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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Judge fines Donald Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website — Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 on Friday after a disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud case was allowed to linger on his campaign website after the judge ordered it deleted.
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CNN:
Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy — Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign's 2020 fake electors plot, pleaded guilty Friday in the Georgia election subversion case …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Fines Trump, Threatens Prison Time for ‘Blatantly’ Violating Gag Order — Trump's New York AG case isn't supposed to be a criminal case, but it may result in Trump getting thrown in jail anyway. — The judge overseeing Donald Trump's bank fraud trial threatened to throw the former president in jail …
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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Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Trump aide Walt Nauta dismisses concerns over potential conflicts of interest in classified documents case — Fort Pierce, Florida CNN — After a mini-saga in the classified documents case against Donald Trump, both of the former president's co-defendants have waived concerns …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Judge Chutkan temporarily freezes Trump gag order in 2020 election subversion case — US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday temporarily froze the gag order she issued on Donald Trump in the former president's federal 2020 election subversion criminal case.
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jury selection begins in Fulton Trump case amid talk of plea deal
Jury selection begins in Fulton Trump case amid talk of plea deal
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Washington Post:
Live updates Jim Jordan fails to become House speaker on third ballot — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed Friday on a third ballot to be elected House speaker after backing off a plan to empower a temporary speaker. Jordan, a conservative firebrand and ally of former president Donald Trump …
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The Hill:
House GOP abandons Jordan for Speaker after secret ballot loss — The Republican conference on Friday voted to no longer back House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as Speaker. — The secret ballot vote came hours after Jordan's third failed ballot on the House floor.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Speaker Election: Jordan Loses Secret Ballot to Remain G.O.P. Nominee for Speaker — The House plunged further into chaos after Republicans voted to drop Representative Jim Jordan as their nominee for the speakership. Jordan on Friday was unable once again to win over opponents who have denied him this week.
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Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
Jim Jordan Says He's Not Giving Up On Speaker Bid Ahead Of Another Vote
Jim Jordan Says He's Not Giving Up On Speaker Bid Ahead Of Another Vote
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CNN:
Listen: Terrifying voicemail left for GOP lawmaker's wife over Jim Jordan vote
Listen: Terrifying voicemail left for GOP lawmaker's wife over Jim Jordan vote
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Jordan and the GOP find a new low point in speaker mess
Jordan and the GOP find a new low point in speaker mess
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court blocks restrictions on Biden administration efforts to remove contentious social media posts — The Biden administration had called a lower court injunction “unprecedented” for restricting officials' ability to raise concerns about problematic social media content on issues like Covid-19.
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court won't reinstate Missouri gun law as Thomas dissents — The Supreme Court declined to reinstate a Missouri law that prevents local police from working with the federal government to enforce certain gun laws. — The justices on Friday sided with the Biden administration …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says White House can continue requests to tech companies — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily allowed the Biden administration to continue its efforts to get social media companies to remove posts from their platforms that the government says are misleading.
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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Releases Evidence of Direct Payment to Joe Biden — WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today announced the committee obtained bank records revealing a $200,000 direct payment from James and Sara Biden to Joe Biden in the form of a personal check.
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Bonchie / RedState:
NEW: James Comer Finds Direct Payment to Joe Biden From His Family's Influence-Peddling Operation
NEW: James Comer Finds Direct Payment to Joe Biden From His Family's Influence-Peddling Operation
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
It Turns Out Joe Biden Is Actually In Charge of the Biden Administration
It Turns Out Joe Biden Is Actually In Charge of the Biden Administration
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Mastodon Is the Good One — Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. — Success — Great! Check your inbox and click the link. — Error — Please enter a valid email address. — Earlier this week, friend of 404 Media Katie Notopoulos, who is a great journalist and internet knower …
Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
The Real Reason Hamas Just Released Two American Hostages — According to Israeli officials, Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hamas released two American hostages Friday afternoon for “humanitarian” purposes after kidnapping and holding them in the Gaza Strip for nearly two weeks.
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The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on the United States' Response to Hamas's Terrorist Attacks Against Israel and Russia's Ongoing Brutal War Against Ukraine
Remarks by President Biden on the United States' Response to Hamas's Terrorist Attacks Against Israel and Russia's Ongoing Brutal War Against Ukraine
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Politico:
'It's astonishing': GOP ditches Jordan as speaker pick — It was an unexpectedly fast end to the Ohio conservative's candidacy to lead the chaos-ridden House GOP.
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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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Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Verified Accounts on X Spread 74% of Wartime Misinformation
Verified Accounts on X Spread 74% of Wartime Misinformation
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Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Jack Smith uses Brett Kavanaugh law review article and Trump's own impeachment arguments to slap down Jan. 6 ‘presidential immunity’ claims — In a double serving of what could arguably be described as doses of one's own medicine, special counsel Jack Smith plucked apart Donald Trump's latest efforts …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Chief prosecutor of Jan. 6 rioters describes ‘pervasive’ threats to his office — Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, described the threats in a closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee. — The federal prosecutors who have brought charges …
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New York Times:
On Israel, Progressive Jews Feel Abandoned by Their Left-Wing Allies — Jewish leaders and voters said they were taken aback to discover that many of their ideological allies saw them as oppressors who deserved blame following the Israel attacks. — Progressive Jews who have spent years …
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Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
Alex Jones must pay $1.1 billion of Sandy Hook damages despite bankruptcy - court — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation damages stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday.