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11:05 AM ET, January 23, 2018

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Sessions Is Interviewed in Mueller's Russia Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week by the special counsel's office as part of the investigation into Russia's meddling in the election and whether the president obstructed justice …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: FBI director threatened to resign amid Trump, Sessions pressure  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions — at the public urging of President Donald Trump — has been pressuring FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, but Wray threatened to resign if McCabe was removed …
Fox News:
More than 50,000 texts exchanged between FBI officials Strzok and Page, Sessions says
Washington Post:
Tensions swell between Sessions and FBI over senior personnel from Comey era
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What's next in the investigation of those missing FBI texts
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
Jgoldsmith / Lawfare:
Power and Integrity at the FBI: Chris Wray Stands Up to the President and the Attorney General
Discussion: New York Magazine and Mediaite
Jonathan Carlson / WGCL-TV:
Feds: Man threatened to kill CNN employees  —  A Michigan man was arrested after an FBI investigation, accused of threatening to travel to Atlanta to commit mass murder at CNN headquarters.  —  According to federal court documents, the man, from a Detroit suburb, made 22 calls to CNN about a week ago.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees  —  A Michigan man was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot and kill CNN employees, WGCL-TV reported Monday.  —  The FBI launched an investigation after the man, who is unnamed in the CBS report, reportedly called CNN 22 times about a week ago.
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
'Fake news.  I'm coming to gun you all down': Mich. man accused of making threatening calls to CNN  —  On Jan. 9, an operator in Atlanta manning the public contact number for CNN received a phone call.  According to a federal arrest affidavit unsealed Monday, the male caller launched into a threat.
Darran Simon / CNN:
Michigan man arrested after caller threatens to kill CNN employees  —  (CNN)Authorities arrested a Michigan man last week after he allegedly called CNN several times, threatening to kill employees at the network's Atlanta, Georgia, headquarters, according to a federal affidavit.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Schumer Sells Out the Resistance  —  This weekend, more than one million people took to the streets nationwide for the first anniversary of the Women's March.  Though not nearly as big as the protests a year ago, it was still a larger public manifestation than anything the Tea Party ever managed.
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Jim Newell / Slate:
Why Democrats Caved  —  Shortly after voting to end a government shutdown on Monday afternoon, a group of a 10 or so centrist Senate Democrats, along with a handful of Republicans, gave a press conference outside the chamber to congratulate themselves on the extraordinary bipartisan achievement …
Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
The Case For The Democratic ‘Cave’
Discussion: New York Times and Splinter
New York Times:
Senate Democrats' Vote to End Shutdown Infuriates Some on the Left
Ben Terris / Washington Post:   The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Tony Perkins: Trump Gets ‘a Mulligan’ on Life, Stormy Daniels  —  Donald Trump is still the answer to many conservative evangelical leaders' prayers.  Or at least to their continuing grievances.  —  They embrace Trump the policymaker, says Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, despite being uneasy about Trump as a man.
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Trump evangelicals have lost their gag reflex  —  The Rev. Billy Graham has been one of the most visible, respected and influential Christians in the world since the 1950s.  But he often had a blind spot when it came to politics.  Graham was President Richard Nixon's golfing buddy and spiritual adviser.
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Populism Is Waning, Which Is Reason to Party in Davos
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
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CBS News:
Kentucky school shooting: At least 5 shot at Marshall County High School - live updates  —  BENTON, Ky. — Authorities say at least five students were shot Tuesday morning at a southwestern Kentucky high school.  A suspect in the incident at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky …
Neil Diamond:
NEIL DIAMOND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CONCERT TOURING AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES CANCELLED  —  NEIL DIAMOND ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CONCERT TOURING  —  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES CANCELLED  —  Legendary singer, songwriter and performer Neil Diamond today announced …
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Hawaii governor didn't correct false missile alert sooner because he didn't know his Twitter password  —  Minutes after the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency mistakenly sent a missile alert at 8:07 a.m. on Jan. 13 — terrifying residents and visitors across the state — some officials …
Discussion: The Week
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Kevin Dayton / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
After false missile alarm, Ige couldn't log on to Twitter
Discussion: Daily Wire and Engadget
Washington Times:
Shock poll: Americans want massive cuts to legal immigration  —  Cutting chain migration even more popular than legalizing Dreamers  —  A government shutdown is in the rearview mirror, but the outlines of a looming immigration deal remain murky with the sides still far apart …
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Peter Spiliakos / National Review:
Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, and the Future of the GOP
Discussion: Mother Jones
Pew Research Center:
Republicans and Democrats Grow Even Further Apart in Views of Israel, Palestinians  —  Netanyahu remains a deeply polarizing figure in the U.S.  —  The partisan divide in Middle East sympathies, for Israel or the Palestinians, is now wider than at any point since 1978.
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Conservatives push Ryan for vote on hardline immigration bill  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)As Senate moderates pushed their leader to make a commitment to have a bipartisan immigration vote, House conservatives on Tuesday were pushing their leadership to tack to the right on the issue.
Rachel Louise Ensign / Wall Street Journal:
Bank of America: No More Free Checking for Customers With Low Balances  —  eBanking customers switched into accounts that typically require direct deposit or a minimum balance to avoid $12 monthly fee  —  Bank of America Corp. BAC .69% has eliminated a free checking account popular …
CNN:
Susan Collins had senators in bipartisan meetings use talking stick  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)During bipartisan talks between senators to discuss passing a funding bill to end the government shutdown, Sen. Susan Collins whose office was being used for the negotiations, figured out a civil way to create discussion.
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Florida voters will be able to restore voting rights to over a million former felons in November  —  Florida voters will have a chance to restore voting rights to more than 1 million former felons through a ballot initiative this November.  —  The proposed constitutional amendment …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Politico:
DONNA SHALALA might run for Congress — Why shutdown politics suck — Zinke on defense after zigzag — OOPS: Florida voter data breach — Hurricane Maria's sick legacy  —  By Marc Caputo (mcaputo@politico.com; @MarcACaputo) and Matt Dixon (mdixon@politico.com; @Mdixon55), with Emily Goldberg …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
George Papadopoulos is the ‘John Dean’ of the Russia investigation, his fiancee says  —  He has been mocked by President Trump as a “low level volunteer” and “proven to be a liar.”  —  But the fiancee of George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who pleaded guilty in October …
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
A Billionaire Keeps Pushing to Impeach Trump.  Democrats Are Rattled.  —  Democratic leaders have pressed Tom Steyer privately, urging him to tone down his campaign calling for President Trump's impeachment.  They have prodded him in public, declaring on television that they consider impeachment an impractical idea.
Discussion: NTK Network
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
OMB director: Trump's position on Dreamers ‘depends on what we get in exchange’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — The comments come following a government shutdown over congressional disagreements on immigration policy  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's budget director said Tuesday …
 
 
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Megan Cassella / Politico:
Trump makes his first mark as enforcer-in-chief
Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
Donald Trump has finally dealt his first blow to China's economy
Discussion: Reuters and New Republic
Prashant S. Rao / New York Times:
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German Lopez / Vox:
Trump has had a year to confront the opioid epidemic. He's done almost nothing.
Discussion: Addicting Info
David Dayen / New Republic:
Trump's Regulators Want to Kill a Key Financial Rule That Even Republicans Support
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Davos Man  —  President Donald Trump boards Air Force …
Discussion: HuffPost
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Tesla's Pay Deal to Keep Elon Musk: All or Nothing
Discussion: Electrek and 444
EW.com:
Chasing Hillary memoir will detail 10 years of reporting on Hillary Clinton
Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
Most Americans don't trust President Trump with the ‘nuclear button’
Christopher Clarey / New York Times:
For Tennys Sandgren, Success Brings Scrutiny of His Political Views
Discussion: Mashable and The Guardian
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Advice to Young Ladies in This Very, Very Stupid Era
Discussion: bizpacreview.com, WTVR-TV and USA Today
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
WATCH: Hot mic catches GOP senator ogling ‘beautiful’ teenaged girls with fellow lawmaker
Christina Caron / New York Times:
No Passport or Ticket: How a Woman Evaded Airport Security and Flew to London
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96
Discussion: The Week, thecut and CBS Los Angeles
 

 
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Financial Times:
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