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CNN:
Exclusive: US intelligence materials related to Ukraine, Iran and UK found in Biden's private office, source tells CNN — Among the classified documents from Joe Biden's time as vice president discovered in a private office last fall are US intelligence memos and briefing materials …
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Biden's classified-records headache is Garland's special-counsel nightmare — The Justice Department reportedly is investigating the discovery of 10 classified documents found in an old private office used by President Biden when he served as vice president.
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Treasury's Yellen to Stay On at Biden's Request as Showdown Over Debt Nears
Treasury's Yellen to Stay On at Biden's Request as Showdown Over Debt Nears
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Politico and Washington Examiner
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
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Republicans in the dark on McCarthy's shadow document — A private document that only some House Republicans have seen and others refuse to talk about could play an outsized role in the governance of the chamber over the next two years. … - Those members have threatened …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
McCarthy's mysterious deal with the hard right — Republicans can't even agree on the existence of a document outlining the terms, and are doing their best to talk around the issue — despite pledging transparency. — When House Republicans on Monday night passed the rules that would govern …
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New York Times:
Trump's Longtime Finance Chief Sentenced to 5 Months in Jail — Allen H. Weisselberg served the family company for decades but agreed to testify about its tax fraud in exchange for a lighter punishment. — Allen H. Weisselberg, once one of Donald J. Trump's most loyal lieutenants …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg sent to jail for five months in tax fraud case
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg sent to jail for five months in tax fraud case
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge sentences ‘Baked Alaska’ to 60 days in jail for Jan. 6 conduct — A federal judge sentenced pro-Trump livestreamer Anthime “Baked Alaska” Gionet on Tuesday to 60 days in prison for his actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, calling his raucous conduct “shocking” amid the chaos of the mob.
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HuffPost:
Internet Troll ‘Baked Alaska’ Sentenced To 60 Days In Prison For Jan. 6 Role
Internet Troll ‘Baked Alaska’ Sentenced To 60 Days In Prison For Jan. 6 Role
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New York Daily News
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Capitol riot far-right internet personality gets 60 days
Capitol riot far-right internet personality gets 60 days
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Gaetz introduces amendment to bring C-SPAN cameras back to House floor — Gaetz says pool view of Congress is 'antiquated, ‘boomer-fied’ — The House is in a stronger position after these concessions: Rep. Matt Gaetz — EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is introducing an amendment …
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New York Times:
Crime Concerns Drove Asian Americans Away From New York Democrats — Worries about public safety, especially attacks against Asian Americans, caused some in the once-reliably Democratic bloc to vote Republican last year. — Asian Americans have typically formed a crucial and reliable voting bloc …
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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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats planning to sit on all GOP select committees
Democrats planning to sit on all GOP select committees
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Washington Post:
Twitter bans account for D.C. area bus system without explanation — The social media app suspended the @metrobusinfo account on Tuesday and gave Metro transit officials no explanation why. — Twitter suspended the account Tuesday that the D.C.-area's largest transit system uses …
CNN:
Russian artillery fire down nearly 75%, US officials say, in latest sign of struggles for Moscow — As Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its 11th month, US and Ukrainian officials tell CNN that Russia's artillery fire is down dramatically from its wartime high, in some places by as much as 75 percent.
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Nate Hochman / National Review:
How Ron DeSantis Stole Christmas — An ominous Daily Beast headline from this morning reads: “They Were Loving College. Then Ron DeSantis Got Involved.” Here are the opening two paragraphs: … Dun dun dun dunnnnnnn. — The rest of the story, unfortunately, is far less exciting …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
DeSantis Allies Plot the Hostile Takeover of a Liberal College
DeSantis Allies Plot the Hostile Takeover of a Liberal College
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Demodexio and Orlando Weekly
Richard W. Painter / MSNBC:
Trump's tax returns show he was a bigger risk than we realized — ‘That was a surprise’ What we learned from Trump's revealed tax returns — Last month the House Ways and Means Committee published six years of former President Trump's tax returns — documents that should have been released years earlier …
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New York Times:
House Republicans Vote to Rescind IRS Funding — The measure, one of the new majority's first legislative moves, would cut billions in funding that Democrats passed to help crack down on tax cheats. It does not have enough votes to pass the Senate. — WASHINGTON — House Republicans …
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Punchbowl News:
1/10/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — The coming brawl over committees January 10, 2023 BY PUNCHBOWL NEWS STAFF THE TOP Happy Tuesday morning. Out: Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar. In: Paul Gosar, George Santos and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
New York Times:
Death Toll in Peru Rises to 46 Amid Extraordinary Violence — “What happened yesterday was really a massacre,” said one human rights activist. — LIMA, Peru — At least 17 people were killed in southern Peru in a matter of hours on Monday amid ongoing protests over the ouster of the former president …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Normalization of Marjorie Taylor Greene — Once considered a blight on the Republican party, she is now one of its prominent leaders. — During one of Kevin McCarthy's gauntlet of punishing votes, it was striking to see with whom he passed the time. There she was, dressed …
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Mediaite, Raw Story, New Republic and Fox News
Shira Stein / San Francisco Chronicle:
California Rep. Katie Porter, a rising progressive star, announces U.S. Senate bid — WASHINGTON — Rep. Katie Porter, a rising progressive star who represents coastal Orange County, is running for U.S. Senate, she announced Tuesday. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's term ends in 2024 …
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Michael Malaszczyk / Herald Community Newspapers:
A light in the tunnel for George Santos: New York Young Republican Club offers their support — U.S. Rep. George Santos, known for alleged fabrications and “embellishments” about his resume, has no shortage of detractors. Many people, including prominent Republicans like former Congressman Peter King, have called for his resignation.
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 …
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Washington Post:
Satellite images show crowds at China's crematoriums as covid surges — An overwhelmed funeral home in Chengdu, China, stopped offering memorial services, budgeting just two minutes for each family to say goodbye to loved ones before cremation. A funeral parlor on the outskirts of Beijing quickly cleared space for a new parking lot.
Jennifer Gonnerman / New Yorker:
UPS and the Package Wars — The company offers old-fashioned middle-class jobs and is enjoying record profits. So why is a strike looming? … For nearly twenty years, Antoine Andrews has been driving a UPS route in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge.
Fox News:
House Republican files articles of impeachment against DHS Sec. Mayorkas — Kevin McCarthy called for Mayorkas to resign in November or face an impeachment inquiry — DOJ admits temporary increase in illegal immigration expected once Title 42 ends — Texas Republican Rep. Pat Fallon …
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Exclusive: Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on SF's Bay Bridge Hours After Elon Musk Announces “Self-Driving” Feature … Highway surveillance footage from Thanksgiving Day shows a Tesla Model S vehicle changing lanes and then abruptly braking in the far-left lane of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, resulting in an eight-vehicle crash.
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump's Tax Returns Expose Sweetheart Loans For Ivanka And Her Brothers — The real-estate billionaire used loans with rock-bottom interest rates to shift some of his fortune to his kids—and he may have employed savvy tax techniques to ensure it all happened legally.
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Regulators Prevented a Crypto-Fueled Economic Downturn — As Congress discusses crypto regulation, it's important to note that the most important regulation has already been done. — Keeping crypto out of the broader financial system was the most important regulatory action of the past decade.