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National Review:
Republican Voters Can — and Should — Rethink Nominating Trump — To say Donald Trump is the front-runner for the Republican nomination is an understatement. He is above 60 percent in national polling averages and leads by roughly 30 points in Iowa. His lead is much narrower in New Hampshire …
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Mick Mulvaney / The Hill:
Democrats play a dangerous game with dire warnings about Trump — Democrats would have you believe that our very democracy is at risk in the 2024 election. They may be right, but not for the reason they say. — That's because in the past, the low-level demagoguery of American politics was never really existential.
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RedState
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump says he was never on Epstein's plane or ‘stupid island’ — President Trump denounced reports of his association with Jeffrey Epstein Tuesday, arguing he had never been on the convicted sex trafficker's plane or “stupid island” after images of the two made by artificial intelligence (AI) surfaced online.
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The Messenger, Daily Mail, Forbes and BizPac Review
Politico:
Playbook: The vibes have not improved — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — THE GENERATION GAP — “'You're not the boss of me': Former White House aides slam current staffers' tendency to protest,” by Eugene: “Protest letters, like those over Israel, were rare in past administrations.
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Raw Story
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Biden struggling in Michigan as Trump grabs strong lead, poll shows
Biden struggling in Michigan as Trump grabs strong lead, poll shows
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The Daily Caller, NBC News, Politico, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, The Messenger, Raw Story, Fox News and Political Wire
Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Trump suggests unauthorized migrants will vote. The idea stirs his base, but ignores reality
Trump suggests unauthorized migrants will vote. The idea stirs his base, but ignores reality
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CT News Junkie, HotAir, Roll Call and The Messenger
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Senate GOP offers House Republicans reality check on spending
Senate GOP offers House Republicans reality check on spending
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USA Today, Raw Story, Punchbowl News, Washington Examiner, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, The Messenger, The Floridian, BizPac Review and GovExec.com
ABC News:
Trump intends to deliver part of closing himself, say sources — Former President Trump intends to personally deliver part of the defense's closing argument at the conclusion of his civil fraud trial in New York on Thursday, sources familiar with the former president's strategy tell ABC News.
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NBC News, The Hill, Raw Story, HuffPost, New York Post and PoliticusUSA
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Trump's Bad Day in Court — The first of many to come — Following Tuesday morning's oral argument in the District of Columbia, Donald Trump made some predictable comments to the press from a Washington, D.C., hotel. As he finished, a reporter shouted out a request that he use the moment to tell his followers, “No violence.”
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The Hill, The Atlantic, HuffPost, The Wrap, Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, Law Dork, Roll Call, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Mediaite, NBC News and Associated Press
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump team argues assassination of rivals is covered by presidential immunity
Trump team argues assassination of rivals is covered by presidential immunity
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Signals Trump Is Doomed in New E. Jean Carroll Trial
Judge Signals Trump Is Doomed in New E. Jean Carroll Trial
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Bloomberg, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Slate, Forbes, New York Daily News, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, New Republic and The Messenger
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump warns of ‘bedlam,’ declines to rule out violence after court hearing
Trump warns of ‘bedlam,’ declines to rule out violence after court hearing
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American Prospect, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Raw Story, HuffPost, Metro.co.uk, Al Jazeera, Mediaite and TIME
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
How Trump's Unhinged Immunity Demand Could Unleash a Second-Term Crime Spree
How Trump's Unhinged Immunity Demand Could Unleash a Second-Term Crime Spree
Associated Press:
Key moments in the arguments over Donald Trump's immunity claims in his election interference case
Key moments in the arguments over Donald Trump's immunity claims in his election interference case
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
After Years of Ups and Downs, Trump Is, Once Again, Live on Fox News
After Years of Ups and Downs, Trump Is, Once Again, Live on Fox News
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The Hill, Semafor, Raw Story, The Messenger and Florida Politics
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida school district removes dictionaries from libraries, citing law championed by DeSantis — The Escambia County School District, located in the Florida panhandle, has removed several dictionaries from its library shelves over concerns that making the dictionaries available to students would violate Florida law.
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Diane Ravitch's blog, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, PEN America and El País
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Lauren Boebert's Ex-Husband Arrested on Weapons and Assault Charges — In addition to the assault and weapons counts, Boebert was also charged with harassment ("strikes shoves, kicks"), disorderly conduct, and trespassing, jail records show. — Jayson Boebert, the former husband of Rep. Lauren Boebert …
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CBS News, TMZ.com, New York Post, Raw Story and Political Wire
Josh Meyer / USA Today:
Trump Georgia co-defendant alleges DA Fani Willis had improper relationship with prosecutor — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired an alleged romantic partner to lead the Atlanta prosecution of former President Donald Trump and 18 others on election conspiracy charges …
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Bosses in the Biden admin are pressed over young staffers' anonymous letters — Protest letters, like those over Israel, were rare in past administrations. White House veterans can barely contain their disdain over how times have changed. — Protest culture is shattering the last remaining barriers …
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Washington Examiner
Paul Demko / Politico:
‘It was a mirage’: States face budget woes as huge infusions of federal cash run out — Huge buckets of pandemic funding allowed states to boost spending and cut taxes, but now the windfall has run out — The pandemic boom times are over for state lawmakers — and so is their ability …
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Sacramento Bee
Slate:
Republican Officials Openly Insult Women Nearly Killed by Abortion Bans — Red states would rather let a patient die than let her terminate a dangerous pregnancy. And they're barely pretending otherwise. — For many years before S.B. 8 passed in Texas and was then swept into existence …
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The Guardian and CT Mirror
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Why Haley Won't Break Through — Today's GOP is split along class lines, and her college-grad supporters aren't the majority. — WAUKEE, Iowa — Nikki Haley's Tuesday rally outside Des Moines was a fittingly pedestrian event in this desultory excuse of a presidential primary.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Fox News and BizPac Review
NBC News:
Starbucks sued for allegedly using coffee from farms with rights abuses while touting its ‘ethical’ sourcing — The lawsuit calls for the coffee chain to end its “unfair and deceptive” trade practices and argues that the company is aware of the child and forced labor on some of its supplier farms.
New York Post:
Hunter Biden knew most of his art buyers despite sham ‘ethics’ plan — contradicting the White House: dealer — WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden's Manhattan art dealer said Tuesday that he never worked with the White House on an ethics pact to ensure buyers would remain anonymous …
Politico:
Belgian government breaks deadlock over renewal of central bank governor mandate — The parties in Belgium's coalition government have reached an agreement to renew Pierre Wunsch's mandate as governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB). — The agreement was reached at a meeting attended …
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Bloomberg
Kat Tenbarge / NBC News:
X's fresh temporary ban of several prominent journalists raises alarm — “We do sweeps for spam/scam accounts and sometimes real accounts get caught up in them,” Elon Musk wrote on X, responding to the temporary ban of at least 8 accounts, including those of a handful of journalists.
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New York Post:
Nearly 2,000 migrants evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field due to high winds — Students at a Brooklyn high school were kicked out of the classroom to make room for nearly 2,000 migrants who were evacuated from a controversial tent shelter due to a monster storm closing in on the Big Apple.
U.S. Central Command:
US CENTCOM Statement on 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea — On Jan. 9, at approximately 9:15 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthis launched a complex attack of Iranian designed one-way attack UAVs (OWA UAVs), anti-ship cruise missiles, and an anti-ship ballistic missile …
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Amalija Knavs dead: Donald Trump's mother-in-law dies at age 78 — Melania Trump's mother died at age 78, the former first lady announced Tuesday evening. — “It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved mother, Amalija,” she wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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Washington Post:
Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy — 'I believe people when they say that they want to hurt us or kill us. I don't think they're idle threats,' a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice said — Rusty Bowers, a former speaker of the Arizona House …
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The Guardian, Deseret News, Business Insider and The Messenger
Gustaf Kilander / The Independent:
The Electoral College is a ‘bad’ and ‘undemocratic’ system. So why does the US still use it? — In the most powerful democracy in the world, two of its last four leaders have been chosen by a minority of voters. The US's Electoral College system is now functioning far …
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Maine Morning Star