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7:20 AM ET, December 23, 2023

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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Trump vows a peaceful transfer of power if reelected  —  Trump insisted that he peacefully turned over power to Biden in 2021, though he's been indicted for his role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.  —  If reelected president in 2024, Donald Trump vowed Friday …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Won't Hear Case on Trump's Immunity Defense for Now  —  Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump, had urged the justices to move with extraordinary speed, bypassing a federal appeals court.  —  The Supreme Court declined on Friday to decide …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court sidesteps decision on Trump presidential immunity claim in federal election interference case  —  Trump is claiming broad immunity for actions he took in office, including efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results for which he faces criminal prosecution.
New York Times:
Democrats in Key States Worry Biden Could Be a Drag on Their Races  —  Candidates for the Senate and House have expressed concern that the president has not done enough to build an operation or excite voters.  —  Democrats in battleground states are growing increasingly anxious …
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Trump hints at possible picks for Pentagon chief in a second term  —  The GOP frontrunner brought up Christopher Miller, who once said he couldn't wait to leave DOD.  —  Former President Donald Trump on Friday dropped hints about who he would pick to lead the Pentagon if he wins a second term.
Discussion: RedState and New York Times
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:
Jocelyn Benson / The Daily Beast:
I'm Michigan's Chief Election Official.  Trump's Still a Threat to Democracy, So Let's Be Prepared.  —  The new report about Trump's attempt to interfere with my state's election certification doesn't surprise me.  We must stay vigilant over the danger he'll bring in 2024.
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump's 2020 Bullying of Michigan Election Officials Is Blatant Authoritarianism  —  If you're still brushing off the ex-president as some kind of harmless rascal and diagnosing his critics as suffering from “derangement syndrome”—you might be the problem.
Jess Bidgood / The Boston Globe:
'He's the only one that's speaking the truth': Trump's fans trust nothing — except him  —  CORALVILLE, Iowa — Joannie Firkins, 63, does not trust the COVID vaccine.  She does not trust the Internal Revenue Service.  She does not trust the results of the 2020 election and she certainly does not trust President Biden.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Darren Samuelsohn / The Messenger:
Former Trump DOJ Official Jeff Clark Loses Fight to Halt His Georgia RICO Case Pending Appeal
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules legislative maps unconstitutional, orders new boundaries for 2024 vote  —  Molly Beck Jessie OpoienMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Republican-controlled state Legislature to draw new legislative boundaries ahead …
CBS News:
Trump asking allies about possibility of Nikki Haley for vice president  —  Former President Donald Trump has been asking allies and advisers for their thoughts about Nikki Haley as a potential vice presidential candidate, two sources familiar with the conversations tell CBS News.
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Politico:
Trump allies and MAGA luminaries move to kill off the Haley-for-VP buzz
Discussion: USA Today and PJ Media
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
When her family needed money, Nikki Haley found a lucrative path
Discussion: Raw Story
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Gad Haggai  —  Jill and I are heartbroken by the news that American Gad Haggai is now believed to have been killed by Hamas on October 7.  We continue to pray for the well-being and safe return of his wife, Judy.  Their daughter joined by phone my meeting with the families of hostages last week.
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on H.R. 2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024  —  Today, I have signed into law H.R. 2670, the “National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024” (the “Act").  The Act authorizes fiscal year appropriations principally …
Discussion: BizPac Review
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 …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis' super PAC cancels remaining ad reservations as another group aims to fills the void  —  Never Back Down, which has been the main outside group backing DeSantis, will focus on its field operation, while Fight Right will handle TV ad spending.  —  Never Back Down …
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
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The White House:
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