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First on CNN: Classified documents found at Pence's Indiana home — A lawyer for former Vice President Mike Pence discovered about a dozen documents marked as classified at Pence's Indiana home last week, and he has turned those classified records over to the FBI, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Vice President Mike Pence discovered classified documents in Indiana home — Pence informed Congress Tuesday he found documents bearing classified markings in his Indiana home on Jan. 16 — Biden's document drama ‘only going to get worse’: Karl Rove — Vice President Mike Pence informed …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Classified Documents Found at Pence's Home in Indiana — The documents were “inadvertently boxed and transported” to the former vice president's home at the end of the Trump administration, Mr. Pence's representative wrote in a letter to the National Archives.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mike Pence had classified documents at home, turned them over
Mike Pence had classified documents at home, turned them over
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House GOP eyes Social Security, Medicare amid spending battle — Republicans have pledged to cut spending and balance the budget, triggering a delicate conversation on the future of Americans' benefits — House Republicans have started to weigh a series of legislative proposals targeting Social Security …
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Hans Von Der Burchard / Politico:
Germany moves to send battle tanks to Ukraine — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is likely to announce the decision as part of an address in the German parliament on Wednesday. — BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to announce the delivery of German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine on Wednesday …
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Mithil Aggarwal / NBC News:
The U.S. has had at least 39 mass shootings in just 24 days so far this year, data shows — As California grappled with a mass shooting in Monterey Park over the weekend that left 11 people dead, within 48 hours, another gunman went on a shooting spree in Half Moon Bay, just under 400 miles away, killing at least seven people.
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KGO / ABC7:
7 dead, 1 critically injured after shootings at 2 farms in Half Moon Bay; suspect in custody
7 dead, 1 critically injured after shootings at 2 farms in Half Moon Bay; suspect in custody
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Associated Press:
7 dead as California mourns 3rd mass killing in 8 days
7 dead as California mourns 3rd mass killing in 8 days
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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Democrats on Defense: 2024 Senate Race Ratings — Staring down what should have been a historically bad midterm and aided by a weak economy and an unpopular president, Senate Democrats defied the odds and actually added a seat to their roster in the 2022 midterm cycle.
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Initial Senate Ratings: Democrats Have a Lot of Defending to Do — Dear Readers: Please join us this week for a pair of special Center for Politics forums, both of which are free and open to the public and will also be livestreamed. — Today (Tuesday, Jan. 24) at 4 p.m. …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump tries to intervene as Navarro faces trial for defying Jan. 6 committee — Donald Trump is once again making a last-ditch bid to help a former aide avoid prosecution for defying the Jan. 6 select committee. — A lawyer for Trump issued a letter this week endorsing the decision …
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
DeSantis Is Right on African-American Studies — With the state of American historical and civic knowledge in near collapse, who thinks high-school students need to be brushing up on ‘Black Queer Studies’? — Florida governor Ron DeSantis stands accused of a long parade of horribles …
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Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Ron DeSantis Believes in Free Speech as Long as You Only Speak About the Awesomeness of Straight White People
Ron DeSantis Believes in Free Speech as Long as You Only Speak About the Awesomeness of Straight White People
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis Likes His Culture Wars for a Reason
Ron DeSantis Likes His Culture Wars for a Reason
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Biden's human rights pick withdraws — President Joe Biden's nominee for a top human rights position is withdrawing from contention in the face of unrelenting opposition from a Senate Republican who questions her support for Israel. — The loss of Sarah Margon, whose nomination to serve …
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Bloomberg:
US Confronts China Over Companies' Ties to Russian War Effort — The Biden administration has confronted China's government with evidence that suggests some Chinese state-owned companies may be providing assistance for Russia's war effort in Ukraine, as it tries to ascertain if Beijing …
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Germany would not stop Poland from delivering Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, relenting to US pressure
Germany would not stop Poland from delivering Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, relenting to US pressure
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Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
‘Diamond’ of pro-Trump commentary duo dies of heart disease — Lynette Hardaway, a zealous supporter of former President Donald Trump whose death had prompted widespread speculation over its cause, died earlier this month of a heart condition, according to a death certificate obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
National Poll: Biden's Approval Recovers Two Years into Term, Trump Maintains Lead over DeSantis in GOP Primary — Home Polls National Poll: Biden's Approval Recovers Two Years into Term, Trump Maintains Lead over DeSantis in GOP Primary — Majority of Democratic Voters Think Biden Should be the Nominee in 2024
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Tim Weiner / Washington Post:
Political books are often bland. Mike Pompeo's is savage. — ‘Never Give an Inch’ recounts his hard-nosed tactics in the Trump administration, his love for the former president and his disdain for his enemies — “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love” …
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Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
Trump had to explain his ‘Little Rocket Man’ nickname to Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo says in new book
Trump had to explain his ‘Little Rocket Man’ nickname to Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo says in new book
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect once tried to suffocate coworker, court records allege — Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate — The Half Moon Bay mushroom farm worker suspected of killing seven coworkers in a fit of workplace rage had previously been accused of threatening …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Accuser's Wife: Matt Schlapp Destroyed Our Marriage — The accuser's wife is speaking out about how the alleged sexual assault Matt Schlapp committed against her husband ruined her marriage. … Just hours after CNN confirmed The Daily Beast's report that a former Herschel Walker campaign staffer …
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Jennifer Dunham / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Deadly year for journalists as killings rose sharply in 2022 — The year 2022 was deadly for members of the press. At least 67 journalists and media workers were killed during the year-the highest number since 2018 and an almost 50% increase from 2021, the Committee to Protect Journalists found.
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Why is the Right Losing the Young? — What Andrew Sullivan gets right...and absurdly wrong. — If you're just catching up: — “Four Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack.” — “Central Question as Georgia Inquiry Wraps: Will Trump Face Criminal Charges?”
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CNBC:
Former Trump UN ambassador Nikki Haley gears up for likely 2024 run for president — Nikki Haley is putting together a national finance committee and communications team to explore a potential campaign, people briefed on her plans said. — She's also directed some of the new hires …
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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Hawley introduces Pelosi Act banning lawmakers from trading stocks — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced a bill that would ban members of Congress from trading and owning stocks, using the name of his legislation to take a jab at Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
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Politico:
Rebranding rift guts Blue Dog Dem ranks — Congress' influential Blue Dog Coalition is getting chopped nearly in half after an internal blow-up over whether to rebrand the centrist Democratic group. — Seven of the 15 members expected to join the Blue Dogs this year, including Reps. Abigail Spanberger …
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Texas leads 20 Republican states in suing Biden admin over migrant parole program — The program allows 30,000 migrant from certain countries a month — Border agents join House GOP call to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas — FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of 20 states and a top conservative legal group …
New York Times:
Pentagon Will Increase Artillery Production Sixfold for Ukraine — The Army's top acquisition official says production of the 155-millimeter shells badly needed by Kyiv will rise to 90,000 a month in two years. — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is racing to boost its production of artillery shells …
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight Are on ABC's Chopping Block … This reporting is one of several scoops featured in this week's edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media. Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.
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