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‘The Democrats, the Republicans and the Freedom Caucus’: Inside the right's plans to seize power in the new Congress — Conservatives want the House to act like “a de facto European-style coalition government.” — A week after the midterm elections in November, a small group …
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McCarthy makes headway on 12th speaker ballot but falls short again … Updated just now — Today, Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) made significant headway on the 12th ballot for House speaker, winning over 14 hardline Republicans who had previously opposed him, but fell short of achieving …
Washington Post:
Policy demands, personal animus and more: Meet the McCarthy resistance — A group of hard-right House Republicans has stood this week between McCarthy and the speaker's gavel, airing a broad array of complaints — Ralph Norman says he will not support leader Kevin McCarthy's bid …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Unrest swells among McCarthy's backers — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — Around Christmas, Texas Republican Rep. ROGER WILLIAMS' wife suffered a medical emergency. This week, as she underwent treatment, her husband was eager to be by her side.
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Patrick Hauf / Fox News:
McCarthy hints House may continue votes through weekend — Punchbowl reported McCarthy insisted it is unlikely the House adjourns for an extended period of time until a speaker is elected — Burgess Owens: It's ‘just a matter of time’ before Kevin McCarthy is elected
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Steve Clemons / Semafor:
Principals — with Steve Clemons — So many stories are converging on the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection.
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The Hill, HotAir, New York Times, Accountable US and Washington Times
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Why Big-Money Donors Can't Reel In GOP Rebels
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USA Today, Raw Story, Washington Times and DCReport.org
Philip Elliott / TIME:
The Chaos Is the Point: The McCarthy Holdouts Are Trolling Democracy
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Anti-McCarthy Republicans Are Raising Money Off Stonewalling Congress
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Aaron Gordon / VICE:
Why C-SPAN's Camera Work Is Suddenly So Interesting
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Politico:
Enablers, line-straddlers and quiet resisters: How GOP lawmakers contributed to Jan. 6 — A handful of Republicans who remained in the Jan. 6 committee's sights throughout its investigation are now leading the effort to deny Kevin McCarthy the speakership — using their power to bring the House to a standstill.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
The feds say they're in for the long haul in the Jan. 6 investigation. There is a time limit. — WASHINGTON — In the two years since a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol — violently assaulting dozens of officers, inflicting millions of dollars in damage …
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CNN:
Two years after US Capitol attack, investigation into Trump and insurrection enters new phase — Two years after rioters stormed the US Capitol, the Justice Department's sprawling criminal investigation into the effort to block the peaceful transition of power enters a new phase …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How Trump's Missing Call Logs Could Become His Nixon Tapes — The Trump White House call logs are now public, and they're about as trustworthy as his business income statements. — During the nearly nine hours that Congress was under attack on Jan. 6, 2021, the official White House call …
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The Nation and Raw Story
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Biden Gets a Political Gift on Jan. 6 Anniversary With GOP's Capitol Mutiny — The second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol arrives with the building again in turmoil, this time as House Republicans quarrel over a speaker to lead the chamber.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
House Democrats connect Jan. 6 to GOP's speakership fight — On the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, House Democrats said the speakership fight waged by 20 House GOP rebels is a sign of how little progress has been made toward unity. … Axios interviewed multiple Democrats …
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John Raby / Associated Press:
Ex-lawmaker who served time for Jan. 6 riot seeks House seat
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CREW:
Corporations have given over $50 million to the Sedition Caucus … On January 6, 2021, thousands of Trump supporters — emboldened by then-President Trump's call to “fight like hell” — stormed the Capitol Building in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Supporters raise millions to rebrand Jan. 6 rioters as ‘patriots’ — For nearly two hours, about two dozen people on a group Telegram live stream cried, read Scripture, listened to hymns — and prayed fervently for defendants in jail facing trial for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Bloomberg:
McCarthy's Speaker Proposal Tees Up $75 Billion Defense Cut — The emerging deal Kevin McCarthy is discussing to make him speaker of the House would propose a roughly $75 billion cut in defense spending at a time when the US is intent on backing Ukraine against the Russian invasion and grows …
Bloomberg:
Trump Special Counsel Probe Adds Two Anti-Corruption Prosecutors — The special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump brought on two current and former long-time career prosecutors experienced in handling complex public corruption cases, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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David Harrison / Wall Street Journal:
December Jobs Report to Show Labor Market's Strength as 2022 Closed — Hiring has been resilient, but has started losing momentum amid layoffs by high-profile companies — Why Tech Layoffs Don't Reflect the Job Market — Created with sketchtool. … 1x
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Alexandra Semenova / Yahoo Finance:
December jobs report: Payrolls rise by 223,000, unemployment rate falls to 3.5%
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Jon Ward / Yahoo News:
House members blocking McCarthy speaker bid meet at offices of ex-Trump chief Mark Meadows — United States Senator from South Carolina — Several Republican House members fighting to stop Rep. Kevin McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the House met Friday morning at the offices …
Matt Leach / Fox News:
‘CORPORATE KINGDOM’: DeSantis-backed plan to take control of Disney's land announced — Planned legislation would replace Disney's self-governing powers with state run board: DeSantis sources — Floridians react to Disney's “wokeness” after DeSantis passes Parental Rights in Education bill
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Jeremy Renner / CNN:
Police and the Press — The Wall Street Journal is demanding answers from the Phoenix Police Department after an officer detained and handcuffed one of its reporters outside a Chase Bank — an incident that press freedom advocates say raises First Amendment concerns and mirrors a larger …
Max Seddon / Financial Times:
A Moscow diary: fear, loathing and deep denial — Champagne still flows at elite parties in the Russian capital, as cowed critics only speak openly in their own homes — It's the holiday season in Moscow, where the city has put up symbols of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine outside …
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