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Jacqueline Sweet / Patch:
Disabled Veteran: George Santos Took $3K From Dying Dog's GoFundMe — QUEENS, NY — In May 2016, Richard Osthoff was living in a tent in an abandoned chicken coop on the side of Route 9 in Howell, New Jersey, with his beloved service dog Sapphire. A veteran's charity gave the pit mix to Osthoff …
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New York Times:
George Santos Lands 2 House Committees: Small Business and Science — House Republican leadership placed Representative George Santos on two committees, even as some G.O.P. congressmen have called for his resignation. — Even as calls grew for investigations into Representative George Santos …
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Semafor:
George Santos denies swindling a disabled veteran while their dog died of a tumor — George Santos claims he has no knowledge of a purported scheme in which he allegedly used a fake animal charity to scam a disabled veteran by raising money for their sick dog's cancer treatment and then disappearing with the funds.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Top Michigan Republicans move to draft DeSantis for 2024 — A group of prominent Michigan Republicans are encouraging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to jump into the 2024 presidential race — a significant and thinly veiled shot at the only announced Republican candidate: former President Donald Trump.
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Considered but Rejected Role in Biden Documents Search — Officials opted for hands-off approach to leave special counsel's probe uncompromised — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department considered having FBI agents monitor a search by President Biden's lawyers …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How to negotiate without negotiating — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — As of tomorrow, the Treasury Department will have to use “extraordinary measures” to keep paying America's bills as the White House …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: How Biden's document controversy could help Ron DeSantis — The furor over President Biden's handling of sensitive documents could have an unexpected beneficiary: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). — The reason is simple. While the controversy self-evidently makes Biden more vulnerable …
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Politico:
Biden, House GOP refuse to budge as key debt ceiling deadline looms — The Biden administration and House Republicans are heading toward an initial Thursday debt ceiling deadline without even a hint of an endgame, ensuring a months-long standoff that's poised to rattle financial markets amid worries about a recession this year.
Daniel Chaitin / The Daily Wire:
Biden Attorney Interviewed By Feds In Docs Review - But No ‘302’ Summary: Report
Biden Attorney Interviewed By Feds In Docs Review - But No ‘302’ Summary: Report
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
After criticism for silence, Biden White House takes questions on classified documents
After criticism for silence, Biden White House takes questions on classified documents
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The impressively weak effort to ‘whatabout’ Biden's classified documents
The impressively weak effort to ‘whatabout’ Biden's classified documents
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Matt Schlapp Is Accused in Lawsuit of Groping Aide to Herschel Walker's Campaign — The aide, who was working for Herschel Walker's campaign for Senate in Georgia, made the allegations in a lawsuit filed anonymously. A lawyer for Mr. Schlapp denied the accusations.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Matt Schlapp slapped with lawsuit after allegation of fondling GOP operative
Matt Schlapp slapped with lawsuit after allegation of fondling GOP operative
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The Verge:
Extremely Hardcore — Twitter's staff spent years trying to protect the social media site against impulsive billionaires who wanted to use the reach of its platform for their own ends, and then one made himself the CEO. … In April 2022, Elon Musk acquired a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter …
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Associated Press:
Maine Gov. Janet Mills wants to expand access to abortion in the state — ME legislative leaders want to allow abortion after 24 weeks with a doctor's approval — Fox News Flash top headlines for January 17 — Maine Gov. Janet Mills and legislative leaders want to expand access to abortion …
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Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana lawmaker seeks to overturn abortion ruling
Montana lawmaker seeks to overturn abortion ruling
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Mia Cathell / Townhall:
TAPES: We Investigated a Suburban LGBTQ Pedophile Ring. Here's What We Found. — This is Part 1 of a four-part investigative series. … A months-long Townhall investigation reveals disturbing new details about the affluent LGBTQ-activist couple accused of sodomizing their young adopted sons …
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New York Times:
Pentagon Sends U.S. Arms Stored in Israel to Ukraine — Israeli officials had initially expressed concerns that the move could damage its relations with Russia. — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is tapping into a vast but little-known stockpile of American ammunition in Israel …
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CBN News:
Trump's Ties to Evangelicals Souring Despite Roe v. Wade Win - Tells CBN News 'It's a Sign of Disloyalty' — Former President Donald Trump is being extremely blunt about why evangelical leaders have held off endorsing him so far in the 2024 presidential race.
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David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
FTX Executives Expressed Concern Over Use of Customer Funds, Documents Show — Documents obtained by The New York Times provide new details about the discussions among FTX's top leaders before the cryptocurrency exchange collapsed in November. — A few weeks before FTX collapsed …
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Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters:
Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies — A 2016 video that Tesla (TSLA.O) used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.
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United States Capitol Police:
USCP Threat Assessment Cases for 2022 — Last year the number of threat investigations by the United States Capitol Police (USCP) decreased, but the caseload remains historically high. — In 2022, the USCP Threat Assessment Section (TAS) investigated a total of 7,501 cases.
Washington Post:
Election-fraud conspiracies behind plot to shoot at New Mexico Democrats' homes, police say — Solomon Peña, a defeated candidate for the state legislature, paid people to fire on the houses of four Democratic office-holders, authorities say — The arrest of a defeated candidate …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Biden just outmaneuvered MAGA Republicans — and they barely noticed — If President Biden rolls out a major new pro-immigrant policy, and MAGA Republicans don't make any noise about it, did the announcement happen at all? — Why, yes, it did. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas unveiled …
Shawna Chen / Axios:
Judge: Jan. 6 rioter who broke into Capitol followed “Trump's instructions” — A federal judge said Tuesday that a California woman who breached the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection “followed then-President Trump's instructions” in breaking the law.
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RealClearInvestigations:
The Rise of the Single Woke (and Young, Democratic) Female — Soccer Moms are giving way to Single Woke Females - the new “SWFs” - as one of the most potent voting blocs in American politics. — Unmarried women without children have been moving toward the Democratic Party for several years …
Nick Arama / RedState:
What Brian Stelter and Seth Moulton Are Talking About at the WEF Should Concern Us All — After CEO Chris Licht began to take stock of the mess he'd acquired over at CNN, one of the first moves he made was to boot Brian Stelter and cancel his show, “Reliable Sources” back in August 2022.