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4:35 PM ET, January 17, 2024

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New York Times:
Shake-Up by a Desperate DeSantis Opens Wider Path for Haley in New Hampshire  —  Ron DeSantis's super PAC began layoffs on the same day he signaled he would largely bypass New Hampshire's primary election and train his efforts on South Carolina.  —  Straining to recover after a bruising defeat in Iowa …
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NBC News:
New Hampshire Republicans ‘disappointed’ Nikki Haley isn't fighting harder in the state  —  After a third-place showing in Iowa, Haley has kept a light schedule in New Hampshire — baffling Republicans in the state who say she should be doing more.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. …
Kirkland An / The Boston Globe:
New Hampshire Republican primary tracking poll results
Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
Ron DeSantis to prioritize South Carolina, leave New Hampshire in week before its primary
ABC News:
Nikki Haley says she will only debate Donald Trump or Joe Biden
Ben Feuerherd / The Messenger:
Judge Threatens to Kick Trump Out of E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial if He Disrupts Court  —  Trump told the judge he would ‘love it’ if he threw him out of the courtroom  —  The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's defamation trial on Wednesday warned the former president …
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Brad Raffensperger / National Review:
Trump Recycles Tired 2020 Election Allegations  —  The former president just won't let his loss go, even if that means returning to long-disproven allegations about the outcome.  —  As originally conceived by its inventors, the concept of the “big lie” is supposed to be a tale so audacious and captivating that people can't doubt it.
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Judge threatens to throw Trump out of E. Jean Carroll defamation trial
Steve Helling / The Messenger:
‘Survivor’ Champ Kentucky Pol Whose Incest Bill Would Let Cousins Have Sex: ‘I Made a Mistake’ (Exclusive)  —  ‘I was thinking like a lawyer, not like a legislator,’ state Rep. Nick Wilson tells The Messenger  —  A Kentucky Republican introduced a bill on Tuesday that was intended to broaden …
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
‘Survivor’ Champ Lawmaker Backtracks on Kentucky Bill Legalizing Sex Between First Cousins  —  State Rep. Nick Wilson, a “Survivor” champion, said a filing error had resulted in first cousins being taken off the incest statute.  —  A Republican state congressman in Kentucky is withdrawing …
Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
Democrat Keen wins state House 35 special election over GOP's Booth  —  In a race seen as a bellwether for Democratic chances in November, Democrat Tom Keen flipped what had been a Republican state House seat in Central Florida in a special election held Tuesday.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Democrats flip Florida state House seat in special election
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Case That Could Overturn Key Chevron Precedent  —  The justices will consider whether to overrule the seminal 1984 Chevron decision, which requires judges to defer to agencies' interpretations of ambiguous statutes.  —  The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday …
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Kimberly Wehle / Politico:
The ‘Sleeping Giant’ Case that Could Upend Jack Smith's Prosecution of Trump  —  The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that doesn't mention the former president, but that could invalidate half of the Jan. 6 charges against him.  —  There's been a lot of attention paid …
Discussion: The Western Journal and Raw Story
emptywheel:
David Weiss Buries Bill Barr Right Alongside Tony Bobulinski  —  For a second time, David Weiss' Special Counsel team has buried an inconvenient (some)body to avoid accounting for the politicization of the investigation they claim is not political.  —  This time, it's Bill Barr.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
DoJ: Hunter's Laptop Is Real, Spectacular, and So Was the Cocaine on His Holster
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden  —  Hours before a scheduled meeting at the White House about how to break the stalemate in Congress over aid to Ukraine, the Republican speaker signaled a compromise was not possible.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson …
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Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Arnold Schwarzenegger detained at German airport over his watch  —  Former Hollywood superstar and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained at an airport in Germany on Wednesday over a watch he was traveling with.  —  Schwarzenegger, best known for his role in The Terminator franchise …
Courtney McBride / Bloomberg:
Blinken Stranded After Boeing 737 Breaks Down on Davos Trip  —  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was unable to fly home from Davos as scheduled on Wednesday due to a critical error with his aircraft. … An oxygen leak detected previously could not be remedied.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Right-wing media mogul buys the Baltimore Sun  —  David D. Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group (Sinclair), purchased the Baltimore Sun — the largest newspaper in Maryland — for an undisclosed sum.  The acquisition means another powerful media outlet will be under …
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
House Hearing Turns Chaotic as GOP Rep, Witness Clash on ‘Family Separation’: ‘Why Are You Laughing!?’  —  ‘Are you psychic?  Have you won the lotto, Mr. Bier?’  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclaimed  —  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., was shocked to find a congressional witness laughing …
Politico:
Phillips takes intra-party heat for scrubbing campaign website's reference to DEI  —  The Minnesota Democrat has already angered others in the caucus with his longshot primary challenge to the president.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Do You Remember the Ecstasy of Electing Joe Biden?  —  How the coalition that defeated Donald Trump crumbled.  —  We danced in the streets when Joe Biden was elected.  Do you remember?  American cities staged the greatest spontaneous outpouring of joy since V-J Day with cars honking …
Discussion: HotAir and nationalinterest.org
Evan Urquhart / Slate:
The Suicide of an Alabama Mayor Shows That Pre-Stonewall Horrors Aren't Just Coming Back.  They're Here.  — Many Queers Can't Bring Themselves to Face the Emotion They're Really Feeling Right Now.  We Must.  —  The practice of press outlets terrorizing gender-nonconforming people …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
New Biden rule cracks down on insurers' use of prior authorization  —  A new Biden administration rule released Wednesday aims to streamline the prior authorization process used by insurers to approve medical procedures and treatments.  —  Prior authorization is a common tool used by insurers …
Discussion: Roll Call
 
 
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