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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 …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The impressively weak effort to ‘whatabout’ Biden's classified documents — Look, when there's no need for your rhetoric not to be lazy, you land on lazy rhetoric. If you can carry the day — at least with those who you're most worried about convincing — with little effort or logical consistency …
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The Bulwark:
Jim Jordan Overreaches in Attacking DOJ Over the Biden Classified Docs — Attorney General Garland has followed established norms and acted responsibly. — Rep. Jim Jordan didn't wait long to start swinging his partisan wrecking ball. On January 12, in his capacity as chairman …
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USA Today, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Breitbart, Fox News and Grabien News
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Obama ethics chief blasts Biden's ‘inexcusable neglect of the most basic security protocols’
Obama ethics chief blasts Biden's ‘inexcusable neglect of the most basic security protocols’
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National Review, Washington Examiner, Right Side Broadcasting …, New York Post, BizPac Review, RedState, IJR and Just The News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Two things can be true: Biden broke no laws. His lawyers made a mess.
Two things can be true: Biden broke no laws. His lawyers made a mess.
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The Hill, CNBC, New York Post and Fox News
Tara Palmeri / Puck:
Feeling the Vern — Vern Buchanan exploded after losing Ways & Means to a McCarthy ally, fueling anxiety that he could retire out of pique—and that McCarthy's favor trading has eroded his narrow margin of support. — As I wrote last week, Republicans have been fixated on whether 71-year-old …
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Politico, Florida Politics, Raw Story and Balloon Juice
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House to McCarthy: ‘Come clean’ on your backroom speaker deals — The White House is escalating its fight with newly empowered congressional Republicans, with officials Tuesday calling on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to “come clean” about secretive deals he made with hardline members that helped him eventually land the top job.
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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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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar get committee assignments — Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona have been given committee assignments for the new Congress, after being booted from their committees by Democrats and some Republicans for their incendiary remarks, sources told CNN.
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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Politico, Washington Post, Vox, Mediaite, Raw Story and Occupy Democrats
Deon J. Hampton / NBC News:
Failed GOP candidate visited homes of New Mexico Democratic politicians to dispute election prior to shootings, officials say — Solomon Peña is accused of paying four men to carry out shootings at Albuquerque-area homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators. No one was hurt.
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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
Ex-GOP candidate arrested in shootings at lawmakers' homes
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Grace Eliza Goodwin / Insider:
Suspect in shootings at Democratic officials' homes called himself the ‘MAGA King’ and claimed voter fraud after he lost his election by nearly 50 points
Suspect in shootings at Democratic officials' homes called himself the ‘MAGA King’ and claimed voter fraud after he lost his election by nearly 50 points
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New York Times:
As Debt Limit Threat Looms, Wall Street and Washington Have Only Rough Plans — A default would most likely rattle markets and carry big risks, no matter how the Federal Reserve and Treasury try to curb the fallout. — With days to go before the United States bumps up against a technical limit …
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Associated Press, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Morning Shots and Washington Examiner
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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.
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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Twitchy
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Evangelical leaders are ‘disloyal,’ Trump says. His real worry is broader. — What Donald Trump wanted to have happen when he announced his presidential candidacy in November was for the galaxy of Republican and conservative voices that had allied with him in his reelection effort to do the exact same thing.
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Religion News Service, New York Post, Vanity Fair, IJR, Rolling Stone, HuffPost, Mediaite, Just The News, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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Reuters:
Greta Thunberg arrested at German mine protest, will be freed later - police — Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath but the entire group will be released later in the day, according to police.
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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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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Rosen tells Israel she doesn't want to meet with members of 2 far-right parties — U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) told the Israeli government she doesn't want the bipartisan Senate delegation she is leading to Israel this week to meet with any members of two Israeli far-right parties …
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The Times of Israel
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Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
Pro-Israel Democratic Senator Reportedly Asks Not to Meet With Far-right Parties During Israel Visit
Pro-Israel Democratic Senator Reportedly Asks Not to Meet With Far-right Parties During Israel Visit
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VINnews
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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New York Magazine, Wide World of News and Vanity Fair
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Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Trump insists he will ‘handle’ DeSantis should the Florida governor challenge him for 2024 GOP nomination
Trump insists he will ‘handle’ DeSantis should the Florida governor challenge him for 2024 GOP nomination
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National Review, Vanity Fair, The Hill, Insider, IJR and Washington Press
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 …
Constanze Stelzenmüller / Financial Times:
Scholz is a wartime chancellor, whether he likes it or not — The German leader and his new defence minister have a big decision to make on supplying tanks to Ukraine — The writer directs the Center on the US and Europe at the Brookings Institution — On Monday, Germany's ill-starred …
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Jesse Singal / New York Times:
Diversity Trainings Don't Work. Here's What Could. — Diversity trainings have been around for decades, long before the country's latest round of racial reckoning. But after George Floyd's murder — as companies faced pressure to demonstrate a commitment to racial justice …
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HotAir, The American Conservative, Washington Examiner and Althouse
Julia Martinez / Morning Consult:
Republicans Increasingly Like Tesla Thanks to Elon Musk. That Hasn't Translated to Greater Interest in Buying EVs — GOP adults have not drastically changed their views on whether they are likely to purchase an electric vehicle within the next 12 months, and the same goes for Democrats and the general public
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National Review and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
Asymmetrical Conspiracism Is Hurting Democracy — As an American living in Britain for the past decade, I've had a front-row seat to two dysfunctional democracies hell-bent on embarrassing themselves. President Donald Trump warned that a hurricane was “one of the wettest we've ever seen, from the standpoint of water.”
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
First on Fox: Pompeo's secret trip to North Korea detailed in former secretary of State's new memoir — New memoir by Pompeo highlights his years as President Trump's CIA director and secretary of State — Pompeo says former President Trump's 2024 announcement won't affect his own decision on whether to run for the White House.
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Washington Examiner, New York Post and The Hill
Gordon Brown / Project Syndicate:
Summon a Special Tribunal for Putin's Crimes in Ukraine — Since last February, thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been killed or injured, and eight million people have been internally displaced, with another eight million becoming refugees. Russia's aggression and other international crimes …
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Foreign Affairs
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.
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