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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 …
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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 …
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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.”
Mick Mulvaney / The Hill:
Democrats play a dangerous game with dire warnings about Trump
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump often passively encourages violence — and actively rationalizes it
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Signals Trump Is Doomed in New E. Jean Carroll Trial
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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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Washington Post:
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at House contempt hearing
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Hunter Biden crashes House hearing on resolution to hold him in contempt
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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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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Mike Johnson urges fellow Republicans to leave him alone on social media … - Facing a Jan. 19 deadline, some hardliners have said they are not opposed to shutting down the government in an attempt to get more concessions. — Democrats have noted that Republicans have very little leverage due …
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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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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Wenstrup Releases Statement Following Dr. Fauci's Two-Day Testimony — WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) issued the following statement after the second day of Dr. Anthony Fauci's transcribed interview:
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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.
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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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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 …
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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 …
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