Evening Edition: Kelly expresses optimism about ‘dreamer’ deal without suggesting timeline

Kelly: Some of President Trump's campaign pledges on immigration, border wall 'uninformed' Race to replace Tim Murphy is a test of Trump in western Pennsylvania

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Kelly expresses optimism about 'dreamer' deal without suggesting timeline If GOP leaders can quell dissent among deficit and defense hawks and pass a short-term spending bill with only Republican votes, House Democrats will lose the leverage they planned to exercise during the current round of negotiations on behalf of young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. By Mike DeBonis, Ed O'Keefe, Erica Werner and Elise Viebeck  •  Read more » Kelly: Some of President Trump's campaign pledges on immigration, border wall 'uninformed' United States will never construct a physical wall along the entire stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, the White House chief of staff said. By Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   Race to replace Tim Murphy is a test of Trump in western Pennsylvania President Trump will make his first campaign stop of the year in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, where a Democrat is making strides despite Trump's 19-point victory there last year. The visit shows just how much is at stake for both parties. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   @PKCapitol | Analysis Congress honors a master Senate dealmaker amid a budget impasse President Trump and congressional leaders paid tribute to former Senate majority leader Robert J. Dole, who often talked of "adult leadership" in negotiating with Democrats and Republicans. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   A German hacker offers a rare look inside the secretive world of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Andy Müller-Maguhn is one of Assange's few connections to the outside world and has visited the WikiLeaks founder regularly. These visits have caught the attention of U.S. and European spy chiefs investigating how WikiLeaks came into possession of a trove of hacked Democratic Party emails that the group released at key moments in the 2016 election. By Ellen Nakashima, Souad Mekhennet and Greg Jaffe  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis 'Our democracy will not last': Jeff Flake's speech comparing Trump to Stalin, annotated The retiring senator from Arizona called out President Trump for launching a war on the media, comparing the president to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and warning his colleagues that nothing less than American democracy is at stake. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT DEVELOPING Apple pledges to spend $350 billion and bring 20,000 jobs to the U.S. within next five years The announcement comes after recent corporate tax changes and a greater push to increase manufacturing in the U.S. By Hayley Tsukayama  •  Read more »   Koreas plan Olympic first with joint women's hockey team. But many in the South are not happy. Many South Koreans view it as a step too far in the government's attempt to bring about a thaw in relations between the two Koreas. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Michael Wolff gained access to White House through a comedy of errors A new report about how the "Fire and Fury" author garnered the confidence of the Trump administration confirms just about every preconception on the hot mess of day-to-day operations at the White House.  By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT 'A death sentence': Palestinians slam U.S. decision to cut aid by more than half The U.S. decision to transfer less than half of a planned $125 million installment to the U.N. aid agency makes good on President Trump's threat to withhold funds if the Palestinian Authority refuses to take part in a peace process. By Hazem Balousha and Ruth Eglash  •  Read more »   His family remembers him as a fun-loving Buddhist. U.S. Park Police shot him three times in the head. The police and the FBI, which is now handling the case, have released little information in the November shooting, leaving Bijan Ghaisar's family and friends baffled and frustrated. "We don't have access to anything," his mother said. By Tom Jackman  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Trump's 'Fake News Awards' are shaping up to be a total flop President Trump will name "the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media" on Wednesday, according to a Jan. 7 tweet, but he appears to have done little preparation for the event — if there even is an event. By Callum Borchers  •  Read more »   Analysis A new edit of 'The Last Jedi' removes the women. It also removes almost any semblance of coherence. "Star Wars: The Last Jedi: De-Feminized Fanedit" has turned out to be a divisive film, even within the community of men's rights activists for whom it was made. 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