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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Jordan and the GOP find a new low point in speaker mess  —  There are few things Congress loves more than a short-term solution to a long-term problem — something to help it forestall difficult decisions and paper over divisions in hopes that, at some later date, these problems will magically disappear.
Politico:
House GOP drowning as crisis reaches breaking point  —  It seems that every day without a speaker brings a new release of pent-up anger from Republicans who see no way out of their self-inflicted pain.  —  When Matt Gaetz stepped to the microphones during Thursday's three-hour private House GOP meeting …
Washington Post:
Jim Jordan tries again?
Discussion: VICE and The Daily Beast
Politico:
Biden tries to make it a foreign policy election
Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway
Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Never Dreamed Sidney Powell Would Flip on Them  —  She was the ultimate MAGA conspiracy theorist.  Then she got charged with being part of a criminal conspiracy, and her tune started to change  —  Sidney Powell was the wildest of MAGA diehards — someone who swore long past …
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CNN:
Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump attorney who helped craft fake elector plot pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case  —  Kenneth Chesebro, a Donald Trump-aligned attorney who helped craft the 2020 fake elector plot, is pleading guilty in the Georgia election subversion case.
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jury selection begins in Fulton Trump case amid talk of plea deal  —  Hundreds of would-be jurors gathered at the Fulton County courthouse Friday and began filling out questionnaires, the first step in the criminal trial of a Donald Trump ally accused to conspiring with the former president to overthrow the 2020 election.
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro rejected plea offer from Georgia prosecutors  —  The Trump campaign adviser turned down the offer last month, a source said.  Sidney Powell, who had been scheduled to stand trial with Chesebro, pleaded guilty on Thursday.
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Rattled U.S. government fears wars could spread … Never before have we talked to so many top government officials who, in private, are so worried about so many overseas conflicts at once. … But to sound a siren of clinical, clear-eyed realism: U.S. officials …
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Victoria Taft / PJ Media:
President Biden Gaslights Americans in Oval Office Address on Ukraine, Israel
New York Times:
Full Transcript: Biden's Speech on Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine Wars
Associated Press:
Biden prepares Oval Office speech on wars in Israel and Ukraine, asking billions
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
It Turns Out Joe Biden Is Actually In Charge of the Biden Administration … The central Republican attack line on Joe Biden has always been that he is not in charge of his own administration.  “They're surrounded by vicious, smart people, radical left people, but they're very smart, and they're very vicious,” said Donald Trump.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
October 2023 National Poll: Trump Making Inroads with Young Voters Against Biden, Maintains Majority Support in Republican Primary  —  Home Polls October 2023 National Poll: Trump Making Inroads with Young Voters Against Biden, Maintains Majority Support in Republican Primary
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump leads Biden, builds support among young voters: poll
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's X removes the New York Times' verification badge  —  The unexplained decision removes the only symbol distinguishing the news organization from impostors and comes amid a flood of false information related to the Israel-Gaza war, some of which Musk has personally endorsed.
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Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Maryland circuit court judge killed in driveway of home, police say  —  Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was found with apparent gunshot wounds and died at a hospital, authorities said.  —  A Maryland judge was found apparently shot in the driveway of his home Thursday evening and later died, officials say.
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WJLA-TV:
Maryland judge found shot in driveway of Hagerstown home, dies at hospital: Officials
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Judge Won't Let Alex Jones Use Bankruptcy to Avoid Sandy Hook Damages  —  A Texas court ruling means the Infowars broadcaster must pay most of the $1.4 billion he owes Sandy Hook families, regardless of whether his business survives.  —  The judge in Alex Jones's bankruptcy case ruled …
New York Times:
Jon Stewart's Show on Apple Is Ending  —  Mr. Stewart and Apple are parting ways because of creative differences over “The Problem,” people with knowledge of the decision said.  —  Jon Stewart's show on Apple's streaming service is abruptly coming to an end, according to several people …
Politico:
White House to Congress: We want $106 billion for the wars and the border  —  The request was directed to Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry who is currently leading a House that remains frozen without a speaker.  —  The Biden administration asked Congress on Friday to approve …
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Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Christie Challenges Trump: 'You'll Have to Face Me One Way or Another.  Get Ready'  —  Christie says Trump's secret service detail makes it a little more ‘complicated’ for him to face Trump … GOP presidential hopeful and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is telling former President Donald Trump to …
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Lawrence Andrea / Journal Sentinel:
Rep. Derrick Van Orden leaves D.C. for fact-finding mission in Israel as House remains paralyzed  —  WASHINGTON - With the House paralyzed and Republicans unable to find a path to electing a leader, Wisconsin freshman Rep. Derrick Van Orden left Capitol Hill for Israel Thursday evening …
Emily Zanotti / Washington Examiner:
Israel war: What ‘cancel culture’ really means  —  America's college students seem confused.  —  Look, I'm willing to say that perhaps college was never really about higher education so much as it was about being on your own for the first time, confronted with the realities …
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: US Army charges Private Travis King with desertion over dash into North Korea  —  The U.S. Army has charged Private Travis King with crimes ranging from desertion for running into North Korea in July to assault against fellow soldiers and solicitation of child pornography, according to documents obtained by Reuters.
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