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Nicholas Kerr / ABC News:
Chris Christie plays down risk to Republicans if Trump loses primary but won't leave the race — He argued “the public en masse will begin to ignore” the former president — Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie speaks at the Hudson Institute, on Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
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Jazmine Ulloa / New York Times:
To Beat Trump, Nikki Haley Is Trying to Speak to All Sides of a Fractured G.O.P. — Her campaign will test what political strategists and observers of her rise in politics have said is among her greatest political skills: an ability to massage her message to the moment.
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The Hill, The Messenger, Breitbart, USA Today, Associated Press and Wall Street Journal
Aaron Pellish / CNN:
Christie says he plans to stay in GOP race through convention — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he plans to stay in the Republican primary race through next summer's nominating convention, dismissing a recent CNN poll that shows him trailing former President Donald Trump …
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HuffPost, Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Post, The Messenger, Axios and Political Wire
New York Times:
A Troubling Trump Pardon and a Link to the Kushners — A commutation for a drug smuggler named Jonathan Braun had broader implications than previously known. It puts new focus on how Donald Trump would use his clemency powers in a second term. — Even amid the uproar …
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Raw Story and New York Times
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Pardoning of a Loan Shark Derailed a Federal Investigation: Report — The former president undermined negotiations between Jonathan Braun and prosecutors who hoped Braun would testify against other predatory lenders in exchange for his release
Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
A doctor tried to renew his passport. Now he's no longer a citizen. — The Northern Virginia doctor was born in D.C. and given a U.S. birth certificate. At 61, he learned his citizenship was granted by mistake. — Siavash Sobhani is stateless. — The Northern Virginia doctor knows at least that much about his situation.
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Outside the Beltway and Eschaton
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Biden Asked If He's Too Old to Run in 2024: 'That's Stupid!' — He didn't respond to a question about his standing in polls against Trump — President Joe Biden dismissed concerns about his age as “stupid” while shopping in Nantucket, Massachusetts over the weekend.
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Political Wire and Fox News
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Human Rights Watch:
Gaza: Findings on October 17 al-Ahli Hospital Explosion — Evidence Points to Misfired Rocket but Full Investigation Needed — (Jerusalem) - The explosion that killed and injured many civilians at al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza on October 17, 2023, resulted from an apparent rocket-propelled munition …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Turner says House passage of Ukraine, Israel aid package unlikely before end of year — Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, predicted Sunday that approval of an aid package to Ukraine and Israel is unlikely before the end of the year.
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Kayla Guo / New York Times:
Members of Congress Head for the Exits, Many Citing Dysfunction — More than three dozen incumbents have announced they will not seek re-election next year. Some are running for other offices, while others intend to leave Congress altogether. — Eleven are running for the Senate.
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Business Insider, Axios and Outside the Beltway
CNN:
4-year-old Israeli American hostage is released — Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American dual citizen abducted by Hamas on October 7, has been released - marking the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas. Edan is one of the 17 hostages released Sunday.
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Attackers seize an Israel-linked tanker off Yemen in a third such assault during the Israel-Hamas war — Attackers seized a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday, authorities said. While no group immediately claimed responsibility, it comes as at least two other maritime attacks …
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Washington Examiner, RedState, New York Post, New York Daily News and The Messenger
Bloomberg:
Argentina's Milei Heads to US, Invites Lula to Inauguration — Milei to meet Biden administration officials in Washington — Envoy traveled to Brazil to invite Lula to swearing-in — Argentina President-elect Javier Milei on Sunday night will head to the US while his incoming foreign …
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Reuters and Political Wire
The Times of Israel:
Irish PM panned for saying freed hostage child Emily Hand ‘found’ after she was ‘lost’ — FM Eli Cohen summons ambassador and accuses Leo Varadkar of ‘losing his moral compass’; Minister Gantz: ‘Emily was never “lost” - she was brutally kidnapped and held hostage’
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Fox News, Politico, Breitbart, RedState and The Messenger