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Rolling Stone:
Trump's Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He Could — Before 2020, there had been three federal executions in 60 years. Then Trump put 13 people to death in six months … N THE FINAL moments of Brandon Bernard's life, before he was executed …
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Jack Forrest / CNN:
Court releases video of attack on Paul Pelosi — San Francisco Superior Court on Friday released video and audio recorded during last year's attack on Paul Pelosi after a California court ruled the district attorney's office must make the materials public. — CNN has obtained the CD containing …
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Washington Post:
Judge releases evidence, video footage in attack on Paul Pelosi — Police body-camera video showing the October attack on the husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), along with audio of Paul Pelosi's 911 call, were made public Friday, revealing footage of the moment he was bludgeoned by a hammer-wielding intruder looking for his wife.
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
Exclusive: Supreme Court did not disclose financial relationship with expert brought in to review leak probe — The Supreme Court did not disclose its longstanding financial ties with former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff even as it touted him as an expert who independently validated …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Ronna McDaniel wins RNC chair race that grew very messy by the end — DANA POINT, Calif. — Ronna McDaniel will serve a rare fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee, emerging victorious in a contentious bid for reelection. — McDaniel on Friday defeated her main challenger …
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Ronna McDaniel quells revolt to win reelection as chair of fractured RNC — The RNC voted to stick with McDaniel amid demands for accountability for the party's string of electoral failures — DANA POINT, Calif. — The Republican National Committee on Friday voted to reelect Ronna McDaniel …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Personnel Announcement — I've known Ron Klain since he was a third-year law student. He came to work for me on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and I knew the moment he started that he was a once-in-a-generation talent with a fierce and brilliant intellect.
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New York Times:
Tyre Nichols Live Updates: Memphis to Release ‘Appalling’ Police Video — People who have seen the footage say it shows five police officers, who have been fired and charged with murder, beating Mr. Nichols, who died three days later. His family and officials have called for peaceful protest.
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Jonathan Franklin / NPR:
5 Memphis ex-police are charged with murder and jailed over the death of Tyre Nichols
5 Memphis ex-police are charged with murder and jailed over the death of Tyre Nichols
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Trent Abrego / Argus Leader:
Former Jones County GOP chairman charged with 3 counts of child pornography — Update: This story has been changed to include a comment from the South Dakota GOP. — A Lincoln County man has been charged with three counts of possession of child pornography.
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
FEC wants answers on Rep. Santos' chaotic treasurer switch — Rep. George Santos' campaign committee is facing new questions from federal regulators after submitting paperwork listing a new treasurer who says he never took the job. The Federal Election Commission sent a letter Thursday …
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
‘I have no enemies, at least’: Where Santos really stands in the House GOP
‘I have no enemies, at least’: Where Santos really stands in the House GOP
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Announces More Arrests in Plot to Kill Iranian Writer — Three men were enlisted to assassinate Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist in Brooklyn who has criticized Iran's repression of women, the indictment said. — The Justice Department has charged three men in a murder …
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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: Inside the extramarital affair and cash-fueled double life of Charles McGonigal, the FBI spy hunter charged with taking Russian money — 2023-01-27T11:00:00Z … One morning in October 2017, Allison Guerriero noticed something unusual on the floor of her boyfriend's Park Slope, Brooklyn, apartment: a bag full of cash.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Peter Navarro contempt of Congress trial delayed for months over executive privilege issues — A federal judge on Friday delayed the contempt of Congress trial for former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro, likely for months, to allow for additional pre-trial debate over the role executive privilege …
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Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg:
Trump Bid to Help Ex-Aide Navarro Spurned by Judge in Contempt Case
Trump Bid to Help Ex-Aide Navarro Spurned by Judge in Contempt Case
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Lane Brown / Curbed:
New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much? — Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery. — For a minute there, things looked grim for New York City landlords. The pandemic caused an exodus of such proportions that building owners were forced …
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Election losses only deepen Arizona Republicans' insistence on fraud — Some lawmakers refuse to acknowledge legitimacy of democratic governor, resist attempts to lessen division — PHOENIX — As Republicans in Arizona's largest county gathered earlier this month, the routine task of choosing …
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Punchbowl News:
THE TOP … The Republican chair of the House Budget Committee is adamant that the U.S. government won't default on its debt - even in the event of a debt-limit breach. … “We won't default now,” he added. … But, hypothetically, what if we do run out the fiscal clock and breach the debt limit?
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Attorney who helped firebomb NYPD car during BLM protests sentenced to prison … President of the United States since 2021 — BROOKLYN — In a dramatic hearing on Thursday, a federal judge sentenced a corporate attorney who firebombed a police car during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests …
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Abigail Adcox / Washington Examiner:
FDA to relax blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships — Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships will soon be able to donate blood without abstaining from sex under new federal guidelines, parting from a long-standing policy that barred men …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
House Oversight Chair Promises Newsmax He'll Investigate DirecTV — Comer's vow to hold hearings into DirecTV's cancellation of Newsmax comes after the network begged the GOP-led House to intervene on its behalf. — After relentlessly crying for Congress to intervene because DirecTV dumped it …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Not an anomaly: 2020's red states have higher murder rates — The murder rates in Trump-voting states from 2020 have exceeded those in Biden-voting states every year since 2000, according to a new analysis by ThirdWay, a center-left think tank. … - Four reliably-red states consistently …
Daily Mail:
Woman fired for following conservative Twitter accounts accuses her firm of caving to woke mob: ‘I follow accounts of every political affiliation!’ — Kara Lynne spoke out after being fired by Limited Run Games last week — She was the target of an online campaign led by trans activist ‘Purple Tinker’
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
A Federal Court Blocks California's New Medical Misinformation Law — California's law sought to punish doctors who give patients false information about Covid-19. — SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new state law allowing regulators …
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
US inflation and consumer spending cooled in December — The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and consumer spending fell — the latest evidence that the Fed's series of interest rate hikes are slowing the economy. Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed …
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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Adam Schiff faces ethics complaint for political ad one day after announcing Senate campaign — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is facing an early obstacle to his 2024 Senate bid after a nonprofit ethics organization filed a complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics accusing the California Democrat …
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Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
On Trump's Social Network: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise — Truth Social, the social network started by former President Donald J. Trump, has struggled to attract large brands. — Between posts about conspiracy theories and right-wing grievances was an unusual advertisement …
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