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12:40 PM ET, December 9, 2024

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Melania Trump / MSNBC:
Clyburn urges Biden to pardon Trump ‘so we can clean the slate’  —  After convincing President Biden to pardon his son Hunter, South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn is now calling for clemency for Donald Trump.  “If we keep digging at things in the past, I'm not too sure the country will not lose its way …
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Politico:
Biden shrinks from view ahead of Trump's return to Washington  —  With 42 days left in office, Biden avoids unscripted moments or press questions.  —  Joe Biden is president of the United States for 42 more days.  But within the Democratic Party, on Capitol Hill — and even within his own administration …
Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story, Mediaite and IJR
Associated Press:
Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida Senate seat  —  Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House.
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Simon J. Levien / New York Times:
Lara Trump to Step Down as R.N.C. Co-Chair Amid Florida Senate Speculation  —  The daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald J. Trump, Ms. Trump gave no indication of her next move.  Senator Marco Rubio's seat would become open if he's confirmed as secretary of state.
Politico:   Playbook: How Tulsi Gabbard is planning to fight
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Supreme Court won't review admissions policy challenged as unfair to whites, Asian Americans  —  WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether Asian Americans and white students can challenge a school's admissions policy as discriminatory even if those racial groups …
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Pacific Legal Foundation:
Supreme Court refuses to hear Boston parents' challenge to racial discrimination in public school admissions  —  Washington, DC; December 9, 2024: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence v. School Committee …
Discussion: CBS News, Associated Press, CNN and IJR
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More in U.S. See Health Coverage as Government Responsibility  —  Approval of Affordable Care Act also near high point  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults, the highest percentage in more than a decade, say it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage.
Discussion: Semafor and Quartz
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
More Americans say health care is government responsibility: Gallup  —  Sixty-two percent of Americans say it's the federal government's responsibility to ensure everyone has health care coverage, a new survey from Gallup found.  —  The figure is the highest it's been in more than a decade …
Abdallah Fayyad / Vox:
What does “working class” even mean?  —  Since Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, pundits and politicians have been trying to figure out why the country's working class is moving to the right.  —  “Donald Trump Won as the Champion of Working-Class Discontent,” read one headline.
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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:   How Some Voters Moved From Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump
Dominique Mosbergen / Wall Street Journal:
Meet the Trump Nominees Selling Vitamins on the Side  —  Supplement makers are cheering a warmer welcome in Washington; ‘The industry is getting excited’  —  President-elect Donald Trump's top political appointees want you to buy supplements.  —  Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Trump's pick for surgeon general …
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New York Times:
Here's what to know about the manhunt.  —  A man is being held for questioning in connection with last week's killing of a health insurance executive in Midtown Manhattan, according to three law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation.  —  The man was identified based on a tip …
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Supreme Court rejects case pitting the ‘spirit of Aloha’ against gun owners' rights  —  The case included a swipe by a Hawaii judge at the Supreme Court's embrace of gun rights.  “The thing about the old days, they the old days,” the judge said, quoting HBO's “The Wire.”
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Threatened With Jail, Cheney Condemns Trump's ‘Assault on the Rule of Law’  —  Liz Cheney, the former Republican representative, said President-elect Donald J. Trump “lied about” the bipartisan House committee that investigated his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
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New York Times:
South Korea Bars President From Traveling Abroad  —  President Yoon Suk Yeol cannot leave the country as an investigation unfolds into whether he led an insurrection last week when he briefly imposed martial law.  —  South Korea's political dysfunction deepened Monday as its Ministry …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Asia Times
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Reuters:
Inside South Korea's martial law fallout as Trump looms
Discussion: Axios and Bloomberg
Public Notice:
The J. Edgar Hoover precedent for weaponizing the FBI  —  “Yes, we could have a repeat of that,” Frank Figliuzzi tells us.  —  ∙ Paid … 🕵️  —  After serving in the FBI for more than two decades, in 2011 Frank Figliuzzi replaced a guy named Robert Mueller …
Henry Meyer / Bloomberg:
Putin's Syria Setback Threatens Key Russian Military Bases  — Bases key to Kremlin's effort to rebuild Cold War influence  — Moscow says it will seek talks on bases with new Syria leaders  —  The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria represents a personal defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
At the Kennedy Center, a Send-Off to Biden and Questions About the Future  —  A bipartisan crowd honored Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval and the Apollo Theater.  Some wondered if Donald J. Trump would attend next year.
Discussion: Deadline, Bloomberg and CBS News
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Trump's business empire has expanded.  Here's where he could profit in his second term.  —  Trump and his team have so far declined to provide details about how — or whether — he will separate his business interests from his work as president.  —  When President-elect Donald Trump returns …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Platt / Bloomberg:
Trudeau Now Tied With Conservative Leader on Who's Trusted to Deal With Trump  — Poll taken just after Trudeau-Trump dinner at Mar-a-Lago  — PM was 11 points behind Tory leader on issue in January  —  Canadians' trust in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deal with incoming US President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
E.P.A. Bans Cancer-Causing Chemicals Used in Dry Cleaning  —  The two solvents, known as Perc and TCE, cause kidney cancer and other ailments, and have been the subject of years of controversy.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday banned two solvents found in everyday products …
 
 
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
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Kate Selig / New York Times:
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
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