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Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos — A 2008 court case had been suspended because Brazilian law enforcement officials could not find Mr. Santos. — When Representative-elect George Santos takes his seat in Congress on Tuesday, he will do so under the shadow …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
McCarthy still short on votes in bid to become speaker — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has begged countless lawmakers — and offered extraordinary concessions, including allowing members to easily fire him at any time — to secure the votes for speaker.
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GOP dilemma: If not McCarthy, then who? — As House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has struggled to lock down the votes to become speaker, his top deputy has kept his head down. — Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 in the House GOP leadership, has made clear he supports McCarthy …
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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.
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Scott Parkinson / Club for Growth:
Key Vote Alert - House - Speaker Vote — The Club for Growth urges all Representatives to vote for a Speaker of the House of Representatives that will provide transformational reforms to the House, build a bold pro-growth legislative agenda, and restore the individual rights and powers of the rank-and-file membership.
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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Gingrich offers searing criticism of Republicans who oppose McCarthy — Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) slammed GOP lawmakers who said they plan to oppose Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in his bid for Speaker, calling the conservatives holding out against McCarthy …
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Politico:
Conservatives threaten to withhold critical McCarthy support, hours before speaker vote
Conservatives threaten to withhold critical McCarthy support, hours before speaker vote
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Here Are the House Republicans to Watch if McCarthy's Bid for Speaker Falters
Here Are the House Republicans to Watch if McCarthy's Bid for Speaker Falters
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Brendan Buck / New York Times:
A Failed Speaker Vote for Kevin McCarthy Would Be a Historical Event
A Failed Speaker Vote for Kevin McCarthy Would Be a Historical Event
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Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: How the House of Representatives elects a speaker
EXPLAINER: How the House of Representatives elects a speaker
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Eileen Grench / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Bob Good Teases Rival to Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker
Rep. Bob Good Teases Rival to Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
‘This made us all unemployable’: Trump White House aides respond to January 6 in angry text exchange — A text exchange between Ivanka Trump's chief of staff Julie Radford and White House aide Hope Hicks reveals their anger over then-President Donald Trump's actions on January 6, 2021 …
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Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Jan. 6 Panel Transcripts Show Gen. Milley Agreed With Pelosi That Trump Was ‘Crazy’ — The transcript is part of a mass database of evidence released by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. — Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Inside the Jan. 6 committee's massive new evidence trove
Inside the Jan. 6 committee's massive new evidence trove
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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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Tracy Connor / The Daily Beast:
‘DOUBLE WHAMMY’: Martina Navratilova Has 2 Kinds of Cancer
‘DOUBLE WHAMMY’: Martina Navratilova Has 2 Kinds of Cancer
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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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Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Trump Blames Extreme Pro-Lifers for Republican Midterm Defeats — “It wasn't my fault that the Republicans didn't live up to expectations in the MidTerms,” Trump posted yesterday. He added: … This is a pile of nonsense atop a kernel of truth. — Some Republican candidates took the positions on abortion Trump is describing.
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Rasmussen Reports:
‘Died Suddenly’? More Than 1-in-4 Think Someone They Know Died From COVID-19 Vaccines — Nearly half of Americans think COVID-19 vaccines may be to blame for many unexplained deaths, and more than a quarter say someone they know could be among the victims.
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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 …
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Ben Sasse / Wall Street Journal:
America's True Divide: Pluralists vs. Zealots — Stop making politics about partisan identities and tribalism and get back to persuasion and policy. — WSJ Opinion: Congress Is Now Officially Divided — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool. — 1x
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Asta Hemenway / The Daily Beast:
South Carolina Lawmaker Found Drunk in Parked Car on New Year's — ‘ASHAMED’ — South Carolina state Sen. Tom Davis was hit with a public intoxication ticket on New Year's after he was found drunk in a parked car. The Republican said in a statement that he got in a car after a night of drinking …
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
White contractors wouldn't remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it. — RICHMOND — Workers in bright yellow vests circled up in the morning chill. Some clutched cups of Starbucks coffee, a last comfort before beginning the hard work of dismantling a statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill in the middle of an intersection.
Harold Hutchison / The Daily Caller:
‘You Can Protect Yourself’: Zeke Emanuel Tells MSNBC Viewers To Mask Up As New COVID Strain Spreads ‘Very Rapidly’ — A MSNBC guest told viewers Monday that the best way to prevent infection from a new strain of COVID-19 was to use masks, and characterized travel bans as a “delaying” tactic that won't “help.”
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