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U.S. attorney reviewing documents marked classified 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 documents marked classified that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy …
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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 …
New York Times:
Biden Lawyers Found Classified Material at His Former Office — The White House said it was cooperating as the Justice Department scrutinizes the matter. — WASHINGTON — President Biden's lawyers discovered “a small number” of classified documents in his former office at a Washington …
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. reviewing classified documents found in Biden's post-VP office — A person familiar with the inquiry said about 10 documents were found. The case will likely draw comparisons to Mar-a-Lago but appears quite different — The Justice Department has launched a review …
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Insider:
There's a key difference between the classified documents found at a former Biden office and the ones Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago, national security expert says
There's a key difference between the classified documents found at a former Biden office and the ones Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago, national security expert says
Zachary Basu / Axios:
GOP's defense divide — The threat of cuts to U.S. defense spending has emerged as a flashpoint in House Republicans' first week in the majority, widening the GOP's isolationist fault line and exposing the fragility of Kevin McCarthy's young speakership.
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Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
House passes new rules for Congress as McCarthy clears first major test as House speaker
House passes new rules for Congress as McCarthy clears first major test as House speaker
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett / Washington Post:
McCarthy-led House passes Republican rules package
McCarthy-led House passes Republican rules package
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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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Washington Post:
Brazil's riot puts spotlight on close ties between Bolsonaro and Trump — In August 2021, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son traveled to Sioux Falls, S.D., to meet with some of the most prominent purveyors of former president Donald Trump's false claims of mass election fraud.
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Defends Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters, Baselessly Declares Brazil's Election Was ‘Rigged’ — Tucker Carlson baselessly claimed Brazil's presidential election was rigged and said rioters who stormed government buildings in the capital city have reason to be angry.
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CNN:
Giuliani subpoenaed amid special counsel investigation into Trump's fundraising — Special counsel Jack Smith's team has subpoenaed Donald Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani, asking him to turn over records to a federal grand jury as part of an investigation into the former president's …
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Ally Giuliani Gets Subpoena From Washington Grand Jury
Trump Ally Giuliani Gets Subpoena From Washington Grand Jury
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Politico:
Mutually assured obstruction: House GOP aims ‘weaponization’ panel at DOJ — House Republicans are declaring what amounts to an investigative war on the Biden administration, pledging to probe “ongoing criminal investigations” at the Justice Department. — Veterans of some of Congress …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House GOP to embark on sweeping probe of covid origin, U.S. response
House GOP to embark on sweeping probe of covid origin, U.S. response
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy reveals how the MAGA House will protect Trump
Kevin McCarthy reveals how the MAGA House will protect Trump
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New York Times
Mpac / Muslim Public Affairs Council:
Statement of Support for Art Professor Fired from Hamline University — It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad.
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Bryan Metzger / Insider:
House Republicans voted to gut the House Ethics Committee, and George Santos said it was ‘fantastic’ — House Republicans voted on Monday to hobble the Office of Congressional Ethics. — The body will now likely be limited in its ability to carry out investigations due to staffing shortages.
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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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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Florida Democratic Party chair resigns after brutal midterms
Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Charles Simic, Pulitzer-Winning Poet and U.S. Laureate, Dies at 84 — A Serbian-born American, he left the impression in his verse that he had “poked a hole into everyday life to reveal a glimpse of something endless.” — Charles Simic, the renowned Serbian-American poet whose work combined …
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Joseph Berger / New York Times:
Adolfo Kaminsky Dies at 97; His Forgeries Saved Thousands of Jews — His talent for creating realistic documents helped children, their parents and others escape deportation to concentration camps, and in many cases to flee Nazi-occupied territory. — Adolfo Kaminsky's talent was as banal as could be …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Can Ron DeSantis Avoid Meeting the Press? — The Florida governor easily won re-election despite little engagement with mainstream news outlets, another sign of partisan division ahead of the 2024 presidential race. — Assigned to cover the re-election campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida …
Punchbowl News:
1/10/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — WITH PASSAGE OF THE HOUSE RULES PACKAGE ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE NEXT BIG FIGHT FOR THE CHAMBER WILL BE “POPULATING” ITS COMMITTEES. AND THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO A BIG PARTISAN BRAWL ON THE FLOOR. — HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE EXPECTED TO NAME SCHIFF …
Jonathan Fjeld / KOB.com:
APD: Suspect in custody, tied to shooting at lawmaker's home — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The homes or offices of six local elected leaders were shot at over the last few weeks, according to Albuquerque police. — Mayor Keller and Chief Medina held a news conference Monday to announce …
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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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John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Moms Demand's Shannon Watts, who took on the NRA, to retire from group she founded — Watts, who launched grass-roots advocacy group a decade ago after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, ignored death threats as she built the organization into a political juggernaut
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.
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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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Orange Wang / South China Morning Post:
China unlikely to seize Taiwan in invasion but heavy losses for all: think tank — Beijing is unlikely to succeed in seizing Taiwan in a hypothetical invasion of the island in 2026, but such a conflict would wreak havoc on both sides of the strait, the US and Japan with total casualties running …
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Harmeet Dhillon lands endorsements from major GOP donors in bid to unseat McDaniel as RNC chair — The donors said the party could not continue on its current trajectory — Inside Harmeet Dhillons plan to shake up the RNC — A group of Republican mega-donors say the party is …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
‘Totally Unexpected’: Diamond of MAGA Duo ‘Diamond & Silk’ Dies — Former President Donald Trump broke the news, describing her as “our Magnificent Diamond.” — One-half of the ardently pro-Trump commentary duo “Diamond and Silk” died on Monday. — Former president Donald Trump broke …