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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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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 …
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.
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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Andrew Ferguson / Washington Free Beacon:
Good Riddance, Madame Speaker
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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
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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 …
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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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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
House of Horrors: The Marjorie Taylor Greene Congress Is Upon Us
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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 …
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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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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 …
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Starbucks Workers Strike at Dozens of Stores Nationally — Workers said they were protesting the company's refusal to bargain in good faith and other anti-union activity. — Starbucks employees went on strike on Thursday at dozens of unionized locations nationwide, citing …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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:
Multiple US border agents shot, one fatally, by narcos near Puerto Rico — EXCLUSIVE — At least five people were involved in a maritime shooting between U.S. border agents and drug smugglers that took place off the coast of Puerto Rico early Thursday morning, the Washington Examiner was first to report Thursday.
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Biden will ask Supreme Court to revive student debt relief plan — The Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court to revive its student debt relief program as it fights to reverse lower court rulings that have upended its plans to forgive up to $20,000 of debt for tens of millions of Americans.
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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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Congress took millions from FTX. Now lawmakers face a crypto reckoning. — The stunning collapse of the world's third-largest exchange has forced politicians to grapple with the costs of legislative inaction — The sudden collapse of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges rattled …
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New York Times:
SpaceX Employees Say They Were Fired for Speaking Up About Elon Musk — Charges filed with federal regulators accuse the company of retaliating against eight workers over an open letter critical of the chief executive. — In June, about 20 engineers were invited to a meeting hosted …
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