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NBC News:
Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location  —  WASHINGTON — Aides to President Joe Biden have discovered at least one additional batch of classified documents in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Classified Documents Found in Second Location Associated With Biden  —  The revelation is sure to intensify Republican attacks on the president, who has called former President Donald J. Trump irresponsible for hoarding sensitive documents at his estate in Florida.
New York Times:
The Special Counsel Investigating Trump Faces Headwinds Few Others Have  —  Jack Smith's challenges include a newly empowered Republican House majority and the recent disclosure of classified documents at a former office of President Biden.  —  WASHINGTON — Jack Smith …
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
In the case of the classified documents, it's more serious for Trump than Biden
USA Today:
White House refuses to answer key questions about Biden classified documents
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New York Times:
Résumé of George Santos  —  A copy of a two-page version of his résumé, obtained by The Times, is the first that has become public.  Read more ›
Politico:
Santos refuses to resign amid calls from local N.Y. GOP  —  NEW YORK — Rep. George Santos refused to resign Wednesday despite a parade of Republican Nassau County officials demanding he step down.  —  Officials from across Santos' Long Island district and beyond gathered at the headquarters …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Third NY House Republican calls for Santos to resign  —  Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday called for fellow Long Island Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to resign over revelations he fabricated major portions of his resume and background while on the campaign trail.
New York Times:
George Santos Faces Calls to Resign From 4 GOP Congressmen  —  Republican officials in New York sharply denounced the embattled representative, even as leaders in Washington have said they will not push him to step down.  —  WESTBURY, N.Y. — Dozens of Republican officials in New York State …
NBC News:
McCarthy says embattled Rep. Santos should not be seated on top committees
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The boring journey of Matt Yglesias  —  The Washington ur-blogger's slightly contrarian, mildly annoying, somewhat influential, very lucrative path toward the political center  —  Matt Yglesias can talk about supervolcanoes and about Habsburg federalism and about the semiconductor industry in Taiwan vs. China.
New York Times:
The U.S. May Finally Breach the Debt Ceiling.  Here's Why That Would Be Very Bad.  —  If Congress fails to increase the government's borrowing limit in time, the result would be a shock to the economy and financial markets.  —  WASHINGTON — The new Republican majority in the House …
Jamie Tahsin / VICE:
‘I Love Raping You’: What Andrew Tate Told Woman Who Accused Him of Rape  —  Exclusive: VICE World News has obtained WhatsApp messages and voicenotes sent by Andrew Tate to a woman who accused him of a 2013 rape.  She said police told her they believed her account, but authorities declined to prosecute.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There are no moderate House Republicans  —  Listen to the mainstream media's coverage of House Republicans, and you might think there is a mass of “normal” Republicans who do not buy into election denial, who are not apologists for former president Donald Trump, and who understand …
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Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:   Keeping Up With the Congressional Kardashians
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
No, The Feds Aren't Coming For Your Gas Stove  —  Some lawmakers have revealed their own bizarre, unhealthy relationship with the kitchen appliance.  —  Lawmakers, including many close allies of the oil and gas industry, are simmering — boiling over, even — about the prospect of losing their beloved gas stoves.
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Ari Natter / Los Angeles Times:
No ban of gas stoves is planned, head of product safety agency says
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Barbara Lee tells lawmakers she's running for Senate  —  Rep. Barbara Lee has told her fellow lawmakers she's running for Senate in California, according to two sources familiar with the situation.  —  She informed her colleagues in a closed-door Congressional Black Caucus meeting on Wednesday.
Joe Biden / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans and Democrats, Unite Against Big Tech Abuses  —  Congress can find common ground on the protection of privacy, competition and American children.  —  The American tech industry is the most innovative in the world.  I'm proud of what it has accomplished, and of the many talented …
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans term ‘Latinx’ on her first day in office  —  Within hours of being sworn in as the new Republican governor of Arkansas on Tuesday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order banning the term Latinx from official use in the state government.
H I Sutton / Naval News:
Sudden Surge In Russian Navy Ships And Submarines In Black Sea  —  Ukrainian forces will be monitoring a sudden movement of Russian warships and submarines out of their base of Novorossiysk.  The naval base, near the Kerch Bridge, is further from Ukrainian controlled coast than the famous base at Sevastopol.
Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War  —  Russia Shakes Up Military Leadership Again … The prior military leader is now a deputy to the newly named chief.  —  Russia has replaced its military chief in Ukraine with a Kremlin insider, dashing calls from Moscow ultranationalists for a radical overhaul of the leadership overseeing the flagging invasion.
The Hill:
5 things to know about the system outage at the FAA  —  Departures of domestic flights are resuming across the country after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) restored a system that warns pilots of hazards during their upcoming flights.  —  The FAA first issued an advisory just past 4 …
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Reuters:
U.S. airports rumble back to life after FAA computer outage
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court seems poised to void part of sex trafficking law  —  A federal appeals court panel appears likely to strike down part of a law Congress overwhelmingly passed in 2018 to crack down on online advertising websites such as Backpage that were viewed as facilitating prostitution.
Discussion: MLive.com
CNN:
Judge will allow prosecutors to use Trump's ‘stand back and stand by’ comment in Proud Boys trial  —  A federal judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors can use video of then-President Donald Trump telling the far-right group the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” in the trial against several …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Boston Globe:
Harvard's rejection of human rights leader sends chilling message  —  The Kennedy School allegedly denied a fellowship to a leading human rights advocate because of his criticism of Israel.  Unless Harvard offers an explanation, it sends a chilling message that there are significant limits on which ideas it deems acceptable.
Discussion: The Harvard Crimson
Washington Post:
Trump campaign officials got subpoena asking new questions about Jan. 6  —  Subpoena sought information and documents on legal representation, voting machines, fundraising around false election claims and more  —  A wide-ranging subpoena sent to Trump campaign officials last month shows …
CNN:
GOP strategist alleges powerful conservative Matt Schlapp sexually assaulted him  —  A Republican strategist alleges that Matt Schlapp, the influential chairman of the American Conservative Union, groped and fondled his groin as he drove Schlapp back to an Atlanta hotel several weeks before the November midterm election.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Megan Henry / The Columbus Dispatch:
Olentangy Schools official cuts off reading of Dr. Seuss book during NPR podcast  —  The assistant director of communications for Olentangy Local School District abruptly stopped the reading of the Dr. Seuss book “The Sneetches” to a third-grade classroom during an NPR podcast after students asked about race.
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Whisper campaign about RNC chair candidate's Sikh faith roils campaign  —  As Harmeet Dhillon seeks the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, opponents have begun raising concerns about her Sikh faith — a development that has left some members of the committee unsettled.
Sean Moran / Breitbart:
Joe Wilson Proposes to Display Bust of Volodymyr Zelensky in Capitol Building  —  Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) sponsored legislation to display a bust of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Capitol Building.  —  Wilson sponsored H. Res. 10, which would direct:
Discussion: Washington Times and Twitchy
Peter Spiliakos / National Review:
The House GOP's Risky Return to Budget Warfare  —  An agenda of balancing the budget with only spending cuts combined with radical tax reform might not be electorally viable.  —  It's not fair to say that the Republican Party doesn't change at all, but, in some ways, the Republican Party …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Discussion: New York Post
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New York Times:
The Party's Over for Us.  Where Do We Go Now?  —  For decades, conservative values …
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