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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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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 …
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The Hill, Progress Pond, CNN, Washington Times and USA Today
CNN:
McCarthy commits to key concession in call with frustrated lawmakers but it's no guarantee he'll win speakership — House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy outlined some of the concessions that he has agreed to in his campaign for speaker on a Sunday evening conference call - including making it easier …
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Eileen Grench / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Bob Good Teases Rival to Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker — MYSTERY (WO)MAN — Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) is hinting that Republicans opposed to Kevin McCarthy as House speaker have a backup candidate in mind, but he is playing coy on who they are. “You'll see that name tomorrow on the second ballot …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: McCarthy on the brink — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — There's no way to sugarcoat this: Seven years after his last, failed bid for the speakership, KEVIN McCARTHY's dreams of wielding the gavel are again in peril.
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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 …
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Balloon Juice and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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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Mediaite and Mock Paper Scissors
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Hope Hicks, Ivanka Aide Fumed at Karlie Kloss' Jan. 6 Tweets
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Raw Story
Adam Rawnsley / Rolling Stone:
Leaked Jan. 6 Committee Report Exposes Twitter's Post-Insurrection Chaos
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Raw Story
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 …
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The Hill
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 …
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Teen Romanced by George Santos: He Lied to Me, Too — Pedro Vilarva was 18 when Santos, then 26, swept him off his feet and fed him malarkey. — A man who was 18 years old when he began dating and then moved in with George Santos—while the future congressman was married to a woman—says he was lied to, too.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Ex-Capitol police chief: FBI, DHS, Pentagon failed on Jan. 6 — Former chief Steven Sund warns in a new book that the Capitol is still not safe from domestic terror attacks — In a new firsthand account of the frantic efforts of Capitol Police officers to protect Congress and themselves …
Antonio Fins / Palm Beach Post:
Trump's New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago: Who was there (and who wasn't)? — The former president made a statement about the state of the nation that was not so uplifting heading into the new year. — PALM BEACH — Former President Donald Trump rang in the New Year on Saturday night …
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PoliticusUSA, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Raw Story, HuffPost and Politico
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Trump Dodges Jan. 6 Question, Boasts Of Polls At Mar-A-Lago Party
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PoliticusUSA, Insider, Newsweek, Political Wire and Raw Story
Daniel Greenfield / Frontpage Mag:
Three Muslim Knife Attacks on NYPD Officers in 8 Years — What do a white teen, black man and an illegal alien have in common? — At 9:30 PM, partygoers in Times Square wearing purple Planet Fitness hats heard a bang. — The ball hadn't dropped, another Jihadi had. Along with three cops.
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