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12:10 PM ET, January 17, 2018

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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller, Source Says  —  Trump's one-time chief strategist and current frenemy may have been tight lipped with Congress.  He won't be that way with the Special Counsel.  —  BETSY WOODRUFF1.16.18 9:33 PM ET  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon broke …
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NBC News:
FBI agents visited Steve Bannon's home last week to discuss subpoena in Russia probe  —  FBI agents showed up at Steve Bannon's Washington home last week intent on serving him with a subpoena to appear before a grand jury investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The truth about the FBI's Russia probe  —  “Does this concern you at all?” asks a tart email message from a Trump supporter who wonders why the mainstream media doesn't take a closer look at allegations that the Justice Department's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election has been tainted by bias.
Discussion: New York Times and Althouse
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Bad news for GOP: Mueller probe could collide with midterms
Discussion: Political Wire
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
WHERE WE ARE: Gov't shutdown edition ... RYAN and MCCARTHY make their play, as MEADOWS remains …
Discussion: Althouse and Axios
In Touch Weekly:
‘In Touch’ Explosive Interview With Stormy Daniels: Donald Trump Cheated on Melania With Me … Allegations of an affair between President Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels recently resurfaced after a Wall Street Journal article reported that the porn star was paid a reported $130,000 to stay silent.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Fox News shelved story on Trump and porn actress Stormy Daniels before election  —  Fox News had a story at the height of the presidential election that detailed an alleged sexual relationship between porn actress Stephanie Clifford — whose stage name is “Stormy Daniels” — and Donald Trump …
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
InTouch to Drop 5,000 Words From Stormy Daniels on Sex With Trump
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
How Michael Wolff Got Into the White House for His Tell-All Book  —  Some of president's staff thought they were authorized to talk  —  Wolff's working title suggested sympathetic view of Trump  —  Author Michael Wolff's pitch to the White House to win cooperation for his book included …
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:   A window inside Trump's morning ‘executive time’
BuzzFeed:
Investigators Are Scrutinizing Newly Uncovered Payments By The Russian Embassy  —  US authorities are poring over hundreds of newly uncovered payments from Russian diplomatic accounts.  Among them are transactions by former ambassador Sergey Kislyak 10 days after the 2016 presidential election …
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Democrats grab key Wisconsin Senate seat in Tuesday's special elections  —  MADISON - Democrats snagged a GOP-leaning state Senate seat in western Wisconsin on Tuesday, buoying progressive hopes that they could ride a wave of victory this fall.  —  Patty Schachtner, the chief medical examiner …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Unexpected defeat in rural Wisconsin special election sets off alarm bells for Republicans  —  THE BIG IDEA: Ten months is an eternity in politics, but a stunning Democratic victory Tuesday in a special election deep in the heart of Trump country suggests a blue tsunami could be forming.
DLCC Communications / Democratic Legislative …:
Wisconsin Democrats Flip 34th Seat From Red To Blue
Discussion: IJR
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sanjay Gupta: By all standards, Trump has heart disease  —  CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, said Wednesday that he believes tests reveal that President Trump  —  has heart disease.  —  Gupta said dating back to 2009, Trump started to have “these tests that are actually looking …
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Sanjay Gupta calls out doctor over Trump's ‘excellent’ health: ‘He has evidence of heart disease and he is borderline obese’  —  CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta on Tuesday questioned a White House physician for giving President Donald Trump a clean bill of health.
John McCain / Washington Post:
Mr. President, stop attacking the press  —  John McCain, a Republican, represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate.  —  After leaving office, President Ronald Reagan created the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award to recognize individuals who have fought to spread liberty worldwide.
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
John McCain to Donald Trump: stop attacking the press
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Nearly all members of National Park Service advisory panel resign in frustration  —  Three-quarters of the members of a federally chartered board advising the National Park Service abruptly quit Monday night out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting last year.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Donald Trump's terrifying plan to win the 2018 midterms  —  A Washington Post report shows again he doesn't understand governing beyond self-interest  —  Is Donald Trump hoping foreign terrorists attack the United States?  —  That terrifying question is subtly embedded in a story …
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's credibility crisis on Capitol Hill  —  Donald Trump ran for president as a bipartisan deal-maker.  But if there's one thing he's proven after a year in office, he's better at killing bipartisan deals than clinching them.  —  On the cusp of a deal for the second time with Democrats …
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Conrad Black / National Review:   The Exhausted Racism Charge
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Fox News:
Illegal immigrant charged in the killings of two cops wishes he 'had killed more of the mother—
Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
With A Possible Shutdown Hours Away, Republicans Are Negotiating With Themselves  —  House conservatives could throw the government into chaos.  —  WASHINGTON Just a few days before a shutdown, lawmakers are still sorting out how they plan to fund the government past Friday.
CBS13 | CBS Sacramento:
New California Declares Independence From Rest Of State  —  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — With the reading of their own version of a Declaration of Independence, founders of the state of New California took the first steps to what they hope will eventually lead to statehood.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Oprah 2020 gets low ratings from voters  —  Americans love Oprah Winfrey.  But they aren't exactly clamoring for the media mogul and former talk-show host to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020.  —  A majority of voters across several polls don't think Winfrey should run for the White House …
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Voters Currently Don't Want Oprah to Run for President
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Goldman's No. 2 Allegedly Swindled Out of $1.2 Million of Wine by Assistant  —  Personal assistant is indicted for taking, reselling bottles  —  Domaine de la Romanee-Conti wines were taken, U.S. says  —  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Co-President David Solomon's personal assistant has been charged …
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
GOP activist from Virginia quits Republican Party over Trump's remarks  —  A young Republican activist from Northern Virginia who was seen as a potential rising star quit the party Tuesday, citing President Trump's “appalling comments” about Haitian immigrants and what he called a nativist streak in his home state.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fans Threatened Psychiatrists Who Warned Trump Was Inciting Violence … Two psychiatrists who warned that Donald Trump was inspiring violence had their point made, the hard way, when Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) abruptly canceled a planned public meeting with them at a senior center after receiving violent threats about the event.
Darrell M. West / Brookings:
What internet search data reveal about Donald Trump's first year in office  —  For media inquries, contact:  —  Elizabeth Sablich esablich@brookings.edu 202.238.3507  —  The past year has been full of ups and downs for President Donald Trump.  His inaugural address launched an “America First” …
Emily Swanson / Associated Press:
Trump ends 1st year with lowest average approval rating  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — This is a record not to be coveted: Donald Trump is wrapping up a year in office with the lowest average approval rating of any elected president in his first year.  —  That's according to polling by Gallup …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Politicus USA
 
 
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Matt Byrnestaff / Portland Press Herald:
Groundbreaking Portland police officer put on leave after arrest in Massachusetts
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James Kirchick / NYR Daily:
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Beth Greenfield / Yahoo:
Gay couple sues printing company over homophobic wedding pamphlets
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Towleroad
Economic Policy Institute:
Women would lose $4.6 billion in earned tips if the administration's ‘tip stealing’ rule is finalized
Discussion: New Republic
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
House Report Concluded Pakistanis Made ‘Unauthorized Access’ To Congressional Servers
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
New York Times:
Poll Finds Upturn in Sentiment on Tax Overhaul and Economy
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Ann Curry Claims NBC Had Pervasive Culture of Verbal Sexual Harassment
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Abbas cancels peace negotiations due to Saudi leaked Jerusalem plan
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Ex-C.I.A. Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants Is Arrested
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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