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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump blasts Netanyahu for disloyalty: “F**k him” — Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu were the closest of political allies during the four years they overlapped in office, at least in public. Not anymore. “I haven't spoken to him since,” Trump said of the former Israeli prime minister.
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Judge says Texas abortion law's enforcement mechanism unconstitutional — The enforcement mechanism for Texas's abortion ban, which is the most restrictive in the nation and effectively outlaws the procedure, violates the Texas constitution, a state judge ruled Thursday.
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Washington Post:
The Supreme Court isn't well. The only hope for a cure is more justices. — Nancy Gertner is a retired U.S. District Court judge. Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor emeritus and professor of constitutional law emeritus at Harvard Law School.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court won't stop Texas abortion ban, but OKs clinics' suit — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that Texas abortion providers can sue over the state's ban on most abortions, but the justices are allowing the law to remain in effect. — The court acted Friday …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect — The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed …
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Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court allows lawsuits against Texas anti-abortion law to proceed — The Supreme Court on Friday said some lawsuits against Texas' anti-abortion law — the strictest in the country — can proceed. — The big picture: The court's decision is not a ruling on the merits of Texas' law …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The Supreme Court Revived A Constitutional Challenge To Texas's Six-Week Abortion Ban
The Supreme Court Revived A Constitutional Challenge To Texas's Six-Week Abortion Ban
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Appeals court rules against Trump in fight over Jan. 6 committee documents request
Appeals court rules against Trump in fight over Jan. 6 committee documents request
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court says challenge to Texas' near-total ban on abortion can proceed
Supreme Court says challenge to Texas' near-total ban on abortion can proceed
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Reuters:
Kanye West publicist pressed Georgia election worker to confess to bogus fraud charges — Weeks after the 2020 election, a Chicago publicist for hip-hop artist Kanye West traveled to the suburban home of Ruby Freeman, a frightened Georgia election worker who was facing death threats …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation surged 6.8% in November, even more than expected, to fastest rate since 1982 — Inflation rose 6.8% from a year ago in November, slightly higher than estimates according to the consumer price index released Friday. — Excluding food and energy, the CPI increased 4.9%, in line with expectations.
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Prices climbed 6.8% in November compared with last year, largest rise in nearly four decades, as inflation spreads through economy — Over the past few weeks and months, policymakers at the Federal Reserve and White House have backed away from the message that inflation is just temporary
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Ben White / Politico:
Inflation accelerates at lightning pace in new setback for Biden
Inflation accelerates at lightning pace in new setback for Biden
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid Malaise — Why do Americans say the economy is in rough shape? Because it is. — Offices remain eerily empty. Airlines have canceled thousands of flights. Subways and buses are running less often. Schools sometimes call off entire days of class. Consumers waste time waiting in store lines.
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Washington Post:
British High Court rules in favor of U.S. extradition of Julian Assange — LONDON — A British High Court ruled Friday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face charges of violating the Espionage Act. — The 50-year-old Australian will remain …
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Becky Morton / BBC:
Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump's White House Passed Around a PowerPoint on How to End American Democracy — The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol on Thursday released slides from a PowerPoint calling for former President Trump to declare a national security emergency in order …
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Kate Marino / Axios:
1 big thing: OG meme hype dies down — GameStop and AMC are shedding that unprecedented Reddit day-trader chatter and those eye-popping stock swings — two defining factors for the meme stock cohort, Axios' Courtenay Brown writes. — Why it matters: The hype for the OG meme stocks …
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Kate Marino / Axios:
Economist group touts Build Back Better as inflation offset
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
William Hartmann, 63, Michigan Official Who Disputed Election, Dies — He refused to certify Joseph Biden's victory over Donald Trump in Detroit but later relented. A foe of Covid vaccines, he was hospitalized with the virus. — William Hartmann, one of two Republican election officials …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
‘We will not be defeated’: 36 hours of Fox News covering its own Christmas tree fire — A man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to the giant tree in Manhattan. It became a major story. — For more than 36 hours after a 50-foot-tall Christmas tree outside Fox News's Manhattan headquarters …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
A ‘War on Christmas’ Story
A ‘War on Christmas’ Story
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Zach Stafford / MSNBC:
Jussie Smollett being found guilty of hoax will hurt LGBTQ folks reporting hate crimes — The Jussie Smollett saga may now be technically over after a Chicago jury found the actor guilty Thursday of five of the six counts he faced, but its impact will be — and has already been — felt for years to come.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin barrels toward invading Ukraine, encouraged by Trump — Russian President Vladimir Putin's path toward threatening an invasion of Ukraine is marked by reckless actions. In this move toward defiance of international norms, Putin has been subtly encouraged by former president Donald Trump, a fellow traveler in recklessness.
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Public view on Biden's handling of Covid and the economy takes another hit, CNBC survey shows — President Joe Biden's overall approval rating stabilized at a low level of 41%, according to the CNBC All-America Survey. — Biden's approval rating on handling the economy and dealing with the coronavirus both declined.
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governor.ny.gov:
Governor Hochul Announces Major Action to Address Winter Surge and Prevent Business Disruption as COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Rise Statewide — Hochul Shares New Yorkers' Frustration with Winter Surge, Says We Do Not Have to Be Here But We Are — Hochul Thanks More than 80% …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Public Life Can't Survive Without a Center — The loudest, most prominent voices in public life are not always the most influential. Some of the people who leave the most profound impact—the ones who actually shape the thinking of a generation—do so quietly. Fred Hiatt, who died earlier this week, was one of those people.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Enlarging the House Won't Fix U.S. Politics — Congress is already far too centralized. It's hard to believe more rank-and-file members would help. — Should the House of Representatives be larger? A new paper by Lee Drutman, Jonathan D. Cohen, Yuval Levin and Norman J. Ornstein makes …
Karen Zraick / New York Times:
11 Million New Oysters in New York Harbor (but None for You to Eat) — The oysters, which act as nonstop water filters, were added to the Hudson River as part of an ongoing project to rehabilitate the polluted waterways around the city. — The restoration of New York Harbor has reached …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Needs to Get Serious — Her shaky standing is a danger to the country given the position she could be called on to fill. — President Biden's poll numbers are bad and Vice President Kamala Harris's are worse. A survey this week from conservative-leaning Rasmussen had her at 39% favorable …
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Associated Press:
Reality TV's Josh Duggar convicted of child porn possession — FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was immediately taken into custody Thursday after a federal jury convicted him of downloading and possessing child pornography. — The jury in Fayetteville …
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
AOC's latest rant about law enforcement actually makes a good point — Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is right about something. Yes, you read that correctly. — During a Wednesday House hearing, the New York congresswoman gave impassioned remarks railing against “civil asset forfeiture.”
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Inflation Rising at Fastest Pace in Nearly 40 Years, New Data Shows — The U.S. stock market has been on a run, with the S&P 500 up nearly 4 percent so far this week, and more than 25 percent for the year. Fears about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus quickly faded, with stocks regaining lost ground.
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Voters who think Trump won are the most enthusiastic to vote in 2022 — (CNN)The Democrats only have a US Senate majority because they were able to win two Senate runoffs in Georgia in January. Those Democratic wins were made possible by lower turnout among Republican-leaning voters …
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