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11:00 AM ET, January 8, 2024

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats question whether Biden should agree to debate Trump  —  Democratic lawmakers are leery about the prospect of President Biden debating former President Trump, fearing that putting the two on stage together would only elevate the likely GOP nominee.  —  Trump has skipped every …
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden campaign raises $1M online in 24 hours after Jan. 6 speech  —  President Biden's reelection campaign raised more than $1 million through online fundraising alone in the 24 hours after the president's Jan. 6 anniversary speech, according to numbers exclusively provided to The Hill.
Mariana Labbate / The Messenger:
Trump Says He Will Attend Presidential Immunity Hearing  —  The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 9  —  Former President Donald Trump early Monday morning announced he will atend his presidential immunity hearing in D.C. in person on Tuesday.  —  “Of course I was entitled …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Landrieu to join Biden's campaign as national co-chair  —  Mitch Landrieu, the former New Orleans mayor who has been helping President Biden implement his $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, is leaving the White House to be a national co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign, Axios has learned.
Associated Press:
Biden will visit church where Black people were killed to lay out election stakes and perils of hate  —  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden wants Americans to grasp the extraordinary stakes of this year's presidential election, as he sees them.  As part of that effort …
David Strom / HotAir:
Newsflash: America Actually Doesn't Need a Defense Secretary  —  Lloyd Austin was in the hospital for days; apparently, nobody knew.  He was in intensive care and is still hospitalized.  He was unable to perform his duties for much of that time, suggesting he was drugged or unconscious.
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NBC News:
Deputy learned of defense secretary's hospitalization 2 days after taking over his duties
CNN:
Deputy defense secretary was not told Austin had been hospitalized when she assumed his duties
New York Times:
Trump Is Connecting With a Different Type of Evangelical Voter  —  They are not just the churchgoing, conservative activists who once dominated the G.O.P.  —  Karen Johnson went to her Lutheran church so regularly as a child that she won a perfect attendance award.  As an adult, she taught Sunday school.
Discussion: Althouse, Raw Story, WOI and New Yorker
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
Rightwing Billionaires & Trump Want a Nation Where Everything is For Sale  —  Donald Trump and his fellow rightwing billionaires have a plan for America.  They want to turn the United States from a prosperous, middle-class nation into a country of paupers, where bribery is common and the wealthy can get away with anything.
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Hoping to govern in 2024, House Republicans fear a repeat of last year  —  2023 was marked by threats of a government shutdown, a speaker's ouster and a messy fight to replace him.  Now House Republicans are trying to make the case that they deserve to stay in charge.
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CNN:
House Republicans plot swift impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas as moderates signal support  —  House Republicans are plotting to swiftly impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas early this year, as key swing-district Republicans express fresh openness …
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House, Senate release bipartisan agreement on government funding as shutdown deadlines loom
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Congress reaches spending deal that could help avoid government shutdown
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
The changing congressional map is shifting the fight for control of the House  —  With primaries in some states just weeks away, there are still big unresolved questions of what some districts will look like.  —  The partisan tilt of a handful of districts could still change dramatically …
NBC News:
House Republicans release report recommending Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress  —  The report comes after the president's son defied a subpoena to testify behind closed doors and offered to testify at a public hearing instead.  —  House Republicans on the Judiciary and Oversight …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Lauren Boebert's Ex Called The Cops After Physical Fight in Public on Saturday Night
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
The US Is Dealing With an Israeli Leader Who's Losing Control  —  Benjamin Netanyahu is waging a war while struggling to avoid prison, salvage his legacy and keep his political partners happy.  —  Benjamin Netanyahu, whom many Israelis simply call “Bibi,” is Israel's longest-serving prime minister …
Joshua Yaffa / New Yorker:
What Could Tip the Balance in the War in Ukraine?  —  In 2024, the most decisive fight may also be the least visible: Russia and Ukraine will spend the next twelve months in a race to reconstitute and resupply their forces.  —  On December 29th, Russia fired more than a hundred and fifty missiles …
 
 
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