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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's exponential power surge — Something shocking — and telling — has unfolded beyond Donald Trump's onstage, online and courtroom theatrics: He's running a professional, well-managed, disciplined presidential campaign. — His 2024 operation is more sophisticated …
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The Guardian, Associated Press and The Hill
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don't want — Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Americans are unhappy about an election rematch that came into sharper focus this week.
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 …
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New York Magazine, Raw Story, CNN, The Guardian, Progressive Eruptions, ABC News, Washington Examiner and PoliticusUSA
New York Times:
Manhattan's District Attorney Is Quietly Preparing for a Trump Trial — As prosecutors navigate calendars and appeals, Alvin L. Bragg may take the former president's first criminal case to trial. He has said that covering up a hush-money payment was a fraud on voters.
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CBS News and The Messenger
Punchbowl News:
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MeidasTouch, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Washington Post, Raw Story, The Messenger, Mediaite, The Hill, Breitbart and The Kyiv Independent
Politico:
Playbook: Conservatives take aim at tax deal
Playbook: Conservatives take aim at tax deal
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Fox News, The Daily Caller and The National Pulse+
New York Times:
New Hampshire and Iowa Reveal Broader Weaknesses for Trump
New Hampshire and Iowa Reveal Broader Weaknesses for Trump
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Salon, Washington Examiner, Mercury News, KRDO, Axios, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, National Review, Reason, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Tangle, Washington Post, Politico, Reuters, CNBC, NBC News, HuffPost, Kyodo News+, Robert Reich, New Statesman and Business Insider
Washington Post:
After two Trump wins, congressional Republicans again fall in line
After two Trump wins, congressional Republicans again fall in line
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Business Insider, CNN, The Daily Beast, Political Wire, Salon, NBC News, New York Times, The UnPopulist, ABC News, Fox News, KXAN-TV, HuffPost, Public Notice, Breitbart, The Texas Tribune and The Hill
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
As Supreme Court weighs Trump's eligibility, the ‘10th justice’ stays mum
As Supreme Court weighs Trump's eligibility, the ‘10th justice’ stays mum
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USA Today, Raw Story and The Bulwark
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
‘A Warning Shot’: Maggie Haberman Explains Why Trump Attacked Kayleigh McEnany — The New York Times reporter shared her analysis after Trump lashed out at his former press secretary over her comments on Fox News. — LOADING — New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman said Donald Trump's outburst …
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Mediaite, RedState, Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, The Hill and The Messenger
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Ian Ward / Politico:
The Tired Monotony of a Trump Rally in 2024
The Tired Monotony of a Trump Rally in 2024
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New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Washington Post
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. economy booms with 3.3% growth in final quarter of 2023 … - The economy moderated in the September-December period compared to the previous quarter's 4.9% growth, which got a notable boost from companies building up inventories. … - That dynamic continued in the fourth quarter …
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CBS News, Raw Story, New York Times and CNBC
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
The U.S. economy grew at blistering 3.3% pace in Q4 while inflation pulled back
The U.S. economy grew at blistering 3.3% pace in Q4 while inflation pulled back
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The Hill, RedState, Breitbart, UPI, Mercury News and NBC 7 San Diego
Associated Press:
Who are No Labels' donors? Democratic groups file complaints in an attempt to find out — For months, the centrist group No Labels has stockpiled cash and diligently worked to secure ballot access for a potential third-party presidential bid, striking fear among allies of President Joe Biden …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Accountable US
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Tim Grierson / Cracked.com:
Penn Jillette Wants to Talk It All Out — Penn Jillette has a large, framed French-language poster of Renaldo and Clara behind him. Most people wouldn't know what that is, but as a Bob Dylan fan, I do — it's his largely forgotten, widely panned 1978 film that he wrote, directed and starred in.
Jennifer Ludden / NPR:
Housing is now unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters, study finds — Over the past two years, Genuine Campbell was shocked at how rent for her two-bedroom apartment in Philadelphia just kept going up — from $1,300 a month to $1,600. She's a single mom of four …
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Harvard Joint Center …
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Outrage as New Restaurant Opens Called ‘October 7’ — “We expect the Jordanian government to condemn this publicly and unequivocally,” wrote Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid. — A new restaurant apparently named after the brutal massacre of Israelis by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 has opened in Jordan, sparking outrage in Israel.
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National Review, GB News, Exposing the role …, The Times of Israel and The Messenger
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
64K women and girls became pregnant due to rape in states with abortion bans, study estimates — The research letter, published by JAMA Internal Medicine, estimated that nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states. — More than 64,000 women and girls became pregnant …
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens
Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens
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Resolute Square, Crooks and Liars, New York Post, Axios, HuffPost, JAMA Network, Digby's Hullabaloo, Abortion, Every Day and The Messenger
Stephen Gruber-Miller / USA Today:
An Iowa bill would make students sing the national anthem every day. One lawmaker sang it — When it came time for her closing comments at Wednesday's Iowa House subcommittee meeting, Rep. Sue Cahill stood — and began singing the national anthem. — “O say can you see, by the dawn's early light …
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Iowa Capital Dispatch and Political Wire
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Looming Contest Between Two Presidents and Two Americas — The general election matchup that seems likely between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump is about fundamentally disparate visions of the nation. — Each of them has sat behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office …
Riley Rogerson / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Are Having a Blast Making a Circus of the GOP's Hunter Biden Probe — “We're calling out their bullshit like every single time, and I think they're surprised by it,” one Democrat on the Oversight Committee said. … When Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) arrived at the Hunter Biden contempt hearing …
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Raw Story, MeidasTouch, The Messenger and PoliticusUSA
Jamie Joseph / Fox News:
Sen. Barrasso's wife dies after 2-year battle with brain cancer — Sen. Barrasso announces wife's death — Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wy., announced on Thursday that his wife, Bobbi, died after a two-year battle with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer. — “After a courageous battle with cancer …
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
Li Cohen / CBS News:
Tea with salt? American scientist's “outrageous proposal” leaves U.S.-U.K. relations in “hot water,” embassy says — How do you take your tea? One lump of sugar, two or maybe some milk? Unless you're adding salt, one U.S. scientist says, your cup won't be perfect …
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WGN-TV, The Guardian, NBC News, Metro.co.uk, Daily Mail, Bloomberg, The Hill, Politico, The Messenger, New York Times and KRDO
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
SCOTUS is poised to take a sledgehammer to federal agencies — Why overturning the Chevron precedent would be very big (and bad) deal. — ∙ Paid … Since conservatives fully captured the US Supreme Court during the Trump administration, right-wingers have been racking up wins.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Secretly Alerted Iran Ahead of Islamic State Terrorist Attack — Washington passed actionable intelligence to Tehran about the plot that killed 84 and wounded many more — WASHINGTON—The U.S. secretly warned Iran that Islamic State was preparing to carry out the terrorist attack early …
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Political Wire
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
How life is going for this former McCarthy deputy: Not great — Republicans in the Bayou State are privately speculating if Garret Graves made too many enemies, both in Washington and back home. — Louisiana is enjoying outsized control over House GOP leadership these days …
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Sabato's Crystal Ball