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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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Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Alina Habba Spotted At Trump Victory Party After Delaying Defamation Trial Over Illness — The former president's legal team requested a trial delay, saying Habba had been exposed to COVID and had a fever. She attended the party one day later. — LOADING
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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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Ian Ward / Politico:
The Tired Monotony of a Trump Rally in 2024 — ATKINSON, New Hampshire — The line snaked along the driveway, hundreds of people long. The weather was dreadful in southern New Hampshire — ice and the slush and the subfreezing temperatures — but Donald Trump's faithful didn't care.
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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 …
HuffPost:
Trump Privately Pressuring GOP Senators To ‘Kill’ Border Deal To Deny Biden A Win — The former president is telling Republicans he “doesn't want Biden to have a victory” in 2024, said a source familiar with the bipartisan negotiations. — LOADING — WASHINGTON - Donald Trump …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Reid Hoffman pauses Nikki Haley funding after her New Hampshire loss to Trump, source says — Billionaire Reid Hoffman does not plan to give any more money to Nikki Haley's presidential campaign, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC. — Hoffman is one of Haley's …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Lindsey Graham ‘threw Trump under the bus’ in Georgia case, book says
Lindsey Graham ‘threw Trump under the bus’ in Georgia case, book says
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Pelosi sounds warning over Trump's attacks on ObamaCare
Pelosi sounds warning over Trump's attacks on ObamaCare
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Wall Street's bargain with Trump
Wall Street's bargain with Trump
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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
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump fumes in victory, Haley spins in defeat: Takeaways from New Hampshire
Trump fumes in victory, Haley spins in defeat: Takeaways from New Hampshire
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The irony of Trump's angry reaction to his N.H. primary victory
The irony of Trump's angry reaction to his N.H. primary victory
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Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Trump Hammers Former Press Secretary McEnany After New Hampshire Win: 'Don't Need Any Advice From RINO'
Trump Hammers Former Press Secretary McEnany After New Hampshire Win: 'Don't Need Any Advice From RINO'
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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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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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PoliticusUSA, KRDO and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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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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Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Ohio lawmakers override DeWine veto of gender-affirming care ban, transgender athlete restrictions — The Ohio Senate voted 23-9 Wednesday to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of legislation banning gender-affirming health care for minors and preventing transgender women and girls from competing on female school sports teams.
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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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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.
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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The White House:
Statement from NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on Reported Strikes at UNRWA Facility in Southern Gaza — We are gravely concerned by reports today of strikes hitting a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facility — with subsequent reports of fires in the building—in a neighborhood …
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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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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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Katherine Itoh / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton says Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig are ‘more than Kenough’ after ‘Barbie’ Oscar snubs — The former presidential candidate and secretary of state weighed in on Academy Awards controversy. — Hillary Clinton is the latest prominent voice to speak out against the Oscar snubs of …