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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Bulwark
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Washington Post:
After two Trump wins, congressional Republicans again fall in line
Joe Gould / Politico:   Trump wants to send troops to the inner cities. A top senator wants to rein him in.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins, leading Senate GOP centrist, won't endorse Trump in 2024
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Shares His New Hampshire Victory With an Accused Sexual Predator
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Pelosi sounds warning over Trump's attacks on ObamaCare
Discussion: UPI, KFF Health News and Breitbart
New York Times:
New Hampshire and Iowa Reveal Broader Weaknesses for Trump
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Reid Hoffman pauses Nikki Haley funding after her New Hampshire loss to Trump, source says
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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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  —  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.
Tesnim Zekeria / Popular Information:
Oklahoma enlists notorious right-wing zealot to guide school library policy  —  Ellen Ochoa Elementary School, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was among the dozens of schools that received bomb threats last year after being targeted by the far-right Libs of TikTok account.
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 …
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: CNN and Althouse
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 …
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
Discussion: Mediaite, The Messenger and Raw Story
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Clerks for hire: The Supreme Court recruiting race  —  Supreme Court clerks are offered bonuses of up to $500,000 to join law firms  —  Last spring, as the Supreme Court wrapped up oral arguments for what was shaping up to be a blockbuster term, the law firm Jones Day invited a group …
Discussion: The Messenger and Political Wire
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 …
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.
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 …
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Messenger:
The RNC Shuttered Most of the Hispanic Community Centers It Touted as Critical to Winning Over Latino Voters  —  JWPlayer  —  During the 2022 cycle, the Republican Party made a commitment to Latino voters that hadn't been seen before, touting nearly two dozen RNC Hispanic Community Centers …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Andrew Schneider / Houston Public Media:
Governor Abbott signals potential defiance of Supreme Court's border ruling  —  Governor Greg Abbott issued a “Statement on Texas' Constitutional Right to Self-Defense,” following calls by numerous Republican lawmakers to resist the high court's order, including three state representatives from Houston.
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 …
Joann Muller / Axios:
Biden to announce $5 billion in new infrastructure projects  —  President Biden will announce $5 billion in funding for major transportation projects during a visit Thursday to Superior, Wisconsin — part of an effort to tout his administration's investments in long-overdue infrastructure projects.
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.
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 …
Discussion: UPI
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's super PAC raised $46 million in 6 months  —  But they have only half of that still in the bank  —  A pro-Donald Trump super PAC raised over $46 million in the second half of 2023 and ended the year with just over $23 million in cash on hand, as it gears up for the general election.
Discussion: BizPac Review, Loomered, Breitbart and IJR
 
 
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Shady Finances Behind Mike Johnson's Longtime Pastor
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Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Heavy fighting leaves hundreds stranded in Khan Younis
Brandon Drenon / BBC:
Kenneth Eugene Smith: US inmate faces first nitrogen execution after losing last-minute appeals
Bloomberg:
South Korean Lawmaker Attacked by Rock-Wielding Assailant
Discussion: New York Times and Reuters
Reuters:
Hong Kong's top court overturns acquittal of human rights lawyer
Discussion: Bloomberg.com
US Department of Justice:
Washington State “Proud Boy” Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Actions During and After Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Harris: House Republicans don't want immigration fix because ‘they want a political issue to run on in November’
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Texas Democrat calls on Biden to seize control of Texas National Guard
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Auto Workers Union Endorses Biden Over ‘Scab’ Trump
Ben Giles / NPR:
After seeming to bribe Senate hopeful Kari Lake not to run, Arizona GOP Chair resigns
Katherine Itoh / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton says Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig are ‘more than Kenough’ after ‘Barbie’ Oscar snubs
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Ohio lawmakers override DeWine veto of gender-affirming care ban, transgender athlete restrictions
 

 
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