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CNN:
White House officials knew about Porter's abuse allegations and scrambled to protect him  —  (CNN)Senior aides to President Donald Trump knew for months about allegations of domestic abuse levied against top White House staffer Rob Porter by his ex-wives, even as Porter's stock …
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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 …
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Trump's Worst Watcher  —  Do you remember back when everybody thought John Kelly was going to calm down the Trump White House?  —  Stop laughing.  Although it has been another wow of a week, hasn't it?  We had one top administration official, Rob Porter, resigning over claims of domestic abuse regarding two ex-wives.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House faces huge questions on Rob Porter exit  —  Senior White House officials are in a state of shock, and facing huge questions about their handling of the crisis, over the resignation of Staff Secretary Rob Porter after his two former wives went on the record to allege physical abuse:
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ANOTHER ex-wife of Trump aide Rob Porter …
Daily Mail:
Hope Hicks, 29, was spotted stepping out of her D.C. apartment with White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter ten days ago
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: DEADLINE IS TONIGHT ....
Discussion: The Guardian
Washington Post:   Ex-wife of White House aide alleges emotional and physical abuse.
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 …
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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 …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. official who helped oversee Clinton, Russia probes steps down
Discussion: The Last Refuge
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.
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NBC News:
Poll: Most Americans think Russia will interfere again in 2018 elections
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Friends of the Court: A Suggestion for the FISA Court on the Nunes Memo  —  You wouldn't know it from the endless public discussion of the Nunes Memo and the Democratic response to it, but the House of Representatives does not get to decide whether a FISA application is valid.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
George W. Bush: ‘Clear evidence Russians meddled’ in election  —  Former President George W. Bush appeared to take aim at President Trump on Thursday when he said at an economic summit in the Middle East that there was “pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled” in the 2016 U.S. president election.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
John Bresnahan / Politico:
From Fallujah to FBI investigation: The undoing of Duncan Hunter  —  The criminal investigation into Rep. Duncan Hunter is intensifying as a grand jury in San Diego questions multiple former aides about whether the California Republican improperly diverted political funds for personal use.
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Trump's military parade draws bipartisan rebuke  —  Members of Congress from both parties joined retired military leaders and veterans in heaping scorn Wednesday on President Donald Trump's push to parade soldiers and weaponry down the streets of the nation's capital — calling it a waste …
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Matt Latimer / Politico:   Trump's Parade Is Political Genius
Ryan Kelly / Roll Call:
Nancy Pelosi Claims Record for Longest House Floor Speech  —  And a brief history of the chamber's ‘filibuster’  —  Will 2018 Be the New Year of the Woman?  So Long, Insurance Penalty: Here's Where the Most People Were Paying House Freedom Caucus Has Mulvaney's Ear
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CNN:
Senate leaders announce two-year budget deal
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: Raw Story, Splinter and Axios
John Solomon / The Hill:
Uranium One informant makes Clinton allegations in testimony  —  An FBI informant connected to the Uranium One controversy told three congressional committees in written testimony that Moscow routed millions of dollars to America with the expectation it would be used to benefit Bill Clinton
CNN:
Big Russian delegation anticipated for prayer breakfast in Washington  —  Russian state TV sides with President Trump  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump will attend the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, a prime networking opportunity for Beltway insiders.  But this year's event is also an opportunity for dozens of Russians.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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.
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David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Quincy Jones
Washington Post:
Republicans are completely reversing themselves on the deficit … Republican lawmakers in 2011 brought the U.S. government to the brink of default, refused to raise the debt ceiling, demanded huge spending cuts, and insisted on a constitutional amendment to balance the budget.
Alexey Navalny / Meduza.io:
An escort girl may be the latest ‘Russia Gate’ link  —  Alexey Navalny has published new corruption allegations against Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Prikhodko and oligarch Oleg Deripaska, alleging that the two met aboard Deripaska's yacht in August 2016 off the coast of Norway …
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 …
Marcus Baram / Fast Company:
Trump Organization Revives Project In Dominican Republic, Roiling Local Politics  —  The company's reengagement with developer partners occurred just before a controversial proposal to increase the height of buildings in beach areas.  —  [Photos: Flickr users Ben Kucinski; The White House]
Washington Post:
Pro-government forces attack U.S., Kurdish troops in eastern Syria … Pro-government forces in Syria launched an assault on a base where U.S. troops were operating in support of local partner units, triggering a counterattack from U.S. aircraft, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Secretly Offered Iran a Channel for Talks on Prisoners
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Washington Post:
Trump's favorite general: Can Mattis check an impulsive president and still retain his trust?
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 Earlier Items: 
Jamiles Lartey / The Guardian:
Evangelical Trump adviser tells people to skip flu shots in favor of prayer
Discussion: FOX2now.com and Politico
Greg Allen / NPR:
Trump Says He Will Focus On Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Administration Plans To Announce And Defend A New Transgender Military Policy
Discussion: Washington Blade and Splinter
Maggie Jones / New York Times:
What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jacob T. Levy / Niskanen Center:
The Weight of the Words  —  Just about a year into the Trump presidency …
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
MSNBC's Katy Tur: Am I Out Of Touch For Not Cheering A $1,000 Bonus?
Discussion: twitchy.com and Mediaite
Telegraph:
George Soros, the man who ‘broke the Bank of England’, backing secret plot to thwart Brexit
 

 
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