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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 …
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Associated Press:
It's a ‘silly notion’ that Trump's Georgia case should pause for the election, Willis tells the AP — ATLANTA (AP) — The district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia says she has a duty to file charges against anyone who violates the law and that it's a …
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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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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 …
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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.
Trump Said Too Much Too Soon — DONALD TRUMP HAS CHOSEN to make “dictator” his brand.
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Raw Story
Steve Reilly / The Messenger:
Expediting Trump Appeals Court Review Will 'Vindicate the Public's Interest,' Special Counsel Jack Smith Argues
Expediting Trump Appeals Court Review Will 'Vindicate the Public's Interest,' Special Counsel Jack Smith Argues
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NBC News:
Federal appeals court denies Trump's presidential immunity defense in E. Jean Carroll case
Federal appeals court denies Trump's presidential immunity defense in E. Jean Carroll case
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Reuters:
Biden impeachment inquiry authorized by House Republicans, despite lack of evidence — The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formally authorize its ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as Republicans unite behind the effort even though they have yet to find evidence of wrongdoing by the Democrat.
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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 …
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Los Angeles Times, Raw Story and Business Insider
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 …
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Fox News and Washington Examiner
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
GOP Rep. Explains Impeachment Push: ‘Donald J. Trump 2024, Baby!’
GOP Rep. Explains Impeachment Push: ‘Donald J. Trump 2024, Baby!’
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HuffPost, Raw Story, Mediaite, Business Insider and Florida Politics
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
December 12, 2023 — Last night, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court …
December 12, 2023 — Last night, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court …
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Fox News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
Playbook: A protest that should worry Biden and Harris
Playbook: A protest that should worry Biden and Harris
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Washington Examiner, IJR and BizPac Review
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
'He's worried': Hunter Biden's legal woes take a heavy toll on his father — Behind closed doors, fears about the reelection campaign and his son's potential criminal trial have become an ever-present weight on the president. — WILMINGTON, Del. — Some days it's with a text.
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Stephen Neukam / The Messenger:
Jamie Raskin Rails Against Republicans at Hunter Biden-less Deposition (Exclusive)
Jamie Raskin Rails Against Republicans at Hunter Biden-less Deposition (Exclusive)
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Breitbart, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, The Hill and PoliticusUSA
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden will not sit for deposition by GOP, says father not ‘financially’ involved in his business
Hunter Biden will not sit for deposition by GOP, says father not ‘financially’ involved in his business
CNN:
Hunter Biden flouts subpoena for closed-door testimony, demanding to testify publicly: ‘I am here’
Hunter Biden flouts subpoena for closed-door testimony, demanding to testify publicly: ‘I am here’
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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.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox Board Member Paul Ryan Slams Trump, Hails Cheney and Kinzinger: 'Trump's Not a Conservative, He's an Authoritarian Narcissist' — Former House Speaker Paul Ryan tore into Donald Trump in a recent interview, denouncing the former president as an “authoritarian narcissist,” …
Sid Garcia / ABC7:
Protest calling for cease-fire in Gaza shuts down SB 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles — The CHP says 75 people were arrested. — A protest on the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles prompted a shutdown of southbound lanes as demonstrators called for a cease-fire in Gaza. — KABC
Business Insider:
Trump fraud trial judge evacuated from Manhattan courthouse soon after testimony ends — The Trump fraud trial is nearing its end in a lower Manhattan courthouse. — More than 10 weeks of testimony wrapped on Wednesday with a verdict expected in a month.
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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates — The $886 billion legislation is the product of bipartisan negotiations between the House and Senate in which right-wing restrictions on abortion, transgender care and diversity initiatives were jettisoned.
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Axios, Associated Press, The Hill, Politico, New York Post, The Kyiv Independent, Breaking Defense, The Daily Caller and Washington Times
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 …
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Military.com, One America News Network, Times of San Diego, The Daily Caller, Task & Purpose, Los Angeles Times, KVUE-TV and KTLA
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Carnegie Mellon Student Sues Over Prof's ‘Cruel Campaign of Antisemitic Abuse’ — Yael Canaan says her architecture instructor at one point suggested she ponder “what Jews do to make themselves such a hated group.” — A Carnegie Mellon University architecture student says she was subjected to a …
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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 …
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.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
‘COME AND TAKE IT, USDA’: House Republicans Passionately Defend Milk — “We want only the most nutritional option for Santa,” argued Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.). “Whole milk is the unsung hero of his Christmas journey.” — LOADING — Congress is running out of time to pass major legislative priorities …
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The Hill, New York Times, Washington Times and The Guardian
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Refusal to Fund Ukraine's Defense Is an Absolute Scandal — MAGA Republicans are Vladimir Putin's best friends, and they work against the U.S.' national security. … The damage has been done. The message has been sent. — Russia's fifth column, also known as the MAGA Republicans …
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Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg
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 …
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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
Supreme Court agrees to hear showdown over abortion pill access
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