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7:20 PM ET, November 17, 2022

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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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NBC News:
McCarthy skips Pelosi's retirement speech as some Republicans pay grudging respect  —  WASHINGTON — When Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her retirement from congressional leadership on Thursday, the House chamber was packed with Democratic lawmakers in anticipation of the announcement from an icon of American politics.
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 …
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.
Andrew Ferguson / Washington Free Beacon:
Good Riddance, Madame Speaker
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Nancy Pelosi's tenure as House Speaker is unlikely to be surpassed
Discussion: National Review
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden On Speaker Nancy Pelosi Stepping Down from Democratic Leadership in the House of Representatives
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
GOP operative found guilty of funneling Russian money to Donald Trump  —  A Republican political strategist was convicted of illegally helping a Russian businessman contribute to Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.  —  Jesse Benton, 44, was pardoned by Trump in 2020 for a different campaign finance crime …
Discussion: Raw Story
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Zeldin moves closer to bid for GOP chair  —  New York GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin is inching closer toward running for chair of the Republican National Committee, challenging current leader Ronna McDaniel.  —  Zeldin, whose strong performance in the New York governor's race last week may have helped …
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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.
Yuval Levin / New York Times:
Democrats Lost the Midterms, Too
Discussion: E&E and Euractiv
NBC News:   Democrats' next big fight: Which state goes first in the 2024 presidential primary
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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New York Times:
Republicans Lay Out Biden Investigations, but Democrat-Aligned Groups Promise Counteroffensive
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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.
Discussion: National Review
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Trumps had role in fraud scheme, Allen Weisselberg testifies at company's trial  —  Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified in court Thursday, describing how Donald Trump and two of his children allegedly participated in a scheme to defraud tax authorities.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
January 6 subcommittee to examine criminal referrals it might make to DoJ  —  Four-member panel focused on whether they have uncovered sufficient evidence that Trump violated civil and criminal statutes  —  The House January 6 select committee has created a subcommittee to examine the scope …
Discussion: The Hill
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Cheney hits back as Pence says January 6 committee has ‘no right’ to testimony
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
Politico:
GOP plans to punish ‘woke’ Wall Street  —  Wall Street loves Republican tax cuts and deregulation.  It's going to hate the GOP's plans for 2023.  —  Republican lawmakers, who will be in the House majority come January, are pressing party leaders to send a message to big financial firms …
Wall Street Journal:
Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts  —  Some workers allegedly accepted thousands of dollars in bribes  —  Meta Platforms Inc. META -1.82%decrease; red down pointing triangle has fired or disciplined more than two dozen employees and contractors over the last year whom …
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 …
Mark Johnson / Washington Post:
Webb telescope spots earliest galaxies yet, and they are cosmic oddballs  —  The two bundles of stars formed shortly after the big bang, offering a long-anticipated window into the origins of the universe  —  From its perch a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has sighted …
Discussion: CBS News, NPR, Gizmodo and The Verge
resolutesquare.com:
TRAPPED: THE GOP IS STUCK WITH TRUMP  —  The last week in American politics has been almost unspeakably delightful.  It is a phase we call “The Finding Out” after the Republican party's sordid, degrading affair with Donald Trump, his personality cult, and the collection of nationalists …
Semafor:
Bankman-Fried swaps white-shoe lawyer for Stanford professor  —  Liz is Semafor's Business & Finance Editor and you can sign up for her scoops here.  Reed is Semafor's Technology Editor and his newsletter sign up is here.  —  THE SCOOP  —  Sam Bankman-Fried has parted ways …
Discussion: CoinDesk and The Federalist
Washington Post:
Trump would act ‘like a little elementary schoolchild,’ former spiritual adviser says  —  IRVING, Tex. — A televangelist who served as a spiritual adviser to Donald Trump says the former president has the tendency to act “like a little elementary schoolchild” and suggests that Trump's focus …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Political Wire
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.”
New York Post:
Knife-wielding man entered New York Times building, demanded to speak to politics section: cops  —  A knife-wielding man walked into the New York Times building in Manhattan on Thursday and demanded to speak to “the politics section,” police said.  —  The deranged man — who had …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Daily News
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
San Fran trans to get city-funded guaranteed income program  —  I didn't see this one coming, but you're right - I should have.  Because who are we talking about here, you know?  —  San Francisco mayor London Breed - literally, the mayor of Crazy Town.
 
 
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
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Media Matters for America:
Fox's coverage of violent crime dropped after the midterms
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Wall Street Journal:
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
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Associated Press:
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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