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By ANNA PALMER (anna@politico.com; @apalmerdc), JAKE SHERMAN (sherman@politico.com; @JakeSherman), DANIEL LIPPMAN (daniel@politico.com; @dlippman), ZACH MONTELLARO (zmontellaro@politico.com; @ZachMontellaro)


HANGING WITH THE ELITES -- PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DAVOS -- MAGGIE HABERMAN SCOOP: "President Trump is expected to attend the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, in the coming weeks, an administration official said Tuesday.

"In a statement, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said the president was looking forward to attending the gathering of world leaders and business executives.

"'The president welcomes opportunities to advance his America First agenda with world leaders,' Ms. Sanders said. 'At this year's World Economic Forum, the president looks forward to promoting his policies to strengthen American businesses, American industries, and American workers.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8b22716d959bb67f27ede26497351cd7f3426cd8fda1e8a3eb23f048cf0917f9c4cbae612aead3f2f8

WASHINGTON EXAMINER -- DAVID DRUCKER SCOOP: "Joe Arpaio running for Senate in Arizona": "Republican Joe Arpaio, a close ally of President Trump and former sheriff known for his provocative approach to combatting illegal immigration, is running for Senate in Arizona.

"The 85-year-old Arpaio could shake up the late August Republican primary in a critical open-seat race to replace retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. Trump pardoned Arpaio last summer, sparing the former sheriff jail time after he was convicted of ignoring a federal court order in a racial-profiling case. ...

"'I have a lot to offer. I'm a big supporter of President Trump,' Arpaio said. 'I'm going to have to work hard; you don't take anything for granted. But I would not being doing this if I thought that I could not win. I'm not here to get my name in the paper, I get that everyday, anyway.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8bfe6d948b53a60bb93933ab842b9f1235677b8818816e85e0f97bc598d6bf4c06616475ca9251fcfa

Good Tuesday morning. BIG EYES EMOJI -- CNN'S BRIAN STELTER: "Oprah Winfrey has 2020 on her mind.

"Winfrey is listening to the high-powered friends who are urging her to challenge President Trump, and her best friend, Gayle King, says she is 'intrigued by the idea.' Three other Winfrey friends told CNNMoney that the media mogul is taking the idea seriously. 'She's listening to a lot of people who are saying: 'You can do this,'' one of the sources said on condition of anonymity. 'I don't know what she'll do. She doesn't know yet,' another source said. 'But any way this plays out, this is a long game.'"

BUT...: "King said both, 'I don't think at this point she is actually considering it' and also, 'I also know, after years of watching the Oprah show, you always have the right to change your mind.'" http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8b5afc3f82a88bb1ee2263db3f392a3fe9fd3b0d61559ff7328aac9b66829f26272d09da75e38456db

-- @JeffMason1: ".@realDonaldTrump says he likes @Oprah, could beat her in a presidential race, doesn't think she will run."

JOHN DICKERSON TO REPLACE CHARLIE ROSE ON 'CBS THIS MORNING -- MEMO FROM CBS NEWS PRESIDENT DAVID RHODES: "With John, Gayle, and Norah together we will be doubling down on serious news coverage. That's what we're all committed to at CBS News. Our three co-hosts together will represent those values to the audience every morning. Ryan Kadro is speaking with the 'CBS This Morning' staff now about the plans for Wednesday's broadcast.

"John is relocating to New York full time -- trading one eight-days-a-week job for another. His work is impeccable on television, online, and in print -- he's earned his reputation for substance and preparation as both an interviewer and a field reporter.

"Norah and Gayle noted CTM's sixth anniversary this morning. They have built a tremendous connection with a consistently-growing audience. We're confident that today's announcement will only strengthen their connection. Our co-hosts and the whole 'CBS This Morning? team have done a terrific job through the last six years and especially through this transition.

"John will anchor 'Face the Nation' at least this weekend and we are working with Mary Hager on the important broadcasts leading up to State of the Union later this month. I'll be in Washington part of this week as we start the conversation about what's next for 'Face.' We have terrific correspondents in Washington and we will be ready for whatever comes along." Yashar Ali's initial scoop on HuffPost http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8b0e1a8db84e2f69df97f6546b5195bbf266c35f188da78fbdfebe83be500b394fc201effbe68fb60b

DICKERSON WILL PHASE OUT OF "FACE THE NATION" -- and the host chair will become one of the hottest commodities in political journalism. WHO WILL BE IN THE MIX FOR THAT SLOT? Major Garrett will be a strong internal contender. OTHER CONTENDERS: Jon Karl, Alex Wagner. INTERESTING OPTION: Bret Baier. NAMES IN THE MIX: Margaret Brennan, Julianna Goldman, Bob Costa, Nancy Cordes. ANOTHER QUESTION -- How about Norah O'Donnell?

BULLETIN -- HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP STEVE SCALISE is having a scheduled surgery tomorrow. Statement from Scalise: "I have been fortunate to make tremendous progress in my healing from last June's shooting, and tomorrow I will undergo a planned surgery as part of my ongoing recovery process. ... I will remain fully engaged in my work as I heal from this procedure, and I look forward to returning to the Capitol as soon as I can within the coming weeks."

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TRUMP ON IMMIGRATION NEGOTIATIONS, per pooler Melissa Burke of the Detroit News: "POTUS said GOP Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) will be introducing a bill in the coming days. It should be a 'bill of love' but also the country needs stronger borders to stem drugs from coming through, POTUS said. Any bill on DACA needs to close loopholes, end chain migration, and cancel the visa lottery program, POTUS said. ... He'd also like to see merit-based immigration in any bill. ...

"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he's been working on the immigration issue for 10 years, and he's for a pathway to citizenship. He urged the group to look more broadly at comprehensive immigration reform. POTUS responded: 'If you want to take it that further step, I'll take the heat,' POTUS said. 'You are not that far away from comprehensive immigration reform.' POTUS a few minutes later said, we can do DACA and tackle comprehensive immigration reform 'the next afternoon.'"

REMEMBER ALEXANDER-MURRAY? -- "Secret Pro-Life Meeting With Mike Pence Killed Obamacare Fix -- For Now," by the Daily Beast's Andrew Desiderio: "Amid opposition from conservatives in the House of Representatives, a group of pro-life activists met with Pence to lobby the Trump administration against supporting a health insurance market stabilization bill on the grounds that it does not contain sufficient language on abortion restrictions, according to sources with direct knowledge of the meeting. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was also in attendance at the Dec. 19 meeting, three of the sources said. The next day, key lawmakers involved in crafting the legislation announced
they were punting on the issue until 2018." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8b5d275a2bfe9667b4ba8dc802d22bcfda149c9ff661c89c2e00177f910431473491cff51716b52c85

ABOUT THAT WALL -- "To Pay for Wall, Trump Would Cut Proven Border Security Measures," by NYT's Ron Nixon: "The Trump administration would cut or delay funding for border surveillance, radar technology, patrol boats and customs agents in its upcoming spending plan to curb illegal immigration -- all proven security measures that officials and experts have said are more effective than building a wall along the Mexican border. ... Mr. Trump's budget request for a wall represents more than half of the $33 billion spending blueprint for border security over the next decade. It either eliminates critical funding for border security programs or shifts money from them, threatening to leave gaping
holes. A Government Accountability Office study released last February found that Customs and Border Protection has not shown how much fencing and walls bolster border security." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8bc1cd95dc861fea18216750130c6642fec55d1be5a227e74b80eff5aec2452ba36f4c4aea24b82b20

WAR REPORT -- "As North Korea Tensions Rise, U.S. Army Trains Soldiers To Fight In Tunnels," by NPR's Tom Bowman: "The Army is training thousands more soldiers in tunnel warfare, part of an effort to be ready to offer President Trump military options for North Korea, U.S. officials tell NPR. North Korea is honeycombed with thousands of tunnels and bunkers, some of them discovered leading across the border and close to the South Korean capital, Seoul. Others in North Korea are hundreds of feet deep and used to hide troops and artillery, as well as chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

"Along with training thousands more troops, officials say the Pentagon is buying more specialized gear needed for tunnel operations: night-vision goggles and radios, along with acetylene torches and bolt cutters." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8bef7878313ee51551192b53ddd9ef7ca19aa631afa3b0807d84b9f97278218cc8c426dd7a33e643e1

UNDERSTANDING MATTIS -- "Mattis reveals himself in storytelling moments with troops," by the AP's Robert Burns: "[Secretary of Defense James] Mattis, now the Pentagon boss and perhaps the most admired member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, is a storyteller. And at no time do the tales flow more easily than when he's among the breed he identifies with most closely -- the men and women of the military. ... The stories tend to be snippets of Mattis' personal history, including moments he believes illustrate the deeper meaning of military service.

"On a trip last month to the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and three domestic military installations, Mattis revealed himself in ways rarely seen in Washington, where he has studiously maintained a low public profile. With no news media in attendance except one Associated Press reporter, Mattis made clear during his troop visits that he had not come to lecture or to trade on his status as a retired four-star general. 'Let's just shoot the breeze for a few minutes,' he said at one point." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8be4ced427b6ddb488386b0e03ee3f51aecdcb6233b4f2f7ebf95e411804860e77c92362c0f98f1f96

SCOTUS WATCH -- "Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with clerk hires, signals desire to outlast Trump," by CNN's Joan Biskupic: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg marks her 25th anniversary on the Supreme Court this year, and the cultural icon known as the 'Notorious RBG' recently signaled that she intends to stay at least through 2020 by hiring law clerks for at least two more terms." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8bb401a1c22e51c91058135095c33bae5fbc66c312294ea77bef276f6922b17ca32246e0e62fdb3334

AT THE DOJ -- "Sessions' DOJ Charged A White Supremacist With Terrorism. They Just Didn't Tell Anyone," by HuffPost's Ryan Reilly: "Usually, when the FBI arrests a terrorist and the Justice Department charges them, it's a big deal. ... Officials will typically blast out a press release, and, if it's a big takedown, might even hold a press conference. The Justice Department didn't do any of that when federal prosecutors unsealed terrorism charges last week against Taylor Michael Wilson. The 26-year-old white supremacist from St. Charles, Missouri, allegedly breached a secure area of an Amtrak train on Oct. 22 while armed with a gun and plenty of backup ammunition. He set off the emergency
brake, sending passengers lunging as the train cars went 'completely black.' ...

"There was no press release on the case out of Justice Department headquarters in Washington, nor from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Nebraska. The reporter who broke the story of the terrorism charges on Thursday evening, Lori Pilger of the Lincoln Journal Star, told HuffPost that she spotted the unsealed case when checking the federal court docket online. ...

"On its face, the lack of attention the Wilson case received from Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Justice Department could read as a brazen political decision by Trump administration officials to obscure a terrorism case that doesn't fit into their broader agenda. But the lack of attention the Wilson case has received actually reflects the priorities embedded in a system built up by U.S. lawmakers and law enforcement officials over the years: a U.S. criminal code and federal law enforcement apparatus that treats domestic terrorism as a second-class threat." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8bb3ace9dc72fe4812bf37e433980748b11f88ac45199dde96a26830fe421117b002613665696ae528

-- "Attorney General Jeff Sessions Signals Greater Willingness to Use Death Penalty," by WSJ's Nichole Hong and Aruna Viswanatha: "The Justice Department has agreed to seek the federal death penalty in at least two murder cases, in what officials say is the first sign of a heightened effort under Attorney General Jeff Sessions to use capital punishment to further crack down on violent crime. ... The Justice Department under President Donald Trump expects to authorize more death penalty cases than the previous administration did, the official said." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8bf95dd02e9eecbdf8d2926fcbb6ec0bcacbc28565ca5daac2f665dbc0ab929e00012e324d40bce08b

CAMPAIGN STOP -- "Judge ends consent decree limiting RNC 'ballot security' activities," by Josh Gerstein: "After more than three decades, Republicans are free of a federal court consent decree that sharply limited the Republican National Committee's ability to engage to challenge voters' qualifications and target the kind of fraud President Donald Trump has alleged affected the 2016 presidential race. ... The agreement, which dates to 1982, arose from a Democratic National Committee lawsuit charging the RNC with seeking to discourage African Americans from voting through targeted mailings warning about penalties for violating election laws and by posting armed, off-duty law enforcement
officers at the polls in minority neighborhoods." http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8b0f186395aa23d117bfda9b3992cd8dd00785299e05778dbe1f44b193bc14421733ec89fe2087b1a4

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT -- "Jeff Bezos Is Now Worth More Than Bill Gates Ever Was," by Bloomberg's Tom Metcalf: "Jeff Bezos's net worth reached $105.1 billion Monday on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as Amazon.com Inc. shares added to a 12-month surge that's lifted the online shopping giant's market value by almost 57 percent. ... The latest jump has pushed Bezos's fortune definitively above the high reached by Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates in 1999. The Amazon founder passed Gates in October with a net worth of $93.8 billion and his fortune crossed $100 billion for the first time a month later when the holiday shopping season kicked off on Black Friday."
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MEDIAWATCH -- CNN named JIM ACOSTA chief White House correspondent. Pamela Brown will also cover the White House as a senior correspondent, moving over from the Justice Department. Sara Murray is joining the DoJ team and Joe Johns will cover the midterm elections and national politics.

-- "Inspired by The Post: A Guide to D.C.'s Journalist Hangouts, Past and Present," by Vogue's Jennifer Conrad http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8be819a723a0f6c186becb4b6a6badfa54590da68a5768e47dc1ab67ef996814801f9a5d57c785065b

ATTENTION JOURNALISM STUDENTS -- POLITICO is accepting applications for its fifth session of the POLITICO Journalism Institute (PJI), an educational initiative focused on newsroom diversity. The intensive program, which is designed for college students, will be held May 29 to June 9, 2018. It features hands-on training for up to 12 recent grads and university students interested in covering government and politics. Students also will have an opportunity to have their work published by POLITICO. All expenses are paid for the program, reflecting POLITICO's ongoing support of journalism education, newsroom diversity and recruitment of top-notch talent. Admissions are made on a rolling basis,
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TODAY'S BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- Florida kicks off last legislative session of Rick Scott's term -- Massachusetts' big three discuss legislative priorities http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8b5f7b2bce0f4c8f43cb0145e47b96fec3d9adaa7d790aab62ca4ba2390268b529e7511870a42cbe9d

SPOTTED -- Mike Flynn, his wife and his son eating at Royal Restaurant on St. Asaph Street in Alexandria. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8bf5c587278f3f25bbe847c73d7a52e934818b8f3c849b33efa15617a23d12a349002d0af6c2dde072

TRANSITIONS -- Rob Friedlander has started as communications director and senior adviser for Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas). He was previously national press secretary at Earthjustice.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD - Jon Gold, VP of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation and a CBP alum, and Debby Nachmann on Jan. 1 welcomed Benjamin David Gold, who was born at 5:55 a.m. "He couldn't wait to celebrate New Year's Day with us." Pic http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=b16ae8d8a8308e8b944ec7d67674f5760355db2c90cc9c6cda9fde2ec130e0b7b376fa08b533666ba00d27aba5e7314d

BONUS BIRTHDAYS -- Alex Roarty, reporter at McClatchy ... Jodi Sakol, VP for campaign outreach at AARP (hubby tip: Chris Lapetina) ... (was yesterday): Charles Murray turned 75 ... (was Saturday): Kristi Lowe, Partner at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (hat tip: Anthony DeAngelo, who was on time)


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