Today in Black History: Rep. William L. Dawson (D-IL) is elected chair of House Expenditures Committee in 1949.
The New York Times
National
Obama to Free Manning, Jailed for a Vast Leak of U.S. Secrets
National Security Council Sees Rocky Transition
Reince Priebus Emerges as Potential Tamer of Trump
Education Pick Seeks to End ‘One Size Fits All’ System
DeVos Endorses 'Choice' in Education
Trump Lashes Out at Foes, and Approval Polls That Follow
Angst Simmers in Washington as Trump Presidency Nears
Who Decides Who Counts as Native American?
Commerce Pick Wilbur Ross to Divest at Least 80 Holdings
Local
White Officer Who Killed Ramarley Graham Is Cast as Unfit, and as ‘Hero’
Cuomo Takes a New Approach in Unveiling His 2017 State Budget Proposal
Cuomo and Trump to Meet About ‘Issues of Importance to New York’
Paul J. Massey Jr. Takes Lead in New York’s Mayoral Fund-Raising Race
The Christian Science Monitor
Arizona ethnic studies bill and what it means to be American
Income inequality: The good, the bad, and how to tackle it
Trump isn't the first president to distrust US intelligence
THE MONITOR'S VIEW: Breaking the fall of trust in institutions
The Star-Ledger
Passaic settles cop's sex discrimination suit for $1.2M, report says
Another N.J. lawmaker skipping Donald Trump's presidential inauguration
3 more N.J. prisoners granted clemency by President Obama
Ex-foes Christie Whitman and Jim Florio team up with this message for 2017 candidates
N.J. Supreme Court awards trooper $500K in State Police discrimination suit
Philly.com
GOP prescription of minority outreach forgotten with Trump
Armstrong: Rev. Herb Lusk, an ex-Eagle, says conservative blacks are being intimidated by liberal ones
DA Williams fined $62,000 for ethics violations
8 Penn State students charged in riots so unruly, police had to use pepper spray
The Detroit Free Press
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts balks at calls to quit over alleged comments
Region's top political leaders rebuke Mayor Jim Fouts
Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State 'light on Flint'
Highlights from Snyder's State of the State speech
Bill Schuette splits with Rick Snyder over Flint water deliveries
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio's 33 wrongfully convicted prisoners who served 10 years or more
Cuyahoga County prosecutor, top judge pledge to end years of discord: Justice For All (video)
Mike DeWine, Ohio join 12 other states in suit against federal government
Cleveland-area contractor sentenced to prison for paying workers criminally low wages
University of Akron hires chief diversity officer
The Chicago Tribune
Obama commutes sentence of Oscar Lopez Rivera, member of Puerto Rican militant group
Ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy subpoenaed in Jackson Jr. divorce case
EDITORIALS: What's behind Chicago's surge in violence?
List of Illinois Democrats skipping Trump inauguration grows
The Washington Post
Trump’s education pick lauded as bold reformer, called unfit for job
Former D.C. Mayor Tony Williams endorses Betsy DeVos
Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning, soldier in WikiLeaks case
Why are no senators boycotting the inauguration? National ambition is part of it.
Pressure mounts on GOP for post-Obamacare plan following CBO report
Black Secret Service agents agree to $24 million settlement in a decades-old race bias case
A mayor denies it’s his voice on tapes calling blacks ‘chimps’ and n-word. His colleagues say ‘resign.’
Obama climbs to 60 percent approval in final presidential approval rating, Post-ABC poll finds
Congress is considering an extremely dangerous idea almost nobody has heard of
These presidents all said they were going to change America. How’d that work out?
Businesses pledge to help Women's March participants
Montgomery County Council passes $15 minimum wage for most businesses
The Los Angeles Times
Repealing Obamacare without replacement would hike premiums 20% and leave 18 million uninsured, report says
Jury convicts LAPD officer of destroying evidence and sending 'harmful' messages to teen
Just how much money has Donald Trump's secretary of Education choice given to Republicans?
Black Americans reflect on eight years with Obama: The pride, the triumphs and the missed opportunities
USA Today
President Obama pardons Willie McCovey for tax evasion
Nikki Haley could face questions about human rights abuses at Senate hearing
Taggart apologizes for hospitalized players, suspends coach
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