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Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House, says she'll step down as Democratic leader — Pelosi, 82, has been the Democratic leader for two decades. She is expected to remain a member of the House, at least temporarily. — WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House …
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Hakeem Jeffries favored to lead U.S. House Democrats after Pelosi exit — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to step down from her leadership role after her fellow Democrats lost their majority in last week's midterm elections positions Hakeem Jeffries …
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Tara Palmeri / Puck:
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emeritus? — The longtime Democratic leader, a fixture of the House for decades, will step back into a chairman-like role in the minority rather than retire immediately, giving her time to manage her succession and ensure the stability of her caucus through the forthcoming McCarthy era.
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McCarthy skips Pelosi's retirement speech as some Republicans pay grudging respect — WASHINGTON — When Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her retirement from congressional leadership on Thursday, the House chamber was packed with Democratic lawmakers in anticipation of the announcement from an icon of American politics.
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden On Speaker Nancy Pelosi Stepping Down from Democratic Leadership in the House of Representatives — When I think of Nancy Pelosi, I think of dignity. — History will note she is the most consequential Speaker of the House of Representatives in our history.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Barely Won the House. Now Can They Run It? — A thin margin, ideological differences and competing pressures could make managing the “people's House” virtually impossible. But the G.O.P. majority, however slim, will still be a challenge for President Biden.
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Zeldin moves closer to bid for GOP chair — New York GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin is inching closer toward running for chair of the Republican National Committee. — Zeldin, whose strong performance in the New York governor's race last week may have helped the GOP take back the House …
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
House of Horrors: The Marjorie Taylor Greene Congress Is Upon Us — Democrats beat midterms expectations, but still fell short of keeping the House. The chamber under Kevin McCarthy, and with an emboldened right flank, may “exist exclusively as a vessel state of MAGA nation,” Rep. Eric Swalwell tells Vanity Fair.
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The Economist:
Quantifying the Trump effect
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
House Republicans plan investigations and possible impeachments with new majority — WASHINGTON — House Republicans' majority will be smaller than expected, but they're eager to use their new oversight powers and pass a spate of bills to draw contrasts with Democrats and give the Biden administration heartburn.
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CNN:
Inside the White House's months of prep-work for a GOP investigative onslaught — More than four months before voters handed Republicans control of the House of Representatives, top White House and Department of Homeland Security officials huddled in the Roosevelt Room to prepare for that very scenario.
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New York Times:
Republicans Lay Out Biden Investigations, but Democrat-Aligned Groups Promise Counteroffensive
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CNN:
House Republicans vow to investigate Biden and his family's business dealings
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Brian Murphy / Washington Post:
Michael Gerson, Post columnist and Bush speechwriter on 9/11, dies at 58 — Mr. Gerson helped shape President George W. Bush's messaging after the 9/11 attacks and then moved to The Washington Post, where he wrote about politics and faith — Michael Gerson, a speechwriter for President George W. Bush …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
John Mearsheimer on Putin's Ambitions After Nine Months of War — The realist political scientist explains why Russia's move to annex four Ukrainian provinces isn't imperialism. — Back in February, a few days after Russia launched its war in Ukraine, I spoke with the political scientist John Mearsheimer.
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump sets off GOP identity crisis heading into 2024 — The Republican Party is plunging into an identity crisis after its November red wave dissolved. And while almost everyone with power and influence in the GOP agrees it's a mess, no one can agree on how to fix it. Or whether Donald Trump should be involved.
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump tax return fight would be dropped by Republicans vying for key House committee chair
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Shawna Mizelle / CNN:
GOP Arkansas governor says he's ‘very seriously’ considering 2024 presidential bid
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CNN:
First on CNN: Secret Service agent from Trump's motorcade on January 6 interviewed by House committee — The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, is interviewing Robert Engel, the lead agent in former President Donald Trump's motorcade on the day of the US Capitol attack, two sources tell CNN.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Cheney hits back as Pence says January 6 committee has ‘no right’ to testimony
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Julia Black / Insider:
Billionaires like Elon Musk want to save civilization by having tons of genetically superior kids. Inside the movement to take ‘control of human evolution.’ … Sitting in their toy-filled family room on a sunny September afternoon, Simone and Malcolm Collins were forced to compete …
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Multiple US border agents shot, one fatally, by narcos near Puerto Rico — EXCLUSIVE — At least five people were involved in a maritime shooting between U.S. border agents and drug smugglers that took place off the coast of Puerto Rico early Thursday morning, the Washington Examiner was first to report Thursday.
Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Moms for Liberty-backed school board members fire superintendent, ban critical race theory — The Berkeley County, South Carolina, school board made several big moves in its first meeting after the election. The board's former chair said it was a “political witch hunt.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts — Some workers allegedly accepted thousands of dollars in bribes — Meta Platforms Inc. META -1.82%decrease; red down pointing triangle has fired or disciplined more than two dozen employees and contractors over the last year whom …
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Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
The Pollster Who Predicted a Red Wave Explains Himself — In 2016 and 2020, Trafalgar Group did what many more other pollsters could not: come close to accurately portraying America's support for Donald Trump. In 2022, the company's polls once again showed a picture of Republican strength …
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Trumps had role in fraud scheme, Allen Weisselberg testifies at company's trial — Former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified in court Thursday, describing how Donald Trump and two of his children allegedly participated in a scheme to defraud tax authorities.
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resolutesquare.com:
TRAPPED: THE GOP IS STUCK WITH TRUMP — The last week in American politics has been almost unspeakably delightful. It is a phase we call “The Finding Out” after the Republican party's sordid, degrading affair with Donald Trump, his personality cult, and the collection of nationalists …
New York Times:
SpaceX Employees Say They Were Fired for Speaking Up About Elon Musk — Charges filed with federal regulators accuse the company of retaliating against eight workers over an open letter critical of the chief executive. — In June, about 20 engineers were invited to a meeting hosted …
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