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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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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Won't you be my neighbor, George Santos?
Won't you be my neighbor, George Santos?
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George Santos denies swindling a disabled veteran while their dog died of a tumor
George Santos denies swindling a disabled veteran while their dog died of a tumor
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NBC News:
What the 21 McCarthy holdouts got in committee assignments
What the 21 McCarthy holdouts got in committee assignments
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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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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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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
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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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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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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
DeSantis inauguration sponsored by companies he loves to bash — Lobbyists for the governor's favorite corporate punching bags, such as Disney and BlackRock, were also co-chairs for his inauguration — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) has built his national profile, and possibly a future presidential run …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: How Biden's document controversy could help Ron DeSantis
The Memo: How Biden's document controversy could help Ron DeSantis
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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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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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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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Washington Post:
Ukrainian interior minister, top officials killed in helicopter crash — KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky and other top ministry officials were killed Wednesday morning when their government helicopter crashed near a kindergarten just outside Kyiv, in what appeared to be an accident.
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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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Why does anyone want to re-elect the RNC chair? We asked. — The Republican National Committee will elect its chair in 10 days, after a contentious campaign between three-term incumbent Ronna McDaniel and California RNC member Harmeet Dhillon, with MyPillow founder Mike Lindell shooting from the sidelines.
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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.
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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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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Liz Hoffman / Semafor:
Semafor Davos Daily: Davos, Man — Welcome to Day 3 of Davos 2023, where temperatures remain below freezing and the agenda is a little slow. At least there's free “Emirati hot chocolate” available in sidewalk stalls. — It's midweek, which is right about when the “Davos consensus” …
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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