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2:50 PM ET, January 31, 2018

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Bloomberg:
FBI's Wray Opposes GOP Memo Release, Citing Inaccuracies  —  Trump overheard saying memo ‘100 percent’ should be released  —  Republicans say memo raises doubts about Russia probe  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray has informed the White House of his opposition to releasing a controversial …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Condemns Republicans' Move to Release Secret Memo  —  WASHINGTON — Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, clashed publicly with the president for the first time on Wednesday, condemning a push by House Republicans to release a secret memo that purports to show how the bureau …
Discussion: CNBC, Reuters and Daily Kos
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 …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
FBI Launches Preemptive Strike on Nunes Memo … The FBI said it is gravely concerned about the impending release of a memo from House Republicans that alleges the bureau abused its surveillance powers.  —  “With regard to the House Intelligence Committee's memorandum …
Orin Kerr / Lawfare:   The Dubious Legal Claim Behind #ReleaseTheMemo
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
FBI challenges accuracy of GOP's surveillance memo
CNN:   FBI has ‘grave concerns’ about accuracy of GOP memo
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Real Aim of the Secret Memo Is the Mueller Investigation
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. officials appealed to White House to halt release of memo alleging FBI abuses related …
Reuters:
White House chief of staff: Republican memo to come out soon
Discussion: Axios
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?
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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 …
Washington Post:
A divisive and misleading State of the Union
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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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Russian spy chiefs met in Washington with CIA director to discuss counterterrorism
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Axios, Shakesville and CNN
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
Kellyanne Conway Botched Trump Damage Control Meeting With African Ambassadors  —  But Conway didn't discuss much on Africa at all, leaving participants bewildered.  —  In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's disparaging comments about immigration from countries he considered undesirable …
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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Washington Post:
Amtrak train carrying GOP members to retreat collides with truck
Fox News:
Train carrying lawmakers to GOP retreat hits truck on tracks, 1 killed
Ted Sherman / New Jersey Online:
In shocking move, feds drop all charges against Sen. Bob Menendez  —  Menendez speaks after jury deadlocked, mistrial declared  —  In a shocking turnaround, the U.S. Justice Department has dropped its case against Sen. Robert Menendez.  —  In a court in Newark today …
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Ryan Hutchins / Politico:
Justice Department seeks dismissal of Menendez case
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Philly.com:
Bob Brady is not running for reelection  —  Bob Brady, the larger-than-life leader of Philadelphia's Democratic Party, announced on Wednesday that he is not running for reelection to the U.S. House.  —  He revealed the news in a way that seemed all too perfect for the decades-long party boss …
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6abc.com:
Attorney: Rep. Bob Brady not running for re-election
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigns amid tobacco stock furor  — Fitzgerald's departure comes less than a day after Politico revealed she bought stock in a tobacco company within a month of taking her job.
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Yascha Mounk / Slate:
Donald Trump Just Asked Congress to End the Rule of Law  —  Donald Trump's first State of the Union was a deeply dangerous speech.  —  It was deeply dangerous because he finally followed in the footsteps of European leaders like Hungarian President Viktor Orban who have long ago learned …
Monmouth University:
Trump Rating Ticks Up; Support for Tax Plan Increases  —  GOP gains on Dems in generic House ballot  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Donald Trump's job approval rating has bounced back from the record low registered in last month's Monmouth University Poll , as more Americans now see the president …
Discussion: Political Wire
Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
Michael Wolff: Nikki Haley ‘embraced’ rumors of affair with Trump … Controversial author Michael Wolff is hitting back at Nikki Haley after the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations denied having an affair with President Trump.  —  In an interview with theSkimm, Wolff said Haley “seems to have embraced” the rumor that he started.
The Daily Beast:
Florida (Congress)Man Invited Infamous Troll Chuck Johnson to Trump's State of The Union … Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a conservative Republican firebrand, was the lawmaker responsible for inviting the controversial internet troll Chuck Johnson to Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Joe.My.God. and ABC News
Washington Post:
‘Using his position for private gain’: HUD lawyers warned Ben Carson risked running afoul of ethics rules by enlisting son … Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson allowed his son to help organize a “listening tour” in Baltimore last summer despite warnings from department lawyers …
ABC:
The Cabinet Files reveal national security breaches, NBN negotiations, welfare reform plans  —  Hundreds of top-secret and highly classified cabinet documents have been obtained by the ABC following an extraordinary breach of national security.  —  This was not a leak — here's what it took to unlock national secrets
Discussion: NPR, Splinter, NBC News and The Guardian
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 …
New York Times:
Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries Into Fake Accounts  —  Federal and state authorities are investigating the sellers of artificial followers and other fraudulent social media engagement.  —  More than a million followers have disappeared from the accounts of dozens of prominent Twitter users …
WSLS-TV:
Virginia Tech freshman had assault rifle, attempted to buy 5,000 rounds of ammo, police say  —  Man, 19, had been Tech student for six months  —  BLACKSBURG, Va. - Police have arrested a Virginia Tech student they say illegally had an assault rifle.  —  Virginia Tech police arrested 19 …
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller, AOL and NBC News
Public Citizen:
Public Citizen Files Complaint Against Speaker Ryan for Allowing Floor Broadcasts to Be Used for Partisan Campaigns Trump Campaign Demeans State of the Union Address for Campaign Fundraising Purposes  —  The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee and the Office of Congressional Ethics …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Kathleen Hartnett White, Trump's Environment Pick: Fossil Fuels Ended Slavery, CO2 Is Good for You … One of the most embarrassing political flops of 2017 was Donald Trump's nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White, a longtime fossil-fuel advocate, to direct the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
Discussion: Raw Story and InsideClimate News
 
 
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Ryan Hass / Axios:
Signs of progress in Trump's North Korea pressure campaign
Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Say Cecile Richards, The Retiring Head Of Planned Parenthood, Should Run For Office
Discussion: The Daily Caller
A. O. Scott / New York Times:
My Woody Allen Problem
Carter Sherman / VICE News:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Economist:
Democracy continues its disturbing retreat
Discussion: Axios
Peter Sblendorio / New York Daily News:
DJ in Taylor Swift groping scandal gets a new radio job, uses on-air name of Confederate general
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New York Times:
A Paper Tears Apart in a City That Never Quite Came Together
Discussion: The Week
Salena Zito / New York Post:
Donald Trump is still the man to this Pennsylvania home
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Donald Trump is teaching Republicans how to fight
Allison Graves / PolitiFact:
Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union speech
Discussion: Business Insider
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Seeks Interview With Ex-Spokesman for Trump's Legal Team
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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