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7:45 PM ET, January 25, 2024

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David M. Drucker / The Dispatch:
RNC Moving to Declare Trump Its Presumptive Nominee  —  An RNC committeeman has submitted the proposal despite Nikki Haley's vow to stay in the race.  —  The Republican National Committee (RNC) is reviewing a draft resolution that, if approved, would declare Donald Trump …
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CNN:
Republican National Committee considering move that would declare Trump the presumptive nominee  —  A draft resolution circulating among the Republican National Committee would formally declare Donald Trump the Republican Party's 2024 presumptive nominee.  —  While the former president …
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.
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The duty to intervene: What news organizations need to do in 2024  —  It is not appropriate for news organizations to tell people who they should vote for.  —  But it is appropriate for them to actively strive to correct misinformation, clear up public misunderstandings of key issues in public policy, and advocate for democracy.
New York Times:
Inside Trump's Cutthroat Conquest of Iowa and New Hampshire  —  The former president's victories in Iowa and New Hampshire were the product of a win-or-else ethos, a fractured opposition and his power to make the party stand for whatever he stands for.  —  The former president's victories …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As 2024 race advances, Trump eyes a new priority: blacklisting
Discussion: CNBC
Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Looming Contest Between Two Presidents and Two Americas
Discussion: CNN and HotAir
Associated Press:
AP VoteCast: What the first contests tell us about the Trump and Biden coalitions
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Preposterous’: Federal judge decries efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence, label perpetrators ‘hostages’  —  Judge Royce Lamberth, who has handled dozens of Jan. 6 cases, lamented the false rhetoric spread by Donald Trump and his allies.  —  The longest-serving district judge on the federal bench …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Reagan-appointed judge warns GOP's ‘preposterous’ claims about Jan. 6 could pose threat  —  Judge Royce Lamberth says he's “shocked” that “meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream,” as some Republican politicans defend Jan. 6 rioters.
Associated Press:
Trump White House official Peter Navarro gets a 4-month sentence for defying a House Jan. 6 subpoena  —  Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol …
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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NBC News:
McConnell casts doubt on border and Ukraine aid deal as GOP fury threatens both  —  The Senate minority leader's shift comes as Trump pushes Republicans to oppose the immigration pact, seeking instead to wield border chaos as a political weapon against Biden.
NBC News:   A Democrat raised protecting Speaker Johnson in meeting with Biden and congressional leaders
CNN:
GOP senators seethe as Trump blows up delicate immigration compromise
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
McConnell Casts Doubt on Border Deal, Saying Trump Opposition May Sink It
The Messenger:
Trump Spokesperson Steven Cheung Booted From Defamation Trial for Phone Alarm  —  U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, notoriously strict about electronics in his courtroom, brought down the hammer when the alarm went off in the middle of witness testimony on Thursday
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NBC News:
Trump briefly testifies in E. Jean Carroll damages trial, clashes with judge
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Eagle Pass is today's Fort Sumter.  Biden must federalize the Texas National Guard.  —  The high-stakes game of Texas Hold 'Em taking place on the banks of the Rio Grande between the tin soldiers of that state's Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the U.S. Border Patrol has reached a tension level …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson backs Abbott's border ‘invasion’ decree
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Rolling Stone:
How Big Pharma Is Fueling a Radical MAGA Agenda  —  Republicans' Project 2025 blueprint is an assault on women's health care.  It would also end Biden's Medicare drug-pricing plan  —  Big Pharma has invested big money in the organizations planning what a MAGA policy agenda will look like in a new Trump administration.
Discussion: Accountable US and STAT
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Willis, Wade and others expected to be subpoenaed for hearing on Fulton County DA affair allegations  —  A current and former law partner to Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor leading the 2020 election subversion case in Georgia, have been told to expect a subpoena to testify …
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Steve Reilly / The Messenger:
Trump Joins Georgia Co-Defendant's Effort to Disqualify Fani Willis Over Affair and Impropriety Allegations
Discussion: Washington Post and RedState
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Larry Kudlow Agrees Biden Economy ‘Not as Bad’ as He's Been Saying  —  “So he gets his due.  If I were he, I would be out slinging that hash,” Kudlow declared on Thursday about the better-than-expected economic growth.  —  Former Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow conceded on Thursday …
Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal:
Vince McMahon Accused of Sex Trafficking by WWE Staffer He Paid to Keep Quiet  —  Janel Grant files lawsuit saying McMahon pressured her into sex with him and other men at wrestling business, raising questions about 2022 board probe into CEO's payouts  —  A woman who received a payout …
Politico:
McConnell dispels doubts about his commitment to a border-Ukraine deal  —  The Senate GOP leader made clear that Donald Trump's opposition to an agreement was not souring him on the negotiations.
Discussion: Political Wire
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump's courtroom appearances force Arizona GOP to cancel ‘Freedom Fest’: report  —  The Arizona Republican Party has pulled the plug on their upcoming “Freedom Fest” event after former President Donald Trump, who was set to headline the gathering, ditched it to attend to legal matters in court.
Discussion: The Hill, The Messenger, RedState and KPNX
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 …
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 …
Charles Hilu / Washington Free Beacon:
New Cars Would Require Speed-Limiting Technology Under California Bill  —  A California bill would require new cars sold or made in the state to incorporate technology that limits the speed of the vehicle.  —  “This bill would require certain vehicles, commencing with the 2027 model year …
 
 
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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania's governor says he wants to ‘get s— done.’ He's made it his slogan, profanity and all
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Secretary of State's bill would bar 14th Amendment ballot challenge for Donald Trump
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Examiner
Apple:
Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
New York Times:
Elon Musk Is Spreading Election Misinformation, but X's Fact Checkers Are Long Gone
 Earlier Items: 
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Alabama GOP congressman disagrees with Nikki Haley: ‘Everyone has some racist in them’
G. Elliott Morris / ABC News:
What are the best pollsters in America?
Gowri Ramachandran / Brennan Center for Justice:
Intimidation of State and Local Officeholders
Discussion: The Guardian and Pluribus News
Stephen Gruber-Miller / USA Today:
An Iowa bill would make students sing the national anthem every day. One lawmaker sang it
Discussion: Political Wire
 

 
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