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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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CNN:
Classified documents from Biden's time as VP discovered in private office — Several classified documents from President Joe Biden's time as vice president were discovered last fall in a private office, Biden's attorneys acknowledged Monday. — Attorney General Merrick Garland has asked …
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Bloomberg, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, The Gateway Pundit, Just The News and Mediaite
New York Times:
Biden Lawyers Found Classified Material at His Former Office — The White House said it was cooperating with a Justice Department review of the matter. — WASHINGTON — President Biden's lawyers discovered “a small number” of classified documents in his former office at a Washington think tank last fall …
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Classified Documents Found at Biden's Vice Presidential Center
Classified Documents Found at Biden's Vice Presidential Center
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Associated Press, NBC News, The Hill and CBS News
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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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
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:
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
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
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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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 and CBS News
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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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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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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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 …
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.
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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Associated Press
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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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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Mitch Perry / Florida Phoenix:
Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz resigns — Chair Manny Diaz and Florida Democrats held trainings, caucus meetings, and organizing sessions in a rally-like atmosphere on the second day of Leadership Blue Weekend in July 2022. Credit: Photos provided by Florida Democratic Party.
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The Hill and Political Wire
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
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
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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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Stacey Abrams says she'll ‘likely run again’ — Democrat Stacey Abrams, the two-time failed candidate for governor in Georgia and a renowned voting rights activist, says she will “likely” run for office again but did not specify for which position. — Abrams, who lost her second bid …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Daily Caller and Associated Press
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.
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
Biden struggles to confirm judges in the South and thwart Trump's impact — President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats have moved quickly to appoint scores of judges during the past two years, outpacing former President Donald Trump, but they have stalled in the South.
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Politico and Political Wire
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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Conservative Brief, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Just The News
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
The Supreme Court case that has unions on edge — ON THE DOCKET: The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear oral arguments in a case that is being closely watched by labor unions fearful that the conservative majority could undercut the appeal for workers to strike and sap authority from the National Labor Relations Board.