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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 on Tuesday over his border wall with Mexico, the House minority leader returned to the Capitol and railed …
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Trump jams Republicans with shutdown vow — The president's eagerness to take ownership of a partial government shutdown if he doesn't get border wall funding has painted Republicans into a corner. — President Donald Trump just made it nearly impossible for Republicans to blame Democrats …
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William Cummings / USA Today:
Twitter users mercilessly mock Mike Pence for ‘Elf on the Shelf’ performance in Oval Office — WASHINGTON - Vice President Mike Pence drew Twitter users' attention Tuesday with his restrained performance during a heated Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi on verge of deal with rebels to reclaim speakership — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is on the verge of a deal with Democratic rebels once intent on denying her the speakership, an accord that could deliver her the decisive votes needed to reclaim the gavel, according to multiple Democratic sources Tuesday.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
'It's like a manhood thing for him': Pelosi's power play with Trump serves as message to opponents
'It's like a manhood thing for him': Pelosi's power play with Trump serves as message to opponents
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Shareblue Media, Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite, Axios, The Root and Washington Free Beacon
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Won't Back Up President's Terror Claim
Trump Administration Won't Back Up President's Terror Claim
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Mediaite, US Department of State, Vox, Media Matters for America, NPR and The Mahablog
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kelly to remain as White House chief of staff through Jan. 2 or longer, official says
Kelly to remain as White House chief of staff through Jan. 2 or longer, official says
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CNN, Shareblue Media, The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Root, Mother Jones, HuffPost, IJR, No More Mister Nice Blog and Axios
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Trump says he would be ‘proud’ to shut down the government over border wall funding
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
After Trump's meltdown over his wall, Democrats cannot give any ground
After Trump's meltdown over his wall, Democrats cannot give any ground
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Spectator USA, POLITICUSUSA and Washington Examiner
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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The Atlantic, Townhall, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Booman Tribune and Washington Monthly
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says standing by Saudi crown prince despite pleas from Senate — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he stood by Saudi Arabia's crown prince despite a CIA assessment that he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and pleas …
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Exclusive: Trump says he could intervene in U.S. case against Huawei CFO — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would intervene in the Justice Department's case against a top executive at China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] if it would serve national security interests …
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New York Times:
Marriott Data Breach Is Traced to Chinese Hackers as U.S. Readies Crackdown on Beijing — WASHINGTON — The cyberattack on the Marriott hotel chain that collected passport information or other personal details of roughly 500 million guests was part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says he is not concerned about being impeached, defends payments to women — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not concerned that he would get impeached and that payments made ahead of the 2016 election by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen …
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Deadline and Law & Crime
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says he is looking at 10 or 12 candidates for chief of staff job — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has 10 to 12 candidates he is considering for the post of new White House chief of staff and although he could move quickly to fill the job, he was in no particular rush.
Edvard Pettersson / Bloomberg:
Stormy Daniels Is Ordered to Pay Trump $293,000 in Fees and Sanctions
Stormy Daniels Is Ordered to Pay Trump $293,000 in Fees and Sanctions
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Michael Flynn Asks Judge for Leniency for Lying to F.B.I. — WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, asked a federal judge late on Tuesday to spare their client any prison time for pleading guilty to lying to investigators …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Memo: FBI recommended Michael Flynn not have lawyer present during interview, did not warn of false statement consequences — Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who arranged the bureau's interview with then-national security adviser Michael Flynn at the White House on Jan. 24, 2017 …
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Associated Press:
AP: Ivanka, Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed — WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press investigation finds President Donald Trump's daughter and son-in law stand to benefit from a program they pushed that offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American areas.
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 …
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Strasbourg shooting: At least three dead, several injured in attack at Christmas market - latest news — Follow the author of this article Follow the topics within this article — A suspected terrorist was on the run last night after killing at least three people and injuring a dozen …
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Sputnik International, BBC, PJ Media Home, Front Page Magazine and Politico
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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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The Gateway Pundit and Front Page Magazine
RT:
Inevitable threat? Strasbourg gunman was on terror watch list, had grenades at home
Inevitable threat? Strasbourg gunman was on terror watch list, had grenades at home
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Congresswoman to Google CEO: Why when I search ‘idiot’ do I get pictures of Trump? — In an effort to understand how Google search algorithms work, a Democratic congresswoman asked the tech company's chief executive a simple question: “If you Google the word ‘idiot’ under images, a picture of Donald Trump comes up.
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Washington Post:
Trump has blasted Mueller's team for political donations. But attorney general nominee William P. Barr has given more than $500,000. — President Trump has repeatedly derided prosecutors investigating potential coordination between his presidential campaign and Russia as “angry Democrats …
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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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Beto O'Rourke narrowly tops wide-open MoveOn 2020 presidential straw poll; Biden runner up
Beto O'Rourke narrowly tops wide-open MoveOn 2020 presidential straw poll; Biden runner up
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Breitbart, Hot Air, Big League Politics, Joe.My.God. and twitchy.com
Wall Street Journal:
The Loneliest Generation: Americans, More Than Ever, Are Aging Alone — Loneliness undermines health and is linked to early mortality—and baby boomers are especially feeling the effects — Danny Miner, a 66-year-old retired chemical plant supervisor, spends most days alone in his Tooele …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed News:
The Trump Administration Just Asked The Supreme Court To Let It Enforce Its New Asylum Ban — The Trump administration went to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, seeking an order that would allow it to enforce its new policy barring asylum claims by those who cross into the country at the southern border without authorization.
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Trump asks Supreme Court to reinstate asylum ban during appeals
Trump asks Supreme Court to reinstate asylum ban during appeals
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Washington Post:
Maria Butina set to plead guilty to conspiring to act as agent of Kremlin, documents shows — The young Russian operative called her strategy the “Diplomacy Project,” an elaborate, multiyear scheme to infiltrate the conservative movement in the United States in hopes of cementing bonds to benefit the Kremlin.
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Washington Press, Talking Points Memo and OpenSecrets.org
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Paul Erickson, Maria Butina's Boyfriend, Reacts to Her Plea Agreement
Paul Erickson, Maria Butina's Boyfriend, Reacts to Her Plea Agreement
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Law & Crime, Media Matters for America, Mediaite and The Daily Beast
Alex Parker / RedState:
Condolences to Julia Roberts: The Absolute Worst Typo You've Seen All Year — Typos stnk. — They realy do. — For some of you who happen to view an article of mine as soon as it hits the web, I apologize — I always end up making corrections once it's posted.
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Instapundit and Sputnik International
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” …
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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