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Wall Street Journal:
No Labels Will Abandon 2024 Presidential Campaign Effort — The centrist group plans to announce it won't field a third-party ‘unity ticket’ after months of failing to find a candidate to lead its effort — WASHINGTON—No Labels, the centrist group which has sought to field a third-party presidential bid …
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
No Labels abandons 2024 presidential effort — The bipartisan group No Labels won't put forward a third-party presidential ticket after failing to find a candidate, multiple outlets have reported. — No Labels will reportedly announce Monday that it hasn't been able to recruit …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Centrist group No Labels won't field a ticket in the presidential election
No Labels:
No Labels 2024 Ballot Project
No Labels 2024 Ballot Project
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Katrina Kaufman / CBS News:
Is Trump's $175 million civil fraud bond valid in New York? — When former President Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in New York on Monday, it appeared that he had evaded a financial crisis. He had paused enforcement of the more than $460 million judgment against him following a civil fraud trial, while his appeal is pending.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jeffrey Clark's bid to aid Trump election scheme violated attorney rules, DC Bar panel finds — Disciplinary investigators who brought the charges against Clark say they intend to advocate for his disbarment. — A disciplinary panel in Washington has found that Jeffrey Clark …
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Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Trump says he'll jail his opponents. Members of the House Jan. 6 committee are preparing — Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word.
New York Times:
G.O.P. Congressman's Wild Claim: F.B.I. Entrapped Jan. 6 Rioters — More than three years after the attack on Congress, a Republican subcommittee chairman offered a series of baseless and disproved claims about it, reflecting an effort on the right to falsify what occurred.
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
RFK Jr. disavows fundraising email boosting ‘J6 activists’
RFK Jr. disavows fundraising email boosting ‘J6 activists’
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Axios:
Scoop: Johnson faces new pressure from Democrats on foreign aid … - “He's a bit boxed in,” one House Democrat said of Johnson. … - “No matter which path he walks down ... one's with alligators, one's with piranhas. … - In addition to Ukraine and Gaza, the letter calls for aid to Sudan …
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Politico:
Playbook: How Mike Johnson boxed himself in
Playbook: How Mike Johnson boxed himself in
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Greene keeps alive campaign to oust Johnson and warns against new push for Ukraine aid
Greene keeps alive campaign to oust Johnson and warns against new push for Ukraine aid
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Why Mike Johnson's perch has suddenly grown precarious
Why Mike Johnson's perch has suddenly grown precarious
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Politico:
Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar subpoenaed in Arizona probe of Trump fake electors — The Arizona attorney general is nearing a decision on whether to charge Trump allies with crimes, but there is no indication Biggs or Gosar will face charges. — Arizona investigators probing Republicans' efforts …
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Musk's X pivots again, restoring blue checks to popular accounts — The social network formerly known as Twitter is now gifting premium features to users with at least 2,500 verified followers — A year after his controversial decision to remove verification from popular Twitter accounts unless …
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The Washington press corps doesn't have a freaking clue — I've been away for nearly two weeks, almost entirely unplugged, and let me tell you, a little distance makes the failure of the American political press even more horrifying and inexcusable. — The nation stands on the edge of a precipice …
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former President Donald Trump On Israel's War, 2024 And Much More — Former President Donald Trump joined me this morning: — Audio: — 04-04hhs-trump — Transcript: — HH: Joined by our very special guest, former President Donald Trump. Mr. President, welcome back.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Trump wants to game Nebraska's electoral vote, mapped — A transparent Donald Trump-backed attempt to reconfigure — dare we say “rig” — the electoral college to be more in his favor in 2024 has fallen short. At least for now. — The technically nonpartisan but heavily Republican …
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WOWT-TV:
Attempt to consolidate Electoral College votes fails in Nebraska Legislature
Attempt to consolidate Electoral College votes fails in Nebraska Legislature
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge denies Trump bid to dismiss classified documents prosecution — A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump, rejecting a defense argument that the case should be tossed because he was entitled as a former president to retain the records after he left office.
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Kelly Jensen / BOOK RIOT:
Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association — Despite the fact that l ibrarians are among the most trusted professionals, per data acquired in several studies of parents on the perceptions of the profession, lawmakers across …
Washington Post:
Biden warns Netanyahu the situation in Gaza is ‘unacceptable’ — The president said U.S. policy will change if Israel does not immediately take ‘specific, concrete, and measurable’ steps to address the disaster — President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday …
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CNN:
Biden to Netanyahu: Protect civilians or else
Biden to Netanyahu: Protect civilians or else
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden says U.S. economy is world's best. Trump calls it a ‘cesspool.’ Data is clear. … U.S. President Joe Biden, delivers remarks on the U.S. economy and his administration's effort to revive American manufacturing, during his visit in Flex LTD, a factory that makes solar energy microinverters …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
How Trump's story about Ruby Garcia's family went horribly awry — Donald Trump boasted about speaking to members of a murder victim's family. It now appears he made that up. — In light of Donald Trump's overtly anti-immigrant platform, it wasn't too surprising to see the Republican seize …
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Alyssa Farah Griffin rips RFK Jr. in op-ed: ‘Gaslighting and real-time pivoting’ — Former Trump administration aide Alyssa Farah Griffin went after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in an op-ed published in The Daily Beast, calling out the independent presidential candidate for “gaslighting and real-time pivoting” …
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The White House:
Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel — President Biden spoke by telephone with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The two leaders discussed the situation in Gaza. President Biden emphasized that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable.
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Biden moves to defang political assaults on federal workforce — The move is widely seen as a response to former President Donald Trump's efforts to root out what he called a “deep state” that thwarted his policies. — The Biden administration put the finishing touches Thursday on a plan …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
New book details Steve Bannon's ‘Maga movement’ plan to rule for 100 years — Isaac Arnsdorf's Finish What We Started shows how the strategist wanted to create a dominant coalition to take US political power — Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's 2016 campaign chair and White House strategist …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Trump tests gag order by sharing articles on judge's family — Former President Trump shared articles critical of Judge Juan Merchan and his family on Wednesday, appearing to test the bounds of the gag order placed on Trump in his New York hush money case. — Merchan expanded the gag order Monday …
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