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10:25 AM ET, September 12, 2023

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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.).
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Punchbowl News
Washington Post:
House lawmakers return to looming budget and impeachment decisions  —  Balancing the two demands could be the hardest test of Speaker McCarthy's leadership thus far  —  The House reconvenes Tuesday with a pressing deadline to fund the government and avert a shutdown, a priority that threatens …
CNN:
House GOP push to launch Biden impeachment probe runs into Senate Republican skepticism
CNN:
House GOP's government shutdown threat set to collide with demands for Biden impeachment
Associated Press:
Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge in DC presiding over federal election subversion case  —  Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself, saying her past public statements about the former president …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump Seeks Recusal of Judge in Federal Elections Case
Discussion: HuffPost and Bloomberg
CBS News:
Trump asks Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself in Jan. 6 case
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Va. Dem.  House candidate performed sex online with husband for tips  —  Susanna Gibson is running in a competitive district with control of the House at stake.  —  RICHMOND — A Democrat running for a crucial seat in Virginia's House of Delegates performed sex acts with her husband …
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:   Virginia Democrat candidate posted sex acts with husband online while soliciting tips: report
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
The US moves to advance a prisoner swap deal with Iran and release $6 billion in frozen funds  —  The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money …
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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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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden to mark 9/11 anniversary in Alaska, Harris visits ground zero
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 …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Political ad spending for 2024 expected to shatter $10 billion, breaking record  —  The new projected high comes as ad spending in the GOP race has already hit a torrid pace.  —  Political ad spending is projected to reach new heights by the end of the 2024 election cycle …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Andrew Yang says he's had ‘conversations’ with No Labels  —  The former Democratic candidate railed against a potential Trump-Biden rematch in an interview in POLITICO's office.  —  Andrew Yang, the former Democratic presidential candidate and one-time New York City mayoral hopeful …
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 …
Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
WATCH LIVE: House Homeland Security subcommittee holds NYC field hearing on post-9/11 world  —  A House Homeland Security subcommittee will hold a field hearing at the 9/11 memorial in New York City on Tuesday to discuss security threats and preparedness in a post-9/11 world.
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
Susannah Luthi / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Wants To Shrink Tribal Marine Sanctuary to Accommodate Wind Energy Factory Owned by Dem Donor  —  President Joe Biden wants to shrink a Pacific Ocean marine sanctuary meant to protect endangered whales in order to accommodate offshore wind energy factories—one of them owned by a major Democratic donor.
Discussion: NOAA Office …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise  —  Public health experts denounced the platform's moderation policies, which they say restrict access to critical health information  —  LOS ANGELES — Instagram's text-based social platform Threads last week rolled …
NBC News:
Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties  —  Dodge Hellonen, who was carrying a yellow “Don't Tread on Me” flag on Jan. 6, was the first of the three Marines to be punished for participating in the Capitol siege.
 
 
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes decides against congressional campaign
Discussion: Political Wire
US Food and Drug Administration:
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