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7:30 AM ET, December 13, 2021

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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Graham criticizes McConnell over debt ceiling, says GOP leaders must work with Trump  —  Sen. Lindsey O. Graham on Sunday continued his criticisms of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for adopting a bipartisan deal that allowed Democrats to raise the debt ceiling.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Old St. Chuck?  Schumer under pressure to deliver by Christmas  —  The Senate Democratic leader wants to wrap up the $1.7 trillion social spending bill for the holiday — which may well prove impossible.  —  Chuck Schumer leapt over the trap doors of a potential government shutdown and debt default.
Discussion: Wide World of News
Washington Post:
Chris Wallace leaves Fox News for a CNN streaming show: 'I'm ready for a new adventure'
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Chris Wallace to Join CNN Plus After Fox News Channel Departure
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:   Chris Wallace Leaves Fox News to Join CNN+ in Industry Shocker (UPDATE)
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Chris Wallace exits Fox News Channel for CNN's streaming service
Politico:
Meadows Jan. 5 email indicated Guard on standby to ‘protect pro Trump people,’ investigators say  —  Mark Meadows indicated in a Jan. 5 email that the National Guard was on standby to “protect pro Trump people,” according to documents obtained by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot …
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CNN:
Meadows said National Guard would be ready to ‘protect pro Trump people’ before Capitol insurrection, House investigators say  —  Washington (CNN)Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent an email saying the National Guard would be present to ‘protect pro Trump people’ in the lead …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Pelosi will stay around to lead House Democrats through the next election — and perhaps beyond  —  (CNN)Speaker Nancy Pelosi will stay until at least after the midterm elections, extending her nearly 20-year run as the House's top Democrat after she turns 82 and, perhaps, beyond.
Discussion: Politico, RedState and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Some Hospitals Drop Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates to Ease Labor Shortages  —  After a judge halted a Biden administration mandate for healthcare workers to get vaccinated, employers including HCA and Tenet have removed the requirement  —  Some of the largest U.S. hospital systems …
Discussion: Brownstone Institute
Reuters:
The curious case of a map and a disappearing Taiwan minister at U.S. democracy summit  —  A video feed of a Taiwanese minister was cut during U.S. President Joe Biden's Summit for Democracy last week after a map in her slide presentation showed Taiwan in a different color to China, which claims the island as its own.
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Monique Beals / The Hill:
White House cut Taiwanese official's video feed over map: report  —  After a Taiwanese minister showed a map that labeled Taiwan in a different color than China during President Biden's Summit for Democracy last week, the video of her presentation was reportedly cut by the White House over diplomatic concerns.
Discussion: Power Line
Ben Smith / New York Times:
A Comedy Nails the Media Apocalypse  —  With “Don't Look Up,” Adam McKay makes a star-studded allegorical satire that shows the news media whistling past the climate-change graveyard.  —  After the president, a former nude model, tries to cover up a major discovery, two astronomers leak …
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
'The president doesn't like you guys now': The inside story of Trump's rage against Netanyahu  —  A new Hebrew book published on Sunday by Israeli journalist Barak Ravid gives a behind-the-scenes look at what is now being revealed as a rocky U.S.-Israel relationship during the Trump administration …
Politico:
Dems hustle for year-end deal as child tax credit cliff looms  —  “It's as important a thing as there is” in the party's social spending bill, as one senator put it.  And it's expiring any day now.  —  Democrats are hoping a year-end cliff with 35 million families on the line can finally shake …
MSN:
Marshall: ‘I still remain concerned’ Biden didn't win 2020 election fair and square  —  Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) responds to Bob Dole's final interview about President Trump and says that while he “absolutely” believes he won his own 2020 election fair and square, he “remains concerned” that President Biden did not.
Denisse Quintanilla / CNBC:
Student-loan forgiveness would mean everything to Latinx students stuck in a debt cycle  —  The amount of student loan debt in the United States is $1.8 trillion dollars — and counting.  The price to get an education has never been more expensive.  —  The student loan crisis has affected …
John Boothman / The Sunday Times:
‘Absurdity’ of police logging rapists as women  —  Police have been criticised for saying they will record rapes by offenders with male genitalia as being committed by a woman if the attacker “identifies as a female”.  —  Police Scotland said that they would log rapes as being carried …
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Deadly Collapse at Amazon Warehouse Puts Spotlight on Phone Ban  — Online retailer is returning to a cell phone ban in warehouses  — Workers say they want access to weather alerts, communication  —  An Amazon.com Inc. warehouse collapse on Friday night that killed at least six people …
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Satellite Images Show Russian Military Forces Keep Massing Near Ukraine's Border  —  KYIV — Tanks and other menacing self-propelled artillery.  A Russian Buk surface-to-air missile system like the one that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.  Thousands more troops.
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Florida Democrats aim to rebound as GOP voting numbers grow  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, for the first time in modern history, registered Republican voters outnumber Democrats.  Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is heading into a reelection campaign buoyed by a national profile …
Discussion: The Florida Squeeze
Hans Von Der Burchard / Politico:
G7 warns Russia of ‘massive consequences’ if it attacks Ukraine  —  Major economic powers back Kyiv's right to ‘determine its own future.’  —  Russia will face “massive consequences and severe cost” if it pursues further military aggression against Ukraine, foreign ministers from the G7 group of democratic powers warned Sunday.
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Lara Jakes / New York Times:
Diplomats Warn Russia of ‘Massive Consequences’ if It Invades Ukraine
Discussion: Associated Press and Bloomberg
 
 
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Ana Vanessa Herrero / Washington Post:
‘Super Mustache’: Venezuela's newest superhero battles Americans — and looks very familiar
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Negotiating with the Taliban to save lives in Afghanistan
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Omar allies dig in on calls for Boebert punishment
Discussion: The Daily Beast and RedState
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
For Texas Governor, Hard Right Turn Followed a Careful Rise
Andrew Stanton / Newsweek:
Rand Paul Opposition to Previous Disaster Relief Resurfaces as He Seeks Aid for Kentucky
Discussion: America, America
Los Angeles Times:
No, California shouldn't extend the life of its last nuclear plant. There are better ways to fight climate change
Carlie Porterfield / Forbes:
Meet The Texas-Born Italian Princess Who's Selling A $532 Million Roman Villa With A Caravaggio Ceiling
Bloomberg:
For Americans Shocked by Inflation, Argentines Have Some Advice
Discussion: Twitchy
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Amid multiple crises, Biden runs to NBC's safe space with Jimmy Fallon
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Wire
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Fortenberry indictment raises questions about the FBI's tactics
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Satellite images, expert suggest Iranian space launch coming
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Nothing is more important than Team Trump's January PowerPoint urging a full-blown coup
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Robberies. Drought. Tent Camps. Los Angeles's Next Mayor Faces a Litany of Crises.
Maria Abi-Habib / New York Times:
Haiti's Leader Kept a List of Drug Traffickers. His Assassins Came for It.