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Kadia Goba / Semafor:
George Santos tries to explain his wealth  —  Rep.-elect George Santos has admitted to “embellishing” his resume with fake stints on Wall Street and a phantom college degree.  He's still trying to defend against accusations that he pretended to be Jewish.  —  But the burning question for many people …
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Scott Eidler / Newsday:
Nassau DA Donnelly opens investigation into George Santos  —  Anne Donnelly, the Republican district attorney for Nassau County, has opened an investigation into GOP Congressman-elect George Santos after he admitted to lying about his work experience and educational background.
Steve Israel / The Atlantic:
How a Perfectly Normal New York Suburb Elected a Con Man  —  How did George Santos, a Republican newly elected to New York's Third Congressional District, on Long Island, get away with running for office with an almost completely fictitious résumé?
Discussion: New York Daily News
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The GOP's George Santos Dilemma  —  Plus: A year of banning books … Congressman-elect George Santos (R-Bullshit)  —  Embellished?  I do not think that word means what the Talented Mr. Santos thinks it means.  —  To “embellish” is to adorn, decorate, enhance, gild, beautify, and festoon …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
U.S. Announces New Covid Test Requirements for Travelers From China  —  The Biden administration said those coming from China, Hong Kong and Macau must show negative coronavirus tests before entering the United States.  —  The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that travelers from China …
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Dominique Mosbergen / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Require Travelers From China to Test Negative for Covid-19  —  Federal health officials said the move reflects the coronavirus's rapid spread in China  —  The U.S. will require travelers from China to submit a negative Covid-19 test beginning Jan. 5, federal officials said.
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNBC and Foreign Policy
Madison Muller / Bloomberg:
US to Require Negative Covid Tests for Travelers From China  —  The US will require airline passengers coming from China to show negative Covid-19 tests as global concerns over the virus's spread ratchet higher since the country lifted restrictions aimed at stamping out infections.
Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg:
US Weighs Covid-Prevention Measures for Travelers From China
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Trump didn't know White House schedule was public until last weeks of presidency: ex aide  —  Donald Trump spent nearly his full term as president before learning that his daily schedule was being made public — at which point he ordered a stripped-down version of the document, a former aide testified.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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CNN:
Former Trump White House aide told Jan. 6 panel Mark Meadows burned documents a dozen times during the transition period  —  The January 6 committee released another batch of transcripts Tuesday, including two more of its interviews with blockbuster witness Cassidy Hutchinson and testimony from several other Trump White House officials.
Associated Press:
Barry Croft Jr. sentenced to more than 19 years for role in plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer  —  A Delaware trucker described as a co-leader of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan's governor has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison.  —  Barry Croft Jr. was the fourth …
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Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Barry Croft Jr. sentenced to 19.6 years in Whitmer kidnapping plot
Discussion: CNN, UPI and Associated Press
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Drunk Russian Soldier Beats His Commander to Death  —  TWO DOWN  —  A Russian man called up under Vladimir Putin's “mobilization” order for the war against Ukraine drunkenly beat his commander to death on a military train.  A military court in Magnitogorsk announced Wednesday that the soldier …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 response would have been ‘vastly different’ if rioters were Black, House sergeant at arms told investigators  —  WASHINGTON — The House sergeant at arms, who was head of the D.C. National Guard during the attack on the U.S. Capitol, told the Jan. 6 committee that the law enforcement response …
Discussion: The Hill
Philip Klein / National Review:
Neil Gorsuch Gets It Right on Title 42  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch has taken heat from some conservatives for joining with the liberal minority to reject a request by states to maintain Title 42 border measures indefinitely, which the Supreme Court majority granted.
Annie Grayer / CNN:
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin announces he has ‘serious but curable form of cancer’  —  Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland announced on Wednesday that he has a “serious but curable form of cancer” and will begin outpatient treatment.  —  In a statement, Raskin said, “After several days of tests …
Discussion: Insider and New York Post
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Jan. 6 transcript: Mnuchin briefly discussed 25th Amendment removal of Trump  —  Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he briefly talked about using the 25th Amendment to remove former President Trump from power during a discussion with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot.
New York Times:
U.S. Scrambles to Stop Iran From Providing Drones for Russia  —  As the war in Ukraine grinds on, some officials have become convinced that Iran and Russia are building a new alliance of convenience.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has launched a broad effort to halt Iran's ability …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
A 72-year-old congressman goes back to school, pursuing a degree in AI  —  Normally Don Beyer doesn't bring his multivariable calculus textbook to work, but his final exam was coming up that weekend.  —  “And I'm running out of time,” he said, plopping the textbook and a scribbled notebook filled …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Larger squad?  How the Hill's newest progressives plan to wield power.  —  Even as House Democrats shrink into the minority, the voices of progressive lawmakers — inspired by the so-called squad — are set to grow only louder.  —  An optimistic crop of liberal first-year lawmakers …
Fox News:
What Biden's woke military has wrought  —  Social experimentation in the military has life and death consequences  —  Pelosi, Schumer holding defense bill ‘hostage’: Tom Cotton  —  The U.S. military should be the ultimate meritocracy - nothing matters on the battlefield other than training …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
eeas.europa.eu:
North of Kosovo: Joint Statement by the Spokesperson of EU High Representative and the US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson on the rising tension  —  The European Union and the United States of America are concerned about the continued tense situation in the north of Kosovo.
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Art at Capitol honors 141 enslavers and 13 Confederates.  Who are they?  —  The Post examined more than 400 statues, paintings and other artworks in the U.S. Capitol.  This is what we found.  —  One-third of the artworks in the Capitol depict enslavers or Confederates.
Discussion: HotAir and Twitchy
Veronica Miracle / CNN:
Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack pleads not guilty to state charges  —  In a short court hearing Wednesday, David DePape entered a second not guilty plea to state charges stemming from an attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in late October.
New York Times:
Republicans Step Up Attacks on F.B.I. as It Investigates Trump  —  Historically, the F.B.I.'s critics have come from the left.  But the bureau's array of inquiries into former President Donald J. Trump has turned the tables.  —  WASHINGTON — When George Piro learned that some of his former colleagues …
 
 
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
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Moira Warburton / Reuters:
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