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9:55 AM ET, January 29, 2024

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Playbook: Can Dems flip the border script?  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  I'VE GOT A BLANK SPACE, BABY — The NYT takes a close look this morning at President JOE BIDEN's general election battle plan, which will “couple a direct assault on …
Discussion: Punchbowl News, Axios and The Hill
Politico:
The huge wedge between McConnell and Johnson: Donald Trump
Discussion: The Bulwark
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Lankford defends bipartisan border security bill after attacks by Trump, GOP
Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP hawks press Biden to target Iran directly over soldiers' deaths  —  President Biden is facing calls from congressional hawks to escalate attacks on Iran-linked targets, including within Iran itself, in response to the deaths of three U.S. service members in a drone attack in Jordan.
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3 U.S. Soldiers Died Because Biden Won't Stand Up to Iran
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Attack on U.S. Service Members in Northeastern Jordan Near the Syria Border
CNN:
Three US troops killed in drone attack in Jordan, more than 30 injured
Associated Press:
Three Americans killed, ‘many’ wounded in drone attack by Iran-backed militia in Jordan, Biden says
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The second insurrection  —  “The Federal Government has broad constitutional powers in determining what aliens shall be admitted to the United States, the period they may remain, regulation of their conduct before naturalization, and the terms and conditions of their naturalization …
Discussion: HotAir
New York Times:
Israel Details Claims Against U.N. Workers It Says Aided Hamas  —  Israeli officials have presented evidence they say ties workers at a Palestinian aid agency in Gaza to violence during the Hamas-led attack on Israel.  —  One is accused of kidnapping a woman.  Another is said to have handed out ammunition.
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Wall Street Journal:
At Least 12 U.N. Agency Employees Involved in Oct. 7 Attacks, Intelligence Reports Say  —  Around 10% of Palestinian aid agency's 12,000 staff in Gaza have links to militants, according to intelligence dossier  —  TEL AVIV—At least 12 employees of the U.N.'s Palestinian refugee agency …
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Trump civil fraud trial: Why the New York case stands apart  —  Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated misrepresentations on financial statements to lenders, adding him to a short list of scam marketers …
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Cash Stockpile at Risk From $450 Million Dual Verdicts
Discussion: Benzinga
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats endorse their first slate of challengers in the fight for the House majority  —  First on NBC News: The DCCC is backing 17 candidates in some of the most competitive districts on the 2024 map as part of its “red to blue” program.  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats are officially issuing …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Pro-Trump network OAN execs may have ‘engaged in criminal activities’ while promoting 2020 election lies, Smartmatic alleges  —  In the wake of the 2020 election, the president of the far-right network One America News sent a potentially explosive email to former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Kayla Guo / New York Times:
Pelosi Wants F.B.I. to Investigate Pro-Palestinian Protesters  —  The former House speaker suggested without offering evidence that some protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza had financial ties to Russia and Vladimir V. Putin.  —  Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Dems make early ad reservations in key Senate races  —  Senate Majority PAC is booking early to lock in lower rates in Montana and Nevada, two states that are crucial to a brutal Senate map.  —  The Senate TV ad wars are beginning.  —  Senate Majority PAC, Democrats' largest outside group focused …
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Nikki Haley Explains Why ‘Insecure’ Trump Is His ‘Own Worst Enemy’  —  “When he feels insecure, he starts to rail, he starts to rant, he starts to flail his arms and he starts to get upset,” Haley said in a recent “Meet the Press” interview.  —  LOADING  —  Nikki Haley called Donald Trump his …
Financial Times:
Brussels threatens to hit Hungary's economy if Viktor Orbán vetoes Ukraine aid  —  EU strategy aims to spook investors by cutting off funding to Budapest in stand-off over €50bn package  —  The EU will sabotage Hungary's economy if Budapest blocks fresh aid to Ukraine at a summit this week …
 
 
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France 24:
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When the Right Ignores Its Sex Scandals
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