Good morning, here are our early stories:

-- Trump Taunts Kim: My 'Nuclear Button' Is 'Much Bigger' Than Yours.

-- Senate Transforms With 2 New Democrats.

-- Key Vacancies At Justice Department 'Not A Recipe For Good Government'.

-- Immigration, Infrastructure And Iran: The President's Plans For 2018.

And here are more early headlines:

North Korea Restores Hotline With South Korea. ( CNN )

Mormon Church Chief, Thomas S. Monson, Dies At 90. ( Deseret News )

U.S. Coal Mining Deaths Increase In 2017. ( West Virginia Public Broadcasting )

Drought May Return To Fire Ravaged California. ( AP )

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