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Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote — Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia officials ask FBI to investigate emails from pro-Trump election skeptic
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump allegedly pressured Michigan election workers not to certify 2020 vote: Report
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The White House:
A Proclamation on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana, Attempted Simple Possession of Marijuana, or Use of Marijuana — In Proclamation 10467 of October 6, 2022 (Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana), I exercised my authority under …
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NBC News:
Biden to issue pardons for certain marijuana offenses — The president will also commute the sentences of 11 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, the White House said. — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation to pardon certain marijuana offenses Friday …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Joe Rogan Corrected On-Air for Blaming Trump Gaffe on Biden — The podcaster was caught off guard by a live fact-check from his own team that revealed it was Trump—not Biden—who made the gaffe in question. — Joe Rogan has done it again. But this time, even his own producers couldn't help …
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Michael Barfield / Florida Center …:
Police have recovered second Ziegler sex video, sources say — A sex video involving Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and an unidentified woman has been recovered by police as part of the ongoing criminal investigation of a rape allegation made against Bridget's husband …
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Washington Post:
Pro-DeSantis super PAC cancels ads in Iowa and New Hampshire — It's the latest shift for the organization, which now says it is “laser focused” on its ground game in early states. — Never Back Down, the embattled super PAC supporting Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis …
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Abené Clayton / The Guardian:
California town proposes ban on Pride, Black and women's history celebrations — Far-right council members in Huntington Beach introduce agenda item to switch focus to US wars and America's independence — The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of conservative voters …
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Politico:
Democrats sue New Hampshire over GOP-backed election law — President Joe Biden's campaign is supporting the legal challenge, which was first shared with POLITICO. — The Democratic National Committee is suing New Hampshire officials over a Republican-backed election law that it claims …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden campaign plots late push ahead of South Carolina primary
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Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
Raunchy celebrity party in Russia draws outrage over ‘nude illusion’ theme — RIGA, Latvia — A raunchy celebrity-filled party in Moscow has drawn the ire of Russian politicians and fervent Christian Orthodox activists who are urging law enforcement to punish the event's guests and organizers …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioters the far right claimed were antifa keep getting unmasked as Trump supporters — Misinformation about the Capitol attack continues to go viral on the right, but the claims are slowly getting debunked, federal case by federal case. — WASHINGTON — In nearly three years since …
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
New COVID variant JN.1 surges to 44% of cases, CDC estimates — even higher in New York, New Jersey — The new COVID-19 variant that scientists call JN.1 now makes up about 44.1% of COVID-19 cases across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Friday …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
When her family needed money, Nikki Haley found a lucrative path — The candidate's public policy positions — hawkish and pro-business — created well-paid private opportunities when she abruptly resigned from government in 2018 — Nikki Haley was representing the United States on the world stage …
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Politico:
Trump allies and MAGA luminaries move to kill off the Haley-for-VP buzz — Haley's rise has prompted speculation she'd be a logical running mate for Trump. — Donald Trump's allies, MAGA media influencers and even his son are sending the Republican frontrunner a message as he begins …
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
The US may be flouting its own laws by sending unrestricted aid to Israel — US law limits aid to countries that violate human rights. Here's why it isn't applied to Israel. — The recent high-profile killings of three Israeli hostages, two women in a Gaza church, and 11 unarmed Palestinian men …
Wall Street Journal:
How Putin's Right-Hand Man Took Out Prigozhin — Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary group — On the tarmac of a Moscow airport in late August, Yevgeny Prigozhin waited …
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Adam Entous / New York Times:
Hunter Biden Text Cited in Impeachment Inquiry Is Not What G.O.P. Suggests — A 2019 message from the president's son alluded to giving his father half his salary. The back story offers unflattering insights into the Biden family but does not support assertions of corruption.
Darren Samuelsohn / The Messenger:
Former Trump DOJ Official Jeff Clark Loses Fight to Halt His Georgia RICO Case Pending Appeal — A three-judge panel that included a pair of Trump appointees ruled on Thursday that Clark ‘cannot show any chance of success on the merits’ — Donald Trump's co-defendant and ex-Justice …
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former President Donald Trump On President Biden, Support for Israel, The War In Ukraine, Campaign 2024, and What a Second Trump Term Would Look Like — Former President Trump Donald Trump joined me this morning: — Audio: — 12-22hhs-trump — Transcript:
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US Department of Justice:
New Hampshire Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill Three Presidential Candidates — For Immediate Release — A New Hampshire man has been indicted in connection with sending threatening text messages to three presidential candidates. — Tyler Anderson, 30, of Dover …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Man Accused of Ramaswamy Death Threat Is Charged With Threatening Christie
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