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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi privately disses Trump's manhood after White House meeting — Nancy Pelosi was on fire with her fellow Democrats. — Minutes after a very public showdown with Donald Trump over his border wall with Mexico, the California Democrat returned to the Capitol and railed against the president …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Won't Back Up President's Terror Claim — Data provided by his own administration shows that the issue is more complex than he implied in pushing for the border wall. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday cited the recent apprehension of ten suspected terrorists …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
After Trump's meltdown over his wall, Democrats cannot give any ground — President Trump just gave us all yet another glimpse of those brilliant negotiating skills he keeps boasting about: … Despite voluntarily taking ownership of the shutdown, Trump, needless to say …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kelly to remain as White House chief of staff through Jan. 2 or longer, official says — White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly will remain in the job through at least Jan. 2 to ensure “a very peaceful and pragmatic transition” for his successor, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump: “I'm proud to shut down the government” over border wall — Prior to his meeting with Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer, President Trump brought reporters into the Oval Office and — in an extended, heated exchange before the cameras — clashed with the two Democratic leaders …
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Washington Post:
Trump, Pelosi and Schumer have on-camera shouting match as wall talks break down — President Trump, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer clashed Tuesday over funding for the border wall, an explosive Oval Office encounter that ended with Trump declaring …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
'It's like a manhood thing for him': Pelosi comments on Trump and his wall
'It's like a manhood thing for him': Pelosi comments on Trump and his wall
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Washington Post:
Trump's extraordinary Oval Office squabble with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, annotated
Trump's extraordinary Oval Office squabble with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, annotated
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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Military will build border wall if Pelosi, Schumer don't agree to pay for it: Trump
Military will build border wall if Pelosi, Schumer don't agree to pay for it: Trump
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Associated Press:
Trump bickers with Dem leaders, threatens gov't shutdown
Trump bickers with Dem leaders, threatens gov't shutdown
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Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Trump Throws Down With Pelosi and Schumer Over Border Wall: ‘I Am Proud to Shut Down the Government’
Trump Throws Down With Pelosi and Schumer Over Border Wall: ‘I Am Proud to Shut Down the Government’
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Jacob T. Levy / New York Times:
The Democrats' Best Response to Republican Power Grabs — The best option goes beyond retaliation or restraint. — Mr. Levy is a professor of political theory at McGill University. — In Michigan and Wisconsin, lame duck Republican-majority legislatures are enacting laws to limit the powers of incoming Democratic governors.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
N.C. GOP says fresh misconduct allegation should trigger new House election — The North Carolina Republican Party said Tuesday that a new election should be held in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District if a new allegation regarding the leak of early-voting results before Election Day is proven.
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Brian Murphy / The Charlotte Observer:
Bladen counted early votes too soon in 2018. Witness alleges numbers were leaked. — Bladen County election workers tallied the results of early voting before Election Day in violation of state rules and are accused of allowing outsiders to view them, a precinct worker wrote in an affidavit released by state Democrats.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Beto O'Rourke narrowly tops wide-open MoveOn 2020 presidential straw poll; Biden runner up — The progressive group had backed Bernie Sanders in 2016 over Hillary Clinton. — An early straw poll of members of the progressive group MoveOn.org shows a wide-open competition for liberal voters …
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Juleanna Glover / Politico:
Biden Should Run on a Unity Ticket With Romney — Last summer, John McCain told the world that he regretted not picking Joe Lieberman, the former senator and Democrat, to be his vice presidential running mate in the 2008 presidential election. A McCain/Lieberman ticket might not have won the White House …
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Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
Stormy Daniels Is Ordered to Pay Trump $293,000 in Fees and Sanctions — Judge cuts Trump requested attorneys fees by 25 percent — Michael Avenatti vows actress won't have to pay a dime — Stephanie Clifford, the adult-movie star professionally known as Stormy Daniels …
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Trump $293,052 in attorneys' fees — A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered adult film star Stormy Daniels to pay Donald Trump $293,052.33 in attorneys' fees for her defamation case against the president, which the judge dismissed in October …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump allies becoming increasingly aware of his legal and political jeopardy — Last week's stunning court filings detonated what one official calls a “reality tremor” that has White House officials and key allies increasingly aware of President Trump's rising legal and political vulnerability.
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Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Frederica Wilson never got an apology from John Kelly. She got nooses from critics.
Frederica Wilson never got an apology from John Kelly. She got nooses from critics.
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘A lot of friends of mine want it’: Trump says chief of staff is a hot job
‘A lot of friends of mine want it’: Trump says chief of staff is a hot job
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Gap continues to widen between Trump and intelligence community on key issues — President Trump continues to reject the judgments of U.S. spy agencies on major foreign policy fronts, creating a dynamic in which intelligence analysts frequently see troubling gaps between the president's public statements …
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Jim Mone / National Journal:
Emmer, NRCC Start to Rebuild for 2020 — The incoming chair doesn't think the GOP is doomed in the suburbs or that Trump will be a liability in 2020. — Ally Mutnick and Kyle Trygstad — ADD TO BRIEFCASE — Rep. Tom Emmer spent last Monday in a briefing on an email hack that plagued …
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POLITICO Playbook PM: Welcome to divided government
POLITICO Playbook PM: Welcome to divided government
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
House Republicans clash over Trump's role in downfall, look to 2020
House Republicans clash over Trump's role in downfall, look to 2020
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NBC News:
2 dead, several injured in shooting near Christmas market in Strasbourg, France — A search is underway for the suspect, who is on a terrorist watch list, officials said — At least two people are dead and several others injured after a shooting Tuesday night in the French city of Strasbourg …
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
At least two dead, 11 wounded in French Christmas market shooting
At least two dead, 11 wounded in French Christmas market shooting
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Kim Willsher / The Guardian:
Strasbourg shooting: at least two killed in terrorist attack near Christmas market
Strasbourg shooting: at least two killed in terrorist attack near Christmas market
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ProPublica:
How the IRS Was Gutted — An eight-year campaign to slash the agency's budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment. The result: billions less to fund the government. That's good news for corporations and the wealthy. — In the summer of 2008 …
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Daily Mail:
You've hired me before, Mr President, so hire me again. I'm the one person whose reputation can't be tarnished by becoming your Chief of Staff and I'm perfectly qualified for the job! — I wish to formally apply to be your new Chief of Staff. — You might not immediately recognize …
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
The Arctic is in even worse shape than you realize — The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest, thickest ice. If this thinning trend continues, scientists fear an added boost to global warming. — Over the past three decades of global warming, the oldest and thickest ice …
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Reuters:
Former Canadian diplomat detained in China: sources — SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A former Canadian diplomat has been detained in China, two sources said on Tuesday, and his current employer, the International Crisis Group, said it was seeking his prompt and safe release.
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Helen Andrews / First Things:
Shame Storm — After a lifetime of impeccably correct opinions, Ian Buruma found himself on the wrong side of the liberal consensus in September 2018, when he was forced to resign as editor of the New York Review of Books for having commissioned a piece called “Reflections from a Hashtag” …
Benjamin Hoffman / New York Times:
Stephen Curry Doubts Moon Landings. NASA Offers to Show Him the Rocks. — The space agency invited the Golden State star to visit the Johnson Space Center, “perhaps the next time the Warriors are in town to play the Rockets.” — It has been a big 24 hours for Stephen Curry.
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The foundation of Trump's coalition is cracking — (CNN)Cracks have emerged in Donald Trump's hold on his core constituency of white working class voters, new data from the 2018 election reveals. — Though Republican candidates almost everywhere registered large margins among white voters without …
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Slate's Newly Unionized Writers and Editors Give OK to Strike — Outlet's editorial staff authorize walkout by 52 to 1 vote — Company's “right-to-work” stance riles its employees — Writers and editors at Slate have voted nearly unanimously to green-light a strike …
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Manafort might not fight claims he lied to Mueller — Defense attorneys for Paul Manafort indicated Tuesday they might not contest special counsel Robert Mueller's allegations that President Trump's one-time campaign chairman lied to federal prosecutors. — Attorney Richard Westling …
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Americans Want Trump To Compromise On Border Wall To Avoid Possible Shutdown — As President Trump continues to threaten to potentially shut down the government over his border wall, Americans would prefer to see him compromise to prevent gridlock, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Time's 2018 ‘Person of the Year’ is killed and imprisoned journalists — Time magazine is spotlighting a handful of journalists who have one thing in common: They were targeted for their work. — “The Guardians.” — That's what Time magazine is calling the journalists behind 2018's …
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