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10:45 PM ET, February 7, 2018

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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ANOTHER ex-wife of Trump aide Rob Porter - who is dating Hope Hicks - tells DailyMail.com he choked, punched and belittled her about her weight her during their five-year marriage  — Colbie Holderness, 37, a senior analyst for the U.S. government and the first wife of Rob Porter …
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CNN:
White House officials knew about Porter's abuse allegations and scrambled to protect him  —  (CNN)Allegations of domestic abuse levied against top White House staffer Rob Porter by his ex-wives were known among senior aides to President Donald Trump for months, even as his stock …
Discussion: Axios, Politicus USA and Raw Story
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Beyond Disbelief”: John Kelly's Defense of Rob Porter Roils the West Wing  —  Staff Secretary Rob Porter, who has been accused of abusing his former wives, is Kelly's right hand—and dating Hope Hicks, one of Trump's closest confidantes.  But Kelly's declaration that Porter is a man of …
Daily Mail:
Hope Hicks, 29, was spotted stepping out of her D.C. apartment with White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter ten days ago  —  ‘I want to be very clear when I say this,’ Willoughby said.  'I don't want to be married to him.  I would not recommend anyone to date him or marry him.
The Intercept:
Former Wives of Top White House Aide Rob Porter Both Told FBI He Abused Them  —  As the FBI conducted a background check on an incoming senior White House official last year, the bureau learned of the man's history of domestic abuse.  Rob Porter, a top aide to President Donald Trump …
CNN:
Former White House aide's ex-wives detail abuse allegations  —  White House responds to Rob Porter resignation  —  (CNN)Rob Porter, a top White House aide with regular access to President Donald Trump abruptly resigned on Wednesday amid abuse allegations from two ex-wives …
Discussion: Business Insider and Mediaite
Gail Collins / New York Times:   Trump's Worst Watcher
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House aide Rob Porter resigns after allegations from ex-wives
Discussion: Vox, Above the Law and The Week
CNN:
White House aide denies abuse allegations but resigns
The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Tried, and Failed, to Keep Aide Rob Porter After Accusations of Wife-Beating Surfaced
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Senior White House official to resign following allegations of abuse
Del Quentin Wilber / Wall Street Journal:
Texts From 2016 Show FBI Employees Preparing Obama Briefing on Russia  —  Exchange doesn't relate to Clinton email probe, as a Republican senator suggests  —  Text messages from 2016 show preparation to brief Barack Obama about Russia's interference in that year's election …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Right-wing media obsesses over FBI text message story; hours later it's debunked  —  Members of the pro-Trump media acted like they hit the goldmine on Wednesday morning.  Led by Fox News, these outlets went into a frenzy over what they presented as an explosive story that not only cast former President Obama …
Jake Gibson / Fox News:
FBI lovers' latest text messages: Obama ‘wants to know everything’
Washington Post:
Sweeping budget deal would add $400 billion in federal spending, end months of partisan wrangling … Congressional leaders on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping budget deal that would add about $400 billion in federal spending over the next two years, delivering the military funding boost demanded …
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CNN:
Pelosi sets record with 8-hour marathon speech on DACA
CNN:
Senate leaders announce two-year budget deal
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Antagonists Days Ago, McConnell and Schumer Find Common Cause
Discussion: Splinter and Mother Jones
Tal Kopan / CNN:   Exclusive: Pressure grows on Paul Ryan to commit to immigration debate
Tal Kopan / CNN:
House Democrats face tough choice over budget deal and immigration
Discussion: ThinkProgress
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Quincy Jones  —  In both music and manner, Quincy Jones has always registered — from afar, anyway — as smooth, sophisticated, and impeccably well-connected.  (That's what earning 28 Grammy awards and co-producing Michael Jackson's biggest-selling albums will do.)
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TMZ.com:
Richard Pryor's Widow Confirms He Slept with Marlon Brando  —  Richard Pryor had a lot of sex in the '70s — and it was with both men and women — including Marlon Brando ... according to Pryor's widow, Jennifer.  —  Jennifer confirmed the Richard-Marlon hookup, which Quincy Jones first mentioned in a pretty wild Vulture interview.
Discussion: theGrio, AOL, The Root and Mediaite
NBC News:
Russians penetrated U.S. voter systems, says top U.S. official  —  The U.S. official in charge of protecting American elections from hacking says the Russians successfully penetrated the voter registration rolls of several U.S. states prior to the 2016 presidential election.
Discussion: CNBC, New York Post, NBC News and Splinter
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Nunes: We've ‘grappled’ with approaching Chief Justice Roberts  —  House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes  —  (R-Calif.) has weighed whether it would be possible to bring Chief Justice John Roberts to “testify” before Congress as part of his investigation into political malfeasance at the Department of Justice.
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Terri Peters / TODAY.com:
Meet the first Gerber baby with Down syndrome; his name is Lucas!  —  The 2018 Gerber baby is Lucas Warren, a 1-year-old from Dalton, Georgia who is the first child with Down syndrome to be named a Gerber baby since the contest's start in 2010.  —  “He's very outgoing and never meets a stranger …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
ICE Wants to Be an Intelligence Agency Under Trump … Officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement are actively exploring joining the U.S. Intelligence Community, The Daily Beast has learned.  —  The effort is helmed by a small cohort of career Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Cindy Cohn / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018  —  With a broken heart I have to announce that EFF's founder, visionary, and our ongoing inspiration, John Perry Barlow, passed away quietly in his sleep this morning.  We will miss Barlow and his wisdom for decades to come, and he will always be an integral part of EFF.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump's Hair Illusion Came Undone and We All Missed It  —  Last Friday, at the end of one of those frenetic weeks of news that now happen every week, President Trump boarded Air Force One.  The wind whipped across the tarmac with unusual force.  Trump, who normally has a MAGA hat for such occasions, was unusually unprepared.
Maggie Jones / New York Times:
What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn  —  American adolescents watch much more pornography than their parents know — and it's shaping their ideas about pleasure, power and intimacy.  Can they be taught to see it more critically?  —  Drew was 8 years old when he was flipping through TV channels …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon declined chance to speak with Vice President Pence  —  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Vice President Pence is set to arrive here soon to lead the official U.S. delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic opening ceremony, a delegation that is making a strong political statement …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Pence steps into a more prominent role on the world stage
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
MSNBC's Katy Tur: Am I Out Of Touch For Not Cheering A $1,000 Bonus?  —  MSNBC's Katy Tur was scorched Monday on Twitter for “condescending” tweets she sent out during President Trump's visit to a plant in Ohio where the company's employees received a $1,000 bonus.
Discussion: twitchy.com, Mediaite and NewsBusters
Maya Dukmasova / Chicago Reader:
Ten women sign letter accusing Northwestern journalism professor Alec Klein of sexual harassment and assault [UPDATED]  —  Ten former students of Northwestern University professor Alec Klein have issued a public letter accusing the award-winning journalist and Medill Justice Project director …
Discussion: WGN-TV
Gizmodo:
The House That Spied on Me  —  Kashmir  —  In December, I converted my one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco into a “smart home.”  I connected as many of my appliances and belongings as I could to the internet: an Amazon Echo, my lights, my coffee maker, my baby monitor, my kid's toys …
 
 
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Jacob T. Levy / Niskanen Center:
The Weight of the Words  —  Just about a year into the Trump presidency …
Martha Raddatz / ABC News:
Analysis: Military parade a political tug of war?
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Autopsy only adds to mystery of Border Patrol agent's death
U.S. Central Command:
Unprovoked attack by Syrian pro-regime forces prompts Coalition defensive strikes
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
A ‘dramatic deterioration’ in Syria as the war intensifies and suffering spikes
 Earlier Items: 
Telegraph:
George Soros, the man who ‘broke the Bank of England’, backing secret plot to thwart Brexit
Discussion: Reuters and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on MS-13 gang and stock market
Discussion: Breitbart
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Treason, Trump, and the Democrats
Discussion: bizpacreview.com
Gabriel Bell / Salon:
Here's what the critics are saying about “Black Panther” — it's a “masterpiece”
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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