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Politico:
McCarthy relents on key conservative demand — but uncertainty remains over speaker bid  —  Kevin McCarthy has made perhaps his biggest concession so far to the band of conservatives standing in the way of his path to speaker.  Yet it's not clear if it will be enough to clinch his gavel.
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Rep. Don Bacon / The Daily Caller:
If McCarthy's Speaker Bid Fails, Democrats Might Have To Be Part Of The Process … I support Kevin McCarthy, but a small handful of people are holding us hostage.  —  The vast majority of the conference knows we can't cave to the few when the demands are unreasonable.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brendan Buck / New York Times:
A Failed Speaker Vote for Kevin McCarthy Would Be a Historical Event  —  Opening day in the House of Representatives is typically marked by the usual pageantry and the fleeting promise that this Congress will work better than the last.  That hope could be immediately dashed this year …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Here Are the House Republicans to Watch if McCarthy's Bid for Speaker Falters  —  Representative Kevin McCarthy has so far faced no viable challenger for the speakership.  But if he is unable to secure the votes, an alternative could quickly emerge.  —  WASHINGTON — A big factor …
Eileen Grench / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Bob Good Teases Rival to Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker
Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: How the House of Representatives elects a speaker
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
CNN:
McCarthy commits to key concession in call with frustrated lawmakers but it's no guarantee he'll win speakership
Rachael Bunyan / Daily Mail:
'It's going to stink for a while, but I'll fight with all I have got': Tennis world rallies around Wimbledon legend Martina Navratilova, 66, as she reveals ‘double whammy’ of throat and breast cancer diagnosis  — Martina Navratilova, 66, has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Inside the Jan. 6 committee's massive new evidence trove  —  The Jan. 6 select committee has unloaded a vast database of its underlying evidence — emails between Trump attorneys, text messages among horrified White House aides and outside advisers, internal communications among security …
New York Times:
Ukrainian Attack Kills 63 Russian Soldiers in East, Moscow Says … A Russian proxy official called the attack in Donetsk a ‘massive blow.’  —  Ukrainian missiles struck a building that housed Russian soldiers in an occupied city in Donetsk early on New Year's Day, according to Russian proxy officials and the Ukrainian military.
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Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Strikes Russian Forces in Donbas in Deadliest Attack in Months  —  The attack in Russian-held territory came as Ukraine repelled another drone swarm on Kyiv  —  KYIV, Ukraine—A Ukrainian strike killed dozens of newly mobilized soldiers in Russian-held territory in the east …
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
A Comprehensive Guide to Why a Ron DeSantis Presidency Would Be as Terrifying as a Trump One  —  His bigoted policies and authoritarian behavior make him just as bad a pick for the top job in Washington.  —  Ron DeSantis has not (yet) said if he will run for president in 2024 …
Discussion: The Hill
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Hope Hicks to aide on Jan. 6: ‘We all look like domestic terrorists now’  —  Former White House aide Hope Hicks told a fellow aide in text messages during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that “we all look like domestic terrorists now” as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Hope Hicks, Ivanka Aide Fumed at Karlie Kloss' Jan. 6 Tweets
Discussion: Sky Dancing, PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
Jessica Piper / Politico:
New data shows the folly of Trump's crusade against early voting  —  If there was any doubt Donald Trump's vilification of early voting is only hurting the GOP, new receipts from the midterm elections show it.  —  Election data from a trio of states that dramatically expanded the ability …
Emma Freire / Compact Magazine:
The Privatization of Policing  —  David, 26, is shoplifting peanut butter from the Stadium Shopping Center in Portland, Ore. He has been living on the streets for about a month.  Already addicted to heroin, he had started using fentanyl four days earlier.  The store's personnel spot …
Wall Street Journal:
Ample Jan. 6 Evidence Helps Secure High Conviction Rate in Capitol Riot  —  Many of the over 900 people charged in the attack posted on social media about their actions  —  WASHINGTON—In the two years since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors have secured guilty pleas …
New York Times:
Lula Becomes Brazil's President, With Bolsonaro in Florida  —  Brazil inaugurates its new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on Sunday.  Facing investigations, former President Jair Bolsonaro has taken refuge in Orlando.  —  President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took the reins …
 
 
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‘To Hell with It’: A GOP Congressman Reflects on His One Term in Trump's Party
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