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Jana Winter / Rolling Stone:
Special Counsel's Jan. 6 Target Letter to Trump Mentions Conspiracy, Tampering  —  The letter does not mention statutes relating to insurrection or sedition, a source tells Rolling Stone … Special counsel Jack Smith sent the letter to Trump on Sunday, informing him he was a target of the Justice Department.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Election Probe Case Crowds Active Campaign Calendar  — Trump announced he received target letter in Jan. 6 probe  — New indictment against former president could come in days  —  The Justice Department appears to be on a fast track to charge former President Donald Trump …
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Feds sought surveillance video from State Farm Arena in Trump probe  —  X  —  Subpoena shows another area of overlap between DOJ and Fulton prosecutors  —  Federal prosecutors examining former President Donald Trump's attempt to hold onto power following the 2020 election requested surveillance …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Politico:
Looming indictment wrenches open the central question of 2024: Is Trump fit to serve?  —  Privately, the fear is that a third indictment, even if it's the most serious one yet, will once again help Trump.  —  Donald Trump's announcement on Tuesday that he expects to soon be a thrice-indicted candidate …
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
CNN anchor claims Jack Smith visiting Subway is ‘a message to Donald Trump’  —  An anchor on CNN claimed on Tuesday that special counsel Jack Smith visiting a Subway was “a message to Donald Trump.”  —  The statement comes on the same day Trump announced he received a letter notifying that …
CNN:
Judge in Trump classified documents case tells prosecutors that a mid-December trial date would be too soon  —  Ft. Pierce, Florida CNN —  US District Judge Aileen Cannon signaled she is likely to push back the start of a trial in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case beyond …
Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lashes Out Over Trump Target Letter: ‘Worse Than Russia’
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Pence: Judgment over Trump's actions on Jan 6 should be left up to American people
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Federal Judge Signals 2024 Election Won't Be Deciding Factor on Trump Trial Date
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani Denies Claims That He ‘Flipped’ on Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and UPROXX
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump indictment steals headlines from GOP rivals
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Prosecutors and Trump Lawyers Clash Over Timing in Classified Documents Case
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
What Trump's G.O.P. Rivals Are Saying About Another Potential Indictment
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
DeSantis says Trump ‘should have come out more forcefully’ on Jan. 6
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Michigan attorney general charges ‘false electors’ over efforts to overturn the 2020 election  —  Sixteen people forged documents and claimed to be “duly elected and qualified electors” for the state of Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel said.  —  Michigan attorney general announces charges against ‘false electors’
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State of Michigan:
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Charges 16 ‘False Electors’ with Election Law and Forgery Felonies
Politico:
Michigan AG charges 16 GOP activists who falsely claimed to be electors in bid to aid Trump
James Salzer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Legal bills mount for Georgia Republican Party in Trump investigation
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Israel Struggling to Recover Ancient Artifacts Trump Took to Mar-a-Lago: Report  —  The former president up and stole antiquities that were lent to the White House for a Hanukkah celebration in 2019  —  ISRAEL LENT SEVERAL antiquities to the White House in 2019, including ancient clay lamps for a White House Hanukkah event.
Discussion: New Republic and Haaretz
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Amir Tibon / Haaretz:
Israeli Antiquities Are Stranded at Trump's Florida Estate as Authorities Fail to Retrieve Them  —  Israeli clay lamps, intended for a brief exhibition in Washington D.C. in 2019, got stranded in the U.S. due to the pandemic.  Recently, they were found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida
ABC News:
US soldier in North Korean custody after crossing DMZ line  —  Pvt. Travis King crossed into North Korea willingly, two U.S. officials said.  —  A U.S. Army private who had just finished a stint in a South Korean detention facility crossed the border into North Korea “without authorization” …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Robert Kennedy Jr's racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says  —  Democratic candidate's recent false claim that Covid could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ is not an aberration but fits long pattern  —  Robert Kennedy Jr, a long shot Democratic candidate for US president …
Discussion: Breitbart
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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis allies press for a campaign shake-up  —  There's particular scrutiny around campaign manager Generra Peck and whether she'll hang on to her position.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The long knives are out for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign manager amid a cash crunch and flagging poll numbers.
Discussion: Axios and Insider
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CNN:
CNN exclusive: DeSantis downplays concerns about the state of his 2024 campaign
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik ‘in Talks’ With Jack Smith's Team, Lawyer Says  —  ‘NOTHING TO HIDE’  —  Former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik is in talks to be interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith's team investigating efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Beast
NBC News:
Louisiana lawmakers overturn governor's veto on gender-affirming care ban for trans minors  —  Louisiana will join 20 other states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for minors.  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana's Republican-dominated Legislature overturned Democratic …
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come  —  James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’  —  The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years …
Axios:
Huckabee Sanders' 2024 neutrality frustrates Trump  —  Tensions between Donald Trump and his former press secretary, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, have grown over her neutrality in the 2024 presidential race, people familiar with the relationship tell Axios.
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Mysterious $1 Million Prize  —  'With all of the Left's wailing about transparency, this is the antithesis'  —  When the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg accepted a $1 million prize from a liberal billionaire's foundation, she pledged to pass the money to a list of designated charities.
 
 
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Lawmakers cool on sci-fi climate fix
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