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10:20 AM ET, January 25, 2024

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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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Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:
Trump warns he will blacklist Nikki Haley campaign donors  — In a post on the Truth Social social media platform, former U.S. President Donald Trump said that anyone who contributes to Haley's platform “from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp.
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
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Trump Shares His New Hampshire Victory With an Accused Sexual Predator
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
As Supreme Court weighs Trump's eligibility, the ‘10th justice’ stays mum
Discussion: Raw Story and The Bulwark
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.
New York Times:
New Hampshire and Iowa Reveal Broader Weaknesses for Trump
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Pelosi sounds warning over Trump's attacks on ObamaCare
Discussion: UPI, KFF Health News and Breitbart
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins, leading Senate GOP centrist, won't endorse Trump in 2024
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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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.
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 …
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 …
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
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, New York Times and CNBC
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.
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
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Shady Finances Behind Mike Johnson's Longtime Pastor  —  Speaker Mike Johnson's “dear friend” and longtime pastor has quite the story about his flock turning on him. … House Speaker Mike Johnson has centered his professional, political, and personal life squarely on his Christian faith.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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.
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.
 
 
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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’
Brandon Drenon / BBC:
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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
The White House:
Statement from NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on Reported Strikes at UNRWA Facility in Southern Gaza
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Democrats win challenge to North Carolina voter election law
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Harris: House Republicans don't want immigration fix because ‘they want a political issue to run on in November’
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
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Ohio lawmakers override DeWine veto of gender-affirming care ban, transgender athlete restrictions
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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