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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Appeals court temporarily bars release of Trump White House records to House Jan. 6 committee — A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked the imminent release of records of former president Donald Trump's White House calls and activities related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack after a lower court found …
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Pressure builds on Meadows to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee as White House rejects his executive privilege claims — The House Select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the White House are ramping up the pressure on former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows …
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
House January 6 committee gives Meadows ultimatum: Appear Friday or risk criminal contempt — (CNN)The House select committee investigating January 6 is demanding former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows appear for a deposition and turn over documents Friday or risk a criminal contempt referral …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Court Temporarily Paused Trump's Records From Going To The Jan. 6 Committee — WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to temporarily stop the congressional committee investigating Jan. 6 from getting former president Donald Trump's White House records …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Democrat-appointed appellate panel pauses release of Trump White House records ahead of Friday deadline
Democrat-appointed appellate panel pauses release of Trump White House records ahead of Friday deadline
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Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Court temporarily delays release of Trump's Jan. 6 records
Court temporarily delays release of Trump's Jan. 6 records
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NBC News:
Trump launches last-ditch effort to stop Jan. 6 committee from obtaining White House records on Friday
Trump launches last-ditch effort to stop Jan. 6 committee from obtaining White House records on Friday
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Tough sentences for Jan. 6 rioters should freak Trump out
Tough sentences for Jan. 6 rioters should freak Trump out
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Raw Story
Jonathan Karl / Vanity Fair:
Lawsuit Threats, Empty Seats, and a “COVID Mobile”: Trump's Disastrous Tulsa Rally Was Even More of a Train Wreck Than Originally Thought — The rally made headlines for its empty seats, but things were even worse behind the scenes, writes Jonathan Karl. The president feuded with advisers …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
“Axios on HBO” exclusive: Christie taunts Trump for losing — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, lacing up for a possible presidential run in 2024, told “Axios on HBO” he won't back down from a fight with former President Donald Trump, taunting his longtime friend for losing the last election.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WATCH: Chris Christie ROASTS Trump for Losing to Joe Biden in Feud Escalation
WATCH: Chris Christie ROASTS Trump for Losing to Joe Biden in Feud Escalation
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Nicole Silverio / The Daily Caller:
CNN Commentator Claims Rittenhouse Judge Wants A Job At Fox News — CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers claimed on Thursday the judge presiding over the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse wants a job at Fox News. — “You have to look at the totality of this judge's actions, you have to look at the rulings that he's made.
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Michigan's AG got drunk before a football game and wrote about it on Facebook — Two Bloody Marys on an empty stomach, it turns out, was a bit too much for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. — In a post on her personal Facebook page Wednesday, the state's top prosecutor acknowledged drinking …
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Axios:
Scoop: Biden appointing infrastructure chief — President Biden plans to install a point-person in charge of infrastructure to ensure his administration properly implements its trillion-dollar legislation, two sources familiar with the plans tell Axios. — Why it matters …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell won't go to White House signing ceremony for infrastructure bill — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that he won't attend a White House signing ceremony for a bipartisan infrastructure deal that he voted for and has touted while in Kentucky this week.
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Geoff Edgers / Washington Post:
What happened to Eric Clapton? … Robert Cray was stunned when he first heard “Stand and Deliver.” Eric Clapton, his onetime musical hero, who became a mentor and friend, had released his first protest song in 56 years of recording. Only it wasn't about George Floyd or global warming.
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Larry P. Vellequette / Section Page News:
Sen. Joe Manchin, speaking at Toyota event in W.Va., calls union-built EV tax credit ‘wrong’ — The news arrives as the state's senior senator holds a deciding vote on the Build Back Better Act, which includes a tax credit for union-made battery-electric vehicles that Toyota opposes.
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David Siders / Politico:
'I hope it's a fever that will break': GOP wrestles with infrastructure vote backlash — It's the party against critical race theory, “woke-ism” and vaccine mandates. — And now, it would seem, the Republican Party is against bridges and roads. — The ferocity of the reaction …
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Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
Trump's ex-Russia adviser Fiona Hill on the state of the GOP and Trump: ‘Am I a dissident now?’
Trump's ex-Russia adviser Fiona Hill on the state of the GOP and Trump: ‘Am I a dissident now?’
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Raw Story
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Durham indictments - don't be fooled, here's where this case is likely headed — Abuse of political power is not necessarily a violation of the criminal law — Andy McCarthy on the implications of John Durham's latest indictments — There is a great deal of extravagant commentary …
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Fugitive Jan. 6 Rioter Makes Insanely Desperate Plea on Belarus State TV — In the full special released Thursday, Neumann—who allegedly called Jan. 6 cops “little bitches”—said he'd face “torture” in America and promised to be a “good citizen” of Belarus.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Too dumb to check: Biden to improve standing with voters by hiring ... ... the man who just alienated so many that a state that Joe Biden won by ten points flipped to the GOP? Punchbowl News reports this morning that the White House will look for room to hire Terry McAuliffe …
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Kyle Kondik / New York Times:
How Likely Is a Democratic Comeback Next Year?
How Likely Is a Democratic Comeback Next Year?
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Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
San Francisco police officer dies of covid while on leave for failing to meet vaccination requirement — When San Francisco police officer Jack Nyce missed the city's Nov. 1 deadline to submit his coronavirus vaccination record, he was placed on a month of paid administrative leave, the San Francisco Chronicle first reported.
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Biden calls Satchel Paige ‘the great negro’ in latest gaffe — Paige played in the so-called ‘Negro leagues’ before moving on to MLB in the late 1940s — Concha: Biden, media cannot spin this inflation catastrophe — President Biden referred to the late baseball player Satchel Paige as …
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Trump Allies Help Bolsonaro Sow Doubt in Brazil's Elections — With his poll numbers falling, President Jair Bolsonaro is already questioning the legitimacy of next year's election. He has help from the United States. — BRASÍLIA — The conference hall was packed …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iran-Backed Militants Storm US Embassy in Yemen, Seize Hostages and Equipment — The State Department is working to secure the release of several kidnapped hostages taken by Iran-backed terrorists just a day after the militant group stormed the U.S. embassy facility in Sana'a, Yemen …
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New York Times:
Project Veritas: Journalists or Political Spies? — Documents show how the conservative group worked with lawyers to gauge how far its deceptive reporting practices could go before running afoul of federal laws. — WASHINGTON — Hours after F.B.I. agents searched the homes …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Sinema: Households Earning $9 Million a Year Are Too Poor to Pay More Tax Finally, a senator looking out for the high-seven-figure-income class. — Joe Biden campaigned on a package of well-crafted reforms to restore fairness to the tax code, only to watch his handiwork eaten alive by a handful …
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Jay Caspian Kang / New York Times:
Can We Talk About Critical Race Theory? — The national debate over critical race theory — if one can even call it a debate — has been filled with half-truths, unfulfilled definitions, and a whole lot of obfuscation and obstruction. It feels, at times, as if we've walked into an unfinished simulation …
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Ciattarelli plans to concede in New Jersey governor's race — Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, plans to concede his narrow loss to incumbent Phil Murphy on Friday, two sources with knowledge of his plans tell POLITICO. — Ciattarelli has scheduled …
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Fox News
Michael Graham / NH Journal:
Bolduc: I Drove ‘Communist Sympathizer’ Sununu Out of Senate Race — During a conspiracy-spinning interview with radio host Jack Heath Tuesday retired Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc called fellow Republican Chris Sununu a “Chinese Communist sympathizer” whose family business “supports terrorism …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Graham says friendship with Biden at breaking point over Afghanistan withdrawal — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday said his personal relationship with President Biden hit a breaking point after the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying he “will never forgive” the president.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Obama adviser: Bidenflation is real and it's spectacular — and directly tied to Biden's stimulus — I hate to say we told you so back in February — so let's let one of Barack Obama's economists say it instead. “They poured kerosene on a fire,” former Obama administration economic adviser …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump's legal woes multiply post-presidency — (CNN)The Trump Organization could lose the keys to an 18-hole public golf course with views of the Manhattan skyline in the coming weeks, making it another likely casualty to stem from former President Donald Trump's actions on January 6 before rioters stormed the US Capitol.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Shelby of Alabama is said to plan $5 million campaign to boost former aide as Senate replacement over Trump-endorsed candidate — Retiring Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) has said he plans to spend $5 million of his campaign funds to help his former chief of staff in the Republican primary to replace him …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Gene Simmons rips anti-vaxxers: 'If you're willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy' — Gene Simmons is blasting COVID-19 deniers and unvaccinated Americans, calling them the “enemy.” — “If you're willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy,” …
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