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Live updates: Jan. 6 report recommends Congress ban Trump from running again — Congress should consider barring former president Donald Trump and others from holding office again, according to the recommendations section of the committee's report. — The 14th Amendment allows barring people …
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Major Highlights of the January 6 Report — What follows are highlights of the January 6th Select Committee's final report from our initial review. Our discussion includes but is not limited to the report's findings and treatment of issues including: — Criminal misconduct in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Issues Final Report, Placing Blame for Capitol Riot on ‘One Man’ — The report expanded on this summer's televised hearings, describing in detail what it called former President Donald J. Trump's “multipart plan” to overturn the 2020 election. — WASHINGTON — Declaring …
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New York Times:
Inside the Jan. 6 Committee
Inside the Jan. 6 Committee
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Goodbye, 117th Congress
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Biggest Takeaway from the January 6 Report
The Biggest Takeaway from the January 6 Report
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Politico:
Extremists at the vanguard of a siege: The Jan. 6 panel's last word
Extremists at the vanguard of a siege: The Jan. 6 panel's last word
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump Admitted It Was ‘Embarrassing’ He Lost, According To Cassidy Hutchinson Transcript
Trump Admitted It Was ‘Embarrassing’ He Lost, According To Cassidy Hutchinson Transcript
New York Times:
Jan. 6 Witness Told Panel That Lawyer Tried to Influence Her Testimony
Jan. 6 Witness Told Panel That Lawyer Tried to Influence Her Testimony
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Axios:
Exclusive: Bloomberg eyes WSJ-parent Dow Jones, WaPo — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and media mogul, is interested in acquiring either Wall Street Journal parent company Dow Jones or The Washington Post, a source familiar with his thinking told Axios.
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New York Times:
George Santos's Early Life: Odd Jobs, Bad Debts and Lawsuits — Representative-elect George Santos, who is under scrutiny over potentially misrepresenting key parts of his campaign biography, had other undisclosed troubles in his early career. — The polite young customer service agent …
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Washington Post:
Deep secrecy, high risk: How Zelensky's improbable D.C. visit came together — Plans were kept within a tiny group as the Ukrainian president prepared to leave his war-ravaged country for the whirlwind trip. — When a U.S. military aircraft landed on the tarmac in Rzeszow, Poland …
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Anthony Zurcher / BBC:
Zelensky makes his pitch - will US sceptics buy it?
Zelensky makes his pitch - will US sceptics buy it?
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Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
Fashion Statement … Where do you stand on the momentous question of Volodymyr Zelensky's attire?
Fashion Statement … Where do you stand on the momentous question of Volodymyr Zelensky's attire?
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Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
Surprise: George Santos might sort of be telling the truth about something — Congressman-elect George Santos, R-NY, who is accused of faking just about every single aspect of his biography, said on Twitter he had a “story to tell” and would clear things up “next week.”
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New York Times:
George Santos Breaks Silence: ‘I Have My Story to Tell.’ (Next Week.)
George Santos Breaks Silence: ‘I Have My Story to Tell.’ (Next Week.)
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Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
More Santos tricks: His campaign staffer accused of impersonating McCarthy aide in bid for donations
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
N.Y. Attorney General's Office ‘looking into’ allegations against George Santos
N.Y. Attorney General's Office ‘looking into’ allegations against George Santos
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Final Campaign … Donald Trump was calling from Mar-a-Lago. It was a Monday afternoon in the middle of December. He was at his desk in what is known as 45 Office, a room on the second floor, above what is known as the Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom, 20,000 square feet festooned …
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W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
‘Majority’ Taylor Greene: Georgia lawmaker angles to be GOP kingmaker — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had a telling slip of the tongue earlier this month when she briefly referred to “Majority Taylor Greene” during a press briefing. — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Charlie Kirk delivers a warning to the RNC, and sparks a backlash — Kirk's Turning Point Action debuted an initiative designed to pick off GOP committee members insufficiently attentive to the ‘grassroots voice’ — Charlie Kirk, the 29-year-old activist who leads Turning Point USA and a network of affiliates, wrote with a warning.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
McConnell calls out ‘diminished’ Trump, vows not to bow to his candidates in 2024 — WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell deferred to former President Donald Trump's handpicked candidates in competitive midterm races, culminating in jarring defeats and a larger Democratic majority that bucked the odds.
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Washington Post:
For John Eastman and Clarence Thomas, an intellectual kinship stretching back decades — The Supreme Court justice and the lawyer referred by the House Jan. 6 panel for criminal investigation became acquainted years before Eastman served as Thomas's clerk — In July 2021, dozens …
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris had a most excellent year — Vice President Harris walked into her ceremonial office at the White House with a broad smile and easy confidence when we sat down for an interview on the Monday before Christmas. And why shouldn't she smile? President Biden's electoral right-hand ma'am …
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
Kamala Harris, a Very Turbulent Year in America, and the Challenge of Being First
Kamala Harris, a Very Turbulent Year in America, and the Challenge of Being First
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
Kathy Hochul Pushes New York's Highest Court to the Right — Fresh off her narrow re-election win in November, Governor Kathy Hochul had an opportunity this month to steer New York's highest court toward either ideological direction. — She chose to push it to the right on Thursday …
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Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Sending Arms to Russian Mercenary Group Fighting in Ukraine, U.S. Says — Pyongyang steps in as Russian President Putin acknowledges that weaponry is dwindling — WASHINGTON—North Korea has sent a large arms delivery to the Wagner Group, the Russian mercenary force whose influence …
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Sam Rabiyah / The City:
Apartments Vanish From New York's Rent Regulation System and Questions Linger About How — Three years after a 2019 overhaul was supposed to stop landlords from removing most apartments from rent stabilization, thousands are left unaccounted for. — Amid an ongoing housing affordability crisis …
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Past cases with classified papers show legal risk for Trump, experts say — While prosecuting a former president would be difficult, it's not unusual to charge people who knowingly take top-secret documents — In Kansas City, a former FBI analyst pleaded guilty in October to taking home …
Los Angeles Times:
Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America's weed industry — Sareth Sin, 67, died upright, seated in a plastic chair, on Christmas Day. He was asphyxiated by fumes from the generator he ran to chase the desert chill out of a cannabis greenhouse on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County.
Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
Putin declares ‘war’ - aloud - forsaking his special euphemistic operation — RIGA, Latvia — After nearly 10 months of war, but referring to the brutal invasion of Ukraine instead as “a special military operation,” Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday finally called it a “war” …
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