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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators weigh ‘special’ meeting on their leadership after McConnell's freeze — It takes just five Republicans to force such a sitdown, the most direct way to specifically discuss their future amid revived questions about the leader's health. — A handful of GOP senators is weighing whether …
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Playbook: Mitch McConnell's untenable silence
Playbook: Mitch McConnell's untenable silence
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Washington Post:
McConnell ‘medically clear’ to do job, says attending physician to Congress
McConnell ‘medically clear’ to do job, says attending physician to Congress
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CNN:
McConnell appears to freeze while speaking with reporters in Kentucky
McConnell appears to freeze while speaking with reporters in Kentucky
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ingraham Wants Mitch McConnell to Resign Just So She Can Keep Calling Biden ‘Decrepit’
Ingraham Wants Mitch McConnell to Resign Just So She Can Keep Calling Biden ‘Decrepit’
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HuffPost:
Proud Boys Joe Biggs, Zachary Rehl Sentenced For Jan. 6 Plot — Biggs, an Army veteran and former Infowars correspondent, was sentenced to 17 years for seditious conspiracy. Rehl was sentenced to 15 years. — LOADING — Two leaders of the Proud Boys street gang were each sentenced Thursday …
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Washington Post:
Proud Boy leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Jan. 6 crimes — A former leader in the far-right Proud Boys group was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison, just shy of the longest punishment imposed on a participant in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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NBC News:
Proud Boy Joe Biggs receives 17 years in Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case — The former Infowars correspondent, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy, “served as an instigator and leader” during the Capitol attack, federal prosecutors said. — Proud Boy Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years in prison in Jan. 6 case
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Joe Biggs, Proud Boys leader, gets 17-year prison sentence for role in Jan. 6 attack
Joe Biggs, Proud Boys leader, gets 17-year prison sentence for role in Jan. 6 attack
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Insider:
Trump told NY officials he was too busy saving the world ‘from nuclear holocaust’ to commit business fraud — In a sworn deposition, Trump told New York officials he was too busy “saving millions of lives” to commit business fraud. — “I think you would have nuclear holocaust” …
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
Trump could soon be in big legal trouble for inflating his net worth — New York's attorney general wants a speedy ruling in the case over Trump's business dealings. — New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking a speedy judgment against former President Donald Trump for allegedly inflating …
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Trump enters not guilty plea in Fulton County, won't appear for arraignment — Former President Donald Trump has entered a not guilty plea to 13 Georgia felony counts related to an alleged scheme to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election results. — An attorney for Trump filed …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Justice Thomas says he used private jet for security reasons after Dobbs leak — In required financial disclosure, Justice Clarence Thomas reports three 2022 trips on private jet of Harlan Crow — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reported three 2022 trips on the private jet …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Clarence Thomas officially discloses private trips on GOP donor Harlan Crow's plane
Clarence Thomas officially discloses private trips on GOP donor Harlan Crow's plane
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Why Biden is now routinely taking the short stairs up to Air Force One — It's one of the iconic images of the American presidency: the commander in chief, standing and waving to the cameras from the top of the stairs leading into Air Force One. — But recently, President Biden …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp rejects talk of special session, says punishing Fani Willis carries risks — X — During a remarkable press conference, Gov. Brian Kemp quashed the idea of a special legislative session pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies to oust Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Giuliani loses support of billionaires Langone, Cooperman: 'I wouldn't give him a nickel' — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not be getting help with his legal bills from many of the big-money donors who financed his 2008 campaign for president.
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Governor Jim Pillen was sworn …:
Governor Pillen Establishes Women's Bill of Rights by Executive Order — CONTACT: — LINCOLN, NE - Today, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed an Executive Order establishing the Women's Bill of Rights. Gov. Pillen is the second U.S. Governor to sign such an order, declaring the biological definition of male and female.
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Jozsef Papp / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton judge says Trump court proceedings will be televised — X — A Fulton County judge on Thursday said that all court proceedings in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants will be live streamed and televised.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
45 New Victims Allegedly ID'd in Leaked Chats From Andrew Tate's ‘War Room’ — Paying members allegedly discussed chilling techniques to abuse and groom women into sex work. — Members of influencer Andrew Tate's “War Room” group discussed techniques for how to groom women …
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Chris Whipple / New York Times:
Mark Meadows Is a Warning About a Second Trump Term — On Monday, Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff, testified in an effort to move the Georgia racketeering case against his former boss Donald Trump and co-defendants to federal court. On the stand, he said that he believed …
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Andy Rose / CNN:
Alabama attorney general says he has right to prosecute people who facilitate travel for out-of-state abortions — Alabama's Republican attorney general said in a court filing that he has the right to prosecute people who make travel arrangements for pregnant women to have out-of-state abortions.
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
K-12 Education Satisfaction in U.S. Ties Record Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' satisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the U.S. has fallen six percentage points in the past year to match the record-low 36% reading on this measure, which Gallup has tracked for 24 years.
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Washington Post:
For George Santos, a life in Brazil at odds with his GOP politics — NITERÓI, Brazil — The sight of the newcomer took Gino Fonseca by surprise. As one of the city's most prominent drag queens, Fonseca thought he knew most everyone who worked the nightclubs and LGBTQ events.
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Hunter Biden's firm, Joe's VP office exchanged more than 1,000 emails: records — Hunter Biden's Rosemont Seneca Partners investment firm traded more than 1,000 emails with Joe Biden's office during his time as vice president — and hundreds remain hidden because of executive privilege asserted …