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2:50 PM ET, January 10, 2024

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Associated Press:
Judge rescinds permission for Trump to give his own closing argument at his civil fraud trial  —  Donald Trump won't make his own closing argument in his New York civil business fraud trial after his lawyers objected to the judge's insistence that the former president would stick to “relevant” matters.
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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 …
Eddy Wax / Politico:
Trump vowed he'd ‘never’ help Europe if it's attacked, top EU official says  —  ‘By the way NATO is dead,’ the former (and potential future) US president added in private meeting.  —  BRUSSELS — One of Europe's most senior politicians recounted how former U.S. President Donald Trump privately warned …
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.”
Peter Laffin / Washington Examiner:   A vote for Trump is a vote for distraction, drama, and chaos
Politico:
‘You have no balls’: Hunter Biden derails GOP vote to hold him in contempt  —  The president's son made his second straight surprise appearance designed to rattle the Republicans investigating him.  It seemed to work.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at contempt of Congress hearing  —  Hunter Biden made a surprise appearance at a markup of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday as the panel considers a resolution to hold the president's son in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena last month.
Washington Post:
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at House contempt hearing
NBC News:
House Republicans to vote on resolutions to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress
NBC News:
Trump promotes ‘totally baseless’ birther conspiracy theory against Nikki Haley  —  The former U.N. ambassador was born in South Carolina and is a U.S. citizen.  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump, the chief propagator of false birther claims first against then-President Barack Obama …
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Washington Post:
Impeachment frenzy hits Capitol Hill
Politico:
Playbook: The vibes have not improved
Discussion: Raw Story and Punchbowl News
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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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Mike Johnson urges fellow Republicans to leave him alone on social media
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.
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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Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Georgia Trump Haters Are Getting Their Fani Handed to Them
Discussion: Townhall, Reuters, Twitchy and NewsNation
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.
Discussion: CBS News
Matt Holt / The Messenger:
New Arizona Poll Finds Sinema Trails Gallego, Lake in Three-Way Matchup (Exclusive)  —  Biden and Trump are also locked in a dead heat in the state  —  A new poll from Arizona found that Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is far behind her potential general election opponents.
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Sundby / CBS News:
TSA found a record number of guns at airport security checkpoints in 2023.  Almost all of them were loaded.  —  The Transportation Security Administration found a record-setting 6,737 guns at airport security checkpoints in 2023, the agency announced Wednesday.
Discussion: The Messenger, UPI, WAGA-TV, WFLA-TV and Fox News
Alexandra Valencia / Reuters:
Ecuador president says country is at war as gangs hold prison staff hostage  —  Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday that his country was “at war” with drug gangs who are holding more than 130 prison guards and other staff hostage and who briefly captured a TV station live on air …
Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Don Scott Sworn In As First Black Speaker Of Virginia House  —  “I would just not be the speaker to the Democrats, and I will not just be the opponent of the Republicans, but I will be the speaker of the House of the Commonwealth of Virginia,” he said.  —  Don Scott was inducted as Virginia's …
Discussion: CBS News and NPR
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 …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Two Biden judicial nominees withdraw from consideration  —  A state court judge in Washington state and a law clerk to a federal judge in Rochester, New York who were both nominated by President Joe Biden to become federal trial court judges have withdrawn their names from further consideration.
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.
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Adopting rightwing policies ‘does not help centre-left win votes’  —  Study of European electoral data suggests social democratic parties alienate supporters by moving towards the political centre  —  Adopting rightwing policies on issues such as immigration and the economy does …
 
 
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Julia Frankel / Associated Press:
Video appears to show the Israeli army shot 3 Palestinians, killing 1, without provocation
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
ObamaCare enrollment breaks record for third consecutive year
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Negotiators inch closer to a Child Tax Credit deal
Discussion: Business Insider and HuffPost
Washington Post:
Settlers killed a Palestinian teen. Israeli forces didn't stop it.
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / Washington Monthly:
Psst: Joe Biden Has Solved the Student Debt Crisis
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Just Security:
Constitutional Law Scholars on the Impeachment Proceedings Against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
NBC News:
Starbucks sued for allegedly using coffee from farms with rights abuses while touting its ‘ethical’ sourcing
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New York Post:
Hunter Biden knew most of his art buyers despite sham ‘ethics’ plan — contradicting the White House: dealer
 

 
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