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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Incensed Democrats stoke GOP revolt against Mike Johnson … - Johnson “needs to make a decision,” one House Republican warned, adding that there is “a lot of frustration” in the GOP conference. … - Clark pointed to increasing indications from Republicans that they are prepared to start signing …
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Liz Peek / Fox News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green needs to be clear about what's really at stake in 2024 — It's high time someone in the Republican Party told Marjorie Taylor Greene to turn all that bombastic self-serving showmanship …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Johnson Needs Democrats on Ukraine, Handing Them Power to Shape Aid Plan — The Republican speaker's elaborate strategy for passing a foreign aid package over his party's objections will require the cooperation of Democrats to pass it — and possibly save his job.
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Rating Changes: Arizona Senate and AZ-6 — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — We're making a couple of rating changes today, both in Arizona. — The state's open-seat Senate race goes from Toss-up to Leans Democratic, and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6) moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up.
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Laura Gersony / USA Today:
Kari Lake downplays 1864 abortion law, says Arizonans can travel ‘3 hours’ for procedure — Senate candidate Kari Lake indistinctly linked illegal immigration to the climbing cost of housing in Arizona at a Tuesday morning campaign event that veered into higher-profile policy issues, including Lake's shifting rhetoric on abortion.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump could have helped response to Jan. 6 riot — but didn't — per new testimony — Two senior leaders of the D.C. guard at the time of the Capitol attack painted a picture of the boost that never came, according to transcripts reviewed by POLITICO. — Donald Trump could have cleared …
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Democrats who investigated Trump say they expect to face arrest, retaliation if he wins presidency
Democrats who investigated Trump say they expect to face arrest, retaliation if he wins presidency
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J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Alters National Review Article, Deletes That Affair Allegations Could Have “Torpedoed” His Campaign — Trump's manipulated article also attacks star witness Michael Cohen, a potential gag order violation — Trump has posted yet another one of his manipulated articles to Truth Social.
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Why the Trump campaign is in deeper trouble than you think — Simon Rosenberg explains Trump's predicament and Biden's improving position. — ∙ Paid — 🇺🇸 Subscribe to Public Notice 🇺🇸 — I'm in Italy this week to speak on a panel about twitter …
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S. — Russia's Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the United States, and leverage the Ukraine war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate convenes Mayorkas impeachment trial as Democrats will seek a quick dismissal — The Senate on Wednesday opened the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, swearing in senators as jurors while Democrats said they wanted …
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Carl Gibson / Alternet.org:
'I don't think you're fit for this job': GA senator gives USPS chief DeJoy an ultimatum — U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was raked over the coals on Tuesday in a hearing conducted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, particularly by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia).
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Minouche Shafik / Wall Street Journal:
Columbia University President: What I Plan to Tell Congress Tomorrow — Antisemitism and calls for genocide have no place at a university. My priority has been the safety and security of our community, but that leaves plenty of room for robust disagreement and debate.
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Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Lawmakers, Jewish groups brace for Columbia's Capitol Hill antisemitism showdown
Lawmakers, Jewish groups brace for Columbia's Capitol Hill antisemitism showdown
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former ‘Real Housewives’ star Siggy Flicker's stepson arrested on Jan. 6 charges — Tyler Campanella, the stepson of “Siggy” Flicker, was arrested more than three years after the reality star posted images that Campanella apparently shot inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Bloomberg:
Trump Pushed to Embrace 17% Income Tax for All — Trump has not endorsed flat tax, but has called for levy cuts — Conservative economists regularly pitch Trump on tax ideas — Donald Trump is under pressure from economists in his circle to embrace a flat tax rate …
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Arrest warrant issued for Democratic state Pennsylvania lawmaker — An arrest warrant was issued for Pennsylvania state Rep. Kevin Boyle, according to multiple reports, with the Democratic lawmaker having been in trouble with the law previously. — On Tuesday, an arrest warrant was issued …
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
John Leguizamo on Trump's Latino support: 'He doesn't like us, and he doesn't want us here' — Actor John Leguizamo obliterated a small horse piñata while reciting a thorough catalogue of Spanish-language profanities on “The Daily Show” Tuesday in response to a New York Times/Siena poll …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Meet the people spending $800,000 or more to make Trump the next president — Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was recently found liable for sexual assault, and has been charged with 88 felonies. Trump is currently spending four days a week at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Comer: Criminal referrals in Biden probe could come ‘within weeks’ — House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that criminal referrals stemming from his investigation into President Biden could come “within weeks” even as he cautioned that “impeachment is still on the table.”
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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency after alleged 2015 gun incident — The Montana GOP Senate candidate said this month that he lied about accidentally shooting himself at Glacier National Park — Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency in 2015 …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Trump GOP's inverted perception of crime in America — During a visit to a small convenience store in Upper Manhattan on Tuesday, Donald Trump distilled his party's approach to crime — and, really, everything else. — Trump had come directly from the courthouse where …
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Politico:
Gallagher stays flexible — Speaker Mike Johnson may get a much-needed boost for his foreign aid plans as departing Rep. Mike Gallagher has flexibility to remain in town into Saturday to support the package, according to his office. “The congressman has the flexibility to stay and support …
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court unanimously opens door to more workplace bias claims — . — The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for workers to pursue employment discrimination claims over job transfers in ruling on a case involving a St. Louis policewoman who said she was reassigned due to sex discrimination.
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Mark Robison / Reno Gazette-Journal:
Man arrested in crash that killed Cortez Masto adviser entered US illegally, feds say — The 18-year-old arrested in connection with the death of an adviser to U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto was in the country illegally. — Elmer Rueda-Linares was in a two-vehicle crash about 4:30 …
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Washington Post:
Trump rails against wind energy in fundraising pitch to oil executives — At a Mar-a-Lago dinner, Donald Trump doubles down on promises to derail a key form of clean energy that competes with fossil fuels — Former president Donald Trump repeatedly ranted about wind power during …
Washington Post:
'We're a dead ship': Hundreds of cargo ships lost propulsion in U.S. waters in recent years — While the ship that felled the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore suffered a total blackout, such losses of engine power — including near bridges or ports — are hardly a one-off
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