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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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Associated Press, The Hill and Reuters
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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.
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
McConnell Casts Doubt on Border Deal, Saying Trump Opposition May Sink It — The minority leader privately told Republicans that the former president had put his party “in a quandary,” casting further doubt on the deal's chances and the fate of Ukraine aid that the G.O.P. has tied to it.
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The Messenger, MeidasTouch, Wall Street Journal, RedState, Mediaite, The Hill, Breitbart, Raw Story, ABC News, USA Today, Political Wire and Washington Examiner
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As 2024 race advances, Trump eyes a new priority: blacklisting — Ten months ago, Donald Trump and his team let Republicans know they'd embrace blacklisting tactics as the race unfolded. Evidently, they meant it. — Gov. Ron DeSantis launched his doomed presidential campaign in May 2023 …
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Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Manhattan's District Attorney Is Quietly Preparing for a Trump Trial
Manhattan's District Attorney Is Quietly Preparing for a Trump Trial
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CBS News and The Messenger
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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Gingrich 360, No More Mister Nice Blog, Salon, Mercury News, Washington Examiner, KRDO, Washington Post, Politico, Axios, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, National Review, Reason, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Tangle, Reuters, CNBC, HuffPost, NBC News, Kyodo News+ and Robert Reich
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months for contempt of Congress — Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro was sentenced Thursday to four months in prison for contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack.
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ABC News:
Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena — The former White House adviser was sentenced on Thursday. — In this Sept. 7, 2023 file photo, Peter Navarro, an advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters as he arrives …
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Fox News, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit and The Guardian
Punchbowl News:
1/25/24 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did four extraordinary things Wednesday afternoon, all of which we scooped in our PM edition Wednesday night. … McConnell told GOP senators that before border security talks began, immigration policy united Republicans and Ukraine aid divided them.
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Washington Examiner, NBC News, The Hill, Washington Post, Raw Story, Breitbart, CNN, Hackwhackers, The Messenger, Mediaite and The Kyiv Independent
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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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Business Insider, Mediaite, RedState, Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, The Hill and The Messenger
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Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:
Trump warns he will blacklist Nikki Haley campaign donors
Trump warns he will blacklist Nikki Haley campaign donors
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, HuffPost, HotAir, USA Today, CBS News, The Spectator World, The Western Journal, New Republic, Mediaite, The Hill, The Daily Beast, The Messenger, NBC News, Rolling Stone, Politico, MeidasTouch, Axios, Raw Story, Washington Times and Washington Free Beacon
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
Washington Post:
Biden to deploy CIA director to help broker major Gaza deal — William Burns is looking to close gaps between Israel and Hamas on a deal that includes the release of all hostages in Gaza and a two-month cease-fire — President Biden plans to dispatch CIA Director William J. Burns …
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USA Today, The Hill, Reuters, Political Wire, Associated Press, UPI, The Messenger, The White House, The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera and Al-Monitor
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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NPR, Eater, WGN-TV, The Guardian, Associated Press, NBC News, Metro.co.uk, Daily Mail, Bloomberg, The Hill, Politico, The Messenger and New York Times
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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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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End Citizens United, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Accountable US
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William P. Barr / Wall Street Journal:
A Conspiracy Against No Labels — Left-wing organizations may be violating the law …
A Conspiracy Against No Labels — Left-wing organizations may be violating the law …
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The Messenger, Washington Examiner, Deseret News and ballot-access.org
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 …
Gowri Ramachandran / Brennan Center for Justice:
Intimidation of State and Local Officeholders — Left unchecked, abuse harms not only elected officials but also the public they serve. — The January 6 insurrection at the Capitol seemed to mark a new peak in extremist intimidation targeting public officials.
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The Guardian
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 …
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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Associated Press, Frontpage Mag and Political Wire
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.
Zachary Small / New York Times:
MoMA Sued by Artist Who Performed Nude in Marina Abramovic Work — The artist, John Bonafede, says museum officials failed to prevent visitors from sexually assaulting performers in the 2010 show. — A performance artist has sued the Museum of Modern Art, saying that officials neglected …
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MyNorthwest.com, The Messenger and The Art Newspaper
G. Elliott Morris / ABC News:
What are the best pollsters in America? — 538's new pollster ratings quantify each firm's error, bias and transparency. — 538 has new pollster ratings. — With former President Donald Trump's recent Republican presidential primary victories in Iowa and New Hampshire …
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Political Wire
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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emptywheel, Raw Story, MeidasTouch and The Messenger
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