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CBS News:
U.S. attorney reviewing classified documents from Joe Biden's vice presidency found at Biden think tank — Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington …
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Jamie Gangel / CNN:
Classified documents from Biden's time as VP discovered in private office, source says — Several classified documents from President Joe Biden's time as vice president were discovered last fall in a private office, a source with knowledge of the matter tells CNN.
Politico:
Disheveled GOP scrambles to finalize new House rules — Fifteen ballots later, the House GOP has begun its official organizing of the 118th Congress. And it's proving just as tangled as expected. — As a powerful group of House Republicans privately gathered Monday …
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
GOP prepares to battle itself over defense spending
GOP prepares to battle itself over defense spending
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Washington Post, Raw Story, Mediaite and Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Trump Ally Jason Smith to Lead Congress's Powerful Tax Committee
Trump Ally Jason Smith to Lead Congress's Powerful Tax Committee
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Florida Politics and STAT
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Republicans Signal Cuts To Social Security, Medicare With New House Majority
Republicans Signal Cuts To Social Security, Medicare With New House Majority
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Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Roll Call, GovExec.com, Fox News, Jacobin, Mediaite, In a lull, CNN and Boston Herald
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
House Rules Vote to Test Unity of Republicans After Speaker Fight
House Rules Vote to Test Unity of Republicans After Speaker Fight
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Could the GOP House speaker drama hurt Republicans in 2024?
Could the GOP House speaker drama hurt Republicans in 2024?
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Raw Story
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 …
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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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Reuters, Washington Examiner, Jacobin, Bloomberg, Financial Times and Wall Street Journal
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
‘They were in ecstasy’: how Bolsonaro mob's orgy of violence rocked Brasília
‘They were in ecstasy’: how Bolsonaro mob's orgy of violence rocked Brasília
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Mother Jones
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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Mike Wendling / BBC:
How Trump's allies stoked Brazil Congress attack
How Trump's allies stoked Brazil Congress attack
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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, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, USA Today, PoliticusUSA and Occupy Democrats
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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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USA Today, UPI, Associated Press, Raw Story, Mock Paper Scissors and Wall Street Journal
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 …
Danielle Battaglia / Raleigh News & Observer:
Florida man: Madison Cawthorn, denied NC reelection, confirms move to Sunshine State — Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn confirmed Friday he has moved to Florida. — Rumblings of a potential move away from North Carolina, the state he represented in Congress, began to emerge as early as September …
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Daily Press
TMZ.com:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Locked Out of Twitter 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, Marjorie Taylor Greene tells us she's been locked out of her Twitter account for using Dre's copyrighted work without permission.
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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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Ross Douthat and the Match Throwing Club — Fire is good; firefighters can be dangerous; and the club is back to normal now. — 1. The Match Throwing Club — Once upon a time there was a club of people who enjoyed throwing matches. They were reasonably careful about it …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy reveals how the MAGA House will protect Trump — Donald Trump has long excelled at the art of blithely revealing his corrupt designs in public, and at a rally in September, he openly signaled that he fully expected Republicans elected to Congress to thwart the ongoing criminal investigations into, well, himself.
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New York Times
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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The Gateway Pundit
Mitch Perry / Florida Phoenix:
Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz resigns — His resignation comes exactly two years after he was elected to lead the party — Two months after the Florida Democratic Party suffered one of its worst elections in modern history, Party Chair Manny Diaz announced on Monday that he was resigning from office.
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The Hill and Political Wire
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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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, Conservative Brief, The Hill and Just The News
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.
CBS News:
Feds charge former McDonald's CEO with misleading investors — Former McDonald's CEO Stephen Easterbrook has been charged by federal regulators with making false and misleading statements to investors about the circumstances of his firing by the burger giant in November 2019.
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U.S. Securities …, Al Jazeera, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune and Raw Story
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
Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israel's Netanyahu races ahead with hard-line agenda — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government has wasted no time implementing its ultra-nationalist agenda, including adopting a seemingly petty ban on displaying the Palestinian flag and shaking the foundations of Israel's democracy …
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The Daily Beast