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6:10 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: Raw Story, Axios and RedState
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  —  An attorney for the co-founder of opposition research firm Fusion GPS revealed during a closed-door interview this summer with congressional investigators that “somebody's already been killed” as a result of the publication of the anti-Trump dossier.
Discussion: IJR and The Gateway Pundit
Max Greenwood / The Hill:   Grassley blasts Feinstein's release of Fusion GPS transcript as ‘confounding’
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Feinstein posts testimony of Fusion GPS co-founder
Discussion: Axios
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Steps Down From Breitbart Post  —  WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon is stepping down from his post as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the company announced Tuesday.  —  Mr. Bannon's departure, which was forced by a onetime financial patron, Rebekah Mercer …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Steve Bannon out at Breitbart  —  Steve Bannon has stepped down as executive chairman of Breitbart News.  —  The big picture: Trump got his scalp.  He forced everyone inside and close to White House to make a binary choice: “it's me or Steve.”  For everyone, including some of Bannon's close allies, it was an easy choice.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon leaves Breitbart after blow-up over comments in Trump book
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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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Appears to Endorse Path to Citizenship for Millions of Immigrants  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday appeared to endorse a sweeping immigration deal that would eventually grant millions of undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship, saying he would be willing to …
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump says he'll ‘take the heat’ over immigration reform
Discussion: Business Insider
Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
McConnell: DACA deal will be separate from spending bill
Discussion: ThinkProgress
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Republicans: Budget deal prospects are dimming
Discussion: Breitbart and The Week
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 …
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.
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“I sometimes wonder if the Invisible White House has learned to use the Potemkin White House to deke us while it changes the country.”  —  Writes anti-Trumper David Brooks in “The Decline of Anti-Trumpism.” … As to why anti-Trumpism is in decline, the proudly elitist Brooks blames “lowbrowism”:
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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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
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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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 …
TMZ.com:
Russell Simmons, 2 Rape Accusers File New Police Reports  —  Russell Simmons has 2 more rape allegations to deal with, because we've learned 2 women have gone to police and filed criminal complaints ... TMZ has learned.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us the two women filed police reports …
Discussion: ABC News, The Root and The FADER
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Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Russell Simmons halts #NotMe campaign
Hollywood Reporter:
Roseanne Barr: “I'd Be a Better President” Than Oprah, Susan Sarandon, Trump  —  “It was time for us as a country to shake things up and, you know, try something different,” the actress tells reporters of her support of Trump at TCA.  —  It didn't take long before the subject …
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, Breitbart and IJR
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 …
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
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.
 
 
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