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9:05 AM ET, January 8, 2024

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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 …
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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.
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 …
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.
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik won't commit to certifying the 2024 election results
Noelle Phillips / Denver Post:
Silt police investigating incident involving U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband  —  The Silt Police Department is investigating a Saturday night incident at a restaurant involving U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband Jayson Boebert.  —  Silt police Chief Mike Kite confirmed …
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Boebert's ex-husband calls police after fight with congresswoman  —  The representative from Colorado denies allegations that she punched her former spouse  —  Police were called to a restaurant in Silt, Colo., on Saturday night after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and her ex-husband Jayson …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Lauren Boebert's Ex Called The Cops After Physical Fight in Public on Saturday Night  —  Police confirmed an “active investigation” into the incident, while a Boebert aide told The Daily Beast that the congresswoman was acting in self-defense. … On Saturday night, three years …
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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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Congressional leaders reach deal that would avert government shutdown  —  The negotiated totals would preserve funding for key domestic and social safety net programs despite GOP demands for cuts  —  Congressional leaders reached a $1.66 trillion agreement Sunday to finance the federal government in 2024 …
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg, NBC News and ABC News
Associated Press:
Congressional leaders announce an agreement on spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House, Senate release bipartisan agreement on government funding as shutdown deadlines loom
Politico:
'He's a cipher': How Austin's need for privacy just backfired  —  Pressure is growing on Capitol Hill and within the administration for someone to lose their job.  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is one of the most reclusive Pentagon chiefs in recent memory.  That strategy may be backfiring on him.
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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.
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 …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Pa. Senate hopeful McCormick raised $5.4M in last quarter … - McCormick, a former CEO of the Bridgewater Associates investment firm, also contributed $1 million of his own money in the fourth quarter of 2023 to boost his bid to oust three-term incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-Penn.).
Discussion: Fox News
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
The U.S. 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 …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Trump engaged in insurrection three years ago today.  The Supreme Court must say so.  —  I told my family and out-of-town friends on Jan. 6, 2021, that the people invading Capitol were more than three miles away and I was safe in my apartment in Dupont Circle.  —  “People are still using the dog park!”
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
How the GOP Became the Party of Insurrection
Discussion: Salon
 
 
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‘Piece Of S**t’: Meghan McCain Rips Trump For Mocking Her Late Father
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