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NBC News:
Kevin McCarthy announces House will begin an impeachment inquiry into Biden  —  “This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and answers for the American public is exactly what we want to know the answers,” he said.  —  McCarthy endorses Biden impeachment inquiry
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Punchbowl News:
9/12/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … McCarthy and the House Republican leadership scheduled a closed-door session for Thursday morning so that members could get an update on the investigations led by House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Oversight Committee Chair Jamie Comer (R-Ky.).
CNN:
GOP lawmaker faces blowback from Republicans over anti-impeachment stance  —  Conservative Rep. Ken Buck is just one of several House Republicans standing in the way of the right's push to impeach President Joe Biden.  —  But his high-profile seat on the key House Judiciary Committee …
Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy directs House to open impeachment inquiry into Biden  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he is directing House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, amid pressure from some hard-right members of the Republican caucus to do so.
Politico:
Playbook PM: McCarthy launches Biden impeachment inquiry  —  IMPEACHMENT RETURNS — Speaker KEVIN McCARTHY today announced the historic decision to open an impeachment inquiry into President JOE BIDEN over allegations of bribery and corruption that so far have not been backed up by public evidence.
Politico:
Playbook: The clash that will set the tone for September  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED — WaPo's Ben Terris takes a deep dive into Sen. TIM SCOTT's love life, a subject that has become something of a thing for the 57-year-old bachelor …
Punchbowl News:
McCarthy will endorse impeachment inquiry this week  —  THE TOP … McCarthy and the House Republican leadership scheduled a closed-door session for Thursday morning so that members could get an update on the investigations led by House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) …
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Va. Dem. House candidate performed sex online with husband for tips
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Tim Scott's girlfriend … In June, as Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) began to get a little momentum in the presidential primary, a person working on behalf of one of Scott's Republican opponents messaged me, asking to chat.  —  “Have you seen the video,” he asked over the phone, conspiratorially, “where he says he has a girlfriend?”
Tami Luhby / CNN:
Poverty rate jumps in 2022 after end of enhanced child tax credit  —  The share of Americans, particularly children, in poverty rose significantly last year, in large part because Congress did not renew a Covid-19 pandemic enhancement to the child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday.
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Census.gov:
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2022  —  SEPT. 12, 2023 — The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in 2022 fell in comparison to 2021.  The official poverty rate of 11.5% was not statistically different between 2021 and 2022.
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump faces another 14th Amendment candidacy challenge, this time in Minnesota  —  A liberal group filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot in Minnesota, the second major lawsuit in two weeks that hopes to invoke the 14th Amendment's arcane “insurrectionist ban.”
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Iowa 2024: Biden and Trump Remain Frontrunners In Caucuses, But Both Losing Ground  —  Home Polls Iowa 2024: Biden and Trump Remain Frontrunners In Caucuses, But Both Losing Ground  —  Neither Party with Clear Alternatives to Frontrunners  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Elon Musk shouldn't be calling the shots on how Ukraine fights  —  I can't feel sympathy for Elon Musk, given the cesspool of antisemitism, hate speech and authoritarian bombast he is creating at X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.  But if he prevented Ukrainian forces …
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Bruce Einhorn / Bloomberg:
Putin Praises ‘Outstanding’ Musk While Vowing More Moon Missions
Discussion: Reuters, Politico and CNBC
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Mark Harris announces House bid after election fraud controversy  —  Harris, whose apparent 2018 victory was thrown out amid allegations of election fraud, is seeking to replace GOP Rep. Dan Bishop.  —  Republican Mark Harris announced on Tuesday that he will run for Congress in North Carolina …
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘I just had another one’: How McConnell scrambled to protect his job after two freeze-ups  —  The GOP leader emerged from a tumultuous 10 days with his internal strength intact, according to interviews with more than a dozen senators.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's apparent health problems …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
InfoWars host Owen Shroyer sentenced to 60 days in Jan. 6 case  —  The conspiracy theorist was with Alex Jones on the grounds of the Capitol on Jan. 6, but never entered the building.  —  WASHINGTON — A host of the far-right media outlet InfoWars was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in prison …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Wisconsin Republicans' nuclear option  —  In April, Janet Protasiewicz was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court with more than one million votes, defeating her conservative opponent by a wide margin.  Her victory tipped the balance of the court, and the new liberal majority will soon review a case …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Authors of ‘How Democracies Die’ Overestimated the Republicans  —  One of the most influential books of the Trump years was “How Democracies Die” by the Harvard government professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.  Published in 2018, it served as a guide to our unfolding ordeal.
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Iranian president says Tehran will spend $6 billion released in prisoner exchange ‘wherever we need it’  —  Biden administration officials have said that the funds, the proceeds of Iranian oil sales to South Korea, can only be spent for humanitarian purposes.  —  Iranian president talks prisoner swap, $6 billion deal with US
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
U.S. advances deal with Iran to swap prisoners, free frozen oil funds
Dan McLaughlin / New York Post:
Senile Joe Biden rambles about pony soldiers, Vietnam and lies about 9/11  —  In April 1968, after he had run through five draft deferments, a medical board determined Joe Biden was unfit to go to Vietnam.  —  Unfortunately, nobody stopped him this time.  —  The president …
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader Tarrio says prosecutors pushed him to implicate Trump  —  After being sentenced to 22 years for seditious conspiracy, Tarrio said he met with government shortly before trial but no deal was cut  —  Before he went to trial on charges of seditious conspiracy and other counts related …
 
 
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