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‘The boss is not going to leave’: Proffer videos show ex-Trump lawyers telling Georgia prosecutors about efforts to overturn 2020 election — ABC News obtained video from interviews held with Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell. — Jenna Ellis reads a statement after Ellis pleading guilty …
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Did ‘vermin’ mark a turning point in Trump coverage? — Saturday night was a low point in the elite media's coverage of Donald Trump. — The New York Times put a light-hearted headline on a news article about Trump's Veterans Day address in New Hampshire, in which he vowed to “root out” …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How Trump's rhetoric compares to Hitler's — Donald Trump has long toyed with the language of famous autocrats, authoritarians and fascists. Think: “enemy of the people,” “retribution” and the frequent, years-long allusions to political violence. — But even by his standards …
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New York Times:
Trump Campaign Officials Try to Play Down Contentious 2025 Plans — But many aspects of those blueprints are based on Donald Trump's own words, his campaign website and an adviser whom the campaign asked to speak. — Two top officials on former President Donald J. Trump's 2024 campaign …
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Charlie Sykes / The Bulwark:
It's Not the Gaffes. It's the Plans. — Because it's Monday, let's start with the bottom story of the day: Tim Scott Suspends Campaign, as His Sunny Message Failed to Resonate - The New York Time s — Who knew that sunny optimism was not what GOP voters were looking for in the era of Trump?
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden is in a deep hole on the economy. New polling may show a way out. — Top White House aides reviewed private polling showing Biden's economic message falling flat and suggesting paths toward a turnaround. — Earlier this fall, President Joe Biden's top aides met a pair of progressives …
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
If Biden can't run a normal campaign, he should step aside
If Biden can't run a normal campaign, he should step aside
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John L. Dorman / Insider:
Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian in 2021 because he thought she voted for Biden, book says
Trump hung up on Kim Kardashian in 2021 because he thought she voted for Biden, book says
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Ashley Oliver / Washington Examiner:
Republicans seek interviews with White House aides in Biden classified documents case
Republicans seek interviews with White House aides in Biden classified documents case
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Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Trump's Truth Social has lost $73 million in less than 2 years, new filing says — Former President Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, has lost $73 million in net sales since the platform's official launch in February 2022, according to a new financial disclosure filing from Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC).
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Mike Johnson's Shady Finances Are Already Coming Back to Bite Him — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a new ethics complaint over a litany of alleged violations with his financial disclosures. … When newly minted Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was asked on Fox News …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
'I've seen better run city council campaigns': Tim Scott's allies fume after exit — The South Carolina senator told just two campaign staff members of his plan to drop out. — When Tim Scott announced the end of his presidential bid from the studio of his house in Hanahan, S.C. …
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott abruptly ends 2024 presidential bid, shocking even his campaign staff
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott abruptly ends 2024 presidential bid, shocking even his campaign staff
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but it has no means of enforcement — The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a means of enforcement.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court adopts code of conduct amid ethics scrutiny
Supreme Court adopts code of conduct amid ethics scrutiny
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Shawn Cohen / Daily Mail:
‘I do my best not to revisit this’: Emotional Paul Pelosi tells court of the moment he was attacked by a hammer-wielding David DePape in his own home in front of cops - having stalled him by calling 911 — DePape said he was looking for Nancy Pelosi, the then-Speaker of the House, and attacked Paul with a hammer, fracturing his skull
Tesnim Zekeria / Popular Information:
These companies spent over $100 million to avoid accountability for drinking water contamination — Between 2019 and 2022, chemical companies spent more than $110 million lobbying against rules to curb potentially harmful “forever chemicals,” according to a new study by Food & Water Watch (FWW).
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Trump pollster sees Haley benefiting from Tim Scott's exit … - “Despite the narrative that the DeSantis team is trying to push, it's clear that other candidates dropping out is not causing voters to consolidate around him,” the memo argues. — Trump (43%) continues to boast …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Republican Pat Fallon to give up Congress seat and run for his old Texas Senate post — Fallon served in the Texas Senate for two years before running for Congress. He won't see reelection in the U.S. House. — U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, is quitting Congress and running for his old seat in the Texas Senate.
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The Hill:
House shelves Greene's resolution to impeach Mayorkas — The House shelved a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday, punting on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) effort to boot the Biden administration official from his post for his handling of the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - First photos reveal the COCAINE found in the White House: Images of the baggy in cubby hole that sparked White House investigation - and the culprit has still not been found — DailyMail.com uncovered photos through a Freedom of Information Act request
Associated Press:
First nonbinary Mexican magistrate found dead at home — Jesús Ociel Baena made history last year after becoming the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in the country. — MEXICO CITY — The first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Sen. Coons badgered about Gaza strikes and cease-fire on Amtrak ride — Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) was badgered on an Amtrak ride Monday about his position on calling for a cease-fire in Gaza by a passenger who claimed to be a journalist and who repeatedly ignored the senator's requests to leave him alone.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Democrats get surprisingly good news from America's Trumpiest court — The Fifth Circuit decided to obey the law, for a change. — Last Friday, a federal appeals court nudged Louisiana toward redrawing its congressional maps to include a second Black-majority district.
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Strip Clubs, Lewd Photos and a Boozy Hotel: The Toxic Atmosphere at Bank Regulator FDIC — Employees say sexual harassment, misogyny pervade federal agency tasked with ensuring stability of nation's banks, driving women to leave — A male Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. supervisor in San Francisco invited employees to a strip club.
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Melissa Koenig / New York Post:
California middle-schooler banned from sports over ‘black face’ — but group says he was just wearing eye paint — A California middle-schooler was suspended for allegedly wearing “blackface” to a local football game — but a national civil rights group claims the boy was just wearing eye paint.
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Lisa Friedman / Reuters:
Israel-Hamas War — Gaza Hospitals ‘Must Be Protected,’ Biden Says … Biden calls for ‘less intrusive action’ around Gaza's battered hospitals as Israeli forces close in. — The Gaza Strip's hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said on Monday as Israeli troops battled …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden: Hospitals ‘must be protected’ in Gaza as Israeli forces close in
Biden: Hospitals ‘must be protected’ in Gaza as Israeli forces close in
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