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Exclusive: Attorney General Merrick Garland says there should be ‘speedy trial’ of Trump as 2024 election looms — Attorney General Merrick Garland said in an interview with CNN that he believes there should be a “speedy trial” in the election subversion case against Donald Trump …
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J.T. Young / Washington Examiner:
What if Trump is acquitted in the courts?
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Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
McConnell, Republican lawmakers sign Supreme Court brief on keeping Trump on ballot
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Trump and Haley battle for Tim Scott endorsement
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump urges Supreme Court to ‘put swift and decisive end’ to 14th Amendment challenges
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Politico:
The DeSantis Team Ran the Worst Campaign in History — The bizarre decisions behind a $130 million debacle. — Tim Pawlenty's and Scott Walker's presidential campaigns can breathe a sigh of relief. The mantle of Worst Republican Presidential Campaign Ever has been lifted from their shoulders …
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump plays defense after Haley attacks his age — The former president, 77, touted his cognitive skills during a campaign stop in New Hampshire, saying he feels ‘about 35 years old’ — Onstage at a New Hampshire campaign event on Wednesday night, former president Donald Trump bragged about many things …
Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
DeSantis regrets anti-media strategy: ‘I should have gone on everything’
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Nearly $5 Billion in Additional Student Debt Cancellation for 74,000 Borrowers — Today, my Administration approved debt cancellation for another 74,000 student loan borrowers across the country, bringing the total number of people who have gotten …
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Biden forgives another $5 billion in student loans for 74k borrowers … - The batch of debt cancelation announced Friday stemmed, in part, from his administration's changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. — The majority of borrowers who will benefit from the latest round …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Media outlets making their own coverage decisions isn't “authoritarian” — Trump's call to take them off the air is — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is worried about creeping authoritarianism in the United States. Not from Donald Trump, whose presidential bid Rubio endorsed Sunday despite …
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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Statement on Transcribed Interview with Kevin Morris — WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on today's transcribed interview with Kevin Morris, a Hollywood lawyer and Democrat donor:
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Michael Schaffer / Politico:
How a Judge in India Prevented Americans From Seeing a Blockbuster Report — Free speech on the internet took a huge hit when the news agency Reuters took down an important hacking investigation to comply with an overseas legal challenge. — Two months ago, the news agency Reuters published …
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Columbia Journalism Review
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Boebert Slams Spending Deal, Calls it ‘Pelosi-Esque’ — Boebert, along with 107 conservatives, voted against passing the short-term spending solution — Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., says that the congressional spending deal, which was approved by both the House and Senate on Thursday …
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House, Senate pass short-term bill averting government shutdown until March
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Gabriel Nadales / The Hill:
I once hated America, and I was so wrong — “I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.” — Just a few days ago, I said these words in front of the friends who had accompanied me to take my Oath of Allegiance to become an American citizen.
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Andrew Yang Backs Biden Primary Rival, Says President Can't ‘Reinvent Grandpa’ — Yang previously campaigned for President Joe Biden after ending his own White House bid in the 2020 election — Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has pledged his support to Rep. Dean Phillips …
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Erum Salam / The Guardian:
Outrage as Oklahoma Republican's bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’ — Lawmaker JJ Humphrey seeks punishments for ‘acts of terrorism’ and defines terrorist as ‘any person who is of Hispanic descent’ — An Oklahoma lawmaker is facing backlash for proposing a discriminatory bill …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Elon Musk's scheme to gut worker protections nationally — For a guy who claims to want to save humanity, he's got some strange ideas. … “This is a battle for the future of civilization,” Elon Musk tweeted in 2022. “If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.”
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Washington Monthly
George Monbiot / The Guardian:
What do angry farmers in Nevada and Germany have in common? They're being exploited by the far right — Populists are taking advantage of agrarian protests sparked by genuine crises - and it all feels horribly familiar — When environmental activists calling for less pollution sit in the streets …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Malia Obama debuts short film ‘The Heart’ at Sundance — Malia Obama's short film, called “The Heart,” is getting a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. — In a video posted by Sundance about the project, Obama — who wrote and directed “The Heart” — described it as “an odd little story …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles — Google News is boosting sites that rip-off other outlets by using AI to rapidly churn out content, 404 Media has found. Google told 404 Media that although it tries to address spam on Google News, the company ultimately does not focus …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
California 2024 Poll: Schiff and Garvey Gain Support in Crowded Primary — An Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey of the California Senate Election finds a quarter of voters (25%) support Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, while 18% support former Los Angeles Dodger …
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Sarah Grace Taylor / Politico:
Steve Garvey is running for Senate in California as a Republican — but don't ask about Trump
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Senate Democrats launch website targeting GOP on abortion ahead of Roe v Wade anniversary — The Senate Democrats' campaign arm launched a website on Friday targeting Republicans in battleground states on their past comments on abortion ahead of the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.
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Washington Examiner
Greta Rosen Fondahn / Reuters:
Asylum seekers ‘missing’ after crossing Russia border to Finland — Some 160 people who applied for asylum at Finland's eastern border last year have since disappeared, amid a sudden surge of asylum seekers arriving via Russia, Finland's immigration authority said.
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Politico
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Pro-Biden group raised $208M as Dems brace for tough election year — The top outside group supporting Joe Biden's reelection raised $208 million in 2023. — The top outside group supporting President Joe Biden raised $208 million in 2023, an enormous sum as Democrats gear up for a difficult reelection year.
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