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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Bannon Is Subpoenaed in Mueller's Russia Investigation — WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links between …
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Bannon gives closed-door testimony to House Intel panel
Bannon gives closed-door testimony to House Intel panel
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Washington Post:
Inside the tense, profane White House meeting on immigration … When President Trump spoke by phone with Sen. Richard J. Durbin around 10:15 a.m. last Thursday, he expressed pleasure with Durbin's outline of a bipartisan immigration pact and praised the high-ranking Illinois Democrat's efforts …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The recidivism presidency — After a triumphant end to 2017, White House sources tell Axios that they see a dangerous pattern forming for this year: a backslide into bad habits of the chaotic early days of the Trump presidency. — Be smart: The White House should be making the best use …
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Lauren Fox / CNN:
Clock ticking toward shutdown as Congress returns to one big spending mess
Clock ticking toward shutdown as Congress returns to one big spending mess
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Jill Filipovic / The Guardian:
The poorly reported Aziz Ansari exposé was a missed opportunity — t was bound to happen. In the midst of women sharing stories of harassment and assault via the #MeToo movement, and a brewing backlash of hand-wringers wondering if women have perhaps gone too far …
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Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Aziz Ansari Is Guilty. Of Not Being a Mind Reader. — I'm apparently the victim of sexual assault. And if you're a sexually active woman in the 21st century, chances are that you are, too. — That is what I learned from the “exposé” of Aziz Ansari published this weekend …
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Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
The #MeToo movement has officially jumped the shark — It's official. #MeToo has jumped the shark. — It happened with Saturday's brutal, public character assassination of actor Aziz Ansari — a dude who's laid claim to being one of Hollywood's good guys.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Babe editor stands by Aziz Ansari story
Babe editor stands by Aziz Ansari story
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CBS News:
DHS Secretary on Trump's reported vulgar comments, DACA policy — Kirstjen Nielsen, President Trump's Homeland Security secretary, tells CBS News that immigrants in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, need to follow the law.
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Bloomberg:
GOP Access to FBI Files Rattles Agents Caught in Political Fight — Sensitive sources or material may be exposed, agents say — Republicans question FBI amid probe into Russian collusion — The Justice Department's decision to give congressional Republicans access to documents …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump dossier probes now include possible State Department involvement
Trump dossier probes now include possible State Department involvement
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kim:
She's here! — We're so in love. — 7lbs 6oz — Kanye and I are happy to announce the arrival of our healthy, beautiful baby girl. We are incredibly grateful to our surrogate who made our dreams come true with the greatest gift one could give and to our wonderful doctors and nurses for their special care.
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The Senate's push to overrule the FCC on net neutrality now has 50 votes, Democrats say — Fifty senators have endorsed a legislative measure to override the Federal Communications Commission's recent decision to deregulate the broadband industry, top Democrats said Monday.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Dems say they have 50 votes in Senate to overrule net neutrality repeal
Dems say they have 50 votes in Senate to overrule net neutrality repeal
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U.S. Department of Justice:
DOJ, DHS Report: Three Out of Four Individuals Convicted of International Terrorism and Terrorism-Related Offenses were Foreign-Born — Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Release Data for the First Time on Terrorism-Related Activity — Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) …
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CNN:
4 South Carolina officers shot after domestic violence call — (CNN)A man shot and injured four law enforcement officers — one of them critically — early Tuesday near a South Carolina home, a sheriff's spokesman said, after deputies initially were called there for a complaint of domestic violence.
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Zac Auter / Gallup:
U.S. Uninsured Rate Steady at 12.2% in Fourth Quarter of 2017 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults without health insurance was essentially unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2017, at 12.2%, but it is up 1.3 percentage points from the record low of 10.9% found in the last quarter of 2016.
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
Sanders Says Trump Isn't Racist, Citing ‘The Apprentice’ — White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said claims that President Donald Trump is racist are “outrageous,” citing his success as a public figure and star turn on television as a host on NBC's reality show “The Apprentice.”
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Annie Karni / Politico:
The Democrat Trumpworld fears most — In early December, as President Donald Trump's approval rating reached a new low of 32 percent, the commander in chief was rating the 2020 Democratic field from behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders …
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abc7.com:
13 victims, ages 2 to 29, kept shackled in foul Perris home by parents, officials say … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid= 2948829" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> — Thirteen victims, ranging in age from 2 to 29 years old …
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
13 Siblings, Some Shackled to Beds, Were Held Captive by Parents, Police Say
13 Siblings, Some Shackled to Beds, Were Held Captive by Parents, Police Say
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TMZ.com:
Seal Under Investigation for Sexual Battery — Seal is under criminal investigation for sexual battery, just one week after he publicly encouraged sexual abuse victims to come forward ... but the singer denies any wrongdoing. — Actress Tracey Birdsall tells us she and Seal were neighbors in Los Angeles in the fall of 2016.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
BlackRock's Message: Contribute to Society, or Risk Losing Our Support — On Tuesday, the chief executives of the world's largest public companies will be receiving a letter from one of the most influential investors in the world. And what it says is likely to cause a firestorm …
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Drew Desilver / Pew Research Center:
Congress has long struggled to pass spending bills on time — Nearly four months into fiscal 2018, Congress has passed none of the dozen spending bills it's theoretically supposed to enact every year. Instead, lawmakers are on their third stopgap measure, which keeps government operations funded until Jan. 19.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's first-year report card: Voters say he's no genius — Donald Trump's quarterly report card is in — and if he were back in school, he'd find himself on academic probation. — More voters give Trump a failing grade for his first year as president than think he deserves an “A” or …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
McMaster's secret San Francisco meeting on North Korean threat — H.R. McMaster was in San Francisco on Saturday and Sunday for secret meetings about North Korea. He met with Shotaro Yachi, the director of the Japanese national security council, along with the South Koreans.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, Trump's approval among black Americans hasn't doubled — Over the course of 2017, SurveyMonkey conducted 605,172 interviews of Americans. A quirk of statistical analysis is that the precision of poll results from a survey of 605,000 people versus only 1,000 people is small …
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Niraj Warikoo / USA Today:
Too old for DACA, man who spent 30 years of his life in U.S. is deported … Jorge Garcia, 39, of Lincoln Park, hugs his wife and two kids before being escorted by ICE agents to be deported to Mexico, on Jan. 15, 2018, at Detroit Metro Airport. Erik Shelley
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