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The Guardian:
Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy  —  Exclusive: Trump ally met WikiLeaks founder months before emails hacked by Russia were published  —  Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London …
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Anna Schecter / NBC News:
Mueller has emails from Stone pal Corsi about WikiLeaks Dem email dump  —  “Word is (Julian Assange) plans 2 more dumps...Impact planned to be very damaging,” Jerome Corsi said in email to Stone, say draft court documents.  —  Two months before WikiLeaks released emails stolen from the Clinton campaign …
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Robert Mueller's Endgame May Be in Sight  —  HISTORY MAY SHOW that Monday ranks among the most consequential days yet of Robert Mueller's 18-month special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.  —  As George Papadopoulos, one of the most enigmatic characters …
CNN:
Stone's efforts to seek WikiLeaks documents detailed in draft Mueller document  —  Washington (CNN)Draft court filings obtained by CNN outline significant insights into what special counsel Robert Mueller may know about Roger Stone's efforts to seek documents from WikiLeaks in 2016.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Jerome Corsi Says He Has Defense Agreement With Trump, Received Limited Immunity From Mueller  — Jerome Corsi makes several stunning disclosures in a new book about his interactions with the special counsel's office  — The right-wing author also writes that he received 'limited use immunity …
Wall Street Journal:
Jerome Corsi Says Roger Stone Sought ‘Cover Story’ for 2016 Tweet  —  Former ally says Trump adviser asked for his help to create ‘alternative explanation’ for tweet foreshadowing 2016 release of Clinton emails  —  Conservative activist Jerome Corsi, a key witness in special counsel Robert …
CNN:
Mueller investigating 2017 meeting between Manafort and Ecuador's President
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   EXCLUSIVE: Jerome Corsi Testified That Roger Stone Sought WikiLeaks' Help To Rebut ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Paul Manafort Denies Meeting with Assange
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
White House prevents Gina Haspel from briefing Senate on Khashoggi murder  —  Mike Pompeo and James Mattis are due to give a briefing on US relations with Saudi Arabia to Senate on Wednesday  —  The White House is preventing the CIA director, Gina Haspel, or any other intelligence official …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Khashoggi killing had roots in a cutthroat Saudi family feud  —  Behind the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi lies a power struggle within the Saudi royal family that helped feed the paranoia and recklessness of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.  Eventually, this rage in the royal court led …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
MSNBC declines to allow Sarah Sanders to dictate its programming  —  It had been nearly a month since Sarah Sanders had held what was once known as a “daily” briefing.  So when the White House press secretary — along with White House officials Larry Kudlow and John Bolton …
Discussion: New York Times
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Trump stands by Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi killing
Washington Post:
Trump slams Fed chair, questions climate change and threatens to cancel Putin meeting in wide-ranging interview with The Post  —  President Trump placed responsibility for recent stock market declines and this week's General Motors plant closures and layoffs on the Federal Reserve during an interview Tuesday …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
President Trump's full Washington Post interview transcript, annotated  —  President Trump sat for an interview Tuesday with The Washington Post's Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey.  Below is the full transcript, with key segments highlighted for fact-checking and analysis.  —  RUCKER: Thanks for taking some time with us.
Discussion: Mediaite and CNBC
Washington Post:   Trump on climate change: 'People like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we're …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
‘Fox & Friends’ Fed Interview Script to Trump's EPA Chief, Emails Show  —  The president's favorite cable-news show shared its interview scripts and its oh-so-hard-hitting questions in advance with an embattled Trump official.  —  Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt …
Washington Post:
Trump says he's considering a Plan B if Congress rejects his demand for $5 billion in border wall funding  —  President Trump said he is considering a backup plan if Congress rejects his demand for $5 billion in funding for his border wall, potentially including the continued use of troops …
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Trump, GOP leaders meet on border wall as shutdown looms
Discussion: Townhall and Politico
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Dems oppose spending more than $1.6B on border security
Discussion: Splinter
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
The NRA Just Reported Losing $55 Million in Income  —  The gun-rights group has its biggest champion in the White House.  But its financial situation has worsened in the age of Trump  —  The nation's leading gun-rights organization saw its income drop by $55 million last year …
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org, Axios and Splinter
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Mississippi runoff: Race and Trump weigh on contest between Espy and Hyde-Smith  —  JACKSON, Miss. - A surprisingly competitive U.S. Senate runoff election was set to come to a conclusion Tuesday, after becoming a referendum on the state of racial politics, on whether pride in the confederacy …
Discussion: Breitbart
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: What does the last Senate race of 2018 mean for 2020?
Discussion: Politico and ACA Signups
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Christine Blasey Ford says some good came out of her ‘terrifying’ testimony against Kavanaugh  —  Months after publicly accusing Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her three decades ago, Christine Blasey Ford said that speaking out was “terrifying,” but she knew it was her “civic duty.”
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh worried that scandal would end his coaching days. …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Jenny Odell / New York Times:
A Business With No End … Part I: Zooming Out  —  Recently, one of my students at Stanford told me a strange story.  His parents, who live in Palo Alto, Calif., had been receiving mysterious packages at their house.  The packages were all different shapes and sizes but each was addressed to …
wgbh.org:
‘I Always Respect Subpoenas’: Comey Says His Legal Team Is Looking At His Options  —  Former FBI Director James Comey said he won't ignore the House Judiciary Committee's subpoena compelling him to testify behind closed doors about his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails …
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Jesus Rodriguez / Politico:
Comey on acting AG Whitaker: ‘Not the sharpest knife’
Discussion: Washington Post
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Tear gas used once a month at border under Obama  —  DHS data shows deployments dating back years  —  The same tear-gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying against a border mob this weekend is actually used fairly frequently — including more than once a month during …
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Trump's critics were dead wrong about the caravan after all
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's rage-tweets and spin over General Motors layoffs ring hollow  —  When White House counselor Kellyanne Conway tried Tuesday to respond to the news that General Motors will eliminate thousands of jobs, her usual talent for effortlessly shameless spinning seemed to have deserted her.
Discussion: CNBC, TheBlaze and Wall Street Journal
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Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
Russia probe: House Democrats aim to unmask Trump Jr.'s blocked call  —  WASHINGTON - A blocked number in Donald Trump Jr.'s phone records may be among the first targets for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee in January as they investigate possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
The Chevy Volt Is A Dream Car And Now GM Is Killing It  —  Even some of America's best engineering couldn't save it.  —  General Motors just killed the best car you've never owned.  —  I am talking about the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid GM has been producing since 2010.
Katherine Hignett / Newsweek:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Hiring, Looking for ‘Passionate, Creative Thinkers’  —  New York Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is looking for some 13 staffers to fill her office.  —  Her team is seeking passionate, talented and creative thinkers to fight for “social …
Associated Press:
The Latest: US nixed FBI checks for teen migrant camp staff  —  TORNILLO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a desert detention camp for migrant children (all times local):  —  A new government watchdog memo says the Trump administration waived rigorous background checks for all staff working …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Maybe They're Just Bad People  —  Not all Trump support is ideological.  —  Seven years ago, a former aide to Ralph Reed — who also worked, briefly, for Paul Manafort — published a tawdry, shallow memoir that is also one of the more revealing political books I've ever read.
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
NC elections board refuses to certify 9th District race, leaving it in limbo  —  The state board of elections Tuesday declined to certify the results of the 9th Congressional District election after one board member cited what he called “unfortunate activities” in the eastern part of the district.
Helen Briggs / BBC:
‘Siberian unicorn’ walked Earth with humans  —  A giant rhino that may have been the origin of the unicorn myth survived until at least 39,000 years ago - much longer than previously thought.  —  Known as the Siberian unicorn, the animal had a long horn on its nose, and roamed the grasslands of Eurasia.
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows vying to defend Trump on key committees  —  An intense behind-the-scenes power struggle over who will become Donald Trump's top congressional defender is coming to a head as two Freedom Caucus leaders and their allies pressure senior Republicans to give them two top committee posts.
Ginger Thompson / ProPublica:
Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed  —  Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents.  The explanation?  They're protecting kids from criminal dads and moms.  Immigration advocates say it's zero tolerance by another name.
Discussion: Splinter
 
 
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Eric Holthaus / Grist:
It's not the economy, stupid. Here's why focusing on money misses the big climate picture.
Discussion: USA Today, NPR and New York Times
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
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Reason:
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
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Bloomberg:
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