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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.
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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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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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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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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Washington Post:
Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia election case — Chesebro became the second former Trump lawyer to plead guilty in as many days, following Sidney Powell on Thursday. — ATLANTA — Kenneth Chesebro, a former lawyer for Donald Trump's campaign …
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.
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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
Supreme Court says White House can continue requests to tech companies
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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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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Threatens ‘Imprisoning’ Trump 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 …
Bonchie / RedState:
NEW: James Comer Finds Direct Payment to Joe Biden From His Family's Influence-Peddling Operation — The House Oversight Committee, which is currently investigating the Biden family's influence-peddling scheme, has uncovered a direct payment made to President Joe Biden.
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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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Victoria Taft / PJ Media:
President Biden Gaslights Americans in Oval Office Address on Ukraine, Israel — Why did President Joe Biden travel to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu? So he could deliver an Oval Office address on Thursday night to beg Americans and a leaderless House of Representatives for more money for Ukraine.
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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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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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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
14 Russian helicopters likely destroyed by US-provided ATACMS missiles in Ukraine: UK intel — Ukrainian strikes on two Russian airfields in Ukraine using new U.S.-provided long-range missiles likely destroyed 14 Kremlin helicopters this week, according to intelligence from the United Kingdom.
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Reuters:
US intelligence report alleging Russia election interference shared with 100 countries — The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith …
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Courtney McBride / Bloomberg:
Russia Works to Undermine Voter Confidence Worldwide, US Says
Russia Works to Undermine Voter Confidence Worldwide, US Says
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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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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.
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 …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Bans ‘Woke’ Words In Culture War Cluelessness — The Arkansas governor, who once served as Trump's press secretary, was criticized by the ACLU and LGBTQ+ advocates for the move. — LOADING — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on Thursday signed an executive order banning …
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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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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.
Michael Holden / Reuters:
Antisemitic and Islamophobic offenses soar in London after Israel attacks — London police said on Friday they had recorded a 1,353% increase in antisemitic offences this month compared to the same period last year, while Islamophobic offences were up 140% in the wake of the attack by Hamas on Israel.
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