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Failed Republican candidate arrested in shootings targeting Democratic politicians' homes — Albuquerque SWAT officers take a man into custody Monday afternoon in Southwest Albuquerque. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) — Albuquerque police on Monday arrested the man they say is the …
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Remy Tumin / New York Times:
Republican Ex-Candidate Arrested in Shootings Targeting New Mexico Democrats — The authorities in Albuquerque said Solomon Peña, who lost his bid for a State House seat in November, was behind a series of recent shootings targeting Democratic elected officials.
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Rio Yamat / Associated Press:
Ex-GOP candidate arrested in shootings at lawmakers' homes — A failed Republican candidate who authorities said was angry over his defeat and made baseless claims the election last November was “rigged” against him was arrested in connection with a series of drive-by shootings targeting …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Losing candidate arrested in string of shootings at New Mexico Democrats' homes
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Washington Post:
What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn't report — The House committee investigating the riot avoided detailed discussion in its report for fear of offending Republicans and tech companies, sources say — The Jan. 6 committee spent months gathering stunning new details …
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Politico:
Revealed: Who visited the Trump White House before Jan. 6 — The Trump administration never publicly released White House visitor records. But new data released by the Jan. 6 committee offers a never-before-seen glimpse. — Donald Trump spent his time in office fighting the release of his White House visitor logs.
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The Daily Beast:
The Bathroom Fight Fueling Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert's Break-Up — A shouting match in a bathroom. Kevin McCarthy. Donald Trump. Ukraine aid. They're all contributing to the split between two of the far right's most high-profile figures.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Two things can be true: Biden broke no laws. His lawyers made a mess. — Two things can be simultaneously true: 1.) President Biden committed no crime regarding classified documents he retained from the Obama administration; and 2.) his lawyers' failure to conduct a thorough …
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CNN:
‘Unforced errors’: A White House facing a fresh crisis
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
No visitors logs exist for Biden's Wilmington home, White House says
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Anna Skinner / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's Telltale Sign He Knows He'll Be Indicted: Kirschner — Former president Donald Trump is showing his cards through his plethora of social media posts, according to attorney and former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner. — In a Sunday episode of Kirschner's podcast Justice Matters …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Ron DeSantis Takes On the Likability Issue (Sort Of) — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When a couple hundred major donors to Gov. Ron DeSantis's inauguration arrived at a candlelight dinner to the sounds of a solo saxophonist the night before his swearing-in last week they found a pair of surprises waiting for them.
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Gerrard Kaonga / Newsweek:
Video of Joe Biden Singing ‘Happy Birthday’ Sparks Avalanche of Jokes — President Joe Biden has been the victim of ridicule online after forgetting the name of the wife of Martin Luther King III while singing her happy birthday. — While at an event to commemorate civil rights leader …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House Republicans gear up for a debt ceiling fight, clashing with Democrats — WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House has planted the seeds for a debt-ceiling showdown, with Speaker Kevin McCarthy endorsing a push by his hard-liners to demand spending cuts as part of any extension of the country's borrowing authority.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Record High in U.S. Put Off Medical Care Due to Cost in 2022 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of Americans reporting they or a family member postponed medical treatment in 2022 due to cost rose 12 points in one year, to 38%, the highest in Gallup's 22-year trend. — ###Embeddable###
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New York Times:
China's Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis — Deaths outnumbered births last year for the first time in six decades. Experts see major implications for China, its economy and the world. — The world's most populous country has reached a pivotal moment …
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Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Ford plant halted by Youngkin would have created 2,500 jobs in Southside — Gov. Glenn Youngkin's decision to halt plans for a $3.5 billion Ford Motor Co. battery plant over his concerns about Chinese influence cost one of the poorest areas of Virginia a reported 2,500 jobs with potential for more.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The McCarthy-Jordan Plan to Weaponize the House — A November report on Republican grievances provides a roadmap for years of hyperpartisan investigations. — If you want to know how twisted things already are under Kevin McCarthy's days-long tenure as speaker of the House …
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Billions at stake as online fundraising practices turn off voters — When Lloyd Cotler worked on texting programs for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, it was a relatively new campaign frontier — a blank canvas where Clinton's digital staffers answered questions about voting …
Punchbowl News:
1/17/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has named Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) as a counselor on his leadership team for the 118th Congress. — The addition of Tillis comes after the North Carolina Republican stood out as a common denominator …
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New York Times:
How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low — The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against minimum wage increases. — WASHINGTON — For many cooks, waiters and bartenders …
middleeastmonitor.com:
US to build military industrial base in Morocco — US President Joe Biden has instructed Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to prepare an emergency plan to establish an American military industrial base in the Kingdom of Morocco, the New York Daily News has reported.
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Elizabeth Stauffer / Washington Examiner:
From kumbaya to Karl Marx: How the Left's DEI agenda has hijacked campus culture — Students need to feel a sense of belonging. In fact, we all do, but for elementary and secondary school students especially, a feeling of belonging to a group with whom they spend the majority of their waking hours …
Associated Press:
NYC mayor visits Texas border, blasts feds' migrant response — During a visit to the Texas border city of El Paso, New York Mayor Eric Adams offered up a blistering criticism of the federal government's response to the influx of immigrants into U.S. cities, saying, “We need clear coordination.”
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
Google Didn't Show Bias in Filtering Campaign-Ad Pitches, FEC Says — GOP committees cited an academic article to claim Google's spam filters were designed to benefit Democrats — WASHINGTON—The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint from Republicans that Google's Gmail …
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Washington Post:
McCarthy and McConnell, seen as polar opposites, must lead a fractious GOP — Colleagues say their styles are completely different. But fiscal showdowns on the horizon mean the duo will need to work together. — Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
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