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Post Trump, Republicans Are Headed for a Bitter Internal Showdown — G.O.P. leadership would like to blunt President Trump's influence over the party. Mr. Trump and his allies want to punish those who have crossed him. A series of clashes looms. — As President Trump prepares …
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Trump blows up the Arizona GOP on his way out — The Trump era did more damage to the Republican Party in Arizona than almost anywhere else. Over the past two years, Republicans lost both Senate seats. In November, the state flipped Democratic in a presidential race for the first time since 1996.
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Senate Republicans adrift ahead of Trump trial — Senate Republicans talk as a party as many as three times a week during normal times. But these times are anything but normal. — The Senate GOP has not spoken as a conference for more than two weeks now, since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asked …
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Donor backlash fuels GOP alarm about Senate fundraising
Donor backlash fuels GOP alarm about Senate fundraising
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Scoop: Comms director for gun-toting congresswoman quits — The communications director for Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a firebrand Republican freshman who boasts about carrying a gun to work, has quit after less than two weeks on the job. — Why it matters: Ben Goldey's resignation cited …
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Biden Seeks Quick Start With Executive Actions and Aggressive Legislation — In an effort to mark a clean break from the Trump era, the president-elect plans to roll out dozens of executive orders in his first 10 days on top of a big stimulus plan and an expansive immigration bill.
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Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump — Zignal Labs charts 73 percent decline on Twitter and beyond following historic action against the president — Online misinformation about election fraud plunged 73 percent after several social media sites suspended President Trump …
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Episode 1: A premeditated lie lit the fire — Beginning on election night 2020 and continuing through his final days in office, Donald Trump unraveled and dragged America with him, to the point that his followers sacked the U.S. Capitol with two weeks left in his term.
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What Madison Cawthorn Saw at the Insurrection The youngest member of Congress is invigorated by the mob he helped incite. — Madison Cawthorn has a vision of a January 6 that did not happen. One in which he does the noble thing for career and country. He uses his MAGA celebrity for good.
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Ivanka's political future comes into sharper focus — When Donald Trump incited a mob riot on Capitol Hill last week, he didn't just complicate his own political future— he scrambled the political career arcs of his kids as well. — At least three Trump family members are either considering runs …
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Far-right personality ‘Baked Alaska’ arrested in riot probe — WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-right media personality Tim Gionet, who calls himself “Baked Alaska,” has been arrested by the FBI for his involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
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The Importance, and Incoherence, of Twitter's Trump Ban — After Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump's account, earlier this month, the reactions were quick, ubiquitous, and mostly predictable. Many of the takes seemed canned, the way an obituary of a terminally ill celebrity is often pre-written.
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Man who shot video of fatal Capitol shooting is arrested, remains focus of political storm — John Earle Sullivan joined the rampage through the Capitol, and some cited his past as evidence of liberal involvement in the siege — He's a speed skater. He organizes protests …
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Harris to be sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor at inauguration — Justice Sonia Sotomayor is another historic female first. — Kamala Harris calls teen artist who struggled with bullying — The story behind the artist who earned a phone call from Vice President-elect Kamala Harris after he painted a portrait of her.
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Off-duty police were part of the Capitol mob. Now police are turning in their own. — During the chaos at the Capitol, overwhelmed police officers confronted and combated a frenzied sea of rioters who transformed the seat of democracy into a battlefield. Now police chiefs across the country …
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Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history? — WASHINGTON (AP) — The public won't see President Donald Trump's White House records for years, but there's growing concern the collection won't be complete, leaving a hole in the history of one of America's most tumultuous presidencies.
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Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans — WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is filling out his State Department team with a group of former career diplomats and veterans of the Obama administration, signaling his desire to return to a more traditional foreign policy …
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Trump finishes with worst first term approval rating ever — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Quinnipiac University poll finds that President Donald Trump's approval rating stands at 33%, while his disapproval is at 60%. — An average of recent polls finds Trump with a 38% approval rating and 59% disapproval rating.
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‘Trump said to do so’: Accounts of rioters who say the president spurred them to rush the Capitol could be pivotal testimony — A man from Kentucky told the FBI that he and his cousin began marching toward the U.S. Capitol building last week because “President Trump said to do so.”
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Feel Good Now—Pay Later — The Biden stimulus is crammed with goodies but makes no economic sense. — Economy, finance, and budgets — Politics and law — If President-elect Joe Biden's economic-stimulus plan is a preview of what to look for over the next four years …
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Biden COVID-19 relief plan is a Trojan horse for a sweeping liberal agenda
Biden COVID-19 relief plan is a Trojan horse for a sweeping liberal agenda
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Twitter Says ‘Bug’ Prevented Users From Searching Lincoln Project Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations — A “bug” prevented Twitter users from searching the Lincoln Project on Friday, Twitter told the Daily Caller News Foundation. — Twitter did not immediately address why the bug seemed …
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Alex Azar resigns as Health and Human Services Secretary, citing Capitol mob — Alex Azar, the Health and Human Services Secretary, resigned earlier this week, citing the violent Capitol riot inflamed by President Donald Trump in his resignation letter obtained by NBC News.
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Manchin: Removing Hawley, Cruz with 14th Amendment ‘should be a consideration’ — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said that the Senate should consider removing Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) via the 14th Amendment over their objections last week to the Electoral College results.
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The 15 most notable lies of Donald Trump's presidency — Washington (CNN)Trying to pick the most notable lies from Donald Trump's presidency is like trying to pick the most notable pieces of junk from the town dump. — There's just so much ugly garbage to sift through before you can make a decision.
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Committees Open Review of Insurrection at Capitol and Threats to Stop Peaceful Transition of Power — Committees Send Requests for Documents and Briefings to FBI, DHS, NCTC and ODNI — Washington, DC - Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Homeland Security …
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The Right's Message to Silicon Valley: “Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee” — French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time. His new book is Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. He is a former major in the United States Army Reserve.
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Solo Extremists Might Pose Higher Risk Than Organized Groups — Far-right leaders urge followers to stay away from capitals where law-enforcement presence will be high through the presidential inauguration — As Washington, D.C., and state capitals enact security measures …
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How Pro-Trump Rioter Rosanne Boyland Died During the Capitol Attacks — Rosanne Boyland died after losing consciousness in the crush of a pro-Trump mob as it surged against the police. Here's how it happened. — Rosanne Boyland, a 34-year-old Trump supporter from Georgia who died during …
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Before he stormed the Capitol, ex-W.Va. lawmaker harassed women at an abortion clinic — Derrick Evans walked with his phone out in front of him, camera facing forward, as he advanced on the patient in the abortion clinic parking lot. Surrounding the car, clinic volunteers tried to shield …
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Selfie-Snapping Rioters Leave FBI a Trail of Over 140,000 Images — Citizens and police sift online trove to find Capitol mob — Facial recognition software used by one police department — The FBI arrested one man after a co-worker at a western Maryland restaurant reported seeing …
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We're Just Finding Out How Bad the Riot Really Was — As terrifying as it was to watch the attempted coup unfold on January 6, the news that afternoon offered some cause for relief. Although the U.S. Capitol was overrun, few injuries were initially reported. At first, it appeared that only one woman died in the melee.
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A First for an American President, and a First for Donald Trump — In the final moments of his presidency, Mr. Trump is confronting an unfamiliar fate: He is being held to account as never before for things he has said. — When President Trump faced (and overcame) the gravest crisis of his first campaign …
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Scoop: Gina Haspel threatened to resign over plan to install Kash Patel as CIA deputy — CIA Director Gina Haspel threatened to resign in early December after President Trump cooked up a hasty plan to install loyalist Kash Patel, a former aide to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), as her deputy …
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