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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Colorado Republican Party Says It Asked Supreme Court to Keep Trump on Ballot — The party's petition urged the justices to review a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court, which said the former president had engaged in insurrection and is ineligible to hold office.
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CNN:
Colorado GOP asks US Supreme Court to overturn ruling disqualifying Trump from 2024 ballot — The Colorado Republican Party says it has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the unprecedented state Supreme Court ruling that removed Donald Trump from Colorado's 2024 ballot.
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Trump ballot ban appealed to US Supreme Court by Colorado Republican Party — The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday appealed that state's supreme court decision that found former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency, the potential first step to a showdown …
Politico:
Haley declines to say slavery was cause of Civil War — The former South Carolina governor instead said it was a dispute over how ‘government was going to run.’ — Nikki Haley declined to say that slavery was a cause of the Civil War on Wednesday evening, placing the blame, instead, on the role of government.
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Nikki Haley, asked what caused the Civil War, leaves out slavery. It's not the first time — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn't mention slavery in her response — leading the voter to say he was “astonished” by her omission.
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Dems Target GOP State Lawmakers With Jan. 6 Credentials — Democrats are going after Republicans who came to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 to cheer on overturning the election. … In Donald Trump's Republican Party, being in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, is far from a mark on a candidate's record—it's more like a credential.
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House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick — Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
House Ethics launches investigation into Florida Democrat
House Ethics launches investigation into Florida Democrat
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Andrew Freedman / Axios:
2024 may be the hottest year in recorded history — 2024 may be even hotter than the “gobsmackingly” hot 2023, which featured extreme — and often deadly — weather and climate events around the globe. … But ‘the normal pattern’ may not exist anymore," said Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University.
USA Today:
Herb Kohl, former U.S. senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner, dies at age 88 — Amy Rabideau Silvers, Craig Gilbert and Bill GlauberUSA TODAY Network — Herb Kohl, the former U.S. senator, Milwaukee Bucks owner and retail shopping magnate, died Wednesday afternoon at the age of 88 after a brief illness.
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Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Lauren Boebert will switch congressional districts to improve her chances of winning in 2024 — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert announced Wednesday night that she is ditching her reelection bid next year in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District to run instead in the state's 4th Congressional District …
Washington Post:
As Haley climbs in the polls, she confronts attacks criticized as sexist — The former South Carolina governor is vying to become the first woman to win the Republican nomination, but she faces long odds in a party that has been slower to elevate women into some of the most prominent elected offices
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CNN:
Christie pushes back on calls for him to drop out in 7-figure New Hampshire ad buy — Chris Christie is directly pushing back on calls for him to drop out of the 2024 Republican presidential primary in a new seven-figure ad buy debuting in New Hampshire on Thursday, according to details shared exclusively with CNN.
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Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Knew Carter Was in Trouble in 1979. Now He's in the Same Boat. — Both presidents faced inflation and foreign-policy challenges as they sought a second term — WASHINGTON—When an unpopular Democratic incumbent president was struggling to build support for a second term …
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Jane Coaston / New York Times:
Tim Alberta on Why Evangelical Politics Was Ready for Trump — Roughly 24 percent of Americans consider themselves “born-again or evangelical,” but what that means — spiritually, culturally, politically — depends on whom you ask. For some evangelicals, the role of politics …
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William Grimes / New York Times:
Tom Smothers, Comic Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86 — Though he played a naïve buffoon onstage, he was the driving force behind the folk-singing duo's groundbreaking TV show. — Tom Smothers, the older half of the comic folk duo the Smothers Brothers, whose skits and songs on …
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Mike Barnes / The Hollywood Reporter:
Tom Smothers, Comedian, Musician and Scourge of CBS Censors, Dies at 86
Tom Smothers, Comedian, Musician and Scourge of CBS Censors, Dies at 86
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Soo-hyang Choi / Reuters:
North Korea's Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations -state media — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered its military, the munitions industry and the nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the U.S., state media said on Thursday.
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Wills Robinson / Daily Mail:
One in five young Americans has a POSITIVE view of Osama Bin Laden: Disturbing Daily Mail poll results also reveal three in 10 Gen-Zers think the views of the 9/11 mastermind were a ‘force for good’ — Alarming poll results show some voters under 30 are sympathetic to Bin Laden
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