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10:25 AM ET, February 9, 2018

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Washington Post:
Dozens at White House lack permanent security clearances … Dozens of White House employees are awaiting permanent security clearances and have been working for months with temporary approvals to handle sensitive information while the FBI continues to probe their backgrounds, according to U.S. officials.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Fingered Corey Lewandowski in Rob Porter ‘Smear Campaign’ … Late Tuesday night, senior White House officials reached out to Sen. Orrin Hatch's (R-UT) office with an urgent request.  They needed the Utah Republican to put together a statement praising his former chief …
Washington Post:
Top White House officials knew of abuse allegations against top aide for months  —  White House Counsel Donald McGahn knew one year ago that Staff Secretary Rob Porter's ex-wives accused him of domestic violence but allowed him to serve as an influential gatekeeper and aide to President Trump …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He Was F—ing Pissed”: With Rob Porter Gone, the Heat on John Kelly Is Increasing  —  Trump is not happy with the chaos; Jared and Ivanka are trying to right the ship; and even Hope Hicks, one of the president's closest confidants, is in trouble.  —  A day after White House Staff Secretary …
New York Times:
Unwelcome Attention for John Kelly, the Man Enlisted to Bring Calm  —  WASHINGTON — Among the many people agitated this week over John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, was President Trump.  And among the people the president called to express dissatisfaction, according to those close to him …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
John Kelly crisis engulfs the West Wing  —  The Rob Porter crisis has become a John Kelly crisis, and it has now totally engulfed the West Wing.  White House staff — especially Porter's close friendship circle —are shell-shocked by the allegations of domestic abuse by the departing aide.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Washington Post
Helena Andrews-Dyer / Washington Post:
Omarosa says she wouldn't vote for Trump again ‘in a million years’ … She claimed to be looking forward to “staying away from the media,” but that didn't stop Omarosa from dropping as many headline-making statements as she could during Thursday night's episode of “Celebrity Big Brother.”
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kelly knew before abuse reports that Porter would be denied security clearance
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Rob Porter's History of Domestic Abuse Wasn't a Secret. It's Just That No One Cared.
MJ Lee / CNN:
Email to FBI: Porter's friend ‘actively working to quell’ background check issues
Discussion: Business Insider
John Bowden / The Hill:
McGahn, Kelly knew of Porter allegations for months: report
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
‘Your story is mine’: Rob Porter's ex, Jennie Willoughby, inspires outpouring from abuse survivors
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   Rob Porter's Ex-Wife: 'If He Hasn't Already Been Abusive' With Hope Hicks, ‘He Will Be’
CNN:
Sources: Porter fallout won't cost Kelly his job — for now
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:   Why the Hell Is Hope Hicks Getting Off Easy?
Ed Henry / Fox News:
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner texted with Russian oligarch lobbyist in effort to contact dossier author Christopher Steele  —  EXCLUSIVE - Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who has been leading a congressional investigation into President Trump's alleged ties to Russia …
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CNN:
Clash with witness shows Nunes' drive to discredit dossier
Discussion: Washington Post
Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
Russian Activist Alleges New Link Between the Kremlin and Paul Manafort
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
The dumbest shutdown ever  —  Rand Paul and Nancy Pelosi have virtually nothing in common.  But on Thursday night, the conservative Kentucky firebrand and San Francisco Democratic leader teamed up to push Washington into what Capitol Hill dwellers are calling the dumbest shutdown fight ever.
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
McConnell officially tees up immigration debate next week
Discussion: WPIX 11 New York and WBBH-TV
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Brief government shutdown ends as Trump signs spending bill
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Trump Signs Budget Deal to Raise Spending and Reopen Government
Jonathan M. Winer / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes is investigating me.  Here's the truth.  —  Jonathan M. Winer, a Washington lawyer and consultant, is a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for international law enforcement and former special envoy for Libya.  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes …
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
California police worked with neo-Nazis to pursue ‘anti-racist’ activists, documents show  —  Officers expressed sympathy with white supremacists and sought their help to target counter protesters after a violent 2016 rally, according to court documents
Discussion: Splinter and Raw Story
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Sen. Tim Kaine demands release of secret Trump war powers memo  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine is demanding the release of a secret memo outlining President Trump's interpretation of his legal authority to wage war.  —  Kaine, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees …
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
MeToo movement lawmaker investigated for sexual misconduct allegations  —  SAN FRANCISCO — California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia — whose high-profile advocacy of the #MeToo movement earned her national media notice — is herself the subject of a state legislative investigation in the wake …
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Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Assemblywoman at forefront of #MeToo movement accused of sexual misconduct
Washington Post:
Breaking with tradition, Trump skips president's written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings … For much of the past year, President Trump has declined to participate in a practice followed by the past seven of his predecessors: He rarely if ever reads the President's Daily Brief …
Hollywood Reporter:
Jill Messick's Family Issues Blistering Statement on Harvey Weinstein and Rose McGowan  —  “Seeing her name in headlines again and again, as part of one person's attempt to gain more attention for her personal cause, along with Harvey's desperate attempt to vindicate himself, was devastating for her,” the family said.
Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon to Launch Delivery Service That Would Vie With FedEx, UPS  —  The company is preparing to begin the offering in Los Angeles with its ‘third-party merchants’ and then roll it out more broadly  —  Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -4.68% is preparing to launch a delivery service for businesses …
CBS San Francisco:
San Francisco Bay Area Experiences Mass Exodus Of Residents  —  SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) - The number of people packing up and moving out of the Bay Area just hit its highest level in more than a decade.  —  Carole Dabak spent 40 years living in San Jose and now she's part of the mass exodus that is showing no signs of slowing down.
David Ovalle / miamiherald:
Bad info from Spirit Air led me to flush pet hamster down airport toilet, student says  —  Before Belen Aldecosea flew home from from college to South Florida, she twice called Spirit Airlines to ensure she could bring along a special guest: Pebbles, her pet dwarf hamster.  No problem, the airline told her.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
A man with a plan: Newt's strategy for GOP victory  —  There are many ways Republicans can lose control of the House and Senate in November.  But there's only one way they stand a good chance to hold both chambers.  It's to run on the tax cuts.  —  One reason is that it's the best thing Republicans have done in the Trump era.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:   Nancy Pelosi: ‘The stories kept coming’
 
 
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Walter Shaub / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's Ethics Office has blessed an unethical legal defense fund for the president's associates
WSFA-TV:
Former U.S. Rep. Bobby Bright to run as Republican for 2nd District seat
Discussion: Daily Kos
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Mattis vows ‘Dreamers’ serving in military will not be deported
Discussion: NPR and The Week
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fraudulence of the Fiscal Hawks
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The Idolatry of Journalism  —  The Newseum is a monument of absurd self-praise.
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Kobach sits on board of veterans group that isn't using money to help veterans
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Bloomberg:
Trump Administration Is Weighing Emergency Aid for Some Coal Plants
Discussion: Washington Post and Splinter
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Sebastian Gorka fully supports Danny Tarkanian (whose campaign paid Gorka $5,000)
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Dara Lind / Vox:
Exclusive: Trump's draft plan to punish legal immigrants for sending US-born kids to Head Start
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
Meta plans to ask Facebook and Instagram users in Europe if they want to get “less personalized ads” and cuts subscription prices by 40%, a concession to the EU

 
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