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7:45 PM ET, December 30, 2022

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CNN:
Key takeaways from six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns  —  Six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns released on Friday show the former president paid very little in federal income taxes the first and last year of his presidency, claiming huge losses that helped limit his tax bill, among other revelations.
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Politico:
Trump taxes show foreign income from more than a dozen countries  —  Donald Trump's tax returns show the former president received income from more than a dozen countries during his time in office, highlighting a string of potential conflicts of interest.  —  Trump's returns …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's tax returns are out.  Here's how he was able to pay so little — so often  —  Former President Trump's seven-year battle to keep the public from seeing his taxes ended in defeat Friday as a House committee released six years of returns documenting his aggressive efforts to minimize what he paid the IRS.
New York Times:
Trump Tax Returns Released by House Democrats  —  The publication of former President Donald J. Trump's private tax documents comes amid questions about why the I.R.S. failed to fully audit him during his presidency. … WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday released six years …
Washington Post:
What we've learned from Trump's tax returns  —  Thousands of pages of Donald Trump's tax returns shed some light on his extensive business empire, both before and during his presidency, as well as his changing fortunes during his time in the Oval Office.  —  While Trump endured sizable financial losses …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and CBS News
Noah Bookbinder / The Atlantic:
The IRS Really, Really Should Have Audited Trump  —  Six years after Donald Trump should have disclosed his tax returns to the public, they have finally been released.  This took advocacy, congressional action, and litigation that went to the Supreme Court—all to obtain basic financial transparency from a president.
Washington Post:
House panel releases Trump tax returns in another setback for former president
Associated Press:
Trump's tax returns released after long fight with Congress
Axios:
House committee releases Trump tax returns
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CBS News
Jonathan Martin / Politico:   The Looming GOP Crisis Over Ukraine
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson's Defense of Andrew Tate Resurfaces After Influencer's Arrest in Sex Trafficking, Rape Case  —  Clips of Tucker Carlson defending Andrew Tate have resurfaced after the kickboxer turned controversial internet personality was detained in Romania on suspicion of human trafficking, rape, and organized crime.
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Washington Post:
Andrew Tate, brother charged in Romania with human trafficking  —  Andrew Tate — the former kickboxing champion, internet personality and self-described misogynist — has been detained in Romania along with his brother, Tristan, and charged with human trafficking and forming an organized crime group.
New York Times:
Andrew Tate Is Detained in Romania in Human Trafficking Investigation
Fox News:
Idaho murders: Suspect arrested in killings of 4 university students, law enforcement source says  —  Suspect Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, now in custody in connection to deaths of Moscow, Idaho college students  —  Idaho murders: Suspect in custody, source reveals
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NBC News:
Idaho murders live updates: Suspect arrested in the killings of 4 college students  —  28-year-old man arrested in connection with Idaho college killings  —  Police in Pennsylvania arrested a suspect Friday in the slayings of four University of Idaho students, law enforcement sources told NBC News.
CNN:
Trump wanted to trademark ‘Rigged Election!’ and other key findings from the latest release from the Jan. 6 panel  —  The House January 6 committee on Friday released another wave of witness interview transcripts.  —  The new release is part of a steady stream of transcript drops …
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John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics  —  Western conservatives are at risk from generations of voters who are no longer moving to the right as they age  —  “If you are not a liberal at 25, you have no heart.  If you are not a conservative at 35 you have no brain.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
AG: Meadows won't face voter fraud charges in North Carolina  —  Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, won't face voter fraud charges related to his 2020 registration and absentee vote in North Carolina, the state's attorney general announced Friday.
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Dianne Gallagher / CNN:
North Carolina officials will not charge Mark Meadows with voter fraud  —  The North Carolina Department of Justice announced Friday that there was “not sufficient evidence” to bring charges against against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and his wife, Debra Meadows, over allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Discussion: Politico, Insider and Raw Story
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Harris ‘gamesmanship’ torments staff, stems from ‘deep, deep insecurity’: Book  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's “gamesmanship” against her staff has led to a long-standing pattern of dysfunction, prompting questions about her capabilities under pressure, a new book reports.
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Caller
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Melanie Zanona / CNN:
McCarthy offers his critics a key concession in effort to clinch House speakership  —  House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has offered a key concession to critics of his bid for the House speakership during private conversations this week: reducing the threshold that is required to force …
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Politico:
McCarthy struggles to appease conservative demands as speakership battle nears
The White House:
Clemency Recipient List  —  Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is granting full pardons to six individuals.  —  Gary Parks Davis - Yuma, Arizona  —  Gary Parks Davis is a 66-year-old man who pleaded guilty to use of a communication facility (a telephone) to facilitate an unlawful cocaine transaction at age 22.
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CNN:
Biden issues end-of-year pardons to six individuals
Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
Butterfield leaving Congress a few days early for DC law firm  —  U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, who was already leaving Congress at the end of this term, will check out a few days early to take a new job at a Washington, D.C., law firm, he said Friday.  —  Butterfield, a Democrat …
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and The Daily Caller
David McCabe / New York Times:
An Architect of Biden's Antitrust Push Is Leaving the White House  —  Tim Wu has been a leading proponent of a more aggressive approach to reining in the power of big business.  —  Tim Wu, a central architect of President Biden's push to clip the wings of the nation's largest companies, is leaving the White House.
Discussion: UPI and Washington Examiner
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Josh Sisco / Politico:
White House antitrust adviser Tim Wu set to depart
The Intercept:
Hacked Russian Files Reveal Propaganda Agreement With China … Russian officials pushed the lies first.  —  Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, a Russian defense ministry spokesperson resuscitated debunked claims about a U.S.-funded bioweapons program in the region, accusing Ukrainian labs …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
How Justice Kagan lost her battle as a consensus builder  —  Speaking at a small university in Rhode Island earlier this year, Justice Elena Kagan committed an act of Supreme Court heresy.  —  For years, justices have told the same anecdotes to assure the public that …
 
 
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Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Jan. 6 committee is running out of time. Key documents may soon be locked away for decades
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Grace Segers / New Republic:
The Democrats' Failure of the Year: Letting the Expanded Child Tax Credit Die
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Reuters:
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