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F.B.I. Seizes Eric Adams's Phones as Campaign Investigation Intensifies — Days after a raid at Mr. Adams's chief fund-raiser's home, federal agents took the mayor's phones and iPad, two people with knowledge of the matter said. — F.B.I. agents seized Mayor Eric Adams's electronic devices early …
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Ohio Republicans Say It's Their ‘God Given Right’ to Restrict Abortion Access — Republicans in Ohio want to undermine the will of voters who approved a measure enshrining reproductive freedom into the state's constitution — Ohio Republicans are claiming a constitutional amendment …
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Alarmed by Off-Year Losses, Mainstream Republicans Balk at Abortion Curbs — Worried about alienating critical blocs of voters, House Republicans from competitive districts are digging in against using spending bills for abortion and contraception restrictions.
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Rolling Stone:
The Key to Mike Johnson's Christian Extremism Hangs Outside His Office — The newly elected House Speaker has ties to the far-right New Apostolic Reformation — which is hell-bent on turning America into a religious state — THE AMERICAN PUBLIC has had much to learn about Mike Johnson over the past two weeks.
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Tori Otten / New Republic:
Why Is Mike Johnson Flying a Christian Nationalist Flag Outside His Office? — House Speaker Mike Johnson has three flags hanging outside his office: the American flag, the Louisiana state flag, and a flag representing a movement that wants to turn the United States into a religious Christian nation.
Politico:
White House tried, and failed, to persuade Manchin to make another Senate run — And now, the question is, will he run against Biden? — As Sen. Joe Manchin struggled for several months over the next step he would take politically, President Joe Biden's top advisers privately tried …
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Emily Jacobs / Washington Examiner:
Joe Manchin hits the road to ‘save the nation’ amid 2024 speculation — Fresh off his announcement that he wouldn't seek a third term in his coveted Senate seat next year, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is taking his show on the road. — Manchin, who was widely viewed as the most vulnerable incumbent …
Gerald Rosberg / Columbia News:
Statement From Gerald Rosberg, Chair of the Special Committee on Campus Safety — Columbia University is suspending Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) as official student groups through the end of the fall term. This decision was made after the two …
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Moody's cuts U.S. outlook to negative, citing deficits and political polarization — Moody's Investors Service lowered its ratings outlook on the United States' government to negative from stable, pointing to rising risks to the nation's fiscal strength. — The ratings agency has affirmed …
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Moody's lowers U.S. credit outlook, citing political dysfunction — Moody's on Friday offered a sharp rebuke of political dysfunction in the United States, with the credit-rating agency changing its outlook for U.S. sovereign debt to negative from stable and warning that “continued political polarization” …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
France's Macron urges Israel to ‘stop this bombing’ in Gaza — French President Emanuel Macron strongly rebuked Israel's bombing campaign and ground offensive in Gaza on Friday, saying there is “no justification” for the effort in a BBC interview. — Macron said “we do urge them to stop this bombing” …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Tennessee man admits to conspiring with Jan. 6 defendant to kill FBI agents — Austin Carter said that he plotted with Edward Kelley, who is awaiting trial on Jan. 6 charges, to kill as many as 37 people. Kelley has pleaded not guilty to murder conspiracy charges.
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Laura Jedeed / Politico:
Inside Mike Johnson's Ties to a Far-Right Movement to Gut the Constitution — The new House speaker has longstanding ties to the evangelical inspired Convention of States cause. — As the interregnum without a speaker of the House came to an end last month, people from across …
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Eden Villalovas / Washington Examiner:
Gaetz renews McCarthy fight with short film documenting his effort to take away the gavel — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) released a 13-minute short film documenting his journey to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the chamber's top job. — Gaetz led the motion to vacate …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez, Greene among lawmakers urging Biden to drop Assange extradition, prosecution — A group of lawmakers including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called on President Biden to drop the extradition and prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The House is most definitely not in order — Before Mike Johnson became speaker, the House of Representatives had voted to censure one of its own members only seven times in 100 years. Since Johnson became speaker, members of the House have tried to censure each other eight times in two weeks.
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Ramaswamy now selling merch after Haley's ‘scum’ comments — GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has decided to capitalize on former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley's “scum” comments by selling merchandise on his website. — Ramaswamy, 38, called out Haley's daughter during …
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Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
‘I Got A Visit’: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Says He Was Asked To Run For President — The actor, who said in 2017 that he was “seriously considering” a presidential run, claims he was approached by “the parties” last year. — LOADING — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says he was approached not long ago about leading the United States.
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Politico:
Judge Aileen Cannon rebuffs Trump's call for trial delay in classified documents case — for now — The trial remains slated to start in May, but the judge said she would revisit the schedule in March. — Donald Trump's trial on charges that he hoarded classified military secrets at his Mar …
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Rep. Elise Stefanik files ethics complaint against judge in Trump's civil fraud trial — The senior House Republican and close Trump ally accused Judge Arthur Engoron of “weaponized law fare” against the former president and called on the judge to recuse himself.
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Elise Stefanik files ethics complaint against Trump fraud trial judge
Elise Stefanik files ethics complaint against Trump fraud trial judge
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