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Associated Press:
West Bank: Biden to issue executive order over settler violence  —  President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians and Israeli peace activists in the occupied territory …
Washington Post:
Biden signs executive order sanctioning West Bank settlers  —  President Biden signed an executive order on Thursday that imposes sanctions on four West Bank settlers who have committed violence against Palestinians.  The order marks the most significant action Biden has taken …
The Hill:
Trump doles out millions to lawyers: Here's who's getting the most  —  Former President Trump's fundraising committees doled out cash to dozens of attorneys last year, a major expense for the Republican front-runner's campaign as he stares down four criminal indictments and various civil lawsuits.
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Inside Trump's Costly Outburst: ‘Like an 8-Year-Old Having a Temper Tantrum’  —  Roberta Kaplan's strategy delivered E. Jean Carroll $83 million from Donald Trump.  Federal prosecutors may want to take note.  —  Roberta Kaplan knows how to beat Donald Trump in court.  She's already done it twice.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump spent $250K of campaign funds losing Christopher Steele lawsuit: report  —  Former President Donald Trump appears to have spent $250,000 of donor money while losing a lawsuit against Christopher Steele in London.  —  On Thursday, a high court dismissed Trump's request for damages …
Kaitlyn Locke / Politico:
Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can't run for reelection  —  Last year's boycott lasted six weeks — the longest in state history — and paralyzed the legislative session, stalling hundreds of bills.  —  SALEM, Oregon — The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
The House passed a Child Tax Credit expansion.  It faces a GOP buzzsaw in the Senate.  —  The News  —  The House passed its $78 billion, bipartisan tax bill with a lopsided 357-to-70 vote on Wednesday, in which the measure attracted slightly more Democratic than Republican support …
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Caitlin Reilly / Roll Call:
Tax bill overcomes objections from left and right, passes House
J. Patrick Coolican / Minnesota Reformer:
Republicans smeared Ilhan Omar over a faulty translation.  Here's what she really said.  —  (L-R) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) take questions during a news conference about Islamophobia on Capitol Hill on November 30, 2021 in Washington, DC.
CBS News:
Plans for U.S. strikes on Iranian personnel and facilities in Iraq, Syria approved after Jordan drone attack  —  U.S. officials have confirmed to CBS News that plans have been approved for a series of strikes over a number of days against targets — including Iranian personnel and facilities — inside Iraq and Syria.
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CNN:
US warship had close call with Houthi missile in Red Sea
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Sorry Appin, We're Not Taking Down Our Article About Your Attempts To Silence Reporters  —  Back in December, we wrote about Appin.  We were not writing about the reports (of which there have been many) that the organization that started as a sort of cybersecurity training school …
Discussion: Wired and MuckRock
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Haley Trails in Home State  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Both Nikki Haley and Donald Trump have gained support among South Carolina Republican primary voters since the presidential nomination contest became a two-person race.  However, the state's former governor continues to trail the former president …
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Politico:
Inside Kevin McCarthy's vengeance operation against the Republicans who fired him  —  Allies of the booted speaker have identified their three biggest targets: Reps. Nancy Mace, Bob Good and Eli Crane.  —  Kevin McCarthy is not done trying to exact revenge on the fellow Republicans who ended his Hill career.
Catherine Kim / Politico:
MAGA World Is About to Meet Taylor Swift's Fandom.  It Won't Go Well.  —  Swift expert Brian Donovan on why the political right is targeting a rich, heteronormative pop star.  —  A lot of Swifties take their cues from Taylor Swift, they listen to her statements about politics and absorb them and act on them.
Fox News:
Senate sex tape: Capitol Police decline to press charges  —  Incident happened inside Hart Senate Office Building on Dec. 13  —  The U.S. Capitol Police announced Thursday they have declined to press charges following the filming of a “sex video that was recorded inside the Hart Senate Office Building …
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Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Capitol Police Closes Investigation Into Sex Tape Filmed Inside Senate Hearing Room
Discussion: RedState, Semafor and Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
One Clue That Kyrsten Sinema Is Retiring: Her Weird Spending  —  Kyrsten Sinema is spending more than $100,000 a month on personal security, barely raising money, and shelling out for first-class plane tickets—after railing against first class. … Once upon a time, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
DeSantis sends National Guard troops to Texas border  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Thursday he will be deploying members of the National Guard to “assist” Texas at the southern border, where Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has declared an invasion amid a surge in migrant border crossings.
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Politico:
Schumer promises vote on the border security-Ukraine aid deal next week  —  The Senate majority leader said the text of the agreement will be made public as soon as Friday or as late as Sunday.
Discussion: New York Times
Fox News:
ATF whistleblowers sound alarm on Biden admin proposal that effectively bans private gun sales: report  —  Watchdog group says alleged ATF proposal would ‘go after law-abiding citizens for private’ gun sales  —  Whistleblowers at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) …
 
 
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Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb brands Alina Habba a ‘loser’ after E. Jean Carroll verdict
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
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