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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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The Hill, Mediaite, Raw Story, New York Times, PoliticusUSA and The Messenger
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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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Washington Examiner, RedState and Fox News
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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National Review, The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Bloomberg, Fox News and BizPac Review
Peter Laffin / Washington Examiner:
A vote for Trump is a vote for distraction, drama, and chaos — With the opening of the Iowa caucuses next week, the first presidential election of my life as a father begins in earnest — our first son was born in June. It's remarkable how parenthood concentrates the mind in matters both private and public.
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
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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Washington Post, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Politico, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, The Messenger, Raw Story, Fox News and Political Wire
NBC News:
House Republicans to vote on resolutions to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress — The votes comes after House Republicans released a report recommending Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to sit for a closed-door deposition and offering to testify publicly instead.
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The Daily Beast, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, CBS News, Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press, ABC News and Fox News
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Washington Post:
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at House contempt hearing — President's son also made an unexpected appearance last December to blast House Republicans who have subpoenaed him — Hunter Biden made an unexpected appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning …
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Washington Examiner, The Messenger, The Hill, Townhall, abc7NY, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at contempt of Congress hearing
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at contempt of Congress hearing
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Business Insider, Fox News, CBS News, The Guardian, The Post Millennial, NewsNation and The Messenger
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Hunter Biden crashes House hearing on resolution to hold him in contempt
Hunter Biden crashes House hearing on resolution to hold him in contempt
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Washington Examiner and The Messenger
The Messenger:
Speaker Johnson, Desperate To Avoid Mutiny, To Call Trump For Approval Check — 'He and I have a very close relationship. He's been an enthusiastic supporter of my leadership here," Johnson said of Trump — House Speaker Mike Johnson is reaching for the ultimate lifeline on Wednesday …
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Fox News, Semafor, The Hill, New Republic, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on The Budget and Immigration Reform
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on The Budget and Immigration Reform
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Wall Street Journal, The Hill, The Daily Caller, USA Today, BizPac Review, The Messenger, The Nation and American Prospect
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
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Trump prosecutor accused of ‘improper’ relationship with Georgia DA Fani Willis billed $4K for meetings with WH officials — The special prosecutor that Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis is accused of having an “improper” relationship with billed the Fulton County DA's office $4,000 …
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The Hill, The Messenger, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Post Millennial, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, Erick Erickson's Show Notes, Heavy.com, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Political Wire, Fox News, WAGA-TV, CNN, ABC News, Raw Story, U-S-NEWS.COM, The Guardian and CBS News
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Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Georgia Trump Haters Are Getting Their Fani Handed to Them
The Morning Briefing: Georgia Trump Haters Are Getting Their Fani Handed to Them
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Townhall, Reuters, Associated Press, Twitchy and NewsNation
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, PEN America, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and El País
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids — Moving beyond efforts to block expansion of health care for the poor and disabled, Republican governors in 15 states are now rejecting a new, federally funded summer program to give food assistance to hungry children.
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.”
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, New York Post, Raw Story, Political Wire and UPROXX
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Signals Trump Is Doomed in New E. Jean Carroll Trial — In a 27-page order, the judge overseeing the E. Jean Carroll case essentially sides entirely against Trump and suggests the case is basically already decided. — With Donald Trump's second rape defamation trial only one week away …
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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
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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, Fox News and Althouse
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / Washington Monthly:
Psst: Joe Biden Has Solved the Student Debt Crisis — This past fall, with student loan payments set to resume after the pandemic pause, dread was setting in. My pre-pandemic monthly payments had been a crippling burden that made saving money impossible; the pause was a lifeline that had allowed …
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Forbes
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.
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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Washington Examiner, The Guardian and CT Mirror
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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Daily Mail, The Messenger, Forbes and BizPac Review
Just Security:
Constitutional Law Scholars on the Impeachment Proceedings Against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas — Joined by an extraordinary group of constitutional experts, we have published an open letter concerning the impeachment proceedings against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
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NPR, The Hill, Axios, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, NBC News, The Messenger, ABC News, NewsNation, Daily Kos and CBS News
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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The Hill, USA Today, Military Times, FDD's Long War Journal, New York Times, Al Jazeera, Human Events, Axios, The Daily Caller, Voice of America, UPI and Politico