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In Touch Weekly:
Stormy Daniels' Explosive Full Interview on Donald Trump Affair: “I Can Describe His Junk Perfectly” (EXCLUSIVE) … IT: When was the first time you met Donald Trump? — Stormy: It was a charity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe. I guess he was there to play golf, and I was there because the company …
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Mother Jones, The Guardian, The Week, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Splinter, Raw Story, Hullabaloo, Politico, Hit & Run and The A.V. Club
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Used Private Company, Pseudonyms to Pay Porn Star ‘Stormy Daniels’ — President Donald Trump's lawyer used a private Delaware company to pay a former adult-film star $130,000 in return for her agreeing to not publicly discuss an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump …
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Stormy Daniels Once Claimed She Spanked Donald Trump With a Forbes Magazine — Last week, the Wall Street Journal triggered a new scandal for President Donald Trump when it reported that his lawyer, Michael Cohen, had paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about a decade-old sexual relationship …
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Mercury News, News+Opinion …, In Touch Weekly, Mediaite, Hot Air, The Daily Beast Latest …, Patterico's Pontifications, thecut, Daily Wire, Hit & Run, The Root, Palmer Report, Talking Points Memo, The Bayou Brief, Washington Press, Boing Boing, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The New Civil Rights Movement
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump to Mark One-Year Anniversary With Gala at Mar-a-Lago — Tickets for dinner event start at $100,000 per couple — Unclear whether governmnent shutdown would affect travel plans — President Donald Trump will mark the first anniversary of his inauguration on Saturday with a celebration …
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Talking Points Memo, CNBC, The New Civil Rights Movement, CNN, The Hill, New York Magazine, Jamie Dupree - AJC, The Week and BloombergQuint
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN: Who blinks first …
SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN: Who blinks first …
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New York Times and American Prospect
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump to delay Mar-a-Lago trip until Congress passes funding measure
Trump to delay Mar-a-Lago trip until Congress passes funding measure
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IJR, ABC News, Business Insider, RedState, Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo, AOL and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
New York Daily News:
Former Trump aide Omarosa may have taped White House discussions, fears Mueller wants to talk to her — Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman may have taped confidential West Wing conversations and fears being caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, sources told the Daily News on Thursday.
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Turnover In Trump's White House Is ‘Record-Setting,’ And It Isn't Even Close
Turnover In Trump's White House Is ‘Record-Setting,’ And It Isn't Even Close
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Brookings
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Shutdown threat tanks West Wing morale
New York Times:
Showdown Vote in Senate on Friday With Government Shutdown at Stake — WASHINGTON — The Senate is heading toward a showdown vote on Friday on legislation to keep the government open past midnight, and Democrats appear ready to block it, gambling that a weakened President Trump …
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NPR, Roll Call, CNBC, KTLA, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Times, CBS New York, Politico, CBS Pittsburgh and Mashable
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The Hill:
Blame game ramps up as shutdown nears
Blame game ramps up as shutdown nears
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Politico, JustOneMinute, New York Times, The Savage Nation and The Federalist
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Government shutdown looms as Senate Democrats dig in against GOP spending plan
Government shutdown looms as Senate Democrats dig in against GOP spending plan
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Politico and Outside the Beltway
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate in disarray with shutdown hours away
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns as public face of agency that runs AmeriCorps after KFile review of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim and anti-LGBT comments on the radio — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Trump administration appointee Carl Higbie resigned Thursday as chief of external affairs …
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Talking Points Memo, HuffPost, Washington Post, Washington Times, The Hill, Towleroad, AOL, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week, Mediaite, Washington Press, Raw Story and Palmer Report
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
A Bombshell House Intelligence report exposing extensive FISA abuse could lead to the removal of senior government officials — A review of a classified document outlining what is described as extensive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse was made available to all House members Thursday …
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Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
GOP lawmakers demand that ‘alarming’ memo on FISA abuses be made public
GOP lawmakers demand that ‘alarming’ memo on FISA abuses be made public
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Congressman Matt Gaetz, CNN, Breitbart, Balloon Juice, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News Insider, The Last Tradition and The Daily Caller
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Bombshell: Simpson Admits Fusion GPS Went to the Press to Salvage Hillary's Campaign — As Scott noted earlier today, the House Intelligence Committee has released transcripts of its interviews with Glenn Simpson, founder of Fusion GPS and the source of the Democrats' smear campaign against Donald Trump.
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Daily Wire
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Inside the Oval Office Immigration Meeting That Left a Senator Stunned — WASHINGTON — As they departed the now famous Oval Office meeting where President Trump used vulgar language to disparage the national origin of some potential immigrants, Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard J. Durbin found themselves …
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Washington Post and Media Matters for America
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Nicholas Page / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson: ‘How Many Big Tech Companies Were Started By People From Central and South America?’ — With a government shutdown looming over Congress like a dark cloud, a compromise on immigration and border security within D.C. appears to be the only thing that can prevent such a fiasco.
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Mark Steyn Bashes Immigrants: At Least ‘White Supremacists are American Citizens’
Joe Cunningham / RedState:
Wow! Mark Steyn Defends White Supremacists in Anti-Hispanic Rant
Wow! Mark Steyn Defends White Supremacists in Anti-Hispanic Rant
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Mediaite
USA Today:
On Trump's mental fitness, the experts are silenced and the public's in the dark — This is not ‘armchair psychiatry.’ It's a call for a responsible, thorough and accurate assessment that prevents irresponsible conclusions. — Many Americans are asking questions about Donald Trump's mental fitness …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Psychiatrist who spoke with lawmakers pens op-ed on Trump mental health
Psychiatrist who spoke with lawmakers pens op-ed on Trump mental health
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Raw Story
Jason Del Rey / Recode:
Amazon is raising the price of Prime monthly memberships by nearly 20 percent — From $10.99 to $12.99 — Amazon Prime memberships are getting more expensive — for those customers who want the flexibility to pay for the speedy shipping and media streaming program on a monthly basis.
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Business Insider, Mashable and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
‘We will prosecute’ employers who help immigration sweeps, California AG says — The state's top cop issued a warning to California employers Thursday that businesses face legal repercussions, including fines up to $10,000, if they assist federal immigration authorities with a potential widespread immigration crackdown.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: More than half of Americans strongly disapprove of Trump — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ends his first year in office with 39 percent of Americans approving of his job performance, according to the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll — the lowest mark …
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Washington Post, Politico, Political Wire and Washington Times
Elise Young / Bloomberg:
Mortal Again: Christie Blocked at VIP Entrance to Newark Airport — Police officer sends him to Terminal B with rest of nobodies — Three days out of office and Port Authority ends prized perk — Meet Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and current nobody at Newark Liberty International Airport.
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Washington Press, Splinter, IJR, thecut and CBS New York
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump personally made decision to limit Bannon testimony: report — reportedly ordered that former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon limit his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee. — Trump's decision came after receiving advice from Uttam Dhillon, a deputy White House counsel, Foreign Policy reports.
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Foreign Policy, The Week, Washington Post, CNBC, CANNONFIRE, Boing Boing, RedState, On Point with Tom Ashbrook, Raw Story and Politicus USA
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Watch: Watergate prosecutor says Bannon's testimony “looks like a cover-up”
Watch: Watergate prosecutor says Bannon's testimony “looks like a cover-up”
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Washington Post, ABC News and Reuters
New York Times:
Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks North Carolina Gerrymandering Ruling — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a trial court's order requiring North Carolina lawmakers to produce a revised congressional voting map, making it likely that the midterm elections this year …
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Hullabaloo, Splinter and Mother Jones
Louise Boyle / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Megyn Kelly Today staffer is FIRED after claiming show is ‘toxic and demeaning’, rife with bullying and its two bosses abuse their assistants and ‘scapegoat’ the staff — Kevin Bleyer was fired as head writer of Megyn Kelly Today earlier this week after making complaints about bullying by its two top bosses
Wall Street Journal:
Six Chinese Ships Covertly Aided North Korea. The U.S. Was Watching. — Intelligence gathered by American officials provides what they say is detailed evidence of sanctions violations — Satellite photographs and other intelligence gathered by U.S. officials provide what they say is detailed evidence …
Bloomberg:
Candidates and Contributors May Make 2018 the Year of the Woman — Activists see an opportunity to lift the Democrats to victory — Record numbers of women are running for political office — Democratic women — from grassroots donors to wealthy political benefactors …
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The Week and Wall Street Journal
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