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2:20 PM ET, January 4, 2024

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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Received Millions From Foreign Governments as President, Report Finds  —  House Democrats released evidence that the former president took in at least $7.8 million from foreign entities while in office, engaging in the kind of conduct the G.O.P. is grasping to pin on President Biden.
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
One attack, two interpretations: Biden and Trump both make the Jan. 6 riot a political rallying cry  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump will spend Saturday's third anniversary of the Capitol riot by holding two campaign rallies in leadoff-voting Iowa in his bid to win back the White House.
Washington Post:
A quarter of Americans believe FBI instigated Jan. 6, Post-UMD poll finds  —  More than 3 in 10 Republicans have adopted the falsehood that the FBI conspired to cause the Capitol riot  —  Twenty-five percent of Americans say it is “probably” or “definitely” true that the FBI instigated the Jan. 6 …
David French / New York Times:
The Case for Disqualifying Trump Is Strong  —  It's been just over two weeks since the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from holding the office of president of the United States.  It stayed the effect of that ruling until this week.
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Report: Trump businesses received $7.8 million in foreign payments during presidency  —  During Donald Trump's presidency, his businesses received at least $7.8 million in payments from the foreign governments and officials of 20 countries, including China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar …
NBC News:
Trump received at least $7.8 million in payments from foreign governments as president, House Democrats say  —  Democrats on the House Oversight Committee obtained information about the payments during two of the four years Trump served as president.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald …
Discussion: Bloomberg
New York Times:
How Trump Has Used Fear and Favor to Win Republican Endorsements
Brad Dress / The Hill:
ISIS claims responsibility for deadly Iran bombing  —  The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly Iran bombing that killed over 80 people and wounded scores more.  —  ISIS, seen as a terrorist group by most of the world, said in a widely circulated statement …
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Clauda Tanios / Reuters:
Islamic State claims responsibility for attacks that killed nearly 100 people in Iran - group on telegram  —  Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for two explosions that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran to commemorate commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone in 2020.
Associated Press:
Airstrike in central Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader as regional tensions escalate
Samuel Benson / Deseret News:
Most Republicans think Donald Trump is a person of faith.  We asked why  —  More Republicans see Trump as a ‘person of faith’ than as ‘religious’  —  Most Republican voters consider former President Donald Trump to be a person of faith, putting him ahead of other more vocally religious individuals …
Washington Post:
Florida surgeon general calls for halt on mRNA covid vaccines, citing debunked claim  —  Florida's top health official called for a halt to using mRNA coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday, contending that the shots could contaminate patients' DNA — a claim that has been roundly debunked …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Claudine Gay and America's new class system  —  Ibram X. Kendi's “anti-racist” pronouncements are pure grift, but his woke prestige makes them a good place to start in examining Claudine Gay's belated exit as Harvard University's first black president.  In her long-overdue resignation letter Tuesday …
Discussion: New York Post
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Dov Fischer / The American Spectator:
Claudine Gay: Another DEI Success Story
NBC News:
Multiple people shot at Iowa high school on the first day after winter break, officials say  —  The shooter at Perry High School is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, multiple senior law enforcement officials said.  Three others were injured, including two students and an administrator, the officials added.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden moving up planned speech on democracy due to expected winter storm  —  President Biden moved his speech on democracy, marking the anniversary of Jan. 6, up a day due to the incoming winter storm in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions this weekend.  —  The president was set to travel …
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Biden Campaign Staff for Ceasefire Now:
Dear President Biden, we need a ceasefire now.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden administration awarding $162M to expand computer chip factories in Colorado, Oregon  —  The Biden administration announced an agreement Thursday to provide $162 million in federal funding to Microchip Technology to expand production of computer chips domestically, the second tranche …
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Associated Press:
Biden administration announces $162 million to expand computer chip factories in Colorado and Oregon
Discussion: New Scientist and KRDO
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Progressive group files FEC complaint against Phillips campaign  —  A progressive watchdog organization has filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), alleging his presidential campaign improperly coordinated with a super PAC.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
No Top U.S. Government Official Earns Majority Job Approval  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Congress and the Supreme Court return from holiday break, none of the leading elected or appointed figures of the U.S. federal government receives majority approval from Americans.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Fifth Circuit just made it even more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state  —  The Trumpiest court in America just tried to neutralize a federal law requiring most hospitals to provide medically necessary abortions.  —  On Tuesday, a notoriously right-wing federal appeals court attempted …
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Punchbowl News:
1/4/24 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … House Republicans seem to be itching to have a fight over border security as part of the government funding debate heading into the Jan. 19 and Feb. 2 shutdown deadlines.  Back in Washington, Senate negotiators and the Biden administration …
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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
A Skeptic of the G.O.P.'s Hard Immigration Line Becomes Its Champion
Emily Peck / Axios:
Factory construction spending booms under Biden  —  America's spending on the construction of new factories is surging. … - All that spending is driving an increase in construction hiring. … - Contractors are even facing labor shortages in areas with industrial mega projects …
 
 
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
US Senators urge Tesla, other automakers to stay neutral in union organizing
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NBC News:
Florida man arrested and accused of threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell and his kids
Andy Rose / CNN:
Multiple state Capitols evacuated due to mass-emailed bomb threats
Jacob Shamsian / Business Insider:
The names of more than 170 Jeffrey Epstein associates were just revealed in unsealed court documents. Here's what we know.
Claudine Gay / New York Times:
Former Harvard President Claudine Gay: This Is About More Than My Mistakes
 

 
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