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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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Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
How Bolsonaro's rhetoric — then his silence — stoked Brazil assault — RIO DE JANEIRO — For more than four years, the most fundamental of questions has loomed over Brazil: Would its young democracy survive the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro? — Latin America's largest country embarked …
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Latin America Daily Briefing and CBS News
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Texas Democrat calls for US authorities to extradite Bolsonaro back to Brazil — Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) called on the Biden administration and local authorities in Florida on Sunday to send back to Brazil its former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose supporters stormed the country's Congress and Supreme Court.
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Washington Post:
Assault on presidential palace, congress challenges Brazil's democracy — BRASILIA — Thousands of radical backers of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro breached and vandalized Brazil's presidential office building, congress and supreme court Sunday in scenes that hauntingly evoked the Jan. 6 …
Associated Press:
Pro-Bolsonaro crowd storms Brazil's Congress, other sites — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital on Sunday, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival …
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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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Deutsche Welle:
Brazil: Bolsonaro supporters storm National Congress
Brazil: Bolsonaro supporters storm National Congress
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Adriano Machado / Reuters:
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Prepare New Rules, but Fixing Congress Isn't So Easy — History suggests that the procedural plans of the new House Republican majority are likely to lead to more gridlock and legislative instability, not less. — WASHINGTON — Smarting after a dozen years under iron-fisted Republican rule …
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Politico:
Speaker McCarthy's first governing test — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — THE LATEST FROM BRAZIL: — Brazilian police have cleared protesters from government offices after supporters of former Brazilian President JAIR BOLSONARO stormed …
Associated Press:
McCarthy's next big task: Win GOP support for House rules — After an epic 15-ballot election to become House speaker, Republican Kevin McCarthy faces his next big test in governing a fractious, slim majority: passing a rules package to govern the House. The drafting and approval of a set …
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Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
The speaker fight is over but the chaos is just beginning
The speaker fight is over but the chaos is just beginning
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Politico:
Migration issues cast long shadow over Biden's visit to ‘3 Amigos’ summit — MEXICO CITY — Joe Biden has no shortage of topics to tackle in his first presidential trip to Mexico. — There's the major shift in border policy that came just days before the trip.
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Texas Gov. Abbott greets Biden with scathing letter as president visits border: ‘emboldened the cartels’
Texas Gov. Abbott greets Biden with scathing letter as president visits border: ‘emboldened the cartels’
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Biden's '24 pivot — President Biden is quietly pivoting to the middle as he prepares for a 2024 run.
Biden's '24 pivot — President Biden is quietly pivoting to the middle as he prepares for a 2024 run.
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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 …
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.
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The FTC Banned an Unfair Practice. The Department of Transportation Can, Too. — DOT has the same statutory language to effectively ban deceptive flight cancellations, the way the FTC has banned noncompete agreements. — Travelers wait in line for service at the Southwest Airlines check …
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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John Sailer / The Free Press:
How DEI Is Supplanting Truth as the Mission of American Universities — An obsession with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion threatens students, professors, and the very credibility of higher education in the U.S. — One of the things The Free Press has been doing since its inception …
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FIRE and The College Fix
Punchbowl News:
1/9/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — THE FIRST TEST OF THE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY ERA WILL COME TONIGHT AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS TRY TO PASS THEIR RULES PACKAGE FOR THE 118TH CONGRESS. IT SHOULD GET THROUGH, BUT AFTER LAST WEEK'S EXCRUCIATING FIASCO ON THE FLOOR, HOUSE REPUBLICANS CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.
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Associated Press:
Russia launches criminal probes on prominent Kremlin critics — Russian authorities on Monday announced parallel criminal probes against a famous actor critical of the war in Ukraine and a philanthropist who supports the Russian opposition, the latest in a months-long, sweeping crackdown on dissent.