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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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Marc Fortier / NBC Boston:
Trump solidifies lead in NH, Haley firmly in second, new poll shows — Only 5% of likely Republican primary voters said they would choose Ron DeSantis, leaving him a distant third — Former President Donald Trump has solidified his lead in New Hampshire ahead of the state's first-in-the-nation primary …
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Kirkland An / The Boston Globe:
New Hampshire Republican primary tracking poll results
New Hampshire Republican primary tracking poll results
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Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
Ron DeSantis to prioritize South Carolina, leave New Hampshire in week before its primary
Ron DeSantis to prioritize South Carolina, leave New Hampshire in week before its primary
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ABC News:
Nikki Haley says she will only debate Donald Trump or Joe Biden
Nikki Haley says she will only debate Donald Trump or Joe Biden
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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
Judge threatens to throw Trump out of E. Jean Carroll defamation trial
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Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Trump Triggering the Lefties Never Ceases to Amuse and Entertain
The Morning Briefing: Trump Triggering the Lefties Never Ceases to Amuse and Entertain
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Lindsey McPherson / The Messenger:
Speaker Johnson Can ‘Absolutely’ Expect to Be Toppled if He Keeps Caving, GOP Lawmaker Warns — Yet another GOP hardliner threatens to oust the speaker, predicting Johnson ‘will get rolled, just like we always do’ — House Freedom Caucus member Eli Crane has joined a growing number …
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Senate Republicans warn House they won't get a better immigration deal under Trump
Senate Republicans warn House they won't get a better immigration deal under Trump
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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden
Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Johnson: Now is not ‘the time for comprehensive immigration reform’
Johnson: Now is not ‘the time for comprehensive immigration reform’
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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
Democrats flip Florida state House seat in special election
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Christopher Heath / WFTV:
Florida Democrats flip Republican House seat in Special Election
Florida Democrats flip Republican House seat in Special Election
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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 …
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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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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court divided over whether to curb the power of federal agencies — A divided Supreme Court debated whether and how to curtail the power of federal agencies Wednesday, with liberals urging the court to defer to the judgment of government experts and conservatives saying courts …
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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 …
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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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The Baltimore Banner:
New Baltimore Sun owner insults staff in meeting, says paper should mimic Fox45 — In a tense, three-hour meeting with staff Tuesday afternoon, new Baltimore Sun owner David Smith told employees he has only read the paper four times in the past few months, insulted the quality of their journalism …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Right-wing media mogul buys the Baltimore Sun
Right-wing media mogul buys the Baltimore Sun
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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 …
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
White House Phoned Asa Hutchinson to Apologize for DNC Slight — The call came after the DNC took a potshot at the former Arkansas governor, who was one of Donald Trump's biggest critics from the right. — President Joe Biden on Wednesday dispatched his chief of staff to call the former Arkansas …
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Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
Elise Stefanik Targeted for Censure for Jan. 6 ‘Hostages’ Comment — “In putting her personal ambitions over her integrity, Congresswoman Stefanik has been Donald Trump's biggest congressional cheerleader,” Dan Goldman said. — Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) planned to introduce …
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.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House GOP hit with another retirement announcement — Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election to Congress after more than a decade in office, marking the latest in a series of GOP retirement announcements this month. … - “After 9/11, I felt a calling to serve my State or Nation in some capacity.
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