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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The history behind Jack Smith's Trump-Supreme Court gambit — A key 2020 episode — also involving the Supreme Court and a Trump claim of absolute immunity — is worth recalling in this moment — The question of Donald Trump's criminal jeopardy could be headed to the Supreme Court sooner rather than later.
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Politico:
Special counsel reveals plans to use Trump's phone data at trial — Jack Smith indicated that he plans to call an expert witness who extracted and reviewed data copied from Trump's phone. — Special counsel Jack Smith has extracted data from the cell phone Donald Trump used while in the White House …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
10 alarming things Trump has promised to do in a second term — This is reality: Donald Trump will almost certainly be the Republican nominee for President for the third consecutive election. Given the United State's polarized political climate, either major party nominee has a realistic chance …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Supreme Court Could Gift Trump a Trial-Free Super Tuesday
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Melissa / Harvard University:
Statement from the Harvard Corporation: Our President — As members of the Harvard Corporation, we today reaffirm our support for President Gay's continued leadership of Harvard University. Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
It's ‘insulting’ to have ‘nonsense Republicans’ on Biden impeachment inquiry panel, Democrat says — Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) dubbed some of her Republican colleagues “idiots” and “a-holes” alongside criticism of the House Oversight Committee's attempts to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Joe Biden: On the Issues — Here's where the Democratic incumbent stands on top issues shaping the 2024 election. — President Joe Biden has the advantage of being an incumbent and appears almost certain to be the Democratic nominee for a second term in office.
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Woman Who Sought Court-Approved Abortion — Hours before the ruling, a group representing the woman, whose fetus received a fatal diagnosis, said she was leaving Texas for an abortion. — The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court order allowing …
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Washington Post:
Texas Supreme Court rules against woman at center of abortion battle
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
A Texas Case Shows That Abortion Ban Exemptions Are a Sham
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New York Times:
Harvard's Board Says President Will Stay, Despite Calls for Her Ouster — Claudine Gay, who became head of the university in July, faced criticism for her responses to questions at a congressional hearing about antisemitism. — Claudine Gay will stay on as president of Harvard University …
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Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Thirty-One Percent of Republicans Would Not Vote for Trump If He Gets Felony Conviction: Poll — Trump's four criminal cases have posed a significant risk to his candidacy, especially if he receives a conviction before Nov. 5, 2024, the poll found — More than 30% of Republicans who responded …
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Biden-Trump rematch would be close, with RFK Jr a threat to Biden: Reuters/Ipsos poll — A looming election rematch next year between U.S. President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump would be closely fought, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found, with both candidates saddled …
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Poll: A fifth of Black voters want ‘someone else’ instead of Trump or Biden
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
Rep. Bob Good, DeSantis backer, elected new Freedom Caucus chair — The Virginia Republican's selection underscores the far-right group's independent streak, especially at a time Republicans are reluctant to break with the mercurial Donald Trump. — WASHINGTON — Rep. Bob Good, R-Va. …
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Adam Sexton / WMUR:
Gov. Chris Sununu to announce endorsement in Republican presidential race at Tuesday event, sources tell WMUR — Governor to endorse Nikki Haley, sources say — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican presidential candidates have been competing for Gov. Chris Sununu's endorsement for months.
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NBC News:
Republican senator says Ukraine should cede land and cut a deal with Putin to end the war — Sen. JD Vance, on the eve of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's trip to Capitol Hill, dismissed fears that Russia would keep making advances if it's victorious in Ukraine.
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Tillis calls Vance remarks on Ukraine ‘total and unmitigated bull‑‑‑‑’
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The Messenger, Bloomberg, BizPac Review, Political Wire and J.D. Vance
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
‘This is Definitely Plagiarism’: Harvard University President Claudine Gay Copied Entire Paragraphs From Others' Academic Work and Claimed Them as Her Own — Harvard University president Claudine Gay plagiarized numerous academics over the course of her academic career …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
“Bombshell”: Does Harvard's President Also Have a Plagiarism Scandal? Update: Billionaire donor demands Gay's firing
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Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google's App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides With Epic Games — A jury in San Francisco unanimously found that Google stifled competition for its app store. A judge will now decide on what fixes to require at the company, but appeals could delay the impact of the case for years.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation slowed to a 3.1% annual rate in November — The consumer price index, a closely watched inflation gauge, increased 0.1% in November, and was up 3.1% from a year ago. — Excluding volatile food and energy prices, the core CPI increased 0.3% on the month and 4% from a year ago.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Exclusive: Former Mar-a-Lago employee-turned-witness repeatedly contacted by Trump and associates before documents charges — West Palm Beach, FL CNN — Three months after the FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago last August, a longtime employee of Donald Trump's private club quit his job.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
An Iowa fight over a Satanic display reminds us: Republicans believe “free speech” is only for them — The key to understanding the GOP furor over “anti-semitism” on campus? A altar to Lucifer in the Des Moines Capitol — It's become a holiday tradition, especially in the red states.
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Des Moines Register, Digby's Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Republicans promise delegates will stay in Wisconsin for GOP convention — The national party wants to demonstrate that it's committed to the swing state. — MILWAUKEE — Republicans are setting up their 2024 convention so that delegates don't have to set foot in the blue state of Illinois.
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