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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips, Democrats Say — The revelation was included in a report by Democratic staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee who had conducted a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court. — Justice Clarence Thomas failed …
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The Independent, Joe.My.God. and Washington Examiner
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Associated Press:
New ethics inquiry details more trips by Clarence Thomas paid for by wealthy benefactors — Investigation by Senate Democrats found that Thomas accepted gifts and travel worth more than $4.75m since 1991 — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of supreme court ethics details …
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The Hill
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Senate Dems' report on SCOTUS ethics inquiry decries “culture of misconduct”
Breaking: Senate Dems' report on SCOTUS ethics inquiry decries “culture of misconduct”
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Rolling Stone
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Senate Democrats blast Supreme Court's ‘ethical crisis’ as investigation concludes
Senate Democrats blast Supreme Court's ‘ethical crisis’ as investigation concludes
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HuffPost, Washington Post, Forbes, Raw Story, Politico and Alternet.org
The Hill:
Live updates: Biden signs funding bill; Questions move to Johnson — President Biden has signed legislation passed by Congress on Friday to prevent a government shutdown, as qustions shift to Speaker Mike Johnson's future. — The government-funding legislation was approved …
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DCReport.org
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Mike Johnson concludes the 118th Congress as it began — in chaos
Mike Johnson concludes the 118th Congress as it began — in chaos
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The Hill and The Dispatch
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Biden signs government funding bill, averting shutdown crisis
Biden signs government funding bill, averting shutdown crisis
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New York Times:
Trump Wanted Shutdown to Happen on Biden's Watch, Not His
Trump Wanted Shutdown to Happen on Biden's Watch, Not His
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
‘The Apprentice’ creator tapped as Trump's United Kingdom envoy — President-elect Trump announced that Mark Burnett will serve as the special envoy to the United Kingdom in his next administration in a Saturday post on Truth Social. — “With a distinguished career in television production and business …
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Bloomberg, The Hollywood Reporter, UPI, Deadline, Daily Mail and The Post Millennial, more at Mediagazer »
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Gabrielle M. Etzel / Washington Examiner:
Trump outlines slate of appointments less than a month from Inauguration Day — President-elect Donald Trump announced a slate of new appointees to his administration on Saturday, less than one month before he is to be sworn into office on January 20 next year.
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The Hill, Forbes, Mediaite and One America News Network
Tina Moore / New York Post:
NYPD's top cop Jeffrey Maddrey abruptly resigns after allegedly demanding underling perform sexual favors — including ‘kiss his penis’ — in exchange for overtime — The NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed officer abruptly resigned late Friday night after The Post uncovered explosive allegations …
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Joe Anuta / Politico:
Eric Adams calls explosive allegations against NYPD ally ‘extremely concerning’ — The sexual assault allegations against Jeffrey Maddrey, who resigned Friday, are the latest scandal to rock the administration. — NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday distanced himself …
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Associated Press and New York Post
New York Times:
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.” — Last summer, as the release of “It Ends With Us” approached, Justin Baldoni, the director and a star of the film, and Jamey Heath …
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Kate Gibson / CBS News:
Senate approves bill to expand Social Security to millions of Americans — Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans passed the U.S. Senate early Saturday and is now headed to the desk of President Biden, who is expected to sign the measure into law.
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
These 20 GOP senators voted against the Social Security bill
These 20 GOP senators voted against the Social Security bill
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Plain Dealer and New York Times
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Biden secures 235th confirmed judicial appointee, one more than Trump — Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden secured his 235th appointment to the federal judiciary on Friday, narrowly surpassing President-elect Donald Trump's first-term tally by one with a record number of women and people of color named to the bench.
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Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Senate confirms 2 Biden judicial nominees, boosting total over Trump
Senate confirms 2 Biden judicial nominees, boosting total over Trump
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San Diego Union-Tribune and The Hill
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate confirms Biden's 235th judge, beating Trump's record
Senate confirms Biden's 235th judge, beating Trump's record
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Bloomberg, HuffPost, The White House, Politico, The Japan Times, Raw Story and Alternet.org
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Trump's ‘stunningly unqualified’ diplomatic team shapes up at breakneck speed — Trump is hardly the first US president to introduce miscast nominees, but he has nominated ambassadors at a rate not recalled in recent memory — They seem an unlikely, almost motley, crew of emissaries.
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Alternet.org
Paul Krugman / Krugman wonks out:
A Win for the Vibecession Story — Guess what? Popular economic narratives aren't reliable — Still experimenting with this newsletter. My original plan was to write most weekdays and take weekends off. But there's so much to write about! So I will sometimes put up relatively brief …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
He's anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration — Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who's pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US — Curtis Yarvin is hardly a household name in US politics.
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Clayton Cramer
Daily Mail:
Senile Biden's insult to families of Marines murdered in disastrous Afghan withdrawal — Joe Biden kept the grieving relatives of the Marines killed in Afghanistan waiting for three hours while he napped on Air Force One on the tarmac before a dignified transfer, multiple military families have told Daily Mail.
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HotAir, RedState, The Post Millennial, New York Post and Twitchy
Kate Connolly / The Guardian:
Outrage as Elon Musk claims ‘only AfD can save Germany’ — German health minister calls US billionaire's intervention weeks before election ‘undignified and problematic’ — Elon Musk has caused outrage in Berlin after appearing to endorse the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland.
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Alex Nguyen / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk Applauds the German Neo-Nazi Party
Elon Musk Applauds the German Neo-Nazi Party
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Axios:
Scoop: Jeffries' plan to kill the debt ceiling forever … - Republicans have a significant bloc of debt and deficit hawks who will likely vote against raising the debt ceiling under any circumstances. — That gives the Democratic leader considerable leverage to use the debt limit to force concessions.
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