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7:05 PM ET, December 13, 2023

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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Exclusive: Recordings describe 2020 Oval Office photo-op where Trump was briefed on fake electors and January 6  —  Before a group of supportive lawyers entered the Oval Office for a photo-op with then-President Donald Trump in December 2020, they were given a clear instruction …
Discussion: The Messenger, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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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 …
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Lawyer Fani Willis calls proposed pause on Trump's election case ‘silly notion’  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis rejected the idea that her prosecution of Donald Trump could amount to election interference.  Willis, who obtained a sweeping indictment against Trump and 18 others in August, is seeking an August trial date.
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
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
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
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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: Fox News and Washington Examiner
Billy House / Bloomberg:
House Republicans Authorize Biden Impeachment Inquiry  — Trump has pressed House Republicans to step up investigation  — Speaker says formal approval will help enforce subpoenas  —  Republicans in the US House voted Wednesday to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden …
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 …
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox Board Member Paul Ryan Slams Trump, Hails Cheney and Kinzinger: 'Trump's Not a Conservative, He's an Authoritarian Narcissist'
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Hunter Biden defies subpoena as House GOP plans vote on impeachment inquiry
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  —  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 …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden will not sit for deposition by GOP, says father not ‘financially’ involved in his business
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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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.
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
James LaPorta / The Messenger:
One US Marine Dead, Dozen More Hospitalized After Training Accident in California  —  The Marines were traveling in an amphibious combat vehicle, designed to operate on the sea and on land, at the time of the accident  —  A United States Marine is dead while more than a dozen others were taken …
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 …
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 …
Andrew Atterbury / Politico:
Teachers sue Florida over pronoun restrictions in schools  —  The lawsuit is the latest legal pushback against several key polices created by state GOP leaders.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Three Florida teachers sued state and local officials in federal court Wednesday seeking to overturn …
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 …
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 …
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Santos: ‘I want to go back to Congress’  —  Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said he'd be interested in returning to Congress, just two weeks after he was removed from office and wrote off Congress.  —  It's a stark reversal from previous comments about his future.  —  “Why would I want to stay here?
Discussion: Mediaite and The Messenger
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 …
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
 
 
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. delaying sale of M16 rifles to Israel over settler violence
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The Lie At The Heart Of The College Free-Speech Debate Is That Free Speech Exists On Campus
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
We Were Told Biden Is Secretly Running the DOJ. Why Is His Son Being Charged?
Discussion: PJ Media and RedState
Paul Demko / Politico:
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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
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
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