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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says he 'won't partake' in special counsel investigation, slams as ‘worst politicization of justice’  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed former DOJ official Jack Smith to lead Trump investigations regarding records held at Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6  —  AG Garland to appoint special counsel in Trump Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6 probes
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Wall Street Journal:
Garland to Name Special Counsel to Determine Whether Trump Should Face Charges  —  A formal announcement would come days after Mr. Trump announced another bid for the presidency  —  WASHINGTON-Attorney General Merrick Garland will appoint a special counsel to determine whether former President Donald Trump …
New York Times:
Jack Smith, named as special counsel, has a long history as a career prosecutor.  —  The attorney general announced his decision to name Jack Smith, the former head of the Justice Department's public integrity section, to to job just days after former President Donald J. Trump announced that he would seek the White House again in 2024.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Appointment of a Special Counsel  —  Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today the appointment of former career Justice Department prosecutor and former chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague, Jack Smith, to serve as Special Counsel to oversee two ongoing criminal investigations.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Merrick Garland was right to appoint a special counsel
Washington Post:
Garland names special counsel for Trump Mar-a-Lago, 2020 election probes
Yoel Roth / New York Times:
I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter.  This Is What Could Become of It.  —  Earlier this month, I chose to leave my position leading trust and safety at Elon Musk's Twitter.  —  As the company's head of policy, my teams were responsible for drafting Twitter's rules and figuring …
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New York Times:
Elon Musk's Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave  —  Mr. Musk sent emails on Friday asking to learn about Twitter's underlying technology as key infrastructure teams have been decimated.  —  Elon Musk sent a flurry of emails to Twitter employees on Friday morning with a plea.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Post Takes Aim at Trump, and Hits a Nerve  —  The paper's increasingly harsh coverage has gotten the news media and political worlds talking about whether the Murdoch media empire has broken permanently from the former president.  —  Since Election Day last week …
Discussion: Insider
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
House Republicans announce plans to produce content for Fox News  —  Before we get too far into the incoming House Republican majority's plans for putting pressure on President Biden, consider this tweet from the party's caucus on the House Judiciary Committee.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Capitol rioter who said he wanted Trump's ‘approval’ gets three years in Jan. 6 case  —  WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump fan who was convicted on all counts after telling jurors that he thought he was “following presidential orders” when he stole a liquor bottle and a coat rack from the U.S. Capitol …
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Marisa Sarnoff / Law & Crime:   'You Didn't Love America That Day': Federal Judge Sends Jan. 6 Rioter to Prison for Obstruction, Stealing Coat Rack and Bourbon from Capitol
C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
A federal judge compared the January 6 mentality to ‘Nazi Germany’ at the sentencing of a Capitol rioter
Discussion: HuffPost
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Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Lawsuit Filed to Reverse Approval, Access to Abortion Pill  —  The action was filed by a conservative legal group that helped challenge the Roe v. Wade decision overturned by Supreme Court  —  Medical Abortions: The Science Behind How Abortion Pills Work  —  Created with sketchtool.
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Patrick Hauf / Fox News:
Election denier Hakeem Jeffries could replace Pelosi as House Dem leader  —  Jeffries said America deserves to know if Trump was a ‘fake’ president  —  Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: Hakeem Jeffries can bring people together  —  The leading candidate to replace Nancy Pelosi as the next House Democratic leader …
Politico:
Joe Biden, gay icon  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  President JOE BIDEN, on the cusp of his 80th birthday, can sometimes sound like a throwback with his colloquialisms …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Biden granddaughter's wedding offers youthful spin for president turning 80
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge punts Psaki social-media subpoena fight  —  A federal magistrate judge in Virginia openly scoffed Friday at White House press secretary Jen Psaki's efforts to escape a deposition in a suit over alleged pressure on social media firms to censor posts on topics like Covid-19 vaccines and election fraud.
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CBS News:
Judge rejects former White House press secretary Jen Psaki's effort to quash subpoena
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Diego Mendoza / Semafor:
‘We have to have a thriving press:’ Sen. Amy Klobuchar on the future of American journalism  —  Diego Mendoza is a Breaking News reporter.  You can reach him at dmendoza@semafor.com.  For politics coverage from Semafor each morning, sign up for our Principals newsletter — an insider's guide to American power.
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Nation:
Twitter Has Been Incredibly Important For State and Local Journalists Like Me  —  If the Bird App dies, state and local journalists will lose a vital tool.  —  I almost turned my back on my calling as a journalist.  I wanted to do important, meaningful work in Mississippi …
Associated Press:
Trump 2024 rivals court his donors as primary season begins  —  Republicans considering a 2024 run for the White House will assemble in Las Vegas this weekend, with anxious donors and activists openly considering whether or not to support Donald Trump for a third straight time.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP megadonor Mercer family has no plans to boost Trump's 2024 campaign as former president loses more allies
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Dozens of court docs relating to eight of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's associates - including billionaire hotel magnate and female Brit - will be UNSEALED after judge rules public interest outweighs right to privacy  — Judge Loretta Preska on Friday ordered dozens of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed
Pippa Crerar / The Guardian:
Mike Bloomberg forced to apologise after Boris Johnson speech criticising China  —  Exclusive: Ex-PM said to have described China as ‘coercive autocracy’ in speech to Asian businesspeople and diplomats  —  The billionaire financier Mike Bloomberg was forced to apologise to hundreds of guests …
Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal:
Law School Accrediting Panel Votes to Make LSAT Optional  —  Legal education community has been divided over testing requirement and its impact on diversity in admissions  —  An American Bar Association panel voted Friday to drop a requirement that law school applicants take the LSAT …
Sean Coughlan / BBC:
King Charles: Foie gras banned at royal residences  —  There will be no foie gras served in royal residences, a letter from Buckingham Palace to animal rights campaigners has confirmed.  —  King Charles is understood to have been a longstanding opponent of the food, made from the liver of a duck or goose …
Olivia Rondeau / The Post Millennial:
Lawyer who firebombed NYPD cruiser sentenced to 15 months after Biden admin intervention  —  The Biden administration's DOJ reportedly struck a “sweetheart deal” with the felon, and asked the court to go easy on Rahman and her accomplice after the Trump administration pressured for a domestic terrorism sentencing enhancement.
Tim Hume / VICE:
Italian Cops Take Down Occult Neo-Nazi Group Preparing Violent Attacks  —  The Order of Hagal reportedly had significant international contacts, with overseas training, links to Ukraine militants, and even claimed to have met with former Trump advisor Steve Bannon.  —  TH
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Democrat Adam Frisch concedes to Lauren Boebert in nail biter House race  —  Democrat Adam Frisch conceded on Friday to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in the race for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, saying that an expected recount was unlikely to change the outcome of the election.
 
 
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
If our political and legal systems worked, there wouldn't be a Donald Trump 2024 campaign
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Meet the new Democratic leadership
Luis Chaparro / Insider:
The DEA says drug cartels are putting fentanyl in candy to sell to kids. Cartel operatives say it's ‘actually the opposite.’
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New York Times:
Justice Department Said to Investigate Ticketmaster's Parent Company
David Byler / Washington Post:
No, gerrymandering didn't cost Democrats the House
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Financial Times:
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