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Rep. Dean Phillips will challenge Biden in Democratic presidential race: “This is an election about the future” — Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota has decided to challenge President Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination and will launch his 2024 campaign on Friday in New Hampshire …
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Politico:
Mike Johnson pushed the ‘Big Lie.’ But Biden world sees thornier issues ahead. — The White House has begun envisioning life with a new speaker — and the path to keeping the government's lights on. — The rapid ascension of Rep. Mike Johnson to the House speakership has forced the White House …
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Punchbowl News:
NRCC chair dishes on Johnson — THE TOP … He's bringing his longtime chief of staff Hayden Haynes to work in the speaker's office. And the new speaker is busy searching for a top foreign policy aide, a member services director and a policy director. — Yet maybe no organ …
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Politico:
Playbook: What Dean Phillips will say in New Hampshire — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — WELCOME TO THE NFL — “'One of his early tests': New speaker confronts GOP divide on abortion,” by Alice Miranda Ollstein and Meredith Lee Hill
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Washington Examiner, The Messenger and MinnPost
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Is the Republican Speakership Cursed? Johnson Is About to Find Out. — Kevin McCarthy was just the latest in a series of Republican speakers and speaker wannabes who faced revolts. Speaker Mike Johnson should take note. — Republicans didn't have a speaker for 40 years until Newt …
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Washington Examiner
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Hearings begin as Trump critics attempt to kick him off ballots — Lawsuits in Colorado and Minnesota center on the 14th Amendment, which bars those who engage in an insurrection from running for office — In two courtrooms 900 miles apart, judges next week will begin to weigh an unprecedented …
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Withdraw Second Subpoena in Trump Fund-Raising Inquiry — The decision suggests that the special counsel is winding down an investigation into whether the former president's political operation defrauded investors by promoting election lies. — Federal prosecutors …
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The Messenger:
Trump Prosecutors Fani Willis and Jack Smith Have Been Keeping Their Distance. That Might Soon Change.
Trump Prosecutors Fani Willis and Jack Smith Have Been Keeping Their Distance. That Might Soon Change.
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Raw Story and Law & Crime
New York Times:
Trump's Allies Pledged Loyalty to Him. Until They Didn't.
Trump's Allies Pledged Loyalty to Him. Until They Didn't.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Televise Trump's federal trials? Judicial panel says its hands are tied
Televise Trump's federal trials? Judicial panel says its hands are tied
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HuffPost:
New House Speaker Thinks Creationist Museum Is ‘Pointing People To The Truth’ — An ark replica with dinosaurs “is one way to bring people to this recognition ... that what we read in the Bible are actual historical events,” Mike Johnson said. — Before arriving in Washington less than a decade ago …
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Associated Press:
Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings. Some say more is needed after Lewiston killings — Barely four years before a gunman's deadly rampage in Maine, a state that is staunchly protective of gun rights, the governor signed a law aimed at preventing a mass shooting …
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Washington Post:
Maine's loose gun laws come under scrutiny after deadly shootings
Maine's loose gun laws come under scrutiny after deadly shootings
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Washington Post:
Maine shootings live updates Manhunt for suspect in 18 deaths continues
Maine shootings live updates Manhunt for suspect in 18 deaths continues
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Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Tlaib is the very threat to democracy Democrats warned about — For about six years, Democratic politicians and pundits have promoted the phrase “threat to our democracy.” It was entirely based on constructing a political narrative through fearmongering propaganda meant to brainwash …
U.S. Department of Defense:
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Statement on U.S. Military Strikes in Eastern Syria — Today, at President Biden's direction, U.S. military forces conducted self-defense strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups.
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Associated Press:
Former Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters is running for Congress — Masters, a venture capitalist, lost a race last year against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly. — PHOENIX — Republican Blake Masters, who lost to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in last year's midterm election …
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Vanishing Act: Why Trump Rallies Are Going Extinct — Trump has been holding about two rallies per month. That's way down from his previous campaigns, like in 2016 when he held 323 rallies, or 70 rallies during COVID. … Vanishing Act — DERRY, New Hampshire …
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Rep. Jared Golden reverses on assault weapons ban — The Maine Democrat says he must take responsibility following the mass shooting in his state and now opposes the weapons. — Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a conservative Democrat, reversed his previously held opposition and said on Thursday …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Maine Democrat calls for assault weapons ban after past opposition
Maine Democrat calls for assault weapons ban after past opposition
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Senate Voted to Let Vets With Mental Issues Keep Guns Hours Before Maine Shooting — Five senators who caucus with Democrats joined Republicans in voting to adopt the amendment — ROBERT CARD, AN Army reservist with a history of mental health issues, is suspected of killing at least 18 people …
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Roll Call
Jennifer Peltz / Associated Press:
Trump Civil Fraud Trial Turns To Question Of Whether Ivanka Trump Will Have To Testify — It's unclear how soon Judge Arthur Engoron will decide, or when Ivanka Trump would testify if ordered to do so. — LOADING — Days after former President Donald Trump got a taste of the witness stand …
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The Messenger, Raw Story and Insider
Washington Post:
A barrage and a midair explosion: What visual evidence shows about the Gaza hospital blast — Videos analyzed by The Post reveal that rockets were launched from Gaza in the direction of the hospital 44 seconds before an explosion there — Fighters in Gaza launched a barrage of rockets toward Israel …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Jenna Ellis's long, strange trip to disgrace — In court, she's contrite. On social media? Not so much. … On November 19, 2020, Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis stood on the stage at the RNC flanked by Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell and vowed that “an elite strikeforce team” …
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Raw Story
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Congress' Job Approval Drops to 13%, Lowest Since 2017 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amid a prolonged search for a new House speaker that paralyzed the House of Representatives for three weeks while two U.S. allies are engaged in wars, Americans' approval of Congress' job performance fell from 17% to 13%.
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Katelyn Fossett / Politico:
‘He Seems to Be Saying His Commitment Is to Minority Rule’ — A Q&A with historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez on the Christian nationalist ideas that shaped House Speaker Mike Johnson. — Speaker Mike Johnson, a Shreveport, Louisiana, native, entered politics after spending …
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Kennedy24:
Intruder Arrested Twice Wednesday at RFK, Jr.'s Home — On Wednesday an intruder was arrested after climbing a fence at the residence of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Protectors from Gavin de Becker & Associates (GDBA) detected and detained the intruder, who asked to see the candidate.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Here's Why Mike Johnson Is More Dangerous Than Donald Trump — The former president only cares about himself. The new Speaker of the House actually wants to make America a Christian theocracy. … The most dangerous movement in American politics today is not Trumpism. It is Christofascism.
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Peter Dickinson / Atlantic Council:
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The White House:
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard, and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby — MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. — Q Good afternoon. — MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I wanted to start with a word …