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12:05 PM ET, January 25, 2024

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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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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 …
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.
Discussion: CBS News and The Messenger
Politico:
Playbook: Conservatives take aim at tax deal
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Shares His New Hampshire Victory With an Accused Sexual Predator
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
New York Times:
New Hampshire and Iowa Reveal Broader Weaknesses for Trump
Washington Post:
After two Trump wins, congressional Republicans again fall in line
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
As Supreme Court weighs Trump's eligibility, the ‘10th justice’ stays mum
Discussion: 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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Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:
Trump warns he will blacklist Nikki Haley campaign donors
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 …
Discussion: CBS News, Raw Story, New York Times and CNBC
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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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Myah Ward / Politico:   Democrats win challenge to North Carolina voter election law
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 …
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.
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: HotAir, CNN and Althouse
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: Sabato's Crystal Ball
 
 
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Miami Herald:
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
DEI hires pushed onto the FBI are putting the country's safety at risk for the sake of being ‘woke’
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Clerks for hire: The Supreme Court recruiting race
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Bloomberg:
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Reuters:
Hong Kong's top court overturns acquittal of human rights lawyer
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Messenger:
The RNC Shuttered Most of the Hispanic Community Centers It Touted as Critical to Winning Over Latino Voters
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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Governor Abbott signals potential defiance of Supreme Court's border ruling
 

 
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