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Axios:
Trump's real plan for 2018  —  President Trump today will unveil a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan that his own aides don't think will pass, and a $4 trillion budget that Axios' Jonathan Swan calls “science fiction.”  —  It's the strangest of year-ahead plans for a party that controls …
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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Hungary no longer wants to arrest former White House aide Gorka, but mystery lingers … BERLIN — Former White House aide Sebastian Gorka appears to be no longer wanted for arrest by Hungarian police, according to media outlets in Budapest.  Gorka, a Hungarian citizen, was long listed as …
David Remnick / New Yorker:
A Reckoning with Women Awaits Trump
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rob Porter's ex-wife says she ‘was floored’ by Trump's response
Holland Cotter / New York Times:
Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction  —  WASHINGTON — With the unveiling here Monday at the National Portrait Gallery of the official presidential likenesses of Barack Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama, this city of myriad monuments gets a couple of new ones …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Obamas' official portraits unveiled  —  Washington (CNN)Barack and Michelle Obama re-emerged on the public stage Monday in Washington, only this time for an event that has nothing to do with politics.  —  The former first couple's official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian's National …
Jake Pearson / Associated Press:
Police: Donald Trump Jr.'s wife exposed to white powder  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.'s wife was taken to a New York City hospital as a precaution Monday after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained an unidentified white powder, police said.
Discussion: Business Insider and Splinter
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NBC News:
Vanessa Trump taken to hospital as precaution after suspicious letter sent to her home  —  President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law was taken to a Manhattan hospital as a precaution on Monday after a suspicious letter containing an unidentified substance was sent to her apartment, senior law enforcement and city officials told NBC News.
Katherine Lam / Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr.'s wife hospitalized after opening envelope with white powder
Discussion: RedState and thecut
Reuters:   Wife of Donald Trump Jr., exposed to white powder, hospitalized: NYPD
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Proposes to Cut Medicare and Spend Big on Wall, Defense  —  Lawmakers already acted to raise military, domestic spending  —  Immigration enforcement a major theme of 2019 proposal  —  President Donald Trump will propose cutting entitlement programs by $1.7 trillion, including Medicare …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
In big reversal, new Trump budget will give up on longtime Republican goal of eliminating deficit
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Top Justice Department official Brand quit partly over fear she might be asked to oversee Russia probe  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's No. 3 attorney had been unhappy with her job for months before the department announced her departure on Friday, according to multiple sources close to Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand.
Christine Kim / Reuters:
Head held high, Kim's sister returns to North Korea  —  SEOUL (Reuters) - A prim, young woman with a high forehead and hair half swept back quietly gazes at the throngs of people pushing for a glimpse of her, a faint smile on her lips and eyelids low as four bodyguards jostle around her.
Discussion: NewsBusters
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Pence: The United States is ready to talk with North Korea
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The Daily Beast:
Sessions Touts ‘Anglo-American Heritage’ of Sheriff's Office
Discussion: New Republic
Wired:
INSIDE THE TWO YEARS THAT SHOOK FACEBOOK—AND THE WORLD  —  How a confused, defensive social media giant steered itself into a disaster, and how Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix it all.  —  ONE DAY IN late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook's employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks.
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
The Education Department Officially Says It Will Reject Transgender Student Bathroom Complaints  —  Department officials have said they were considering the issue since last February — now, a department spokesperson tells BuzzFeed News the agency's position is set.
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
First-class travel distinguishes Scott Pruitt's EPA tenure … Just days after helping orchestrate the United States' exit from a global climate accord last June, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt embarked on a whirlwind tour aimed at championing President Trump's agenda at home and abroad.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
PLAYBOOK SCOOP: PELOSI pulls in nearly 50 million bucks for House Dems in 2017 …
New York Times:
Is Devin Nunes Obstructing Justice?  —  As public scrutiny exposes deep flaws in the memo from the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, about alleged F.B.I. surveillance abuses, the committee's Republicans are increasingly downplaying its significance.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Analysis: The Generic Is Falling!  The Generic Is Falling!  —  I hear it all the time these days.  The Democratic electoral wave is petering out.  The generic ballot shows the Democrats' advantage is cratering.  President Donald Trump's job approval ratings are up.
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
CNN, Despite Trump Bump, Prepares for Dozens of Layoffs  —  A year ago, CNN was positioning itself as ready to take on Vice and BuzzFeed in the digital space.  Now, the company is rightsizing as it prepares for AT&T's embrace.  —  Besides the occasional Twitter-issued invective from the president …
Washington Post:
Trump takes ‘shackles’ off ICE, which is slapping them on immigrants who thought they were safe … A week after he won the election, President Trump promised that his administration would round up millions of immigrant gang members and drug dealers.  And after he took office …
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Exclusive: CIA Ex-Director Brennan's Perjury Peril  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes next plans to investigate the role former CIA Director John Brennan and other Obama intelligence officials played in promoting the salacious and unverified Steele dossier on Donald Trump …
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis.  Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.  —  In mid-2016, Aviv Ovadya realized there was something fundamentally wrong with the internet — so wrong that he abandoned his work and sounded an alarm.  A few weeks before the 2016 election …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Ben Shapiro's Website Eyes Buying Glenn Beck's TheBlaze … The people who head Ben Shapiro's conservative news site are in talks to buy Glenn Beck's troubled media empire TheBlaze, The Daily Beast has learned.  Two sources familiar with the conversations said this appears quite likely, though the deal isn't final.
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Trump's Controversial Pick to Run the 2020 Census Withdraws  —  Thomas Brunell drew criticism for his lack of government experience and his defense of Republican redistricting efforts. … The Trump administration's controversial pick to run the 2020 census has withdrawn from consideration …
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Sony Apologizes After ‘Peter Rabbit’ Movie Exploits a Food Allergy, Upsetting Parents  —  Sam Rose has a son who loves Peter Rabbit, a character from a children's book by Beatrix Potter, but she won't take him to see “Peter Rabbit,” the new movie loosely based on it.  —  The issue?
 
 
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Sean O'Kane / The Verge:
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Chloee Weiner / NPR:
At 80, Judy Blume Reflects On Feminism, #MeToo And Keeping Margaret 12
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Jana Winter / Foreign Policy:
Former Senior FBI Official Is Leading BuzzFeed's Effort to Verify Trump Dossier
Discussion: The Week
Wills Robinson / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Married senior policy advisor to President Obama pleaded guilty to sex crimes …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Former commander, 2 staffers charged in dehydration death of Terrill Thomas in Milwaukee County Jail
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
His 2020 Campaign Message: The Robots Are Coming
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DPA / Reuters:
Abbas Tells Putin: ‘We Refuse to Cooperate With U.S. in Any Form’; Putin: Trump Sends Best Wishes
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
CNN exclusive: After Texas massacre, military rushed to add more than 4,000 to gun ban list
Discussion: The Week
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Ken White / Popehat:
Lawsplainer: “Fruit of The Poisonous Tree” And The Special Counsel Investigation
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump wanted to ‘lock her up’ for far less
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
I'm still a Republican, but my party needs to be fumigated: Tom Nichols
Chris Arnold / NPR:
Trump Administration Plans To Defang Consumer Protection Watchdog
Discussion: Splinter and CNBC
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
MeToo will have staying power, Ruth Bader Ginsburg insists
Discussion: Axios and NBC News
 

 
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