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10:55 AM ET, December 21, 2022

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Washington Post:
Zelensky slated to meet Biden, appear in Congress on Wednesday  —  The trip will mark his first public international appearance since Russia invaded Ukraine  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday plans to appear in Washington to meet with President Biden and visit Capitol Hill …
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Washington Post:
Biden administration to send Patriot missile system to Ukraine  —  The Biden administration will send to Ukraine the most advanced air defense weapon in its arsenal, the Patriot missile system, a senior administration official said late Tuesday, marking the most significant addition …
Discussion: Insider, ABC News and The Guardian
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Zelenskyy in Washington, Scalise in waiting  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HOLIDAY SURPRISE — Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY is set to visit Washington today in his first known journey outside his besieged nation since Russian troops invaded 300 days ago.
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Executive Summary Of Jan. 6 Report Shows How Trump Ignored Advisers, Spread Election Lies  —  Here are details showing former President Donald Trump was told the truth about his loss and chose instead to lie about it.  —  The executive summary of the House Jan. 6 committee's report documents …
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CNN:
Exclusive: Trump's former White House ethics lawyer told Cassidy Hutchinson to give misleading testimony to January 6 committee, sources say  —  The January 6 committee made a startling allegation on Monday, claiming it had evidence that a Trump-backed attorney urged a key witness to mislead the committee about details they recalled.
Josh Meyer / USA Today:   Will Trump loyalist Hope Hicks' Jan. 6 testimony incriminate the former president?
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Four Crimes: The Jan. 6th Committee Recommends Prosecution for Trump
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Piecing Together What Trump Knew and When He Knew It
Discussion: CBS News and New York Daily News
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Informant warned FBI weeks before Jan. 6 that the far-right saw Trump tweet as ‘a call to arms’  —  WASHINGTON — On Dec. 19, 2020, the day that then-President Donald Trump sent a tweet summoning his supporters to a “wild” protest in the nation's capital on Jan. 6, one of the FBI's own …
NBC News:
House committee votes to make public Donald Trump's personal and business tax records  —  House committee votes to release Donald Trump's tax returns  —  The House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to make six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns public …
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
I've Seen Trump's Tax Returns and Now You Can, Too  —  Sometime soon — possibly within the next few days — a congressional committee led by Democrats will begin doling out former President Donald Trump's income tax returns to the public.  The disclosure marks the end of a bitter, multi-year battle to keep the returns under wraps.
CNN:
READ: House Ways and Means Committee report finding Trump was not properly audited by IRS as president  —  The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday released a summary report that concluded the IRS failed to audit former President Donald Trump's taxes as required under the mandatory presidential audit program.
Washington Post:
No conclusive evidence Russia is behind Nord Stream attack  —  World leaders were quick to blame Moscow for explosions along the undersea natural gas pipelines.  But some Western officials now doubt the Kremlin was responsible.  —  After explosions in late September severely damaged undersea pipelines built …
Todd Bensman / CIS.org:
Latin American Media: Migrants Marching North for Title 42's Funeral  —  Never mind last-minute legal delays, untold thousands are already at the international starting line, with many more on the way  —  AUSTIN, Texas - In a “social phenomenon never seen before in the history of the region” …
Discussion: Dallas Morning News and KVIA-TV
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Washington Post:
Why the immigration debate is only going to get more tense
Discussion: Fox News
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Electoral Count Act set to deliver another blow to Trump  —  The House isn't the only congressional chamber taking steps this week to counteract former President Trump, as legislation to overhaul how Congress counts electoral votes is one step closer to becoming law.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Congress releases major spending bill with election reforms to prevent another Jan. 6
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
‘Dead on arrival’: McCarthy threatens to tank McConnell's agenda if Senate GOP votes for omnibus
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Exclusive: Biden task force investigating how US tech ends up in Iranian attack drones used against Ukraine  —  The Biden administration has launched an expansive task force to investigate how US and western components, including American-made microelectronics …
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Twitter Aided the Pentagon in Its Covert Online Propaganda Campaign  —  Twitter executives have claimed for years that the company makes concerted efforts to detect and thwart government-backed covert propaganda campaigns on its platform.  —  Behind the scenes, however …
Wall Street Journal:
FTX Wants to Claw Back Sam Bankman-Fried's Donations  —  Customer assets were allegedly used for investments, real-estate purchases and political contributions  —  Watch: Sam Bankman-Fried Closer to Extradition After Bahamas Hearing  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x
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American Prospect:
Ticketmaster's Dark History  —  A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam  —  Just over 28 years ago, Taylor Swift was a precocious Montessori preschooler growing up on a Pennsylvania Christmas tree farm, and Eddie Vedder was the Most Important Musician …
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Ringer
Shannon Osaka / Washington Post:
This little-known bottleneck is blocking clean energy for millions  —  Energy developers want to build a ton of wind and solar — they just can't get it connected to the grid  —  To achieve America's goal of shifting 80 percent of the country's electricity away from fossil fuels by the end of the decade …
Discussion: Informed Comment, E&E and Off the Kuff
NBC News:
California police say member of Elon Musk's security team is a suspect following stalker claim  —  Police in Southern California said Tuesday they were seeking additional information about an incident last week that Twitter CEO Elon Musk said prompted him to crack down on accounts that track whereabouts of private jets — including his.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
See Romney run?  Trump's top GOP foil eyes Senate reelection  —  Many of Mitt Romney's fellow senators assume his willingness to break from his party — and Donald Trump — means he's planning for only one term.  They may be surprised.  —  The Utahn was the first senator in history to vote …
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
New book says Biden called Harris a ‘work in progress’  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  In the first months of his presidency, JOE BIDEN vented his frustration …
 
 
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Matt Katz / Gothamist:
Legal filing: NYPD illegally used sealed arrest records in Adams bail reform ‘publicity stunt’
Philip Caldwell / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Admin to Drop Half a Million on Artificial Intelligence That Detects Microaggressions on Social Media
Haley Byrd Wilt / The Dispatch:
Rep. Mike Gallagher's Plans for the Select Committee on China
Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Carlos Correa agrees to 12-year, $315 million contract with Mets after Giants deal falls through
Umair Irfan / Vox:
America's most important EV is also its goofiest
Associated Press:
Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance
Discussion: HotAir and Associated Press
Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Standing with Afghanistan's Women and Girls
Discussion: The Guardian, DNyuz and Bloomberg
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Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
White House Looks at Benefits to Lure Americans Back Into Workforce
Discussion: The Hill
Mia Jankowicz / Insider:
Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks Lauren Boebert, calls her childish and mocks her struggle to get re-elected
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Liz Cheney has been a godsend for democracy, but she doesn't fit anywhere in US politics
Discussion: Bloomberg and Breitbart
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP is quietly ‘Trump-proofing’ our system behind his back
 

 
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