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8:55 AM ET, January 22, 2018

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New York Times:
A President Not Sure of What He Wants Complicates the Shutdown Impasse  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump mused last year about protecting immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children, calling them “these incredible kids,” aides implored him privately to stop talking about them so sympathetically.
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CNN:
Senate to vote on Monday on ending shutdown  —  Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged Sunday to take up legislation to address the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program if enough Democrats vote to re-open the government, and scheduled a key vote for noon Monday.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Graham: Stephen Miller makes immigration deal impossible  —  (S.C.) warned on Sunday that the White House staff is undercutting President Trump  —  and Congress's ability to get a deal on immigration.  —  “Every time we have a proposal it is only yanked back by staff members.
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller: Immigration agitator and White House survivor  —  Stephen Miller, one of the few remaining original advisers to President Trump, invited a small group of writers and editors from Breitbart News to the White House last fall for a conversation on immigration.
CNN:
‘Dealmaker in chief’ largely absent in weekend shutdown negotiations  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — “I had to stay here in DC, which I'm becoming pretty proficient at,” Trump told donors by video on Saturday  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump may be presiding over the first government shutdown ever …
CNN:
Senate to vote at noon on whether to end government shutdown
Bloomberg:
White House, Graham Trade Barbs Amid Stalemate (7:27 p.m.)
Discussion: Reuters and Geller Report
Washington Post:
Trump keeps low public profile during shutdown, but is ‘itching’ to be involved
Elana Schor / Politico:
Senate to vote Monday on plan to reopen government
Discussion: Splinter and Business Insider
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Women and independents drive advantage for Democrats ahead of midterm elections, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Strong support from women and independents is fueling Democrats' large early advantage ahead of this year's congressional elections, a sign that two groups that have recoiled …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Sofi Sinozich / ABC News:
Democrats solidify their lead in midterm elections matchup (POLL)  —  Democrats have solidified their position in the November midterm elections in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, maintaining a 12-point lead among registered voters while improving to a wide 14-point advantage among likely voters in congressional preference.
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘Defiance Disorder’: Another new book describes chaos in Trump's White House  —  In late July, the White House had just finished an official policy review on transgender individuals serving in the military and President Trump and his then-chief of staff, Reince Priebus, had agreed to meet …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and ABC News
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Graham tees off on Stephen Miller over immigration
Discussion: Mediaite
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
FBI did not save officials' texts during key period in Trump probe, senator says  —  The FBI did not retain text messages exchanged by two senior officials involved in the probes of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for a five-month period ending the day a special counsel was appointed …
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The Daily Caller:
FBI ‘Failed To Preserve’ Five Months Of Text Messages Between Anti-Trump FBI Agents
Dean Balsamini / New York Post:
Police union slashes number of ‘get out of jail free’ cards issued  —  The city's police-officers union is cracking down on the number of “get out of jail free” courtesy cards distributed to cops to give to family and friends.  —  Patrolmen's Benevolent Association boss Pat Lynch slashed …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Chief Justice John Roberts Has Changed A Little Bit.  And That Could Be A Big Deal.  —  Chief Justice John Roberts last year.  —  Win Mcnamee / Getty Images  —  WASHINGTON — Thirteen years into the job, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. remains a conservative — but he has shifted …
Washington Post:
Pence says U.S. embassy to make Jerusalem move next year on faster timetable … JERUSALEM — The United States will open its embassy in Jerusalem next year, Vice President Pence said Monday, accelerating plans to move the mission in line with the Trump administration's controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Chris Benderev / NPR:
As Pence Tours Mideast, Tension Lingers Over Trump's Jerusalem Decision
Discussion: Splinter
Wall Street Journal:
China, Unhampered by Rules, Races Ahead in Gene-Editing Trials  —  U.S. scientists helped devise the Crispr biotechnology tool.  First to test it in humans are Chinese doctors  —  HANGZHOU, China—In a hospital west of Shanghai, Wu Shixiu since March has been trying to treat cancer patients using a promising new gene-editing tool.
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Bypassed DHS Analysts to Produce Bogus Terror Report … The document didn't mince words.  It claimed three-quarters of “international terrorism” convicts were immigrants, an assertion meant to bolster Donald Trump's cherished Muslim-focused ban on entering the country.
Discussion: Raw Story
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / New York Magazine:
Does This Man Know More Than Robert Mueller?  —  It's 10:45 p.m. Rio de Janeiro time.  Glenn Greenwald and I are finishing dinner at a deserted bistro in Ipanema.  The restaurant, which serves its sweating beer bottles in metal buckets and goes heavy on the protein, is almost aggressively unremarkable …
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
'It's about time': Ruth Bader Ginsburg praises #MeToo, recounts harassment in Sundance talk  —  Long before she donned a black judge's robe, before she led a decades-long legal fight for gender equality, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a young, studious college kid taking a chemistry class at Cornell University.
Discussion: Althouse and Joe.My.God.
 
 
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Larry Elliott Economics / The Guardian:
Inequality gap widens as 42 people hold same wealth as 3.7bn poorest
Wfla Web / WFLA-TV:
Person of interest sought after 2 pipe bombs explode at Eagle Ridge Mall
Discussion: KTLA and Associated Press
Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:
Chelsea Manning has filed to run for Senate as a Democratic candidate …
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
The Man Who Put Andrew Jackson in Trump's Oval Office
Wall Street Journal:
What's a House Worth? Wall Street Turns to Drive-By ‘Appraisals’
Discussion: Mother Jones
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner's father on probe into family company: “We are not at all concerned.”
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
Gordon G. Chang / The Daily Beast:
‘The Seoul Syndrome’ and the ‘Pyongyang Olympics’? South Korea on Thin Ice
Dan Rivoli / New York Daily News:
MTA brass pushed link between subway delays and power problems, causing Cuomo to blame Con Edison
Discussion: New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What happens when a party becomes unmoored from the truth and the American creed
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:
Paul Ryan just claimed Obama delayed troop pay during 2013 shutdown. That's a lie.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump, Wolff and The Secret of the Russia Story
Discussion: Hullabaloo and bradford-delong.com
The Daily Beast:
FBI: Devin Nunes Won't Show Us Memo Alleging Surveillance Abuses
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and Balloon Juice
Barton Deiters / WOOD-TV:
Kzoo doctor detained by ICE after 40 years in US
Discussion: Washington Post and Jezebel
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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