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Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
George Santos Accused Of Stealing House Member's Personal Credit Card Info  —  GOP Rep. Max Miller of Ohio made the allegation not long before Santos was expelled from Congress.  —  Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) accused his now-former GOP colleague George Santos of stealing his and his mother's …
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New York Times:
House Expels George Santos From Congress in Historic Vote  —  Mr. Santos, a New York Republican, is the sixth member of the House to be expelled in the body's history.  “To hell with this place,” he said after his colleagues ousted him.  —  Back  —  TRANSCRIPT  —  House Ousts George Santos From Office in Bipartisan Vote
Eli Okun / Politico:
Playbook PM: Bye George  —  REMEMBERING SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR — The first woman to ascend to the Supreme Court died today at 93, the end of a remarkable life that broke down barriers for women in the legal field and altered the course of American history with crucial swing votes on the court.
Discussion: ABC News and The Atlantic
NBC News:
House votes to expel indicted Rep. George Santos from Congress  —  The New York Republican is now just the third lawmaker since the Civil War to be expelled from the House of Representatives.  —  WASHINGTON — The House voted overwhelmingly to expel indicted Rep. George Santos on Friday …
Washington Post:
How each House member voted on expelling George Santos from Congress
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Anchor Harris Faulkner Laments Santos Expulsion as a Loss for Israel
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS News
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Biden Wants to Abolish the Fees Trump Charges at His Resorts
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
CNN:
House votes to expel Santos from Congress in historic vote
NBC News:
Sparks flew behind the scenes at the Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom debate  —  While the candidates said they were happy to keep debating for longer than 90 minutes, an intervention from the California governor's wife put a stop to it.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Newsom camp: Hannity, DeSantis cheated.  They dispute the charges.  —  The messy prime-time event outside Atlanta between Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis didn't end when the Fox News cameras stopped.  Newsom's team says DeSantis and Fox broke several rules.  —  ALPHARETTA, Georgia — So much for that Newsom-Hannity bromance.
Washington Post:
Trump can be held civilly liable in Jan. 6 riot, judges rule  —  Donald Trump can be held civilly liable for the actions of the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, an appeals court ruled Friday in a long-awaited decision that could clear the way for lawsuits seeking financial damages from the former president.
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Politico:
Trump may be sued over Jan. 6 incitement claims, appeals court panel rules
Politico:
Trump's Georgia trial should be kicked to 2029 if he wins the election, his lawyer says
New York Times:
DeSantis Super PAC Suffers Another Big Staff Loss, This Time Its Chairman  —  The departure of Adam Laxalt, a longtime friend of the Florida governor, is the latest shake-up inside Never Back Down as it faces questions over the group's strategy and spending.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
DeSantis campaign blames its own super PAC for leaks, bad TV advertising  —  The criticism comes amid an intensifying feud between Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign and Never Back Down.  —  Tensions between Ron DeSantis' struggling presidential campaign and his allied super PAC are boiling over …
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Trump Camp Blasts Republican Congressman for Running ‘Dishonest Scam PAC’ (Exclusive)  —  Trump's campaign warned Republicans not to use his image in unauthorized fundraising pitches  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign managers Friday accused an Oklahoma Republican of misusing …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain — Scoop: The Trump job applications revealed  —  We told you in a “Behind the Curtain” column last month that Trump allies are pre-screening the ideologies of thousands of potential appointees and employees in case he wins back the White House.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's campaign thinks it's getting a surprise assist from Dean Phillips
Discussion: CNN and The Messenger
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Sandra Day O'Connor, pathbreaking woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93  —  The court's first female justice was known for her independence on the bench  —  Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, whose independence on a court that was often ideologically divided …
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NBC News:
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, dead at 93
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies
Reuters:
Walmart says it is not advertising on social platform X  —  Walmart (WMT.N) said on Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest brands to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site.  —  “We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers …
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New York Times:
Advertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk's Comments
CNN:
Speaker Johnson wrote foreword for book filled with conspiracy theories and homophobic insults  —  Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote the foreword and publicly promoted a 2022 book that spread baseless and discredited conspiracy theories and used derogatory homophobic insults.
Forbes:
Why Cornel West Is Broke  —  Newly uncovered divorce filings reveal allegations of a “secret life” and help explain why the presidential candidate, who has earned millions of dollars over the years, has hardly anything left.  —  Cornel West has been a fixture of American society for more than three decades …
Marc Brown / ABC7:
Exclusive: Felicity Huffman speaks about college-admission scandal, promotes women's rehab group  —  In an exclusive interview with Eyewitness News, Felicity Huffman is speaking about her involvement in the college-admissions scandal.  —  LOS ANGELES (KABC) — One day in December 2017 actress …
CBS News:
Liz Cheney tells “CBS News Sunday Morning” that the U.S. is “sleepwalking into a dictatorship”  —  Former Republican Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney says that if Donald Trump is elected it will mean the end of the republic, and expresses alarm at how comfortable her party has become with the man and his lies.
 
 
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Democratic Senate Candidates Relish Chance to Run on Obamacare After Trump Floats Repeal
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
The White House ran afoul of the Hatch Act after initial warning, government watchdog says
Politico:
Steve Scalise reveals what's really happened since McCarthy's fall
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Examiner
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Nobody Wants Your RBG Candle Anymore
 

 
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.83B, vs. $9.76B est., paid memberships up 14% to 282.72M, vs. 282.15M est., and net income of $2.4B

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A year after its launch, The Guardian's European edition generates 15% of the company's pageviews, and one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%

Sahil Patel / The Information:
LinkedIn woos publishers, testing a “News Banner” on its mobile app feed and a video ad program that sources say will earn Bloomberg and WSJ $2M+ each in 2024

 
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