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Robert Hur's Box-Checking — In the middle of his explanation for why he believed that Joe Biden had willfully retained classified records pertaining to Afghanistan but that he couldn't prove that beyond a reasonable doubt, Special Counsel Robert Hur admitted that jurors …
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White House Calls Special Counsel Report on Biden Politically Motivated — The White House and some Democrats tried to discredit a document that characterized the president as elderly and forgetful. — White House officials on Friday called the special counsel's report into President Biden's handling …
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Axios:
Biden: “I am an elderly man ... I know what the hell I'm doing” … - Biden's hastily arranged nighttime remarks came after the special counsel's report said he wouldn't be charged for having classified documents, but blistered him as “an elderly man with a poor memory” …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Thoughts On the Hur Report — Let me share a few thoughts on the Biden special counsel report. — First off, this is another example of the universal rule: Republican special counsels are chosen to investigate Democrats. And Republican special counsels are chosen to investigate Republicans.
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Matthew Xiao / Washington Free Beacon:
WATCH: ‘This Is Terrible,’ Democratic Strategist Says of Biden's Press Conference — Democratic political consultant Paul Begala panned President Joe Biden's response to a special counsel report questioning his mental fitness, calling the president's Thursday press conference “terrible for Democrats.”
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough trashes special counsel's report — “So bizarre. So many people immediately heard these random conclusions, irrelevant conclusions, politically charged, Trump-like ramblings,” Scarborough said. — MSNBC's Joe Scarborough attacked Special Counsel Robert Hur on …
Politico:
Age isn't just a number. It's a profound and growing problem for Biden. — The new blunders have sparked fresh concern about the president's mental fitness. — Special counsel Robert Hur jolted the presidential campaign Thursday with a withering assessment of Joe Biden's mental acuity …
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Obama AG Eric Holder blasts special counsel's report
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
GOP Rep. Tenney calls to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office after ‘alarming’ Hur report
Shan Wu / The Daily Beast:
Special Counsel Robert Hur's Report on Biden's Classified Documents Is Partisan and Unprofessional
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House goes on attack against special counsel over Biden age, memory
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Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
What Biden's Critics Get Wrong About His Gaffes
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
More voters are rating Trump's presidency as ‘better than expected’ in hindsight
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Politico:
Playbook: A day Biden world wishes it could forget
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Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
I'm Finally Beginning to Believe It's Possible Joe Biden Steps Down
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Leading GOP hardliner spurned by Trump in tough Senate fight — Former President Trump is kneecapping the Senate hopes of right-wing Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) before they can even get off the ground. … - “I also respect Matt Rosendale, and was very happy to Endorse him in the past …
Ron Filipowski / The Daily Beast:
Evangelicals' Trump Worship Looks More Like QAnon Every Day
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Doesn't Care if Extended GOP Race Damages Trump
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation in December was even lower than first reported, the government says — The prices consumers pay in the marketplace rose at an even slower pace than originally reported, according to closely watched revisions the government released Friday. — Updates to the consumer price index showed …
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S&P 500 closes above 5,000 for first time ever, notches fifth straight winning week — A solid earnings season, easing inflation and resilient economy have charged 2024′s market rally, pushing the S&P 500 to a fifth consecutive week of gains. — Stocks rose on Friday …
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The Hill:
Larry Hogan launches surprise Maryland Senate bid — Former Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced on Friday that he's launching a surprise bid for the open Maryland Senate seat, despite speculation that he was considering a third-party presidential bid. — “We desperately need leaders willing …
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Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Republican Larry Hogan Is Running For Senate In Maryland
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Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
‘Relentless and misleading’: Jack Smith shreds new Trump motion as proof he will ‘stop at nothing’ to delay Mar-a-Lago documents case — In a new motion, special counsel Jack Smith shredded Donald Trump's latest attempt to indefinitely delay the classified documents case in Florida …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats file FEC complaint against Robert Kennedy Jr. and allied super PAC — The Democratic National Committee accused third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday of violating federal election law by unlawfully coordinating with a supportive super PAC in a $15 million effort to collect signatures for state ballot access.
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
DNC accuses RFK Jr. campaign and super PAC of illegal coordination
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Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu orders Gaza's crowded Rafah evacuated ahead of an expected ground invasion — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the densely populated southern Gaza city.
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Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Elite lawyer brain is killing us — It's difficult to overstate what an absolutely astonishing own goal Merrick Garland scored by appointing Robert Hur to lead the Biden documents case. — Hur was nominated by Donald Trump to be the US Attorney for the District of Maryland.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop — Forthcoming book on Jill Biden in 2022: “Why didn't anyone stop that? … President Biden and top aides were gathered in the Treaty Room, the president's study in the executive residence, after a press conference that ran nearly two hours. … - Suddenly, the group saw First Lady Jill Biden …
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