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11:40 AM ET, January 26, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump and His Associates Had More Than 100 Contacts With Russians Before the Inauguration  —  Among these contacts are more than 100 in-person meetings, phone calls, text messages, emails and private messages on Twitter.  Mr. Trump and his campaign repeatedly denied having such contacts with Russians during the 2016 election.
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Pelosi / Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Special Counsel Indictment and Arrest of Trump Campaign Advisor Roger Stone  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after Special Counsel Mueller released a seven-count indictment of top Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone, for lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstruction:
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Stone Indictment Underscores That There Was No Trump-Russia Conspiracy  —  Will the Justice Department ever correct the record?  —  Roger Stone is the shiny object.  The obstruction charges in his long-anticipated indictment, made public on Friday, are not the matter of consequence for the United States.
CNN:
CNN NEWSROOM  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  [14:30:00] DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We do not have the necessary space or resources to detain, house, vet, screen and safely process this tremendous influx of people.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
House Intelligence to hand over transcripts to Mueller investigation
John Podesta / Washington Post:
It might now be Roger Stone's time in the barrel
Power Line:
Roger Stone's Arrest: What's Scandalous, and What Isn't
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
Trumpworld Follows a Godfather Script—Literally
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What we've learned post-shutdown  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE SHUTDOWN IS OVER.  One can believe that this is what PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP needed to do — reset the negotiations — but you cannot make a coherent argument that it's not a cave to accept an agreement …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump famously declared that in his administration the nation would become tired of all the winning.  So on Friday he tried a little losing.  —  After the longest government shutdown in history …
Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘All for nothing’: Trump's wall retreat bewilders allies  —  Before President Donald Trump finished speaking from the Rose Garden, putting a temporary end to the five-week government shutdown, a running group text between several of his former aides lit up with complaints.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
‘Complete, total surrender’: Why Trump waved the white flag  —  President Donald Trump touted GOP unity for 33 days of a partial government shutdown.  But by the 34th day, it was clearly gone — and so was the shutdown by the end of the 35th.  —  Senate Republicans had finally …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
'She's not one to bluff': How Pelosi won the shutdown battle
Washington Post:
‘Prisoner of his own impulse’: Inside Trump's cave to end shutdown without wall
Ezra Klein / Vox:   The vindication of Nancy Pelosi
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just caved. Democrats can now take control of the immigration debate.
Discussion: Jamie Dupree - AJC
Telegraph:
Melania Trump - An Apology  —  Following last Saturday's (Jan 19) Telegraph magazine cover story “The mystery of Melania”, we have been asked to make clear that the article contained a number of false statements which we accept should not have been published.
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Kelly Gilblom / Bloomberg:   Telegraph to Pay Melania Trump ‘Substantial’ Damages for Article
New York Times:
A Bruised Trump Faces Uncertain 2020 Prospects.  His Team Fears a Primary Fight.  — With his approval rating sinking, and foes within the party wooing potential Republican challengers, aides to the president are working to shore up his support.  — Mr. Trump, close associates acknowledge …
Discussion: Axios and Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
The shutdown was proof of Trump's stark incapacity for leadership  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S temper tantrum over Congress's refusal to fund a border wall paralyzed much of the government for five weeks, sapped the morale and wallets of hundreds of thousands of federal workers and low-wage contractors …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Ex-Starbucks CEO Could Get Trump Re-elected  —  Before there was Jill Stein, there was Ralph Nader.  Before there was Nader, there was Ross Perot.  —  None won.  All argued that the Republican Party and the Democratic Party were basically the same, and the only way to make real change was to ditch them both.
Discussion: Political Wire
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Huge Trove of Leaked Russian Documents Is Published by Transparency Advocates  —  A group of transparency advocates on Friday posted a mammoth collection of hacked and leaked documents from inside Russia, a release widely viewed as a sort of symbolic counterstrike against Russia's dissemination …
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The Hill:   Transparency advocate group releases trove of hacked Russian documents
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Yes, Venezuela Is a Socialist Catastrophe  —  In the age of A.O.C., the lesson must be learned again.  —  Conspicuous by its relative absence in much of the mainstream news coverage of Venezuela's political crisis is the word “socialism.”  Yes, every sensible observer agrees …
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Bernie Sanders set to announce 2020 presidential run  —  WASHINGTON—Three years after fighting a surprisingly competitive Democratic primary race against Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is making another run for the White House.  —  Two sources with direct knowledge …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   Is Bernie Sanders the Dems' great white hope?
Michael Cavna / Washington Post:
Another cartoonist loses his job.  This does not bode well for the future of newspaper cartooning.  —  Another Pulitzer-winning cartoonist has been shown the door.  —  Steve Benson was laid off Wednesday by his longtime employer, the Arizona Republic, as part of larger cuts by the Gannett company.
Los Angeles Times:
California's big, but South Carolina may be key in Kamala Harris' presidential run  —  For Kamala Harris, the road to the White House began amid the sequins, satin gowns and crystal chandeliers of a ballroom in the capital city of South Carolina.  —  The California senator made her debut …
 
 
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Trump White House stonewalls as Puerto Rico aid runs dry
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Richard Ojeda Drops Out of Presidential Race
Adam Green / Roll Call:
Democrats were ripe for division. Then the shutdown came along
Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Dictionary by Merriam-Webster:
Trending: ‘cave’  —  Why are people looking up cave?
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Media Matters for America:
Lou Dobbs slams Trump's shutdown cave: “Illegal immigrants are surely pleased”
Discussion: twitchy.com
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Undercover agents target cybersecurity watchdog
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Arson Suspected at Comet Ping Pong, the D.C. Restaurant Made Famous by Pizzagate
Discussion: Eschaton
Ben Collins / NBC News:
4chan trolls flood laid off HuffPost, Buzzfeed reporters with death threats