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Nick Clegg / Meta:
Ending Suspension of Trump's Accounts With New Guardrails to Deter Repeat Offenses — Takeaways — We will be ending the suspension of Mr. Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks. — We've put new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses.
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Facebook and Instagram end Trump's suspension from platforms — Former President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts are being reinstated, the social media giant Meta announced Wednesday — a little more than two years after he was suspended from the platforms over incendiary posts on the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Trump and Facebook's Mutual Decay — This afternoon, Meta announced that it will soon reinstate Donald Trump's account after a two-year suspension from Facebook and Instagram. The former president was deplatformed after his posts were deemed to have incited, or at the very least encouraged, the January 6 insurrection.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why this debt ceiling showdown is different — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — WHAT THEY'RE READING AT THE DNC — JMart's latest: “No Democratic Bench? Josh Shapiro and Wes Moore Are Ready To Step Up”
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Records Solid Growth … The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter. — Economic growth remained solid at the end of last year as the strong job market and cooling inflation allowed Americans to keep spending despite fears of a recession.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. GDP rose 2.9% in the fourth quarter, more than expected even as recession fears loom — The U.S. economy finished 2022 in solid shape even as questions persist over whether growth will turn negative in the year ahead. — Fourth-quarter gross domestic product, the sum of all goods …
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Bryan Metzger / Insider:
George Santos says he's undecided on whether he'll vote to kick Ilhan Omar off of the Foreign Affairs Committee — The GOP wants to remove Ilhan Omar from a committee over years-old comments seen as anti-Semitic. — Two Republicans have said they won't vote for the resolution, which is expected in the coming weeks.
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Virginia Aabram / Washington Examiner:
Swalwell says McCarthy will ‘regret’ booting him off Intel: 'I'm not going to be quiet'
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The Hill:
McCarthy might have a math problem in blocking Omar from panel
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Marc Thiessen / Washington Post:
McCarthy may regret kicking Schiff off House Intelligence Committee
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
GOP gives the Freedom Caucus the keys to the car
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Republicans demand spending cuts to lift the debt limit. They won't say what to cut. — WASHINGTON — Republicans, newly empowered with a House majority, are demanding spending cuts as a price for lifting the debt ceiling and averting a catastrophic default on U.S. debt.
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Ramesh Ponnuru / Washington Post:
The scariest part of the debt ceiling impasse: Washington isn't scared
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Politico:
Veterans of the Obama-era debt ceiling standoff on the current one: We may be doomed
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Matthew Choi / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he'll use debt ceiling threat to push through his border security plan
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Politico:
Biden's next 2 years: A brutal war and a rough campaign — President Joe Biden's decision to send tanks to Ukraine marked a new chapter in the United States' commitment to Kyiv, one reflecting a growing belief that the war could stretch years and require extraordinary measures to hold an alliance together to repel Russia.
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Soo Rin Kim / ABC News:
Santos lists new treasurer — who says he doesn't work for the congressman — Embattled Rep. George Santos' campaign appears to be left without a treasurer. — With a disclosure filing deadline approaching as questions swirl around his — use of campaign funds
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Inside the George Santos Campaign Report Blame Game
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Archives weighs asking past presidents, VPs to look for classified items — The National Archives is weighing whether to ask living former presidents and vice presidents to review their personal records to verify that no classified materials are inadvertently outstanding …
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
FairTax, the GOP plan for a 30 percent national sales tax, explained — Why Kevin McCarthy agreed to put a radical plan to remake the tax code up for a vote. — Kevin McCarthy had a hell of a time getting elected as House speaker, and a list of all the concessions he made to the most conservative members …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Democrats hammer GOP plan to impose national sales tax, abolish IRS
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Washington Post:
Opinion section at The Washington Post expands its roster with seven new contributors — The Washington Post's opinion section continues to grow under Editorial Page Editor David Shipley's direction adding seven new contributors today. These additions highlight The Post's commitment …
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Morgan Watkins / Courier-Journal:
Poll: Andy Beshear tops 4 key Republican candidates in 2023 Kentucky governor's election — A new poll indicates Gov. Andy Beshear still gets a thumbs-up from most Kentuckians for his work and also leads four notable Republican opponents as he seeks a second term in office …
Matt Laslo / Raw Story:
Exclusive: Sen. Dianne Feinstein won't announce her plans for 2024 — until 2024 — WASHINGTON— Countless Democrats just hit a California-sized snag: Sen. Dianne Feinstein may not retire after all. — In an exclusive interview with Raw Story, California's senior senator announced she's not not running.
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Punchbowl News:
1/26/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — Something unusual is happening in the Capitol: Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are getting along. … And these two will be at each other's throats for the foreseeable future over politics, policy, personnel and morals.
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Sen. Rick Scott is running for re-election pushing his controversial tax plan — Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is running for re-election, he said in an announcement first shared with NBC News. — Scott released his campaign staff hires and made it clear he's not planning to run for president, as some have speculated.
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Maggie Astor / New York Times:
G.O.P. State Lawmakers Push a Growing Wave of Anti-Transgender Bills — Four states could ban transition care into young adulthood. Lawmakers in several others want to restrict drag shows in ways that could affect transgender performers broadly. It's part of a long-term plan.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Trump Has Completely Lost His Grip on Reality — The former president's deterioration is on full display in the Truth Social asylum he built for himself. — Let's check in on the shadow primary for the 2024 Republican nomination. Nikki Haley is putting together a finance committee …
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Suspect in Arson at Planned Parenthood Clinic Cited Ex-Girlfriend's Abortion, U.S. Says — The man, Tyler W. Massengill, 32, told investigators that he hoped the fire on Jan. 15 would delay others in having an abortion, according to federal authorities. — A man accused of firebombing …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Top Dems push to deny Santos access to classified info — Two top New York House Democrats on Wednesday pressed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to deny Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) access to classified information. … - They wrote that Santos' “myriad deceptive actions …
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Axios:
D.C.'s top two leaders disagree on how to save downtown — D.C.'s top two leaders aren't seeing eye-to-eye about how to revive downtown, with Council chair Phil Mendelson opposing Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposals to raise building height limits and increase development.
Department of Justice:
Chinese National Sentenced to Eight Years for Acting within the United States as an Unregistered Agent of the People's Republic of China — A Chinese national was sentenced today to eight years in prison for acting illegally within the United States as an agent of the People's Republic of China.
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