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8:15 PM ET, January 1, 2024

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USA Today:
A fraying coalition: Black, Hispanic, young voters abandon Biden as election year begins  —  In a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, Biden's failure to consolidate his victorious 2020 support has left him narrowly trailing Trump.  —  President Joe Biden heads into the election year …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Looking Ahead to 5 Things That Will Shape the 2024 Election  —  Trials, a Kennedy and the economy are among the variables to consider.  —  It's divisible by four.  It's a leap year.  It's a Summer Olympics year.  —  It's a presidential election year.  —  Happy New Year?
Associated Press:
Israel is pulling thousands of troops from Gaza as combat focuses on enclave's main southern city  —  Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the Gaza Strip, the military said Monday, in the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began as forces continued to bear …
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Reuters:
Fighting rages in Gaza as Israel looks at new phase of war  —  Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza City districts on Monday, residents said, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers, but fighting raged elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave along with intense bombardment.
Carmen Paun / Politico:
Mental hospitals warehoused the sick.  Congress wants to let them try again.  —  Lawmakers are on the verge of allowing Medicaid to cover substance use treatment in the facilities.  —  The linked crises of drug addiction and homelessness have Washington on the verge of embracing …
Discussion: RedState
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Judge allows Mississippi to create state-run court in Black-majority capital city  —  Despite objections from the NAACP, a federal judge is allowing Mississippi to create a state-run court in Jackson — the state capital where the majority of residents are Black.
Ari Rabinovitch / Reuters:
Israel's Supreme Court strikes down disputed law that limited court oversight  —  Israel's Supreme Court on Monday struck down a highly disputed law passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government that rolled back some of the high court's power and sparked nationwide protests.
Discussion: Eschaton
David Moye / HuffPost:
Fox News Panelist Is Surprisingly OK With Trump Being ‘President From Jail’  —  Dr. Janette Nesheiwat said that if Trump is both reelected and convicted of a crime, he could just do the job from behind bars.  —  LOADING  —  Considering that Donald Trump has been indicted four times on 91 felony counts …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is returning home after extended deployment defending Israel  —  After months of extra duty at sea providing protection for Israel, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will be heading home, the Navy announced on Monday.
Discussion: The Messenger and Fox News
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
‘A formulaic game’: former officials say Trump's attacks threaten rule of law  —  Ex-president has made increasingly conspiratorial and authoritarian broadsides against prosecutors pursuing him  —  As Donald Trump faces 91 felony counts with four trials slated for 2024 …
Wall Street Journal:
Prescription drugs  —  As a candidate, Biden proposed repealing the law that bars Medicare from negotiating lower prices with drug corporations.  Instead of repealing the law, Biden signed into law a measure that would allow the federal government to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs for some Medicare recipients.
Discussion: Business Insider
Allison Novelo / CBS News:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has thrown out the GOP-drawn district maps.  That could be a huge change for the purple state  —  Republican Sen. Ron Johnson won reelection in 2022 in Wisconsin by just over 25,000 votes — the latest slim-majority victory in the state, which gave …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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