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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court denies Trump bid to withhold tax returns from Congress  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a congressional committee to examine Donald Trump's tax returns, denying without comment the former president's last-ditch effort to extend a legal battle that has consumed Congress and the courts for years.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows release of Trump's tax records to House Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump's last-ditch plea to block the release of his tax records to House Democrats, paving the way for their possible disclosure to the lawmakers.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Supreme Court Permits House Democrats to Obtain Trump's Tax Returns  —  In a terse order, the Supreme Court rejected the former president's request that it block the Treasury Department from turning over the files.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a House committee …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why Trump and Kevin McCarthy should fear a Warnock victory  —  If Sen. Raphael G. Warnock wins the runoff election in Georgia, the biggest losers might prove to be not just Herschel Walker and Mitch McConnell, but also Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy.  —  Trump and House Minority Leader McCarthy appear …
Discussion: New Republic and Punchbowl News
Max Tani / Semafor:
AP fired a reporter after a dangerous blunder.  Slack messages reveal a chaotic process.  —  Your Email addressSign Up  —  A 10-minute miscommunication on Slack between journalists at the Associated Press resulted in an erroneous report last week that appeared momentarily to bring tensions between NATO …
Liz Hoffman / Semafor:
Sam Bankman-Fried, Elon Musk, and a secret text  —  Elon Musk used Twitter, the platform he now owns, to gleefully mock the meltdown of the crypto exchange FTX.  His “bullshit meter was redlining” when he met the crypto exchange's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, Musk has said.
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New York Times:
Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's Quest to Win Friends and Influence People  —  In just three years, the FTX co-founder built a massive operation to woo politicians, regulators and nonprofits to support his crypto goals.  —  In May, the founder of a Chicago nonprofit that works …
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Politico:
Trump's Jan. 6 supporters feted at his Mar-a-Lago campaign launch  —  When Donald Trump plunged into the 2024 presidential race last week at his Mar-a-Lago club, he was surrounded by sidekicks, superfans and self-described sycophants.  —  Among them was another subset of Trump world figures …
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
Student Loan Pause Could Cost $275 Billion  —  Note: (11/22/2022): The Department of Education announced it would extend the pause to the sooner of 60 days after resolution of the student debt cancellation litigation or 60 days after June 30, 2023 (which would be the end of August, based on our understanding).
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Annie Nova / CNBC:
Biden administration to extend payment pause on student loans until after June or when legal challenges resolve
Chloe Malle / Vogue:
Exclusive: Naomi Biden On Her White House Wedding  —  On the Tuesday evening before her wedding, under the watchful eye of a Secret Service agent, Naomi Biden, 28, and her soon-to-be husband, Peter Neal, 25, came downstairs from their living quarters on the third floor of the White House residence to practice their first dance.
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida Legislature poised to change law to aid a DeSantis presidential run  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's top Republican leaders say they are willing to change state law to smooth the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024.  —  Both House Speaker Paul Renner (R-Palm Coast) …
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Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Launches Assault to Oust Russia From Key Black Sea Peninsula  —  Kinburn Spit, occupied by Russia for months, lies at maritime choke point and is coveted prize for Kyiv  —  Ukraine's military said it launched an operation to push Russian forces from a strategic peninsula …
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Washington Post:
Musk's ‘free speech’ agenda dismantles safety work at Twitter, insiders say  —  Amid the wider turmoil since his takeover last month, Musk has moved rapidly to undermine Twitter's deliberative content-moderation system.  —  Hours after Elon Musk took control of Twitter in late October …
CNN:
Appeals court is dubious of Trump's arguments for special master review of Mar-a-Lago search  —  A panel of federal appeals court judges - all appointed by Republican presidents - on Tuesday were dubious of former President Donald Trump's arguments for why the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago required …
Georgia:
New AARP Georgia Poll: Voters 50+ May Tip Scales in Runoff Election  —  ATLANTA-Today, AARP Georgia released key findings from a 2022 runoff election survey that shows candidates should pay close attention to Georgians age 50 and older, with issues such as inflation and rising prices …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A Georgia Senate runoff poll points to challenges for Walker, Warnock
Chris Geidner / Law Dork, with Chris Geidner:
Failures of capital punishment: Alabama, Missouri, and Oklahoma  —  Incompetence, racism, and ... wanting to kill so badly that you set an execution date when the man isn't even in your custody.  —  The death penalty has been in the news a lot in month of November, with three executions carried …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Reason
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
'I'm Done With You!'  Karine Jean-Pierre Blows Up at Reporter for Interrupting Colleague in Explosive Briefing Room Clash  —  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre admonished Today News Africa correspondent Simon Ateba for speaking out of turn in his attempt to ask a question of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Kayla Gogarty / Media Matters for America:
Elon Musk is unilaterally reinstating banned Twitter accounts, despite assuring civil rights groups and advertisers that he wouldn't  —  Musk has reinstated at least 11 previously banned right-wing accounts, including Donald Trump, Project Veritas, and Marjorie Taylor-Greene
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer makes historic pick for Michigan Supreme Court vacancy  —  Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has chosen state Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden to fill a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to serve on the state's high court.
Soraya Nadia McDonald / Andscape:
Two new movies, ‘Till’ and ‘U.S. and the Holocaust,’ help us connect the dots between Jim Crow and fascism With Kanye and Kyrie Irving dominating the news, the connections between victims of white supremacy are more relevant than ever  —  In 1937, as a correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American covering …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Mike Pence staffs up with an eye on 2024  —  The former VP is bringing on Ben Sasse's spokesperson.  More hirings are likely to come.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence is building out his political staff, the latest indication that he's prepping a White House bid that will pit …
Discussion: Political Wire
The Hill:
McCarthy calls on DHS Secretary Mayorkas to resign, threatens impeachment inquiry  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that GOP lawmakers will consider impeachment next year if he does not step down.
Dayana Mustak / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk's 2022 Wealth Loss Exceeds $100 Billion for First Time  —  Elon Musk's losses for 2022 topped $100 billion as shares of Tesla Inc. dropped to the lowest level in two years.  —  The Tesla co-founder is still the world's richest person with a fortune of $169.8 billion …
 
 
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Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Cecilia ‘Cissy’ Marshall, keeper of Thurgood Marshall's legacy, dies at 94
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NBC News:
Brett Favre helped an experimental drug maker get $2M in welfare money. Experts doubt the drug can work.
Bolts:
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Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
Fauci says he ‘will cooperate fully’ with GOP oversight hearings even though he's leaving the government
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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Peder S. Schaefer / NBC News:
Turnout was down in the 2022 midterms, but not in these key states
Andy Newman / New York Times:
Is N.Y.'s Child Welfare System Racist? Some of Its Own Workers Say Yes.
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New York Times:
Iran Arrests 2 Actresses for Participating in Protests
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How one man quietly stitched the American safety net over four decades
 

 
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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
One year after Sam Altman was dramatically ousted and reinstated, OpenAI remains dominant as it continues to push ahead on impressive new products

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+
 
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