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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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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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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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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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Steny H. Hoyer / The Office of Majority …:
Now Is the Time for a New Generation of Leaders — WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer …
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The Economist:
Quantifying the Trump effect
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Washington Post:
Republicans narrowly win House, ending full Democratic control of Congress
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
House Republicans plan investigations and possible impeachments with new majority — WASHINGTON — House Republicans' majority will be smaller than expected, but they're eager to use their new oversight powers and pass a spate of bills to draw contrasts with Democrats and give the Biden administration heartburn.
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CNN:
Inside the White House's months of prep-work for a GOP investigative onslaught — More than four months before voters handed Republicans control of the House of Representatives, top White House and Department of Homeland Security officials huddled in the Roosevelt Room to prepare for that very scenario.
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CNN:
House Republicans vow to investigate Biden and his family's business dealings
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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 …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump sets off GOP identity crisis heading into 2024 — The Republican Party is plunging into an identity crisis after its November red wave dissolved. And while almost everyone with power and influence in the GOP agrees it's a mess, no one can agree on how to fix it. Or whether Donald Trump should be involved.
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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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Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
GOP Arkansas governor says he's ‘very seriously’ considering 2024 presidential bid
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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CNN:
First on CNN: Secret Service agent from Trump's motorcade on January 6 interviewed by House committee — The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, is interviewing Robert Engel, the lead agent in former President Donald Trump's motorcade on the day of the US Capitol attack, two sources tell CNN.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Cheney hits back as Pence says January 6 committee has ‘no right’ to testimony
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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Pence says he will not testify before U.S. House Jan. 6 panel
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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 …
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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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Five US border agents shot, one fatally, by narcos near Puerto Rico — EXCLUSIVE — Five U.S. border agents were shot, including one fatally, during an altercation with drug smugglers off the coast of Puerto Rico early Thursday morning, the Washington Examiner has learned.
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 …
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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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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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.
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