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Burgess Everett / Politico:
The GOP's most Trump-skeptical bloc starts falling in line — Its leader has no relationship with the former president. But Senate Republicans are peeling off to endorse him on the eve of the Iowa caucus. — Donald Trump is making serious headway with a bloc of the GOP that's among …
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Washington Examiner, The Messenger, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and The Daily Beast
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Washington Post:
Republican loyalty to Trump, rioters climbs in 3 years after Jan. 6 attack — Three years after the Jan. 6 attack, Republicans are more sympathetic to those who stormed the U.S. Capitol and more likely to absolve Donald Trump of responsibility for the attack than they were in 2021 …
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The Bulwark, The Messenger, The Hill, Raw Story and Election Law Blog
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
How the Biden campaign hopes to make 2024 less about Biden and more about a contrast with Trump — The 2024 campaign year for President Joe Biden's inner circle will largely be about carefully ratcheting up the intensity against Donald Trump, wary of voters becoming dulled to what they expect …
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The Messenger, Associated Press and Althouse
Politico:
Playbook: Two telling new ads, plus border talks latest — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK I — SFA Fund, the pro-NIKKI HALEY Super PAC, is going up on the air in Iowa with a new ad attacking RON DeSANTIS for the years he allegedly spent …
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The Bulwark, The Messenger, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Human Events
Rolling Stone:
Inside the Trump Plot to Turn His Jan. 6 Trial Into a ‘MAGA Freak Show’ — The ex-president and his lawyers have outlandish plans for his election subversion trial — and it's too much even for some former Trump attorneys. — ATTEMPTS TO DRAG Nancy Pelosi into court to berate her on the stand and, hopefully, on live TV.
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The Daily Beast, CNN and The Bulwark
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Trump wins endorsement from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise — Scalise nod comes as former President Trump faces attempts from states to remove him from the primary ballot — FIRST ON FOX: Former President Trump is getting a blessing from the bayou as he seeks a second term in the Oval Office.
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Washington Examiner and KSN-TV
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Majority in new poll say Jan. 6 was attack on democracy that should never be forgotten — A majority of Americans say the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot was an “attack on democracy that should never be forgotten,” according to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.
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Washington Post, The Guardian and Raw Story
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Is this who we are? — This week, Post Opinions columnists are writing about the biggest questions on their beats for 2024 and beyond. — “This is not who we are.” — How many times have we heard these six words in the Trump era? — Joe Biden has used them often to describe …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A poisonous campaign — Donald Trump's term as president was chaotic, with an ever-changing cast of characters installed in top positions. But, amidst the mayhem, senior advisor Stephen Miller was a constant. Miller, an anti-immigrant hardliner, started out advising Trump on the 2016 campaign …
Wall Street Journal:
These Voters Will Decide the 2024 Election. They Don't Like What They See. — In counties that backed the past four presidential winners, residents worry America's best days are behind it — Catherine Lucey Eliza Collins Paul Overberg in Washington — Tony Grauslys, a 56-year-old merchandiser …
Reuters:
South Korea opposition chief stabbed in neck - media — South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported. — Lee was attacked by an unidentified man while touring …
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AP-NORC:
2024: The public's priorities and expectations — Foreign policy issues top the public's agenda for 2024, followed by economic concerns. Education, the environment and climate change, and health care continue to be major concerns. Most Americans do not expect things to get better for themselves or the country in the upcoming year.
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Associated Press, The Hill, Business Insider and The Messenger
Eli Walsh / The Messenger:
FBI Probes Fiery Fatal Crash Outside New York Event Center as Police Find a Dozen Gas Cans Near Wreck — The collision occurred around 12:50 a.m. as a concert of roughly 1,000 people let out at the Kodak Center in Rochester — Two people were killed and two more were critically injured …
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New York Times:
Trump's 2024 Playbook … Hosted by Michael BarbaroProduced by Summer Thomad, Luke Vander Ploeg, Rachelle Bonja, Rikki Novetsky and Olivia NattEdited by Rachel Quester, Brendan Klinkenberg and Lexie DiaoOriginal music by Pat McCusker, Dan Powell and Marion LozanoEngineered by Alyssa Moxley
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