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How Trump's Verbal Slips Could Weaken His Attacks on Biden's Age — Donald Trump, 77, has relentlessly attacked President Biden, 80, as too old for office. But the former president himself has had a series of gaffes that go beyond his usual freewheeling style.
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The Bulwark, Media Matters for America, Raw Story, The Signorile Report, Outside the Beltway, The Hill, Breitbart and New York Post
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Colorado Trial Will Consider Whether the 14th Amendment Disqualifies Trump — While some prominent constitutional experts argue that a clause in the amendment applies to former President Donald J. Trump after Jan. 6, that view is far from universal among legal scholars.


DOJ seeks 10 years for Trump appointee who assaulted officers on Jan. 6 — “Hell yea I'm going. I'm a Trump appointee. I better be there,” Federico Klein wrote ahead of the Capitol attack. — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is seeking 10 years in federal prison …
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Political Wire


Rep. Eric Swalwell to testify in Trump 14th Amendment disqualification trial
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller

Why Trump's Drastic Plan to Slash the Government Could Succeed
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Raw Story

Trump's Children Are Set to Take the Stand at His Fraud Trial This Week
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Mother Jones

Trial begins on whether Trump should be kept off the 2024 ballot in Colorado
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NC Newsline, The Federalist, Denver Post, Forbes and The Guardian

Trump flubs Iowa city for South Dakota city in campaign misstep
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Newsweek, Washington Times, Politico, Washington Examiner and The Messenger

Judge reinstates Trump gag order in Jan. 6 case
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Donald Trump builds on big lead as Nikki Haley pulls even with Ron DeSantis in Iowa Poll — A Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows 43% of likely Republican caucusgoers pick Trump as their first choice for president, with DeSantis and Haley tied for second at 16%
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Trump maintains commanding lead in Iowa poll — Nikki Haley is tied with Ron DeSantis for second place in the NBC/Des Moines Register/Mediacom survey as Trump's backers remain the most committed. — Former President Donald Trump now leads his nearest Republican rivals by nearly 30 points in Iowa …


You Are Helping Trump — THE PRE-PRIMARY YEAR is winding down and clarity is coming to the Republican presidential race.
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Raw Story

Playbook: Johnson makes money moves
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Spurned by moderates and MAGA: How DeSantis's coalition has deflated
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Mediaite and The Messenger

Vivek Ramaswamy's Unfavorable Rating Surges in Iowa as Voters Get to Know Him
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Washington Post and The Messenger


McConnell goes all out as Ukraine fight fractures GOP — His intense lobbying effort puts the Senate GOP leader at odds with his new House counterpart, Speaker Mike Johnson. — Mitch McConnell is abandoning his typically cautious style when it comes to aiding Ukraine …
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The Messenger, The Hill, Raw Story, Political Wire, PoliticusUSA, USA Today and Washington Times
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10/30/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM
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Vanity Fair, Breitbart, The Hill, CNN, Washington Times and Washington Post


Outraised and embattled, Lauren Boebert heads back to Colorado with a revamped campaign strategy — Retreating from the turmoil in Washington, D.C., Rep. Lauren Boebert arrived in bucolic southwest Colorado to turmoil of a different sort — the lingering impact of an embarrassing moment …


The Christofascism of Mike Johnson — The new House speaker is an opposition researcher's goldmine. … It took Mike Johnson just a couple days last week to rise from a relatively obscure Louisiana congressman to House speaker. Suffice it to say his background and policy positions …
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New York Times and Fox News


‘Chilling’: Dem Lawmaker Says She Had Election-Denying Exchange With Mike Johnson — Rep. Madeleine Dean said Johnson managed to become House speaker because “very few people knew him or knew what he stands for.” — LOADING — Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) described new House Speaker Mike Johnson …
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Salon, The Weekly Sift, Raw Story, Political Wire, The Colorado Sun and Boston Herald


Lawyer for Former George Santos Treasurer Says He Was Also Duped — A lawyer representing one of George Santos' former treasurers says he was also lied to—and the false information he provided to the media wasn't his fault. — When George Santos' congressional campaign came under federal investigation …


Kelly Johnson, who is married to House Speaker Mike Johnson, practices a form of Christian counseling that classifies people into ‘choleric’, ‘phlegmatic,’ and other ancient personality types purportedly ordained by God — Kelly Johnson, the wife of House Speaker Mike Johnson, was a Christian therapist.
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Kevin McCarthy gets MAGA primary challenger — Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is getting a primary challenger in his reelection race for his House seat representing the state's 20th congressional district. — David Giglio, who previously lost a congressional bid for the state's 13th district …
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Politico, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Political Wire


Israel at war: IDF operates in Gaza, frees captive soldier — 1,400 Israelis murdered since October 7, including 315 soldiers • Four out of 239 known hostages released by Hamas, one rescued — Mossad chief Barnea flies to Qatar to secure hostage release

Antisemitic threats to our community — Dear members of the Cornell community, — Earlier today, a series of horrendous, antisemitic messages threatening violence to our Jewish community and specifically naming 104 West — the home of the Center for Jewish Living — was posted on a website unaffiliated with Cornell.


Attorney General Ken Paxton's securities fraud trial set for April 15 — The charges stem from accusations that in 2011 Paxton tried to solicit investors in a McKinney technology company without disclosing that it was paying him to promote its stock. The attorney general has pleaded not guilty.
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