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12:10 PM ET, December 26, 2018

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Steve Eder / New York Times:
Did a Queens Podiatrist Help Donald Trump Avoid Vietnam?  —  In the fall of 1968, Donald J. Trump received a timely diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels that led to his medical exemption from the military during Vietnam.  —  For 50 years, the details of how the exemption came about …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Path to the Presidency Could Be Harder for White Democrats in 2020  —  Before Barack Obama's election in 2008, the relationship between white racial views and partisanship wasn't as clear-cut as one might think.  Yes, Republicans won the large majority of white voters who believed black disadvantage …
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Black Voters, a Force in Democratic Politics, Are Ready to Make Themselves Heard  —  BALTIMORE — The first “Amen!” rang out after a couple of minutes, as Senator Elizabeth Warren, speaking to an almost all-black audience at Morgan State University's winter commencement, described how America has …
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Brown seeks Obama meeting as he considers presidential run  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown hasn't decided whether he's running for president — but he's checking off a lot of the boxes that come along the way.  —  The Ohio Democrat is reaching out to fellow senators and party officials in early primary and caucus states.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Shutdown standoff continues
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
Trump's frustration with Mnuchin rising after failed attempt to calm markets, source says  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's frustration with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is ratcheting up further after markets suffered their worst Christmas Eve drop ever following Mnuchin's attempts …
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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Economic growth is slowing all around the world
Discussion: Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
As Market Rout Continues, Trump Stands Firm on Fed, Border Wall
Discussion: Washington Post, Splinter and Reuters
Washington Post:
Trump vows not to reopen federal government until wall funding is secured
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner / NBC News:
Trump becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops at Christmastime  —  Though he called military personnel on Tuesday, Trump did not visit a hospital or a military base.  —  On Christmas Day, President Donald Trump took part in a long-running practice of presidents …
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Amy Russo / HuffPost:
Trump Ditches Tradition, Passing Up Christmas Visits To Troops
Discussion: Daily Kos
Department of Homeland Security:
CBP Shares Additional Information about Recent Passing of Guatemalan Child  —  An eight year-old Guatemalan national, previously apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, died shortly before midnight on December 24 at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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Associated Press:
US says 2nd Guatemalan child dies in immigration custody
Discussion: NBC News and Mediaite
Daily Mail:
Ivanka Trump wears a summer dress and a bizarre full straw visor hat  —  Ivanka Trump rang in the holiday on Tuesday by heading out for a stroll near her family's Palm Beach, Florida estate on Christmas Day with husband Jared Kushner.
Washington Post:
More than 4 million children endured lockdowns last school year, a groundbreaking Washington Post analysis found.  The experience left many traumatized.  —  Locked behind their green classroom door, MaKenzie Woody and 25 other first-graders huddled in the darkness.
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee Defends Trump: It's Not Like He's 'Boiling The Little Girl's Rabbit'  —  After President Trump was roasted for appearing to mock a 7-year-old girl for still believing in Santa Claus earlier this week, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) raised eyebrows when he took it upon himself to defend Trump …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Mediaite
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Hannah Alani / Post and Courier:
Do a ‘marginal’ number of 7-year-olds believe in Santa? That's what Trump told a SC girl.
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
I thought fraud in reporting was done for.  I was wrong.  —  Nearly 30 years ago, the Cold War's end opened Germany's border to the formerly Soviet-dominated east.  Asylum seekers from poor and war-torn nations poured across it.  A violent backlash from ultra-right-wing Germans ensued.
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital after cancer surgery  —  Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday and is recuperating at home after undergoing surgery, according to a court spokesperson.
New York Times:
A Gutted I.R.S. Makes the Rich Richer  —  With enforcement enfeebled, as much as 20 percent of potential tax revenues go uncollected.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
Sun-Sentinel:
The failed leadership of Broward Sheriff Scott Israel |  Editorial  —  An afternoon of terror at a Parkland school shattered the legacy of Broward Sheriff Scott Israel, leaving the former narcotics detective searching for excuses for his agency's disastrous performance.  —  Sun Sentinel Editorial Board
Sarah Lindemann-Komarova / The Nation:
Maria Butina and the Criminalization of Citizen Diplomacy  —  Prosecuting Butina endangers NGO activists in both Russia and the US.  —  30-year-old, flame-haired Maria “Red Sparrow” Butina plead guilty this month to one act count of conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent.
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Mattis works from Pentagon on Christmas, tells troops: ‘You hold the line’  —  Defense Secretary James Mattis wished U.S. troops a merry Christmas and worked Christmas Day after President Trump pushed the secretary out two months earlier than he planned to resign.
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The Seattle Times:   Richland native Jim Mattis has ‘no anger’ after Trump forces him out early, brother says
 
 
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
He Survived Two Mass Shootings. Now He is About to Deploy to Afghanistan.
Wall Street Journal:
Behind the Market Swoon: The Herdlike Behavior of Computerized Trading
Tamara Keith / NPR:
In A White House With Unprecedented Turnover, Survivors Have ‘Endurance’
Palko Karasz / New York Times:
British-Iranian Scholar Returns Home After Detention
Marc Rotenberg / New York Times:
America Needs a Privacy Law
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
No More Bread and Water: U.S. Navy Scraps an Age-Old Penalty
Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
With support from Steve Bannon, a medieval monastery could become a populist training ground
Discussion: Althouse
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
The campaign to confirm a diplomatic novice to America's top U.N. post
Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg:
Russia Considers Constitution Changes as Putin Faces Term Limits
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Selling Real Estate in Russia? Are You Crazy?
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
On the Surface, Hungary Is a Democracy. But What Lies Underneath?
Newsweek:
Hezbollah leaders targeted, reportedly hit in Israeli airstrike, U.S. official says
 

 
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Financial Times:
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
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