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Manhattan Prosecutors Will Begin Presenting Trump Case to Grand Jury — The Manhattan district attorney's decision represents a dramatic escalation of the inquiry, and sets the case on a path toward criminal charges against the former president. — The Manhattan district attorney's office …
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Politico:
Schumer plots debt ceiling course against McCarthy: 'We'll win' — Chuck Schumer, as he's known to do, is talking a lot these days. And it's all aimed at Kevin McCarthy. — The Senate majority leader is directing heat at the new House GOP majority on the daily, casting McCarthy's conference …
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Recent infighting raises the question: How conservative is the GOP? — A few weeks ago, Americans — or, the subset who get excited about these things — were glued to C-SPAN as the House voted 15 times for a speaker. — It was a show of a deep but hard-to-describe division in the party.
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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
House GOP grits its teeth for the ‘big lift’: A budget battle
House GOP grits its teeth for the ‘big lift’: A budget battle
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Some Democrats are worried about Harris's political prospects — At a pivotal point in Biden's term, many party activists are not sure the vice president has shown she is up to winning the top job — As a longtime leader of the Cobb County Democrats, Jacquelyn Bettapadur has become highly attuned …
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Joshua Chaffin / Financial Times:
Jair Bolsonaro seeks six-month US tourist visa to extend Florida stay — Former Brazilian president is facing multiple investigations at home — Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, has applied for a six-month visitor visa to remain in the US as his legal standing in his home country grows perilous.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Florida leaders push to allow concealed guns without permits, training — TALLAHASSEE — Calling the right to bear arms “central to our freedom,” House Speaker Paul Renner on Monday unveiled a bill removing Florida requirements for a permit and training to carry concealed guns, an idea endorsed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Used Records Requests to Hinder IRS Release of His Tax Returns — Donald Trump demanded reams of information from the Internal Revenue Service as it was preparing to turn over his personal tax returns to a congressional committee, papering the agency with a deluge of Freedom …
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The Daily Beast:
How the Trump Document Scandal Became a Congressional Pissing Match — Lawmakers wanted a briefing assessing the damage of former President Donald Trump mishandling classified documents. Then politics happened. … When classified documents were found at former President Donald Trump's mansion …
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Presidential Document Scandals Should Take Down America's Secrecy Industry
Presidential Document Scandals Should Take Down America's Secrecy Industry
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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Graham floats potential compromise on qualified immunity — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is floating a possible compromise on what was one of the key holdups in the negotiations surrounding policing reform legislation after the death of George Floyd in 2020.
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Matt and Mercedes Schlapp Off the Air at Fox News After Groping Allegation — American Conservative Union chief Matt Schlapp and his wife Mercedes have been off the air at Fox News since he was accused of groping a political campaign staffer. — The Daily Beast first reported on Jan. 6 …
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Politico:
Meadows ally set to plead guilty for illegal campaign finance contribution — A family friend of Mark Meadows has agreed to plead guillty to accepting an illegal campaign contribution during an ill-fated 2020 run to succeed the former Trump White House chief of staff in Congress, according to newly-released court papers.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
More Cite Gov't as Top U.S. Problem; Inflation Ranks Second — WASHINGTON, D.C. — More Americans name the government as the nation's top problem in Gallup's latest poll, which encompassed the rocky start of the 118th Congress' term. With high prices persisting, inflation remains the second …
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David Firestone / New York Times:
Bill Barr's Image Rehab Is Kaput — Former Attorney General William Barr has spent the last year in a desperate salvage operation for what's left of his legal and ethical reputation. During his 22 months in office, he allowed his Justice Department to become a personal protection racket for his boss …
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Far-right project that pushed election lies expands mission as Trump ramps up 2024 campaign — ReAwaken America faces criticism from religious leaders as it pushes disinformation using Christian nationalist messages — A far-right project that has helped spread Donald Trump's false claims …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Inside the audacious new scheme to erase LGBTQ people from Michigan schools — A newly-formed conservative group is launching a brazen plan to remake Michigan public schools — using aggressive legal action to effectively mandate the erasure of LGBTQ people.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN boss Chris Licht on restoring trust and why he deleted his Twitter account — Slumping ratings, cost-cutting, show cancellations and — comedy? — The path of CNN has been a bit rocky since it became part of Warner Bros. Discovery last year and the parent company's chief executive …
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James Sasso / New York Times:
Donald Trump Isn't the Only One to Blame for the Capitol Riot. I'd Know. — I spent 12 months holed up in a windowless cubical den or locked in my home office investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol and working on a report that my fellow investigators and I thought would blow open the story.
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Washington Post:
Black Memphis police spark dialogue on systemic racism in the U.S. — MEMPHIS — For the mother of Tyre Nichols, the fact that five Memphis police officers charged with beating her son are also Black has compounded her sorrow as she tries to cope with his violent death at age 29.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
$5.4 billion in covid aid may have gone to firms using suspect Social Security numbers — The new findings from the nation's top pandemic watchdog come as House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing this week on covid fraud. — The U.S. government may have awarded roughly $5.4 billion …
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Trump Courses Will Host Three Tournaments for Saudi-Backed LIV Golf — As the league announced more details of a 14-stop second season, former President Donald J. Trump's courses remained central to the schedule, deepening his ties to Riyadh. — Former President Donald J. Trump's golf courses …
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Junaid Kathju / NBC News:
U.S. arms left in Afghanistan are turning up in a different conflict — SRINAGAR, India — Weapons left behind by U.S. forces during the withdrawal from Afghanistan are surfacing in another conflict, further arming militants in the disputed South Asian region of Kashmir in what experts …
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Ben Wilson / Washington Free Beacon:
Lib NBA Star Stephen Curry Opposes Affordable Housing Near His $30 Million Mansion — NBA superstar and Biden-supporter Stephen Curry is opposing the proposed construction of a low-income multifamily unit proposed for construction next to his $30 million mansion, saying he has “major concerns” for his “privacy” and “safety.”
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Jonathan Stefanko / DVIDS:
USTRANSCOM sends more than 60 Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine … SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (Jan. 30, 2022)- U.S. Transportation Command is delivering the first shipment of Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine as part of the United States' $2.85 billion military aid agreement announced earlier this year.
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
TikTok's Chief to Testify Before Congress in March — Republicans are expected to use hearing to highlight security and privacy concerns over video app — How TikTok Could Become a U.S. Company — Created with sketchtool. … 1x — TikTok's chief executive has agreed to appear …
Ayesha Rascoe / WWNO:
The hidden environmental costs of transitioning to electric vehicles — AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: — The Biden administration is trying to move Americans away from gas-powered cars, but replacing every internal combustion engine with a battery brings its own environmental cost.
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