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Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
Alec Baldwin Expected to Be Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in ‘Rust’ Shooting  —  Film's armorer also expected to be charged while assistant director has agreed to plead guilty to negligent use of deadly weapon  —  Watch: Alec Baldwin Rehearses With Gun Before Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting
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In new memoir, Mike Pompeo says Trump told him to ‘shut the hell up’ about China  —  Donald Trump told former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “shut the hell up for a while” about China at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in order to avoid angering the country's leader, according to a memoir that Pompeo will publish next week.
Discussion: The Hill, New York Post and Raw Story
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Nikki Haley plotted with Kushner and Ivanka to be Trump vice-president, Pompeo book says  —  In book aimed at 2024 run, ex-secretary of state also says Trump asked him to be secretary of defense at same time, a ‘nutty idea’  —  In a new memoir peppered with broadsides at potential rivals …
Politico:
Biden world giddy at MTG, Gosar, and Boebert being placed on Oversight  —  House Republicans' installation of some of their most incendiary conservatives on the Oversight Committee is sparking an unexpected feeling inside the White House: unbridled glee.  —  The panel tasked with probing Biden policies …
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Houston Keene / Fox News:
Kamala Harris is Biden's ‘shrewd insurance policy’ against impeachment, Boebert says
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
‘I had to sleep with that document’: How the government tries to prevent classified government documents from spilling out  —  A Defense Department contractor allowed classified information to sit unprotected in a commercial cloud and email server for nearly two years.
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NBC News:
Biden won't announce his re-election plans before State of the Union speech
Steven Grattan / Reuters:
Embattled U.S. Rep. Santos was drag queen in Brazil pageants, say associates  —  U.S. Representative George Santos competed as a drag queen in Brazilian beauty pageants 15 years ago, two acquaintances told Reuters on Wednesday, adding to contrasts that have drawn criticism …
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
The Daily Santos: Vol. 7
Ursula Perano / The Daily Beast:
The Shadow Race to Replace George Santos Has Already Begun  —  George Santos hasn't resigned.  But that isn't stopping Democrats and Republicans from preparing for his exit.  —  Rep. George Santos hasn't resigned.  He hasn't even publicly said that he won't run for re-election in 2024.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
‘Ground zero of the Republican Civil War’: The Indiana Senate race could get ugly, quickly  —  The latest front in the Republican civil war is set to erupt in the otherwise quiet state of Indiana.  —  Party officials and insiders are girding for an increasingly nasty primary battle …
Washington Post:
2024 Senate map is a GOP dream. But candidate strength is unsettled.
Discussion: So What? and Balkinization
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump thought photo of accuser was of ex-wife during deposition  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump mistook his sexual assault accuser E. Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples when shown a photograph from the 1990s in a deposition at Mar-a-Lago last year, potentially undermining one of the common defenses he has used to deny an attack.
Rebecca Jacobs / CREW:
Trump sold his DC hotel.  GOP spending disappeared. … In June the Waldorf Astoria opened for business in downtown D.C.'s Old Post Office Building, replacing the Trump International Hotel, which for five years served as an assembly point for Republican officials, lobbyists and anyone who wanted to buy Donald Trump's attention.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
GOP Rep. Steube sustains ‘several injuries’ after accident on his property
Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Steube hospitalized after high fall, injuries not life-threatening
Reuters:
Putin ally Medvedev warns NATO of nuclear war if Russia is defeated in Ukraine  —  Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, warned NATO on Thursday that the defeat of Russia in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war.  —  Striking a similar tone …
ABC News:
Ben Savage is considering a run for Adam Schiff's California House seat, rep says  —  The actor filed campaign paperwork with the FEC this week.  —  By Hannah DemissieVideo by Will Linendoll  —  Actor Ben Savage is considering another run for political office.
CBS News:
Emmy-winning journalist Cecilia Vega joins 60 Minutes  —  Emmy Award-winning journalist Cecilia Vega is joining CBS News as a correspondent for 60 Minutes, executive producer Bill Owens announced today.  Vega will begin reporting for the broadcast in the spring and will be based in Washington, D.C.
Financial Times:
Military briefing: Western allies at ‘inflection point’ on tank deliveries to Ukraine  —  Tanks could help Kyiv expel Russia rather than just resist it, but escalation fears remain  —  A growing belief in western capitals that they should send modern battle tanks to Ukraine marks an important change in the mindset of Kyiv's allies.
Discussion: Insider, The Guardian and Politico
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Wall Street Journal:
A Crucial Moment for Ukraine
New York Times:
Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel  —  News that the university had blocked a fellowship for the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor influence.  —  The Harvard Kennedy School reversed course on Thursday …
John Sexton / HotAir:
Georgia State Patrol trooper shot during raid to remove ‘forest defenders,’ shooter killed by police  —  A Georgia State Patrol trooper was shot today as police moved in to an area where protesters previously identified as domestic terrorists have been camping to prevent the construction of a new police training center.
Tess McClure / The Guardian:
Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand  —  Labour leader says she ‘no longer had enough in the tank’ to do the job  —  New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her resignation in a shock announcement.  —  At the party's annual caucus meeting on Thursday …
Daniel Wu / Washington Post:
In S.C., pinball is banned for children.  A new law could change that.  —  South Carolina's pinball community is booming, enthusiast Sarah Lindsay proudly brags.  Hundreds of players showed up last year to play at dozens of tournaments and league nights, and pinball arcades are popping …
Wall Street Journal:
Senators Pursue Deal on Border Security and Path to Citizenship for Dreamers  —  A bipartisan group recently visited Arizona and Texas, but their efforts face hurdles in the House  —  President Biden Makes First Visit to Mexican Border  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x
Financial Times:
Peter Thiel's fund wound down 8-year bitcoin bet before market crash  —  Billionaire was early mainstream investor in the digital currency but VC fund no longer has significant exposure  —  Founders Fund, the venture capital firm co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, closed almost …
Politico:
Davos Manchin: Senate kingpin meets a tough crowd  —  DAVOS, Switzerland — When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington late last year, he hunted down the key architect of the new American trade and energy policies he loathed.  —  On the eve of a state dinner at the White House …
Punchbowl News:
1/19/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … This is notable for many reasons.  California - specifically San Francisco - is Pelosi's home turf.  And she's by far the biggest fundraiser in congressional history, raising more than $1 billion for Democrats during 20 years in leadership, according to her team.
Discussion: Fox News
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
The Republican candidate who promised she is ‘not a witch’ owes the IRS big money  —  WASHINGTON — Republican Christine O'Donnell is perhaps best known for her 2010 U.S. Senate campaign ad proclaiming to Delaware voters, “I'm not a witch,” after videos leaked of her talking about dabbling in witchcraft.
 
 
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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Biden HUD moves to require ‘equity plans’ from localities under fair housing rule
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
U.S. begins ‘extraordinary’ steps to avoid debt ceiling
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Report: Mothers in states with abortion bans nearly 3 times more likely to die
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Mother Jones:
NY Fund Manager Linked to Russian Oligarch Invested Big with Santos. Now He Claims He Was Conned.
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