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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 …
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” …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
GOP Rep. Tenney calls to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office after ‘alarming’ Hur report  —  Hur described Biden as an ‘elderly man with a poor memory’ who didn't remember when he was vice president  —  EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney is calling for the Cabinet to …
Politico:
White House frustration with Garland grows  —  The president believes the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents went beyond his remit.  And part of the blame is being placed on the AG.  —  Joe Biden has told aides and outside advisers that Attorney General Merrick Garland …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and RedState
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 …
Matthew Xiao / Washington Free Beacon:
WATCH: ‘This Is Terrible,’ Democratic Strategist Says of Biden's Press Conference
NBC News:
Could Democrats replace Biden as their nominee?
Discussion: Frontpage Mag and BizPac Review
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden faces his ‘Comey moment’
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House goes on attack against special counsel over Biden age, memory
New York Times:
Biden's Age and Memory Rise to Center of 2024 Presidential Campaign
New York Times:
Chief Witness Against Gaetz Is Cooperating With House Ethics Investigation  —  A year after the Justice Department decided not to bring charges against Representative Matt Gaetz in a sex-trafficking investigation, the House Ethics Committee is moving forward with an inquiry into him.
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Julia Johnson / Washington Examiner:
McCarthy confident in McDaniel and bristles at Gaetz suggestion of leading RNC  —  LAS VEGAS — Former House Speaker and California GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is equipped to continue leading the party.
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Matt Gaetz stopped at airport security for having a Taser, report says
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 …
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'It's devastating': Trump seizes unmatched control over GOP
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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
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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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 …
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 …
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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Laura Paddison / CNN:
Critical Atlantic Ocean current system is showing early signs of collapse, prompting warning from scientists  —  A crucial system of ocean currents may already be on course to collapse, according to a new report, with alarming implications for sea level rise and global weather …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Guardian
Yasmine Salam / NBC News:
Palestinians fear time is running out in ‘last stop’ Rafah as Israel orders evacuation ahead of ground assault  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that civilians would be able to flee the city in southern Gaza before an expected ground operation that has raised U.S. fears of a “disaster.”
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Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu orders Gaza's crowded Rafah evacuated ahead of an expected ground invasion
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.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Eschaton
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D  —  Senate report points to greed and “patent thickets” as key reasons for high prices.  —  When big pharmaceutical companies are confronted over their exorbitant pricing of prescription drugs in the US …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
First look: Meta won't recommend political content on Threads  —  Meta will not “proactively recommend political content from accounts you don't follow” on Threads, the company said in a statement provided to Axios.  —  Why it matters: The policies, which are the same it currently uses …
 
 
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