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Washington Post:
Trump keeps distance from impeachment inquiry while assailing Biden — The former president has shown more interest in lobbying to expunge his own impeachments — Former president Donald Trump often shows more interest in expunging his impeachments than impeaching President Biden.
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'It was a very nice note: Trump says he left Biden a message when he departed the White House — Former President Trump talks about his views on a potential vice president, the note he left for President Biden and whether age should be an issue for voters.
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, Washington Post and Lucianne
Inyoung Choi / NBC News:
Trump says he likes ‘the concept’ of a female VP pick — In an interview with NBC “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, the former president talked about a running mate, age limits for presidents and the letter he left for Biden. — Former President Donald Trump said he hasn't yet given …
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Mark Alfred / The Daily Beast:
Trump Explains Melania's Absence on the Campaign Trail
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Inyoung Choi / NBC News:
Trump says Melania will be back on the campaign trail with him ‘pretty soon’
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Jets owner Woody Johnson is privately lobbying GOP megadonors to donate to Trump's campaign
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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Raw Story and NBC 7 San Diego
ABC News:
Special counsel seeks ‘narrowly tailored’ gag order against Trump, citing ‘disparaging and inflammatory attacks’ — The court filing accuses Trump of engaging in a campaign of disinformation. — Special counsel Jack Smith and his team have requested a federal judge in Washington, D.C. …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Special counsel warned Trump could ‘precipitate violence’ if told of Twitter search warrant
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Boebert, caught on video, apologizes for inappropriate behavior at ‘Beetlejuice’ show — The congressmember had denied acting inappropriately until surveillance video surfaced showing her disrupting the performance. — Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized after she and a male companion …
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Lauren Boebert Now Admits She Vaped in Theater: 'I'm Truly Sorry' — “There's not a person walking the face of this planet that hasn't had a moment of weakness and fallen short and I think people will get that,” Boebert told The Daily Beast. — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
There's Videotape! Annals of Feral Lauren Boebert ... THE BACKCHANNEL — Ever since she managed to get reelected last year by only a few hundred votes, words been out that she'd have to put some time into securing her seat if she wanted to remain in Congress.
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Politico:
Florida Republicans reject DeSantis for Trump in loyalty pledge fight — “People will be pissed if we keep Trump off the ballot,” said one state GOP member. — ORLANDO — The latest contest between former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida came down to a loyalty pledge.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's become a runaway train in the GOP primary. Here's why. — A POLITICO analysis shows Trump's supporters are more conservative and more assured in their candidate than voters backing other Republican candidates. — They're more conservative than other Republicans. More likely to be men.
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New York Times:
Special Counsel Obtained 32 Private Messages From Trump's Twitter Account — Newly unsealed court papers shed additional light on a legal fight whose existence was revealed last month. — The federal prosecutors who charged former President Donald J. Trump with a criminal conspiracy …
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Trump Beats DeSantis as Florida GOP Scraps ‘Loyalty Oath’ for Primary
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CNN, The Floridian, Breitbart, Florida Politics and Raw Story
Myah Ward / Politico:
Ramaswamy wants to end the H-1B visa program he used 29 times — The GOP candidate pledges to get rid of a the system he calls “indentured servitude.” — GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to “gut” the system for H-1B temporary worker visas if he wins the White House.
Washington Post:
Speaker McCarthy steps into the breach as his conference toils — The next two weeks will put the California Republican to the test of whether he can unite Republican lawmakers and avert a government shutdown — After a drawn-out fight to attain the speakership in early January …
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The American Independent, The Hill and Nebraska Examiner
The Economist:
The hard right is getting closer to power all over Europe — It does not need to join governments to affect policymaking — Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. — In sint-genesius-rode, a well-to-do commuter town in the hills south of Brussels, a crowd of 50 or so gathered …
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Outside the Beltway
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis turns on ‘malignant narcissist’ ex-president — Ellis, one of 18 Trump associates charged in Georgia election subversion case, says she 'simply can't support him' again — Jenna Ellis - the Donald Trump lawyer who like the former president faces criminal charges …
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Political Wire
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Senators Begin to Deliberate Paxton Impeachment — The Republican-controlled Senate is weighing whether to remove the attorney general, Ken Paxton, based on evidence of bribery and abuse of office. — Deliberations began on Friday in the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton …
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