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Washington Post:
Rep. George Santos is stepping down from committees amid fabrications about his biography — Embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) told House Republicans on Tuesday that he will step down from his committee assignments, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Santos tells colleagues he won't serve on 2 committees
Santos tells colleagues he won't serve on 2 committees
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CNN:
George Santos tells House Republicans he wants off of his committees until issues are resolved
George Santos tells House Republicans he wants off of his committees until issues are resolved
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NBC News, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, American Greatness, Washington Times, New Republic, The Forward and Jezebel
Yancey Roy / Newsday:
Newsday poll: 78% of 3rd District residents say George Santos should resign
Newsday poll: 78% of 3rd District residents say George Santos should resign
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Insider, Gothamist, Deadline, Raw Story, DCCC, Political Wire and New York Times
NBC News:
Trump revamps his fundraising operation after struggling to raise money for 2024 — Former President Donald Trump is strapped for campaign cash following the mid-November launch of his 2024 presidential campaign, according to end-of-year figures obtained exclusively by NBC News.
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HotAir, Rolling Stone, 19FortyFive and Raw Story
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Politico:
Trump's slow-rolling 2024 bid cobbles together new Senate support — Donald Trump's endorsement helped push J.D. Vance and Eric Schmitt into the Senate. Now they're nearly ready to return the favor. — Vance has told allies over the last few months that he anticipates endorsing Trump …
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why DeSantis Is on Track to Beat Trump
Why DeSantis Is on Track to Beat Trump
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The Dispatch, HotAir and Washington Post
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley Need to Find the Strength to Attack Trump
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley Need to Find the Strength to Attack Trump
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HotAir, Washington Post, The Wrap, The Guardian, Florida Politics, Vanity Fair, Raw Story, Paul's Newsletter and Washington Times
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump-DeSantis rivalry approaches boiling point
Trump-DeSantis rivalry approaches boiling point
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NBC News, RedState, Associated Press, Erick Erickson's Show Notes, CNN and Mediaite
Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
Exclusive Bulwark Poll: Most Republicans Want to Move on from Trump
Exclusive Bulwark Poll: Most Republicans Want to Move on from Trump
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The Triad, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Morning Shots, New Republic, The Hill and Breitbart
CBS News:
FBI searched the Penn Biden Center in mid-November — Washington — The FBI searched the Penn Biden Center offices in mid-November, according to two sources familiar with the investigation, after lawyers for President Biden had found about 10 documents marked classified there on Nov. 2.
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
The media is blowing Biden's documents ‘scandal’ out of proportion — The news media has greeted the supposed scandal of Biden's mishandling of classified documents with breathless glee — n Sunday morning, NBC's Chuck Todd hosted Ohio Republican congressman Jim Jordan on Meet the Press …
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Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Searched Joe Biden's Former Think-Tank Office in November
FBI Searched Joe Biden's Former Think-Tank Office in November
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
CNN:
First on CNN: 2 people who searched Trump properties for classified documents testified before federal grand jury in Mar-a-Lago probe
First on CNN: 2 people who searched Trump properties for classified documents testified before federal grand jury in Mar-a-Lago probe
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Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Biden's message to McCarthy ahead of critical White House meeting: Show me your plan — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's position that cuts to Medicare and Social Security are not on the table in exchange for a debt ceiling increase has drawn skepticism from his primary negotiating partner: The White House.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The House GOP's growing pains — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST LOOK: OMAR'S NEXT ACT — As House Republicans try to boot Rep. ILHAN OMAR off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Minnesota Democrat is laying …
Sharon Zhang / Latest - Truthout:
McCarthy May Not Have the Votes to Unseat Omar From Committees
McCarthy May Not Have the Votes to Unseat Omar From Committees
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Plain Dealer, The Hill, Semafor, Raw Story, IJR, Fox News and Washington Free Beacon
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Video of Trump deposition in New York fraud probe shows former president taking the Fifth, repeating “same answer” — Newly released video obtained by CBS News provides the first look at former President Donald Trump's deposition last summer in the New York attorney general's civil fraud investigation.
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The Guardian, CNN, ABC News, Washington Examiner, Politico, New York Daily News, Raw Story and Mediaite
Politico:
Mitch Daniels opts against a run for the Senate — Mitch Daniels is passing on a potential bid for an open Indiana Senate seat, forgoing what would have been one of the most hotly contested primaries in the 2024 cycle. — In an exclusive statement to POLITICO, the former Indiana governor …
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Hide your books to avoid felony charges, Fla. schools tell teachers — Unsure what titles violate new state rules, two school districts tell educators to conceal every book for now — Students arrived in some Florida public school classrooms this month to find their teachers' bookshelves wrapped …
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LGBTQ Nation, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Nation and Mock Paper Scissors
Julia Rock / The Lever:
Fear And Loathing Among The Union Busters — At a gathering of the National Restaurant Association's legal arm, lawyers and executives grappled with a worker uprising. — “Comrades,” said Chappell Phillips, as he grabbed the microphone, “please do not leave the conference. It's all better from here.”
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Bloomberg
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Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
‘It can be scary’: how corporate America is hitting back against unions
‘It can be scary’: how corporate America is hitting back against unions
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American Prospect and Jacobin
Janai Nelson / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis Wants to Erase Black History. Why? — An unrelenting assault on truth and freedom of expression in the form of laws that censor and suppress the viewpoints, histories and experiences of historically marginalized groups, especially Black and L.G.B.T.Q. communities …
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Washington Post and Religion News Service
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Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:
Polls reveal the real reason Ron DeSantis is fighting the teaching of Black history
Polls reveal the real reason Ron DeSantis is fighting the teaching of Black history
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune, The Daily Signal, Florida Politics, USA Today, Florida's Voice, Newsbusters, Raw Story and ABC News
Max Burns / The Third Degree:
As Twitter's Legal Woes Mount, It's Elon vs. Everyone — Twitter's terminally-online CEO has kicked up legal trouble from California to Germany. Those lawsuits will be devastating for a company still struggling to survive. — Last month, I warned that Twitter CEO and Russian election …
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The Forward
Tara Palmeri / Puck:
Kellyanne's Future & the G.O.P.'s First '24 Strike — News and notes from the nascent presidential trail, on Conway's green room game theory and the House Republican plan to bork the Democratic bench. … I wrote extensively last summer about the campaign's org chart and management philosophy …
United States Capitol Police:
USCP, USSS Capture Suspected Police Impersonator with Stash of Knives — The United States Capitol Police (USCP) caught a suspected police impersonator with a stash of knives on Monday after receiving a tip from the United States Secret Service (USSS). — At approximately 6:20 p.m. …
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The Hill, One America News Network, Fox News, Raw Story and IJR
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
A conservative judge helped stop Trump on Jan. 6. He wants to finish the job. — Michael Luttig, one of the most celebrated legal minds of his generation, never ascended to the Supreme Court. But many think the retired jurist played a far more consequential role for the nation.
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Biden administration mulls public health emergency declaration on abortion — The Biden administration is weighing a plan to declare a public health emergency that would free up resources to help people access abortions. … - The lawmakers argued that such a move would allow the administration …
Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
James Dolan enlists former Trump aide Hope Hicks for PR help — James Dolan, who recently re-emerged in the media to fight a PR battle over his use of Facial Recognition Technology, has been consulting Donald Trump's former communications director Hope Hicks, the Daily News has learned.
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Says He Trusts Putin More Than U.S. Intelligence ‘Lowlifes’ — Donald Trump has suggested he trusts Russian president Vladimir Putin more than the “lowlifes” who work in U.S. intelligence. — In a post on Truth Social, the former president referenced comments he gave after meeting …
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MSNBC, Patterico's Pontifications, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Mediaite and HuffPost
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Yale honors Black girl, 9, wrongly reported to police over insect project — Bobbi Wilson's efforts to rid her town of the spotted lanternfly unwittingly touched off a national discussion about racial profiling — A nine-year-old girl who had a neighbor call the police on her as she worked …
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Raw Story