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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Court-Approved Abortion — The court, responding to an appeal from Attorney General Ken Paxton, put on hold a lower court order allowing an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal condition. — The Texas Supreme Court late Friday temporarily halted …
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Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks pregnant woman from emergency abortion — The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion in a ruling issued late Friday. — The court froze a lower court's ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox …
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Washington Post:
Trump camp escalates attempt to limit second-term talk from outside allies — Top officials in Donald Trump's campaign sought Friday to quell discussions about his possible second term in the White House, amid alarms about authoritarianism and reports about personnel.
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New York Times:
Fears of a NATO Withdrawal Rise as Trump Seeks a Return to Power — Current and former European diplomats said there was growing concern a second Trump presidency could mean an American retreat from the continent and a gutting of NATO. — For 74 years, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Takes 2024 Lead as Biden Approval Hits New Low, WSJ Poll Finds — Unhappiness with Biden's performance is pervasive, with economic pessimism weighing him down — WASHINGTON—President Biden's political standing is at its weakest point of his presidency, a new Wall Street Journal poll finds …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
December 2023 National Poll: Economic Worries and Anxiety Driving Younger Voters Away from Biden
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Politico, The Messenger, The Daily Caller, One America News Network and Florida Politics
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
GOP Kansas Sen. Marshall Wants to Impeach Biden, But Also Wants Him on 2024 Ticket
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Political Wire and Mediaite
Associated Press:
US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza — UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday backed by almost all other Security Council members and dozens of other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Sen. Vance sends letter slamming Ohio State University DEI efforts, calling it ‘racial hatred’ — Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) sent a letter slamming Ohio State University for its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts Friday. — “Today I wrote to the leadership of Ohio State …
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Her Online Sex Life Was Exposed. She Lost Her Election. Now She's Speaking Out. — Susanna Gibson's campaign was rocked when an opponent exposed her private digital life to the public. She won't be the last. — It is not often that a state legislative campaign in an off-season election seizes the national spotlight.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
CDC issues travel advisory for Mexico, citing ‘Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever’ — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a travel advisory for Mexico Friday, citing “reports” of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. — “There have been reports of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) …
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Federal judge bars separating migrant families for 8 years — A federal judge on Friday blocked the federal government from separating families solely as part of border enforcement policy for the next eight years, stopping any potential return to the short-lived zero tolerance policy of 2018.
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years
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NBC News:
Trump PAC paid for expert witness testimony in N.Y. civil fraud trial — Eli Bartov, an accounting professor at New York University, said that his $900K in expert witness fees were paid by the Trump Organization and Trump's Save America PAC. — An expert witness in the $250 million civil fraud trial …
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Associated Press:
Voters to choose between Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire for Houston mayor — The new mayor will have to deal with new laws from the GOP-led state government over control of local elections and the ability to impose local regulations. — HOUSTON — Two of Houston's …
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Washington Examiner, The Texas Tribune, CBS News, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and New York Times
Laura Kuenssberg / BBC:
Ukraine in ‘mortal danger’ without aid, Olena Zelenska warns — Olena Zelenska has warned that Ukrainians are in “mortal danger” of being left to die if Western countries don't continue their financial support. — Ukraine's first lady spoke to Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg …
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
As More ‘Fake Electors’ Face Charges, a Key Witness Emerges — Kenneth Chesebro, an architect of the plan to deploy people claiming to be Trump electors in states won by President Biden, is cooperating with inquiries in Michigan, Arizona and Nevada. — Twenty-four of the so-called fake Trump electors …
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Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:
Billionaire GOP donor endorses Haley, says Trump's time has ‘come and gone’ — Home Depot co-founder and billionaire Ken Langone put his support behind GOP hopeful Nikki Haley on Friday, calling her approach to the 2024 election “smart.” — “I think she's just what we need right now.
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The Harvard Crimson:
‘I Am Sorry’: Harvard President Gay Addresses Backlash Over Congressional Testimony on Antisemitism — Harvard President Claudine Gay apologized for her remarks at the end of her congressional testimony, which sparked fierce national criticism and led the leadership of Harvard Hillel …
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