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12:00 AM ET, January 16, 2019

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Des Moines Register:
The Register's editorial: Steve King should resign for the good of Iowa  —  Some may argue that 4th District voters are getting what they deserve.  But the entire state needs a healthy rural economy.  Low commodity prices and President Trump's tariffs have hit farmers hard.  —  CONNECT
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
NBC News Tells Staffers Not To Directly Call Steve King's Racist Remarks Racist  —  “It is ok to attribute to others as in ‘what many are calling racist,’” an email from the standards department reads in part.  —  NBC News' standards department sent an email to staffers Tuesday telling …
Michael Gors / siouxcityjournal.com:
OUR OPINION: Steve King should resign  —  It's time for Steve King to go.  He should resign his seat in the U.S. House.  A new election should be held for voters in Iowa's 4th Congressional District to choose a replacement.  —  After near-universal condemnation from both sides of the political aisle …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Republicans finally noticed Steve King's bigotry. What about Trump's?
Rebecca Klein / HuffPost:
Karen Pence Is Working At A School That Bans Gay Employees And Kids  —  The school discriminates against LGBTQ people in its job application and says LGBTQ kids aren't welcome.  —  Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence, started at a job this week teaching art at Immanuel Christian School in Northern Virginia.
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The school that hired Karen Pence requires applicants to disavow gay marriage, trans identity  —  The school where Vice President Pence's wife, Karen Pence, has accepted a part-time job teaching art requires potential employees to affirm certain religious beliefs that seek to exclude homosexual …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:   Second lady Karen Pence to teach art at a Virginia elementary school
Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call:
Trump invites moderate Dems to WH for shutdown meeting — but some decline  —  President Donald Trump has invited some more moderate House Democrats to the White House Tuesday to discuss border security and how to end the partial government shutdown, but at least two of the invited members do not plan to attend.
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Associated Press:
High drama, few results as Trump warns of ‘long’ shutdown
Discussion: Axios
TMZ.com:
Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence Loved Trump's Fast Food, Can't Wait to Come Back!
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:   Trump's Attempt to Bypass Democratic Leaders on Wall Falls Flat
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Shutdown's Economic Damage Starts to Pile Up, Threatening an End to Growth  —  WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown is inflicting far greater damage on the United States economy than previously estimated, the White House acknowledged on Tuesday, as President Trump's economists doubled projections …
BBC:
Brexit: Theresa May's deal is voted down in historic Commons defeat  —  Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history.  —  MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain's exit from the EU on 29 March.
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Washington Post:
Brexit vote: British Parliament rejects Theresa May's Brexit deal, leaving withdrawal from E.U …
Discussion: The Guardian
Elizabeth Dexheimer / Bloomberg:
Ocasio-Cortez Said Poised to Join Panel Overseeing Wall Street  — Socialist Democrat recommended for House finance committee  — 29-year-old New Yorker has called for breakup of biggest banks  —  Wall Street, get ready for a lot more scrutiny from U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Discussion: Axios
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The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez to join House panel overseeing financial sector
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Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
CNN Analyst Accuses Black Conservative Radio Host Of ‘White Privilege’
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
Jackson Richman / JNS.org:
Democratic National Committee drops partnership with Women's March  —  The Democratic National Committee has dropped its partnership in the Women's March over anti-Semitism concerns, according to a Democratic source.  —  This development comes amid accusations of anti-Semitism within …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi shuts outspoken critic out of Judiciary slot  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi exacted revenge against one of her most outspoken detractors Tuesday night, blocking Rep. Kathleen Rice from landing a seat on the high-profile House Judiciary Committee.  —  Pelosi lobbied for other members …
Discussion: Political Wire
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
El Chapo Trial: Former Mexican President Peña Nieto Took $100 Million Bribe, Witness Says  —  Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto took a $100 million bribe from international drug traffickers, according to a witness at the trial of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the infamous crime lord known as El Chapo.
Discussion: Townhall, Daily Wire and Althouse
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell blocks House bill to reopen government for second time  —  Senate Republicans blocked a House-passed package to reopen the federal government for a second time in as many weeks on Tuesday.  —  Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and Ben Cardin (Md.) asked for consent …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans stand with McConnell on the sidelines of shutdown fight
Discussion: Politico and Joe.My.God.
Wall Street Journal:
Mueller Probe Likely to Restrict Michael Cohen's Testimony  —  Trump's former lawyer may be barred from discussing matters related to talks with the special counsel and Manhattan federal prosecutors  —  WASHINGTON—The testimony of Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Just Handed a Big, Unanimous Victory to Workers.  Wait, What?  —  On Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed a victory to American workers, ruling unanimously that independent contractors who work in transportation may not be forced into mandatory arbitration.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Kirsten Gillibrand launches presidential exploratory committee  —  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand launched a presidential exploratory committee Tuesday night, joining the crowded Democratic hunt to win the White House in 2020.  —  The New York Democrat, a longtime advocate for women in politics …
Discussion: NBC News, ABC News, Vox and NPR
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Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Mueller plows ahead, issuing more subpoenas to associates of conservative commentator  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller has zeroed in on at least three new witnesses associated with a conservative commentator connected to former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, signaling …
The Guardian:
Chris Christie accuses Jared Kushner of political ‘hit job’ in explosive new book  —  Exclusive: ex-New Jersey governor, who had prosecuted Kushner's father, was sacked as head of Trump's transition team  —  Chris Christie, who was ousted as chairman of Donald Trump's White House transition team in 2016 …
Marcy Gordon / Associated Press:
The IRS is recalling 46,000 workers to handle tax returns  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown — nearly 60 percent of its workforce — to handle tax returns and pay out refunds.  The employees won't be paid.
Discussion: Splinter
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump and Putin Have Met Five Times.  What Was Said Is a Mystery.  —  WASHINGTON — The first time they met was in Germany.  President Trump took his interpreter's notes afterward and ordered him not to disclose what he heard to anyone.  Later that night, at a dinner …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
William Barr tries to clean up his Clinton comments — but stumbles into a new Mueller problem  —  A newly released email makes clear Barr thought Clinton probes were more warranted than Mueller's collusion probe.  —  Attorney general nominee William P. Barr's comments about special counsel …
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Did the Wall Street Journal Fall for a Prank Directed at Laura Loomer?  —  Laura Loomer, who operated as an anti-Muslim online activist before she was suspended permanently from Twitter, was duped by internet pranksters into believing that her suspension occurred due to alleged lobbying …
Discussion: Newsweek
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
Sherrod Brown Is Taking His Possible Presidential Campaign To The Early Primary States  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is taking a big step toward running for president, with plans to visit the all-important early voting states: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina.
Discussion: Political Wire
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Donald Trump is a symptom of a new kind of class warfare raging at home and abroad  —  What's happening in America is an echo of what's happening in democracies around the world, and it's not happening because of Trump.  —  CONNECT  —  To understand events around the world today, one must think in terms of the class struggle.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Power Line
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Beto O'Rourke's immigration plan: No wall but no specifics  —  EL PASO — In a digital ad that recently went viral, Beto O'Rourke tore into President Trump's desired border wall with soaring footage of the Rio Grande Valley and an explanation of what the wall would do: cut off access to the river …
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Feds say ‘star’ DEA agent abroad stole millions  —  MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. federal narcotics agent known for his expensive tastes and high-profile drug seizures has been implicated in a multimillion-dollar money-laundering conspiracy that involved the very cartel criminals he was charged with fighting in Colombia.
 
 
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
My Mother Worked to Make America Great. She Lived to See Trump Make It Worse.
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Republicans Break Ranks Over Move to Lift Sanctions on Russian Oligarch's Firms
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
De Blasio pitches plan to seize private property of problem landlords, opponents cry ‘communism’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
Adam Schiff hiring full-time team to investigate Trump's Russia connections
Sarah Aziza / New Yorker:
The Saudi Government's Global Campaign to Silence Its Critics
Tom Perkins / Detroit Metro Times:
Interim MSU President John Engler says Larry Nassar victims are ‘enjoying’ the ‘spotlight’
Discussion: AOL
Dan Levin / New York Times:
‘The Shutdown Makes Me Nervous’: Young People Caught Up in Impasse
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Congress Wants Info: Former Top FBI Lawyer Being Investigated For Leaks
 Earlier Items: 
Foreign Policy:
Global Thinkers  —  Welcome to Foreign Policy's annual list …
Rob Price / Business Insider:
Facebook is introducing new rules for employees about discussing politics and religion on its internal Workplace app
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David French / National Review:
The FBI's Counterintelligence Investigation of Trump Was Prudent and Proper
The Daily Beast:
Why Conservative Media and the Far Right Love Tulsi Gabbard for President
Discussion: Salon
NBC News:
American ISIS member detained in Syria says he ‘wanted to go see exactly what the group was about’
NEWS.com.au:
Handcuffed, drugged with ketamine: Truth behind Thai cave rescue
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 

 
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