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Biden won't accept an Austin resignation if offered — The president is not considering sacking his defense secretary, officials say. — President Joe Biden is not considering firing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after he did not tell the White House about his emergency hospitalization …
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David Strom / HotAir:
Newsflash: America Actually Doesn't Need a Defense Secretary
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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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Mariana Labbate / The Messenger:
Trump Says He Will Attend Presidential Immunity Hearing
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Can Biden Convince Americans His Brand of Populism Is Better Than Trump's?
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Washington Post, The Hill and The Free Press
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.
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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.
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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.
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Trump urges Georgia judge to dismiss election interference case over presidential immunity — Former President Trump urged a Georgia judge to dismiss the election interference case against him there Monday, arguing he was acting in his role as president and is therefore immune from criminal prosecution.
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CNN:
Trump wants Georgia election subversion case dismissed, arguing he has presidential immunity — Former President Donald Trump is seeking to have the sweeping criminal conspiracy case against him in Georgia thrown out by arguing he is protected from prosecution under presidential immunity.
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James D. Zirin / The Hill:
To disqualify or not to disqualify: The Supreme Court confronts the ‘laugh test’ — The reactionary Supreme Court is in a quandary as to how to decide the Trump disqualification case while retaining whatever credibility it has left. The court just voted to review the Colorado Supreme Court decision, but it really didn't want to.
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
Business Insider story on Harvard antagonist's wife draws owner's scrutiny — The news site's German owner, Axel Springer, plans to review a story about alleged plagiarism by former MIT professor Neri Oxman, whose billionaire husband, Bill Ackman, sought to oust Harvard's president for similar academic transgressions.
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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.
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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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Hoping to govern in 2024, House Republicans fear a repeat of last year
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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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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Supreme Court rejects taking up Alaska challenge to EPA's Pebble Mine decision — The Supreme Court won't take up a case that would have sought to revive a proposed gold and copper mine that was blocked by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2021. — The court did not comment on its decision not to take up the case.
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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 …
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Politico:
Johnson strikes his first bipartisan deal — a $1.7T funding accord — Ahead of a government shutdown cliff on Jan. 19, angst among House Republicans could still derail efforts to avert a funding lapse. — Congressional leaders have clinched a deal on overall budget totals that could pave …
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