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9:10 AM ET, January 31, 2018

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Washington Post:
Internal Justice Department probe eyes McCabe's role in final weeks of 2016 election … The Justice Department's inspector general has been focused for months on why Andrew McCabe, as the No. 2 official at the FBI, appeared not to act for about three weeks on a request to examine a batch …
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. officials appealed to White House to halt release of memo alleging FBI abuses related to author of Trump dossier … Top Justice Department officials made a last-ditch plea Monday to White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly about the dangers of publicly releasing a memo alleging abuses …
Mike Levine / ABC News:
DOJ gives special counsel internal docs on thwarted Sessions resignation, source says  —  In the weeks before special counsel Robert Mueller's team interviewed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Justice Department turned over a cache of internal correspondence, including documents related …
Discussion: Axios
The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Won't Say if He Worked With White House on Anti-FBI Memo  —  The House intel committee GOP leader refused to answer behind closed doors if he coordinated with the president's team on his report blasting Rosenstein, Comey, and McCabe.  —  BETSY WOODRUFF, SPENCER ACKERMAN1.30.18 6:17 PM ET
Amanda Carpenter / Politico:
I'm a Republican.  Why Is My Party Gaslighting America?  —  Riddle me this: If Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have smoking gun evidence of a deep-state conspiracy that threatens American democracy itself, wouldn't they be doing more than playing silly hashtag games, such as #ReleasetheMemo?
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Nunes Conspiracy  —  First, a few words on the State of the Union address.
Discussion: Consortiumnews.com
Ryan Struyk / CNN:
CNN Instant poll: Trump gets least positive reaction in at least 20 years  —  Washington (CNN)Almost half of Americans who watched President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address — 48% — say they had a “very positive” impression of the speech, down from 57% of speech-watchers …
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CBS News:
Viewers approve of Trump's first State of the Union address - CBS News poll  —  Views of the speech  —  Three in four Americans who tuned in to President Trump's State of the Union address tonight approved of the speech he gave.  Just a quarter disapproved.  —  How did the speech make you feel?
NPR:
FACT CHECK: Trump's State Of The Union Address  —  In his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Trump is expected to take a bipartisan tone.  He is expected to focus on jobs and the economy, infrastructure, immigration, trade and national security.
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump arrived at State of the Union separately from the President  —  Washington (CNN)In a break with longstanding tradition, Melania Trump opted to ride with the guests she invited to share her first lady's box during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.
Erica Pandey / Axios:
Kennedy responds for the Democrats
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   The paradox of Trump  —  President Trump's State of the Union embodied …
ABC News:
Updates: Trump to deliver first State of the Union amid Washington discord
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
CNN's Van Jones Goes Off on Trump for ‘Smearing’ DREAMers in State of the Union
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Victor Cha / Washington Post:
Giving North Korea a ‘bloody nose’ carries a huge risk to Americans  —  Victor Cha is a professor at Georgetown University and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.  —  North Korea, if not stopped, will build an arsenal with multiple nuclear missiles meant …
Discussion: Politico, CNBC, New York Times and The Week
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Washington Post:
Disagreement on North Korea policy derails White House choice for ambassador to South Korea
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
INSIDE the STATE OF THE UNION …
Discussion: The Week
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
The incredible story of the North Korean escapee at the State of the Union
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
White House abandons planned pick for South Korea ambassador
Gordon G. Chang / The Daily Beast:
In State of the Union, Trump Goes Where Kim Jong Un Fears Most: Human Rights
Discussion: CNN and Business Insider
Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
U.S. can destroy ‘most’ of N. Korea's nuclear missile infrastructure, top general says
CNN:
Trump's lawyers argue Mueller has not met threshold for presidential interview  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's attorneys are arguing that special counsel Robert Mueller's team has not met the high threshold they believe is needed to interview a president in person …
Discussion: The Week
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Seeks Interview With Ex-Spokesman for Trump's Legal Team  —  Mark Corallo resigned from position after revelation that president's son arranged meeting with Russian lawyer  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller is seeking an interview with Mark Corallo, the former spokesman …
Howard Fineman / NBC News:
The ‘state’ of Donald Trump? He thinks it couldn't be better.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Mueller needs ‘no protection’ from Trump
Discussion: IJR
Eric Columbus / Washington Post:
Mueller won't indict Trump. But here's what he can do.
Discussion: Business Insider
Hillary Clinton:
The most important work of my life has been to support and empower women.  I've tried to do so here at home, around the world, and in the organizations I've run.  I started in my twenties, and four decades later I'm nowhere near being done.  I'm proud that it's the work I'm most associated with …
The Atlantic:
Trump's First State of the Union  —  President Trump delivered his first State of the Union before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.  These addresses are typically opportunities for American presidents to highlight their achievements and provide a vision for the country going forward.
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Allison Graves / PolitiFact:
Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union speech
Discussion: Business Insider
President Donald Trump / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's claims in his State of Union address
Discussion: Daily Kos
CNN:
State of the Union 2018: Read the full transcript  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union address on Tuesday.  Read the President's speech as prepared for delivery and released by the White House:  —  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress …
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Yahoo:
Full text: President Trump's 2018 State of the Union address
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Donald Trump is teaching Republicans how to fight  —  It's an observation so strikingly true that you wonder why you didn't think of it earlier.  “Donald Trump,” a friend said the other day, “is teaching the Republican Party how to fight and how to win.”  —  The evidence is everywhere every day …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi tells Democrats not to disrupt ‘slobbering’ Trump during SOTU
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Trump's top health official traded tobacco stock while leading anti-smoking efforts  —  The Trump administration's top public health official bought shares in a tobacco company one month into her leadership of the agency charged with reducing tobacco use — the leading cause of preventable disease …
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Donald Trump is still the man to these blue-collar voters  —  VENETIA, PA. — Tony and Michelle Ripepi always make sure their children are civically engaged, from following local and national elections to watching big decisions, speeches and moments coming from the White House.
CBS News:
Rubio, Menendez express concern about Russian influence in Mexican election to Tillerson  —  President Trump may have declined to criticize Russia for interfering in the U.S. and other elections around the world — but now, amid reports that Russia may be meddling in Latin American elections …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
In Joe Kennedy's speech, Democrats rediscovered Barack Obama's compelling vision
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
What Trump's address sounded like, in eight American living rooms
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Dueling Trumps deliver a State of the Union speech likely to widen a deep partisan divide
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How the Trump Administration's Plan Would Shape the Composition of Immigration: First Numerical Estimates
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Ex-Mississippi Gov. Barbour arrested with gun at airport
Joanna Walters / The Guardian:
Greg Gianforte, politician who assaulted Guardian reporter, to lead GOP workshop
CNN:
Senior adviser who worked for disgraced Trump appointee at federal volunteer agency was banned …
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