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12:35 AM ET, December 27, 2018

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James LaPorta / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Twitter Account Video Reveals Covert U.S. Navy SEAL Deployment During Iraq Visit  —  President Donald Trump and the White House communications team revealed that a U.S. Navy SEAL team was deployed to Iraq after the president secretly traveled to the region to meet …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Constant Spin Zone  —  How one publication reported Trump's trip to see troops in Iraq.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  President Trump and his wife Melania made a surprise visit to American soldiers in Iraq on Wednesday, and you would think that would be a straightforward event to write up.
Reuters:
Iraqi lawmakers criticize Trump visit as blow to Iraqi sovereignty  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi political and militia leaders condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday as a violation of Iraq's sovereignty, and lawmakers said a meeting between Trump …
Discussion: Townhall
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
President Donald Trump makes surprise Christmas visit to troops in Iraq in first trip to combat zone  —  President Donald Trump went to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on his first visit to U.S. troops in the Middle East as president.  —  First lady Melania Trump joined him on the unscheduled Wednesday visit.
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump in Iraq on first visit to troops in troubled region
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Incorrectly Claims Academic All-American Honors  —  Claim from Whitaker's University of Iowa football days listed on résumé and government documents  —  Matthew Whitaker, the acting U.S. Attorney General, has incorrectly claimed …
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:   WSJ: Whitaker Fudged Academic Honors On Resume, Gov Documents
Brandon Kochkodin / Bloomberg:
Here Are Three Crazy Market Statistics on a Wild Day of Trading  —  To say that U.S. stocks trading has been odd this week seems like an understatement.  —  All three major U.S. indexes gained at least 4 percent on Wednesday.  That's the first time that's happened since 2011.
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Jessica Menton / Wall Street Journal:
Dow Industrials Leap More Than 1,000 Points
Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Dow Jones industrial average rises over 2 percent as U.S. stock markets try to recover …
Discussion: Townhall and Wall Street Journal
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Trump's Popularity Revisits Low as Government Agencies Shut Down  —  Plurality of voters say president mostly to blame for funding lapse amid fight over border wall  —  President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Dec. 11 that he would be “proud” to shut down the government over border security.
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New York Times:
Trump Makes Surprise Visit to American Troops in Iraq  —  President Trump visited American military forces on Wednesday in Iraq, making his first trip to troops stationed in a combat zone only days after announcing his intention to withdraw the United States from foreign wars in Syria and Afghanistan.
Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner / NBC News:
Trump becomes first president since 2002 not to visit troops at Christmastime
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
MSNBC Beats Fox News in Weekly Cable News Ratings for First Time Since 2000  —  MSNBC ended the week of Dec. 21st with the #1 cable news ratings on television, beating Fox News for the first time in 17 years.  For the Monday through Friday leading up to the Christmas holiday …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Bad headlines for Trump also means ratings slump for Hannity
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
USA Today:
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: What do Democrats want in 2020?  Someone new - and Biden.  But definitely not Hillary  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden hints at a 2020 run, saying he thinks he's “the most qualified person” in this Country to be president.  Veuer's Justin Kircher has the story.  —  CONNECT
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Path to the Presidency Could Be Harder for White Democrats in 2020
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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Brian Krassenstein / Hill Reporter:
Trump's Bone Spur Diagnosis Also Appears to be Fraudulent, According to Doctor's Family
Discussion: Quartz, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Selective Service Records
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Trump says he wants to visit border wall before State of the Union  —  President Trump said Wednesday that he wants to visit the U.S.-Mexico border wall before he gives his State of the Union address next month.  —  Trump, speaking with reporters during an unannounced trip to Iraq …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Political Wire
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Annie Grayer / CNN:
Mark Meadows says Trump is still ‘very firm’ on the wall as shutdown drags on
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Daily Signal
Garrett Ross / Politico:   Trump says he will do ‘whatever it takes’ to secure funding for border wall
Max Read / New York Magazine:
How Much of the Internet Is Fake?  Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually.  —  In late November, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight people accused of fleecing advertisers of $36 million in two of the largest digital ad-fraud operations ever uncovered.
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politics.myajc:
‘Deportation bus’ candidate reports to jail following indictment  —  State senator and former Republican gubernatorial candidate Michael Williams turned himself into Hall County jail Wednesday, days after news broke that he had been indicted on charges that included insurance fraud.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Associated Press:   Georgia ‘deportation bus’ GOP candidate reports to jail
Carla Herreria / HuffPost:
Homeland Security Chief Faults Parents, ‘Open Border’ Supporters In Migrant Kids' Deaths  —  Kirstjen Nielsen ordered an overhaul of medical screening procedures at the Mexican border after Felipe Gómez Alonzo, 8, died on Christmas Eve.  —  Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
How Trump gave away his secret war zone trip  —  The tweets stopped and soon the jig was up.  —  President Donald Trump's trip to Iraq this week, his first to a war zone as president, was supposed to be a surprise.  But the White House couldn't keep the sensitive trip a secret for long.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
Investors Fret Over Khashoggi Killing but Still Maintain Saudi Ties  —  Many businesses have linked their future to Saudi money and the kingdom's sweeping economic overhauls  —  On Oct. 12, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson announced he was pulling out of talks on a $1 billion deal …
more at Mediagazer »
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Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
Russia Warns United States: Don't Interfere in Saudi Royal Succession
Discussion: Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Internet billionaire Reid Hoffman apologizes for funding a group behind disinformation in Alabama race  —  Internet billionaire Reid Hoffman apologized on Wednesday for funding a group linked to a “highly disturbing” effort that spread disinformation during last year's Alabama special election …
Angie Leventis Lourgos / Chicago Tribune:
As national Women's March leaders face claims of anti-Semitism, Chicago group says it won't host January march, citing costs  —  Women's March Inc. co-President Tamika Mallory, shown in 2017, has praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on social media.
 
 
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
‘Aquaman’ Dominates Christmas Day Box Office
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Ronald Acevedo waited eight months for asylum in Arizona. …
Adam Skolnick / New York Times:
Colin O'Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica With Final 32-Hour Push
Congressman Mark Sanford:
I hope that Christmas Day was great for you, family, and friends.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Sister Wendy Beckett, Nun Who Became a BBC Star, Dies at 88
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stlouisfed.org:
Married Men Outearn Single Men (and Women as a Whole)
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
The Worst of MSNBC in 2018  —  The Washington Free Beacon presents …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Power Line
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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Larry Eisenberg, 99, Whose Limericks Were Very Well Read, Is Dead
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump lawyers, citing shutdown, ask court for delay in emoluments case
Discussion: Raw Story
David Edwards / Raw Story:
C-SPAN caller: I support Trump's shutdown because 'it's getting us closer' to the second coming of Jesus
New York Times:
President Trump's Retreat on the Environment Is Affecting Communities Across America
 

 
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