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5:25 PM ET, January 2, 2024

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The Harvard Crimson:
HARVARD PRESIDENT CLAUDINE GAY RESIGNS, SHORTEST TENURE IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY  —  Harvard President Claudine Gay will resign Tuesday afternoon, bringing an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.
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Claudine Gay / Harvard University President:
Personal News  —  Dear Members of the Harvard Community,  —  It is with a heavy heart but a deep love for Harvard that I write to share that I will be stepping down as president.  This is not a decision I came to easily.  Indeed, it has been difficult beyond words because I have looked forward …
New York Times:
Read Claudine Gay's resignation letter.  —  Claudine Gay faced backlash over Harvard's response to antisemitism on campus, which led to increased scrutiny of her academic record.  —  Here's what to know about Claudine Gay's resignation.  —  Faced with a new round of accusations over plagiarism …
April Rubin / Axios:
Harvard president resigns after antisemitism hearing and plagiarism probe  —  Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday weeks after she appeared before Congress in a disastrous hearing on antisemitism. … She will have the shortest tenure in school history.
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Harvard's President Faces New Plagiarism Accusations
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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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
How death threats get Republicans to fall in line behind Trump  —  The insidious way violence is changing American politics — and shaping the 2024 election.  —  Stephen Richer should have been safe.  —  In early 2021, Richer was an Arizona Republican official who regularly attended local party events.
Discussion: The Hill, Financial Times and Raw Story
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Top Hamas Leader Killed in Suspected Israeli Strike in Beirut  —  Saleh al-Arouri was a founder of the Hamas military wing and one of its top political leaders  —  A top Hamas leader was killed Tuesday by a suspected Israeli strike in Beirut, according to two Lebanese security officials …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
‘Wrath of God II’? Beirut Explosion Kills Hamas Political Leader
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Man forces way into Colorado Supreme Court days after Trump ballot decision  —  A man was arrested early Tuesday after he broke into the Colorado Supreme Court overnight, opened fire and caused “significant and extensive” damage, local authorities said.  —  The man was involved …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Another House Republican plans early exit from Congress … - Republicans will be down to just 219 seats to Democrats' 213 once Johnson leaves. … - Peterson said Johnson's resignation will take effect on Jan. 21, and that he will begin work at the university the next day.
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David Skolnick / Vindicator:
Bill Johnson to resign Jan. 21 from Congress, start as YSU president the next day
Discussion: Political Wire
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
House GOP Frustrated Over Lack of Consequences For Agitators: ‘Congress Lives in a Lawless Society’
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story and The Hill
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump, Haley and DeSantis qualify for CNN Iowa debate  —  Former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis qualified for CNN's January 10 Republican presidential primary debate in Iowa, the network announced Tuesday.
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Michael Barfield / Florida Center …:
Rape investigation of FL GOP chairman expands to video voyeurism  —  Sarasota police are investigating whether Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler unlawfully videotaped the sexual encounter at the heart of a rape allegation against him, a third search warrant affidavit obtained by the Florida Trident reveals.
Breitbart:
Exclusive — Trump Plans Aggressive Expansion of Electoral Map, Says He'll Make ‘Heavy Play’ for New York, New Jersey, Virginia, New Mexico, Minnesota  —  PALM BEACH, Florida — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively that assuming he wins the GOP nomination for president again …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:   Trump says he'll compete in Democratic strongholds like NY, NJ, Minnesota
George Stockburger / WHTM-TV:
Lawsuit seeks to remove Scott Perry from Pennsylvania ballot using 14th amendment  —  (WHTM) - A lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court to remove Republican U.S. House Representative Scott Perry from the 2024 ballot due to the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
LaPierre, Longtime N.R.A. Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign  —  A lawsuit brought by New York's attorney general against Wayne LaPierre and three other N.R.A. insiders accuses the gun rights group of decades of corruption.  —  For decades, Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House members to receive classified UFO briefing  —  Members of the House Oversight Committee will received a classified briefing next week on unidentified anomalous phenomena, better known as UFOs, Axios has learned. … - The briefing is being provided by the Office of Inspector General …
Discussion: The Messenger
ABC News:
Deadly New Year's collision near Rochester, NY, venue being investigated as possible terrorism: Source  —  The driver being investigated for terrorism died in the crash, a source said.  —  Two people were killed and five people injured in a car crash outside the Kodak Center in Rochester, NY, Jan. 1, 2024.
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Eli Walsh / The Messenger:
FBI Probes Fiery Fatal Crash Outside New York Event Center as Police Find a Dozen Gas Cans Near Wreck
 
 
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NBC News:
Judge dismisses wrongful death claim against Trump and Brian Sicknick's assailants, but allows lawsuit to proceed
Discussion: The Messenger
Coleman Spilde / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Crowd Has A Breakdown After Green Day Swipes Them on Live TV
Naveur / U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa:
USS Ford CSG Redeploys To Homeport
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Italian MP in Hot Water After His Gun Wounds Guest at NYE Party
Discussion: BBC, Reuters and Agenzia ANSA
Michael Goldberg / Associated Press:
Federal appeals court temporarily delays new state-run court in Mississippi's majority-Black capital
Discussion: The Hill and The Messenger
Gavin Bade / Politico:
RIP ‘worker-centered trade’: Biden's global economic agenda stalls
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
These Voters Will Decide the 2024 Election. They Don't Like What They See.
 

 
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Financial Times:
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