sunday news program “Face the Nation,” is set to replace Charlie Rose on “CBS This Morning,” three sources familiar with the decision tell HuffPost.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Sessions' DOJ Charged A White Supremacist With Terrorism.  They Just Didn't Tell Anyone.  —  The Justice Department's handling of the federal terrorism case against Taylor Michael Wilson is indicative of the government's approach to domestic terrorism.  —  WASHINGTON Usually …
Discussion: IJR and Splinter
New York Times:
Trump Plans to Attend the World Economic Forum in Davos  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to attend the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, in the coming weeks, an administration official said Tuesday.  —  In a statement, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary …
Discussion: Vox, Breitbart and Axios
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Marvel creator Stan Lee, 95, is accused of groping nurses and demanding oral sex in the shower at his $20m Los Angeles home - but says he is victim of a ‘shake down’  — Stan Lee, the 95-year-old comic book legend who co-created Spider Man, the X-Men, The Incredible Hulk and other characters is accused of sex abuse
Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast:
This Is the Data Snapchat Doesn't Want You to See … Snapchat takes its secrecy seriously.  Very, very seriously.  —  Take the case of one former Snapchat employee.  On his first day, he was forced to sit through an ominous orientation where he was threatened with termination …
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 …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Success: EPA set to reduce staff 50% in Trump's first term  —  The Environmental Protection Agency, seen by President Trump as a bloated bureaucratic whale, is on schedule to fulfill his promise to reduce its staff nearly in half by the end of his first term mostly through retirements, not cuts, according to officials.
Discussion: Common Dreams and The Daily Signal
Daniel Roberts / Yahoo! Finance:
Poll: 33% of NFL fans ‘purposely stopped watching’ this season  —  television ratings have declined and fans, TV pundits, and reporters have speculated as to  —  the biggest cause.  On social media, many people railed that players protesting during the national anthem led outraged Americans to boycott.
Discussion: TheBlaze, IJR and Breitbart
New York Post:
Man says Eliot Spitzer threatened to stab him in the penis during dinner  —  Eliot Spitzer — who once warned a rival, “I am a f-king steamroller” and promised an ex-hooker “a slow, painful death” — threatened to stab a restaurant patron's privates after getting ribbed by the stranger, The Post has learned.
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Republicans have already made their 2018 election bets  —  Competency questions: Wolff's book puts Trump on the defensive  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Congressional Republicans spent last weekend huddling with President Trump at Camp David to frame their legislative agenda in 2018.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Russell Simmons halts #NotMe campaign  —  Russell Simmons has put his #NotMe campaign on ice, Page Six has exclusively learned.  —  After the mogul's fiery crusade to clear his name over sexual misconduct allegations went mysteriously quiet, his reps told us that Simmons had instead decided “that this is a time for women to speak.”
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Ivanka Trump tries to hop on Oprah's #MeToo message. #MeToo says no thanks.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
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