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11:55 PM ET, February 10, 2018

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New York Times:
‘No Fire, No Fury?’  Trump Is on Board With a Jeanine Pirro Book to Rebut Michael Wolff  —  Jeanine Pirro, the Fox News personality and longtime friend and champion of President Trump, has discussed with him the possibility of a book project to counter the damning portrayal of his presidency …
Discussion: Business Insider and Mediaite
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Fox News:
John Kelly faces pressure over handling of Rob Porter allegations  —  White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is facing continued scrutiny over his handling of domestic abuse accusations against a former senior aide.  —  A GOP source told Fox News that President Trump spoke to former chief …
Discussion: New York Times
William J. Antholis / Politico:
Rob Porter Is a National Security Scandal, Too  —  The allegations against Rob Porter, the recently departed White House staff secretary, are morally disturbing.  Multiple ex-wives have accused him of abusive behavior, and while he disputes those accusations, the FBI found them credible enough …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Gillibrand: If Trump wants due process, we'll have hearings on allegations against him  —  on Saturday for his tweet questioning a lack of “due process” in abuse claims, saying that Congress could hold hearings about sexual misconduct allegations against him if he wanted due process.
New York Times:
G.O.P. Squirms as Trump Veers Off Script With Abuse Remarks  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's approval ratings have been nudging upward and his party's political standing is improving, but the president's unceasing habit of making inflammatory and insensitive remarks is galvanizing opposition against him …
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
America shames Trump for smearing domestic violence victims  —  Americans from all walks of life had a message for Trump: You don't speak for us.  —  Trump used his Twitter platform on Saturday morning to broadcast his support for alleged abusers and cast doubt on the credibility of their accusers …
Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:   John Kelly was supposed to be ‘the adult in the room.’ He's anything but
Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
Rob Porter was ‘quintessential golden boy’ from Belmont now accused of abuse
Discussion: CNN and The Federalist
Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Hope Hicks: The quiet one in Trump's White House suddenly feels the glare
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House lurches into crisis mode, again
CNN:
Kim Jong Un's sister is stealing the show at the Winter Olympics  —  (CNN)If “diplomatic dance” were an event at the Winter Olympics, Kim Jong Un's younger sister would be favored to win gold.  —  With a smile, a handshake and a warm message in South Korea's presidential guest book …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Nunes: ‘No surprise’ Dem memo wasn't released  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes  —  (R-Calif.) said Friday he was not surprised that the Justice Department and FBI advised against the release of a memo authored by the panel's Democratic members.
Discussion: CNN, Vox, Mediaite and bizpacreview.com
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The White House's broken promise on the Democratic memo
The Hill:
Trump declines to approve release of Dem counter-memo
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
President Trump, How Is This Man a Danger?  —  President Trump suggests that the aim of his crackdown on immigrants is to “defend Americans” from “savage,” “worst of the worst” intruders who kill Americans or at least are “dangerous criminals.”  —  What does Trump's crackdown look like in real life?
Discussion: CNN
Dean Baker / cepr.net:
NYT Misleads Readers: “Ballooning Deficits” Do Not Add Urgency to Republican Efforts to Cut Medicaid and Other Programs  —  The NYT should have its presses washed out with soap.  In an article about plans to impose work requirements for Medicaid it told readers:
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:   Kentucky Rushes to Remake Medicaid as Other States Prepare to Follow
Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost:
ICE Set To Deport Undocumented Father Whose 5-Year-Old Son Is Battling Cancer  —  The agency chose not to grant the Arizonan another stay despite his child's leukemia.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to deport an undocumented man from Mexico whose child is battling cancer.
Kimberly Leonard / Washington Examiner:
Sen. Ron Wyden calls for investigation into Trump's mansion sale to Russian  —  Sen. Ron Wyden, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, is calling on the Treasury Department to disclose banking and real estate records associated with President Trump's sale of a Palm Beach, Fla., mansion to a Russian billionaire.
Discussion: RedState
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sinclair Broadcast Group solicits its news directors for its political fundraising efforts … The nation's largest TV station owner is gearing up to fight for deregulation, and it wants some of its own newsroom managers to join the effort.  —  Sinclair Broadcast Group is asking its executives …
Jack Corrigan / GovExec.com:
State Department Lost 12% of its Foreign Affairs Specialists in Trump's First 8 Months  —  The State Department's civilian workforce shrunk more than 6 percent overall during the initial eight months of the Trump administration, but that figure masks significantly higher departure rates …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Lauren Gardner / Politico:
Top official departs ‘rudderless’ railroad safety agency  —  A top official charged with overseeing the safety of the nation's railroads has resigned “effective immediately,” the Department of Transportation said Saturday after POLITICO raised questions about whether he was simultaneously working …
Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:
Israel Downs Iranian Drone, Strikes Syria; Israeli F-16 Shot Down  —  One pilot in serious condition Israel attacks Syrian, Iranian targets in fresh strike Rocket sirens sound throughout northern Israel  —  An Israeli F-16 was downed Saturday morning after Israel intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria into Israeli territory.
Discussion: RedState
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New York Times:
Israel Strikes Iran in Syria and Loses a Jet
Discussion: Power Line, The Daily Caller and Axios
 
 
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Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
White House floats an offer to keep legal immigration at 1 million per year instead of cutting it
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
As West Fears the Rise of Autocrats, Hungary Shows What's Possible
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Fired Official Was Exploring Resolution to 9/11 Case Precluding Death Penalty
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
He Fought for Iran's Environment and Was Arrested. Now, He's Dead.
Jared S Hopkins / Bloomberg:
Pain Pill Giant Purdue to Stop Promotion of Opioids to Doctors
Discussion: STAT, The Daily Caller and Gizmodo
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The Democrats' secret weapon to take back statehouses
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 Earlier Items: 
VICE:
How One Subway Closure in Queens Wrecked a Community
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump promised to deliver better pay to workers. This chart says differently.
Discussion: The Nation
NBC News:
Steve Vladeck Who is Rachel Brand, and how does her resignation affect Mueller's Russia investigation?
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
CNN:
Woodward and Bernstein: Trump's Russia response ‘eerily similar’ to Nixon's leading up to Saturday Night Massacre
Discussion: Mediaite
Thomas Binion / The Hill:
Alarm bells are ringing on the federal debt
Discussion: Hit & Run
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
How Joy Reid of MSNBC Became a Heroine of the Resistance
Discussion: twitchy.com
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $2.58B, net income up 148% YoY to $144M, Dow Jones revenue up 3% YoY to $552M, and WSJ subscriptions up 7% YoY to 4.3M

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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