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Scoop: Christie applauded after bashing Trump at GOP governor meeting — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie received huge applause at an annual meeting of Republican governors Tuesday morning after blaming former President Trump for GOP failures in the last three elections …
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Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
The Real Reason Trump Runs — Pride and profit are bigger factors than policy—but there's an even bigger reason. — Former President Donald Trump is expected to announce tonight that he will be a candidate for the presidency again in 2024. Two obvious questions come to mind: Why do it? and Why announce now?
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NBC News:
Trump to announce he will run for president in 2024 — PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump, the only president impeached twice, plans to seek a return to the Oval Office in 2024, he will say Tuesday, two years after voters ousted him and a week after they rejected his hand-picked candidates in several pivotal Senate races.
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Politico:
Biden world privately makes 2024 moves of their own — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — And, like that, 2024 begins. — Former president DONALD TRUMP is expected to announce …
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Philip Wallach / Washington Post:
We can now quantify Trump's sabotage of the GOP's House dreams
We can now quantify Trump's sabotage of the GOP's House dreams
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Politico:
Republicans cringe as Trump 2024 approaches
Republicans cringe as Trump 2024 approaches
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Murdoch tells Trump he will not back fresh White House bid - report
Murdoch tells Trump he will not back fresh White House bid - report
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Posterity PAC:
Exclusive: 2024 Presidential Republican Primary Poll for Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada
Exclusive: 2024 Presidential Republican Primary Poll for Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada
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John Leicester / Associated Press:
Russia unleashes darkness on Ukraine with power grid attack — Russia pounded Ukraine's energy facilities Tuesday with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts, and a U.S. official said missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, where two people were killed.
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Colin Meyn / The Hill:
Poland calls NATO meeting after Russian-made missile kills two — Poland has called a meeting under NATO's Article 4, which allows members of the alliance to summon all members for a meeting when their security is at risk, after Russian missiles reportedly crossed into the country and killed two people miles from the Ukraine border.
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Rick Scott announces plan to unseat Mitch McConnell as the top Republican in the Senate — Sen. Rick Scott announced he is running against Mitch McConnell for Senate Republican leader — Democrats retain control of Senate after Nevada win — Sen. Rick Scott is running …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell faces leadership challenge from Rick Scott as conservatives steam — Sen. Rick Scott announced a challenge to Mitch McConnell in a closed-door party lunch on Tuesday afternoon, the first such opposition for the Senate GOP leader in 15 years at the helm.
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
California wins leave GOP poised to seize US House control — Two threatened U.S. House Republicans in California triumphed over Democratic challengers Monday, helping move the GOP within a seat of seizing control of the chamber while a string of congressional races in the state remained in play.
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Kevin McCarthy Wins GOP Nomination for House Speaker
Kevin McCarthy Wins GOP Nomination for House Speaker
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Haris Alic / Fox News:
McCarthy wins GOP nomination for House speaker
McCarthy wins GOP nomination for House speaker
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Cuellar describes GOP pressure to flip parties: ‘Name your price’
Cuellar describes GOP pressure to flip parties: ‘Name your price’
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New York Times:
Elon Musk Fires Twitter Employees Who Criticized Him — Mr. Musk, who is rapidly transforming the social media company, also has cut its contractor work force. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk continued cutting Twitter's work force in his third week of owning the social media company …
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Wall Street Journal:
Kari Lake's Loss Destroys ‘Stop the Steal’ — Arizona candidates who took the Trump line on 2020 won fewer votes than a GOP state Treasurer. — By The Editorial Board — If anyone needs more evidence that “Stop the Steal” was a loser for the GOP this year, the party's Arizona wipeout is definitive.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook reminds fact-checkers Trump is off limits if he says he's running again for president — Facebook's fact-checkers will need to stop fact-checking former President Donald Trump if he announces that he is running for president, according to a company memo obtained by CNN.
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Washington Post:
Judge overturns Georgia's six-week abortion ban — A Fulton County judge has overturned Georgia's six-week abortion ban, ruling that two key parts of the law “were plainly unconstitutional when drafted, voted upon, and enacted” and writing that the law cannot be enforced.
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Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Dianne Feinstein could be third in line to the presidency as Senate president pro tempore. She appears unaware that she's already declined the job. — Dianne Feinstein's office has said the 89-year-old doesn't want to be president pro tempore of the Senate.
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The City:
Kicking and Screaming: Football Club Moving Across the Street From Mets — NYCFC will be moving from The Bronx to Queens for a new soccer stadium that will be coupled with 2,500 so-called affordable housing units, local electeds and developers are expected to announce Wednesday.
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Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Virginia McLaurin, centenarian who danced with Obamas, dies — The longtime Washington resident, believed to be 113, became an internet celebrity after her exuberant encounter with the president and first lady at the White House in 2016 — Virginia McLaurin, a daughter of Black sharecroppers who …
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Marjorie Hernandez / New York Post:
Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife breaks down describing Harvey Weinstein's ‘fish-like’ penis in court — MORE ON: — Jennifer Siebel Newsom — wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom — sobbed as she described Harvey Weinstein's “distorted” and “fish-like” genitals during her bombshell testimony …
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Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Inside the S.B.F. Blast Radius — The fate of Sam Bankman-Fried is being closely tracked at the highest levels of the Democratic Party, and by the dozens of allied political groups that are either racing to distance themselves from his surname or to find their next check.
Miami Herald:
DeSantis aides celebrated success luring migrants onto flights. Then the law stepped in — Weeks before the state signed a contract with a Destin-based aviation company to ship migrants from San Antonio to Democratic-leaning states at Florida taxpayer expense, executives …
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Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Gov. Kristi Noem Suggests Ronna McDaniel Shouldn't Remain as RNC Chair — ORLANDO, Fla. - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem expressed significant skepticism Tuesday about Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel remaining in her job following the party's poor performance in last week's midterm elections.
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