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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Does New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Have a Bank Account? — Speaker Mike Johnson has never listed a bank account on his financial disclosure. In fact, on his newest disclosure he doesn't list a single asset at all. … Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not have a bank account.
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David Firestone / New York Times:
As the World Smolders, the New Speaker Trolls Biden — It didn't take long for the new House speaker, Mike Johnson, to demonstrate to the world that he will not be a serious partner for American allies or for those who still believe that governing is not a petty little game.
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Punchbowl News:
11/1/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … The next few weeks will test not only McConnell's fraying relationship with his right flank but also his willingness to partner with President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats to muscle a huge Ukraine aid package through the chamber.
New York Times:
Trump's Allies Want a New Style of Lawyer if He Returns to Power — Politically appointed lawyers sometimes frustrated Donald J. Trump's ambitions. His allies are planning to install more aggressive legal gatekeepers if he regains the White House. — Close allies of Donald J. Trump …
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Eva Surovell / The Messenger:
Trump Attorney Alina Habba: Jail is ‘Not Even Something We Think About’
Trump Attorney Alina Habba: Jail is ‘Not Even Something We Think About’
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump fights loom large for a Supreme Court that has tried to ignore him
Trump fights loom large for a Supreme Court that has tried to ignore him
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P.'s Buck Won't Seek Re-Election, Citing His Party's Election Denialism — Representative Ken Buck, one of eight Republicans who moved to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, said his split with his party was too wide to remain in the House. Others are likely to follow.
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Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Largest Christian university in US fined record amount — The largest Christian university in the U.S. is facing a record-setting fine from the Department of Education for allegedly deceiving thousands of students about the cost of its doctoral programs. — The department announced …
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Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
After Years of Vowing to Destroy Israel, Iran Faces a Dilemma — With Israel bent on crushing Iran's ally Hamas, Tehran must decide whether it and the proxy militias it arms and trains will live up to its fiery rhetoric. — For more than four decades, Iran's rulers have pledged to destroy Israel.
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Jay Solomon / Semafor:
Some Hamas killers were high on amphetamine, officials say
Some Hamas killers were high on amphetamine, officials say
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MEMRI:
Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad: We Will Repeat The October 7 Attack, Time And Again, Until Israel Is Annihilated; We Are Victims - Everything We Do Is Justified — Ghazi Hamad of the Hamas political bureau said in an October 24, 2023 show on LBC TV (Lebanon) that Hamas is prepared to repeat the October 7 …
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Politico:
Speaker Johnson tells Senate GOP he backs Ukraine aid, funding path through Jan. 15 — “He indicated he's supportive, but the way it's put together in a supplemental needs a lot of work,” said Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) of Ukraine aid.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“A kind of Stepford wife”: It's more than a prayer keeping Mike Johnson's wife suddenly out of view — The new speaker's Christian right radicalism really comes into view when looking at his marriage — When Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was elected Speaker of the House …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
A Virginia GOP State Rep. Built Her Political Career On A Story That Doesn't Add Up — Tara Durant claims an “angry mob” of Black Lives Matter protesters “assaulted” her car in 2020. Newly obtained police reports suggest something different. — LOADING
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Katherine Donlevy / New York Post:
Who is Patrick Dai, Cornell student accused of threatening Jewish peers? — The Cornell University student accused of making violent threats against his Jewish peers is a 21-year-old engineering student who suffers from such “severe depression” that his mother worried he was on the brink of suicide just moments before his arrest.
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US Department of Justice:
Cornell Student Arrested for Making Online Threats to Jewish Students on Campus
Cornell Student Arrested for Making Online Threats to Jewish Students on Campus
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Washington Post:
Transformed Trump family will take center stage in New York courtroom — Once Trump's right hand, daughter Ivanka has stepped back, while Trump sons Eric and Don Jr. defend his business and political legacy — Donald Trump had been a pariah on Wall Street for years when a banker …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
‘This is outrageous’: Pentagon officials furious over Tuberville holds after top Marine hospitalized — “I cannot help but think [that the vacancies have] added a level of complexity and danger to an already bad situation,” one DOD official said. — Pentagon officials have been frustrated …
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Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
Republicans Are Rationalizing Cruelty Toward Gaza — TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO, when terrorists massacred Americans in the name of Islam, a Republican president responded with care and clarity. George W. Bush rejected al Qaeda's attempt to pit Muslims against the United States.
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
2024 Presidential Race Stays Static In The Face Of Major Events, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; RFK Jr. Receives 22% As Independent Candidate In 3-Way Race — mail_outline — Following a month marked by a war breaking out between Israel and Hamas, global tensions ratcheting up …
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Associated Press:
Another wave of Israeli strikes hit Gaza refugee camp as crossing opens for foreigners and wounded — The Hamas-run government said the strikes killed and wounded many people, but the exact toll was not yet known. — RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes hit apartment buildings …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Ellis' lawyer talks guilty plea in Fulton Trump case — Frank Hogue says deal came together in just days — When Fulton County prosecutors huddled with lawyers for Jenna Ellis, they said the former Trump campaign lawyer could resolve her case by pleading guilty to being part …
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Politico:
Pushing to expel Santos — Five New York Republicans behind the push are urging the House to formally remove Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from the chamber in a new letter, urging their colleagues to “expel the fraudster” ahead of an expected floor vote as soon as Wednesday.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Christian Nationalism ‘Is No Longer Operating Beneath the Surface’ — Mike Johnson is the first person to become speaker of the House who can be fairly described as a Christian nationalist, a major development in America history in and of itself. Equally important, however …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Americans among those departing Gaza, White House confirms — American citizens were among the scores of foreign nationals who began to leave Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Wednesday, the White House confirmed. — “The United States has been able to secure safe passage …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The autoworkers' big win exposes the absurdity of Trump's populism — In September, Donald Trump's advisers leaked word that he would travel to Detroit to show support for striking members of the United Auto Workers. In reality, he ended up addressing workers at a nonunion shop …
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Politico:
RFK Jr.'s donor data reveals his 2024 threat — A POLITICO analysis of his donor base reveals a lot about who is powering this unconventional candidate. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is collecting checks from past Donald Trump donors at a much higher rate than former Joe Biden contributors …
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