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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Barely Won the House. Now Can They Run It? — A thin margin, ideological differences and competing pressures could make managing the “people's House” virtually impossible. But the G.O.P. majority, however slim, will still be a challenge for President Biden.
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Yuval Levin / New York Times:
Democrats Lost the Midterms, Too — The surprising results of the midterm elections were understandably received by Democrats with an elated mix of relief and vindication. A president's party normally does much worse in his first midterms, and polls suggested this time would be no different.
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
House of Horrors: The Marjorie Taylor Greene Congress Is Upon Us — Democrats beat midterms expectations, but still fell short of keeping the House. The chamber under Kevin McCarthy, and with an emboldened right flank, may “exist exclusively as a vessel state of MAGA nation,” Rep. Eric Swalwell tells Vanity Fair.
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New York Times:
Key Allies Are Inching Away From Trump
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Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
GOP Arkansas governor says he's ‘very seriously’ considering 2024 presidential bid
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump sets off GOP identity crisis heading into 2024
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The Economist:
Quantifying the Trump effect
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump tax return fight would be dropped by Republicans vying for key House committee chair
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Washington Post:
Trump's early 2024 launch fails to rally GOP around him
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Washington Post:
Republicans narrowly win House, ending full Democratic control of Congress
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NBC News:
Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House, says she'll step down as Democratic leader — Pelosi, 82, has been the Democratic leader for two decades. She is expected to remain a member of the House, at least temporarily. — WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House …
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Tara Palmeri / Puck:
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emeritus? — The longtime Democratic leader, a fixture of the House for decades, will step back into a chairman-like role in the minority rather than retire immediately, giving her time to manage her succession and ensure the stability of her caucus through the forthcoming McCarthy era.
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Reuters:
Hakeem Jeffries favored to lead U.S. House Democrats after Pelosi exit — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to step down from her leadership role after her fellow Democrats lost their majority in last week's midterm elections positions Hakeem Jeffries …
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden On Speaker Nancy Pelosi Stepping Down from Democratic Leadership in the House of Representatives — When I think of Nancy Pelosi, I think of dignity. — History will note she is the most consequential Speaker of the House of Representatives in our history.
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Andrew Ferguson / Washington Free Beacon:
Good Riddance, Madame Speaker — Making sense of Nancy Pelosi's Leadership — Quite apart from the sympathy and horror every decent person feels over the attack on her husband, I for one am going to miss the old gal, as Nancy Pelosi slowly passes from power, with the announcement on Thursday …
Brian Murphy / Washington Post:
Michael Gerson, Post columnist and Bush speechwriter on 9/11, dies at 58 — Mr. Gerson helped shape President George W. Bush's messaging after the 9/11 attacks and then moved to The Washington Post, where he wrote about politics and faith — Michael Gerson, a speechwriter for President George W. Bush …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Michael Gerson followed his faith — and America was better for it — One of the biblical injunctions sometimes cited by Michael Gerson, who died Thursday at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer, comes from the New Testament book of Colossians: “Let your conversation be always full of grace …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
John Mearsheimer on Putin's Ambitions After Nine Months of War — The realist political scientist explains why Russia's move to annex four Ukrainian provinces isn't imperialism. — Back in February, a few days after Russia launched its war in Ukraine, I spoke with the political scientist John Mearsheimer.
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Kurt Bardella / The Atlantic:
Benghazi Times Infinity — When the Tea Party wave swept Republicans into the House majority in 2010, they had one objective: to effectively end the presidency of Barack Obama by inundating his administration with investigations and subpoenas. Representative Darrell Issa of California …
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CNN:
Inside the White House's months of prep-work for a GOP investigative onslaught
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New York Times:
Nonprofits With Ties to Democrats Plan Counteroffensive Against Congressional Investigations
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
House Republicans plan investigations and possible impeachments with new majority
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Cheney hits back as Pence says January 6 committee has ‘no right’ to testimony — Panel vice-chair issues statement with chair Bennie Thompson after Trump vice-president gives interview to CBS — The chair and vice-chair of the January 6 committee hit back after Mike Pence said they had …
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CNN:
First on CNN: Secret Service agent from Trump's motorcade on January 6 interviewed by House committee
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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Pence says he will not testify before U.S. House Jan. 6 panel
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Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
The Pollster Who Predicted a Red Wave Explains Himself — In 2016 and 2020, Trafalgar Group did what many more other pollsters could not: come close to accurately portraying America's support for Donald Trump. In 2022, the company's polls once again showed a picture of Republican strength …
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Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Moms for Liberty-backed school board members fire superintendent, ban critical race theory — The Berkeley County, South Carolina, school board made several big moves in its first meeting after the election. The board's former chair said it was a “political witch hunt.”
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Washington Post:
50 notable works of nonfiction — The year's best memoirs, biographies, history and more — 'Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me,' by Ada Calhoun — Calhoun's memoir offers an unsparing portrait of her father, New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl, and the difficulties of their relationship.
Ankush Khardori / New York Times:
Trump Faces Five Major Investigations. He Has Dozens of Ways Out. — Mr. Khardori is a lawyer and legal analyst. He spent several years as a prosecutor at the Department of Justice. Before he joined the federal government, he defended corporate clients against charges of fraud and other crimes.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Trump's running for president again. Does that get him off the legal hook?
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Yale Law School:
Dean Gerken: Why Yale Law School Is Leaving the U.S. News & World Report Rankings — Yale Law School Dean Heather K. Gerken has issued the following statement on U.S. News & World Report rankings: — For three decades, U.S. News & World Report, a for-profit magazine …
Andrew Weissmann / Just Security:
Mar-a-Lago Model Prosecution Memo — This model prosecution memorandum (or “pros memo") assesses the potential charges against former President Donald Trump emanating from his handling of classified documents and other government records since leaving office on January 20, 2021.
Julia Black / Insider:
Billionaires like Elon Musk want to save civilization by having tons of genetically superior kids. Inside the movement to take ‘control of human evolution.’ … Sitting in their toy-filled family room on a sunny September afternoon, Simone and Malcolm Collins were forced to compete …
NBC News:
Democrats' next big fight: Which state goes first in the 2024 presidential primary — WASHINGTON — With the midterm elections barely in the rearview mirror, the competition is heating up among states trying to move up in the presidential primary lineup. And states that delivered for Democrats …
Filipp Lebedev / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Brittney Griner taken to penal colony in Russia's Mordovia region - source — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been taken to a penal colony in the Russian region of Mordovia, a source familiar with the case told Reuters on Thursday. — In August, Griner was sentenced …
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