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8:40 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
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A call for unity against a backdrop of controversy and division
Discussion: New York Times and ABC News
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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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.
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?
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Kennedy responds to Trump: ‘We all feel the fault lines of a fractured country’  —  Washington (CNN)Rep. Joe Kennedy tied the turmoil of the past year to President Donald Trump's administration, saying, “We all feel the fault lines of a fractured country,” in a sharply critical speech …
Erica Pandey / Axios:
Kennedy responds for the Democrats
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi tells Democrats not to disrupt ‘slobbering’ Trump during SOTU
New York Times:
First Trump State of the Union Address Makes Appeal for Unity
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Just Security
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
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   The paradox of Trump  —  President Trump's State of the Union embodied …
The White House:
Special Guests for the State of the Union Address
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 …
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Washington Post:
Disagreement on North Korea policy derails White House choice for ambassador to South Korea
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
White House abandons planned pick for South Korea ambassador
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
The incredible story of the North Korean escapee at the State of the Union
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Daniel Lippman / Politico:   INSIDE the STATE OF THE UNION …
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 …
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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.
Eric Columbus / Washington Post:   Mueller won't indict Trump. But here's what he can do.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Mueller needs ‘no protection’ from Trump
Discussion: IJR
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 …
Yahoo:
Full text: President Trump's 2018 State of the Union address  —  President Trump's first State of the Union address as it was prepared for delivery below.  —  [ Live coverage:  —  Trump's 2018 State of the Union address ]  —  TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Discussion: Washington Post
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Axios:
Full text of Trump's State of the Union address
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The White House:   President Donald J. Trump's State of the Union Address
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 …
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
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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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
Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
Trump's State of the Union had basically nothing to match his promises on trade
Sbrown / CGD Blogs:
How the Trump Administration's Plan Would Shape the Composition of Immigration: First Numerical Estimates
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair:
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Jimmy Kimmel Strikes Out
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Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
TMZ.com:
‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling Dead of Apparent Suicide
 

 
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