Tipsheet: The Memo: Bannon firestorm consumes Washington

View in your browser     The Memo: Bannon firestorm consumes Washington By Niall Stanage   A firestorm over former chief strategist Steve Bannon is consuming the White House with the new year only days old.  It comes even while the president’s latest controversial tweets are still reverberating and the stubborn cloud over allegations of collusion with Russia remains. By the end of an extraordinary day of news on Wednesday, Bannon’s enemies within the GOP were glorying in his apparently final demise from the Trump inner circle. His loyalists were complaining that the White House was being too easily spooked and had overreacted. Read the full story here     Listen to the HillCast AM View: GOP, Dem talks this month could write 2018’s political script, and more of today’s news By Alexis Simendinger Congressional leaders from both parties are negotiating with President Trump’s advisers, hoping to hammer out a budget blueprint and perhaps a separate measure that could shield young undocumented immigrants from deportation. Listen to The Hill's podcast here     Trump breaks with Bannon in dramatic fashion By Jordan Fabian and Jonathan Easley President Trump split from Steve Bannon in dramatic fashion on Wednesday after his once close political ally offered explosive criticism of the president and his family in a new book. Read the full story here     5 surprising allegations from the new book about Trump's presidency By Brett Samuels Washington, D.C. on Wednesday was dominated by a series of explosive excerpts from a forthcoming book focused on the early days inside the Trump White House. Here are some of the more explosive allegations from Wolff’s book excerpts. Read the full story here       Trump feud puts pressure on Bannon candidates By Ben Kamisar and Lisa Hagen President Trump’s explosive feud with former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon has put new pressure on GOP candidates aligned with Bannon. Read the full story here     Trump dissolves voter fraud commission By Jordan Fabian and Brandon Carter President Trump on Wednesday dissolved a controversial commission that was set up to investigate his unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud during the 2016 election. Read the full story here     Confusion over Trump's border wall delays spending talks By Alexander Bolton Senate negotiators say a lack of clarity from President Trump about his plans for a proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is holding up talks to avoid a government shutdown. Read the full story here     Leaders appear to make little progress toward funding deal By Mike Lillis, Melanie Zanona and Scott Wong Congressional leaders and White House officials appear nowhere closer to a bipartisan deal to fund the government, raising the chances that lawmakers may need to pass another stopgap spending bill to avoid a shutdown in just over two weeks. Read the full story here     Senate Republicans to meet with Trump Thursday on DACA By Jordain Carney A group of Senate Republicans are expected to meet with President Trump at the White House on Thursday as they try to get on the same page ahead of a looming fight over immigration. Read the full story here     Manafort sues Mueller, challenging scope of Russia investigation By Katie Bo Williams Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is suing the Department of Justice and special counsel Robert Mueller in an attempt to kneecap the federal probe into alleged coordination between the campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.  Read the full story here     Change in Iran will only come from its people — not the United States By Perry Cammack OPINION | As the Trump administration and Congress consider how to react to the dramatic popular uprising racing across Iran, here are some lessons they might wish to consider. Read the full story here     What will it take for the US to win against China in cyberspace? By Mark Kuhr OPINION | China’s established practice of intellectual property (IP) theft has contributed significantly to the acceleration of the country’s technical competitiveness, making China one of the US's major cyber threats today. So, the big question is, how do we stop China? Read the full story here     The Associated Press: New year, new start? Not in President Trump’s Washington By Julie Pace So much for a new year, new start. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump’s lawyers send cease-and-desist letter to Bannon By Josh Dawsey and Ashley Parker The president’s lawyers told Stephen K. Bannon his comments to author Michael Wolff in a soon-to-be-released tell-all book violate Bannon’s employment agreement with the president in numerous ways. Trump on Wednesday castigated his former chief strategist as a self-aggrandizing political charlatan who has “lost his mind.” Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Democrats Doug Jones, Tina Smith are sworn in By Julie Bykowicz   Newcomers from Alabama and Minnesota vow to strive for bipartisanship. Read the full story here     The New York Times: As two Koreas open talks, US watches from the sideline By Mark Landler   The Trump administration doesn’t oppose diplomatic talks on the Korean Peninsula but worries the North will try to drive a wedge between the United States and South Korea. Read the full story here     USA Today: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair denies Trump spying claim By Jane Onyanga-Omara Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected a claim that he warned Jared Kushner that British intelligence might have spied on President Trump’s staff during the 2016 presidential election. 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