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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
‘We were duped’: How George Santos raised money from wealthy GOP donors while lying about his resume — George Santos would flaunt or hint at key pieces of his resume that have turned out to be false as he raised money for his successful congressional campaign.
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Fulton special grand jury completes Trump investigation — Judge dissolves panel, sets hearing on whether to publish group's recommendations — The Fulton County special grand jury that has spent the last eight months examining potential criminal interference …
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NBC News, Occupy Democrats, Associated Press and Digby's Hullabaloo
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CNN:
Georgia grand jury investigating Trump and 2020 election aftermath completes its work — The Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies violated the law in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election has completed its work, according to a new court filing.
Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Georgia grand jury investigating Trump election interference completes probe
Georgia grand jury investigating Trump election interference completes probe
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Richard Lapper / The Guardian:
The pro-Bolsonaro ‘insurrection’ was pathetic - and, for now, has made President Lula stronger — The real threat from Brazil's radical right is not from showy coup attempts, but from less deluded ultra-conservatives playing the long game — lad in canary yellow football shirts or draped …
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New York Times:
Voices on social media summoned the protesters to Brasília, offering free transportation and food. — Here's the latest on the riot in the Brazilian capital. — At least 1,200 protesters were detained for questioning in the wake of the storming of Brazil's capital buildings …
Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
US Safety Agency to Consider Ban on Gas Stoves Amid Health Fears — A federal agency says a ban on gas stoves is on the table amid rising concern about harmful indoor air pollutants emitted by the appliances. — The US Consumer Product Safety Commission plans to take action to address the pollution …
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Mike Wendling / BBC:
How Trump's allies stoked Brazil Congress attack — The scenes in Brasilia looked eerily similar to events at the US Capitol on 6 January two years ago - and there are deeper connections as well. — “The whole thing smells,” said a guest on Steve Bannon's podcast, one day after the first round …
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Gabriel Stargardter / Reuters:
Bolsonaro's Florida stay puts ball in Biden's court after Brasilia riots
Bolsonaro's Florida stay puts ball in Biden's court after Brasilia riots
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Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
How Bolsonaro's rhetoric — then his silence — stoked Brazil assault
How Bolsonaro's rhetoric — then his silence — stoked Brazil assault
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
IRS Funding Repeal Could Cost Over $100 Billion, Encourage Tax Cheating — The House is likely to vote today on a bill that would rescind roughly $70 billion of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding over the next decade. We estimate the bill would increase deficits by more than $100 billion …
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Fox News
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
House Rules Vote to Test Unity of Republicans After Speaker Fight — Some GOP lawmakers consider voting against package in protest of McCarthy deal with conservatives — WASHINGTON—House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) will face his first challenge in keeping his raucous conference united Monday …
Mike Allen / Axios:
McCarthy's fast start: Big Tech is a top target — House Republicans plan to launch a new investigative panel this week that will demand copies of White House emails, memos and other communications with Big Tech companies, top sources tell Axios. … The new panel, the Select Subcommittee …
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Anna Noryskiewicz / CBS News:
Germany detains brothers from Iran over alleged terror plot involving cyanide and ricin — Berlin — Counterterrorism police in Germany raided an apartment in the west of the country over the weekend, arresting an Iranian national and his brother who now stand accused of preparing an attack motivated by Islamic extremism.
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Rogers plans to step aside from plum House GOP post — Rep. Mike Rogers is preparing to step down from a powerful House Republican panel that decides committee assignments for conference members after a series of confrontations with conservatives who prolonged Kevin McCarthy's speakership fight.
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USA Today, The Hill, RedState, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Slate, Insider, NBC News and Fox News
TMZ.com:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green Locked Out of Twitter After for Using Dr. Dre's Music — 12:28 PM PT — Turns out, Dr. Dre's team took action — reaching out to Twitter to get the video taken down. As a result, MTG tells us she's been locked out of her Twitter account for using Dre's copyrighted work without permission.
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The Hill, New York Post, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Mediaite, Jezebel and PennLive
Devan Cole / CNN:
Supreme Court declines to hear another longshot 2020 election fraud challenge — The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear another longshot case alleging the 2020 election was fraudulent brought by a Utah man seeking to have hundreds of elected officials removed from office …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Just The News
Jonel Aleccia / Associated Press:
New guidance: Use drugs, surgery early for obesity in kids — Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday.
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The Daily Caller
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Maria Bartiromo Is Still Doing the Kind of Journalism That Got Fox News Sued For Billions — Few people are as ill-equipped to handle an interview with an election denier as Maria Bartiromo, whose naïve (I'm being charitable) willingness to embrace stolen election conspiracy theories …
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Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
Public Transit Goes Off the Rails With Fewer Riders, Dwindling Cash, Rising Crime — When riders stop taking subways and buses, it's harder to keep up service. 'It's becoming a vicious cycle.' — Several of the nation's largest urban mass-transit systems are at a crossroads …
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Power Line
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
That McCarthy PAC Concession? It Could Elect Far-Right Candidates in 2024. — To secure him the speakership, a PAC linked to Kevin McCarthy promised to change how it handles races in safe Republican districts. — After months of miscalculation, four days of humiliation, and fifteen ballots …
USA Today:
House GOP removed metal detectors outside House chamber days before Jan. 6 riot anniversary — In one of their first acts in power, House Republicans removed the metal detectors outside the House chamber, just days before the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks.
Sam Sokol / Haaretz:
‘I Expect More and More Violence’: Former IDF West Bank Chief Pans Palestinian Sanctions — Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon says Israel's flurry of punitive actions in response to the PA's International Court of Justice request puts ‘oil on the fire,’ as former COGAT adviser Michael Milstein warns against enabling the PA's collapse
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The Times of Israel
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 8, 2023 — Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. — ISW is publishing an abbreviated campaign update today, January 8.
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Washington Examiner, Politico, Insider and Associated Press
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court sides with Texas death row inmate who says conviction was based on bad DNA evidence — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Texas death row inmate who is trying to overturn his conviction based on faulty DNA evidence. In a rare reversal, the inmate received the support of the district attorney involved in the case.
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UPI, The Texas Tribune, Washington Examiner, SCOTUSblog, NBC News and Associated Press
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Republicans Signal Cuts To Social Security, Medicare With New House Majority — The House GOP is itching for a fight over spending cuts — including to major entitlement programs. — House Republicans are making clear that they intend to seek cuts to entitlement programs like Social Security …
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Julia Moskin / New York Times:
Noma, Rated the World's Best Restaurant, Is Closing Its Doors — The Copenhagen chef René Redzepi says fine dining at the highest level, with its grueling hours and intense workplace culture, has hit a breaking point: “It's unsustainable.” — Julia Moskin has been reporting on the restaurant industry for The Times since 2004.
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
A Korean War Wall of Remembrance Set Hundreds of Errors in Stone — Many names of American service members who died in the conflict are misspelled or missing from the new memorial wall in Washington, relatives and researchers say. — An arc of gleaming black granite slabs etched …