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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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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Trump Said Too Much Too Soon  —  DONALD TRUMP HAS CHOSEN to make “dictator” his brand.  No one made him do it.  But the fact that he did, eleven months before the election, is a good thing.  —  Trump's plans to destroy our foundational checks and balances and rule as a king hadn't penetrated …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Liz Cheney / Wall Street Journal:
Checks and Balances Won't Stop Trump  —  The Constitution's protections won't be able to block his abuses of executive power.  —  As we approach the 2024 primaries, some Republicans have begun arguing that the checks and balances constructed by the framers of our Constitution …
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
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 …
Bloomberg:
Republican Senators Say They're Weighing Biden's Immigration Offer  —  President Joe Biden has offered changes to US border policy that raises the prospects of a bipartisan deal on immigration and aid to Ukraine, Republican senators said Wednesday.  —  Republicans met behind closed doors …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A revealing exchange on the GOP's speculative impeachment inquiry  —  It's perhaps a little too simplistic to cast the impeachment inquiry of President Biden, which the House will vote to formalize Wednesday, as a “Seinfeld”-ian impeachment “about nothing.”  —  Republicans have at the very …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
GOP Rep. Explains Impeachment Push: ‘Donald J. Trump 2024, Baby!’  —  In video obtained by Rolling Stone, Troy Nehls touted Trump returning to the White House when asked what Republicans have to gain from a Biden impeachment inquiry … The party has struggled to gin up a legitimate rationale …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Set to Approve Biden Impeachment Inquiry as It Hunts for an Offense
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 …
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Alexander Ward / Politico:
Trump considers overhauling his approach to North Korea if he wins in 2024
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Glenn Youngkin praises Trump on economy, downplays ‘dictator’ fears
Discussion: Blue Virginia
CNN:
Hunter Biden flouts subpoena for closed-door testimony, demanding to testify publicly: ‘I am here’  —  President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden defied Republican investigators' subpoena for closed-door testimony, demanding to testify publicly Wednesday.  —  In his first public statement since …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Hunter Biden, Defying Deposition Subpoena, Again Offers Public Testimony
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden will not sit for deposition by GOP, says father not ‘financially’ involved in his business
Tom Krisher / Associated Press:
Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot  —  Tesla is recalling nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S., more than 2 million, to update software and fix a defective system that's supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when using Autopilot.
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Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla to Recall More Than Two Million Vehicles Over Autopilot Safety Concerns
Discussion: Semafor, Wired and The Verge
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
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 …
US Department of Justice:
Former global diversity executive at Facebook pleads guilty to defrauding company out of more than $4 million  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia  —  ATLANTA - Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former global diversity executive at Facebook …
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Inside the Troll Army Waging Trump's Online Campaign  —  A team of meme-makers has been flooding social media with pro-Trump posts riddled with sexist and racist tropes.  Donald Trump is cheering them on.  —  The video, called “Let's Get Ready to Bumble,” is a slick mash …
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders calls for Biden to cut Israel aid by $10 billion  —  The liberal senator says the Israeli military campaign in Gaza amounts to ‘mass atrocity’  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for President Biden to cut proposed aid to Israel by $10.1 billion in a letter that called …
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 …
Washington Post:
Monumental, Youngkin announce deal to move Caps, Wizards to Virginia  —  Renderings show a 20,000-seat arena, practice facilities for the Wizards and Capitals, expanded esports facilities, a performing arts venue, “fan plaza” and more  —  The owner of the Wizards and Capitals has reached …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. delaying sale of M16 rifles to Israel over settler violence  —  The Biden administration is again holding up the licenses for selling more than 20,000 U.S.-made rifles to Israel over concerns about attacks by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, two U.S. officials told Axios.
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.
The Guardian:
Revealed: House speaker did little to fight toxic ‘burn pit’ his father campaigned against  —  Mike Johnson's creationist beliefs clash with climate facts in a district where many residents still hold deep concerns about pollution  —  Oliver Laughland in Shreveport, Louisiana and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
December 12, 2023  —  Last night, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to decide Trump's claim that he is immune from any and all criminal prosecution for anything he did while in office.  That claim is central to Trump's defense; he has requested the charges against him be dismissed because of that immunity.
 
 
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Holds Rates Steady and Sees Cuts Next Year
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Lie At The Heart Of The College Free-Speech Debate Is That Free Speech Exists On Campus
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
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The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep. Mike Garcia Secretly Sold Boeing Stock Ahead of Damning Report
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