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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 …
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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 …
Fox News:
More than 50,000 texts exchanged between FBI officials Strzok and Page, Sessions says — More than 50,000 texts were exchanged between two FBI officials who have come under fire for exchanging anti-Trump messages during the 2016 election, Attorney General Jeff Sessions revealed Monday.
Washington Post:
Tensions swell between Sessions and FBI over senior personnel from Comey era … FBI Director Christopher A. Wray has been resisting pressure from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to replace the bureau's deputy director, Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of criticism from President Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What's next in the investigation of those missing FBI texts
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Jgoldsmith / Lawfare:
Power and Integrity at the FBI: Chris Wray Stands Up to the President and the Attorney General
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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.
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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.
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Darran Simon / CNN:
Michigan man arrested after caller threatens to kill CNN employees
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
The Case For The Democratic ‘Cave’ — It's not really a cave if you're just continuing the fight. — WASHINGTON After Senate Democrats voted for a three-week government funding extension Monday, Republicans and liberal progressives seemed to agree about one thing: Democrats had caved.
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Senate Democrats' Vote to End Shutdown Infuriates Some on the Left — WASHINGTON — The decision by Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown on Monday in exchange for a promised immigration vote enraged liberals, who accused the lawmakers of betrayal and threatened to mount primaries against some of the Democrats who voted yes.
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Osita Nwanevu / Slate:
The Democrats Are Losers — About one year ago, an estimated …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun
Jim Newell / Slate:
Why Democrats Caved — Shortly after voting to end …
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Jen Kirby / Vox:
Ted Cruz, mascot of the 2013 shutdown, says he has “consistently opposed shutdowns”
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Why the Democrats lost their nerve in the shutdown battle
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Schumer Sells Out the Resistance
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
GOVERNMENT OPEN ... SCALISE talks to Playbook about what's next …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump will no longer join the President in Davos — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)First lady Melania Trump, in a change of plans, will not be joining President Donald Trump on his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, later this week.
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Populism Is Waning, Which Is Reason to Party in Davos
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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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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 …
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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 …
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Kevin Dayton / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
After false missile alarm, Ige couldn't log on to Twitter
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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.
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Senator using ‘talking stick’ breaks Collins' glass elephant during shutdown talks: reports
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
WATCH: Hot mic catches GOP senator ogling ‘beautiful’ teenaged girls with fellow lawmaker — As the Senate prepared to pass the continuing resolution that would re-open the government, a Mississippi Republican was caught on a hot mic making comments about the appearances of high-school aged pages.
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.
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 …
Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
Most Americans don't trust President Trump with the ‘nuclear button’ — A slim majority of Americans are concerned that President Trump might launch a nuclear attack without justification, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
German Lopez / Vox:
Trump has had a year to confront the opioid epidemic. He's done almost nothing. — The consensus from experts and advocates: “a lot of talk, little action.” — If you listen to President Donald Trump's words about the opioid epidemic, he seems to understand it's an emergency.
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Christina Caron / New York Times:
No Passport or Ticket: How a Woman Evaded Airport Security and Flew to London — With neither a ticket nor a passport, Marilyn Hartman slipped into Chicago O'Hare International Airport last week, sneaked onto a British Airways flight and traveled to London, where she was apprehended by customs officials …
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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