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Justice Department asks judge to hold Trump team in contempt over Mar-a-Lago case — The request came after months of mounting frustration from the Justice Department with the former president's lawyers. — Prosecutors have urged a federal judge to hold Donald Trump's office in contempt …
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CNN:
Trump does not plan to appeal dismissal of Mar-a-Lago special master to Supreme Court — Former President Donald Trump does not plan to appeal to the Supreme Court a lower court order that put an end to the special master review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's push for a special master in Mar-a-Lago docs case comes to an end
Trump's push for a special master in Mar-a-Lago docs case comes to an end
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Kurt Bardella / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Democrats should use their Senate majority to expose Republican corruption — With Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia winning reelection, Democrats now have a 51-49 majority heading into the next Congress. Under a 50-50 Senate, each party seats the name number of members on committees.
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Aliza Astrow / Third Way:
The Dangerous Illusion of a Presidential Third Party in 2024
The Dangerous Illusion of a Presidential Third Party in 2024
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage, sending it to Biden's desk
House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage, sending it to Biden's desk
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Swing voters in Senate runoff boost Georgia's standing as a 2024 battleground
Swing voters in Senate runoff boost Georgia's standing as a 2024 battleground
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Turnout by Republicans Was Great. It's Just That Many of Them Didn't Vote for Republicans.
Turnout by Republicans Was Great. It's Just That Many of Them Didn't Vote for Republicans.
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Daniel Desrochers / Kansas City Star:
Congress passes same-sex marriage protection, despite tearful plea from Vicky Hartzler
Congress passes same-sex marriage protection, despite tearful plea from Vicky Hartzler
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Republicans have a post-election epiphany on mail voting
Republicans have a post-election epiphany on mail voting
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Runoff Warnings for Both Parties
Georgia Runoff Warnings for Both Parties
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Raw Story and New York Times
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Exclusive: Paul Whelan tells CNN he is ‘disappointed’ that more has not been done to secure his release — Detained American Paul Whelan expressed his frustration that more has not been done to secure his release in an exclusive CNN interview hours after another detained American, Brittney Griner, was freed.
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Associated Press:
Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap — Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American and Russian officials said.
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Dave Zirin / MSNBC:
Brittney Griner should have never had to be in Russia in the first place — WNBA players can earn upward of $1 million by taking their talents outside the United States. Brittney Griner shows us how perilous this can be. … Seven-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner's detention …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Senate report details Trump's most surreal decision of pandemic — A leaked copy of the report a United States Senate committee is about to release slams the Trump Administration's response in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. — It also reveals that a chaotic …
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Washington Post:
Rollback of covid vaccine mandate met with furor at Pentagon — Military officials warned that the Republican-led initiative risks harming troops' readiness and endangering national security — The Biden administration fumed Wednesday at the near-certainty that Congress will strip away …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Two top Times reporters are skipping the walkout — Two of The New York Times's top White House reporters are opting out of a labor action Thursday as tensions continue to grow over contract negotiations at the news organization. — Chief White House reporter Peter Baker …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Just What Did the Times Walkout Change? — As they have been threatening to do for months now, the New York Times newsroom went on a one-day strike today. — As a reader, you might not have noticed. The paper got its Brittney Griner-is-free scoop out on a push notification before the Washington Post did.
CNN:
First on CNN: January 6 committee considers criminal referrals for at least 4 others besides Trump — The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is considering criminal referrals for at least four individuals in addition to former President Donald Trump, multiple sources told CNN.
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: DeSantis surges to 5-point lead over weakened Trump in 2024 primary matchup … A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis now leads former President Donald Trump by 5 percentage points in the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
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Ben Adler / KOKI-TV:
Romney on Trump's 2024 bid: ‘Absolutely not’
Romney on Trump's 2024 bid: ‘Absolutely not’
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Phillip Nieto / Fox News:
Who is Paul Whelan? Former US Marine left behind in Brittney Griner-Viktor Bout exchange — Whelan left behind by Biden administration during two separate prisoner exchanges with Kremlin — US offers Russian arms dealer in exchange for Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Inside the turbulent, doomed campaign of Herschel Walker — Georgia's Senate runoff was less than a day old and, already, there was a shouting match at a staff meeting. — Republican candidate Herschel Walker's campaign was starved for cash as it faced Sen. Raphael Warnock and his deep-pocketed Democratic allies.
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Emma Hurt / Axios:
Inside the Herschel Walker campaign fiasco
Romy Ellenbogen / Miami Herald:
Indicted sponsor of Florida's 'don't say gay' bill resigns from Legislature — One day after being indicted on charges of money laundering and wire fraud, state Republican Rep. Joe Harding of Ocala announced his resignation from Florida's House of Representatives.
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Supreme Court Seems Less Inclined to End Democracy Than Before — Moore v. Harper, the crucially important case heard at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, centers on a fundamentally unserious idea. North Carolina Republicans, defending an unconstitutional gerrymander …
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Jesse Fray / The Hill:
Oil leak shuts down Keystone Pipeline — WASHINGTON COUNTY (KSNT) - The massive Keystone Pipeline has been shut down after oil was found to be leaking into a Kansas creek. — TC Energy said it shut down the pipeline at 8 p.m. Wednesday after a pressure drop in the system.
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Politico:
Who will be Biden's 2024 campaign manager? — Presented by United Indian Nations of Oklahoma and 141 Tribes Standing for Tribal Sovereignty — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice.
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Robert Costa / CBS News:
Top Bernie Sanders adviser believes Sanders will give 2024 “a hard look” if Biden doesn't run
Top Bernie Sanders adviser believes Sanders will give 2024 “a hard look” if Biden doesn't run
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Matt Delaney / Washington Times:
Whitey Bulger's in-custody death was facilitated by prison system's failures, DOJ IG report finds — A Department of Justice inspector general investigation determined that a series of staff failures, bureaucratic mishaps and confusing policies contributed to the 2018 killing of Boston-area gangster James …
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