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The Hill:
Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now — The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
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Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
Trump has pressed for voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen — Republicans plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation's voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress …
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Tal Kopan / The Boston Globe:
New Hampshire lawmaker reflects on retiring from Congress: 'I'm trying to set a better example' — WASHINGTON — As Representative Annie M. Kuster leaves Congress, the New Hampshire Democrat is hoping some of her colleagues might be inspired to do the same — and wishes President Biden had earlier, as well.
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Camille Von Kaenel / Politico:
These MAGA farmers could be ruined if Trump follows through with mass deportations — California's farm owners bet on President-elect Donald Trump and won. His campaign promise of mass deportations could ruin them. — SACRAMENTO, California — California farmers could soon enjoy bumper crops thanks …
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn't slash their benefits — Voters in the struggling Pennsylvania city of New Castle backed Trump hoping he'd curb inflation. But the incoming president will be under pressure to cut spending. — NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania …
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Playbook: How Schumer is prepping for Trump 2.0
Playbook: How Schumer is prepping for Trump 2.0
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Euronews:
Breaking news. Exclusive: Preliminary investigation confirms Russian missile caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash — 38 passengers were killed on Wednesday after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.
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CBS News:
Plane crash probe in Kazakhstan underway as speculation mounts about possible Russian involvement
Plane crash probe in Kazakhstan underway as speculation mounts about possible Russian involvement
Tamara Vaal / Reuters:
Kazakhstan's senate chief: cause of Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash unknown for now
Kazakhstan's senate chief: cause of Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash unknown for now
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump's top border adviser says he will bring back family detention — Tom Homan oversaw implementation of the “zero tolerance” policy that separated more than 4,000 children from their parents during Trump's first term. — U.S. immigration authorities will once more put families with children …
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Lillian Perlmutter / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Immigration Shutdown Could Create a Dystopian Humanitarian Crisis — Experts say Trump won't stop migrants from coming to the U.S. — but he may create an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Mexico and at the border — Genesis Bonilla keeps several hundred dollars hidden in her ponytail …
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Marianne Williamson / TRANSFORM with Marianne …:
I'M RUNNING FOR DNC CHAIR! — My letter to members of the Democratic National Committee — To Democratic National Committee Members, — This year's election of a DNC Chair feels different than in past years. Before now, the party had faced defeats to be sure. But our playbook still basically worked.
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Marianne Williamson launches bid for DNC chair
Marianne Williamson launches bid for DNC chair
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Marianne Williamson launches bid for DNC chair
Marianne Williamson launches bid for DNC chair
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Wall Street Journal:
Behind Closed Doors: The Spy-World Scientists Who Argued Covid Was a Lab Leak — The idea that the pandemic's origins lie with a research facility in China was once labeled a conspiracy theory
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Republicans Quietly Axed IRS Funding Amid Government Shutdown Chaos — During last week's negotiations to avert a government shutdown, Congress quietly slashed $20 billion from the Internal Revenue Service. — Republicans have long targeted the tax agency, and their cuts will hurt its efforts …
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Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Elon Musk reveals he's taking drug for weight loss in bizarre ‘Ozempic Santa’ post — The world's richest man has clashed with incoming Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the role weight-loss medications should play in making Americans healthier and thinner.
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Jerusalem Post:
Israeli airstrike hits Sana'a, Hodeidah airports during Houthi leader's ‘victory’ speech — Sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the IDF carried out the strikes with the knowledge of the United States. — Israeli airstrikes targeted a host of Houthi infrastructure near the airports …
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New Republic:
What if Trump Does Everything He's Promised—and the People Don't Care? — And here we go again. President-elect Donald Trump wasted little time in signaling to Americans, through his Cabinet nominations and White House appointments, that he plans to move quickly to act on his most extreme promises.
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Associated Press:
Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they're tuning out — As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He's tuned out.
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Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
Counting down the DOGE Days of Winter — Good afternoo from upstate New York, where we continue to celebrate the holidays with grandparents in the frigid climes of my birth. I hope you and yours are warm, dry, and safe today. — The holidays can be joyous, but also hard times for many of us …
CNN:
'It's a scary time': US universities urge international students to return to campus before Trump inauguration — Fear and uncertainty are spreading across many US college campuses ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration, with some schools advising international students …
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