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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hope Hicks to Resign as White House Communications Director  —  Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump's longest-serving advisers, said Wednesday that she was resigning.  —  Ms. Hicks, 29, a former model who joined Mr. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign without …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump family v. John Kelly  —  The Trump family — and the president's oldest son, Don Jr., in particular — was angry about the overwhelmingly negative TV coverage about Jared Kushner last night, and feels White House Chief of Staff Kelly is hanging Jared out to dry, a source familiar with the situation tells Axios.
Bloomberg:
More Than 30 White House Aides Lose Top Secret Clearance, Sources Say  —  More than 30 aides to President Donald Trump have been stripped of access to top secret intelligence, two people familiar with the move said.  —  The officials have been notified that they will be downgraded to a lower-level …
Betsy Klein / CNN:
The White House chief calligrapher has a higher clearance than Jared Kushner  —  Top secret vs. secret: What Kushner can't see  —  Washington (CNN)One of the White House's most important diplomats happens to be an artist — with a top secret security clearance.
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
White House communications director Hope Hicks to resign  —  Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump's longest-serving and closest political advisers, said Wednesday that she is leaving the administration sometime in the next few weeks.
Discussion: ABC News and CNBC
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:   Kushner bombshell: Fox buries unflattering story for Trump White House...again
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:   Trump Stuns Lawmakers With Seeming Embrace of Gun Control Measures
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Meet the 29-year-old WH communications director
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Beast
Axios:   Hope Hicks to resign as White House communications director
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump
NBC News:
Trump slammed Clinton over handling of classified info. That looks like hypocrisy now
The Hill:
Hope Hicks resigns from White House
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Jared Kushner
Discussion: Vox, CNN and MarketWatch
CNN:   Kelly, Kushner tension simmers amid West Wing uncertainty
NBC News:
Mueller asking if Trump knew about hacked Democratic emails before release  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is asking witnesses pointed questions about whether Donald Trump was aware that Democratic emails had been stolen before that was publicly known, and whether he was involved …
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CNN:
Mueller team asks about Trump's Russian business dealings as he weighed a run for president
Julie Creswell / New York Times:
Dick's, Major Gun Retailer, Will Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles  —  One of the nation's largest sports retailers, Dick's Sporting Goods, said Wednesday morning it was immediately ending sales of all assault-style rifles in its stores.  —  The retailer also said that it would no longer …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
PBS launching new conservative political talk show  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley's “Firing Line,” which aired from 1966 to 1999.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump in Bipartisan Meeting: ‘Take the Guns First, Go Through Due Process Second’  —  President Trump tells Senators he thinks police should have taken guns away from Nikolas Cruz, whether they had the right or not, “I don't want mentally ill people to be having guns.” pic.twitter.com/wU6L8ERlas
Discussion: Hit & Run and Raw Story
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Take the guns first, go through due process second’
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Ben Schreckinger / GQ:
Steve Bannon Is Hatching His Comeback  —  In a wide-ranging and challenging conversation, Donald Trump's former strategist tells GQ's Ben Schreckinger why the #MeToo movement amazes him, why the Chinese enrage him, and why his secret new venture—a project to “weaponize ideas”—excites him.
People.com:
Oprah Winfrey Reveals the One Thing That Could Make Her Run for President  —  There's only one thing that could make Oprah Winfrey run for president in 2020.  —  Amid calls for her to consider a run for the White House — from fans as well as her closest friends — “I went into prayer,” …
Washington Post:
Cyber chief says Trump has given him no new authority to strike at Russian interference threat … The head of U.S. Cyber Command warned lawmakers that penalties and other measures have not “changed the calculus or the behavior” of Russia as it seeks to interfere with this year's midterm elections.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Is Reluctant to Escalate the Cyber War With Russia
Discussion: Politico and Mother Jones
Bloomberg:
Regulator Seeks Kushner Loan Details From Deutsche Bank, Two Others  —  New York regulator asks about loan-approval processes  —  Signature, New York Community Bank recently expanded credits  —  New York's banking regulator has asked Deutsche Bank AG and a pair of local lenders …
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Karen Freifeld / Reuters:   New York Regulator Asks Deutsche Bank, Others About Kushner Loans
Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Rubio bill would let young adults in D.C. purchase the AR-15  —  WASHINGTON  —  Last week, Marco Rubio stared into the eyes of a father who lost his daughter during the nation's deadliest high school shooting and made an announcement: Young adults should not be able to purchase guns.
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Why I'm Writing Captain America  —  Two years ago I began taking up the childhood dream of writing comics.  To say it is more difficult than it looks is to commit oneself to criminal understatement.  Writers don't write comics so much as they draw them with words.
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
VA Secretary David Shulkin's top PR aide asked Congress to help get him fired  —  He says he's eager to move forward and focus on fixing the VA. USA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON — One of the top deputies to VA Secretary David Shulkin has actively lobbied Capitol Hill to demand his boss's resignation …
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
In Arizona, Joe Arpaio's Senate bid tests the strength of Trumpism  —  SADDLEBROOKE, Ariz. — Each of the Republicans running for Senate in Arizona this year claims a special bond with President Trump, but only one describes it as a supernatural connection beyond rational explanation.
Liz Ruskin / Alaska Public Media:
Rep. Young suggests guns could've saved Jews during Holocaust  —  Speaking at a conference in Juneau last week, Alaska Congressman Don Young argued against gun control by suggesting Jews might not have died in the Holocaust if they had been armed.  —  Listen now
Sam BordenESPN Senior / ESPN:
United States-led 2026 World Cup bid in jeopardy to Morocco's - sources  —  Support for the United States-led bid to host the 2026 World Cup is more divided than most predicted, with some estimates of voting totals having Morocco not just threatening the North American bid but actually beating it …
New York Times:
With AR-15s, Mass Shooters Attack With the Rifle Firepower Typically Used by Infantry Troops  —  A Marine shooting a standard rifle used by the military.  —  The gunman firing a civilian variant during the Parkland shooting. … Since 2007, at least 173 people have been killed in mass shootings …
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
BBC:
Trump Nobel Peace Prize nomination probed amid fakery concerns  —  A nomination made for US President Donald Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize was potentially fraudulent, according to the awarding committee.  —  The Norwegian committee has filed a report with police over its concerns.
Nature:
An absorption profile centred at 78 megahertz in the sky-averaged spectrum  —  Abstract  —  After stars formed in the early Universe, their ultraviolet light is expected, eventually, to have penetrated the primordial hydrogen gas and altered the excitation state of its 21-centimetre hyperfine line.
Danny Vinik / Politico:
Press secretary quits FEMA, citing ‘boys club’  —  Resignation comes after top public affairs leader left the agency amid pressure over its response to hurricanes.  —  Two top public-affairs officers of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have resigned over the past month …
Discussion: Axios and thecut
 
 
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Michael Ribinkam / Associated Press:
Couples clutching AR-15 rifles hold commitment ceremony at Pennsylvania church
Discussion: Unfogged
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Wait-Did Trump Just Give Pro-Gun Control Democrats Everything They Wanted?
Will Hobson / Washington Post:
Scott Blackmun steps down as U.S. Olympic Committee chief executive
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
YouTube's New Moderators Mistakenly Pull Right-Wing Channels
Discussion: The Outline and The Verge
Hollywood Reporter:
Young Harvey Weinstein: The Making of a Monster
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OCCRP:
The Model, the Mafia, and the Murderers
Discussion: Politico and VICE News
Wall Street Journal:
A New GOP Entitlement  —  Some Republicans want to raid Social Security …
Discussion: National Review and Cafe Hayek
Bob Eller / Talking Points Memo:
Father Of FL Shooting Survivor Says He Edited Email Used To Discredit CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The GOP's Tax-Cut Narrative Is Already Unraveling
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Sessions defends himself after Trump bashed him on Twitter
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Rise of Woke Capital
Jerome R. Corsi / USA Today:
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Bloomberg:
Manafort Joined Trump as Ukraine Work Dried Up, Cash Woes Rose
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

 
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