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1:20 PM ET, December 13, 2023

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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Glenn Youngkin praises Trump on economy, downplays ‘dictator’ fears  — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he will support Donald Trump if he becomes the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.  — Youngkin downplayed critics' concerns that the former president would seek “retribution” if granted a second term.
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NBC News:
Federal appeals court denies Trump's presidential immunity defense in E. Jean Carroll case  —  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Trump's lawyers waited too long - three years - to try to use the defense for his upcoming civil trial.  —  A federal appeals court on Wednesday shot …
Alexander Ward / Politico:
Trump considers overhauling his approach to North Korea if he wins in 2024
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Hunter Biden, Defying Deposition Subpoena, Again Offers Public Testimony  —  The president's son appeared at a news conference at the Capitol as House investigators awaited him at a private session he declined to attend.  —  Hunter Biden, the president's son, appeared on Capitol Hill …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Set to Approve Biden Impeachment Inquiry as It Hunts for an Offense  —  Republicans are pushing forward with a formal investigation even though their yearlong scrutiny of the president and his family has turned up no proof of high crimes or misdemeanors.
CNN:
Hunter Biden flouts subpoena for closed-door testimony, demanding to testify publicly: ‘I am here’
Washington Post:
Hunter Biden defies subpoena as House GOP plans vote on impeachment inquiry
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will decide access to key abortion drug mifepristone  —  The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will decide this term whether to limit access to a key abortion drug, returning the polarizing issue of reproductive rights to the high court for the first time since …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court agrees to hear showdown over abortion pill access  —  In a high-stakes legal battle, the Biden administration is defending federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, including a recent move to make it available by mail.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday took …
Politico:
Supreme Court will review scope of obstruction law that Trump is charged with breaking  —  The case calls into question prosecutors' handling of an Enron-era obstruction law to punish those who stormed Congress.  —  The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could derail hundreds …
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Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla to Recall More Than Two Million Vehicles Over Autopilot Safety Concerns  —  Move follows two-year investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration  —  Tesla will recall more than two million vehicles over concerns over its Autopilot system, following a two-year probe …
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Fani Willis Responds to GOP Backlash to Trump Case: ‘They Want to Come Up With This Foolishness’  —  ‘They worry the hero is treated the same as everybody else,’ the Fulton County, Georgia district attorney said  —  Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis is speaking up amid pushback …
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
André Braugher Dies: Star Of ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & Other Series And Films Was 61  —  Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film  — VIBE Editor-In-Chief Datwon Thomas Takes Executive Producer, Talent Post At Dick Clark Productions  — Mort Engelberg Dies …
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Contraception is a winning issue, conservative strategists tell GOP  —  Former Trump confidante Kellyanne Conway and other strategists are citing poll data showing strong demand among GOP voters for birth control after the fall of Roe.  —  Kellyanne Conway is going to Capitol Hill on Wednesday …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump makes third Iowa trip this month in final weeks before GOP voting starts in caucuses  —  Donald Trump is making his third trip to Iowa this month as he increasingly turns his attention to the state where Republicans will cast the first presidential nomination votes in a little more than a month.
Discussion: The Messenger and Washington Post
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CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's Iowa town hall with Ron DeSantis
Politico:
Playbook: A protest that should worry Biden and Harris  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IT'S A WRAP — “Climate summit makes ‘historic progress’ — but the world still can't quit oil,” by Karl Mathiesen, Zia Weise, Zack Colman …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
We Were Told Biden Is Secretly Running the DOJ.  Why Is His Son Being Charged? … It has long been an article of faith on the right that Attorney General Merrick Garland is prosecuting Donald Trump because President Biden wants him to.  Even the Trump-skeptical corners …
Kerry Breen / CBS News:
NASA rover unravels history of lake on Mars that grew up to 22 miles wide, 100 feet deep  —  NASA's Perseverance rover has learned new data about a major crater on Mars, teaching researchers and astronomers about how the structure was formed and when water was present on the planet.
Paul Demko / Politico:
‘Thank God they walked out’: Oregon's partisan divide highlights heightened animosity in statehouses  —  Republicans lawmakers in Oregon are banned from running for reelection after staging a six-week protest over guns, abortion and transgender issues.  —  Ten Oregon Republican senators …
Gabriella Abdul-Hakim / ABC News:
Biden plans swing through South Carolina, in early glimpse at 2024 campaign  —  The state has been elevated to first in the Democratic primary.  —  In this Feb. 11, 2020 photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event in Columbia, S.C.
Discussion: NBC News
David Shepardson / Reuters:
US agency will not reinstate $900 mln subsidy for SpaceX Starlink unit  —  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies.  —  The FCC said the decision impacting …
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
U.S. And UK Target Additional Hamas Finance Officials and Representatives  —  WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a fourth round of sanctions on Hamas since the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press, Fox News and UPI
Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel:
Ten soldiers, including two senior officers, killed in Gaza fighting and deadly ambush  —  9 troops of Golani Brigade, Air Force's Unit 669, killed in one of the deadliest incidents of ground offensive so far, taking toll to 115; combat engineer killed in separate clash
 
 
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Israel-Hamas War  —  Biden Meets Families of Hostages as Rift Opens With Israel Over War
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: House Freedom Caucus compares Mike Johnson to John Boehner
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Breitbart
Public Policy Polling:
Clarke, Trump dominate with Wisconsin Republicans
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Manchin taking 2-month tour to test appetite for national ‘movement’
Discussion: Axios and Wall Street Journal
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