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US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries were bombing more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas in Yemen — Today, at my direction, U.S. military forces—together with the United Kingdom and with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands—successfully conducted strikes against a number …
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Faisal Islam / BBC:
US and UK launch strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen — Who are the Houthi rebels attacking Red Sea ships? — Summary — US and UK forces have begun air strikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, US officials say — UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier briefed his cabinet …
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Politico:
Inside Biden's decision to strike the Houthis — The administration had been under pressure to respond to the Iran-backed attacks. — President Joe Biden was still on his holiday getaway in St. Croix when he spoke with his national security team on the first morning of 2024.
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Washington Post:
Live updates Closing statements conclude in Trump's N.Y. civil fraud trial — Closing statements concluded Thursday in New York state's $370 million civil fraud trial against Donald Trump, his company and others. Show more — Key updates — Trump rails against trial, judge from courtroom seat
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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump Launches into Courtroom Tirade About ‘Witch Hunt’ Fraud Case, Claiming He Deserves Damages — The former president didn't wait for the judge's permission before reciting a roughly five-minute rant that he's being ‘persecuted’ — Donald Trump launched into a tirade Thursday …
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Trump's history of launching “birther” conspiracy theories against rivals — Former President Trump resumed old tricks this week against a new target —fellow Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. … - Trump shared a post by The Gateway Pundit, a far-right website popular among …
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Tori Otten / New Republic:
Trump Admits He Was “Doing Services” for Foreign Governments Who Paid Him — Donald Trump says it's OK that he got paid by foreign governments while he was president because he was “doing services” for them. — Trump participated in a Fox News town hall Wednesday night instead of the Republican primary debate.
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Paul Rosenzweig / The Bulwark:
Trump's Lawyers Argue Biden Can Assassinate Him
Trump's Lawyers Argue Biden Can Assassinate Him
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Why Platformer is leaving Substack — After much consideration, we have decided to move Platformer off of Substack. Over the next few days, the publication will migrate to a new website powered by the nonprofit, open-source publishing platform Ghost. If you already subscribe to Platformer …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2024: Trump, DeSantis Lead Biden. Haley? Nope. — Former President Donald Trump continues to lead President Joe Biden in the 2024 election, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also has a narrow edge over the incumbent, but Biden would beat former U.N. Secretary Nikki Haley.
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Trump backs off 2024 campaign theme threatening political ‘retribution’
Trump backs off 2024 campaign theme threatening political ‘retribution’
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Donald Trump enjoys a relaxed Fox News town hall while top Republican rivals have fiery debate
Donald Trump enjoys a relaxed Fox News town hall while top Republican rivals have fiery debate
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Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Trump's Fox News Town Hall Draws Nearly 70% More Viewers Than CNN's Haley/DeSantis Debate
Trump's Fox News Town Hall Draws Nearly 70% More Viewers Than CNN's Haley/DeSantis Debate
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Kelsey Brugger / Politico:
Congress approves resolution against Biden EV charger plans — The measure targets a limited waiver from Buy America rules. Democrats and the White House say it would backfire. — The House approved legislation Thursday to undo a Biden administration rule meant to facilitate the proliferation of electric vehicle charging stations.
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
House votes down Biden ‘Buy America’ waiver for EV chargers
House votes down Biden ‘Buy America’ waiver for EV chargers
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Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Jill Biden slams ‘horrible’ Republicans for showing nude Hunter photos during hearing and says what they're doing to him is ‘cruel’ — ‘What they are doing to Hunter is cruel,’ she said in interview on Morning Joe — She also defended Joe's Biden age: ‘I say his age is an asset’
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Hunter Biden attends House committee vote to cite him for contempt, walks out on Marjorie Taylor Greene
Hunter Biden attends House committee vote to cite him for contempt, walks out on Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Ashley Oliver / Washington Examiner:
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to nine tax charges
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to nine tax charges
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Did Ron DeSantis Shake His Wife's Hand? — Their businesslike grasp of hands set off chatter at Wednesday's debate — and showed the risks of interacting with your family when you're a presidential candidate. — In a campaign full of strained social interactions and clumsy pantomimes of warmth …
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Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Ohio woman who miscarried at home will not be criminally charged, grand jury says — Brittany Watts, 34, had been charged with a felony for abuse of a corpse after she miscarried in her bathroom and was later admitted to a hospital for a life-threatening hemorrhage.
Zane McNeill / Truthout:
Florida Bill Could Lead to a $35,000 Fine for Accusing Someone of Racism — “More attempts to chill free speech in the ‘free’ State of Florida,” said one Democratic lawmaker. — Florida State Sen. Jason Brodeur (R) recently introduced a bill that would revoke certain privileges from journalists …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Abbott: 'We're not shooting people' who cross the border because feds ‘would charge us with murder’ — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said shooting people who cross the border is the only tool the state is not using to deter migrants because the Biden administration would sue the state for “murder.”
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Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Feds charge eBay over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple; company to pay $3M — Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items …
Politico:
Johnson flails as Republicans demand consequences for conservative hijacking — The speaker denied making any commitments to conservatives who want him to scrap this week's bipartisan government spending agreement.
Doug G Ware / Stars & Stripes:
More than $1B in US military aid to Ukraine not properly tracked by Pentagon, DOD audit finds — WASHINGTON — More than $1 billion in military weapons and equipment that the United States has provided Ukraine to fight invading Russian forces cannot be accounted for and is not being fully tracked …
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