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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Playing by His Own Rules, Trump Flips the Shutdown Script — WASHINGTON — The trick in Washington has always been to make sure a government shutdown is pinned on the other guy. President Trump is the first to ever pin one on himself. — In a new twist on the old game of shutdown politics dating …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Everybody's Wrong: Donald Trump Won the Chuck-n-Nancy Meeting, and Here's Why — All that in-front-of-the-cameras civility is fake anyway. Trump dispensed with it. It was refreshing, and his people will love it, shutdown or no shutdown. — Matt Lewis
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Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
The Chuck and Nancy and Donald Show
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Trump says he would be ‘proud’ to shut down the government over border wall funding
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Incoming New York attorney general plans wide-ranging investigations of Trump and family — Just-elected Letitia James, who takes office next month, tells NBC she will probe real estate deals, Trump Tower meeting, emoluments, Trump Foundation and more. — New York Attorney Gen.-elect Letitia James …
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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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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Pompeo challenges accuracy of reports that CIA is confident of Saudi prince's involvement in Khashoggi death — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to directly answer Wednesday whether he believes the denials from Saudi Arabia's crown prince of involvement in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi …
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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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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.
Politico:
Theresa May to face confidence vote — LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party Wednesday, something she vowed to contest “with everything I've got.” — Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs …
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Nicholas Watt / BBC:
Brexit: Tory resentment of Irish power within EU
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Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
Brexit in chaos as Tory MPs trigger vote of no confidence in Theresa May
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Jonathan Freedland / The Guardian:
This is a national crisis - not the time for a pointless Tory feud
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Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Julian Castro moves toward 2020 White House run — SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former Obama housing chief Julian Castro says he's taking a step toward a possible White House campaign in 2020 by forming a presidential exploratory committee. The Texas Democrat tells The Associated Press that he will announce a decision Jan. 12.
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Julián Castro / YouTube:
I Know the Promise of America — If we want to see a change, we don't wait for it, we work toward it. Today, more than ever, we must work together to build an America where everyone — no matter who we are or where we come from — can thrive. Working together, I believe we can build a new promise for ourselves and for our future.
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Associated Press:
AP: Ivanka, Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed — WASHINGTON (AP) — At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump began touting his administration's new real estate investment program, which offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American communities.
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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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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Michael Flynn Asks Judge for Leniency for Lying to F.B.I.
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NBC News:
In N.C. election fraud case, witness says operative held onto 800 absentee ballots — The new affidavit is the latest development in an investigation into election fraud involving absentee ballots. — WASHINGTON - McCrae Dowless, the man whose “get-out-the-vote” activities are the center …
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Joe Bruno / WSOC-TV:
Photo shows Mark Harris and man at center of election fraud investigation together
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Vanessa Romo / NPR:
Customs And Border Protection Paid A Firm $13.6 Million To Hire Recruits. It Hired 2 — A scathing report by the Office of the Inspector General revealed that a consulting company hired by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to fill thousands of new jobs to satisfy President Trump's mandate …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
It's ridiculous that it's unconstitutional for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president — Immigrants, young people, and everyone else should be allowed to run. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the biggest star in the Democratic Party, and she has been ever since she unseated …
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Erin Nyren / Variety:
Christian Bale Recalls Meeting Donald Trump: ‘He Thought I Was Bruce Wayne’ — With Christian Bale's latest film, “Vice,” a political dramedy, it's inevitable ties will be drawn between the film and the current political administration and its chief, President Donald Trump.
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 …
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Reuters:
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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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionization Push — Union says any retaliation should cost the company its project — Workers cite concerns over pressure, hours, safety, breaks — A committee of employees at Amazon's recently opened Staten Island fulfillment center …
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Marty Lederman / New York Times:
Would Indicting Trump Be Constitutional? — Yes, it would be. But that question is a distraction from the principal objective of the Russia investigation. — Mr. Lederman has twice served in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel. — The government's recent sentencing …
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Workers are ghosting their employers like bad dates — Silent exits are on the rise. — Economists report that workers are starting to act like millennials on Tinder: They're ditching jobs with nary a text. — “A number of contacts said that they had been 'ghosted …
New York Times:
France Declares Strasbourg Shooting to Be an Act of Terrorism — STRASBOURG, France — The shooting at a crowded street market in Strasbourg, France, was an act of terrorism, officials said Wednesday, as the police continued an intensive search for the gunman who killed at least two people and wounded 12 others.
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Mia Love / Washington Post:
Republicans have failed to bring our message to minorities. It's hurting the nation. — Mia Love, a Republican, represents Utah's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. — For too long, conservatives in my party have focused on administering purity tests instead of expanding our audience.
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Nikki Haley: Trump and I Ratcheted Up the Crazy for U.N. Negotiations — 'He's pretty upset, I can't promise you what he's going to do or not,' the ambassador told ‘Today’ she'd say. ‘But if we do these sanctions it will keep him from going too far.’ — In a new interview …
New York Times:
How Do You Recover After Millions Have Watched You Overdose? — Amid an opioid crisis, police and strangers with cameras are posting raw images of drug users passed out. — For those whose bleakest moments now live online, life is never the same. — ENVIRONMENT — The Year in Climate Change
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ProPublica:
Who's More Likely to Be Audited: A Person Making $20,000 — or $400,000? — If you claim the earned income tax credit, whose average recipient makes less than $20,000 a year, you're more likely to face IRS scrutiny than someone making twenty times as much. How a benefit for the working poor was turned against them.
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 …
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