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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The Cold Calculus Behind the Shrinking GOP Presidential Field — DANA POINT, Calif. — The last time the Republican National Committee held its winter meeting at the outset of an open presidential race, the state chairs and committee members arrived at the Hotel del Coronado …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is the GOP's Albatross — Republicans who want to win will need to find a way around the former president. — WSJ Opinion: The Democrats Deepen the Washington Swamp — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool. — There's a lot of skepticism about former President Donald …
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
GOP investigations could launch Stefanik in 2024
GOP investigations could launch Stefanik in 2024
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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Larry Hogan says he will support Trump if he's the nominee
Larry Hogan says he will support Trump if he's the nominee
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Cruz control: Texas Republican keeps his distance from 2024 White House hunt
Cruz control: Texas Republican keeps his distance from 2024 White House hunt
New York Times:
Eager to Challenge Trump, Republicans Aren't So Eager to Be the First
Eager to Challenge Trump, Republicans Aren't So Eager to Be the First
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Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
New Jersey Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour shot dead outside home in ‘despicable criminal act’ — Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour found dead inside vehicle outside apartment with multiple gunshot wounds — Fox News Flash top headlines for February 2
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
New Jersey Councilwoman Is Fatally Shot, Officials Say — Eunice K. Dwumfour, 30, was found dead in her car with multiple gunshot wounds on Wednesday night. She was serving her first term on the Sayreville Borough Council. — Eunice K. Dwumfour, a 30-year-old councilwoman serving …
NBC News:
Congress is off to a spectacularly slow start, and members fear it won't get better — WASHINGTON — The House, paralyzed for days, struggled to elect a speaker. The Senate is holding symbolic votes just to pass the time. America's most powerful lawmakers have been twiddling their thumbs …
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Associated Press:
House GOP votes to oust Democrat Omar from major committee
House GOP votes to oust Democrat Omar from major committee
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar removed from committee under GOP majority
Rep. Ilhan Omar removed from committee under GOP majority
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ProPublica:
“We're Still Gonna Say No”: Inside UnitedHealthcare's Effort to Deny Coverage to Chronically Ill Patient — Co-published with The Capitol Forum — In May 2021, a nurse at UnitedHealthcare called a colleague to share some welcome news about a problem the two had been grappling with for weeks.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell pulls rival Rick Scott off powerful Commerce Committee — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has pulled Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who tried to oust him as the Senate's top Republican in a bruising leadership race, off the powerful Commerce Committee.
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The Cut:
Do You Know How to Behave? Are You Sure? … THE NEW RULES FOR — Friends & Lovers — Strangers & Others — Going Out & Staying In — Tipping — Work — The City — Parenting — Posting & Texting — The ways we socialize and date …
Wall Street Journal:
FBI to Search Mike Pence's Home for Additional Classified Materials — Justice Department is in talks with former vice president's legal team about scheduling search — How Presidential Documents Are Supposed to Be Archived — Created with sketchtool. … 1x
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Deese, Top Economic Aide to Biden, Will Step Down This Month — Brian Deese, the director of the National Economic Council, played a pivotal role in negotiating economic legislation the president signed in his first two years in office. — WASHINGTON — Brian Deese, who served …
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Balázs Gulyás / The Bulwark:
How Rod Dreher Caused an International Scandal in Eastern Europe — Blogging and backtracking. — Last week, Rod Dreher, the American author now living in Hungary, caused a diplomatic scandal that has gone largely unnoticed in his home country. — Dreher's stay in Hungary is apparently financed …
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NBC News:
Heating up: Bipartisan duo Manchin and Cruz pitch bill to defend gas stoves — WASHINGTON — A new bipartisan duo is diving in to defend gas stoves. — Senate Energy Committee Chairman Joe Manchin, D-W.V., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the new ranking member of the Commerce Committee …
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Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Gas Stoves Are Back Under Scrutiny With New US Limits Proposed
Gas Stoves Are Back Under Scrutiny With New US Limits Proposed
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Miles J. Herszenhorn / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Misinformation Expert Joan Donovan Forced to Leave by Kennedy School Dean, Sources Say — Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf is forcing out online misinformation expert Joan M. Donovan from her role at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and ending …
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
2024 House Race Ratings: Another Competitive Fight for Control — House Republicans enter the 2024 cycle with an infamously thin 222-213 majority and lots of questions about why they didn't perform better in 2022. But they have history on their side: despite the House flipping partisan …
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Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Former ABC News journalist charged in child pornography case — Federal prosecutors in Virginia have charged a former national security journalist for ABC News with a child pornography offense. — James Gordon Meek, a producer who covered wars, terrorism and major crimes for the network …
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NBC News:
Biden admin transfers a Guantanamo detainee to Belize — Majid Khan, a Pakistani citizen and Guantanamo's only known legal U.S. resident, arrived in Belize on Thursday. Two more detainees could leave the facility in Cuba soon. — The Biden administration transferred a detainee …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Lawsuit can proceed against Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse — A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others.
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former President Donald Trump On Nikki Haley's Announcement, Taiwan, Ukraine And More — Former President Donald Trump joined me this morning: — Audio: — 02-02hhs-trump — Transcript: — HH: Former President Donald Trump, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show. Great to have you on again, sir.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Boris Johnson chastises Republicans for their fear of Tucker Carlson — In the right-wing media universe, the 500-pound gorilla is now and has long been Fox News. There have been challengers, certainly, including some robust ones. Breitbart's effectiveness in pulling rhetoric from the fringe …
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New York Post:
Hunter Biden finally admits infamous laptop is his as he pleads for criminal probe — So much for, the laptop “could be” mine. — First son Hunter Biden's lawyers admitted late Wednesday that the infamous laptop the now-52-year-old abandoned at a Delaware computer repair shop in the throes …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden's lawyers, in newly aggressive strategy, target his critics
Hunter Biden's lawyers, in newly aggressive strategy, target his critics
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Despite prior sexual harassment probe, executive hired to senior federal job — The Office of Personnel Management hired a senior official in October who was found by a Louisiana state agency in an internal investigation to have sexually harassed two women in a previous job
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Pelosi to back Schiff for California Senate seat if Feinstein doesn't run — Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday threw her support behind Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) in what is shaping up as a competitive 2024 Senate race in California if Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) chooses not to run.
Jim Gomez / Associated Press:
US, Philippines agree on larger American military presence — The United States and the Philippines announced on Thursday an agreement to expand American military presence in the Southeast Asian country, where U.S. forces would be granted access to four more Philippine military camps …