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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins, leading Senate GOP centrist, won't endorse Trump in 2024 — Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee and a key figure in getting bills passed through Congress, says she will not endorse former President Trump, even if he becomes the Republican Party's nominee for president.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
As Supreme Court weighs Trump's eligibility, the ‘10th justice’ stays mum — The solicitor general would typically file arguments on an issue of this magnitude — but the upcoming Trump case is a political lightning rod. — As the Supreme Court prepares to hold arguments next month …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Lindsey Graham ‘threw Trump under the bus’ in Georgia case, book says — Senator told grand jury in election subversion case Trump would have believed martians stole the election, per Find Me the Votes — The South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham “threw Donald Trump under the bus” …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Pelosi sounds warning over Trump's attacks on ObamaCare — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday sounded the alarm on former President Trump's attacks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as she made the case that the 2024 presidential election ought to be about more than Trump's criminal indictments.
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Joe Gould / Politico:
Trump wants to send troops to the inner cities. A top senator wants to rein him in. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal is contacting other lawmakers in his bid to overhaul the Insurrection Act. — A top Democratic senator is renewing his effort to rein in Donald Trump's — or any other future president's …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Reid Hoffman pauses Nikki Haley funding after her New Hampshire loss to Trump, source says
Billionaire Reid Hoffman pauses Nikki Haley funding after her New Hampshire loss to Trump, source says
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The time for denial is over: Republicans are really nominating Donald Trump
The time for denial is over: Republicans are really nominating Donald Trump
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Why Republicans are (still) humiliating themselves for Trump
Why Republicans are (still) humiliating themselves for Trump
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Politico:
Playbook: 'That's the guy we will beat'
Playbook: 'That's the guy we will beat'
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
New Hampshire Primary Takeaway: We Are Not a Serious Country
New Hampshire Primary Takeaway: We Are Not a Serious Country
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Washington Post:
Most N.H. GOP primary voters say Trump fit for presidency even if convicted
Most N.H. GOP primary voters say Trump fit for presidency even if convicted
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The Bulwark, The Hill and Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Arizona GOP chair resigns, alleges Kari Lake blackmail — The chairman of the Arizona Republican Party announced he will resign on Wednesday after leaked audio appeared to show him attempting to pay Senate candidate Kari Lake not to run for office in 2024. — Jeff DeWit said that the audio was “selectively edited.”
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Ben Giles / NPR:
After seeming to bribe Senate hopeful Kari Lake not to run, Arizona GOP Chair resigns
After seeming to bribe Senate hopeful Kari Lake not to run, Arizona GOP Chair resigns
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Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
The White House has its own pharmacy—and, boy, was it shady under Trump — It wasted $750K during the Trump years and freely handed out Ambien and Provigil. — The White House has its own pharmacy that, until recently, could perhaps best be described as a hot mess, according …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump's White House Pharmacy Handed Out Drugs Like Candy: Report
Trump's White House Pharmacy Handed Out Drugs Like Candy: Report
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CNN:
Exclusive: House ethics probe of Gaetz seeks information from DOJ and woman who allegedly had sex with congressman as a minor — The House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has reached out to the woman whom the congressman allegedly had sexual relations with when she was a 17-year-old minor …
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Stephen Neukam / The Messenger:
Republicans Turn on Their Impeachment Chairman: ‘Parade of Embarrassments’ (Exclusive) — One Trump ally told The Messenger ‘the base is starting to get more and more frustrated’ with Comer — JWPlayer — House Republicans are increasingly disenchanted with Rep. James Comer, R-Ky. …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Senate panel advances bill to seize frozen Russian assets for Ukraine — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced legislation Wednesday to allow the U.S. to seize frozen Russian assets to pay for Ukraine's reconstruction. — The top Democrat and Republican on the panel were confident …
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
US Senate panel backs ‘big hammer’ plan to seize Russian assets to help Ukraine
US Senate panel backs ‘big hammer’ plan to seize Russian assets to help Ukraine
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Euromaidan Press, The Kyiv Independent, Balloon Juice and Political Wire
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Judge denies Smartmatic bid to dismiss counterclaim made by Fox News — A judge in New York has denied a motion by voting systems company Smartmatic to toss a counterclaim made by Fox News as part of an ongoing legal battle between the two companies over the network's coverage of the 2020 election.
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens — As an abortion provider in Montana, Dr. Samuel Dickman has seen patients routinely who tell him they became pregnant after a rape. His sense was the patients who were telling him were only a fraction of the true number.
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US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA warns consumers not to purchase or use Neptune's Fix or any tianeptine product due to serious risks … [1/23/2024] FDA continues to receive severe adverse event reports after use of Neptune's Fix products, including seizures, loss of consciousness and death.
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Democrats win challenge to North Carolina voter election law — A federal judge blocked a specific provision of the law's same-day voter registration requirements. — Joe Biden quietly scored a legal victory in North Carolina this week, in what could prove to be a consequential development in a closely divided state.
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 passenger jet awaiting takeoff — Delta Air Lines jet was due to depart from Atlanta airport and none of six crew or 184 passengers were hurt — A nose wheel fell off a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 passenger jet and rolled away as the plane lined up for takeoff …
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Jason DeRose / NPR:
Religious ‘Nones’ are now the largest single group in the U.S. — When Americans are asked to check a box indicating their religious affiliation, 28% now check ‘none.’ — A new study from Pew Research finds that the religiously unaffiliated - a group comprised of atheists …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Auto Workers Union Endorses Biden Over ‘Scab’ Trump — The UAW is backing the president months after he made history by picketing alongside striking workers — THE UNITED AUTO Workers (UAW), one of the nation's largest and most influential unions in the country, has endorsed Joe Biden for president.
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