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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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Mediaite and The Messenger
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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Raw Story and The Bulwark
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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New York Times, Washington Post, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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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
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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UPI and KFF Health News
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
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Wall Street's bargain with Trump
Wall Street's bargain with Trump
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Washington Post, The Japan Times and Raw Story
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
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Obamacare enrollment hits record level as Trump vows repeal
Obamacare enrollment hits record level as Trump vows repeal
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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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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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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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The Hill and New Scientist
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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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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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump's White House Pharmacy Handed Out Drugs Like Candy: Report — A Department of Defense report found an obscene lack of control over the handling of controlled medications while Trump was in office — White House pharmacists reportedly distributed uppers and downers like candy …
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PoliticusUSA, KRDO and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
The White House has its own pharmacy—and, boy, was it shady under Trump
The White House has its own pharmacy—and, boy, was it shady under Trump
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The Bulwark
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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Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Biden endorsed by United Auto Workers, shoring up union vote in automaking swing states
Biden endorsed by United Auto Workers, shoring up union vote in automaking swing states
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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.
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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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.
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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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 Hill, NBC News and NewsNation
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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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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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.
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The Gateway Pundit, RedState and The Messenger