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Jan. 6 rioter asks for early release, says he was ‘manipulated’ by Trump and Fox News
Imprisoned Jan. 6 rioter Mitchell Todd Gardner is seeking early release from prison, saying he was manipulated by Donald Trump and Fox News.
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House passes resolution to block Iran's access to $6 billion from prisoner swap
The House passed a bipartisan measure Thursday that would block Iran from ever accessing the $6 billion recently transferred by the U.S. in a prisoner swap, a step Republicans pushed in response to the nation's alleged role in the deadly attacks last month by Hamas on Israel. “With such instability in the region, the last thing we need to do is to give access to $6 billion to be diverted to more Iranian-sponsored terrorism,” Rep. Michael McCaul, the Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs
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Florida GOP chairman faces allegations of sexual battery
Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler is under investigation for allegations related to sexual battery, including rape, according to a complaint filed with the Sarasota Police Department.
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Sen. Rand Paul performed Heimlich maneuver on choking Sen. Joni Ernst during GOP lunch
Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa, was choking on food during a luncheon Thursday when fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky performed the Heimlich maneuver on her. Shortly after, Ernst posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to thank Paul. Ernst joked that she was choking on “woke policies.”
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Kari Lake loses suit to see ballot envelopes in 3rd trial tied to Arizona election defeat
A judge has rejected Kari Lake’s request to examine signed ballot envelopes of 1.3 million early voters, giving the defeated Arizona Republican candidate for governor another loss in her third trial related to last year’s election. In an order filed Thursday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah Jr. argued their release would undermine the ballot verification process in future elections. Bryan Blehm, Lake's attorney, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
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Talks of a border deal have unusual allies: Democratic cities and states
The pressure on Democratic governors, mayors has created an unusual bloc of support for GOP-driven changes to migration-control policy.
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Former ambassador and Republican politician sues to block Tennessee voting law
Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe sued state election officials on Wednesday over a law he claims is so vague that he could be prosecuted for voting in a Republican primary. The 1972 state law requiring primary voters to be “bona fide” party members or “declare allegiance” to the party has rarely been invoked, but legislators voted this year to require polling places to post warning signs stating that it's a crime to vote in a political party’s
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Tommy Tuberville moves the goalposts on his military blockade, signaling he's tired of running defense for his unprecedented move
The Alabama Republican and former football coach signals he's ready to end his blanket efforts.
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Trump will hold a closed-door fundraiser during the next Republican debate
Trump will host a closed-door fundraiser in Florida during the next week’s Republican presidential debate, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene backs off second Mayorkas impeachment resolution
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she was assured by House Speaker Mike Johnson that the process would move forward in committee.
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Biden backers rev up write-in campaign in New Hampshire to avoid loss
President Joe Biden's name will not be on New Hampshire's primary ballot, but top Democrats are organizing a shoe-string, write-in campaign aimed at preventing an embarrassing loss for the president that might fuel concerns about his 2024 election prospects. Thousands of voters have already committed to the effort along with county and local party chairs, said California Congressman Ro Khanna, who will lead a call with organizers on Thursday evening on the effort. For an incumbent president, p
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Dissent, and a generation gap, inside the U.S. government over Israel
The Biden administration is facing internal dissent over its support for Israel’s tactics in Gaza on a scale not seen inside the government since the 1980s.
8 min read - PoliticsThe Hill
McCarthy cursed Trump during call after ouster as Speaker: Report
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) cursed out former President Trump in the wake of his removal as Speaker in October, after the former president refused to come to his aid and denounce the removal efforts, The Washington Post reported Thursday. After Trump gave McCarthy a list of reasons why he didn’t support the former Speaker…
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Who has been expelled from Congress? George Santos could become the sixth House member removed
George Santos could become the sixth House member expelled from Congress. Here's a look at the five House lawmakers who were ousted from the lower chamber.
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Nikki Haley launching first TV ad of presidential campaign
The spot, airing Friday, is part of a massive $10 million ad buy in New Hampshire and Iowa.
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Rand Paul performs Heimlich on fellow GOP senator
Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa thanked Sen. Rand Paul in a post on X after the incident at a Republican lunch in the Capitol.
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Respiratory illness surge in China not due to new virus, CDC director tells Congress
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reassured members of Congress on Thursday that the "upsurge" in respiratory illness in China is not from "a new or novel pathogen."
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Biden plots trip to Angola as promise of Africa trip lingers
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he will visit Angola in a trip that could mark renewed engagement with Africa at a time of international turmoil. "I have been there and I will be back," Biden said when asked about visiting the country during an Oval Office meeting with his Angolan counterpart, Joao Lourenco. Biden did not specify when the meeting would take place.
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Texas judge rips into Biden administration's handling of border in dispute over razor wire barrier
Border Patrol agents for now can cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border under a judge's ruling that also took President Joe Biden's administration to task for its handling of immigration enforcement. The ruling is at least a temporary defeat for Texas officials who say Border Patrol agents have repeatedly cut, damaged and moved some of the roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) of concertina wire the state installed near the border city of Eagle Pass, where large numbers of mig
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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Subpoenas In Supreme Court Ethics Probe
Republicans walked out of the hearing as Democrats voted to compel billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow and conservative legal activist Leonard Leo to testify.
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Unions in Wisconsin sue to reverse collective bargaining restrictions on teachers, others
Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Thursday attempting to end the state's near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees. The 2011 law, known as Act 10, has withstood numerous legal challenges over the past dozen years and was the signature legislative achievement of former Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who used it to mount a presidential run. The latest lawsuit is the first since the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped to li
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Ferry operators around the country to receive $220M in federal grants to modernize fleets
The Biden administration will issue $220 million in grants to modernize the country's ferry systems, officials announced Thursday. The grant program will focus on expanding ferry service in rural communities, helping them acquire modern ferries, including electric boats, and upgrading shore infrastructure to support low-emission ferry service, officials said. Twelve ferry operators in the territory of American Somoa and the states of California, Washington, Alaska, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey,
1 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Biden hosts the Angolan president in an effort to showcase strengthened ties as Africa visit slips
President Joe Biden hosted Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço in the Oval Office on Thursday as he sought to reaffirm his commitment to Africa even as two wars consume much of his administration's foreign policy focus. The White House meeting follows Angola's move to position itself as a strategic partner to the United States and as it has shifted away from Russian and Chinese influence under Lourenço's tenure. The visit comes as Biden appears set to break his commitment to Afric
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Vivek Ramaswamy turns his fire on the GOP’s early-state governors
Vivek Ramaswamy has a novel strategy as he competes for the GOP nomination: attacking the popular Republican governors in the first two states to vote.
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Trump legal news brief: Appeals court reinstates Trump gag order and Engoron vows to enforce it 'rigorously and vigorously'
A New York appeals court reinstates the gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump that prohibits him from making critical comments about Judge Arthur Engoron’s court staff, including his clerk.
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Appeals court reinstates Trump gag order in New York civil tax fraud case
A state appeals court in New York reinstated a gag order against Donald Trump and his lawyers in the $250 million civil fraud case against the former president and his company, rejecting his argument that the order was unconstitutional.
4 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
North Carolina trial judges block election board changes made by Republican legislature
North Carolina trial judges on Thursday blocked portions of a new law that would transfer Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s authority to pick election board members to the Republican-dominated General Assembly. Following a 90-minute hearing, the three state judges agreed unanimously to issue a preliminary injunction sought by Cooper. The Republican legislative leaders whom Cooper has sued can appeal the decision to the state Court of Appeals.
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US lawmakers seek probe of Chinese drone maker Autel Robotics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of 11 U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday asked the Biden administration to investigate and potentially sanction Chinese drone maker Autel Robotics, citing national security concerns. The letter, signed by House China select committee chair Mike Gallagher, a Republican, and the panel's top Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi, asked the Commerce, Defense and Treasury departments to investigate Autel Robotics, whose parent company is Autel Intelligent Technology.
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe. GOP won't back enforcement
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices, but Republicans challenged the legitimacy of the move and pledged to withhold support for enforcing the legal order. The committee chairman, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., pushed through the vote in the meeting's final moments after Republicans had walked out in protest. The vote from the 11 Democrats would author
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Trump will hold a fundraiser instead of appearing at next week's Republican presidential debate
As his Republican primary rivals return to the debate stage next week, former President Donald Trump will be headlining a closed-door fundraiser in Florida. Trump's campaign has been advertising a chance to win tickets to the “end-of-year reception” in Hallandale Beach, Florida, near Miami on Dec. 6. The former president has chosen to skip his party's three previous primary debates, citing his commanding lead in early state and national polls.
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Inspector general investigating decision to relocate FBI headquarters to Maryland
A federal watchdog is investigating how the Biden administration chose a site for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition marked by allegations of conflict of interest from the bureau's director. The inspector general for the General Services Administration is probing the decision to replace the FBI’s crumbling headquarters in Washington, D.C., with a facility in Greenbelt, Maryland, rather than a site in Virginia, according to a letter released Thursday by Virginia lawmakers
2 min read - PoliticsThe Guardian
George Santos makes final effort to resist vote to expel him from US House
Republican congressman, facing possible expulsion following House vote on Friday, gives speech outside the US Capitol
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Trump gag order reinstated as appeals court sides with judge in fraud trial
A New York appellate court has reinstated a limited gag order barring former President Donald Trump from making public comments about court staff in his ongoing civil fraud trial.
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Govs. Ron DeSantis, Gavin Newsom to face off in unusual debate today
Florida's Ron DeSantis, a GOP presidential candidate, is taking on California's Gavin Newsom, who is a Biden surrogate and not a 2024 candidate, in a debate moderated by Fox's Sean Hannity.
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Embattled US congressman George Santos says he'll not 'stand by' expulsion attempt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Indicted U.S. Representative George Santos on Thursday was defiant ahead of an expected vote to expel him from Congress and lashed out at other lawmakers in what could be his final days on Capitol Hill. The 35-year-old first-term congressman, who has spent less than a year in Congress, faces criminal campaign-finance charges and has admitted to fabricating much of his biography. In a one-hour debate, Santos was joined in his defense by three Republicans, who largely argue
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Elon Musk doubts he'll vote for Biden in 2024 – but that doesn't mean he's backing Trump
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO weighed in on the 2024 election, saying deciding between Trump and Biden would be a "difficult choice."
2 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
Cities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 years under new Biden administration plan
Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and prevent public health crises like the ones in Flint, Michigan and Washington, D.C. Millions of people consume drinking water from lead pipes and the agency said tighter standards would improve IQ scores in children and reduce high blood pressure and heart disease in adults. “These im
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Republican DeSantis faces risks in debate against Democrat Newsom amid struggling US presidential bid
U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis will use a televised debate against California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday night to try to prove he's the best Republican to take on President Joe Biden in next year's election. The square-off with Newsom, a prominent Biden ally who is widely expected to pursue a future White House bid, will give DeSantis a chance to contrast his conservative vision for the country with the Democrats' more liberal agenda in a preview of 2024 general el
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‘We’re still living this’: families of US-Israeli hostages arrive in Washington
Parents of three hostages met with officials on Wednesday to pressure Biden administration to push for Americans’ release
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Rep. George Santos remains defiant as House to vote on expulsion this week
New York Rep. George Santos has repeatedly resisted pressure to resign his seat in Congress amid allegations he stole from donors to his campaign.
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon believes the term 'ultra-MAGA' is insulting to a large group of people
The term "ultra-MAGA," describing the most conservative adherents of former President Trump's MAGA movement, is often used by President Biden.
3 min read - PoliticsAssociated Press
DeSantis and Newsom will face off in a Fox News event featuring two governors with White House hopes
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis are meeting in a nationally televised event on Thursday night that will feature two young, high-profile leaders with presidential aspirations who may have to wait for future cycles to realize them. Newsom, 56, has talked about eventually running for president but is backing President Joe Biden 's reelection in 2024. DeSantis, 45, entered the 2024 GOP presidential race six months ago as the perceived top challenger
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Oklahoma executes man who claimed self-defense in a 2001 double killing
Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a double killing in 2001, despite his claims of self-defense and a board’s clemency recommendation that the governor waited until the last minute to reject. Phillip Dean Hancock, 59, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the killings of Robert Jett Jr. and James Lynch and was declared dead at 11:29 a.m. His execution went forward once Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt declined to commute his sentence. “I can’t imagine the a
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The word 'Bidenomics' is nowhere to be found in the president’s recent speeches
Biden has used the term 101 times since June, but has made no mention of it for almost a month. The White House still uses the wording to promote Biden's economic agenda.
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Leaked document says US is willing to build energy projects in case Snake River dams are breached
The U.S. government is willing to help build enough new clean energy projects in the Pacific Northwest to replace the hydropower generated by four controversial dams on the Snake River, according to a leaked Biden administration document that is giving hope to conservationists who have long sought the removal of the dams as a key to restoring depleted salmon runs. The document is a draft agreement to uphold 168-year-old treaties with four tribes in the Pacific Northwest that preserved their rig
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Biden crosses himself after mentioning Rep. Boebert, follows with political attack
President Joe Biden sharply criticized Rep. Lauren Boebert in her congressional district, attacking her directly for several minutes during his 23-minute long speech.
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